Love in the Dark ☾ Draco Malfoy

Prologue

Rose Weasley sighed yet again as she looked into another full compartment.

Judging from the 12 full compartments she had just seen , it was likely she wouldn't find anywhere to sit after all.

Rose cursed under her breath.The school year hadn't even begun and yet she was cursing.She hoped this wasn't a sign of how her school days would be like.

It was all her brother's fault , really. If he hadn't made that stupid comment she wouldn't have been in this position.

Or I could've just forgiven him and had a nice journey.

She snorted at the thought.

As Rose opened the 13th compartment of her day , she was very much expecting at least five pair of eyes and another push at her patience.

So she was pleasantly surprised when she realized that the only one occupying the small room was a brunette girl around her age with a pitch black cat sitting on her lap.

Rose took a sigh of relief and prayed to Merlin that the reason this girl was the only inhibitor of the room was not because she was a total bitch.

"Hi , I'm Rose Weasley.Would you mind if I sat?No?Oh that's great, I've been looking for a suitable compartment for ages."

The girl realised that the conversation was entirely one-sided as Rose didn't actually wait for a reply before pushing her luggage at the shelf and taking the seat right in front of her.

All while she supported a frighteningly big grin on her freckled face.

After silently looking at the never faltering smile at her face , the girl raised her hand.

"Vanessa Morgan.It's nice to meet you , Rose."

If it was possible, Rose's smile grew even bigger.

So she wasn't a bitch then.Thank Merlin.

"So how did you manage to find a compartment all to yourself? I mean the others are all full, yet you are sitting here all alone."

Vanessa  turned her pale blue eyes to the ebony cat sleeping on her lap for a second before meeting Rose's much more vibrant blue orbs.

"I'm not a big fan of , you know,socialising and such.And crowded little spaces kinda bothers me so whenever someone came through the door Nyx would hiss at them until they ran back out of the compartment.You're lucky she was asleep when you came in"

Rose assumed Nyx was the cat.

"Perhaps it's fate."Rose said jokingly."Maybe we are meant to be bestfriends."

If there was one thing Rose enjoyed the most and was good at , it was making friends.And she wanted Vanessa as a friends.She had a feeling she and her scary-enough-to-drive-people-out-of-compartments cat would be good allies.

"Wait , if you are a Weasley why aren't you sitting with the rest of your siblings.You have quite a few from what I hear."

It was the first time Rose's impossibly resilient smile fell a bit.

"I had a fight with my brother.He thinks all Slytherin's are evil.I don't think we should judge people accoding to their houses."

It was the first time Vanessa truly smiled since boarding the train.

"That's really good to hear since I hope to be sorted into Slytherin.I assume you want Gryffindor.I hope we can continue our...friendship after we are sorted."

Rose visibly brightened up at the term friendship.

"Yeah that'd be amaz..."

Before she could finish the statement a frog jumped into the compartment from the barely opened door and landed right in Rose's lap.

As Rose let out a high-pitched scream Vanessa scooted as far away from the frog as possible.

So much for friendship.

"Get it off of me.Get if off."

As if the current problems weren't enough the door suddenly opened to reveal a blonde figure.

As his silver eyes catched the frog on Rose's lap , his eyes visibly widened.Just as he was retrieving his wand from his robes , the frog suddenly jumped down from Rose's leg and hopped out of the door.

It also made the girls wonder what in the name of Merlin he was actually planning to do with a wand when they hadn't even started school yet.

But during his efforts of not touching the green little frog , the blonde boy had found himself in the compartment.

It was silent for a few seconds , the three 11 year olds simply staring at eachother.That is until Rose broke the silence.She was never good with silence.

"Blonde hair , cowardly attidute, you must be a Malfoy."

Rose would admit, years later, that perhaps it hadn't been the wisest thing to say.He hadn't done anything bad to her after all.But it was out of her mouth before she actually knew what she was saying.

The Malfoy boy suddenly turned towards Rose with a scowl already in place.

"It's funny to hear you talk about cowardness when I assume it was you who was screaming like a banshee moments ago, Weasley.

Rose simply glared back.

How could he be sure that she was a Weasley anyway, did he go around insulting every red-head in the train under the assumption that they were a Weasley?

"So I'm Vanessa Morgan."The brunette said extending her hand.She was doing a whole lot of socializing for someone who didn't like it.

"Draco Malfoy."the blonde replied with much less animosity compared to how he was talking to Rose.

Then he turned and gave Rose another scowl and he was gone with a soundly swish of his robes.

The rest of the train ride was relatively peacefull.

Vanessa learned that Rose had a huge fear of insects and frogs and enjoyed playing quidditch with her family.She especially liked pranking other people with her older brothers.

While Rose learned that Vanessa was an only child and that Nyx had been her cat since she was almost 5.She also learned that Vanessa was a half-blood and that she loved swimming.

And finally they got off the train with the promise that they would continue their friendship even if they wounded up in different houses.