Second Time Around

Mudbloods and Mayhem

"Cus everything inside

It never comes out right

And when I see you cry

It makes me want to die"—Im sorry, Buckcherry

After the events of the previous year, summer had lost the exciting edge it had once held for Draco. It was rather difficult to get into the spirit of things when he spent all his time worrying over Hermione.

Draco Malfoy was a pureblood wizard, and last year, during his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he met Hermione Granger, Muggleborn witch.

You would think that if these two people met, they would hate each other at first sight, or at least there would be large amounts of animosity from his side. Instead, the two of them became best friends. And as for Draco, animosity was the last thing anyone would have to worry about. He worried and cared for Hermione as if they'd known each other all their lives, perhaps even longer. Hermione was one of the most important things in the world to him.

Also in the previous year, it was proven that Hermione was, as well as being the smartest witch in a century, was a total magnet for trouble. In one's year time she had been locked in a bathroom with a mountain troll, set the potion's Master's cloak on fire on the suspicion that he was hexing her friend's broom, was roped into the smuggling of an illegal dragon, dragged around the Forbidden Forest looking for a dying unicorn, and faced a three-headed dog, Devil's snare, flying keys, giant chess pieces and unimaginable riddles while narrowly missing a meeting with the vengeful spirit of the Dark Lord.

It was no wonder Draco spent most of his summer worrying what else she was getting up to, never mind she was spending the summer in a peaceful Muggle village with her parents.

On top of that, he had to calmly put up with the strict regimens of his pureblood household while trying desperately to hide this friendship from his Muggle hating, pureblood, supremacist father who also had the talent of reading minds.

Fun.

It was no wonder that he very nearly cried out in glee when a Hogwarts owl swooped in on the breakfast table with his new school supplies list.

SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS WILL REQUIRE:

The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk

Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart

Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart

Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart

43 Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart

Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart

Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart

Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart

Draco stared down at his list in distasteful surprise. Three guesses to who the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher was: probably some doe-eyed fan of Gilderoy Lockhart, or worse, the numbskull himself.

For some reason, Draco instantly disliked the man, even though he'd never met the man before.

This wasn't new. Draco had recently gone through some strange changes, like his sudden hatred for Blaise Zabini. Although his dislike for Lockhart didn't compare to Zabini, it was the same principle. Draco was somewhat used to it now and he decided to just calmly take it as it were.