Handshake // potter and malfoy

Welcome to Hogwarts

Harry's pov

     We all got off the train and I saw Hagrid. I smiled at him and he told all the first years to come towards him. We all walked to him and I said hi to him. Hagrid had all of us get on boats to the school.
     All of our boats arrived at Hogwarts and we all started walking into the school. Some older woman was waiting at the top of the staircase for us and we all gathered on the stairs. She was going off on how we were about to get sorted into our house and they will be like our family's. There is Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin she said with a sneer.
     She went off and did something I didn't see what happened or what she said after that because I wasn't really paying attention even though I should have been. I was just admiring the paintings and the beautiful building I was going to be staying in and then I heard somebody say "So I heard Harry Potter is here" I could barely hear him but then I moved a little closer and I saw him. A boy my age with blonde hair slicked back. "This is Crabbe and Goyle" he said introducing his friends to me. He walked up to me with a smile "And I'm Malfoy....Draco Malfoy." Ron laughed, I thought that was kinda rude. Draco wasn't very happy about that. He looked at Ron and said, "Think my name's funny, do you? I've no need to ask yours." "Red hair and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley" I don't know what to think, they obviously don't like each other but I'm not the type to get in between people's fights. He looked back at me and said "You'll find out some wizarding families are better than others." I don't know what he meant by that so I didn't take offense to it. "You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort." "I can help you there" he said putting his hand out. I hesitated but I shook his hand and smiled at him. Professor McGonagall came back and continued to go on about what we were to do. "See you around Potter" Draco said and walked back to his friends.
     "What was that about?" I said to Ron. "Which part...?" Ron said. "The Draco thing, like who was he talking about and all and why did you laugh at him?" Harry replied. Ron told me how He made fun of his family because they were poor and how he's rude to everyone. "Oh I'm sorry Ron I didn't know, I'll have a little talk with Malfoy later on." Harry ended the conversation.
     We all walked into this one room which had 4 really long tables. All the first years went to the front where all the professors sat. There was a stool with a hat and professor McGonagall stood by them. Hermione the girl from the train was the first called up. McGonagall put the hat on Hermione. I heard the hat mumbling and it yelled, "Gryffindor!" One of the tables cheered and stood up. She went to that table and sat down. More and more people got called. I payed attention when it was Draco's turn. McGonagall barely got time to set the hat on his head before it yelled, "Slytherin!" McGonagall rolled her eyes. Why doesn't anyone seem to like Draco. The Slytherin tabled cheered. I watched Ron get sorted into to Gryffindor as well, but soon enough it was my turn. I went to sit on stool as everyone sat up straight and stared. I know why they were thinking. "Oooooh the boy who lived", "it's Harry's turn!!", etc. The hat took awhile. Ron told me all the evil wizards were Slytherins. I just hoped and whispered, "not Slytherin....not Slytherin.." I had I no idea that hat could hear me. "Not Slytherin eh?" The hat said "well then...its ought to be.. Gryffindor!" Hermione and Ron stood up and cheered and they seemed happy I was in the same house. I looked at the right and saw Draco. His face seemed kind of disappointed and unhappy. I don't see why, we just met and he did have other friends. I went to sit next to Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor table.
     After the last of the first years were sorted Dumbledore turned all the empty tables into tables full of food. We all ate and talked and then we had to go to our rooms. We got led by Percy Weasley and we stopped at a painting and he said some gibberish words and it opened like a door. We walked in and there was the Gryffindor common room. To the left was the boys dormitory and to the right was the girls.
     Ron and I went up to our dormitory and all of our stuff was brought up already. Soon enough everyone fell asleep in there nice cozy beds but I was still awake. I just couldn't stop thinking about how amazing it was to know that I'm a wizard, that I'm away from the Dursley's, that I can learn things that aren't particularly boring, that I'm making friends. I can already tell Ron was a very nice person and I'm almost positive that we will be really good friends. All though I'm not sure if me and Draco will ever get around to know each other. Hermione will be hard to cope with but I'm sure we will get along. I'm just glad I have friends to look forward to.

                      Draco's pov
    
     After I got sorted into Slytherin I went to sit at the Slytherin table. I sat next to two other first years, Crabbe and Goyle which happen to be my friends now.
I was watching everyone get sorted and I saw it was Harry's turn. I hope he gets Slytherin. My father has told me so much about Potter. Apparently he doesn't like Harry, one day he was saying, "I can just imagine, you'll go to school... meet Potter and then you bring him here for Holidays and you'll be the best of friends.." But at first I had no idea he was being sarcastic. Why doesn't he like Harry, he seems nice. Our families might not have the best of history but that doesn't mean I can't be friends with a Potter.
     Harry sat on the stool and the hat was placed on his head. It was taking quite a while. It was talking to him about something but then soon enough it yelled, "Gryffindor!" What! That can't be right. Slytherins can't be friends with Gryffindors, we already gotten along. Maybe we weren't supposed to be friends, maybe my dad was right. I looked up at him, I was so disappointed, he looked back and just smiled. I began to just eat my food so I could go to sleep. I was exhausted, maybe tomorrow will be better.
     We got led to the Slytherin common room, it looked like a dungeon, sweet! I went to my bed and I just sat down and thought, maybe I can get along with Potter. Maybe but I don't think he'll want to be friends with a Slytherin. I just wanted some friends. It may be because he's famous, or might just be because I want to get to know the real Potter and not the one on the front page of everything. I crawled under the covers and sleep quickly took over me.

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I know the past chapters were boring and short but from here on it will get better because now I'm able to change things up my way so yay

- kennedy 🦁🐍🕊🌻
            (^ that was my attempt to use       emojis to represent the houses^)