The Slytherin Prince [Draco Malfoy]

Year 2 - Off to School

Hermione and Eleanor was worried sick in the train cabin back then. They didn't see Harry nor Ron the whole trip and Fred and George was not even sure they got on the train.

Don't worry they said, must be goofing off somewhere. Once they settled into their own houses at the tables of the great hall that they realized they did missed the train after all. Hermione was one step away from being hysteric when she heard the two of them nearly got expelled by Snape.

Eleanor finally was in peace when she saw Harry and Ron scurried over to the Gryffindor table, their messed up robes all over the place. She chuckled a little and continued eating with Leah.

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School was going well for Eleanor as she excelled in her potions and charms classes. She was especially happy with herself when Snape complimented her. Briefly of course. She remembered him saying, "A difficult potion indeed, the Draught of peace." He looked over at her cauldron as she waiting anxiously for her assessment.

The class was given a chance to brew any potions they want to showcase the improvement of their magic over the holidays. "And you managed to brew it. Well done." He said flatly and gave the tiniest of smile at the corner of his lips that Eleanor caught. She mentally pat herself on the shoulders.

Hermione sighed defeatedly and wondered silently why Eleanor's potion was better than hers..

Draco and Harry on the other hand stared at Eleanor at the same time with admiration in their eyes.

Classes pass by quickly through the new term and soon it was time for quidditch team selection again. The difference being this time, Draco went to be the seeker for Slytherin himself, bringing along the new nimbus 2001s, said to be bought by Lucius Malfoy.

Harry was unhappy that Draco got in the team and swore to train harder to beat him on the field. Another thing was that he didn't like how close Draco was to Eleanor.

He looked over at the brunette slytherin who was sitting with Ron and Hermione. She was curiously kind and gentle despite being in the house of serpents. But he didn't think he saw wrongly that day at Diagon alley when malfoy spoke to her in low whispers, holding her hands affectionately. Although she ran off afterwards, but he noticed the pinkish tint on her cheeks which Malfoy had missed with her back turned.

He didn't like that. At all.

"What are you looking at Potter?" Draco said in his face when he saw him staring at Eleanor Prince. Harry averted his gaze and looked at him with the same hard glare. "Nothing." He smiled tightly. "Let's see who's the better seeker then?"
"Hmph. Clearly who has the upper hand." He smirked smugly, tapping his nimbus 2001 lightly on the ground.

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Let's just say they did not just plan to face off in quidditch. Gilderoy Lockhart, as the new DADA teacher, started the new dueling club. In the recent events of certain rumored danger in Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore had given him permission to start this to "protect" the students.

Lockhart made his entrance again on the stage with his tight trousers and flared shirt. "Can everybody see? Can everybody hear me?" He look onto the students from all different years and houses, and grinned again. "Excellent."

He threw his cape to the crowd and a few fourth year female students grabbed onto them fawning over this hot professor. Eleanor and Ron gave each other the Are-you-serious face and shook their heads.

"Now let's have some volunteers shall we? Draco and Harry! Come on up." Harry was pushed out by his fellow housemates and Draco strode up confidently.

Eleanor watched the pair got into position and the tension was definitely present. She was starting to get a little nervous, over what she's not quite sure yet.

"Now I want you to disarm your opponent. And only to disarm. Now on my mark, 1.. 2.."

"Everte Statum!" A point of bright light burst out from Draco's wand and hit Harry straight front, sending him flying a few feet backwards. He smirked victoriously until Harry got up again, not losing out with his own offensive spells.

"Rictusembra!" Wide eyed Draco was knocked to the ground as well and Snape pushed him forward by the collar to continue the duel. "Serpensortia!!" Everyone gasped out loud when Draco conjured a black cobra, who slithered and looked onto the students with its threatening fangs.

Eleanor looked back at him mouth slightly agaped, amazed that he managed to conjure a living snake. It was high level magic for a second year. And of course there he was the prideful gleam in his eyes as he looked back at Snape, as if asking for compliments. And yes he didn't get any.

"I'll handle that for you Potter not to worry." Snape says. That was until Harry started to speak in parseltongue. No one understood what he said, except for the cobra who stood up taller and looked like it was preparing to attack Justin, a hufflepuff student.

While everyone was holding their breath expecting the serpent to strike, Snape was the first to break out of the trance. "Vipera Evanesca.."

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Unfriendly whispers filled the study room as Harry looked around him and saw a group of Hufflepuff students staring at him, talking behind his back. He turned and realized the same for almost everyone. Hermione and Ron smiled sadly to him, not being able to help him at all.

After the student body found out Harry was a parseltongue, rumors went around saying he was the heir of slytherin and would open the chamber of secrets in time. Harry frowned to himself and shut his book forcefully, silencing the gossips around him at once.

"I'll meet you two back in the common room." He paced quickly distancing himself with the others. He hated this, being the talk of the students. He didn't liked it when they all said he was the boy who survived a curse from Voldemort. And he didn't like it either when they said he was the heir of slytherin.

He just wished they would all leave him alone. He was just Harry. And that didn't changed since the first day Hagrid came to him telling him he was a wizard.
He just wanted to be normal. Is that so hard?