Adopted by the Malfoy's {Harry Potter fanfic}

11. The Prank

A/N: J. K. Rowling owns the world of Harry Potter, I only claim ownership of Lexie, Max and any unrecognizable characters in this chapter. No money is being made from this fic, it's just a bit of fun.

Lexie's first week went by in a blur; she attended classes, met her dorm mates, spent afternoons and evenings with her new friends, and managed to get lost several times. So far her favorite classes were Transfiguration and Potions. Professor Snape, the man who taught the class was not a very pleasant man, at least to anyone other than the Slytherin's. She didn't get much of a chance to talk with Draco privately but when he'd pulled her aside one day and asked how classes were, she was glad to find out that their friendship wasn't strained. She had been afraid he would treat her like he treated the rest of the Gryffindor's, but he didn't. If they happened upon each other in the hallways with others around, he would ignore her, instead insulting her company. He didn't directly offend her but a couple of times his comments made her annoyed with him anyway.

She also didn't see the twins much, between homework and classes, but whenever she did, they always had a smile or a joke to throw her way. Her second day attending Hogwarts she discovered a tree near the lake that had a wonderful view of the castle and forest, and she began to go there nearly every day. It became her favorite spot, she'd either lean against it or climb onto a low branch and study, occasionally draw. Max followed occasionally, but she usually only saw him after classes had ended.

Lexie was quickly getting accustomed to the castle, even though she sometimes forgot to pay attention to where she was going.

"Malfoy!" A voice rang out as she relaxed against her tree one afternoon on her first weekend at Hogwarts; she glanced up to see one of her dorm-mates heading toward her. She'd introduced herself as Ruby Dawson, shaking Lexie awake the day after they arrived and talking in a very hyper voice for so early in the morning. She then learned that Ruby was muggle-born, her birthday was in January, and her favorite color was lavender before she woke up fully. Ruby followed her as they headed to breakfast, still talking so fast that the half awake girl only caught every other word.

Ruby was about her own height, with shoulder length strawberry blond hair that waved and curled every which way. Her eyes were blue-green, and she was a rather perky person, no matter the time of day. They had most of their classes together, and Lexie found that the girl made for interesting company, although she often forgot to breathe in between sentences.

"Hey Ru," Lexie smiled as the other girl reached her and lay on the grass beside her. "Did you finish your Charms essay?" Lexie was enjoying her day spent drawing, while Ruby spent it buried in homework and practicing spells.

"Well aside from setting the feather we were supposed to be levitating on fire, spendidly." Ruby snorted and went on, "I wonder what it would be like to be able to levitate things in the muggle world, I bet people would seriously freak. You could call yourself a psychic and no one could prove you wrong. Then you'd get all famous and on talk shows, can you imagine? I hope there's chicken at dinner, I'm famished."

Lexie listened with a bemused smile, finishing up the sketch she was working on of a centaur from her Defense textbook. "Probably, there always seems to be more food than I know what to do with. I have to go put my book up though, meet you in the Hall?"

Both girls stood and Ruby groaned, "Now you're taking away my pillow!" Ruby pouted but the brunette ignored her. "Are you going to take flying lessons?"

"I don't know...Flying makes me sort of nervous."

They linked arms and talked about the assignment from the last Potions class, unlike Lexie, Ruby wasn't very good with Potions, preferring Herbology. Once they reached the castle, the girls were joined by Harry and Ron, and they all walked together.