6 Privet Drive ( rewritten )

Suspicious neighbors

I'm back with chapter 3 my dudes! 

Draco was roused from his sleep by the obnoxious sound of a bell ringing. He vaguely remembered those weird devices muggles had on their doors to acknowledge each other of their presence and concluded that that must be it and proceeded to cover his ears with a pillow, muffling the noise slightly. However, the sharp sound didn't stop. It was starting to become a background noise so Draco decided that along with the hardly effective muffling provided by his pillow, it wouldn't be that hard to fall back asleep. The ringing stopped for a few seconds, giving him some fake hope that whoever decided to show up at their door to bother them, finally left. He decided that he was wrong a lot these days when the doorbell rang again, now more persistent than before. He gave up on sleeping and got up with an angry huff, ready to rush down the stairs just in the clothes he slept in last night and demand answers from his parents. They should've opened the door already, it was ringing for 5 minutes now, he counted each second and was positive that he was right. He just wanted to sleep the mental stress off, and waking up early in the morning wasn't really appealing to him, especially since he had nothing else to do.

He stormed down the stairs in a very un-fashionable way ready to confront his parents, but he froze in his tracks at the bottom of the stairs. He saw his mother in the middle of the hall, just staring at the door with a conflicted look on her face. Draco softened when he noticed a hint of fear in her expression and walked to her.

"Why won't you open the door, mother ?" he asked, still groggy from his interrupted sleep, and placed a hand on her shoulder. She jumped, startled and turned to look at him.

" I don't know if it's safe to open it, darling. It could be anyone on the other side " she started softly " once the door is open, they would be welcome to step within the safety of our wards. I would just put us in unnecessary danger by mindlessly opening it " her high cheekbones paled a bit. He should've known she had such a selfless reason to not act. His mother cared way too much about her family and their safety, more than herself. She was such a sweet, kind-hearted being.

His father climbed down the stairs, properly dressed and hair pulled in a low ponytail. He cleared his throat and gestured with his head towards the door "It's safe Narcissa ." his statement calmed his mother visibly, her shoulders slumping down, her expression melting into a soft smile while she nodded. The tall form of his father passed the two of them, hesitating just a bit before unlocking and opening the door to finally stop the bugging sound.

At their doorstep stood three strangers, most likely muggles, with a look of impatience masked by ugly smiles on their faces. They gave off the feeling of untrustworthiness that your typical annoying, stuck up neighbours would give. The scrawny woman that looked like the kind of person who would request to speak with the manager after an employee didn't treat them like Merlin impersonated, had an unusually long neck that, along with her sharp face, gave the impression of a horse. Besides her stood an incredibly massive man, twice as big as her and most likely her husband, who had his sausage-like fingers placed on the shoulder of a blob of fatness that Draco couldn't decide if it was a morbidly obese human or a pig wearing a badly made wig.

He tried to conceal his look of disgust that was threatening to cross his face when looking at the unknown people. He sighed and composed himself, morphing his expression into a cold, emotionless stare that could rival his godfather's.

"Good day " started the man with a brash, unpleasant voice " we are glad to welcome you to the neighbourhood. We live next door, and we are one of the more pleasant families around, the Dursleys ." he finished, extending an enormous hand towards his father.