by your side. [ d. malfoy ]

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CHAPTER TEN.

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" HARRY AND THANA i suggest you two go together, harry remember, speak clearly!" but harry didn't speak clearly. "you had one job, jeez harry." thana sighed as they stood up. "oh sure, put on that slytherin attitude, let's just get out of here so we can go back to school, back to ignoring eachother." he scoffed and thana rolled her eyes.

while harry got his hand stuck in something thana had already found the exit and scared at the witched and wizards with a disgusted look. harry and hagrid, who 'saved' them were talking but thana didn't really listen. while hermione fixed harry's glasses again she looked around. "come on! everybody was so worried."

"gilderoy lockhart!" as the author was announced, girls and woman started clapping, all trying to get his attention. thana was disgusted by the whole thing but knew that everyone would ignore her if she said anything. gilderoy's eyes met with harry's and he got pushed to the author. thana rolled her eyes and stepped backwards, nobody noticed.

do it.

the voice. she ignored it and watched as everyone drooled over her brother and the author. "wait outside, i'll get these signed." they did as they were told and started to make their way to the exit.

a certain blonde stopped them. "bet you loved that, didn't you potter?" thana giggled at the way he said potter, making draco notice her. "thana!" he said with a nice tone. the girl stepped forward and stood next to her friend, surprising both draco and herself. she'd decided that harry's attitude wasn't worth holding back on the friendship with draco anymore. if he wanted to be like this, fine by her but she wouldn't ignore draco anymore just because he was rude to harry; she started to think that maybe ron was wrong. draco continued to annoy harry and ginny stepped forward. "leave him alone."

"oh look potter, you got yourself a girlfriend." he said, holding back laughter. "i could say the same about you." harry nodded towards his sister. "he whishes." thana smirked. "come on draco, be nicely. lucius malfoy, we meet at last," he pushed harry's hair up and stared at the scar.

"so you're saying i'm your boyfriend huh?" draco asked, playfully pushing thana. "you wish, malfoy." he smirked, glad she seemed to have come to her senses and had finally seen that they could be great friends.

"fear for the name only increases fear for the thing itself." hermione said. "and you must be mrs granger, draco told me all about you," mr malfoy said. thana playfully bumped her shoulder against draco's and mouthed, 'draco is in loveeee'. to which draco just rolled his eyes and immediately reconsidered how badly he wanted this friendship to last. "and your family. muggles aren't they?" he said, looking at hermione's parents.

"let me see, red hair, vacant expressions, tatty, secondhand book. you must be the weasleys." thana watched as mr weasley tried to bring the children outside. "well, well, well, weasley senior." lucius nodded. "lucius."

"busy time at the ministry arthur? all those extra raids? i do hope they're paying you overtime, but judging by the state of this," he held up something he had grabbed from ginny, "i'd say not. what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard is they don't even pay you well for it?" draco laughed. his eyes then met thana's. "let me guess, thana potter?" the girl nodded, happy that not everyone ignored her. "a friend of draco, right?" his voice didn't sound as mean as it did before and the twelve year old girl reluctantly nodded again. "well, a friend of draco is always welcome to join for dinner," lucius said, "perhaps tonight? you and draco can take the train together tomorrow."

"it's okay, you can go." harry said and thana waved them goodbye. "dobby will pick up your stuff at the weasley's place, let's go find you a dress." lucius said, gesturing for draco to take her to his mother. "thana! good to finally meet you," narcissa gave the girl a hug. she didn't understand why ron hated this family so much, they had been nicer to her than ron and harry had been all day.