MY BROTHER'S ENEMY / Draco Malfoy x Reader

chapter 1

(Y/N) POV:

It all started on June 23rd of 1991, my cousin's birthday. He was always so stuck up and spoilt, never did I imagine someone acting like that. He has two rooms to himself while I share a closet under the stairs with my twin brother Harry. We are treated like dirt in the house, like maids accept we don't get paid, me and my brother are only friends with one-another, Dudley convinced everyone we are freaks; he's not wrong though, there is something different about me and Harry.

When Dudley came running down the stairs, he made it his job to jump up and down above our closet, screaming at us to get up. As always, our Aunt had begun breakfast and told us to continue without messing up, Harry oversaw bacon and I had to make tea and coffee along with bringing the birthday pig whatever dink he wanted. As I was fetching the drinks Dudley was going on about how he did not have enough presents while Uncle was trying to keep him from having a tantrum as I walked past harry with two cups in my hand I whispered "He's lucky to get any to begin with," Harry nodded so the Dursleys couldn't see, we always had to try and avoid trouble although I love it, I would prefer not miss out on eating for a month again.

When Uncle Vernon got a call saying nobody could watch us, he said we had to go with him. Both fortunately and unfortunately with Dudley's friends tagging along, me and Harry would be hiding in the back of the car, that means we could talk to each other without worrying about anyone listening but bad because it's a half hour drive to the zoo and the back of the car is cramped with two people. Before exiting the house, Uncle stopped me and Harry warning us both of what the punishment would be for anything strange going on. He always blamed very strange thing on me and Harry we never knew why we just assumed it was because Aunt and Uncle never liked our father.

At the zoo Harry and I followed as we took great interest in the animals. When we got to the reptile section, we were all gathered in front of a snake that appeared to be asleep it looked quite peaceful,

"Make it move." The voice of my annoying cousin said and uncle doing what his son wanted knocked on the glass harshly

"Move!" Uncle Vernon said, when it didn't move Dudley knocked harder making me feel bad for the poor creature

"MOVE!" Dudley yelled and thankfully Harry said something before I punched both my cousin and uncle,

"He's asleep!" Harry did not yell but did sound serious. In response to Harry's statement in a mono-tone voice said:

"He's boring." With that the Dursleys left to harass another poor animal leaving me and Harry at the serpents' enclosure, I finally got to see what kind of snake it was a boa constrictor. I had always had an interest in snakes, so I knew a bit about them.

"Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there all day, having people press their ugly faces in on you." Harry spoke softly towards the snake after he finishes speaking the snake looks at Harry and me blinking. Harry stares in shock 'Can you... hear me?" with this the snake nods it's head. With this I am utterly dumbfounded. "It's just... I've never talked to a snake before. Do you... I mean... do you talk to people often?" Harry continues his one-sided conversation with the snake. The snake shakes his head in response to my brothers' question,

"You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there; do you miss your family?" I finally speak. its only when the snake turns its head in the direction of the sign that I see, this poor snake was bred in captivity 'I see. That's the same for us as well. We never knew our parents, either." The fact the snake is now moving seems to have caught Dudley's attention because in seconds both Harry and I have been pushed to the ground while Dudley puts his hands and face to the glass,

"Mummy, dad, come here! You won't believe what the snake is doing!" Dudley screams making me so mad! How can someone treat animals like this, this should be a safe place, so the animals feel calm! Suddenly as though by magic Dudley falls through the glass and into enclosure causing me to snicker. Then I see Uncle Vernon staring at me and Harry. I shrink into myself I can hear harry speak faintly, not ready for the punishment that will no doubt be very harsh.

When we arrive back home, we are thrown under the stairs and locked in as Harry tries to reason saying how it looked like the glass disappeared like magic. And as though it was a curse Uncle Vernon slammed the door screaming 'THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC!".