Fortify [Draco Malfoy]

The 1st time: Potions Class

new robes

Defense against the Dark arts Volume 5.

And One pot of red ink

Those are the last things on my list that I need from Diagon Alley. My father walks behind me on my heels as we walk through the crowd of first years surrounding the candy store. My father is a muggle from Ohio, my mother met him while she was searching for a missing Alaskan dragon egg. She died 4 years ago in an accident with a Norwegian dragon in the middle of my first year. The whole school found out before me, and I was excused for three weeks.

Even though this is my fifth year at Hogwarts my father is still nervous about being in places with wizards. I think he's scared of being judged or pitied by them. We finally stumble our way through the first years and make our way to the robe shop. I need a size bigger because my old ones are getting short for me. As I'm telling the clerk my size I hear two boys making snarky comments about the seamstress, I turn around to see Aiden Paratson. Also a Slytherin 5th year, I had him in a couple of classes last year, he is horrible to the professors and the students, and unbearable to be around.

I'm not sure why I was placed in Slytherin. Almost everyone in this house has a dark or almost evil desire or motive, but I always find the good things in every scenario. Even my best friend Kevin, says I would fit better with him in Ravenclaw.

I make my way back to the fitting rooms to make sure my robes are long enough and unfortunately he noticed me sneaking past him.

"Hey Alisha, looks like you finally grew out of your training bra. Now that you're more my type maybe we could hang out sometime?" Aiden remarks as I continue looking down too embarrassed to make eye contact with anyone in this shop. "Please, leave me alone Aiden" I say.

"Hey come on, you know you would have a good time just say yes" he says cockily. Aiden has a reputation he has taken out almost every Slytherin 5th and 6th year girl except for me and he has never been turned down because his father is rich.

"No, I don't want to, now please leave me alone" I say trying to sound firm but totally failing. "You're a prude, you know that!" He responds, starting to yell. I feel my face get red and tears swell into my eyes as I finally look up to see three other boys have walked into the store. Crab, Goyle, and Draco. They are lent against the front wall, Crab and Goyle are laughing like this is a comedy but Draco looks unbothered by the scene. Quickly I turn the other direction, pay for my robes without trying them on and leave the store before any of them can see me break down.

I start speed walking down the Alley wiping my eyes to mask my embarrassment of that whole situation. How long were they standing there? I have a feeling this is going to be another year where I try to disappear into the background..

I met Kevin in the pet shop after calming myself down.

"Hey Alisha!" He yells from across the store before his eyes meet mine, His face falls. I can never hide my emotions from him, he has like a super power for reading people. I make my way across the room to see him looking in a cage of rats.

"Do you really need another rat? You've been through like 4 since first year" I ask. "Hey, it's not my fault. They run away, ok" He responds.

"Don't you think maybe you're doing something wrong if they keep running away" I remark. "Uhh! I'm offended. I'm an amazing mouse dad they just can't handle all this" he says gesturing to his body.

"Now can you tell me why you look like you've just been crying" he says, changing the subject. "Because I was" I say before explaining the whole Aiden situation to him.

"Ugh, that asshole when I get a hold of him I'm gonna use the..."

"No you will not" I say cutting him off "we will pretend it never happened, right?" I plead him. "Fine." He says clearly disappointed with my lack of anger towards the whole situation.