Charming (Draco x OC)

Malfoy and Moody

The DADA teacher introduced himself as Moody, which was a fitting name. He didn't greet the new school students like the other teachers, but instead looked at one of the Durmstrang boys and scoffed.

"You're lucky you missed the spider lesson." Harry whispered and shuddered slightly to himself.

"Spider lesson?"

"He had these jumping spiders, it was awful."

"I don't mind spiders, but I would prefer if they weren't jumping around. Where they big?"

"Big for normal spiders, but there are these massive spiders in the Forrest, twice the size of a person" he raised his eyebrows at me nodding. I felt mildly horrified at the idea of giant jumping spiders. Actually, scratch the mildly. We didn't have desks, we were just sat on benches watching as Moody prowled up and down the middle waving his arms around like a mad man. I wasn't sure I liked him very much, but he did a good job at keeping your attention.

I couldn't follow one of the houses after this class, Herbology was with Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. I went up to Moody at the end of lesson "hey, do you know where this room is?" I pointed on my timetable. He grumbled for me to figure it out myself and waved me away. Everyone else in the class had already gone, so I wandered in the direction I thought it might be in until I arrived late. I smiled and half bowed to the teacher apologising, really testing the etiquette classes in being charming. They where very friendly and let me off, partnering me up with some Hufflepuff boy for a task. It was relaxed and easy, and the greenhouse was warm and bright. I decided I might quite like Herbology this year, it always felt so serious at Beauxbatons.

I was heading towards the lunch hall when I saw Draco running at full speed in the opposite direction, in such a rush I don't think he even noticed me. About four other boys followed - I couldn't tell if they where just following him or if they where who he was running from. I shrugged it off and continued to get lunch. It sat in my usual place in the great hall.

"Oh! Oh! Elena did you hear?" A Ravenclaw boy began. I must've looked confused because he continued before I could reply. "Have you met Professor Moody yet?"

"Yeah i had him third period, why? What's happened?"

"He turned Malfoy into a ferret a few minutes ago apparently! Justin here saw it didn't you Justin?" Justin nodded profusely, still laughing to himself.

"Why?" I asked. Was this for a class? Draco already had DADA with me though....

"Moody is just pissy like that." I scrunched my nose in disgust.

"That's horrible!" I exclaimed.

"That's what I said! He shouldn't be a teacher when he has a temper like that, turning students into ferrets and flinging them around." Cho remarked, grabbing a sausage roll and putting it on her plate. I get why he was running earlier. The boys continued laughing as Cho muttered, and I agreed with her which seemed to make her like me more. "He goes off syllabus all the time aswell as if we don't have exams." She added.

I had history of magic next with the Slytherins, but Draco must've skipped because I didn't see him. At the end of the day we had flying lessons, to my suprise it was Quidditch which isn't taught at Beauxbatons. I felt a bit uncertain about flying around on a stick of wood, I would much rather a strong horse. The Beauxbatons had an independent lesson away from the hogwarts kids since we had never done it before. I didn't think I was very good.

That evening when the girls where chattering in our dorm Lily brought me up.

"Elena, don't you want to tell us about your new boyfriend?