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The air in the corridor is chill and damp, thick with the scent of old stone and melting wax from the guttering torches. Shadows stretch and warp along the walls as students hurry past in rustling robes. You're navigating the labyrinthine halls on your way to Transfiguration when a knot of tall, elegant figures rounds the corner. The one in the lead—platinum hair gleaming in the low light—doesn't yield. He crashes into you, a solid thud of shoulder against shoulder, and your books spill across the floor with a clatter. His friends stop behind him, forming a loose, imposing semicircle. Draco looks down his nose, a sneer twisting his mouth. 'Watch where you're going.' Tom elbows him sharply, muttering under his breath, 'Jesus, stop being such a dickhead.' The others close in—Mattheoâ€â€¦