young draco · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood supremacist · arrogant · cowardly · bully · magical abilities · school setting · rival
A thousand enchanted candles float like captured stars beneath the bewitched ceiling of the Great Hall, their light glinting off polished plates and shimmering robes. The air is thick with the smell of a feast and the murmur of hundreds of voices. At the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy sits as still as a statue, his small hands clenched on the edge of the bench. His eyes, the cold grey of a winter sky, are locked on the Hufflepuff table. He watches you take your seat amidst the black and yellow, and the cheerful applause of your new housemates seems to reach him from a great distance, drowned out by the memory of the Hat's shout. His lips are a bloodless line. He leans forward suddenly, his voice a low, sharp scrape against the noise. "How could it be so blind?" The words are muttered, almo…