After sorting Dumbledore Stand up.
"Welcome, welcome to a new year of Hogwarts. So then, Let the feast begins".
Suddenly food magically appeared on tables. All the students started to eat chatting with each other. I took a steak and eat it elegantly like most Slytherins.
A ghost came thru the floor near me. He was covered in silver blood and had a gaunt face. Even the Slytherins were uncomfortable in his presence.
"We must win this year too." A hoarse whisper came.
"But, Gryffindors have Harry Potter now. It will be hard this year" One of the older Slytherins said.
"So what? He doesn't look that impressive." Pansy said.
"One person can't make much of a difference," Theodore Nott said joining the conversation.
"True, We need to show them who is the best," I said.
"Oh Malfoy, how are you?" Nott asked.
"I am fine. Thank you for asking."
"I thought you were going to join Durmstrang after all those talks." I could feel the mocking tone in his voice. When we met before I was boasting about going to Durmstrang. Now he is using it to mock me. Even though we never show openly we had a between us. Even our fathers were each other's necks on the political battlefield.
"Oh, I thought if I didn't join Slytherin, the house will be lost only genius in the first year. So here I am." I said sarcastically.
At that moment all of the students were done eating and Just like how food appeared, It disappeared. Dumbledore stood
up again. "Ahem, just a few more words now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start of the term notices to give you"
Then he started giving notices and I wasn't Paying attention to it. I secretly looked at Quirrell who was glancing at Harry from time to time. Then I look at Snape who glanced at me before looking away.
"And now, It's bedtime. Goodnight to you all." Dumbledore said ending his speech. I was quite thankful we didn't sing that song I saw in one of my visions.
"Slytherins first year follow me." One of the Slytherin prefects, Gemma Farley led us to the castle dungeons. There was the entrance to Slytherin Dungeon. After going down a staircase we were facing a stone wall.
" This is the entrance to Slytherin common room, once you are in front of this wall say the password. Password will change every fortnight and it will be displayed on the noticeboard. And no one is allowed to reveal entrance or password to others. Never bring students from other houses to our common room." Gemma said seriously.
"Password is 'superior'"
When she said it the stone wall split open revealing a passage leading to the common room.
Slytherin common room had a quiet mysterious look. The Male prefect came in front and started to explain about the Slytherin house.
"Our emblem is the serpent, the wisest of creatures, our house colors are emerald green and silver. As you'll see Slytherin common room is located under the Hogwarts lake. Its Windows show the depths of the Hogwarts lake. We often see the giant squid swooshing by and sometimes more interesting creatures. We like to feel that our hangout has the aura of a mysterious, underwater shipwreck."
"We do not tolerate getting cached lawbreakers. Of course, if you break laws to make sure not to get cached and if you caused a loose points you need to take responsibility for it." Saying that He ended his speech.
"we snakes need to stick together. Make sure to show other houses their place, especially to those Lions. We will win the house cup this year too." Gemma said.
"We are Slytherin. We are the greatest." With that, all students cheered. I joined too.
"First years, the right side is the boy's dormitory and the left is the girl's."
After that, we went to the dormitory. The beds were all green just like most of the things in Slytherin. Our trunks were already there. I went right into bed, it was a pretty exhausting day but I was excited for tomorrow.
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I got up early in the morning and went to the great hall for breakfast.
"Good morning, Draco." Pansy who was already there said. Other than a few older students only Daphne Greengrass was there.
She had blonde hair and blue eyes with a cold look.
"Good morning, Pansy. Good morning to you too Daphne." She merely looked at me and said "Morning".
She is not much known among the pure-blood children. Mainly because her family stay neutral during the first war, they were isolated from other old wizard families. And my father had a hand in their misfortune.
I started to eat then Snape came and distributed schedules. Pansy said, "Oh, we have Charms as the first class-"
"with Gryffindors," I said completing her sentence.
"Look like we can find out Potter is good as they say."
Even though I said that Charm class went peacefully. Mainly because we didn't try any advanced spells. It was mostly about introducing to magic and how to access your magic correctly. I could say it was mainly for muggle-borns. Then we tried Lumos charm which most of the students successfully completed on the first try.
Second class was a History class which was absolutely brilliant if you have sleeping problems. After that we had lunch. I was checking my schedule when I noticed it was Transfiguration next.
" Come on boys, let's go," I said to Crabbe and Goyle who were still surfing on dessert.
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I and my friends walked into the transfiguration classroom. There was only Hermione and two other students while a cat sitting on a desk. I went toward the cat and said." Good Afternoon, Professor."
All of the students including my friends gave me a crazy look but soon their faces filled with amazement when the cat morphed into Professor McGonagall.
"Good Afternoon, Mr.Malfoy. You have quite keen eyes." She said.
"You are over praising me, Professor. Also, there are not many known Animagus. And a cat in a classroom is not common either." I said with a smirk.
I went to sit and one by one students started to show up.
"Transfiguration is the art of changing things into something else. It is one of the most powerful magics you will ever learn. If you are talented and hardworking, you will gain the power to turn into anything you like." Saying this she turned into a cat again.
At the same moment, Harry and Ron ran into the classroom. "Phew, Can You imagine McGonagall's face if we were late," Ron said while I was trying to hold my laughter. Then McGonagall turned into a human and walk right into their faces.
"That was bloody brilliant."
"Oh Thank you, Mr.Weasley. Perhaps I should turn one of you into a clock, that way least one might be on time."
"We got lost," Harry said.
"Perhaps a map then."
"Like I was saying Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous
magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been
warned." Then she continued to explain about Transfiguration.
Then we were given a match to turn into Needle.
It was a little bit harder than turning a button into a rock. Changing material was easy but creating the needle head was quite hard. If you put too much magic it will be deformed and if you lose focus it won't transform at all.
After five minutes I was able to transform the match into a silver needle.
"Professor, I think I've done it," I said raising my hand.
McGonagall came to me and inspected the needle. "Nicely done Mr.Malfoy. Ten points to Slytherin."
"Now try to give it more details. Make it fancier."
She left, inspecting other students and advising them. I could see Hermione getting her fighting spirit high.
"Wow Draco, You are very Talented," Pansy said.
"Of course he is," Crabbe said proudly. I guess having a powerful gang leader made them proud.
"You both need to focus on your magic," I said.
After I tried to add more details to the needle. At the end of the period, I was able to give it golden stripes While only Hermione was able to make a difference.
While Flitwick introduced students to magic making it look easy, McGonagall gave a near-impossible task for most of the first years. It was a simple plan to make first-years interested in magic and encourage them to work harder.
*******
After classes ended I decided to make myself familiar with the castle. There were a few abandoned classrooms in the Dungeons which I could use to practice magic. I was tempted to find Room of Requirement but I decided to check it later.
Somehow while walking I ended up in front of the library. I decided to take a look.
There were Thousands of books neatly stored on bookshelves. A witch who should be the librarian was sitting behind a table. She gave me a look and went back to reading her book. I walked to her and asked, " Is there a book for beginners in Charm?"
"twelfth shelf, right corner." She said. "Loud sounds, foods, and damaging books are not allowed in my library. If I found you doing one of these, you will never step in here again. And don't go to the restricted area it's not allowed."
I nodded and went to look for the book. I found a lot of beginner-level books in the area librarian pointed out. I picked a book name 'Way of the Charms - 1st volume' and went to a desk nearby. There was a familiar brown-haired girl reading a huge book.
I sat opposite side of her and started to read. Few minutes later I noticed a gaze on me.
"What?" I said looking at her.
"You never said you can do magic that better?"
"You never asked and you were great too."
"I could only turn the match into silver." She said in disappointment. "But, I find out this book about Transfiguration. Did you know Professor McGonagall was an Animagus? I just learned we can not just transform something, we can animate something too like giving intelligence to inanimate objects. I think it's brilliant."
" You need to start from the basics," I said. " Without strong fundamentals, it will become harder in the future ".
Or have a system like me but I was pretty sure she doesn't need one to master the magic.
After reading for an hour or so I returned to the common room. I was a little interested in the restricted area, I need to ask about it from Snape.
"Draco where were you? I was looking for you." Pansy said walking to me with two other girls.
"This is Tracey Davis and Millicent Bulstrode." She said noticing my questioning look.
"Nice to meet you," I said.
"Nice to meet you too." Both girls said
"I was just walking around by the way have you done the Herbology work?" I am not very good at Herbology even with the system. "Can I borrow it?"
"Only if you agree to help me with Transfiguration."
"Deal"
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A\N -
From now on I won't add Karma points notification in every time MC interacted with a character because I noticed it interrupts the flow of the story. Leave reviews and comments, see you all.
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