drao ould smile at her enthusiasm. what was it about her that made him feel like the world wasn’t suh a bad pe after all?
“have fun,” he said. “i’d better take potter somepe else, thoing to be okay on your own?”
“i’m not on my own, there are a bunh of hildren waitiaey said she’d help me.” beaming, she skipped into the ssroom where the hildren welomed her and the plush uniorn iering sreams.
holy, the mht about it, the more he was onvined luna would make a great additioeahing staff. who would have thought?
“so…”
drao stiffened, sl around. oh no.
&anding there lorying to sou are. ped, but drao seo say something.
“out with it, potter. what is it?”
“yood with kids,” he said. drao aught the uone of wonder and snorted.
“i know, shoker.” he rolled his eyes when pered.
“atually, it is kind of a shoker. all this, i meaured around the hallarently at a loss for words. “i have so maions.”
“i figured,” drao sighed.
“e on, you have to admit it is a little odd.”
draed.
“why didn’t you tell me about this?”
“there was ell you about it.”
“no reasht, beause it’s totally normal for drao malfoy to be v at a magial infant shool.”
“and that,” drao said, waving his ier, “is exatly why i didn’t tell ahis.”
&ared at him, his expression thoughtful. “don’t you le to know what y for the wizarding ommunity?”
“no,” drao said, defiantly. “i don’t ial artile in the daily prophet or whatever bolloks they’d do.”
&udied him losely and slowly nodded. “i know what you mean.”
“that’s reiate it if you didn’t tell a me…v here,” drao said.
“yeah, okay, sure.”
“so, are yo? or do you some more?” drao teased.
potter pressed his lips together as they walked outside. at least he had the seo look guilty.
“is the building u charm?” he asked, looking over his shoulder.
“the whole premises. and they added a muggle-repelling charm.”
“yeah…kinda risky, running a magial shool iy, isn’t it?”
draed. “there are several others iryside, but it would have been a pain ihe families who live here, espeially the muggle-borhis isn’t a b shool. what? why are you lookihat?”
“nothing,” potter said hastily. it was obvious he wao omme drao ith people he had oed, alling them names and whatnot. “how did you find this pe? and how did they let—um…”
“what, let me work with hildren? you an say it.”
potter looked unomfortable but he slowly nodded.
“it’s a long story,” drao said evasively. he didn’t feel like expihi he kell potter something. “i guess…i don’t wao repeat my mistakes.”
&ed, frowning at him. “drao—”
& get into that,” drao said, waving a dismissive hand in the air. “all i’m saying is…hildren like you or me only knoarents, um, uardians taught them until they arrive at hogwarts. i know from first-hahat an turn into a problem. we ae prejudies or idioy, but we an teah hildren to be more operied to appear as nonhant as possible while potter kept staring at him. “it’s pretty simple,” drao oly to fill the awkward silene. “basially, muggle- bor magi before they ome to hogure-bloods lear muggles. most importaogether.”
“but most muggle-borns don’t know they have magi. i only found out i’m a wizard when i got my letter from hogotter said.
&ry has reated a speial department for that,” drao expined. “magi is traeable, even in a hild who has.”
“so…what, there are ministry w aroury, asting spells oo see if they’re a wizard or a with?” potter asked, raising an eyebrow.
“we’re…w on that,” drao said.
a fliker of amusemeer’s fae as he finally resumed walking.