Chapter 3

Hermione, Tracy and Daphne arrived to Transfiguration class with plenty of time to spare and they were able to grab seats towards the front of the room on the left side were many of the Slytherin students were already sitting. A blonde boy that Hermione somewhat recognized from the sorting walked up to the three of them and began talking to her. " My name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy and as a member of one of the oldest pureblood families I would like to welcome you to the noble house of Salazar Slytherin. If anyone gives you any trouble come to me and I'll set them straight." Hermione was shocked that Draco would make such an offer. She had read about the Malfoy family and knew that they did not look kindly on muggleborn wizards and witches, so the fact that he was making this offer took Hermione aback.

"Why would you make an offer like that to me?" Hermione asked. "I thought that the Malfoy family didn't associate with people of my blood status?" Draco pause for a moment before giving her an answer. "You're a muggleborn that got into Slytherin. We have to stick up for each other since no one else in this school will." The answer made sense to Hermione as she had read in Hogwarts, A History that Slytherin did have a reputation of producing "evil" wizards and witches. She did expect to be on the receiving end of some rather unpleasant comments from the other houses; especially the Gryffindor house since they were the main rivals of Slytherin.

Eventually, the students began to file into the classroom. The class was about to began, but two students were still missing so Professor McGonagall waited in her animagus form for the students to arrive. Finally, two Gryffindor boys walked into the room and Hermione recognized them from the train. They were explaining to the professor that they had gotten lost. Hermione snorted when she heard this and the boys looked over in her direction. "No one asked the opinion of a stuck up Slytherin mudblood like you. Keep your nose in your own business." Said the boy with the red hair, Weasley, she believed. Hermione felt her face getting hot and she thought she felt the prickling of tears forming in her eyes. She was about to start crying when all of a sudden Draco stood up and started yelling at Weasley.

Coming up next is the confrontation between Draco and Ron. Also, don't worry McGonagall will have plenty to say to both boys about their behavior. Please comment and let me know what you think so far. This is my first attempt at writing a fanfic.