❝Imagine being in Hufflepuff. I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?❞

❝Damn, imagine having a talking hat decide who you are for you. I'd rather turn into a ferret- Oh wait, you did both!❞

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Aliyeh Starling was everything Draco Malfoy was taught to hate. 

A mudblood. A hufflepuff. Improper.

So why was she everything his heart yearned for?

With the wizarding world plunging into darkness, she was the light he needed to truly see.
When he was forced into a war he never wanted to take part in, he fought for her.
When his own demons were getting the best of him, he fought for her.
When the dark lord threatened to ruin everything he loved, he fought for her.

If Draco Malfoy never threw Harry Potter his wand in the battle of Hogwarts, who knew what their world would have turned out like.

Draco's actions tipped the scale.

And it was all because of her.

And her damn slingshot.

[Modern AU because wdym there's no memes at Hogwarts?]