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[alt_harry]

Sometimes I wish that I wasn't Father's son because then I would know for sure if I was actually any good at anything. I hate it when people are nice just because of Father.

Draco, you had better do what I asked you to.

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[alt_draco]

I was just having a lark until the Weasel butted in and turned it into a squabble. But you don't seem to take anything we Slytherins do as a lark, do you.

I did what you said. You don't have to act all threatening about it.

[alt_harry]

Come on, Draco, I wasn't being threatening! And you don't have to have a lark with Neville, anyway. He sort of gets it from all sides, yeah?

Thank you for doing what I asked.

[alt_draco]

But why do you care?




You're welcome, I guess.

[alt_harry]

Neville's nice, that's why. If you want to pick on someone, pick on Crabbe. He's not just slow, he's mean.

[alt_draco]

No. Unlike some, I believe in house solidarity.

[alt_harry]

If I had been a Gryffindor, would you have stopped talking to me?

[alt_draco]

But it's not as if that would have happened, Harry.

[alt_harry]

Well, yeah, but only because of Father.

[alt_draco]

Right!

You shouldn't worry that people are only nice to you because of your Father, you know. I'm pretty sure some people are only nice to me because I'm your friend, after all, and I don't let it bother me. At least we know that we like each other for who we are, yeah?

[alt_harry]

That's true. I could've hated you, you know. If you had stolen my teddy bear or something, when we were really little.

[alt_draco]

Why would I do that? I had loads of teddy bears of my own. And how do you know that I didn't? I think small children have poor memories.

Ooooh, I have a secret - Ptolemy the panda bear began life as your toy until I stole him away, and now he's likely squeezed in a trunk somewhere in the Manor attic, just waiting to be recovered.

[alt_sally_anne]

Crabbe is so thick you could use him as a warm winter coat.

His meanness ought to be a redeeming feature but it doesn't seem to be. Draco, do you suppose you could teach him some cleverer insults than 'yeah, your mum'?

[alt_draco]

They say you can't teach clever. At least he's strong, I suppose.

[alt_sally_anne]

He certainly smells strong. Oops, was that out loud?

Harry got to switch houses. Could we give Goyle to the Hufflepuffs? Even Hannah Abbot would be a trade up.

[alt_draco]

But Harry switched because he was in the wrong house before. I don't know what house Goyle would be better of in but... I think that we should support him, now that he's with us.

[alt_sally_anne]

Sigh. You're right, of course. I'll try to do better; it's not Goyle's fault the lift doesn't go all the way to the top.

I don't have to be nice to Nott, do I?

[alt_draco]

Well, it's certainly acceptable to tell him that he's an idiot in the privacy of the dungeons. But when outsiders say the same, tell them to shut their fat gobs.

Not in the dungeons, you don't. Don't let him near your pets, either.

[alt_ron]

Thanks, Harry. For catching it.

[alt_harry]

Welcome, mate.