Today Was a Fairytale
He sat down. He was across the table and one seat up from you. You started to chew on the inside of your lip, a nervous tick you’ve done all your life.
Pansy practically tripped over herself to greet him. You got the feeling she was quite the extrovert. She smiled at him and said, “Hi I’m Pansy Parkinson. That's Draco Malfoy and his weird minions Crabbe and Goyle. Our friend Blake is still in line and that’s well, that’s Y/n Potter.”
His gaze flicked to you. You flashed a smile. People often told you your smile was one of your best qualities and you wanted to make a good impression. Then you said, “It’s nice to meet you.”
Mattheo seemed thrown off by your politeness. He nodded in response to your greeting and Pansy kept talking, “Are you really his son? Are you a-”
Draco cut her off and said, “Let him be, Pansy.”
Pansy sighed and sat down. You raised an eyebrow in their direction. The two of them had an odd dynamic. In your peripheral vision you saw Mattheo judging them in a similar way.
The sorting continued without much chatter from the tables. Then it was done and the feast started. Everyone seemed to be already friendly with everyone else. The only two first years at the Slytherin table who weren’t talking to someone were you and Mattheo.
Then Draco turned to you and asked, “So what do you think of Mattheo?”
He specifically said it within Mattheo’s earshot. You replied back with, “What do you mean?”
“How do you feel about the son of he-who-shall-not-be-named sitting across from you?” Draco prodded.
“I feel like I would rather judge him based on his own actions rather than his fathers.” You answered calmly. Mattheo turned to face you and Draco.
“And what about you Mattheo? How do you feel sitting across from a Potter?” Draco questioned.
For the first time you heard Mattheo’s voice. He replied, “I’m fine with it if she and her brother are fine with it.”
“I can’t speak for Harry but I’m fine with it.” You said.
Mattheo smiled at you when you said that. He had a nice smile. He actually looked friendly. Maybe not approachable but nice. You grinned back and paused for a second. You wanted to have a normal conversation with him but you didn’t really know how.
“What’s your first class tomorrow?” You asked him.
“Potions.” He answered.
“Huh. Mine too. I guess we’ll get to know each other a little better then.” You replied.
“I guess so.” He replied back, the smile not yet leaving his lips.
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After dinner everyone was given a room assignment and their roommates. You were in a dorm with Pansy and two other girls you haven’t yet met. You went to your new bedroom and started to get settled in.
The next morning everyone woke up and got ready. Pansy helped you put on your robes for the first time. She was actually quite nice when you got past the whole being weirdly obsessed with Draco thing.
Then it was breakfast. You sat with the same people again and you were more social this time. You talked with Draco and he kind of explained all the classes at Hogwarts. Pansy filled you in on some gossip. Blake introduced you to the Slytherin quidditch team and Mattheo just chatted with you about Hogwarts.
Then you went to your first class, potions.Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, and Mattheo were all in that class. You slipped into a seat in the middle of the third row.
Harry, Ron and Hermione sat in a row next to you. Draco chose the seat in front of Harry to bother him. His goons sat next to him. Then Mattheo slipped into the seat next to you.
“Hi.” You started.
“Hey.” He replied.
Then you turned to your brother. You hadn’t gotten to talk to him since the sorting. You said hi and he said hi back. THen you asked, “How you doing so far? How's being a Gryffindor?”
“Good, yeah. It’s weird you're a Slytherin.” Harry replied with an edge in his voice. You frowned slightly. You didn’t want this separating you too much. You two had always been close. “How re you doing?”
“Good actually.” You replied. “It’s not as weird as I thought’d be.”
Harry lowered his voice before asking, “So what’s Mattheo like?”
“He’s pretty normal.” You answered. Harry hmmed in reply and then Professor Snape started introducing himself in the class.
“We are going to get started right away. Get into groups of three.” He demanded. He was a little scary.
Ron tapped on Harry’s shoulder and they partnered up with Hermione. You turned to Mattheo and said, “Want to work together?”
He nodded. There was an uneven number of people in the class so Snape let you guy’s be a group of two.
The rest of the class you just had fun. The potion was fairly easy and after you were done making it. You and Mattheo just talked.
You talked about everything. Favorite colors, favorite animals, hobbies, current books the two of you were reading. It was easy conversation.
The two of you compared class schedules. . You had most of your other classes with him also. Everything else but brooms class.
Every class with him was just as fun. You liked learning the material too.
You were even quickly becoming friends with Pansy and Draco. You didn’t really get to talk to Harry though.
Despite that you were starting to like it at Hogwarts.
The only negative were the whispers. Eventually, however, everyone who had a bitchy comment about you, magically got ink spilled all over their homework. You were getting good at that spell.
You were really starting to fit in here.