Carolina was walking with her cousin Harry to go to their first practice of Quidditch season, followed by his twin sister Catalina and his two friends when the Wood groaned.
"What is it Oliver?" Carolina asks before meeting his eyes to the Slytherin team.
"Oh, never mind." She says, shooting a worried glance at Harry, who just shrugged at the chaser.
She heard Wood saying something about a new seeker and keeper; causing her to furrow her eyebrows until Draco and his twin Clodagh appeared, smirking.
Clodagh shoots a polite smile at Carolina to which she returned.
They were quite known as the Slyffindor duo, making Slytherin and Gryffindor's rivalry quite fun.
Draco noticed and scoffed, elbowing Clodagh who shot her 'little' brother (she was older by a minute) a glare.
Carolina rolled her eyes as Draco went on about affording the best.
"At least no one on Gryffindor's team had to buy their way in. They got it on pure talent." She growled, Hermione nodding.
Draco looked at her straight into her chocolate brown eyes, which was a bad mistake on his behalf, seeing as he developed a strong crush for the Gryffindor.
"No one asked for your opinion...you filthy little mudblood."
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She froze, Hermione pulling her away thankfully as she put on her poker face.
"You'll pay for that one Malfoy. Eat slugs!"
Carolina widened her eyes as Ron's spell backfired, literally, causing her to run to the redhead.
"RON!"
She crouched down, as he turned over, making vomit-like motions.
"Ron are you okay? Say something!"
He spit out a slug, causing her to wrinkle her nose in disgust.
"Here, let me help you up."
She put his arm around her shoulders as Cata got the other arm.
"Let's take him to Hagrid's, he'll know what to do."
X
Carolina was looking down as Hagrid questioned who Ron was trying to curse.
"Malfoy...the brother that is. He called Carrie a...well I don't know what it is."
She got up, walking towards Hermione, looking at her.
"He called her a mudblood."
Hagrid gasped.
"He did not!"
"What's a 'mudblood'?"
Carolina turns to Harry, tears streaming down.
"It means 'dirty blood'. Mudblood is a terrible insult to someone with non-magic parents. Someone like Hermione and I."
Hermione hugged her, sighing.
"It's not a term you would hear in a civilized conversation."
"You see Harry and Cata, there are some wizarding families, like the Malfoys, who think they're better than everyone else because they're what there called 'pure-blood'."
"T-That's horrible! And to our own sist- cousin!" Cata and Harry say, quickly correcting themselves.
Ron spits out a slug before saying, "It's disgusting."
"Well, at least one of the Malfoy twins respects us." Hermione murmured, recalling Clodagh yelling at Draco for insulting her best friend.
Carolina nodded, wiping her tears away.
X
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME DRACO?!" Clodagh shrieked at Draco, pushing him backwards.
"SIS! CALM DOWN!" Draco told her but she wouldn't have it.
"You've gone insane if you think you can insult my best friend in front of me!" she growled, her blue eyes that she inherited from her mother staring down at her brother's own pair of blue eyes.
"You think I don't know that?!" he yelled, pushing her.
She scoffs, blowing a strand of her brown hair off her face.
"I wish I was placed in Gryffindor." She mumbled, sighing. "That way, I can comfort my best friend with only my reputation as a Malfoy being in jeopardy. But nope, I also have the name of being a Slytherin to bear."
Draco pressed his lips together, looking as his twin sister groaned.
"Why can't you be nice to her Draco? Why not?"
"You know why." He growled.
"So father disapproves, who CARES?!" she sighs, rolling her eyes. "Mummy doesn't mind me being besties with a muggle-born-"
"Exactly! 'Besties'! Not being 'romantically involved' Clodagh!" he exclaims.
She rolls her eyes.
"Best friends are the best type of lovers Draco." She says, as if she already told him this.
He sighs, looking down.
"She didn't seem that fazed by me calling her that."
"Trust me, she WAS. She only acts tough on the outside brother. She's like a nut that's hard to crack. Layers of protection. Once you remove all that shit, you're left with a vulnerable girl that hates herself AND her name."
Draco looked at her and sighed.
"All right, I'll try! But, only towards her-"
"And Potter." She says, causing Draco to wrinkle his nose.
"Not HARRY POTTER you dipshit! His twin!" she exclaims, exasperated.
"Catalina Potter? The one who fancies Longbottom?"
"Thank god, I thought only Carrie and I saw it. And yes Draco, the ONE who fancies Longbottom, his ONLY twin." She says, sarcastically.
Draco raised his arms up in defense, sighing.
Well, he's going to try.
X
Draco watched as a random Slytherin knocked out the books from Carolina's hands, snickering as she bent down to pick them up.
He hesitated before walking up to her and handing her a book, their eyes meeting as she looked up.
She pressed her lips together, taking the book on his hand, still keeping eye contact with him.
"Sorry about earlier, I was being-"
"Racist?" Carolina snapped, glaring at him.
He chuckled, nodding.
"Yeah, I guess you can say that."
She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Clodagh made you apologize, didn't she?"
He widened his eyes, tensing.
Darn, she's smart!
Why wasn't she placed in Ravenclaw?
"Because I still have a lot to prove...at least that was what the sorting hat told me last year."
He widened his eyes, about to question how did she know when she said,
"Mind-related witchery, don't ask."
He nodded, completely aware at how awkward it had gotten.
He then reached out his hand, sighing.
"I'm Draco Malfoy, nice to meet you."
She looked at him; curious at why he was acting so strange.
She sighs, smiling at him.
She takes his hand and shakes it.
"Carolina Dursley, nice to meet you."
(Ok, so Cata and Carolina are in Gryffindor and are cousins in this oneshot and Clodagh and Draco are twins and are both in Slytherin. Of course I went for the Gryffindor and Slytherin being friends area here. Stay tuned! Bye my lovelies!)
