Xazinon
04-13-2003, 01:52 AM
Okay, well, I got asked to post this, so I thought I better do it. :)
It's a 500 word creative exercise I had to do for university, in which I rewrote a scene in Harry Potter from Draco's perspective. As it was only 500 words, it's not really a scene in the book as such: it's a reflection on a scene. You guys have already read the books a bunch of times so you probably know the bit, but if you don't it's the scene when Draco meets Harry on the Hogwarts Express in the Philosopher's Stone.
I thought about it, but then I didn't change it: this is exactly how I handed it in. Looking at it, I can see problems with it now, but I didn't want to mess with the credibility of it... you can see it how my tutor saw it.
Well, as per request, here it is! Hope you like it. :)
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Draco Malfoy scowled as he looked out the window of his compartment. Potter had been a fool to side himself with the Weasleys. If he had known what was good for him, Draco thought, he would have instantly tried to become friends with me. The Malfoys were a family with a rich, long and powerful tradition, whereas the Weasleys were poor, and the father was sympathetic to Muggles!
Draco sneered. He remembered meeting Potter in Diagon Alley earlier (though he hadn’t known who he was), with that Hagrid: even then, he had been hanging out with unsuitable types. He should have seen the signs that Potter was a weakling, and just wasn’t cut out for life as a wizard.
Nonetheless, he still couldn’t understand why Potter would have turned down the chance to become friends with him. Draco was no fool: Harry Potter was perhaps the most famous wizard in the world, and if he could become friends with Potter, he knew it would only enhance his reputation at Hogwarts.
He looked over at Goyle, still sucking his knuckle from being bitten by the Weasley boy’s rat. As if further to prove their worthlessness, Potter and the Weasley boy had been planning to take on Crabbe and Goyle! If it wasn’t for that rat (which, as it is a Weasley rat, probably has terrible diseases, Malfoy thought) both Potter and Weasley would really have been taught a lesson.
Draco had tried to warn Harry: associating with people like Hagrid and the Weasleys would get you nowhere. Realising he was probably unfamiliar with how the wizard world works, Draco had advised him he would be much better off with a friend such as himself than that other riff-raff he was hanging out with. And what thanks had he gotten for his advice? Potter had refused to shake his hand, and even tried to fight him!
As for that Weasley boy, well, that was the kind of thing you had to expect from a Weasley, Draco thought. They probably act like that because they’re jealous of those of us that they know are better than they are.
Draco shook his head in disgust. He had expected more of Potter than insolence and disrespect: Potter had shown behaviour normally associated with the lower classes. Potter was the one who had defeated Voldemort: he should realise that there are some wizards who it is better to know than others, wizards that can help him rather than hinder him. Judging from the look of him, Draco thought, he probably only defeated Voldemort by accident in the first place.
Draco smiled to himself. If Potter wanted to disrespect his family, Potter would have to accept any consequences that follow. He would show Potter just what it takes to be a wizard, and do all that he could to prove to him that he had made a very bad mistake in making an enemy of Draco Malfoy.
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It's a 500 word creative exercise I had to do for university, in which I rewrote a scene in Harry Potter from Draco's perspective. As it was only 500 words, it's not really a scene in the book as such: it's a reflection on a scene. You guys have already read the books a bunch of times so you probably know the bit, but if you don't it's the scene when Draco meets Harry on the Hogwarts Express in the Philosopher's Stone.
I thought about it, but then I didn't change it: this is exactly how I handed it in. Looking at it, I can see problems with it now, but I didn't want to mess with the credibility of it... you can see it how my tutor saw it.
Well, as per request, here it is! Hope you like it. :)
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Draco Malfoy scowled as he looked out the window of his compartment. Potter had been a fool to side himself with the Weasleys. If he had known what was good for him, Draco thought, he would have instantly tried to become friends with me. The Malfoys were a family with a rich, long and powerful tradition, whereas the Weasleys were poor, and the father was sympathetic to Muggles!
Draco sneered. He remembered meeting Potter in Diagon Alley earlier (though he hadn’t known who he was), with that Hagrid: even then, he had been hanging out with unsuitable types. He should have seen the signs that Potter was a weakling, and just wasn’t cut out for life as a wizard.
Nonetheless, he still couldn’t understand why Potter would have turned down the chance to become friends with him. Draco was no fool: Harry Potter was perhaps the most famous wizard in the world, and if he could become friends with Potter, he knew it would only enhance his reputation at Hogwarts.
He looked over at Goyle, still sucking his knuckle from being bitten by the Weasley boy’s rat. As if further to prove their worthlessness, Potter and the Weasley boy had been planning to take on Crabbe and Goyle! If it wasn’t for that rat (which, as it is a Weasley rat, probably has terrible diseases, Malfoy thought) both Potter and Weasley would really have been taught a lesson.
Draco had tried to warn Harry: associating with people like Hagrid and the Weasleys would get you nowhere. Realising he was probably unfamiliar with how the wizard world works, Draco had advised him he would be much better off with a friend such as himself than that other riff-raff he was hanging out with. And what thanks had he gotten for his advice? Potter had refused to shake his hand, and even tried to fight him!
As for that Weasley boy, well, that was the kind of thing you had to expect from a Weasley, Draco thought. They probably act like that because they’re jealous of those of us that they know are better than they are.
Draco shook his head in disgust. He had expected more of Potter than insolence and disrespect: Potter had shown behaviour normally associated with the lower classes. Potter was the one who had defeated Voldemort: he should realise that there are some wizards who it is better to know than others, wizards that can help him rather than hinder him. Judging from the look of him, Draco thought, he probably only defeated Voldemort by accident in the first place.
Draco smiled to himself. If Potter wanted to disrespect his family, Potter would have to accept any consequences that follow. He would show Potter just what it takes to be a wizard, and do all that he could to prove to him that he had made a very bad mistake in making an enemy of Draco Malfoy.
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