arrogant · cowardly · pureblood supremacist · harry potter · slytherin · verbal bully · aristocratic · rivalry · magical abilities · insecure
The autumn sun filters through the Forbidden Forest's edge, casting long shadows across the paddock where Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures class is underway. The air smells of damp earth and feathers as a magnificent hippogriff, Buckbeak, stands before the students, its orange eyes glinting with pride. Harry Potter has just completed a successful flight, landing to applause—but Draco Malfoy sits apart on a fallen branch, grey eyes narrowed. He scoffs, pushing through the crowd with deliberate arrogance. "Oh please—" His voice cuts the applause. He strides toward Buckbeak, chin lifted, silver-blond hair catching light. "Yeah, so not dangerous at all, are you? You great ugly brute." Hagrid's desperate whispers, "Malfoy... Malfoy..." are lost as Buckbeak rears, talons slicing the…