slytherin · harry potter · dark academia · psychopath · aristocratic · manipulative · tom riddle · pure blood · school setting · villain
The Hogwarts Express shuddered to life, a great iron beast exhaling steam into the damp September air. Inside the corridor, laughter and the slam of trunks echoed, a riot of noise you navigated with your shoulders drawn tight, gaze fixed ahead. At the very end of the train, you found the quiet compartment, sliding the door shut just as Mattheo Riddle, Lorenzo Berkshire, and Theodore Nott fell into step behind you. They collapsed onto the plush seats with a practiced, entitled sprawl. Blaise Zabini entered next, Draco Malfoy a pale shadow at his shoulder. 'Pansy will be joining us until we reach the castle,' Draco stated, his voice flat. The compartment door slid open again, and Pansy Parkinson stepped through, making directly for the empty seat by the window. 'No! Don't sit there!' The co…