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[Draco Malfoy]

Draco stalked up a staircase, his eyes glaring at everyone he passed. He walked at such a pace that first and second years had to dive out of his way. He hadn't slept much last night and wasn't in a mood to be bothered with. His white blond hair was looking somewhat shaggy today, but still suited him well. He reached the top step and turned, nearly tripping over something, or someone...

[Antonia Madridis]

"Argh!" Antonia ducked and scrambled out of the way, one hand on her glasses to keep them from falling, the other clutching a large book entitled Twenty Eight Deadly Creatures, and how to Avoid Them.

She had been sitting on the stairs, studying for one of the few tests that their care of magical creatures teacher had given then, when someone had come by and nearly flattened her. If it was a first or second year, she had fully planned on chucking the book at them, but...

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco growled and glared at the person who nearly knocked him flat on his face. He noticed it was that Ant girl he had met yesterday in the library. Even though he wasn't intentionally tripped, his mood still prevented him from being very kind to a former pureblood.
"Must you try and flatten me to the ground everytime we run into one another?"
Draco asked in an extremely dark tone. It was the nicest thing he could muster up at the moment though. His lack of sleep always messed with him, especially on days when he really just didn't want to get out of bed anyways...

[Antonia Madridis]

Ant stood up and raised her eyebrows at Draco. "Hmm... If I remember right, it was I that was on the ground, and you were the one doing the flattening."

She took a closer look at him. "You don't look to happy, are you getting enough sleep?" Indeed, there was the starting of dark circles beneath his eyes.

[Draco Malfoy]

"Why the hell do you care if I am getting enough sleep?"
Draco nearly yelled at her. He managed, after that, to calm himself a bit. His eyes softened only slightly as he relaxed his tense muscles. He could relax around Ant for some reason, perhaps it was because she was a pureblood.
"Tell me about your family?"
Draco asked in his usual dark tone. He was becoming quite reliable at asking random questions around people. Something he would have never done in the past...

[Antonia Madridis]

"I care because when people don't get enough sleep, they become grumpy, like you, and therefore less fun to be around, like you, when they could be having a wicked good time doing something funner than moping... like you."

Her normally cheery mood became more sullen. "They're just a bunch of rich old psychos. My mom is obsessed with anything and everything that has to do with loosing weight, my dad thinks he has control over the entire ministry of magic, my sister is on muggle drugs, and my brother is ok... kinda an airhead." She looked at him. "And if I may ask, your family?"

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco listened to everything Ant had to say of her family. When she finished he simply nodded. When she asked about his family, he scowled and turned away from her.
"no"
Draco responded in a dark tone. No one could ever know the true dark secrets of his family, well besides Pansy. But she only knew because she had always been close to his family...

[Antonia Madridis]

She rolled her eyes slightly. "Okay, okay, don't get in such a fuss. Its only polite to bounce the question back to the asker." She sighed and was silent for a moment. "Hmm.... a wizard on drugs. I mean, I know she's my sister, but really..." Ant hoped the ministry would catch her. It wasn't safe for Kris, or the rest of the community...

[Draco Malfoy]

"I don't mean to be rude, but it's a subject that is best not to question with me."
Draco said as he turned back to face Ant. He sat on the stone floor, his back leaning againest the cool stone wall.
"If you are so worried about your sister, than do something about it.
Draco responded in an 'I know it all' sort of tone, though he hadn't meant for it to sound so...

[Antonia Madridis]

"No." She replied sharply. "So far, its her problem, and nobody has any right to interfere until someone gets hurt."

Ant also sat, leaning against the wall on the other side, next to a window. "See, this is the kind of stuff that gets you stepped on..."

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco chuckled at that last statement Ant made. In all of his years of leaning againest walls, or sitting on the ground, he had never once gotten stepped on.
"I don't usually have to worry. I seem to have this invisible force field around me that keeps most atleast 5 meters from me at all times, unless it is unavoidable."
Draco joked for the first time all day. Ant had a way of making him laugh, never smile, but laugh. He was beginning to wish she was in Slytherin with him and Pansy. He thought that she would get along great with Pansy...

[Antonia Madridis]

She grinned. "Five meters..." Ant measured the distance between them, then waved her hand in front of her. "Nope. But you're lucky. People's feet seem to be magically attracted to me... not that its unexpected." she glanced around at the large hallway, and the ceiling of Hogwarts.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco chuckled inwardly. He leaned his head back againest the cool wall. He closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. It was quite quiet within the castle today. Draco suspected this was due to the fact that it was a Saturday and most students were enjoying the beautiful Autumn day that lay waiting outside, or were studing for various subjects. He had nothing to say at this point, the silence was a nice change. He had many things on his mind today as well. Many things that simply couldn't be forgotten...

[Antonia Madridis]

Ant squinted as a third year raced up the stairs and almost tripped over her feet. She set her book down next to her, and sighed, feeling the sun warming her face and the floor around her.
Various chatter from the students carried up from the grounds, blending with the gentle sound of the wind and various owl and bird calls.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco was one of few people, who never found anything eerie in a long silence. He often enjoyed sitting in a secluded place within the grounds, eyes closed, just listening to everything around him. He had quite an ability with transfiguration and had various Animagus forms, which had never been heard of before he, but he knew thier were probably unregistered one's, like himself out there. His eyes remained closed, at the edge of falling asleep, he listened intently, but for no reason at all. He figured Ant would soon have something else to say...