They're talking in the streets.
"What's he doing?" Draco asked, tipping his chin out toward Harry.
Hermione wrapped her cloak tighter around her, looking out at Harry from under the protection of the castle walls. "I don't know."
Ron scowled at him. "Go away, Malfoy. No one wants you here."
Draco calmly finished eating his Chocolate Frog and started out into the rain.
"Malfoy," Ron shouted after him, "what are you doing?"
Hermione put a restraining hand on his arm. "Let him get wet if he wants."
"What are you doing, Potter?" Draco asked when he reached Harry.
"Do you know what they say about me?" If Harry'd been crying, the rain hid it. "They say I'm Merlin returned to live forward again and usher in a new reign of Arthur." He turned his face back up to the sky and yelled, "I'm not Merlin! I'm not special! I'm just Harry!"
Draco calmly crossed his arms over his chest. "That's right," he said sharply enough to make Harry listen to him. "You aren't special, and you're acting like a right git."
Harry gaped at him.
"Do you really think they'd let anyone but the great Harry Potter get away with this?" Draco asked, arm sweeping out to encompass them, the rain, the grounds.
"But--"
"Either you are or you're not," Draco snapped.
"I'm not special," Harry said, sounding tired, unconvinced.
"That's right," Draco said unsympathetically. He grabbed Harry's arm. "Come on. Get out of the rain."
Harry let himself be pulled to the walls, past Ron and Hermione into the castle proper.
Part 2
Hermione wrapped her cloak tighter around her, looking out at Harry from under the protection of the castle walls. "I don't know."
Ron scowled at him. "Go away, Malfoy. No one wants you here."
Draco calmly finished eating his Chocolate Frog and started out into the rain.
"Malfoy," Ron shouted after him, "what are you doing?"
Hermione put a restraining hand on his arm. "Let him get wet if he wants."
"What are you doing, Potter?" Draco asked when he reached Harry.
"Do you know what they say about me?" If Harry'd been crying, the rain hid it. "They say I'm Merlin returned to live forward again and usher in a new reign of Arthur." He turned his face back up to the sky and yelled, "I'm not Merlin! I'm not special! I'm just Harry!"
Draco calmly crossed his arms over his chest. "That's right," he said sharply enough to make Harry listen to him. "You aren't special, and you're acting like a right git."
Harry gaped at him.
"Do you really think they'd let anyone but the great Harry Potter get away with this?" Draco asked, arm sweeping out to encompass them, the rain, the grounds.
"But--"
"Either you are or you're not," Draco snapped.
"I'm not special," Harry said, sounding tired, unconvinced.
"That's right," Draco said unsympathetically. He grabbed Harry's arm. "Come on. Get out of the rain."
Harry let himself be pulled to the walls, past Ron and Hermione into the castle proper.
Part 2