"So, it's true, then: Potter's on the train," the boy said, still smirking, practically brimming with arrogance.
She only quirked an eyebrow. "And you are?"
"Malfoy. Draco Malfoy."
"Would you care to join Monsieur Weasley and myself? He was explaining the rules of Quidditch to me."
At the mention of sharing the same compartment as Ron, Draco's mouth twisted, but at the implication of her ignorance of Quidditch…
"You don't know what Quidditch is?" Draco demanded. He immediately marched into the compartment and sat next to her. "How can you not know?"
"I was raised by insufferable muggles, why would I know?" she pointed out irritably.
"But Quidditch is the greatest thing!" Ron blurted out.
"Weasley's right," Draco agreed, then looked as though he had a bad taste in his mouth. "This just won't do. Oh, alright, I suppose I'll have to tell you about it—can't trust a Weasley to get everything right."
While Ron bristled and the meatballs slid into a compartment next to theirs, she smiled. Always better to make potential allies and discard them later, than discard them too soon and need them later.