THE SECRET ADMIRER

Prologue – Meet Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy was many things.

He was sarcastic, annoying, witty, irritating, angry, wealthy, clever, blessed with a near perfect memory, also blessed with near perfect looks, aristocratic, confident, arrogant, snobbish, Pureblooded, Slytherin, Seeker, nuts about Quidditch, arch-nemesis of Harry Potter, blond, fairly tall, condescending, desired by many of the opposite gender, spoke with a distinctive drawl, also liked to smirk, son of an imprisoned Death-Eater, courteous in public, donated to twelve charitable organisations including one Muggle organisation, achiever of many OWLs, second in his year, brilliant at Potions and Arithmancy, terrified of Hippogriffs, very fond of dragons, liked the colour black, disliked the bright pink … among many others.

Draco Malfoy was also very observant.

That was what made him so aggravating to his enemies. For example, he had observed early on that Harry Potter disliked being famous. He was also well aware that his side-kick Ronald Weasley hated being poor. He knew that Neville Longbottom was touchy about his parents. He realised that Loony Lovegood was infatuated with Weasley. He noted that Lisa Turpin had a shoe fetish. He saw that Ginny Weasley still harboured a secret crush on Harry Potter. He observed that Hannah Abbott disliked Pansy Parkinson with a passion, and vice versa. He even knew that Justin Finch-Fletchley was gay, and that Malcolm Baddock fancied him … a fact he would rather not have known.

But above all else, on Draco's list of priorities, he comprehended that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were very protective of their bushy-haired, Muggle-born, know-it-all friend … Hermione Granger.

In conclusion, Draco Malfoy was a very observant person, yet he was frequently unobservant about one thing. He was very much blind to his own heart.

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Author's Notes: The Secret Admirer has nothing to do with my other fic, The Manor. That has a serious plot, while this is light-hearted (sort of). I mean, in this, Voldemort has been conveniently vanquished to make way for love. That's my definition of light-hearted. To those readers who wanted the next part to my trilogy, it's coming! But I had to take a break (plus it's getting very stuck, help would be appreciated), and after reading a few secret-admirer fics (many of which I disliked since they were all so soppy!), this idea wouldn't leave my head.

I'm writing this very differently to my other fic. Most of this will be from Hermione's point of view, at least for a fair while, except, of course, the prologue. There's been practically no planning, and so far, I haven't even finished the first chapter, so yeah … any input would be greatly appreciated since aside from the half-way climax point, I have not a clue what is going to happen. So, review! Review! Review! Review! The more reviews I get, the sooner I update.