    Malfoy stayed true to his word. Whenever he saw Hermione, Ron or Harry in the common room or around the castle, he was always polite. He never said anything that could be constructed as an insult, and he no longer just watched Daphne and the other Slytherins insult the trio. He was quick to remind the Slytherins that the Hat had sorted Harry and his friends into Slytherin, so they must be snake material. It took hardly a week for the other first years – save Daphne – to get behind him, and somehow Harry, Hermione and Ron ended up with more people actually talking to them.