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I'm actually a bit surprised that he's still alive after trying to murder Hermione. Didn't Harry specifically cite one of the advantages of becoming his pet as him being authorized to... proactively... protect her?He is, indeed.
He was already irritating people in general and Abigail in particular back at the beginning of the first year with his obvious and incompetent planning to accost Harry after being specifically ordered not to (which Abigail had to report to Snape, triggering her discussion about Harry). Later, Draco attempted to murder Hermione --- an event which got buried in the hullabaloo surrounding Ron's emphatic response to said attempt (Hermione didn't talk about it and Lucius ensured Draco evaded expulsion), otherwise Abigail would be more than just annoyed with the boy.
In any event, Draco got partially castrated by Ron's boot, threatening his entire purpose in life as he understood it. Since then, Draco has been trying to reassure himself of his place in life by publicly asserting that he is, in fact, an important person --- basically lording his position over all and sundry and horribly overplaying his hand in the process --- and annoying everyone around him horribly.
Abigail is far enough removed by her age and position to simply be irritated at the sight of blond hair. The younger Slytherins that suffer more exposure may be seriously contemplating murder in a few years.
Draco's situation is a bit of intrigue I will not likely be exploring much in the story as I've already got way too many balls in the air and his role in the story requires little more in the way of character development than has already been established.
Draco's ultimate purpose in the story simply requires that he be established as Lucius Malfoy's only son and heir, and that he be obnoxious enough to believably steal something from a much younger student in his seventh year. Along the way, he will be used as a convenient instigator of small things when appropriate, but there's nothing that requires much more depth to his character --- he's more scenery than villain. I'm not yet decided on whether Harry will ever acknowledge him as anything more than 'that annoying blond kid'.
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