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The Truth
Chapter One: Aphrodite Griffiths
Harry was just lying on the floor of his bedroom in Grimmauld Place just thinking about what was going to happen at Hogwarts now that the war was over. Mostly about Malfoy, he had actually helped them out a bit which had Harry confused to say very much. "Why on earth would he have helped us? He was a Death Eater." Harry pondered out loud and groaned when he suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice outside of his door. Harry wrinkled his eyebrows in confusion and listened on the voice, he could tell it belonged to a girl without a doubt, but when he heard her laugh for some odd reason butterflies formed in his stomach.
Slowly Harry got off the floor to see who the mysterious feminine voice belonged to. His feet patted against the wooden floor and when he opened the door he saw the girl laughing. "That actually happened to you?" Harry then realized that the girl was talking to Hermione who was smiling before she saw Harry. "Oh, Harry. I'm sorry did we wake you up?" Hermione asked him.
"I actually wasn't sleeping. Who's this?" Harry scanned the girl's appearance and saw how beautiful she was. She also reminded him of someone, but couldn't remember who at the moment.
"My name is Aphrodite Griffiths. I'm going to be attending Hogwarts this year as both a student and a Professor. I'll be teaching Potions." Aphrodite had long blonde hair that went to her mid-back that also appeared to have Aquamarine Highlights in it. Her eyes were like stars yet the seemed to change colors. One second they appeared to be silver and the next bright blue. Her complexion seemed completely flawless not a single freckle or pimple and her skin was almost as white as snow. She wore a light blue baby doll top, a jean mini skirt and white sandals while around her neck hung a dragon wrapped around a crystal. Aphrodite smiled at Harry moving a stray strand of her platinum blonde hair out of her face.
"Aphrodite!" The girl quickly turned her head over to the voice that called her name. To Harry's surprise it was none other than Professor McGonagall.
"Yeah, what is it?" Aphrodite asked as her silver eyes stared into the Headmistress'. Harry continued to stare at Aphrodite trying to figure out why the girl's appearance looked so familiar, but as he had been spacing out it seemed that the blonde has disappeared as well as Hermione. Confusion ran through Harry's mind before he went back to his bedroom figuring why the two has suddenly disappeared was due to the fact that they were probably getting ready for Hogwarts.
Harry let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding in. He shook his head clear of all thoughts of Aphrodite before he started to pack his stuff for Hogwarts as well.
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Aphrodite listened to the voices that surrounded her as she was about to board the train for Hogwarts. She also heard the whispers of the other students talking about her. "Did you hear about Malfoy?" Aphrodite stopped in mid-step hearing that name and listened in on the conversation.
"No, what about him?" Aphrodite saw that it was two Second years talking about the Ice Prince.
"He just disappeared after the war ended. No one can find him. There's like no trace of him anywhere. It's like he didn't even exist. The aurors are looking into it at the moment. They're trying to figure out what happened to him. Even his mother doesn't know what happened to her son. Supposedly the last one to see him was Harry." Aphrodite watched at the two students walked pass her and let out a sigh.
It didn't take her long until she stumbled across the Golden Trio. "Aphrodite!" She heard Hermione yell her name as the three walked up to her. "Have you figured out what house you're going to be in yet? I bet you're going to be in Ravenclaw." Hermione said excited making Aphrodite laugh at the girl's behavior before giggling nervously.
"Actually, I'm….." Aphrodite rubbed the back of her neck before finishing her sentence. "..In Slytherin." Aphrodite smiled at Hermione before looking down at her feet biting at her lip. Hermione blinked at Aphrodite's answer before putting her hand on the other girl's shoulder.
"Hey, no biggy, so, what if you're in Slytherin? It doesn't matter anymore. The war is over." Hermione said to Aphrodite who was pleased to hear what Hermione had said. "Right, Ron, Harry?" Hermione looked over to her now finally boyfriend and best friend.
"Right unless you…" Harry elbowed Ron in the side when he noticed that Aphrodite's eyes were starting to change to a dull grey. "Ow!" Ron rubbed his side glaring at Harry. "What the Bloody Hell was that all about?" Aphrodite giggled at the two boys.
At Aphrodite's laughter butterflies started to form in Harry's stomach just like the first time he had heard her laughter. "We really should get going. I think the train is about to leave." Aphrodite said staring at the clock.
Neither Ron nor Harry had noticed that Hermione and Aphrodite had walked off towards the train. The two boys quickly ran after the girls until Ron made them slow down. "You think Aphrodite is cute don't you, Harry?" Harry's eyes widened as his face turned red.
"I have no clue what you are talking about." Harry said, even though he really did know what the red head was talking about. He did truly find Aphrodite quite attractive, but there was sort of the probably with Ginny, The two where currently dating and he had known Ginny for seven years. Aphrodite he had only known for a couple of days. Harry sighed in frustration. This year was sure to be confusing. That's when Harry finally overheard a conversation being discussed about Draco Malfoy's disappearance. Harry was in complete shock when he heard this. He had no idea that Malfoy had disappeared. 'Malfoy disappeared?'
