Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine. It belongs to the lovely J.K.Rowling. Also, Cara belongs to the oh-so-wonderful author of TSR. READ IT OR DIE:D luvs to all! lol
NOTE: This is extremely AU for Cara, close enough for Sici, and AU for a lot of other people.
Enjoy!
Prologue:
Everyone was extremely glad, yet very sad, that it was the last day of Hogwarts. It was the last day of term, meaning none of the seventh years would be coming back to the school.
Everyone was saying goodbye to all the members of staff (even Professor Snape) and most were in tears. No one wanted to leave.
Except for one person, by the name of Draco Malfoy.
His mother had been killed during the school year, and he felt his guilt that he could not protect her trapped inside its walls. He felt accountable-he was not there to stand by her when Voldemort came to "dispose" of her. Lucius had tried to defend her, but had been held back by the Cruciatus Curse. He was now in St. Mungo's Hospital, and the healers all knew for sure, that since the curse was so strong, he would never recover.
Draco was desperate to get away. He did not even say good-bye to his favorite teacher, the Potions Master at the school, Professor Snape.
Draco looked around when he heard someone calling his name. "Hey, Draco! Why haven't you said good-bye to anyone yet? You afraid you're going to cry?" He then saw that it had been a Ravenclaw girl, Cara Langtorn. She had never liked him, yet he found he had an odd attraction to her. He did not know why.
He thought he had liked Pansy Parkinson. I guess not. He had thought to himself, just a few weeks ago.
"Why does it matter to you?" He asked her.
He saw when he looked in her eyes, it did matter to her…