IF ONLY
By Jeni Draco's Girl
Words in ~s are italics.
This is my first fanfic, I apologise for the extreme OOCness of everyone.
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Jeni stared blankly out the window, not paying any attention to what was passing outside. She ran her hand absent-mindedly through her smokey-blond hair. It was the beginning of her sixth year at Hogwarts and it was so foggy outside that nothing could be seen anyway. She was alone in the compartment on the Hogwarts Express. Her best and only friend Charlotte had transferred to Beauxbaton this year as her parents had moved to France to work. She sighed. This year would be a bore without Char.
Jeni glanced into the cage where her grey owl Windcharm was sleeping, and wished she could drop off too. She'd been stuck in this compartment all day with no interruption save lunch. At least it was only an hour more until they arrived.
Suddenly she heard a commotion outside. Glad of some kind of distraction, she got up, slid the door open and stuck her head out. And sighed. It was only Potter and Malfoy having one of their frequent brawls. You'd never guess they were both 17 - they acted like 7 year olds. At least she felt no kind of loyalty to either of them - she was in Ravenclaw.
Jeni slid the door shut slowly. It was a pity, she had really hoped it would be something that would distract her for the next hour or so. She sat down again, leaned her head against the window, closing her eyes in a final last effort to sleep.
She had just begun to drop off when the door slid open and closed, very quickly and noisily, and a hand was clamped over her mouth, all before she could even squeak. Then a soft velvety voice whispered in her ear, 'Don't make a sound, alright?', as the tip of a wand tapped against her temple. All Jeni could do was nod. Her back had straightened, her blue-grey eyes had widened and her whole body was tense as she wondered who it was behind her - she couldn't see him.
Then Potter burst through the door. 'Malfoy,' he growled. That was one question answered. But what was going on? Thought Jeni desperately. 'Let her go.' Malfoy's hand loosened slightly but his wand was still resting gently against her head.
'I'll let your little girlfriend go when you agree to 'forget' to tell the teachers what just happened out there Potter.' Sneered Malfoy. Ah yes, remembered Jeni, girlfriend. It was true, she had been out with Potter once, in her forth year, but all he'd wanted to talk about was Cho, and so the experience had not been repeated. It was over. And the whole ordeal did not exactly endear Potter to her - one reason why she called him by his surname, which normally only his enemies, like Malfoy, did. Not that she particularly liked Malfoy either - he was the son of a death eater, for God's sake. Anyway, she supposed, Malfoy needed to catch up on his school gossip a bit more. Or maybe he'd just burst in on the first compartment he'd seen with only one person in it and was grasping at any reason to blackmail Potter - what could he have done, she wondered, that he needed a hostage to blackmail himself out of it?
To make matters worse, Hermione, one of the few Gryffindors Jeni liked as she had Ravenclaw characteristics, chose that moment to burst in exclaiming, 'Oh Harry, thank heavens I found you, I don't think I can fix.'
'Quiet mudblood, can't you see you're interrupting?' Malfoy snapped. Hermione and Jeni both stiffened at the insult. Although Jeni wasn't muggle- born, she was half-blood. 'So Potter, what's it going to be? Forget the whole thing ever happened, or let you're girlfriend's brains get fried?'
At the same time, Potter said, 'She's not my girlfriend, Malfoy,' and Hermione exclaimed 'I don't think we can just forget that...'
Malfoy cut her off again. 'Granger, I thought I told you to be quiet.' He turned back to Potter. 'So...If she's not you're girlfriend I guess it wont matter if her brains get blown out, will it?' He smirked in a way that only a Malfoy could.
Jeni sent what she hoped was a pleading look in Potter's direction. She liked her brains just where they were.
'You can't...' Potter trailed off.
Malfoy smirked again. 'Still got feelings for her, have you Potter? How sweet.'
'I don't!' Potter rebutted. 'I just don't think you should drag innocent people into this'
'Hmm...perhaps you're right...still, what do I care if she's innocent or not? Do you think I do? Now, Potter, we stray from the topic, will you forget the little incident out there or shall I ...?'Malfoy tapped Jeni's head lightly.
'I hardly think it's a little incid...' Hermione put in, only to be cut off a third time.
'Did anyone ask your opinion?' Malfoy questioned, his voice falsly polite.
'No, but...'
'Then shut up.' Malfoy hissed loudly.
Hermione folded her arms and pursed her lips.
Potter sighed. 'Fine. Have it your way. But this isn't over Malfoy, not by far.' He and Hermione left.
'It won't be over till you're dead, Potter.' Malfoy whispered malevolently after him so that no one but Jeni heard.
Malfoy finally let go and sat down as far away from Jeni as he could. She wondered why he didn't go back to his own compartment with his friends. Malfoy must have seen the question written all over her face. He smirked. 'Don't want to risk running into Potter again.' Jeni cocked her head to the side, confused. Didn't Malfoy want to run into Potter as an excuse to start a fight? He smirked again. 'And Crabbe and Goyle aren't the brightest people...any time away from them is welcome. You don't mind if I stay here for a bit, do you?'
Jeni shook her head slowly, too afraid to disagree, then ventured a question. ' You wouldn't have really blown my brains out if Potter had disagreed, would you?'
Malfoy looked thoughtful for a few seconds. 'Probably not..' Jeni's eyes widened and Malfoy smirked, amused, again. 'Nah, I wouldn't of. But I didn't have to worry about that 'cause I knew Potter would never risk it.' Jeni visibly relaxed. Malfoy looked out the window and sighed, getting to his feet. 'I'd better get back, we're almost there. Crabbe and Goyle'd probably get lost without me.'
Jeni smiled shakily. 'Wouldn't that be a good thing?'
Malfoy laughed. Jeni could hardly believe her ears - Malfoy, of all people, had laughed. 'Good for me, but my Father would have my skin - I wasn't joking, you know, they really would get lost. They're that dumb. My Father makes me look after them : haven't you ever wonder how they keep passing exams?' He grinned, a true smile not a smirk, as Jeni's eyes widened in shock and shut the door behind himself.
Jeni couldn't believe it. Everyone in Ravenclaw wondered how they managed to pass, year after year, when they were obviously the dumbest people in the school. And here was Malfoy casually admitting to helping them cheat! Still, she supposed, everyone knew Lucius Malfoy didn't joke, he probably couldn't to save his life. So his threat of skinning his son if he didn't look after the two idiots would be best taken seriously. Jeni pitted Malfoy, who didn't have a loving dad like her own.
Just then, Jeni was brought out of her quiet contemplation by the Hogwarts Express pulling into Hogsmeade station and everyone poring noisily off the train.
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DADA!! Chapter 1!
Please review, no flames. ;)
By Jeni Draco's Girl
Words in ~s are italics.
This is my first fanfic, I apologise for the extreme OOCness of everyone.
~~
Jeni stared blankly out the window, not paying any attention to what was passing outside. She ran her hand absent-mindedly through her smokey-blond hair. It was the beginning of her sixth year at Hogwarts and it was so foggy outside that nothing could be seen anyway. She was alone in the compartment on the Hogwarts Express. Her best and only friend Charlotte had transferred to Beauxbaton this year as her parents had moved to France to work. She sighed. This year would be a bore without Char.
Jeni glanced into the cage where her grey owl Windcharm was sleeping, and wished she could drop off too. She'd been stuck in this compartment all day with no interruption save lunch. At least it was only an hour more until they arrived.
Suddenly she heard a commotion outside. Glad of some kind of distraction, she got up, slid the door open and stuck her head out. And sighed. It was only Potter and Malfoy having one of their frequent brawls. You'd never guess they were both 17 - they acted like 7 year olds. At least she felt no kind of loyalty to either of them - she was in Ravenclaw.
Jeni slid the door shut slowly. It was a pity, she had really hoped it would be something that would distract her for the next hour or so. She sat down again, leaned her head against the window, closing her eyes in a final last effort to sleep.
She had just begun to drop off when the door slid open and closed, very quickly and noisily, and a hand was clamped over her mouth, all before she could even squeak. Then a soft velvety voice whispered in her ear, 'Don't make a sound, alright?', as the tip of a wand tapped against her temple. All Jeni could do was nod. Her back had straightened, her blue-grey eyes had widened and her whole body was tense as she wondered who it was behind her - she couldn't see him.
Then Potter burst through the door. 'Malfoy,' he growled. That was one question answered. But what was going on? Thought Jeni desperately. 'Let her go.' Malfoy's hand loosened slightly but his wand was still resting gently against her head.
'I'll let your little girlfriend go when you agree to 'forget' to tell the teachers what just happened out there Potter.' Sneered Malfoy. Ah yes, remembered Jeni, girlfriend. It was true, she had been out with Potter once, in her forth year, but all he'd wanted to talk about was Cho, and so the experience had not been repeated. It was over. And the whole ordeal did not exactly endear Potter to her - one reason why she called him by his surname, which normally only his enemies, like Malfoy, did. Not that she particularly liked Malfoy either - he was the son of a death eater, for God's sake. Anyway, she supposed, Malfoy needed to catch up on his school gossip a bit more. Or maybe he'd just burst in on the first compartment he'd seen with only one person in it and was grasping at any reason to blackmail Potter - what could he have done, she wondered, that he needed a hostage to blackmail himself out of it?
To make matters worse, Hermione, one of the few Gryffindors Jeni liked as she had Ravenclaw characteristics, chose that moment to burst in exclaiming, 'Oh Harry, thank heavens I found you, I don't think I can fix.'
'Quiet mudblood, can't you see you're interrupting?' Malfoy snapped. Hermione and Jeni both stiffened at the insult. Although Jeni wasn't muggle- born, she was half-blood. 'So Potter, what's it going to be? Forget the whole thing ever happened, or let you're girlfriend's brains get fried?'
At the same time, Potter said, 'She's not my girlfriend, Malfoy,' and Hermione exclaimed 'I don't think we can just forget that...'
Malfoy cut her off again. 'Granger, I thought I told you to be quiet.' He turned back to Potter. 'So...If she's not you're girlfriend I guess it wont matter if her brains get blown out, will it?' He smirked in a way that only a Malfoy could.
Jeni sent what she hoped was a pleading look in Potter's direction. She liked her brains just where they were.
'You can't...' Potter trailed off.
Malfoy smirked again. 'Still got feelings for her, have you Potter? How sweet.'
'I don't!' Potter rebutted. 'I just don't think you should drag innocent people into this'
'Hmm...perhaps you're right...still, what do I care if she's innocent or not? Do you think I do? Now, Potter, we stray from the topic, will you forget the little incident out there or shall I ...?'Malfoy tapped Jeni's head lightly.
'I hardly think it's a little incid...' Hermione put in, only to be cut off a third time.
'Did anyone ask your opinion?' Malfoy questioned, his voice falsly polite.
'No, but...'
'Then shut up.' Malfoy hissed loudly.
Hermione folded her arms and pursed her lips.
Potter sighed. 'Fine. Have it your way. But this isn't over Malfoy, not by far.' He and Hermione left.
'It won't be over till you're dead, Potter.' Malfoy whispered malevolently after him so that no one but Jeni heard.
Malfoy finally let go and sat down as far away from Jeni as he could. She wondered why he didn't go back to his own compartment with his friends. Malfoy must have seen the question written all over her face. He smirked. 'Don't want to risk running into Potter again.' Jeni cocked her head to the side, confused. Didn't Malfoy want to run into Potter as an excuse to start a fight? He smirked again. 'And Crabbe and Goyle aren't the brightest people...any time away from them is welcome. You don't mind if I stay here for a bit, do you?'
Jeni shook her head slowly, too afraid to disagree, then ventured a question. ' You wouldn't have really blown my brains out if Potter had disagreed, would you?'
Malfoy looked thoughtful for a few seconds. 'Probably not..' Jeni's eyes widened and Malfoy smirked, amused, again. 'Nah, I wouldn't of. But I didn't have to worry about that 'cause I knew Potter would never risk it.' Jeni visibly relaxed. Malfoy looked out the window and sighed, getting to his feet. 'I'd better get back, we're almost there. Crabbe and Goyle'd probably get lost without me.'
Jeni smiled shakily. 'Wouldn't that be a good thing?'
Malfoy laughed. Jeni could hardly believe her ears - Malfoy, of all people, had laughed. 'Good for me, but my Father would have my skin - I wasn't joking, you know, they really would get lost. They're that dumb. My Father makes me look after them : haven't you ever wonder how they keep passing exams?' He grinned, a true smile not a smirk, as Jeni's eyes widened in shock and shut the door behind himself.
Jeni couldn't believe it. Everyone in Ravenclaw wondered how they managed to pass, year after year, when they were obviously the dumbest people in the school. And here was Malfoy casually admitting to helping them cheat! Still, she supposed, everyone knew Lucius Malfoy didn't joke, he probably couldn't to save his life. So his threat of skinning his son if he didn't look after the two idiots would be best taken seriously. Jeni pitted Malfoy, who didn't have a loving dad like her own.
Just then, Jeni was brought out of her quiet contemplation by the Hogwarts Express pulling into Hogsmeade station and everyone poring noisily off the train.
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DADA!! Chapter 1!
Please review, no flames. ;)