Never Leave Me

'As long as daisies are blue

I shall love you forever'

He whispers as she screams

Her tears drowned in loneliness

He doesn't want to, nor will he ever

But he knows that he must

So he takes one last look

And sails off to his destiny

Where she will be

Forever waiting

For her soul to come home

Chapter 1: Innocence

The gentle moonlight gleamed through the dormitory windows as the dark night draped over the world. The black shadows dance eerily on the grey stone wall and the air was scarily silent. Unbeknown to the sleeping pupils of Hogwarts school for Witchcraft and Wizardry, a girl with silky silvery white waves slowly walked through the castle door and into the dark entrance hall. Her translucent pale skin was illuminated by a single candle as she approached the man who appeared to have been waiting for her arrival. He was dressed all in black and his shoulder length black greasy hair fitted in with his attire tremendously. He too was holding a candle and he was stood next to another door to the left side of the large room. Her footsteps seemed to echo around the walls in a lonely manner. She stopped a bout two feet away from the man and beamed up at him with her black eyes.

"Miss Halo Angel, I presume." The man looked the girl up and down before nodding in approval. "I am professor Snape and I will be the head of the house that you have been put into by the sorting hat. Your house is called Slytherin and if you would kindly follow me, I will lead you to you house's common room and dormitory." He turned on his heel and opened the door, allowing her to enter the marble corridor before him. The paintings that hung on the wall were moaning at first but after taking one glance at the girl, they became oddly silent and gazed after her. She graciously smiled at each and every one of them whilst swiftly following after her new professor. They reached a large painting of a youthful looking man dressed in an eighteen hundreds style formal wear and behind him was another portrait of what looked like a spitting cobra.

"Sea serpent." Professor Snape said curtly and the artwork moved to the side revealing a small and dark passage way. The girl once again followed the man through the passage way and into a large and extremely plush room. There were emerald green leather couches in the canter of them room that were facing an extravagant looking fire place that must have been centuries old. Halo could not believe her eyes at the amount of detail carved into the stone of the fire place. She was amazed by the magnificent chandelier that hung from the high ceiling. The floor was marble as were the walls. She did not have too much time to look at her new common room as she followed Snape up a spiral staircase that obviously led to the dormitories. The corridor forked and they traveled down the right hallway. They stopped abruptly at the first door and Snape turned around to face his new student.

"Unfortunately, as you have arrived half way through the school year, there were no shared rooms left so you have been given a room all to yourself. That would usually be considered a good thing but your room is also extremely close to the boy's dormitories and therefore you may be kept up all night by some of their ludicrous behavior."

"That is quite all right professor, I'm sure I'll be able to handle them." He paused and for a brief second, the greasy professor smiled at the beautiful young girl, but only for a second. He opened the door and turned on the lights with his wand.

"I'll leave you to it, Miss Angel. I shall send for you during breakfast so I can give you your time table and assign someone to point you in the right direction. He stood still for a moment as if pondering something before speaking once again. "Goodnight Miss Angel, I hope you find your accommodations up to your standards." And with that he turned away from her and walked back the way that they had come, not looking back once. Halo smiled to herself before entering her new room. She closed the wooden door behind her and took in her new surroundings. There was a mahogany queen sized bed in the centre of the room that had green and silver sheets covering it with the Slytherin 'S' printed onto them. There were two matching bed side tables next to the bed along with a large desk and a chest of drawers. There were two doors leading off the left side of the room and Halo soon discovered that one was an ensuite bathroom while the other was a walk in wardrobe. All of her clothes and belongings had already been put away in the room except for her 'personal' and private possessions which were safe in the black tote bag that was slung over her shoulder. She breathed in and smiled once again before chucking her bag on the emerald couch that was lined against the right wall of the room and she began to undress starting with her black skinny jeans and green oversized tee shirt. After brushing her already pearly white teeth and combing her silver hair, she climbed into the bed that was far too big for her. She looked around the room and sighed. Changes needed to be made.

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The tormenting pitter patter on the window panes seemed as though it would never stop as the morning air crept into the stone castle. The scent of dew tickled Halo's nostrils as the light shone through the mesh curtains of her dorm. She knew it was far too early for her to be getting up and ready for her first day of lessons, but something pulled her up and out of bed as if she had to be somewhere. The pale girl threw on a pair of jeans and a baggy green tee shirt before forcing her black eyes to look at the silver clock that rested on the wall above her desk. It was four thirty and she was as wide awake as ever. She groaned as she knew that this would mean that she would be extremely tired later on that day. Still, she knew it couldn't be helped. Halo was surprised to see that the rain had stopped and the world beyond her window looked rather, well peaceful. She gazed out at the black lake and noted how irrevocably beautiful it was at this time in the morning. She grabbed her sketchpad and pull over hoodie, before heading out into the winter morning.

The castle was in silent perfection as Halo hurriedly made her way to the school grounds. She found herself running along the slippery grass until eventually reaching the edge of the icy waters. She ran to the edge of the decking before sitting down casually at the end of it, her feet dangling off of the edge. She sat there and simply stared out at the beautiful landscape before her for what seemed like hours before pulling out her sketchpad and drawing everything that she could see.

"What are you doing here?" Halo was so startled that she almost fell into the depths of the lake but a soft hand gripped her arm tightly and gently hoisted her up. She was looking into the eyes of a girl who looked about her age, seventeen. The girl had long blonde hair not quite as white as Halo's but still quite light. The girl's pale skin was wrapped in a bright blue anorak and a yellow knitted scarf. "I never see people out here at this time," The girl seemed somewhat uneasy around Halo.

"I was just sketching. It's the perfect time and place to do it. No noise, the sun rising. It is truly beautiful. I'm Halo by the way." Halo gave the girl a reassuring smile.

"I'm Luna." The girl whispered and steam came from her mouth.

"Anyway Luna, what were you doing out here this time in the morning." The two girls began to walk back to the grounds side by side.

"I love it out here; it is the perfect time to see the water pixies." Luna grimaced as if to regret what she had just said.

"That's really cool! Have you seen any? Would you show me? I could draw them!" Luna stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to face Halo.

"You really shouldn't be talking to me." Luna told her, her voice covered in sincerity.

"Why on earth not?!"

"Because you're a Slytherin and you're beautiful. It's your first day and you really don't want to be making the wrong first impression to your House mates. Plus no one from Slytherin ever talks to me; they all think I'm loony." The sadness in this lonely girl's voice clawed at Halo's heart.

"Listen to me, you've only just met me so please don't assume that I follow the crowd. You are not loony, you are beautiful and I couldn't care less about what any of my 'house mates' think. They will just have to like it or lump it, either way I would appreciate you being my friend. I would like to start today's lessons knowing at least one person in my class." Luna looked as though she were about to cry and before Halo knew anything about it, she was pulled into a tight embrace by her new friend. After about a minute, they pulled apart and Luna was beaming at Halo.

"Anyway, how do you know I'm new?"

"Everyone has been talking about the new girl coming for weeks! You have been the topic of everyone's conversations since November!" Halo's heart sank.

"Great, exactly what I need. Everyone knowing who I am." She sighed and let her head loll to the side. Luna put an arm on her shoulder as they both began to walk back to the castle.

"It will be okay, just act like you don't even know they're there. That's what I do and it often works." The two girls walked inside the stone corridors before promising to meet before breakfast and hugging goodbye. Halo went back to her dorm with a smile on her face. At least she had one friend, and she could tell that they were going to be good ones. Halo needed Luna just as much as Luna needed Halo.

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Halo had been staring at the full length mirror for nearly seven minutes. She was wearing her new school robes and she had to check that she looked perfectly presentable. Her natural waves were left untouched and hung about half way down the tops of her arms. The only make up that she had on was her thick black eyeliner; she couldn't stand wearing anything else. Her bag was a plain black over the shoulder but it had lots of badges from all over the world pinned onto the front. She had double checked everything three times and now all that was left to was wait. She had planned to meet Luna in the entrance hall at ten to nine and it was currently twenty to. Her eyes continuously switched from her appearance to the clock on the wall behind her. She just wanted this day to be over with. After what Luna had told her, it seemed as though everyone was expecting her and expectations meant standards and she sure as hell could probably not live up to anyone of those standards. She was at this school to have a normal life. To socialize and study. She was not here to be labeled. She checked the clock again. Quarter to. She nodded in approval of her reflection and headed out of the door and into the busy corridor.

There were a couple of girls dotted around the hallway and each and every one of them stared at Halo briefly, before turning back to their original routines. Halo could hear quite a lot of noise coming from the other end of the spiral staircase. Good she thought to herself. Hopefully she could slip by unnoticed by her fellow housemates. It was safe to say her plan did not go accordingly. As soon as the pale girl entered the large common room, basically all of the faces in the room turned to her. Shit. She shamefully kept her ead down as she steadily walked to the portrait door on the other side of the room. The chatter started up again as she reached the passage but she could here that the subject of their conversations had all changed to the same thing. The new girl. She practically ran up the stairs and into the entrance hall. She had barely been at Hogwarts for ten hours and already, she had been labeled and everyone knew who she was.

"Halo, over here!" Luna's misty voice drifted over to her as she raced across the entrance hall. She turned around to see Luna stood outside a large oak door with a few other people who Halo did not recognize. Halo gulped nervously before heading over to where the small group was standing. They were all smiling at her all except for one boy who was simply stood there and seemed to be gawping at her. She blushed and quickly looked back to Luna who was also beaming at her.

"Hello," Halo said shyly.

"Hi, I'm Hermione, and this is Ron and Neville," The girl with extremely bushy hair pointed towards a boy with bright red hair who looked like he could not keep his eyes off her and another shorter boy who looked friendly and approachable "And this is Harry," She then pointed towards the boy who had been staring at her. He was quite good looking. He had black messy hair and the most vibrant green eyes that she had ever seen although they were covered by a pair of circular glasses. The three boys said hello.

"Luna here has told us all about you Halo. Shall we go inside?" Halo nodded and they all made their way through the large oak doors and into the Great Hall. Halo gulped once again as they entered the extremely large room. People were looking at her and whispering to their friends and giggling and gawping. She let out a stifled groan as her new acquaintances took seats and the edge of a long table.

"Luna?" Halo leaned over and whispered to her closest friend "Please can we get out of here? I really don't like the attention." Luna looked around surveying the area before nodding and standing up.

"I'm going to go and show Halo around for a bit. We'll see you in potions." They said their goodbyes before scurrying out of the castle.

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Next is Draco's point of view and that is where the story truly begins. Please tell me what you think. Ideas, Constructive criticism and anything else are all welcome.

Yours Forever

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