A/N: Okay, I know I'm revising these current chapters without actually having finished the story but it's been bugging me, so I'm gonna do it anyway.

Summary: This is a story about Rilee Riddle, a young girl with a dead mother, a lost father, a pair of godparents that absolutely despise her, a god brother that annoys her constantly, and a reputation that she would prefer to go without. She gets transferred to Hogwarts School during her third year (congruent to Harry Potter's third year) and befriends Emily Black, Nephiro Miketsu and a varying cast of other students. This story is mainly a narrative of her trials and tribulations for this year. I'm afraid there is little connection however to the Harry Potter plot with Peter Pettigrew, though Sirius Black may come into play.

(Emily Black belongs to Neppy - read Blackness to find out what happens to Emi during her third year. It's a really good story.)

Disclaimer: The characters in this story are copyrighted to their respectful owners, whether that may mean J. K. Rowling, Neppy, Smack, Erin, or myself.

Riddles

By PyroMonsoon

Chapter 1: Damned Draco Malfoy

(A/N: Fyremoth is the American/Canadian/Mexican wizarding school. Much smaller then Hogwarts.)

"Dear Rilee, June 25th

Because of your inability to remain out of trouble in this American school, Lucius and I have decided that we will bring you home and you will attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this coming term.

Have your belongings ready to go by July 7, Lucius will be coming to pick you up at your host's home by noon. Do not try to get out this, Dumbledore has already approved of this and will be expecting you.

Narcissa Malfoy

P.S.- Make sure that thing you call a cat is placed in a cage."

I crumpled up the letter and threw it across the train compartment. I bounced my head off the wall several times hoping it was all a joke.

"What's up Rilee?" I looked at my friend Jenna and sighed. 'Should I tell her?' I thought.

'Yes,' my mind replied. "They're taking me back to London." I glanced out the window, catching glimpses of suburban DC. "I'm going to Hogwarts," I added softly.

Karasu, my blonde, green streaked haired friend looked at me in confusion. "I thought the Malfoy's didn't want you that's why they sent you here to Fyremoth."

I sighed and stopped banging my head. I hadn't been completely honest with my friends. "Well," I began, sitting down on the floor of the car. "I wasn't completely honest. I wished that was the case. Surprisingly they sent me here because of who my father is and the reputation I would have had at such a "young" age. I think that neither of them wanted the headmaster to talk to me about my past not that it'd do much. I don't remember much." I cleared my throat. "I think, the main reason I'm getting sent back is because of our little magic mishap." We all laughed nervously, each looking at the result of the aftereffects.

I pulled some of my hair in front of my face, eye balling the permanent blue streaks placed there by "magic-gone-wrong". I looked up and saw my friends' hair, Karasu's blonde and green hair, and Jenna with her red streaked brown hair. Quietly, I laughed at the resurfacing memory.

Flash back

Jenna, Karasu, and I stifled our laughter as we snuck into the abandoned room. "Come on, let's get this done with."

"Man, Teach is gonna KILL us for doing this."

"Yeah but that's the fun part, cause you know we're gonna get away with it." I choked down a laugh and pulled out my wand. The others followed suit. "All right, you guys ready to give the school a new paint job?" Karasu and Jenna grinned.

"Let's do this." The three of us placed our wands on the floor and tapped them three times. "Azure," I whispered.

"Vert," Karasu said softly.

"Gules," answered Jenna.

"Azure, Vert, Gules. Azure, Vert, Gules. Azure, Vert, Gules!" We brought our wands up, a different color streaming from each. Jenna laughed softly,

"It's working Rilee!"

"Yeah, now hold it steady." Slowly we began to turn in a clockwise direction, slowly but surely moving North, then West, South, East, and returning to the North. The colors, blue, red, and green streamed forth and spread across the surface.

I looked around, confused. "It's not sinking in!"

"WHAT!?"

"The color, it won't sink into the foundation! There must be a spell in the school's grounds. Shit!!" I broke the circle, heading for the door. "Move, let's go! This spell is gonna backfire on us if we don't move our backsides!" I reached for the door, but it was locked.

Jenna made a face as she came up. "Move aside. Alohomora!"

The door burst open, too late to save our hair. We flew into the hall from the backlash affect of the failed spell. All three of us got knocked out. The day after, Jenna, Karasu, and I woke up in the Infirmary with splitting headaches and streaked hair.

"MY HAIR!" shrieked Jenna. Her once lovely brown hair was now frightfully streaked red.

"Don't yell so loud Jenna. I've got a nasty headache." Karasu shook his head slightly when he looked in his bedside mirror. "My, my, my hair," he stuttered.

"Actually, green on blonde works well for you Karasu." He glared at me, then laughed. "What?" I asked bemused.

"Your hair." He pointed to my own streaked hair. I pulled down a lock of my black hair. "It got streaked blue," I answered weakly. I brightened up. "SWEET!"

"My hair is now streaked red. This is so cool! My parents are gonna freak when they find out." Jenna and I did a high five across the infirmary beds. We looked expectantly at Karasu. He grinned and continued to admire himself in the mirror.

"So, does this mean you can't come to your own birthday party?" inquired Karasu after hearing when I had to leave. I rolled my eyes.

"That's right. I can guarantee that the Malfoy's won't allow me to stay any longer in America, let alone have THEM stay longer." We walked out of the compartment as the train rolled into Union Station. We jumped off at the platform and walked out onto Massachusetts Ave.

"So how many days do I have left anyway?" I asked, trying to recall the date.

"None," answered a cold, heartless voice. My friends and I spun around, searching for the speaker. The trees around us gave no indication of the person's hiding place. "Scared Riddle? Are you scared of things you can't see or feel?" drawled the voice. "What's wrong? Can't find the source?"

A movement behind Jenna caused us to turn around. I growled.

"Draco." The pale, blonde hair boy smirked. I stepped forward, looking at him from top to bottom. Draco did the same. "I'm shocked you know what muggles wear Draco," I spat, commenting on his clothing.

"I'm shocked you don't." I sneered. My "gothic" outfit was a little out-of-the-norm, but still normal of the muggle world.

"At least I'm not the one wearing polo shirts and dress pants." I began to circle Draco like vulture, taking in every flaw I could find. "And your dress shoes are in a terrible state, all dirty and rugged. What's wrong? Never studied the muggles?"

The pale young wizard growled. "Muggles are a waste of time. They shouldn't even exist. That would keep our race clean." Jenna growled loudly. Her family was half-and-half, so was Karasu's and mine.

"Don't you realize that Rilee's father was half and half too?" Draco looked at her, noticing her for the first time.

"That is beside the point. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is the exception of the rule. He is –…" A silver snake staff was placed on Draco's shoulder. He looked up to see his father, Lucius Malfoy staring down at him.

"Play nice Draco." He pushed his son aside. "Rilee, why aren't you ready and waiting at your host house?"

"I'm sorry sir," I replied staring at the ground. "I did not receive the letter from Mrs. Malfoy until today sir."

"Draco, were you not supposed to send the letter in question on the date your mother wrote it?" Lucius demanded, not looking at his son.

"Yes sir."

"Why was it not sent?"

"I," he hesitated.

"Well?" Lucius glared at his only heir.

"I… I still held a grudge with Rilee from when we were children. I thought it would be funny to see her get in trouble for not being ready."

"Hmm, revenge. You are a true Malfoy." Draco cringed as the snake staff "patted" his shoulder. My friends and I laughed softly. "No matter, it was done in mere sport." He turned his attention back to me. "Well then, come on. You will get your things and then we shall leave for the Manor."

I groaned inwardly and headed off toward Jenna's house. The two Malfoy "men" followed behind, with Jenna and Karasu bringing up the rear. It was a long walk; her house was on the corner of 33rd Street and Prospect Ave., in Georgetown. It was a nice house, three stories with a west wing and an east wing. The soft yellow hue with white trim was fitting of the family. They owned a large amount of property, the entire block actually. They had grown a tree perimeter around the land to block off the muggle view. Their neighbor was the Yemen Embassy so they were left alone.

Because Mr. Malfoy was impatient, we took a cab, much to the dislike of the Malfoy's and made it to Jenna's house within ten minutes. The cab pulled into the driveway and dropped us off in front of the door. Jenna walked up to the door and shoved it open calling for their house elf.

"Addy! Addy we have guests. Make them comfortable while Rilee, Karasu and I pack Rilee's stuff." A small house elf ran into the room and bowed to the Malfoy's.

"This way please," she said in a squeaky voice. She led Draco and his father into the drawing room and left to get them drinks. Me and the others bounded up the stairs to my room.

I walked into my room in the west wing and pulled out my Fyremoth trunk. "I guess I'll be changing the emblem on this soon enough." I passed a hand over the mark and sighed. "Oh well."

We began to pack my things; my sketchbook, my cd's, cd player, books, my acoustic guitar, my bass guitar, and my clothes. Jenna was just about to pick up my laptop when a pale hand picked it up first. "So how does this work anyway?" I rolled my eyes at Draco and ripped it from his hands.

"Why do you care?"

"Well you should know that electric items are useless in Hogwarts. They won't work." I sat down, exasperated.

"Well that's stupid," stated Karasu.

"We can keep your electric based things here I guess."

'Yay! How wonderful, no electricity at Hogwarts.' "All right then, lets start UNpacking." I placed my laptop back on the desk and started to take things out of my trunk. I glanced up at Draco, he was watching in amusement. "Are you incapable of helping?"

"What, me? Doing the helps work? Are you insane?" The three of us shook our heads in disgust and went back to work.

By the time we had finished, I only had my books, acoustic guitar, sheet music, sketchbook and art supplies. I placed my black cat Gremlin in a cat carrier and walked down stairs with Draco, Jenna and Karasu by my side.

Notes by me: Yes I know the Beginning chapter is short but they do get longer. And far more exciting. I hope this gave you at least a small bit of background on Rilee. If not I'll post her character description. Not now though, later.

Chapter Word Count: 2010