AN: I'd just like to note that I only own my O/C character: Evangeline Phillips, the rest are rightfully owned by JK Rowling and Warner Brothers. Plus, I would really appreciate feedback, especially constructive criticism. I aim to write, please and improve my writing. Thank-you.

CHAPTER 1:

"Hey, Phillips!" Cormac McLaggen called from across the Quidditch stands. I looked at Hermione, who was sitting to my left and rolled my eyes. McLaggen was known as a bit of a womanizer and to be frank, was quite full of himself, and I was hoping I was not the one he was interested in. I craned my head back around to the boys' direction and gave a fake grin. I stood up slowly and strolled in his direction, wrapping my scarf around my neck tighter due to the fact the wind was blowing it away from me.

"Hi there, McLaggen. How're you?" I asked, still smiling. I shifted my weight from one leg to the other and thrust my hands into my coat pockets, hoping to warm myself up. He nodded.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm good thanks. I was just wondering, your friend Granger, is she single?" He asked, his eyes shifting from me to over my shoulder at Hermione and back at me. I held back a laugh at his pathetic attempts to get closer to Hermione. I had noticed him talking to Ron about her on the Quidditch pitch as his eyes didn't break from her.

"And what concern of that is yours, may I ask?" I snapped. He blinked at my abrupt answer, suddenly realizing that he was talking to a Slytherin. He took a deep intake of breath.

"If you must know, I'd quite like to get to know her." He admitted, smiling and winking in her direction. I looked back at Hermione who smiled slightly and turned her attention back to Harry commanding the players on the pitch.

"Would you really now?" I asked, eyeing the boy up and down, sneering. I could see that McLaggen was starting to get irritated with me as his brow began to furrow. He then, suddenly smiled at me.

"I see what's going on." He took a step closer to me.

"Would you care to enlighten me?" I asked, tilting my head up to look him in the eyes, thus making our lips only inches away from each other. His head slowly got closer to mine, it seemed like he was going to kiss me, but he lent into my ear.

"I think that you want me." He whispered softly, as if to seduce me. He pulled away to see my face. I smiled sweetly at him. "See I knew you did, well maybe-" He was interrupted by the blow to his cheek. He glared at me. "You- why did you do that?" He growled. I leaned in closely.

"You are a sly, self-centered, disgusting species of male that I wouldn't touch or let anywhere near my friends." I hissed. I straightened up and smiled falsely. "Bye McLaggen." I turned and walked back to Hermione, smirking. Hermione's eyes questioned mine. "Don't even ask, please don't go near that slime ball." I shuddered.

"What slime ball?" I heard a hiss from the bench behind me. I turned to see Draco.

"Cormac McLaggen." I spat. I could see the cogs in Draco's brain ticking. "It's fine, I sorted it out." I smirked. Draco looked in the direction of McLaggen and smirked.

"I see." He drawled, referring to the violent, red, hand-shaped mark on McLaggen's cheek.

"What are you doing here anyway, it's the Gryffindor practice?" I asked, suddenly realizing how out-of-place Draco was.

"Well, I actually came to find you. But, by the looks of it you're busy." He sneered at Hermione's back. I rolled my eyes at his immaturity.

"Hello Evie, Hermione, Draco." Luna said dreamily, nodding at each one of us in turn, only to receive a sneer from Draco.

"Hi Luna," Hermione smiled briefly before quickly turning her attention back to Ron on the pitch. I, however, stood up and pulled my cousin into a hug.

"How're you, sweetie?" I asked, smiling broadly.

"I'm feeling much better, my shoes returned to my room." She smiled. I smiled in reply, to show that I was pleased with this news. In terms of looks, Luna and I looked very much alike. Blonde, curly hair, blue eyes, fair skin, small frame, however, our personalities were totally different. She was a carefree, dreamy girl who never said a bad word about anyone. Whereas, I, was a troubled person who was always on the defense, but nonetheless, when in the company of those I trust and care about I had phases of a carefree, dreamy state, just like Luna. This was due to our completely different upbringing. Luna's Mother was my blood aunt, her parents were Death Eaters but she decided to run away, she wanted no part of that, and met Xenophilius. Whereas, my Mother, who was her sister, was scared and obeyed her parents orders, met a pureblood, destined to be a Death Eater, married him and had me and now I am brought up to be a Death Eater too. I turned back to Draco to see that his brow was furrowed, there was obviously something up. "Hey guys, do you mind if I go with Draco? I'll catch up with you later." I smiled at the girls.

"Yes, that's fine." Hermione said skeptically, obviously, still doubtful of Draco's intentions.

"See you later Evie." Luna smiled. I smiled back and took Draco's hand, which was woven in his hair.

"Come on then Drake." I growled, pulling him up. He looked at me and his eyes looked cold and steel-like. He was hiding something. We walked across the stands and I felt him pull his hand away from mine. "Draco, what's wrong?" He sighed and looked down, I saw his eyes go glassy.

"Don't hate me, I have no choice, I had no choice." He mumbled. I sighed, I knew this had something to do with the Dark Lord. Honestly, I think I was the only person who knew that Draco hated his life, he hated being on HIS side.

"What this time?" I whispered. He pushed his finger to my lips.

"Not here, too many people are about." He drawled. We walked out to the lake. Draco sighed and ran a hand through his perfectly groomed, white blonde hair. I grabbed Draco's hand and smiled sadly up at him. Draco looked around, he saw nobody was around and pulled his cloak sleeve up. It was there, the Dark Mark. I tried to hold back my tears, but I failed and a tear fell on the mark. I pressed my fingers to the Mark and traced it, I sighed. Draco pulled his sleeve back down and wiped away my tears. "He chose me." Draco whispered.

"He chose you for what?" I gasped. Draco sighed and took a moments thought before he replied.

"He gave me a mission, I can't tell you anymore than that. I'm sorry Evangeline." He continued to whisper. He put a finger under my chin and tilted my head up to face him. He smirked. "Its fine, we'll get out of this one day." He lent down and pressed his lips softly to mine. I kissed him back and we both pulled away.

"Ah, found yourself someone already Phillips. Thought I was the one you wanted." McLaggen teased from behind me. The practice must have finished.

"McLaggen, go away." I croaked, leaning into Draco's chest. I could see Draco glaring at the boy, threatening him.

"Not got much to say this time, ey?" McLaggen chuckled.

"If you don't leave in 5 seconds, I'm going to hex you so badly you're not even going to remember your own name. Do you understand me?" Draco hissed. McLaggen dropped the grin from his face and stumbled to get away.

"Thank-you sweetie." I sighed. "I need to go and do some homework. Are you coming?" I asked, pulling away from Draco's embrace. Yet again, his eyes went cold. He shook his head. "Okay, well we need to meet later to do that potions task Slughorn set us." I stated.

"I'll come and find you." He drawled. I nodded.

"I'll probably be in the library or in the common room, okay?" I tiptoed and kissed Draco's cheek. "Like you said, its fine, we'll get out of this one day." I smiled and walked back into the castle. What I had just found out was whirling around my head. I sat down in the common room, just needing some time to think. If Draco had his Dark Mark during the summer then surely I will be getting mine soon. I suddenly saw memories flashing in my mind, painful ones, quickly going from one to the next in a haze. My breathing became shallow, and I was shaking. Someone was penetrating my mind. But who? I blocked whoever it was out of my mind. I sat for a moment, concentrating on pushing out whoever entered my mind. Then, silently controlled my breathing, and waited to see if this person was going to enter my mind again. I noticed that I had blocked them out well. I sighed and decided I should do some homework to take my mind off of what had just happened.

A few hours of doing homework in the library helped settle me down. I felt a shadow cast over me. I turned to see Draco. He looked paler than usual, if that was even possible and his eyes were glassy. I raised my hand and placed it on his arm.

"Drake? Are you okay?" I asked, as he took a seat next to me. He nodded, but I was far from convinced.

"So, what was this potions project we had to do?" He simply drawled. I was shocked. Potions was always Draco's best and favourite class. Why wouldn't he know what the assignment was? I looked down at my half written Astronomy essay.

"Do you know what? I'm a bit tired. I'm just going to finish my astronomy essay, have dinner and then go to bed." I lied. Draco looked up at me and into my eyes. I avoided his gaze.

"Are you trying to avoid me?" He asked, his eyes questioning my every move.

"No Draco, not at all. I just, I just thought maybe we could do it another time." I suggested. His eyes bore into mine. "Dray, someone broke into my mind earlier. I don't know who but someone did." I admitted, looking down.

"You need to be able to control it at all times Evangeline." Draco hissed.

"I know, I know. It was a momentary lapse. I mean, whoever did is pretty strong and I was upset so it was easier for them to break through and-"

"Upset? You were upset?" Draco snipped in.

"Yeah, I'm scared for you." I whispered, looking at his covered arm. He looked down at his arm and frowned. He sighed and looked back at me.

"I'll be fine, I promise." He rest his hand on top of mine. I smiled and looked back at my Astronomy essay. "How about you finish that tomorrow? You're next lesson is Tuesday night is it not?" He suggested. I nodded. "Well, finish it tomorrow and we'll go and have some dinner now, okay?" I nodded again. He released my hand and I packed away my books, parchment and quill. We walked to the Great Hall and I saw Luna skip up to me.

"I heard you aren't staying at mine this Christmas Evie. I'm gutted." She sighed.

"I'm not?" I asked, confused. I always stayed with Luna and my Uncle during the Christmas holidays. Luna looked equally confused back at me.

"Well, your parents owled Dad saying that you had plans this Christmas." She told me. It was then that I realised, the only reason they'd stop me from going to Luna's was if it was something to do with HIM. Was I going to get the Dark Mark? I looked at Draco worried. He grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

"Well, I'll speak to my parents and see what these plans are. Hopefully I'll still be able to come, if not, I'm sorry." I shrugged, smiling sadly.

"It's okay Evie. It's weird that you don't know what's going on though." She said, hoping I'd give her some answers.

"Hmm," I simply replied. She smiled and walked back to the Ravenclaw table as Draco and I walked to the Slytherin table. I stayed silent.

"It'll be okay Evangeline." Draco drawled, scanning his eyes over the crowds. I felt someone sit next to me and I turned to see Pansy.

"Hey, Evangeline, I haven't seen you all day. What happened?" Pansy asked, putting some salad on her plate.

"I watched the Gryffindor's practice this morning and then I had a ton of homework to do." I sighed. I looked at all the food in front of me. I felt sick. "Draco, Pansy, I'm going to go back to my room. I don't feel too good. I'll see you." I whispered, clutching my stomach, standing up to leave. I had barely left my seat when I felt a hand grab my arm. I turned to see Draco.

"I told you I'd protect you, you'll be fine. I swear." Draco hissed and released my arm. I smiled at Draco and continued to walk to the common room. On the way I bumped into Harry. As I fell backwards, I felt Harry's strong-arm encircle me and pull me up. That boy has quick reflexes! I thought to myself.

"Careful there Eve!" Harry chuckled. I looked up to see Ron trying to hold back a smile and failing miserably.

"It's not funny Ronald!" I snapped.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Harry soothed.

"I can't tell you Harry." I looked at my feet. Harry had this way of being able to get me to him how I was feeling, his bright, green eyes would look into my eyes, sparkling and I would blurt out everything. I couldn't tell him about me getting the Dark Mark, he would go mad. I should stop worrying so much, I might not even be getting it, but what if I am?

"Evangeline, you know you can tell me anything." Harry tilted his head so I could see his face. I looked up.

"Harry, just accept that this one time I can't tell you." I sighed. I then noticed how quiet Ron was. "You're almost too quiet Ron." I let my eyes question his.

"I'm hungry, let's just go." Ron snapped. I was shocked at his abruptness, he must be REALLY hungry to be in this bad a mood.

"Well, I'll see you later Harry." I smiled sadly. "See ya Ron." I carried on walking to the Common Room.

"I tell you Harry, if Malfoy has the Dark Mark, then so does Evangeline!" Ron hissed, thinking he was out of earshot.

"Hey, Weasley! Want to make that accusation to my face?" I bellowed down the corridor. I saw Ron jump, and Harry run a hand down his face. I stormed back up to the boys. "Well?" I urged. Ron, to say the least, looked terrified. "Out of all the pathetic people I thought would be judging me and Dray, you two would be right down at the bottom of that list." I snapped.

"Look Evangeline, I don't think that you are like that at all." Harry rushed, trying to defend himself. I looked at Ron, giving him a chance to explain himself.

"Have you not got anything to say for yourself Ron?" I paused. He stayed silent. "Let me tell you one thing Weasley; you know nothing. You don't know anything of me and Dray's lives. And there is one thing for sure is that you Gryffindors are lowly, judging, idiots." I had only just begun to tell the boy what I wanted to say when I felt arms around my waist pulling me back. "Let go of me." I growled.

"Calm down Evangeline." Draco whispered in my ear.

"Calm down? Have you heard what Weasel-bee had to say about us, ey?!" I continued to yell. By this point a few of the students had exited the Great Hall and saw the scene I had created, so stood to stare. "And you lot, get lost! This is none of your damn business you nosy Mudbloods." I screamed at the onlookers. I looked back to Ron and Harry. They looked disgusted. Never once had I used 'Mudblood' as an insult to anyone, especially since Hermione was one of my best friends. "GO!" I screamed again at the crowd, they finally got bored and realised they should leave before I started going nuts on them too.

"Evangeline, stop this." Draco growled in my ear.

"Not until I rip that ginger muggle loving, freak to pieces." I clawed at Draco's arms to let me go. Harry suddenly clocked on that there was something not quite right about this, granted I wasn't usually an aggressive person, but their arch-enemy was trying to stop me from attacking them.

"Ferret, why don't you let her go? What do you care of what she does to us?" Harry spat.

"You're lucky I'm feeling nice today Pot-Head." Draco lied.

"You, Malfoy, are not capable of compassion and caring. So what is this about?" Harry snapped, going red.

"You know nothing." Draco snarled, simply not wanting to argue with Harry anymore. I screamed.

"Let go Draco." I squealed. He lent into my ear.

"Just stop Evangeline." He soothed. I eventually stopped clawing at his arms. He relaxed a little, I took this chance to try to lunge at Ron. He tightened his grip around me.

"You don't even know what he said about me Draco! About us! Being Death-Eaters!" I cried. Draco's muscles tensed. He spun me around and threw me over his shoulder.

"Evangeline, calm down!" He stated. "You can thank me later." He snarled at Harry and Ron and walked towards the Slytherin Common Room. I hit Draco's back.

"Put me down Draco!" I screamed, continuing to hit Draco's back. After a while, I was starting to feel exhausted from my outbreak and stopped.

"Are you calm now?" Draco asked. I grumbled. He slowly put me down, and by this point we had just gotten to the Common Room. He looked furious. "Are you stupid Evangeline? Have you completely lost your mind?" He snarled. I felt like I was about 3 inches tall, and felt myself cowering underneath Draco's intense glare.

"I, uh…" I mumbled.

"What? Spit it out Phillips!" He must have been angrier than I thought possible, never had he ever called me by my last name. I felt tears beginning to slip from my eyes, staining my cheeks.

"I don't know what came over me." I mumbled, I was so quiet I'm surprised that Draco even heard a word I had uttered.

"Do you even know what you've done?" He snapped. I looked at him confused. Draco growled and ran a hand through his platinum, neat hair. "You have just given reason for Potter and his stupid friends to be more suspicious of me, you, us. I have to do this mission Evie." I was surprised at his thought process, but also at the use of my nickname, not very often he did that. "If Potter gets too suspicious, I could fail." He lent in as his voice got quieter. "If I fail, he'll kill me." He breathed. "But what I'm even more annoyed about is, that now he is suspicious of you being a Death-Eater, when you haven't even been given the Dark Mark!" He couldn't even look at me anymore. I felt more tears spill from my eyes.

"I'm sorry." I said softly.

"Sorry? Sorry Evangeline? If Potter gets too suspicious, we could die." He mumbled, not able to be angry anymore. He looked scared. A look, I very rarely see in my best friend. I opened my arms and pulled Draco into a hug. He pushed me away. "I need to be alone." He hissed, still not looking at me. I felt so dejected, hurt, lost. He quickly glanced at me, kissed my forehead and walked away from the Common Room. This shocked me. Usually if Draco was annoyed and wanted to be alone, I'd leave him in the Common Room, or he'd go up to his Dorm Room.

AN: If you've taken the time to read my first chapter then please could you review it leaving your thoughts, even a few words would be absolutely amazing!