Something Worth Fighting For

by dequincey

Julietta Dequincey is in her 6th year at Hogwarts. With problems at home and dangers at school, Julietta is struggling to cope. It is only when she meets another tortured soul, Draco Malfoy, that she starts to feel less alone. However a match like theirs is not made in heaven and they must prove that a love like theirs is something worth fighting for!

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home

All the characters in this story belong to JK Rowling. Only the main protagonist and stories main plot our my own.

As the trained rumbled out of the station I rummaged through my bag to find book. Amelia and Benjamin had been named Hufflepuff Prefects this year and would have to spend much of the ride to Hogwarts checking up on the younger students, this meant I would be spending most of the journey on my own. This didn't bother me much though, I'd managed to find a rare empty compartment towards the back of the train and Nurse Eleanor had gifted me the play "Romeo and Juliet" before I left home so I planned to read as much of that as I could before I needed to change into my robes. Just outside my compartment I could hear first years squealing, fifth years panicking over their owls and just an array of warm welcomes and excited murmurs. Out of my window I stared at the green hills and the morning sun peeping through the trees, my heart burst with happiness when I thought about returning to Hogwarts. It hadn't been an easy summer, the orphanage where I've been living for the last 3 years was scheduled for demolition to make way for a new housing estate. As I watched it fall to the ground it felt like a piece of me had been ripped out, although the orphanage wasn't home to many happy memories it was still a haven for me when I was away from Hogwarts.

About 2 hours into the journey I heard the doors to my compartment slide open. "Julietta!" I looked up from my book and Amelia stood in the doors with a happy smile between her rosy cheeks. Amelia was tall and slender and she had beautiful auburn hair which cascaded over her shoulders. In my eyes, she was the epitome of beauty but she could never see it and was so modest which made her even more beautiful. I got out of my seat and rushed over to hug her. I stood about 5inches shorter than her and she giggled as my fluffy blonde curls tickled her chin. "I've missed you so much Jewls! The Gryffindor prefects are taking over for the rest of the journey so I ran straight down to find you!" Amelia chirped. "I've missed you too Amelia! Where's Ben? Is he coming as well?" I hadn't seen Amelia or Benjamin at all over the summer holidays because they were both holidaying with their families and even though we wrote to each other every week it wasn't the same as spending 24hours 7 days a week together and I really had missed their company. "Ben should be right down, he's talking to Justin, Hannah, Leanne and a few others now. How's your summer been jewls? You didn't talk much about yourself in our letters and I started to worry!". Amelia tended to over react and worry too easily but this time she was right. I purposely left a lot out of my letters to Amelia and Ben because I didn't want to ruin their holidays by having them worry about me. Amelia especially because I know she would have been on the first flight home if I'd told her the truth at the time. "I'm really sorry Amelia I didn't mean to worry you, I meant to do the exact opposite if I'm honest but there's been a lot going on a home and it started at the beginning of the summer when the orphanage got demolished". I watched as sadness and shock filled her eyes "oh my god Jewls why didn't you tell me I would have come to you! Are you ok? Where are you living now? Do you need somewhere to stay?" questions like this carried on for about five minutes and although I could see how concerned she was by the look on her face I couldn't help but feel a vast amount of love for her, never in my life had someone cared for me this much and so I leant over and engulfed her in a gigantic hug. "I'm so lucky to have such an amazing best friend like you Mia" I heard her giggle and she wrapped her arms around me tighter "don't you forget it jewls". As we released each other from the hug we heard the compartment door slide open again. This time standing there was Benjamin. Ben was only slightly taller than Amelia at 5ft 11 but this meant he still towered over me. A silly grin spread over his face as he brushed his blonde hair out of his eyes. "Give us a hug Jewls I haven't seen you in forever!" I quickly jumped up and ran over to him "it's only been six weeks" I laughed as I pulled away and returned to my seat. "really? It's felt like an eternity to me! But then I have been travelling around the country and having tea and making polite chit chat with boring family members for the last six weeks so I guess you could say it's gone pretty slowly for me" Ben replied whilst quickly chewing his way through a box of liquorice wands. I could see the disgust in Amelia's eyes as he continued to talk with his mouth full about his great aunt Linda's china doll collection he had to share a room with and just as she was about to say something the trains whistled blew to signal that we were approaching Hogsmeade and it was time to get our things together.

When the train arrived at Hogsmeade I said goodbye to Ben and Amelia and promised to save them a seat in the great hall. I wondered over to the carriages and saw Hannah Abbott and Justin flinch-fletchley beckoning me over to join them. "Hi Guys" I said politely as I jumped inside the carriage. "it's so good to see you Julietta!" Justin said whilst embracing me in an awkward hug. "how's your summer been? I heard about your home! I'm so sorry I can't imagine how awful that must have been for you" I heard Susan Bones say as I wiggled out of the clutches of Justin. Susan's aunt, Amelia Bones, works for the ministry of magic so I'm not surprised she found out as there were meetings taking place about what would happen to me and how they could 'sort me out' without exposing the wizarding world to too many people. "I was a bit of a shock to say the least" I mumbled whilst shifting anxiously in my seat "but it's good to be back at Hogwarts now" they all nodded sympathetically and went back to their own conversations. I've never been good at opening to people I'm not really close to so I welcomed the silence for the rest of the journey to the castle. About 25 minutes later we started to approach the castle and when I first caught glimpse of the brick towers and court yard I felt myself give out a sigh of relief as I whispered, "it's good to be home".