~I do not own Harry Potter. J. does~

Prologue

My name is Clarissa Black. I'm Sirius Black's granddaughter. My parents died
in a quidditch accident when I was six. I've been living with my godfather Harry
Potter and his family ever since. I have wavy strawberry blonde hair and grey blue eyes. I
get my hair from my mother and my eyes from my father. My birthday is August 20th
2006. Now I'm twelve.

Albus Potter has been my best friend since I can remember. Today the Potter
family and I are going on vacation to a place in Hawaii.

Chapter 1

"C'mon, C'mon, C'mon!" shouted 10 year old Lily shouted. Me and the Potter family are going to a hotel in Hawaii for 3 days before the last day of Summer vacation.

"Coming Lily!" shouted Ginny. We are appariting to a place just outside the hotel were nobody can see us. As soon as I grab Ginny's hand I feel as though I am being sucked through a tube. AS soon as are feet touch the ground I fall to my hands and knees. After a couple seconds I stand up. When I open my eyes I see light blue sky with only a few white clouds, crystal clear water with white sand on the beach, small islands just of the beach, and palm trees blowing in what little wind there is.

When we got to our rooms, there was one for the girls and one for the boys with a bathroom in each. When we were all set up, we met down in the lobby.

"What should we do first?" asked Harry.

"The beach!" shouted Lily and I at the same time.

"Alright then!" Ginny said. We all went upstairs to get changed into our bathing suits. We all walked down to the beach laughing and talking. When we got to the beach I took of the clothes I was wearing on top of my bathing suit and pulled Al with me into the water.

"Hey!" shouted Al.

"What?" I asked.

"I didn't want to get wet!" He said.

"Oh Al you are such a girl sometimes." I said with a sigh.

"Oi!" Al yelled.

"Hey!" I yelled. "What was that for?"

"You called me a girl!" he yelled back.

"So! That doesn't mean you should splash one!" I yelled. That's how our water splashing fight went on until I jumped on his back and pushed him under the water.

"You tried to drown me!" Al yelled shocked.

"Sure Al. I was trying to drown you." I say with I sigh.

"Ah ha! So you admit it!"

I just grin and role my eyes. Soon it was time to head back for supper.

"My parents took me here once." I say sadly. Al gives me a one arm hug and smiles at me sadly. After supper we all go to our rooms and get ready for bed. All night I was up thinking about what tomorrow was. At around eleven thirty at night everybody was still asleep. I got out of bed and went to get a glass of water.

When I get out of the room I realized there was someone sitting on the couch.

"Al?" I asked quietly.

"Clarissa?" he asked just as quietly.

"Ya. What are you doing up?" I ask.

"Couldn't sleep, you?"

"Same." I say me and Al stay up for a while just talking. Sometime later we both fall sleep on the couch. My glass of water long forgotten.

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I see is the 13 year old face of James Potter.

"Well, well, well, looks like the love birds finally woke up." Said James smirking.

"Leave them alone James." Harry says. I get up and sit at the table looking sadly at the food in front of me. James being the clueless one asks me what was wrong. I just stand up and run out the door, not caring about the shouts telling me to come back.

I run all the way to one of the islands crossing o the stepping stones that lead to the smallest island. I see a large willow tree and sit under it for a while and cry. I don't know how long I was sitting there before I heard voices calling out for me. "Clarissa!" "Clarissa where are you?" I just ignore them and stay where I am.

It wasn't until Al found me minutes later. "Clarissa? Clarissa! Oh Merlin I was so worried!" Al said while giving me a big hug. "We were all so worried! I found her, I found her!" he shouted.

"Clarissa!" yelled Ginny. When she got to me, she sat there and hugged me until I finished crying. Now it was only me, Al, and Ginny, as everybody else left a while ago, to give us a moment. When Ginny left it was around 3:30. She told us to be home before supper so they don't worry. When she was out of sight, Al comes over to me with what looks like tears in his eyes.

"Don't ever do that to me again." Says Al while a single tear falls from his right eye. "Please. I thought I lost you." All I could do was nod my head, too sad to talk. After being depressed all day, I feel over joyed wen Al makes me laugh.

"You're my best friend Al." I say as we are walking back to the hotel.

"I know." He says as he stops to give me a hug. What we didn't know was that Harry and Ginny were watching the entire thing.