"Can I help you?" the young waiter at a small coffee shop on the corner asked a young girl as she stepped up to the counter to place an order.

"One Mocha Frappuccino please" she asked as she reached into her leather jacket pocket and pulled out some money.

The boy took a moment to glance her over, it wasn't often that pretty girls like her happened upon this little unknown coffee shop. She had long curly dark brown hair that fell past her shoulders. She was very slender but had curves in all the right areas, the girl wasn't just pretty, she was beautiful he thought as her dark brown eyes flashed up at him. She smirked as she handed him her money that was when he noticed the small snake tattoo on the top of her hand between her index finger and her thumb. Her nails were long and were painted black and she wore several silver rings on each hand. One of which had a beautiful emerald green stone in it. He took her money and quickly rushed behind the counter to make the girl's drink. He glanced up every now and again to make sure the girl was still there and that he wasn't just making her up. But there she was standing there with her arms crossed across a book that she held tightly to her chest.

"Here you go" He said as he finished the drink, placed a lid on it and handed it to the girl. Their fingers brushed as he passed the drink to her. Her touch was warm and she smiled at him brightly thanking him for her drink before ushering off to the corner table in the back of the darkest corner of the shop. The boy watched as her dress swung behind her. The dress on any other girl would have looked slutty but on her it was beautiful. It was black and tight around her chest and fell loosely around her waist and ended about halfway down her thighs. And on her feet was a pair of black boots. The boy looked after her before his co-worker called him back to reality from his day dreaming.

"Luke are you going to help out or just stand there?" his co-worker called as he snapped back to life and went back to helping other costumers.

The girl sat at her table sipping her drink as she opened her book to the last chapter she had left off at and became so immersed in her book that she didn't notice a tall dark boy dressed in all black walk into the shop and head in her direction.

"I should have known, I can always find you with your nose buried in a book" the boy laughed as he sat down in the seat across from her.

"Blaise how many times do I have to tell you that some people actually enjoy reading" the girl laughed as she closed her book and smiled brightly.

"So what are the plans today Tes? You know I only have two weeks left before I return to school" he said.

Tessa smiled she had known all too well when he would leave. Blaise and Tessa had been friends for years. Blaise spent every summer with his grandmother in New York City which happened to be a few blocks away from Tessa. They had met one day by chance and had been very close friends ever since but like every year since they had met Blaise would return back overseas because of his parents and because he attended some kind of boarding school there as well.

"Well I was thinking maybe today we could take a trip to Central Park and ride our bikes around and maybe go get lunch" Tessa said as she looked to Blaise to see what he thought.

"Sounds like a great idea! Well let's stop wasting time and get going" he smiled as he stood up quickly offered her his hand and led her out of the shop in into the end of summer air.

They made their way to the bike rack and unlatched their bikes. Tessa had a dark green bike with tan handles meanwhile Blaise had a black bike with large tires meant for off roading. They rode next to each other and laughed as Blaise tried to show off on the sidewalk without running people down. When they reached the park Tessa and Blaise rode to their favorite spot and parked their bikes in the bike rack.

"Now where should we get lunch from?" he asked as they both looked around their eyes both landing on their favorite restaurant.

"Lunch already? Didn't you just have Breakfast?" Tessa laughed wholeheartedly.

"Yes, but according to my watch it is technically lunchtime." Blaise corrected her with a smile.

"Oh Alright then! You win!" Tessa replied as she playfully rolled her eyes.

"Yes! So where do you want to eat at?" Blaise asked her.

"Do you really need to ask?" Tessa laughed as they both made their way to their favorite food shop to grab lunch and then head back to their spot in the park.

As they entered the shop they were met with their favorite smell of pumpkin juice.

"This is the only place I know that sells pumpkin flavored drinks all year round" Tessa confessed as she made her way to the counter with Blaise.

They placed their order quickly and then hopped up in the bar stools and waited for their food.

"So are you excited to go back to school?" Tessa asked.

"It'll be different this year that's for sure" he said quietly as he took a drink of his pumpkin juice.

"How so?" Tessa asked she had always been very curious about Blaise's school but he never told her much.

He was just about to answer her when the door to the shop burst open and in came three black hooded figures. Blaise suddenly pulled Tessa close to him as she watched the men pull out what appeared to be be sticks from their pockets.

"Why on earth do they have those sticks?" Tessa asked just as a bright red light shot out of one of the sticks at the man behind the counter.

The man was hit and dropped to the floor and started crying out in pain. Tessa let out a scream which directed the hooded men's attention to her and Blaise. One of the men raised his stick at her but before she could even react Blaise pushed her aside and pulled one of those sticks out of his own pocket and blasted a light at them.

"Blaise?" Tessa yelled as she looked to him for answers.

"RUN!" he yelled at her as he threw more blasts of light at the guys.

"I'm not leaving you!" she said as she reached up and grabbed a knife off the counter and sent it flying at one of the hooded figures.

The knife plunged into the man's shoulder as his hood fell back revealing a man with long brown hair. He looked scruffy and when the knife hit him he let out a deep growl and shot a dark look at Tessa. His eyes started to glow like an animal's would in the headlights of a car at night. She watched as he opened his mouth to smile at her and noticed all his teeth were sharp and pointy. The hooded figure next to him grabbed the man quickly just as Tessa grabbed onto Blaise and tried to rush him off towards the back exit of the shop.

"Come on" she breathed as she tugged him alongside her.

"How could they be here?" Blaise huffed as they rushed through the back door and into an ally.

"How could what? Who are they?" Tessa asked as she slammed the door shut behind them.

"Nothing come on let's get you home!" he insisted as he took her hand and took off running towards their houses.

"Blaise what about our bikes?" Tessa asked as she glanced back at the park.

"Leave them" he instructed as they ran faster down the street.

Tessa kept glancing back over her shoulder to see if the men had followed them but she didn't see anybody. They stopped running when they reached her house. She looked around but saw no one. She turned to look at Blaise who looked scared.

"Who were they Blaise?" She asked again.

"I'm not sure if I'm the right person to tell you that Tessa" he said as he slid his stick back into his pocket.

"What is that?" she asked as she motioned towards his pocket.

"My wand" he said said to her.

"Wand?" she asked suddenly not sure if he was joking or not.

"Tessa there's something about me that you need to know" he said as he turned his eyes to the ground.

"What's that?" she asked as she looked at him trying to catch his eyes.

"I'm a wizard Tes. The school I go to is a special school it teaches witchcraft and wizardry." He said.

"Oh Blaise come on, is this some kind of prank" Tessa asked knowing that he was a prankster.

"Tes I wish it was" he replied as he placed his hands on her arms.

"Come on let's get inside and I'll tell you more" he said as he grabbed her hand and walked towards her house.

Tessa ran her fingers along the black iron of her gate, swung it open and ran up the steps to her brick house with Blaise at her side. Ivy covered the front of the small townhouse as she turned the knob to her front door and ran inside making sure to lock it behind them. Blaise took out his wand and muttered something and Tessa watched as the door suddenly glowed a warm white color before fading back to its normal color.

"Protective spell" Blaise explained as he followed her into the kitchen.

The hooded figure outside hid among the shadows watching through the window as the girl went into the kitchen with the boy he had seen at the shop. He waited a little while longer when a taxi pulled up and a woman with long brown hair that was tied back in a high ponytail exited the car carrying a handful of groceries. The hooded figure took one last look at the woman a smirk appearing on his lips as he disappeared on the spot with a loud pop.

The front door unlocked and Tessa got up and ran to it as her mother walked in her arms full of groceries.

"Tes?" she asked as she saw the look on her face, "What is it what's wrong?"

Blaise suddenly appeared out from the kitchen behind Tessa with his wand in hand. The groceries slid out from Tessa's mothers arms as a look of horror crossed her face.

"We were attacked at the store. I had to protect her" Blaise said sounding as if he was very guilty of something.

"No its okay Blaise I'm glad you were there" Tessa's mom said.

"Wait! You knew he was a…a…a wizard?" Tessa asked suddenly as she looked from her mother to Blaise.

"She caught me once using my magic and yelled at me. She didn't want you to find out" Blaise confessed.

"Find out about what?" Tessa said suddenly.

"Tes, I'm a witch and so are you" Tessa's mother explained as she drew a wand from her pocket and muttered a spell.

Tessa watched as the groceries all flew up off the floor and back into the bag.

"I'm a what?" Tessa asked suddenly.

"You're a witch. But I didn't want you to know. I didn't want that life for you because it's dangerous Tessa" her mother said.

"What do you mean?" Blaise asked suddenly sounding offended.

"No its not you Blaise, its her father" her mother muttered suddenly.

"My father? But I thought he was dead" Tessa said slowly.

"So did I, that was until recently. He's back and I need to keep you safe. So go pack your things right now we have to leave" Tessa's mother said as she ran into the kitchen and started rummaging around the drawers.

"Mom! I can't just leave this is my home. And what about Blaise?" she yelped suddenly.

"Was it death eaters?" she asked Blaise completely ignoring her daughter.

"Yes" he replied as he looked to Tessa.

"Go help her please" Tessa's mother said as she nodded her head towards Tessa.

"Come on" Blaise said as he led her upstairs to help her to pack her things.

"I don't understand, what's going on? And what are death eaters?" Tessa asked as she reached under bed and pulled out her big black traveling bag.

"Tes im not sure if you should know all this." he said slowly as he ran over to her drawers and started piling her clothes in his hands and throwing it into her bag.

"Tell me Blaise please" She said as she grabbed his arm and looked him in the eyes.

"Death eaters are servants of the dark lord" he said.

"The dark lord?" she asked.

"He is one of the most dark and evil wizards of all time" he explained.

"I don't understand what does that has to do with me?" she asked him as she let go of his arm and continued to grab her things up.

"I don't know Tes, but if death eaters are involved its never good" he barely whispered.

Tessa and Blaise finished packing up her stuff and headed down the steps in a hurry.

Blaise stopped at the front door and turned to Tessa immediately she felt his arms around him. She dropped her bag and hugged him back tightly burying her face in his chest.

"It's going to be okay" he cooed in her ear as he moved a strand of her long hair behind her ear.

"Blaise will I ever see you again?" she sniffled.

"Of course Tes, of course" he said as he pulled her tighter into him and kissed the top of her head.

"Thank you Blaise" Tessa's mother said as she appeared in the doorway.

"Owl me as soon as you can" he said to them before slipping out the door to let the two of them get going.

"Come on lets go" her mother said as she opened the door to walk out on the step as she did a bright light flew past her head.

Tessa's mother slammed the door shut and locked it. She grabbed a hold of Tessa's arm and took off running for the back door. They ran through the house and had just reached the living room when the door blasted apart and several figures in black robes entered the room.

"Oh Little Lori" called out a woman's voice as Tessa's mother tensed up and drew her wand from her pocket. She opened the closet door in the hallway and pushed Tessa inside.

"Whatever happens stay here do you understand?" she asked as she looked at her daughter.

Tessa could see the fear in her eyes as she nodded quickly. Her mother shut the closet door and locked it with a charm. She threw the backdoor open just as a hooded figure reached her and threw her up against the wall. Her mother gave out a soft cry as the figure placed their hands around her throat and lifted her off the ground.

"Lori how good it is to see you again" came a voice as the other hooded figures entered the room.

"Put her down Greyback" Ordered a voice.

The man holding Tessa's mother released his grip on her allowing her to fall to the ground. Tessa's mother was gasping for air as her hands went to her neck.

"Bellatrix" she said as she glanced at the figure as they removed their hood.

A woman with wild black hair stood before her mother. The others threw back their hoods as well.

"Where's the girl?" a man with long white blonde hair asked.

"Gone." Lori spat as she pulled herself to her knees.

"You lie!" shouted the man as he drew his wand out and aimed it at her mother.

A red light shot out of the wand and Tessa had to clasp her hand over her mouth to hide the scream that threatened to escape her lips. Her mother rolled around on the floor screaming in pain. Tessa felt tears running down her face and tried to move to get to her mother but couldn't.

"That's quite enough" said a voice as a shadow appeared in the room. The people in the room all lowered their heads and backed away from her mother.

The man bent down and put his hand under her mother's chin bringing her eyes to his.

"Lori, how good it is to see you again though I had hoped it would have been much sooner" he confessed as he pulled her to her feet and placed a wand at her throat.

"Tom please let Tessa go, she hasn't done anything please!" her mother begged.

"Lori, Lori, Lori. After all these years you still don't know a thing about me do you? I told you to never call me by that name" he spat as he slapped her mother across the face.

Tessa's mother fell to the floor and moved her hand to her face and tried to back away from the man as much as she could.

"I'm not going to harm a hair on our daughters head my only intentions is to bring her home where she belongs. However I cannot say the same for you. How dare you bring our beautiful little girl up as a muggle." he said with a dark tone as he shot a spell at her mother.

Again her mother screamed and rolled around on the ground. Tessa couldn't do anything she was glued to the spot and through her tears she could barely make her mother out.

"Now I'll ask you one more time, where is my daughter?" he asked as he lifted the spell off her.

"I told you, she is gone." Her mother cried as she quickly glanced towards the closet.

"My Lord" one of his many followers whispered.

"Yes, what is it Bellatrix?" he asked.

"She's in the closet" she said suddenly as she pointed her wand to the closet doors.

Tessa's heart dropped as there was a blast of light and the doors flung open and the woman who had been speaking to this man appeared before her.

"Tessa!" the man exhaled as he made he way over towards her and wrapped his arms around her awkwardly.

Tessa didn't say a word she stood there motionless looking at her mother. The man pulled away from her and spoke again.

"What a beauty you are, I haven't seen you since you were a baby" he said as he pushed a stray hair out of her face that's when she really looked at the man for the first time.

His eyes were a dark brown like hers but his face was pale and ghostly. His nose was almost nonexistent and his facial features resembled those of a snakes. Tessa backed up and tripped over something and landed on the floor.

"Tessa" called out her mother from behind them.

"Mom!" Tessa called back as she tried to move towards her.

"Now now, that's just rude. Here I stand before you your own father whom you haven't seen for years and you ignore me for your mother. You should be overwhelmed with happiness." He hissed as he grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet forcing her in front of him but placing his arm around her waist to keep her in place.

"Your mother wanted to keep you from me. She didn't think I'd be a good father but I am and I'm going to prove it to you by getting rid of this lying, cheating, good for nothing mother of yours." He whispered in her ear as he pointed his wand at her mother with his free hand and shouted something.

"Avada Kedarva"

A green light shot out of his wand as it collided with her mother. Tessa watched in horror as her mother slumped over and didn't move again.

"MOM!" Tessa shouted as she struggled against her father to get to her mother.

"Come now Tessa, we have so much catching up to do" he laughed as he pulled her towards him.

Suddenly a giant white cloud of smoke shot through the room and landed in front of them. As the smoke cleared a man appeared before them with his wand aimed at Tessa and her father.

"Tom let the girl go" instructed a man with long white hair and half moon shaped glasses.

"Dumbledore" he hissed and as he did other clouds of smoke shot into the room. The room became a mass of spells being shot left and right. Tessa's father shoved her behind him as he and the man "Dumbledore" began to battle.

Tessa taking this opportunity to get away crawled on her belly towards her mother as fast as she could.

"Mom" she whispered as she shook her arm her mother didn't respond.

Tessa felt arms go around her and she fought with them as they brought her to her feet.

"Tessa stop it, I'm here to help you" the man said to her as he placed an arm around her waist and pushed her towards the front door. He protected her by deflecting spells that flew their way. He kept a tight grip on her as he made he way to the door.

"Hold on to me" he ordered as she wrapped her arms around him and felt herself being squeezed tightly and thrown around.

Finally when it stopped she realized she was somewhere else completely.

"Where are we? What happened? Where is my Mother?" she asked frantically.

"Not now Tessa. Come on let's get you somewhere safe first." he said as he took a hold of her arm and led her up the sidewalk and to a house in the middle of the street.

The man waved his wand and suddenly the houses began to move as another house appeared out of no where. Tessa looked at the man as he looked down at her.

"I know you're scared and confused but I promise you that we're the good guys and we're going to keep you safe from your father" he said to her as he squeezed her hand and led her up to the door.

When they stepped inside she noticed a group of people in the living room. One of them was a boy with shaggy black hair he couldn't have been much older than she was. He stood up and rushed over to them.

"Sirius what happened?" he asked suddenly as he looked from the girl to him.

"Harry this is Tessa, Tessa this is Harry. And I'm Sirius. This is my house and this is where you're going to be staying the next couple days until we can get this all sorted out." he informed her as he motioned for her to have a seat in an arm chair by the fire.

"Harry who is that?" called a woman's voice from the kitchen.

As Sirius let go of Tessa's hand two red headed twins popped up on either side of her and helped her over to the seat next to the fire.

"Hello I'm George Weasley" said one twin as he offered her a snack off a plate.

Tessa just shook her head as she turned her attention to the fire.

"Boys perhaps Tessa would like some time alone" Sirius said as he looked to Tessa with sad eyes.

The boys all nodded and left the room immediately. Sirius entered the kitchen to talk to the woman who had called from the kitchen where the others in the house had all gathered as well.

"Molly I fear she may be in a state of shock, her father just murdered her mother in front of her" Sirius whispered.

"Why did you leave her out there by herself then?" asked one of the twins.

"I think she may need some time to think about things" he said back.

"Who is she Sirius? Why is she here?" asked Harry as he looked from the girl out on the chair to Sirius.

"She's Voldemort's daughter"