This is a sequel to my story The Diary of Lies. Thank you to everyone who has continued to read all of my stories. I hope you like this one.

Chapter 1

Artemis POV

I was sitting in the kitchen eating an early breakfast one morning, when something slammed into the window and fell into the rosebush beneath the windowsill. I sighed. Birds always injure themselves on that window. I went to go find it so that I could nurse it back to health.

A few thorns impaled my hands as I groped around looking for the injured bird. I finally managed to remove the bird from the bushes. At first glance it appeared to be a regular barn owl. But, once I looked closer, I realized it was carrying something. Something that looked like a letter.

I scanned over the address. It was probably a response from Luna.

"But she couldn't have received my message yet. I only sent it yesterday," I pondered, turning the letter over to open it. What I saw shocked me so much I dropped it. On the back was a crisp seal, displaying the Hogwarts school logo.

I picked up the letter and ripped it open. Could it be true? Could I finally go back to Hogwarts? I ran inside up to my room I shared to with Teren, my sister and shook her awake.

"Hey, Ter!" I exclaimed. "Wake up! I have to tell you something."

"What is it?" she murmured.

"I got a letter from Hogwarts!" I shrieked in her ear.

"Let's see what it says," she leapt out of bed, she was as curious as I was.

In my excitement, I hadn't even taken the letter out of the envelope. I pulled it out and smoothed the creases so I could read it.

It read:

Dear Ms. Malfoy,

The Headmaster would like to inform you that he believes it time for you to return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, if it to be successful, you must continue to use the name Artemis Malfoy, so as not to alert suspicion. We regret that this had to happen, but it was in your best interest.

We hope you are able to enjoy your remaining years at Hogwarts. You will be entering Hogwarts in fourth year. The required textbooks are enclosed on a separate sheet, as well as some for the two years you missed.

Sincerely,

Professor McGonagall

"You know what this means?" Teren asked.

"I'm going back to Hogwarts with you!" I exclaimed. I thought back to the day I met Teren and her family. Up until that point, I had been living with the Malfoys. Everyday was the same. I would get up, eat breakfast, study for an hour, make lunch, study for another hour, clean, shop, make dinner and go to bed. There was never any variation.

Unless they had company. Whenever someone came for a visit, I hid in a secret chamber, so that no one could ever find me. All through this, I had the help of the innocent house elf I first saw in Dumbledore's office, Dobby. I saw how the Malfoys abused him whenever he tried to protect me.

So one day, I freed him. The Malfoys were furious, and shut me out of the house. That's how I met the Scamanders, who I live with now. I went down to the village to find something, anything to do. The way we met was kind of an accident.

I had gone into the bookstore, looking for a place to stay, when I heard someone outside yell,

"Oh no! We left the kneazle in the book shop! Grandfather is going to be pissed!"

"It's too late now, we have to go or we'll miss dinner. Then grandma will be pissed."

I hurried around, finally managing to grab the cat-like beast, before dashing outside. I saw a family of three getting into an old car. I ran up to them.

"Excuse me," I asked, "Is this your kneazle?"

"Oh my goodness, thank you! You saved Caspian," the woman thanked me. "What's your name?"

"Artemis," I mumbled.

"Hi Artemis, I'm Rowen Scamander. These are my kids, Teren and Rolf," she introduced herself. "You should probably get back to your parents. They must be worried about you."

"No," I sighed. "I came here looking for a place to live."

"Well then you will live with us of course," Rowen exclaimed. "Move over Teren, make some space."

Ever since then, Teren and I have been inseparable. The Scamanders insisted that I call them aunt and uncle. They also still live with the famous Newt Scamander. The one who wrote the book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'. I've only seen him once. He usually stays in the attic where he lives with his wife, Tina Goldstein.

Teren yanked back to the present day by yelling in my ear, "Come on Artemis! Let's go pack our stuff!"

"Wait, Teren," I stopped. "Didn't you say something happened at Hogwarts last year?"

"Oh, yeah… Voldemort's back."

"What?" I blurted out. "How come you never told me?"

"Well, mum told me not to tell you. She doesn't believe Harry and Sami Jo. She says they are lying to us. Trying to get more attention for themselves. Please don't tell her I told you."

"I won't tell her. It wouldn't be the first time they lied about something. But, they're telling the truth. The Malfoys were missing one night and were rather strange the next day. Of course, they didn't know I saw them leave."

"So what do we do now?" Teren asked.

"Well, we have to go," I decided. "We can try and convince people this is real, they might believe us."

"No," Teren said. "They have to believe us."

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