A/N: Hellau, this is my very first ever Harry Potter story...I sorta got bored of 'Lost' and thought I'd write this instead. Please review, they make me smile :) unless they are horrible...yeah, anyway. I hope that you enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING THAT IS COPYRIGHTED (sp? i think so)

Depression

In a town on the outskirts of London, Alexa Cassandra Coles was sitting cross legged on her bed looking miserably out of the window. It was a week into the summer holidays and it hadn't stopped raining.

A soft knock on the bedroom door dragged the fourteen year old from her thoughts, "Come in" She said, moving her eyes away from the window and letting them rest on the pearl blonde woman that had just entered the room.

"Dinner's ready, love" Said the woman, softly.

"I'll be down in a minute, mum" Replied Alexa, getting up off her bed, "I'm just gonna finish writing my letter to Sabrina"

"Okay, don't be too long" Her mum said, exiting the room just as quietly as she had entered.

Alexa sighed, her mum had suffered from depression for as long as she could remember, unlike other children her age, Alexa never had a mum that would play with her when she was little, or a mum that would take her to the park or out for picnics…well, actually that was a lie, Alexa and her mum did go for a picnic once but it ended up in her mum bursting into tears and blubbering about her first date with someone…or at least, that's what it sounded like. Alexa had become accustomed to her mums tears, it was almost like a role reversal, Alexa being the mum and Cassandra, her mum, being the hormonal teenager.

Picking up her quill, Alexa quickly finished off her letter to her best friend Sabrina, before quickly yet quietly, not wanting to startle her mum, running down the stairs to dinner.

"Ooh, Macaroni! My favorite" Alexa said, as she took a seat at the small round dining table. Her mum smiled in reply.

"I can't believe it's been raining since the minute I stepped off the Hogwarts Express!" The Teenager said, trying to make conversation.

Her mother seemed to ignore the comment and instead put down her fork and looked at her daughter.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Alexa asked, looking worried.

"I need to tell you something", Cassandra croaked, starting to well up.

"What is it, mum?" The miniature blonde asked, gulping.

"I'm so sorry", Cassandra continued.

"Sorry for what? Mum, what's going on?" Alexa questioned, her voice rising slightly.

"You're leaving" Said the tearful mother, bluntly.

"What? Why?!?" Alexa stood up from the table abruptly, making her mother jump.

"I can't…I…You just have to leave, Alexa, don't question it!" Cassandra said, her voice rising to meet her daughters. Alexa stood stunned for a moment, she had never seen her mum like this before, almost angry, but with who?

"Mum, please? What's happening?" Whispered Alexa, as silent tears trickled down her pale cheeks.

"I can't cope Alexa…not right now, and…" Cassandra trailed off, lowering her head.

"and what?" Alexa asked.

No answer.

"Mum! And what?" She repeated, raising her voice once more.

Cassandra stayed silent.

"FOR GODS SAKE! AND WHAT?" Screamed Alexa, taking a step back. Instantly regretting yelling at her mother, Alexa made to apologize but her mum cut in.

"You'll be safer where you're going"

"What do you mean safer?" Questioned Alexa, frowning slightly.

"A murderer escaped from Azkaban…I knew him, he may come after me…it'd be better if you weren't here…just incase…incase something happens" Cassandra finished, finally looking her daughter in the eye.

"And what about you?" Alexa continued to question.

"Don't worry about me, you've done enough of that for fourteen years" Cassandra said, a small smile gracing her lips, the first in a long time.

"I hardly worried when I was one, mum" Alexa said, rolling her eyes.

Cassandra smiled once again then turned serious again, "You'll be leaving tomorrow" She said, softly.

Alexa nodded and sat back down at the table.

"It's not just because of this murderer is it?" Alexa asked.

Cassandra shook her head, "I'm sorry I haven't been there for you Lex…I just…"

"Hey" Alexa cut in, "It's not your fault, I just wish you would talk to me"

Cassandra stayed silent for a while before picking up her fork again, "Dinner's probably cold…" She said, changing the topic.

"Just heat it up with your wand", Alexa said, deciding it was probably for the best to end the conversation about her mother's depression.

The evening continued in awkward conversation until the two females retired to there separate rooms.

As the sun rose, early the next morning a loud knocking at the front door awoke Alexa from her sleep. Groggily rising from her bed, she quickly put on a navy blue hoodie and tied her up into a messy pony tail and trailed down the stairs to the front door. Yawning she opened the door, on the front step stood a tall man in a black cloak, he had a hard looking face and long, sleek, bleach blonde hair that was pulled back into a tidy, low pony tail. It was none other than Lucius Malfoy.