A/N: Hi everyone! I'm back, well to those of you that have read my fanfic before, to present to you the sequel to my previous Harry Potter fanfic Mistake of Mischief. For those of you who are stumbling upon me for the first time I would recommend that you read that story before you get started on this one. I apologize for my slight disappearance, but school took over my life and tried and still is to kill me with homework and assignments and projects and etc etc. I hope you understand, but I didn't want my readers to think that I had forgotten about continuing the story of Krista and Draco and so to prove this to you I give you the first chapter of my sequel therefore I am happy to present to you all Ferret Me!

Back Again

"Where are you?" Krista whispered to herself as she walked past aisle after aisle in the grand room that served as Hogwarts library. Yes, Krista Autwin was back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her sixth year continuing her magical education. Summer vacation had been wonderful for her. She was able to spend time with her family, do some traveling, and even visit her grandfather in Ireland. But she was happy to be back at school and see all her friends despite the downfall of being assigned countless amounts of homework. Krista swore that if she was given any more assignments that she would need a telescope to see the top of the pile that it was mounting up to.

The time now was six o'clock and Krista had decided to spend her Friday evening in the dust-filled library to get a much needed jump-start on her homework. That is if she was expecting to get any free time so that she might actually get to enjoy her weekend. After finding her desired section in the far back of the room Krista began to wander down the aisle, her dark brown eyes carefully trained on the shelves. Running her eyes slowly over the countless number of volumes that stacked the bookcases Krista scoured each individual binding as she searched for her desired book.

"Montegru, Montegru, Montegru…" she murmured repeatedly to herself before whispering triumphantly, "Ah! There you are." Up high on the fifth shelf Krista zeroed in on a brown, tattered, old, dusty, tome of Helen Montegru's "Charming the World." According to Professor Flitwick it would be a good reference book to read to help with their current Charms essay. Taking note of its place on the shelf Krista approached the bookcase confident with her new height that she would be able to retrieve the volume. Over the summer Krista had grown a few inches and was quite pleased to see that she hadn't stopped growing just yet. Though, even with her little growth spurt, she was just a tad too short to fully grasp the book. Standing on her tippy toes Krista was able to get somewhat of a hold on the binding of the book and began slowly wiggling it out of its cramped spot. Growing impatient she planted her feet back flat on the floor preparing to go fetch a ladder when a voice spooked her from behind.

"Hello, Krissy."

Spinning quickly on her heel Krista turned to see none other than her long since been ex boyfriend Daniel Eversion of House Hufflepuff. "Daniel!" she hissed at him. She was never thrilled to see her "slim scum of a cheating boyfriend" as her friend Becca took the honor of calling him. Which she was right of, course. She and Daniel had once upon a time been boyfriend and girlfriend back when Krista was a fourth year student and Daniel a fifth year. That was until he went behind her back and cheated on her with Lavender Brown from Gryffindor. Since then her ex had some sort of illusion of the possibility of them getting back together which, of course, was never going to happen not if she had anything to say about it.

"Need a little help there?" Daniel asked smirking as he spotted the book she had been struggling to get, slightly pulled out, from its spot on the shelf.

"No," Krista snapped, "I don't need your help. Now what do you want?"

If possible his smirk only got wider at the question, "Same thing as always. You," he replied, looking up and down her form.

Krista had to suppress a shutter of disgust at his forwardness. This guy was growing more repulsive to her with each passing day. Believe it or not Daniel had never shown this kind of change in attitude before. Last year, after her little "I turned into a cat" incident, Daniel had surprisingly left her the hell alone out of the blue. Krista was thrilled at the thought that perhaps finally the full message of them breaking up had successfully sunk into that thick skull of his. Though, unfortunately, this was not the case. Ever since their return to Hogwarts Daniel had started to become more persistent in trying to "win her back". And it was not flattering in any way.

Krista let out a huff of air before crossing her arms, "Well, we all want a lot of things, Daniel; doesn't mean we are ever going to get them. Too bad, so sad. Move on with your life. I know I have."

Her response only seemed to get a laugh out of him, "Really?" he chuckled "Then how come I haven't seen you date anyone since we broke up?"

"Correction, we did not break up," Krista informed him as she pointed back and forth between them. "I broke up with you. I'm certain I made that pretty clear," Krista inwardly smirked at the thought of punching him squarely in the jaw last year. It still remained a very proud moment in her life.

"Come on," Daniel stepped closer to her causing her to back up into the bookcase. "I know you think about us."

Making a face Krista shot back, "In 'us' meaning I picture shooting you out of a cannon then, yes, I do think about us. Other than that, no, the thought of you doesn't cross my mind."

"Well at least it's something," he murmured leaning in.

"Hey, I have a great idea," Krista said giving him a good shove back feeling her personal bubble space being invaded. "Why don't you go and find Brown. I'm sure she would love to be annoyed to death by you," she suggested with fake cheer.

"Brown is not the one I want."

"Bugger off."

"No, I don't think so."

"Back off," Krista warned feeling her voice rising.

"No."

Now her temper was really starting to flare up, "Why can't you just…!"

"Is there a problem?" A new voice broke into the conversation.

Snapping their heads towards the source Krista saw it was none other than Draco Malfoy who had stumbled upon the two of them. Better than no one at least for Krista was grateful for the interruption.

Daniel was obviously none to pleased with the intrusion, "Nothing that concerns you, Malfoy," he sneered.

Malfoy looked between the two of them before he strolled over to Krista's side resulting in Daniel backing off completely. "I do believe Autwin just told you to back off, Eversion."

At this time Krista could help but note just how much Malfoy had also grown over the summer. Even though he was a year below Daniel it looked like Malfoy actually had an inch or two on the Hufflepuff. Secretly, it pleased Krista greatly.

Daniel held Malfoy's glare, "Just two friends catching up. No harm there."

"Doesn't sound that way. At least not the way she was telling you."

Seeing the two boys settle into their own private staring contest Krista broke the silence, "Just leave, Daniel."

"Alright, fine I'll go. See you later, Krissy," He threw back with a wave as he departed. Again Krista had to suppress a shiver as he used that damn nickname of his for her. Hell, "pumpkin" would be more bearable than that.

Seeing him disappear from view Krista let out a sigh of relief that she hadn't realized she had been holding in.

"Thanks," Krista breathed out as she felt the weight that had settled on her shoulders at Daniel's appearance fade away. She couldn't look at Malfoy at the moment. She had always hated the feeling of being the damsel in distress. It made her feel like she couldn't look after herself.

"Ya, well the git was getting on my nerves," Malfoy replied prying his eyes away from where Daniel had left them to look down at her. "Don't go letting him push you around like that. I thought you had more fire than that, Autwin."

Krista smiled slightly at the mention of fire, "Ya, which is probably what I am going to have to use next time to keep him at bay." The thought of possibly setting her ex on fire was very appealing at the moment. If not that then perhaps there was a spell that could set her on fire when he came near that could send him running for the hills.

"Now that I'd like to see," Malfoy said showing off his signature smirk.

Feeling his gaze on her now, Krista felt her head turn up on its own accord to only to have her eyes lock with his stormy grey eyes. "Ya," she replied awkwardly already feeling the blush beginning to rise on her cheeks. Malfoy certainly did a lot of growing up over the summer surpassing her full height by a head; seriously what was it that guys ate that made them grow like magic bean stalks? He had cut his blonde locks down to the point where they were now matted against his head. And then there were his eyes and… and she was now staring openly at him. Great, with blushing comes embarrassment and self-consciousness and everything else along with it. Feeling utterly ridiculous now Krista was the first to look away to stare down at a now fascinating scuff on her shoe.

Malfoy just continued to look at her, barely taking note of the fact that Autwin had broken eye contact with him, as he did his own assessment of the Ravenclaw. He had seen her from afar in class of course, but this is the closest they had been since that evening up on the Astronomy tower last year and he was going to take advantage of the moment. The summer months had sure been kind to Autwin. That, Malfoy could clearly see. He noticed the small change in height and the sun-kissed skin she had gotten over the summer as he noticed the pale band on her wrist where her watch would sit. He also saw how her classic ponytail hung lower than usual, meaning that her hair had grown longer, and that there were faint traces of amber blond highlighting her brown mane. He figured it must have been from spending plenty of time out in the sun. Overall, Autwin's characteristics had become more appealing since the last time he had seen her.

Not wanting to be caught gawking at her, Malfoy turned his attention to the book that peeked out from its place on the shelf. He had seen Autwin in her attempt to reach it with little success before Eversion came along. Yes, he was watching her, but certainly not to the point of an obsessive stalker like Eversion.

Seeing Malfoy take a step closer Krista felt her breath catch in her throat as she looked up in alarm to see him reach over her to grab something off the book shelf right above her. He was extremely close to her to the point where she felt that she was no longer breathing.

Malfoy, on the other hand, was perfectly aware of their close proximity. "Here," he said as he produced a book before her.

Krista only stood there blankly looking at the book. Her mind seemed to have turned to mush, "I..ummm."

"Isn't this the book you need for Charms class?" he asked so low that, if he wasn't standing so close to her, she wouldn't have been able to hear him. There almost seemed to be a detectable note of softness in his voice. She must have been imagining things.

"I… yes, thank you," she replied swallowing the lump that had formed in her throat, while taking the book from him and now feeling like a complete idiot.

Malfoy was not only amused, but also very pleased about how close his proximity to Autwin affected her. Though he wished to stay longer, Malfoy thought it would be better to leave this small run-in on a good note. "See you around, Autwin."

Hearing his footsteps fade off Krista was left there in the stacks in a daze before shaking herself out of her thoughts. Surely, Malfoy was messing with her in some way. Brushing it off for the moment Krista made her way back to the table she had been working at. Seeing her designated table come into view she saw her oldest and dearest friend, Becca Odeir, sitting there scribbling away on the sheet of parchment in front of her. Pulling out the chair opposite of her, she saw Becca snap her head up at the soft squeak the wood made against the marble floor.

"What took you so long?" asked Becca, "Get lost did we?" She knew that Krista had taken a lot longer than she should have to retrieve her desired book. Despite knowing how much of a maze the library could be.

Krista sighed in frustration as she flopped down in the chair, "Had a little chat with Mr. Creepy." Thinking back to the confrontation moments ago between her and her ex along with Malfoy interjecting, it was all just a big buzz in her head. There was no way that she was going to mention Malfoy's part with Daniel. Krista knew if she even mentioned his name it would just be inviting Becca to interrogate her endlessly. And right now she wasn't in the mood for it. Setting the book down in front of her Krista rested her elbows on the table before massaging her temples feeling that oh so familiar headache start to form. Whenever Daniel made an appearance she could always feel one coming on as soon as he left her alone. Even her mind was getting irritated from having to hear his constant drawling.

Ever since their return to Hogwarts, Daniel was starting to become more persistent in his quest to "win her back". It wasn't just that little characteristic that changed in the Hufflepuff. With Daniel's little pop ups Krista had noted that he was more aggressive, intimidating, and thicker in the head. Overall, it wasn't a good sign in her case. Feeling the need to go to the Headmaster about her situation Krista had gone through all her stuff in search of that ridiculous letter that Daniel had written to her last year only to find it gone. Which was very odd because she was almost a hundred percent certain she had brought it with her in her trunk just in case she needed to put her ex back in line. It was a little suspicious, but perhaps she had left it at home.

Becca rolled her eyes at the mention of the guy. "Ah, yes, so the creeper makes another appearance. Oh, joy," she wasn't exactly too thrilled with the seventh year boy. Especially when she caught him cheating on her best friend when they were going out. Yes, Daniel Eversion was a low worm, slug scum of a creep.

"Why don't you just go to the Headmaster already?" she asked then hopefully she wouldn't have to see Krista go through all the stress that Eversion would no doubt give her. Becca had noticed that her friend had seemed more tense than usual and she knew better that it wasn't the mountains of schoolwork they were getting that was the cause of it.

"It's his last year here," Krista reasoned, "and we are almost half way through it. I just need to tough it out a little more. Besides if I go to a teacher who knows what would happen. What if he gets held back a year or something? Then I would have to put up with him for even longer. I'd rather not risk it."

Becca frowned at her, "Alright," she sighed, "but if he pushes it tell someone," she urged. Becca was only all too familiar of what the consequences could be if you waited to long to tell a teacher your problems. After Krista's little disappearance last year she had no intention of going through something like that again any time soon. Even though it had been months ago, Becca sometimes still expected Krista to vanish before her eyes. She still found it hard to believe that the whole event was caused by a stupid case of a spell backfire.

"Or at least tell me so I can spell him," she smirked, "I read about this jinx that forces someone to hippity hop non-stop for twenty-four hours. I've been dying to try it out."

"I promise."

"Good," Becca grinned, "Now let's get this over with," she said tapping the tip of her quill on her essay paper for Transfiguration. As Becca turned her attention back to her assignment Krista began to flip through the edition of "Charming the World" and prepared herself for the Charms work ahead.

With the two Ravenclaws preoccupied with their school studies at hand completely focused on the pages before them neither one of them was able to detect the feeling of someone's eyes on them. On the far side of room Malfoy sat at a table of his own right against the wall. He too had come to the library to get some of his own homework done, which right now he was finding a bit difficult to accomplish. With his back leaning against the stonewall Malfoy looked up from his book in hand to steal a glance at the Ravenclaw brunette. He couldn't believe how long it had been since they had a close interaction like the one they had today. The last time they had spoken alone was last year on top of the Astronomy Tower and the two of them had talked little since. The memory of it was still fresh in his mind. Since the Autwin incident Malfoy had learned to watch his mouth more about what he said to and around the girl. He didn't trust himself around her after that little event. Though, after it the rest of the year seemed to fly by, and he had made no attempt to pursue the Ravenclaw. That didn't mean that he wasn't ever going to. Malfoy was just biding his time waiting for the perfect opportunity to arise. That did sound a lot better than saying he had no idea how to approach the girl. But sooner or later he would figure it all out; he just hoped that it was sooner rather than later.

A/N: So I hope you all enjoyed that and please reviews and feedback are very much welcomed! And to give you all a heads up I'm not too sure when I will have the next chapter up but just know that I am working hard on this story to make sure it is the best it can be for you guys and I hope you will be patient with me and give me your support. Thanks for reading! =)