Author's Note:

The first couple of chapters are more of an introduction and next chapter we'll start in present day.

Now what can I say about Alyssa Marks?

She had long beautiful straight blond hair and crystal blue eyes. She was the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts. She was daring and cunning. That's why she was in Slytherin. She asked the Sorting hat to put her in Slytherin because she wanted to upset her parents.

I remember when I met her. We were 3 and she used to be my neighbor. Hugo was just born so we had to move. But we always visited each other and wrote every week. We were inseparable.

Her parents liked me because I was the 'good influence' on her. No one could influence Aly unless she wanted them to. Headstrong. Maybe that's what got her killed. I don't know. That's why I'm going to find out.

The man convicted for killing Aly is named Argus Filch. You know Argus Filch? Creepy guy who would roam around Hogwarts? A little too attached to his cat? Hated all students? That's him. He confessed to killing Aly when they found some of her hair in his room. Then they looked a little deeper and found a jacket with her blood on it.

He confessed and got life in Azkaban.

She was murdered during the Eater holidays. I had owled her earlier saying that I was going to come over to help her with her homework. I had already finished all of mine on the train ride home.

I had walked into her house around 6:45 P.M. I called for her. No answer. I walked up to her room. She wasn't inside. But her wand was there thrown on the floor. I picked it up and noticed it had a crack in it. I placed it down and ran downstairs. I walked into her sitting room and noticed that a glass vase was shattered on the floor.

Her home was too quiet. It felt eerie. I felt terrified. "Alyssa!" I called. I ran to her backyard and noticed she was laying down on the concrete.

"Aly?" I whispered.

The closer I got I saw blood flowing from her head. Her blue eyes were open and glossy. She didn't blink. I knelt down to her. I checked her pulse. Nothing. "Aly!" I screamed. My dad called my name. I couldn't move. I began crying uncontrollably. He ran put do the backyard. He saw her and grabbed me. "Rosie look at me. I need you to be strong all right? I need you to send a patronus to Harry and tell him to bring the authorities." I nodded and I said, "Expecto Patronum" The only thing I thought of was Aly and I when we were little. A silver wolf shot out of my wand and less than a minute later Uncle Harry was there.

My legs crumbled to the floor and I looked up and saw Aly. She put her finger to her lips and said, "Don't believe everything you hear. Not everything is what it seems." And she disappeared and I blacked out. That was the last thing I remember.

I woke up in my room two days later. Apparently I had gone into shock. Dad told me that Filch was seen walking into her house 3 hours before I found her. My parents didn't really look at me the same way after that. Hugo was nice to me. Everyone was.

The only issue was that I didn't believe that Filch did it. What was the motive? Why during the holidays? He could've done it at school. He could've flooed instead of walking out the door like a muggle. It made no sense to me.

They gave me a extra week of break to relax and deal with my 'great loss'. I couldn't stop thinking about what I had seen. I saw her. She told me not to believe what everyone as saying. That they caught the wrong killer the question was who really did it and where were they now?

Who would want to hurt Aly though? When I told my parents about my suspicions they just shrugged it off as grieving. When school started again no one to look at me let alone talk to me except for my family. Lilac Brown started a rumor that I had killed her 'best friend' Alyssa. Most people don't stand up to her so naturally everyone just agreed with her.

Oh well. At least I have fewer friends to worry about.

Its October now and I'm nowhere near finding Aly's killer. At least I was until I found out that that her time of death is hours off. She was dead before Filch walked in. He couldn't have done it.

But if he didn't do anything why did he confess?