Chapter 1

Damn, this place is crowded, Lee thought as he made his way thru the London train station with his dark blue trunk being pulled behind him. The passageways were about 25 feet high and completely made out of brick. The floor was covered in stepped-on-gum and garbage was shoved under the benches that were against the walls. The ceiling was light nicely with the long fluorescent lights but the noise from travelers and commuters echoed throughout the brick hallways and created a buzz of noise combined with the scrapping of shoes and wheels rolling on the concrete ground.

Lee, as was his new name, was 16 years old, had spent his whole life acting like an adult, and holding the respect of many other adults; but as he walked through the train station in his newly purchased black Hogwarts robes, hailing a fake name, and a trunk full of secrets; he felt more like a little kid trying to find way instead of a man on a mission.

Lee knew the directions on how to go thru the poorly laid out station to the hidden Platform 9 ¾ from listening to Lucius Malfoy, but now that he was in King's Cross he was completely lost on how to get from wherever the heck he was at to the visible and non-running through-walls-entrances of Platform 9 and 10. He was supposed to go down a hallway for two intersections and then turn left. However, he had only walked through one intersection and was in a central courtyard with hallways extending in many different directions.

In all honesty, Lee had spent his whole life living in a castle so he wasn't used to having to traverse the crowded station. Being as tall as he was, he looked over the people's heads and looked for some sort of directions but nothing he saw was what he wanted.

Kate Brigham was also walking thru King's Cross with her family as the four Brigham's made the familiar walk towards the Hogwarts Express. Her mother and father, both white with blond hair and their bright robes, were talking basically non-stop about all sorts of things that they found interesting. Kate just casually made comments when they stopped talking to appease them, but didn't really listen to what they were talking about. After spending so many years of listening to her parents and younger sister sit and babble for hours on end in the house, she realized it's best just to nod your head and go along with whatever they're saying instead of trying to follow their train of thought.

Kate had just made it thru the central hub when she saw a tall boy, about 6' with short black hair and black robes that was about her age looking around as if he was lost as ever. When her eyes laid on the trunk that he had with him, she knew he must be going to Hogwarts.

She looked at her younger sister, who was a spitting image of their mother and was about to start her 2nd year at Hogwarts, and while her parents started talking to one of their friends that they saw walking-about she told her sister, "Hold my cart, I'm going to give that guy directions."

"Why? Is it because he's cute?" Megan asked, all interested.

"No. He's obviously lost and he's probably trying to find Platform 9 ¾."

"Sure…I'm sure it's not because he's cute and you like tall boys with black hair." Megan said, making fun of her sister.

"Shut up, Megan." Was all Kate said as she rolled her eyes and walked towards the boy…

Lee finally saw a sign hanging on the far wall that read "Platform 8-12," He grabbed his cart when a girl with black hair and a fake tan walked over to him and said, "Are you lost?"

Lee looked over the girl for few seconds. She was a normal height for a girl, but too skinny at maybe 110 to 120 lbs. Her black hair was flat and straight and hung mostly on her right side and she kept her head slightly tilted to that side. Her eyes were a light green color and she had a straight nose. Her teeth were hidden by her gums more than most people but they were extremely clean. The girl's skin was a golden tan color from either special dye or a make-up spell. Her purple shirt was an average length V-neck and her jeans were a tad too skinny for her. 'I guess she has grown up around other girls who care far too much about their own weight and appearance', Lee thought. Finally, her stance was slightly bent forward and she felt most comfortable with her arms crossed across her chest and her legs twisted together.

"Umm…No." He finally said to the girl. He's never been good with personal conversation. Perhaps it is because he never actually talked normally with someone. Or maybe it's from an important statement that an older Death Eater said to him years ago, 'People are so fucking stupid'. So simple, and yet, so true.

"Are you not sure if you're lost?" Kate asked.

"I'm just confused on why you're here."

"What do you mean?"

"Why did you walk over to me, a stranger?" Lee pointed out.

"Because you looked like you were lost."

"Oh, no, I'm good. I was just looking for Platform 9."

"Platform 9?"

"Yeah. It's the only platform with a 9 in it. It's not like there's Platform 9.5 or Platform 9 ¾." He said, feeling like messing with her.

"Yeah…well, see ya."

"Am I really that bad at sarcasm?"

"What?"

"Oh my god, never mind. I'll see you at Hogwarts." Lee said, grabbing his trunk and walking away.

"What?!" Kate yelled toward the boy as he walked away. Kate felt like a total idiot as she walked back to her family who was eyeing her weirdly.

Lee continued down the hallway and turned left, arriving at the four brick columns that stretched from the end of Platform 9 to the beginning of Platform 10. He understood that he was to run right at the west side of the brick column and he would be teleported to the platform, but he simply choice to walk over to the wall across the lane and waited for a family to run blindly at the brick wall before he did it himself. It was one of the many lessons that his father drilled into Lee that he was not a pawn in this game of chess. Voldemort taught that boy that he was the King and Lee was his knight. Lee would be the one to lead the King to victory to ensure that the pawns that protected them all were safe from the knights and kings on the other side of the board. However, until the day comes in which Voldemort was the sole King on the board, Lee as a knight was entitled and encouraged to watch the pawns of the world test and try the unknown while he laid back and waited for the time to strike.

He had only been waiting there a few minutes when he saw the girl from earlier walking over to the magical wall with her family. As the girl noticed him, she shouted, "Is someone scared of running at a brick wall?"

"I'm not too interested in a concussion." Lee replied back, knowing that jokes were the tool of a 'regular person' according to his hours of learning how to act as a normal kid by Narcissa Malfoy.

Kate laughed and followed her dad through the entrance to the Hogwarts Express. Lee stood there for another few seconds before he grabbed his crap and ran at a perfectly real looking brick wall but disappeared from King's Cross just a millisecond before he hit the wall.

A few minutes later, Lee slide the door closed of his empty train compartment before putting a spell on the windows to make it look like it was full of students, that way no else tried to come in. He had already put his trunk on the luggage cars behind the seats, but his pockets were filled with the illegal objects he had shrunken in size and was bringing with him.

In his breast pocket was his three spare wands that worked for him that he'd taken from victims. His Death Eater mask, made with silver and resembled a dragon's face, was attached to a chain around his neck. A shockproof container was in one of the pockets in the robes and held potions including Veritaserum and numerous poisons. Finally, in his pants pocket there is a notebook that is very special for the fact that the notebook is connected to another and anything written in one will appear in the other. This is how Voldemort will be giving his orders and how Lee will get information to the Death Eaters.

While Lee hopped on the creaky compartment seat and took a nap, Kate slide into a compartment on the other side of the train with her two friends, Matt and Lori. It is true that Kate has a fake tan, but it looks real to most people. This however cannot be said about Lori's. Her skin is so tan, that it's completely obvious that she's gotten multiple tans. Lori even remembers in 3rd year when she came back from winter break orange from the fake tan she had received.

Lori is best described as a stereotypical cheerleader from a television show. She's blonde, tall, skinny, way too obsessed about her looks, loves spreading and hearing rumors, and never freaking shuts up. The only difference is that fact that Lori isn't a skank who moves from one guy to the next. Instead she's fallen pretty hard for Matt and has been patiently, well…maybe not patiently, but waiting for Matt to grow some balls and kiss her.

Matt is a regular guy. Medium height and weight, a nice guy but not popular, more of a follower and a listener instead of an doer, but he does play for the Quidditch team along with his two roommates, Craig and Charlie.

When the three were all situated, they felt the train start moving, and Lori just came right out and almost yelled, "So, who's the boy?"

"What?" Kate asked.

"Megan came and told me you were talking to a boy. So, details." Lori told her.

"No details. He looked lost, I asked if he was lost, he said no, said a joke that I didn't get, and walked away."

"That's not all." Lori pleaded.

"Yes it is, Lori."

"But Megan told me he was cute."

"He was but there's probably a reason that I've never meet him at Hogwarts." Kate pointed out.

Lori just huffed and stated, "I don't know what you're doing."

"What do you mean?"

"You're a 6th year and you've never even been on a date. Then this boy comes along, black hair and tall, just like you like, and you just let him walk away."

"How does everyone know what kind of guy I like?" Kate asked out loud.

"It's pretty obvious." Matt injected.

"I don't even know what house he's in or even the year's he in."

"That's because you didn't ask." Lori pointed out.

"Duh."

"Why didn't you ask?"

"Because I didn't want to." Kate explained.

"That's a shitty excuse. You walked up to a random guy in a crowded train station. That definitely means you want him."

"Take that back." Kate told her.

"Nope."

"Lori."

"Kate."

"Take that back."

"Not until you get out of this cart, find him, ask for his name, and come back."

"That isn't going to happen."

"Whatever…pansy." Lori playfully added.