Hyacinth looked up towards an unfamiliar owl that was heading her way. Stopping only to deliver the parcel and nick a little bit of her toast, the bird flew off again.

She slowly unwrapped the package; revealing a hand-written note and a small packet of cookies inside. Hyacinth looked over to the Hufflepuff table, and spotted Julia smiling at her. Smiling back, she put the note back into its place and resumed her breakfast.

More owls were coming into the Great Hall, one of them dropping and envelope in front of Julia, who just happened to be helping herself to more Pumpkin Juice.

She looked at the letter, flipping it over to see who it was from. However, there was no sender, but the words; '[i]Open this outside[/i]' instead.

With a sense of panic, Julia looked around, making sure there was no one looking at her while she tried to slip out unnoticed. Giving another glance at the letter, she went out to the Entrance Hall. Her hands trembling, Julia hesitated for a moment whether she should open the letter or not; and finally decided to after a few minutes of thinking.

She clasped her hands over her mouth the moment she realized what was inside, letting the letter slip from her hands and drop to the floor.

"My, what do we have here?" smirked Pansy Parkinson, who looked over from Julia to the red note on the floor. "Yet another person who's gotten… tagged?"

"Come on now! Don't be shy! Why don't we take this outside?" a sixth-year said from behind Julia, grabbing her robes from the back and dragging her out.

Hyacinth, who had left along with the other Slytherins when they heard the news, did not follow them instantly. Instead, she ran off somewhere else, deciding to grab a little something, just in case.

"Leave her alone, you!" she shouted, bursting through the door and running towards them, thrusting herself through the crowd until she reached the middle where Julia was, kneeling down on the floor while unable to stop sobbing.

"I'm the one you're really after, so what are you waiting for?!"

"You know what? You're right. You're the main target Malfoy's after and since you're here, it just makes the job easier!" laughed one of the Slytherins, throwing a packet of flour which impacted against her robes.

"Oh, is that all you got? Well that didn't hurt one bit, so there!" Hyacinth stomped her foot on the ground defiantly.

"So what? What's the broom for anyway? So you can take your friend and flee for your lives? How pathetic!"

As Pansy said those words to Hyacinth, one Slytherin crept up behind her, ready to throw a bottle of chocolate sauce, but Hyacinth had read the play already.

Instinctively, she turned, using her broom to hit the bottle away just like in a game of baseball. However, due to unfortunate timing and fate, it didn't quite land on the spot where she hoped it would.

Malfoy looked down at his right shoe, where the stain had occurred. Min-Yong's jaw dropped, as if almost laughing, while Rochester furrowed his eyebrows. He gave a disgusted expression, his eyes moving towards Hyacinth. She almost dropped her broom at the surprise.

"Clean this mess up. Lick it all clean," Malfoy ordered, walking up to her and showing her his dirty shoe and glancing at Julia. "If not, I'll make sure your little friend really wish she was never born."

Hyacinth gulped, her grip on the broom tightening. Oh, if only she could just lift it up and whack it across his face right now! However, she couldn't she had to hold herself back. The thought of what would happen to Julia kept on crossing her mind. Her eyes were fixated on the shoe, as if he she was ready to actually succumb to Draco Malfoy, as much as she resented it.

Suddenly, all heads turned towards the door, which carried the sound of a voice calling out.

Hyacinth looked up as well, and much to her surprise, Sky happened to be standing there, holding something in his hand. Once again, she was unintentionally saved by him, which made her wonder how he knew where to find her.

"You left this in the Charms classroom yesterday. I found it when I came to class," he said, clearly paying no heed to what was going on, showing her the textbook she accidentally left behind as a result of rushing to her next class because she had been overcome by the anger due to what happened at Charms. No wonder she couldn't find it anywhere last night.

Malfoy cast a spiteful glare at Sky for ruining the moment. He was so close. So close to declaring victory, in fact, Malfoy was only seconds away until he suddenly popped out of nowhere.

Straightening his robe, Malfoy stalked off, clearly frustrated, but not before he pointed a finger at Hyacinth, saying; "It's not over yet, you hear me?" Soon after, the crowd also began to disperse in disappointment, except for five other people.

"Yo man, where've you been lately?! We haven't seen you in ages besides classes and mealtimes!" exclaimed Min-Yong.

"I've been around. But I'm here now so it doesn't matter, right?," shrugged Sky, handing Hyacinth textbook back to her. She blushed slightly (though it did not go noticed by him) and quickly grabbed it, muttering a word of thanks.

"Guess not," shrugged Rochester. "Anyway, I think we should go calm Draco. He seems pretty furious at what you did, Sky."

Once they had gone back inside, Hyacinth knelt down beside Julia, taking her left arm and slinging it over her shoulder, brought her to the hospital wing. Julia said nothing until she was laid down on the bed while Madam Promfey went to get some medicine.

"Hyacinth… Thank you… I…"

"No, don't mention it. I just did what I had to do. Besides, I won't allow my friend to get pushed around like that!"

"But it's practically my fault that you've gotten into this mess!"

"Hey, it's no problem!" Hyacinth laughed, shaking her head. "I know I've said this to someone else already but I'm not going to back down like this. I'll be as strong as a weed!"

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The next day, and owl Hyacinth recognized as the family's swooped down, dropping a parcel in front of her. She opened it, finding a bento box inside with a letter written from her father.

To my dearest Hyacinth,

How are you? Your mother decided to make you something special for you to enjoy in case you get sick of the food served at Hogwarts, though I doubt you ever will since, well… it's FANTASTIC! But that's just father's opinion anyway. You know how I wasn't very well off.

We do hope you enjoy you're meal; especially as there's something inside that we know you'll love. Do write to us more often too, because we reckon something's coming up and we'd like to know your safe.

Dad.

A smile crept onto Hyacinth's face. Folding the letter and tucking it inside her robe, she left the Great Hall, deciding to keep the box in her dorm. Little did she know trouble (as usual) had followed her out the door.

"Well, what do we have here? A present from mommy?" laughed a voice from behind.

Hyacinth cringed at the person's voice. With disgust, she turned to face him, who was, as usual, with his gang, followed by Crabbe and Goyle. Didn't this guy get sick of pushing people around?

Malfoy approached Hyacinth, grabbing the bento from her hand and examining it.

"What's inside, I wonder?"

He opened the lid, much to Hyacinth's disappointment. Inside was nothing but rice, side dished and something Hyacinth loved to eat at home; broiled eel.

"Ugh, what rubbish effort! Looks like a failed attempt to make a high class meal if you asked me," exclaimed Malfoy, carelessly throwing the bento on the floor, causing the contents everywhere.

Shocked beyond words, Hyacinth knelt down looking at the contents. A lump began to form in her throat. Slowly, the sadness she had began to turn into rage, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists.

"Let's go. I've dirtied my hands with commoner's filth and I don't want to get ill," she heard Malfoy say.

"Hold it."

Malfoy stopped at the foot of the stairs and turned around. He saw Hyacinth walk towards him with her wand drawn, pointing directly towards him, stopping a good distance away from him. She's had enough. She wasn't going to put up with his behavior anymore.

"So what if I'm a commoner? What would a person like you know? What would you know about effort, huh? You… You don't understand at all, do you? Of course not, you were born rich, spoiled, if I might add. I bet you wouldn't know what effort was even if you tried! So what if I live in a flat filled with muggles and go noticed by them as their neighbour?! Are you gonna call me a blood traitor?! Hah!"

Discarding her wand (Hyacinth didn't even know why she took it out in the first place) she moved her right slightly behind her left and began to bounce up and down.

Malfoy looked at her as she brought her fists to her cheeks. He raised an eyebrow. What was she up to? Should he be scared? He didn't even know why she just threw her wand carelessly aside like that.

"Who do you think you are anyway? Bossing people around like that just because they made a small mistake towards you! Get off your high horse!" Hyacinth exclaimed. "Go to hell!"

Whirling around, she brought her right leg up as she did so, delivering a hard roundhouse kick across Malfoys' face. He stumbled a few steps before falling on his back. He touched the blood on his nose and looked up at Hyacinth, shocked and somewhat scared. She reminded him of someone he knew…

"Draco!" a voice shouted from behind him. He turned around and was greeted with a punch on the face.

"Don't be such a pain!" the voice continued.

Min-Yong couldn't hold his laughter, while Rochester grinned from ear to ear, clearly amused. Sky looked elsewhere, trying to hide his smugness. It seemed that the three of them had the same recollection as Malfoy did.

Picking up her wand, she cast another angry look towards Malfoy, who was still staring at her. She took a step towards him, her hands on her hips like a champion in the ring.

"I wont' give in to you, you hear me, Draco Malfoy?! This is a declaration of war!"

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A/N: Aaaand~ here's Chapter 3, with Malfoy getting what he deserves. Good old Muggle style, instead of a wizarding duel, because, well… that's how Hyacinth Makino rolls. ;D In the next chapter, we see Malfoy hatching up another plan (This boy just doesn't know when to give up, does he?), with another new character making an entrance! But what does she have to do with the F4 or most particularly… Sky?