Chapter 2

The train ride was long and tiring. Chloe sat in the Slytherin train car, listening her fellow classmates talk around her. As excited as she was to be traveling back to Hogwarts, she knew she was going to be very alone most of the time. She was not a true Slytherin at heart. She had been a Gryffindor when she was here before. She had also been a blonde. Now, she was a brunette Slytherin. Age had also changed her and no one had recognized her from the years before. Now that she was in Slytherin, she feared that all of her fellow classmates were going to be too nasty and vindictive for her liking.

This was her first year as an undercover. Dumbledore had worked it out with her that she came here as sort of a "transfer student." Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall were the only professors at the school who new what she was doing. Thankfully Voldemort believed that she was a school student and working on his side. This was possible because Chloe was brilliant at Occlumency. Lucky for her, she had also worked it out with Dumbledore that she didn't have to do any of her schoolwork, seeing as how she had done the same schoolwork about 6 years before.

She noticed Draco Malfoy talking with Pansy Parkington, showing off as much as he could.

"Yes, Father and I traveled all around the country this summer. I also visited the Ministry. The minister of magic himself told me I may have a job there someday, once I leave this stupid school."

Pansy Parkington snorted a laugh so loud as to let everyone around her know that Draco was talking to her.

"Oh Draco, that's wonderful."

Chloe watched as the scenery passed quickly by her. By the looks of it the train was about halfway to the school already. She sunk back in her seat and tried to get a little rest before going to school. It had been, after all, a pretty long night last night. She closed her eyes and almost immediately after falling asleep, Draco was shaking her and waking her up.

"Get up Chloe. We're here."

Chloe got up and looked out the window. It was dark now and she realized that she had fallen asleep fast and hard. She grabbed her backpack from the overhead baggage carrier and sleepily walked off the train.

"Oh new student are ye?" Chloe heard a loud booming voice behind her. She looked up and saw none other than Rubius Hagrid.

"Oh, yeah… I'm a transfer, but I've already been placed in my house and had a meeting with Dumbledore." Hagrid had looked like he just remembered something and gave her a quick, small, almost unnoticeable wink. Cleary Dumbledore had told him as well.

"Righ' you are then. In the carriage ye go."

Chloe hopped up into a carriage that she shared with Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise Zabbini. Pansy Parkington took a different carriage with her other friends.

"I can't wait till I graduate from this stupid school. I'm going to actually do something useful with my time," said Draco.

"Yeah I heard you talking to Pansy. You going into the ministry when you are done?" Asked Blaise.

"No," Draco looked disgusted. "That's just small talk. I'm destined for something much more brilliant than a stupid ministry job."

He looked straight at Chloe. She knew exactly what he was talking about. He was going to become a death eater. That's what he wanted. He gave her a glimpse of the smallest smirk as he thought about what was awaiting him after three more years at school. Chloe felt a shiver shoot down her spine. She tried to hide it as best as she could. She looked away from Draco's piercing stare and instead looked at the fading lights of the Hogwarts train station.

The carriage ride seemed to take longer than it ever had when she was at school, but she knew it was because of the awkward and uncomfortable silence that had taken over the carriage. The moment it stopped, Chloe made to get off of it when she felt a hand on her arm. She turned around to find Draco was holding her back.

"I'm sure were going to be seeing a lot of each other especially because you are basically living in my manor, but you can't be as cold as you were to me back in the carriage, because the Dark Lord will hear about it. As will my father. So watch your step Fairchild." He turned away from Chloe and started walking towards the castle.

"Malfoy," Chloe said. He turned around and stared at her attempting to make her nervous. She was exactly the opposite.

"How about you listen to me. I am after all, your elder. You're right. We will be seeing a lot of each other soon, but I suggest that you don't try and boss me around. In case you haven't forgotten, I don't need to stay at the manor, I just choose to because it is convenient. And the reason I'm not rushing out to be your best friend, is because the Dark Lord gave me special instructions to find out intel about the Order and all things Harry Potter. And I can't really do that when the entire school thinks I'm buddy buddy with a Malfoy. So the next time you want to 'give me a piece of your mind' I would get my information correct next time."

"Is that true? The Dark Lord gave you a special assignment?" Draco looked distraught.

"Lucky for me, you'll never know." Chloe started to make her own way up to the castle.

"I'll ask my father you know. He'll tell me. Your not the only one with secrets."

"It humors me how much trust you think He puts in your family. You think he needs you and your father as an essential part of his team? Don't kid yourself Draco, the Dark Lord needs a place to hide out, and that happens to be Malfoy Manor." Chloe turned around again to continue walking up to the castle, but not before noticing the look of utter hurt on Draco's face.

She breathed in deep. This was going to be a lot harder than Chloe had ever imagined.