Chapter 2: The truth comes out
"Spill it Bella." Draco glared at me. Okay this is going to be hard. "Well, ever since I was six years old… I've been sneaking out of my room at night time ever since I was six and going to forks and meeting Jacob." I rushed out through my teeth. All the boys except Draco looked surprised. Jacob does have really excellent hearing. "Wait a minute." Draco half shouted. "You've been sneaking off to another state ever since you were six years old? How in Merlin's name does that happen? And what have you been doing in this Forks place Bella? And how did you get there in the first place?" "Well Draco this is how it went. One night, when I was a kid, I found out that I could Apparate by myself, and no one could detect it! Not the ministry or anyone! So I decided that I wanted to go on a vacation. I changed my appearance just to be safe. Only when everyone was asleep, there was no harm down." I put my hands up in surrender; Draco looked like he could commit murder. And it might have been my neck he wanted to squeeze the life out of.
"So long story short, I needed someone to fix my bike, you know my motorcycle you bought me." I winced hopefully Draco doesn't take it back. So many fun things I did with that bike, Ahhh memories. "So, I needed it fixed and I went to Jacob. He was kind enough to fix it for free with the payment of friendship on his mind." I snapped my fingers when I heard Blaise whisper in Draco's ear, "I think he had more than friendship on his mind." 1, 2, 3, 4, I counted in my head. It's an anger tactic I made up to keep me calm. "Shut up Drake, Jacob isn't like that." Taking a deep breath I pulled Draco into a hug and shared my story of how I met Jacob through Legilimency so Draco knew I was telling the complete and only truth. After a moment, Draco pushed me away and regained his bearings. "Okay, so you're telling the truth, but that doesn't mean I like it." Rolling my eyes, I skipped out of the room without another word. I really didn't feel like sitting through another 'You're a Malfoy' lesson. On other circumstances, I would have just looked for Jacob and hung out with him but I'm really in desperate need of friends.
So I went to the other end of the hall and entered an almost full cart. Just one more seat left next to the Professor. He looked like he was taking a nap. But Draco told me that the Professor's don't ride the train? "Hi." I asked shyly. Everyone looked to me kindly and said hi, while I sat next to Professor, frowning. "Sorry it's the only seat left." A girl with brown bushy hair said. Oh I don't mind. "Oh it's okay. I don't mind sitting next to a teacher. It's just that he looks so unwell." This poor guy must be sick or something. His face was ghastly and white, even in his sleep. "Hi, I'm Hermione Granger." She stuck out her hand for me to take and I shook it eagerly. "I'm Ron Weasley, and this is Harry Potter." I shook all their hands eagerly. But when I got to Harry's hand, our eyes locked. His brow furrowed in distress and softened in one step. "You… look like someone I know. Who are you?" He asked me. Oh how I hope he's not talking about Draco. Draco, although he is nice to me, probably didn't show the affection he shows me towards all the students. "Um, my name is Bella Malfoy. Draco's little sister." I mumbled the last part and sighed when everyone's eyes bulged. "Draco has a little sister?" Pushing a piece of my shimmery hair behind my ear, I did the Malfoy eye roll, and mentally blanched. "Yes Draco has a little sister." I shrunk three sizes and turned myself pink. "Wow, you're just like Tonks."
I didn't miss the way Ron and Hermione elbowed Harry for saying that. Wander what that was about. Reaching out my hand, I touched Harry's forehead with my finger. Immediately, my powers spread to him and he sprouted boils on his ear. Harry, who could only see that my finger was on his forehead, chuckled and asked me what I was doing. Hermione gasped at me and clapped her hands. "Wow Bella, you can spread your powers to other people? That's awesome." Harry raised an eyebrow at them and then he whispered to me. "What's happening?" He pleaded with me, so I took my finger off his forehead. Hermione took out a notebook and scribbled something in it. "One! Two! Three! Ron calm down or you'll inhale all our meals!" Ron blushed and singled himself to one burger. "So, Bella if your Draco's sister, what year are you in?" Harry sat back and watched me with careful eyes. Something tells me that it's because of my brother. "Oh I'm in fourth year. I used to go to an all girls magic school, but I missed my brother. So I had a chat with Dumbledore and asked him to transfer me. And I'm here now." Hermione smiled at me politely and nodded at my answer. "I really want to apologize for whatever horrible thing Draco has ever done to any of you. He's a real twit sometimes but I promise deep down he's really good." Ron mumbled into Harry's ear. "Yeah really deep down, the git. " Frowning, I chose to ignore that comment. "Oh but don't worry, I'm nothing like him," Ron seemed content with my answer, but Harry still seemed troubled. "Is something wrong Harry?" I asked. Harry blushed and look away from me. Huh, what a shame, he's such a handsome lad. The three of them all shared looks but I pretended not to notice.
About an hour later, the train started to slow down. "We can't be their yet, right?" Hermione said rightly so, next to me. I shook my head and looked ahead. Harry was staring at me, and I didn't like it. He had this confused look on his face, as if he couldn't quite figure me out... We all looked towards the window that had been frosting up. But this was different then regular frost, the frost was spreading across the window fast like blood spreading. This is some kind of magic. Ron and Harry made their way to Hermione and me, because by now, the train had stopped completely. "What is happening?" Ron asked but Hermione shook her head. The lights flickered for a second then went out completely. It was so dark I couldn't see very well. I reached out and grabbed the first person I could find, and snuggled my head into their chest. You see, I have this fear of the dark that is very annoying. I'm scared of the dark in more than one hundred words. Mama says that it's because when I was a baby, Draco used to sit my bed at night and tell me scary stories, all the way up until I was three. She says that I used to wail so hard whenever the lights went out; she had to use a nightlight to get me to sleep. "I'm so sorry whoever this is, I'm just really freaked out." Okay, this has got to be a boy, because the only other girl on this train is Hermione and she's right next to me. "It's okay, I got you." He said, and hugged me back awkwardly. I instantly went red in the face and was so glad that the lights were all off. The person I was cuddling was Harry! "Ow." Hermione snapped at whomever. "Ron that was my foot!"
"Sorry!" He replied. "Wait a minute, listen." Ron said, and we all went silent. Oh my god! In the distance Draco could be heard yelling my name. "Bella?" He yelled. "Oh my god! He's so embarrassing." I put my face into the crook of Harry's neck and tightened my grip. I would regret this later but… I'm so cold! "I'm freezing." Hermione said, and we all murmured in agreement. "Sorry Harry." I whispered so no one else but us could hear. I didn't hear a reply, but he didn't push away so I guess that's good. We all froze as we heard the cabin door open, and the cold got twice as bad. My fingers were terribly numb. Nobody said a word, but I did let out a small scream when I saw what was in the doorway. A horrifying creature in a cloak was floating above us, I couldn't see its face though, and the cloak was too dark. My happy mood at gaining friends was gone. I felt as if, I would never be happy again. It looked straight at me, and I froze with fright. My grip tightened ever so slightly on Harry's shoulder, so it wouldn't notice. But it noticed anyway, and looked straight at Harry. I looked away from the horrible thing just into to see's Harry's eyes rolling into the back of his head. It took two seconds for him to sway and then faint right on top of me. I squealed but didn't say anything, because the ghost drifted away and shut the door, taking its icy coldness with it.
"What was that!" I screamed half because I was totally freak, the other half because Harry had fainted on top of me. "Hermione, Ron help! Harry passed out and I'm stuck. Harry sure doesn't look it, but he is heavy. "Wait until the lights are back on, we can't see a thing or do anything until then." That was a man's voice, so I think that it's the Professor that was sleeping. Bought time he woke up might I add. We heard a few more screams down the hall, and after about ten minutes, the lights went on. "Harry's arms were wrapped around my waist when we fell so this was kind of awkward. "Someone needs to help him." I pointed out to the Professor, who was digging around in his suitcase for God knows what. Ron dragged Harry off of me after a little help and I was instantly at his side. "Hold on, I can wake Harry up. I know a spell that would be very useful for this. Taking out my wand I pointed it at Harry and sang, "Rennervate." Harry snapped awake as if someone had slapped him. Hermione clapped again and took more notes. Professor Lupin seemed impressed but handed everyone a block of chocolate. "Eh?" I asked him. Is this our reward for being brave? Professor Lupin, seeing the disbelief on our faces, said, "Eat it, it'll make you feel better." Professor checked to make sure Harry was okay, than left the room with an enormous block of chocolate. I chewed absently on my piece and helped Harry up. "Are you alright?" We all said. I handed Harry his piece, which he stubbornly refused. "I'm fine." He said but I wasn't taking it. "It's true Harry; it'll make you feel better. Just please take it." Harry, seeing my close to tears face, took the chocolate and chewed it. Ron and Hermione had already finished theirs and were watching us with curious smirks on their faces.
"What!" I snapped at them. "Don't mind them, their just jealous." Harry told me, and they both laughed. "Yeah right." Hermione looked like she wanted to tease me but didn't get the chance because the door had opened again. But this time, I was knocked off balance and fell towards the floor. Harry grabbed me and held me inches from the floor. "Hi Draco." I said, bracing for the argument that was about to happen. "Potter!" He ignored me and watched Harry help me up off the floor. "Potter! What are you doing with my sister? Moved on from Diggory so soon?" He spit at Harry and watched me hide behind Harry. Draco didn't look so mad on the outside, but I could see through that. But Harry was so mad he was shaking. I knew who Diggory was. It was the kid that was killed in the Twihard Wizard Tournament last year. Harry had been photographed clutching the guy, Cedric's body, after they had used the port key, and there was something about Voldemort. That I'm sure of, but Draco had token the paper from me before I could read more. "Draco! Stop being so mean!" I snapped at him, and everyone was surprised at my outburst. Even myself, I usually don't snap at him very often, but when I do I go Bam! His eyes popped out of his head, "Bella! You can't be serious! Harry Bloody Potter?" I raised an eyebrow like everyone else like I didn't know what he was talking about. "Draco, what are you talking about? You just saw for yourself! I fell and Harry caught me? Is your ego so huge that a boy can't even touch me without facing your rash?"
"Exactly!" Draco blurted out, but huffed when he realized how stupid he just sounded."This isn't over Bella!" Chuckling, I watched him walk out of the room, furious. We all smiled when Ron burst out laughing. Ron told me, after he was done having a laughing spasm, that they usually don't see Draco losing his cool. Over Ron's shoulder, I noticed that Harry's stare had gotten visible warmer. "Wow, that's not something you see every day." Hermione was telling me about all the different houses. To be true, I was really nervous about how this was going to go down. "Yes but guys it's not that simple. All the Malfoy's, have been in Slytherin, leading back a few hundred decades. But, if I were to really think about it, I'm really different then everyone in the family. Do you know what would happen if I were to be put in any other house then Slytherin? Huh! My family, regardless of how much they live me, would disown me. A few years ago, my lots of great Aunt, was disowned because she married a Black. And that is how the blood tradition was split up. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel? Remember Sirius Black? Well he's my Uncle! Bet you didn't know that! Huh?" Harry, Hermione, and Ron stood looking at me with their mouths wide open. Oh no! I did it again! At different moments in my life I've found that I am constantly bugging at the little things. "Sorry." I muttered and looked away. No one bugged me for the rest of the ride. Respecting me, Harry gave me a chocolate frog which, upon opening the box, escaped. Geez, if this is the beginning of my new school life, than I can't wait to find out what's next!