Hello! Sorry that I have been away for a while. I have been so busy with things that I hardly have time to relax. Now that my sister's baby shower is out of the way, I can finally get a little more writing done than I would have before. So in the last chapter I know the pureblood families got attacked and mentioned why not Harry? Well, I kinda figured that you would not want to mess with him and then most of the families that got attacked were mostly ancestors of Death Eaters. So now the question is why Evelyn, well, that will get answered in this chapter as well as some other things. So just keep reading!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Kathleena woke up the next morning wondering more than ever about what happened. So many questions were going through her head. Why would people attack certain families? And who was Elizabeth Dryers?

"Evelyn, I have a question for you," Kathleena asked braiding her hair for today.

"What?" Evelyn replied.

"Is there any link between the families that got attacked a few weeks ago?"

"Somewhat, most of them were Death Eaters or supported Lord Voldemort in some way."

"What did your family do?"

"I have no clue. My mum and dad were very quiet about it when I asked them. Why?"

"No reason, I was just wondering why other pureblood families weren't attacked."

"Yeah, most seem to believe that is a strong correlation."

The two girls went down the steps and met Fred and James in the common room. James and Kathleena kept quiet about their adventure last night into the restricted section of the library. As they ate breakfast, Kathleena's mind kept turning more and more. Too much so for a first year at Hogwarts. She should be worrying about passing her classes and making friends, not about who attacked her best friend and who a mysterious person was that she found in a book.

"Leena, come on, we're gonna be late!" Evelyn said.

They rushed to Potions and slid into their seats just in time.

"Glad to see you two made it," the professor said.

Kathleena looked over at Scorpius and saw that he looked a little out of it. As they were starting to work on their potion she noticed it even more so.

"Malfoy, wake up! We are gonna mess this up if you continue to act like this," Kathleena said.

"Sorry," he said working again on the potion.

"No, I should be sorry. I know what happened to your family. I would never wish that on anyone, no matter how much they hate me in return," Kathleena said stirring the potion three times.

He looked at her for a moment and went back to work. His face was shocked that she would say something like that after how he had treated her earlier in the year. As the class ended, they got praised for their work and points were awarded to the houses.

"So how was it?" James asked. "It was probably the best class you ever had because he wasn't saying something rude to you."

"It was actually awkward. Strangely enough, I miss him saying sarcastic and rude comments. I don't always like them, but this is just like being with a stone wall. Nothing there," Kathleena said walking to their next class.

"Really? You would rather have him insult you everyday?"

"Kinda, or even his witty comments."

"Actually, I understand what you are saying. It will just make things a little bit more normal," Evelyn said.

The rest of the day went by and Kathleena went to the library to try and find out more about Elizabeth. Her efforts came up with nothing. She knew they wouldn't have what she wanted in the sections of the library that she was looking through. She just needed to find a way into the restricted section of the library. She left and noticed Scorpius and a few other Slytherins walking down the corridor. She tried to ignore them, but one started mumbling rude things.

"I can't believe they still let mudbloods walk these corridors," one said.

"Yeah, they do nothing great for the wizarding world," another said.

Kathleena tried to rub it off, but they spread out across the corridor and blocked her from getting back to the common room.

"Can I get through?" Kathleena asked.

"Nope, this is our corridor. Go another way," the first one said.

"Yeah, we don't want you here anyways. You'll just fall behind," the second one said.

"I will not, just let me through," Kathleena said. She was getting frustrated by it and she noticed that they were pulling out their wands. She didn't want to fight with them, she just wanted to have a normal day where something didn't go wrong. She ducked as as hexes and charms were sent her way. Kathleena didn't want to pull out her want and attack them, but she knew she had to do something to protect her self. She deflected a few charms, but the fight was ultimately stopped by the headmistress.

"All of you to my office now!" She said.

All of them followed her to her office. Kathleena was certain she was going to get a huge punishment for it, even though nothing really happened.

"Now I expected better from all of you. Now explain to me what happened, and don't try to sugarcoat it. I have heard just about everything," she said sitting down at her desk.

They started telling their story and Kathleena told her's. They were all given a weeks detention and Kathleena was asked to stay behind while the others went back.

"I'll be right back. I trust you won't do anything bad in my office," the headmistress spoke before she left.

Kathleena looked around the office and found some pictures of Dumbledore and of Professor Snape. She had heard stories about them from Harry and the rest of the Weasleys. Maybe they could help her figure out who Elizabeth Dryers was.

"You're Professor Dumbledore?" Kathleena asked.

"Why yes I am. And who are you? I haven't seen you here before," Dumbledore said.

"Kathleena Jacobs. I'm a first year Gryffindor," Kathleena said.

"Ah, explains it all. You look like you have something on your mind. Please tell me."

"Well, first off, do you know who Elizabeth Dryers is?"

He became quiet as Kathleena felt all of the eyes of the portraits fell on her.

"The name sounds familiar, but maybe one of my other colleagues can answer that for you," Dumbledore answered.

Kathleena heard a faint voice answer, "Why yes, that name is familiar, but why do you want to know about her?"

"Well, I was just curious. I saw it somewhere and it kinda gave me a feeling of I should know that person."

"All I can say is, she suffers from a broken heart. She has never been able to love again after what happened to her. Poor girl. She did nothing wrong to deserve what happened to her. It was all because of her birth that she ended up the way she did."

"She was a mudblood, wasn't she?"

"Yes, falling in love with a pureblood doesn't always work out. Even look at Harry Potter, his parents were killed tragically, and his mum was a mudblood."

Kathleena was starting to put it all together slowly. Most times a mudblood and a pureblood just haven't always worked out for the best.

"Is Elizabeth still alive?" Kathleena asked the portrait.

"Oh my. I think she is. I wouldn't know because I have been stuck in this picture for at least a century."

"Really? What is your name?"

"I am Professor Malabay. I was a Headmistress for a year while they were trying to get someone else in here. Elizabeth would be almost 150 years old, but she takes a potion to help her stay young, no one knows what it is though. Many think that she is dead and its just a story that she is still alive. I advise you not to look further into her. She was a student here while I was teaching and Headmistress. I would not go prying into her past."

"Clearly you don't know who she is friends with. She is best friends with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley. Two first year students that have been in this office more than enough for my liking," Professor Snape said.

"No one asked for your opinion on my friends," Kathleena said.

"You are lucky that you aren't in one of my classes Miss Jacobs, you would probably fail."

"Actually I am top of my class in Potions."

By this time the headmistress had returned to take her back to her room. She walked back feeling victorious and defeated.

"What happened?" Evelyn said.

"Got into a little tiff with some Slytherins and they pulled out their wands and we all got in trouble for it. I have detention for a week starting tomorrow," Kathleena said.

"I bet Malfoy didn't do anything to stop it," James spat.

"Why would he? I'm not his friend and if he stood up for me, do you know what they would do to him?" Kathleena said.

"She has a point there," Evelyn said packing up her things and going to bed.

Kathleena waited till she was all the way out of ear shot to talk to James, "So I started to find some information on Elizabeth Dryers. All I have is an approximate age and when she was here. Maybe that can give us more clues."

"Really?" James said.

"Yeah, but I am thinking that I'm going to end up running into more and more dead ends with this. Do you think that I am strange for wanting to figure out who she really is? Even better, why am I trying to find out about Malfoy's dirty background?"

"No idea, but ever since you read that tale, you have been obsessed about it. I'm pretty sure Malfoy knows something, and maybe he was the key and we just got really lucky. I bet he is trying to find the same thing as you."

"I'm just trying to figure out if the tales are really based on real events. Most muggle tales have some sort of truth behind them. Most were changed after centuries of telling them without writing them down."

James leaned back in his chair and started packing up his things, "All I'm gonna say is I'm up for sneaking around after hours anytime you need to and to stalk Malfoy so I can catch him doing something he is not supposed to."

"Okay, but I think I'll focus on class till my detention is up. After that, we will be all good for going after them again," Kathleena said getting her things to go up to bed.

She felt like she got somewhere, but she was trying to figure out why she was so entranced in this person and that story. As she fell asleep she found herself standing in a field where she noticed two people standing looking like they were in love. She then moved ahead to the same field with a sprawling mansion and the same two people. The final scene she saw was just the man standing there as she noticed the house go up in flames and the woman standing off to the side.

I feel like this is a good place to stop for the moment. A little bit of a cliffy, but probably after the next chapter I am gonna do a summer chapter and then skip ahead a few years, so I can get everything to where I want, because I have things planned for later in their years at Hogwarts and if I did this the long way, it would end up about just as long the actual series. I promise things will pick up! I just have been really busy with my life right now!