Author's Note: I'm really proud of the way this chapter turned out. I originally had two different versions written for this chapter, but I could only choose one. Thanks to my Beta, I feel we made the right choice. If anyone wants to read the alternate chapter, just PM me or leave me a message, and I will send it to you.

P.S. I had to go back and edit the bottom, because AiedailWing pointed out that Lilly Potter's protection runs through Haley's blood, and that by going to stay at the Dursley's that only protects her from Voldemort attacking while she's in that home.

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The next day, Haley went searching for Malfoy. After what the two of them went through together, she felt she needed to talk to him and set things straight. She felt a connection with him. Against their will, they had bonded together in that big, scary forest.

She found him in the Great Hall staring at his breakfast. Haley sat down at her table, facing him, and waited until he was either finished or alone. She didn't want to approach him with Crabbe and Goyle with him. She needed to do this in private.

Finally, he got up and left the table. Luck was on her side because Crabbe and Goyle stayed behind to continue eating. They were just like Ron with their big appetites.

She followed behind him until he was in the Entrance Hall.

"Draco!" Haley called out.

Malfoy turned around in confusion. Haley realized what slipped out of her mouth. She called him by his first name. Nobody ever called him by his first name.

"What do you want?" Malfoy snapped. Haley noticed it was less vicious this time around.

"We need to talk," Haley said.

Malfoy paused for a minute to debate on what to do. He could follow her and talk to her, or he could be his usual self and say something nasty and walk away. He must have been in rare form, because he agreed to follow her.

Haley walked into an empty classroom and sat down at a desk. Malfoy leaned against a desk near her, and just stared at her.

Haley didn't know what she was going to say to him, so she started with manners.

"I'm sorry I jumped out at you last night. I shouldn't have done that."

Malfoy tried playing it off. "You didn't scare me, Potter."

Haley bit her tongue. Finally, she said, "I know what you saw last night when you were with Harry."

Malfoy looked surprised. "What was it?" He asked before he could stop himself.

Haley looked him in the eyes as she said, "It was Voldemort."

Malfoy snorted. "Yeah, right. Good one, Haley. That's not possible. He's gone."

Haley took a deep breath. "Harry talked to a centaur last night."

Malfoy looked confused when she said centaur and she explained. "That creature that was half horse and half human is called a centaur. After you and Fang left last night, the other creature in black went after Harry. The centaur saved Harry. He then told him that the creature in black is indeed Voldemort. He's the one that's been killing the unicorns. Unicorn blood is able to keep anyone alive. Whether they have a body or not. Voldemort is in the forest living off of unicorn blood. That is, until he gets his hands on the Sorcerer's Stone. Don't you see? Voldemort's trying to come back to life!" Haley tried steadying herself. This conversation alone was making her panic.

Malfoy studied her closely as she talked to him. His father had told him that Voldemort was gone. That he had perished when he'd gone after Harry. Now Haley was saying that he was alive? He didn't know what to think or what to believe.

"My father said…" Malfoy stopped abruptly. He could remember clearly when Haley teased him about his father. Well he would show her. "What stone?"

Haley flinched. She didn't mean to let that slip. She didn't know if she should tell him and trust him, or to ignore his comment. After all, they were still technically enemies.

Malfoy's posture and features softened. If Haley was going to trust him enough to tell him, he needed to be less hostile. And maybe even nicer. Like that'll ever happen. But I can let her think it's possible.

Haley decided to trust him. After last night, she felt it was safe to share with him.

"There's a stone called The Sorcerer's Stone. It can produce the Elixir of Life. Voldemort's trying to steal it. It's hidden somewhere in the castle, and we think he's using Snape to steal the stone for him."

Malfoy thought hard about this. Hidden somewhere in the castle? I wonder where it could be. Where is there somewhere forbidden in the school? Of course! "The third floor corridor!"

Haley bit her lip and didn't say anything. She still didn't fully trust him. "Look. No one can know about this. You have to swear you won't tell anyone!"

Malfoy sighed, but eventually agreed. Haley just hoped he would keep his promise.

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The following week was exams. Haley had no idea how she made it through all of them. She was having a hard time sleeping at night. The forest and Voldemort kept haunting her dreams. She was afraid that any minute Voldemort would burst into the school and kill everyone. She was also terrified that trusting Malfoy had put her and her friends in danger. No one could know about the Stone, and no one could know that they knew. It was bad enough Hagrid knew they knew. They could get into a lot of trouble. Then again, if Voldemort really was living in the forest and going after the Stone, Dumbledore should know what was going on. But Haley didn't want to be the one to tell him. She was still mad at him for what he told her about her family. If the others weren't going to tell him, then neither was she.

After they all finished their last exam, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Haley made their way outside and sat down. It was a beautiful day. Haley took the opportunity to try and enjoy it. She watched as Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were tickling the Giant Squid's tentacles. Hermione wanted to go over the exams they took, but Harry wanted to talk about his scar. Lately, his scar has been hurting more and more.

Suddenly, Harry jumped up to his feet and made his way towards Hagrid's hut.

When Hermione asked why, he said it was odd that what Hagrid wanted the most was a dragon, and suddenly a stranger turned up with one.

When they approached Hagrid, who was sitting outside shelling peas, Harry asked him about the night he was playing cards with the stranger who gave him the egg. Hagrid said the stranger was cloaked.

Hagrid also said, "So I told him, Fluffy's a piece o' cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus' play him a bit o' music an' he'll go straight to sleep..."

Haley stared at Hagrid in horror. Hagrid had let slip to a stranger on how to get past Fluffy! What if the stranger was a disguised Snape!

The four of them ran up to the school and ran into Professor McGonagall. When they mentioned the Stone, she dropped her belongings in shock. When she recovered, she dismissed them.

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Later that night, when everyone went to bed, Harry got his Invisibility Cloak. They were about to leave when Neville tried stopping them. Hermione ended up jinxing him, and they were on there way to the third floor corridor.

Before they reached the corridor, they could hear a noise coming from behind. They turned around, and to their shock, saw Draco Malfoy sneaking around.

"What's Malfoy doing here?" Ron asked.

"Just ignore him. We need to get to Fluffy," Harry answered back.

As they continued forward, Draco was catching up. Haley stopped. The others had to stop as well.

"What are you doing?" Ron whispered.

"You guys go ahead. I'll get rid of Malfoy."

Before the others could react, Haley slipped out from under the cloak and quietly made her way towards Malfoy. Behind her she could hear the door creak open.

"What do you think your doing?" Haley hissed at Draco from the shadows.

Malfoy screamed and almost bolted. Haley grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the moonlight coming in through a window.

"Shut up! It's me, Haley," she hissed again.

"What the hell, Potter? Are you trying to kill me?" Draco said.

"What are you doing here, Malfoy?" Haley asked instead. She needed to hurry up if she was going to catch up to the others.

"What else would I be doing here? I came to see what's behind the forbidden door. You piqued my interest this morning," Malfoy replied.

"Well, quit it! You don't understand what's happening. Dumbledore is gone! He got called away from here. That means Snape is planning to get the Stone tonight! For all we know, he could already have it! I need to go stop him!" Haley was starting to panic again.

She turned to leave, but Malfoy grabbed her arm. "I'm going with you," he said.

Before she could tell him no, he marched forward and towards the door. She had no choice but to follow him.

When she reached the door first, she paused.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go," Malfoy said.

"You need to prepare yourself for what's behind this door. I need you to remain somewhat calm. Can you do that?" she asked.

He looked at her strangely, but nodded and said that he would.

She took a deep breath and slowly opened the door. They snuck in to find Fluffy growling at them.

Haley was sure Malfoy was going to wet himself from the way he reacted.

Quickly, Haley looked around for something to put Fluffy to sleep. She saw a harp by its feet, and something in front of her and to her right. She slowly bent down, never taking her eyes off of Fluffy, and picked up the object. It was Harry's flute.

Haley immediately started playing it. The dog's heads slowly sunk to the ground, then fell asleep.

She didn't look at Draco as she kept playing. She just walked towards the open trap door. Looked like the others weren't able to close it.

This time she turned to Malfoy and saw that he had never moved. He was standing there frozen while never taking his wide eyes off of Fluffy's heads. Haley got close to him without breaking her song and kicked him. He turned and looked at her. With one hand, she pointed to him and then to the trap door.

He looked at her in confusion, so she did it again. His eyes got wider as he understood what she wanted him to do. He shook his head no.

Haley stopped playing, and Fluffy stirred and started growling again.

Malfoy jumped and practically ran to the trap door. Haley started playing again.

Malfoy was staring down into the hole when Haley kicked him once again. This time he fell down through the door. Haley stopped playing and jumped after him.

When she landed, she looked down at what they landed on. It looked like some kind of plant. She looked over at Draco and noticed the plant was wrapping itself around him!

She jumped up just before it could enclose around her as well.

"Malfoy, look!" She pointed to the plant making its way around his waist.

He looked down and realized what was happening. He started to struggle, but it only made it worse.

"Get it off! Get if off!" Malfoy started chanting.

"Quiet! I need to think! Oh, where's Hermione when you need her!" Haley said.

What can kill a plant? Or at least make it stop attacking? Well plants need dirt, water and sunlight to survive. Well most plants anyway.

"Hurry up!" bellowed Draco. The plant was winding its way around his neck.

Without thinking, Haley said a spell. Fire flew out of her wand and the plant started shrinking away.

"It worked!" Haley said in shock.

Draco jumped up and grabbed her arm. He dragged her away as fast as he could.

"Great. Now let's get out of here," he said.

They followed a passageway all the way to the end where they ended up in a lit chamber. Above them shiny birds were flying about. In front of them was a wooden door.

"Why not?" Draco said as he made his way towards the door and tried opening it. It wouldn't open. Haley tried everything she could think of, but nothing worked. Finally she looked around and noticed some broomsticks.

"Look. Broomsticks. Maybe we're supposed to fly them up." Haley got on hers and kicked off.

When she got in the air, she noticed what the shiny birds were.

"They're keys! Quick, come up. We need to find the right key to unlock that door!" Haley said.

As Draco mounted his broom and joined her, she looked around at all the keys.

"Which could it be?" she asked in frustration.

"How about that one?" Draco said as he pointed to a key with bent wings.

"Draco, you're a genius!" Haley said as she took off for that key.

With the two of them working as a team, Draco managed to capture the key. They landed on the ground and inserted the key into the lock. The door opened. They turned to each other and smiled.

When they walked into the next room, they noticed the giant chess board. In the middle of the board were two figures.

"Hermione! What happened?" Haley asked as she ran towards them.

"Thank goodness you're here! Ron's been hurt and Harry went on ahead alone. Oh, I've been so worried! I can't move Ron. He's too heavy. We need to go for help!" Hermione was shaking.

Haley bent down and took her hand. "It's okay. Everything's going to be fine. You said Harry made it through?"

Hermione nodded yes. "Okay, this is what we're going to do. Draco's going to help you carry Ron. I'm going ahead to help Harry. Be quiet! We don't have time! We need to move now! Hermione, what's up ahead?"

"It doesn't matter. There isn't enough for you to get through. There was only enough for one," Hermione answered.

"It does matter. Just tell me!" Haley said.

Hermione took a deep breath to calm herself. "A troll is in the next room, but that's already taken care of. Next is Professor Snape's. You need to take a potion to get through the flames. You need to take the smallest bottle and drink that."

Haley stood up and made her way towards the door. She walked through, and the smell of the troll made tears spring to her eyes. She covered her mouth and kept walking. She finally made it to the room with the different potions. She looked down and found the smallest bottle. She saw that it was filled again.

Taking a deep breath to steady herself, she drank from it. She felt like she was doused in ice. She walked towards the flames, closed her eyes, and practically ran through it. She opened her eyes in time to see she made it though unscathed. In front of her, she spotted Harry. What shocked her most was the other person with him.

Standing in front of him, backwards, was professor Quirrell. She could see him through the mirror. But what was facing Harry was a face in the back of Quirrell's head!

Haley reacted before she could think. She ran towards Harry, yelling. They both looked at her as she stopped next to Harry.

"Grab them!" the back of Quirrell's head said.

Haley and Harry whirled around to run back, but Haley froze in her tracks.

"Freeze, Potter, or your girlfriend gets it." A voice that wasn't Quirrell's said.

Harry turned back around and saw that Professor Quirrell had his wand pointed at Haley, and she couldn't move.

"Let her go!" Harry shouted. Quirrell and Voldemort both laughed.

"Give me the Stone, and she survives," Voldemort said.

Harry didn't believe a word he said. He knew that either way, the two of them weren't making it out alive. At least he could try holding onto the Stone for as long as possible.

"Make me," Harry said, but soon regretted his choice of words.

"Very well, Potter," Voldemort said. "Kill the girl."

Professor Quirrell was about to curse her when Harry distracted him by running up to Haley. He grabbed her arm and they started running towards the door once again, but Haley fell to the ground, unconscious.

Harry stumbled as she fell. He let go of her arm and turned around to Quirrell and saw he had his wand pointed at Haley. She had just been cursed. He hoped she was okay.

Harry didn't know what else to do. Without thinking, he pretty much did what Haley did when she first came into the room. He let out a yell and charged Professor Quirrell. Just before he reached him, he heard Voldemort yell, "Seize him!"

When they made contact with each other, Harry's forehead exploded in pain. Through the agony, he could hear Quirrell screaming in pain as well. Just before he was about to pass out, he thought he could hear another voice besides him and Quirrell yelling out. He never found out because he joined Haley in unconsciousness.

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Haley awoke with a groan. She lifted herself up and realized she was in the hospital wing. She looked around and saw Ron in the bed next to her with Hermione, Neville, Fred, and George sitting around them.

"Oh, thank heavens you're alright!" Hermione said in relief.

"What happened? How's Ron? Where's Draco?" Haley paused and looked at the bed on her other side. "Harry!" She yelled out when she saw him lying so still next to her.

"Ron's still unconscious. Harry as well. We've been so worried about all of you! The whole school's talking about what happened. As for Malfoy, I haven't seen him since you went after Harry. I don't know why he was there in the first place," Hermione explained.

Haley didn't answer. "How long was I out?" she asked instead.

"About twenty hours. No one knows what happened to you. Or Harry, for that matter. Dumbledore's been asking me all sorts of questions," Hermione said.

"Dumbledore? You finally got in contact with him?" Haley asked.

"He was the one who rescued everyone. He saw Malfoy and me with Ron, and went after you two. He came back carrying Harry while you floated along next to him. He left you with us and said he would be back with help."

Madam Pomfrey came over. "Good, you're awake."

She fussed over Haley and told the others they should leave and let her rest. They could come back and see everyone in the morning.

Everyone left, but Fred stayed behind.

"Haley, I was wondering. What are you doing for the summer?"

Haley was confused. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, where will you be staying?" Fred asked.

"Oh. Well I haven't really thought about it. I don't want to go back to the orphanage. Harry offered me a place with his aunt and uncle, but I don't know if I want to stay there. I've heard terrible stories about them from Harry. Why do you ask?" Haley said.

"Well, George and I have been thinking. Why don't you spend the summer at our house? I've already owled Mum, and she said she would be delighted. Ron's going to ask Harry to spend the summer with us as well, so either way you look at it, you would just end up at our house anyway. You don't have to answer now, but think about it." Fred leaned down and kissed Haley on her forehead. Then he left.

Haley laid there smiling. It was a great feeling, having friends.

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In the next couple days, both Ron and Harry woke up. When Harry woke up, the four of them talked about everything that had happened down there. Hagrid even stopped by and sobbed that it was all his fault. Of course, none of them blamed him.

While Haley was visiting Harry after he woke up, Dumbledore came in. While Harry asked him his questions about the Stone, Harry also asked Dumbledore how when he touched Professor Quirrell, they both felt such tremendous pain.

Dumbledore pondered this question. He himself had theories about this, but he didn't want to voice them just yet. Instead he said, "It is because of your mother's love, Harry." He went on to explain the protection he had running through his veins.

Afterwards, Dumbledore turned to Haley and asked her where she was going this summer.

Haley didn't want to tell him, but she didn't want to be rude. "Harry offered to let me go with him to his relative's house."

Dumbledore smiled. "I think that's a splendid idea."

He didn't share that he thought it was a good idea because then Haley would be protected from Voldemort. Instead, he made it seem like it was a good idea because they were family and friends, and both hated where they lived.

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Ever since Haley left the hospital wing, she hadn't seen Malfoy anywhere except for at meals. Classes, after all, were finished. Everywhere Haley went, people were asking her what happened, but she never told them.

During the end of term feast, Dumbledore awarded Harry, Haley, Ron, Hermione, Neville and Draco extra points for everything they did to protect the Stone, and by doing that, Gryffindor won the House Cup!

Now all that was left for Haley to do was figure out where she was going to spend her summer.

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(The end of book one. Now on to book two!)