Yes aren't you all so lucky I decided to update a day earlier! And it's an extra long chapter…dunno how that happened though cause I thought I struggled to write it….

And this is a warning that there is some Draco/Hermione romance in this…if you don't like the pairing you don't really need to read that bit cause it's not essential to the plot! but I just didn't want it to turn into one of those ficts where all the other characters are just swept to the side and I quite like the pairing!

Chapter 6

Diagon Alley

Kai traced her finger over the insignia. Her soul felt heavy, as if someone had put an iron bar on her heart and was squeezing it tightly. She had never expected that she would see that crest ever again. She bounded up stairs. She had to ask Harry. She opened the door to find him repairing his torn shirt.

"Reconcilio Mando" he muttered and the shirt formed together again.

"Harry" Kai said a little out of breath.

"What's the matter?" he asked worriedly

"Albus and Lupin said this was your house." Kai said but Harry wasn't sure if it was a statement or a question

"Yes." he said "technically, it was my godfather's but he…he..." But Harry couldn't finish the sentence; it brought back too much pain.

"Sorry" Kai said awkwardly "He was a member of the black family, wasn't he?"

Harry nodded but looked confused "I recognised the seal. What was his name?" she asked.

"Sirius. His name was Sirius" Harry was again close to tears but to his surprise he saw Kai smiling.

"Sirius Black, there's a name I thought I would never hear again. This would make you…his Harry, James and Lilly's Harry." Suddenly it became clear to Kai exactly where she knew Harry Potter from.

"You knew Sirius…my parents?" Harry asked now shaking

"He came to stay at my school when he was on the run from the ministry, he talked about you a lot but never mentioned…" she stopped looking at him strangely "About your destiny, he never mentioned what had happened. As for your parents…." Kai was stuck now. She couldn't tell him the truth. Not now at least.

"He talked about them a lot too." She lied "He was a good…" there was that word again that was so strange to her "friend, more of an uncle to me than my own."

Harry laughed and wondered what other secrets Kai kept hidden.

"Yeah Sirius was like that, he knew a good person when he saw one."

Another awkward silence crept over them.

"Well we should probably go and get ready if you want to be out of here before everyone wakes up." Said Harry tugging on his shirt and Kai nodded. "I'll go get ready, the bathrooms just down the hall."

A moment later Kai was alone in the room listening to Harry's footsteps echo in the hallway. Yawning she picked up her clothes which were bloodstained and ragged and ran her hand over them. Good as new. However not quite normal looking for wizard society. Sighing she waved away the blood red corset with it's metallic protective breastplate and the leather trousers and conjured up dark jeans and a dark top, black the colour of mourning. The colour she always seemed to have an affinity towards.

'I'll have to buy some ordinary clothes' she thought 'It'll take up too much magic to keep these here'

Next she turned her attention to the amulet still lying on the chair, she had almost forgotten about it. She fastened it around her neck and was immediately weighed down buy it. It seemed strangely heavy and the cool silver against her skin made her neck come out in shivers.

She fiddled with it for a while trying to make it seem lighter but to no avail and at last she pulled on the new clothes after muttering a cleaning spell. Showers were a waste of time she had been taught, a simple cleaning spell worked much better and was a better use of water. Kai wasn't sure she agreed with that particular theory as she quite enjoyed the feeling of warm water. But then again that was it, Turakahn weren't supposed to feel anything. This time with a tweak of her nose her hair fell neatly and straight back into its usual place and the bruises and scratches she had accumulated during the battle disappeared. Just then there was a rap at the door, she opened it to find Harry there smiling at her dressed in baggy jeans and a red T-shirt with his hair in that quaint messy way, his green eyes sparkling from behind his glasses.

"You ready?" he asked

Just then another door opened and there stood a squinting Ron Weasley rubbing his eyes.

"Harry?" he said drowsily "Whazgoingon? Whableedintimesit?"

"Ron go back to bed, I have to go out with Lupin but you just go back to bed. " Explained Harry

"Oh alright. That the new girl then." He muttered still half asleep

"Yeah her name is-"

"Oh that's nice, I'm going to go back to bed now" he said almost walking into the wall "Night Harry mate."

"Sorry that was Ron, his manners aren't very good at this time in the morning, and he's rather like the living dead." Harry laughed

"It's fine."

"Well shall we go?" Asked Harry in a gentleman-like way offering his arm.

"Yes lets" she replied taking it and arm in arm they walked down the stairs.

After a journey through Muggle London they finally arrived at the Leaky Cauldron and passed through the wall into Diagon Alley. Harry had never seen it this quiet. Everywhere looked different as Ministry safety warning cluttered the building walls and fear gripped the streets. People no longer ventured out onto it's once busy, welcoming boulevards.

"Nice place" Kai said sarcastically.

"Well it's early…" said Harry desperately hoping that the place would get back to it's cheery self in a few hours.

"I'm sad to say" said Lupin "That Diagon Alley is not what it used to be. Every one is terrified, only a handful of places are still open. Ollivanders, The Weasley's shop, the Apothecary, Flourish and Blotts and Madam Malkins. That's about it except from Gringott's of course."

"We should go to Ollivanders first to get you a new wand. Do you need to get any money Kai?" Harry asked. Kai felt like laughing but resisted the urge instead she put her hand in the inside pocket of her jeans and magically a Galleon appeared.

"No I think I'll be okay" she said smiling.

They walked along the deserted street past boarded up shops Harry found all too familiar. They Owl Emporium had gone and so was the Ice-cream parlour, all signs Harry knew that Voldemort was gaining power. Finally they arrived at Ollivanders and Harry clutched his wand tightly as a sign of appreciation as they rung the bell at the counter.

"What happened to your old wand Kai?" Asked Harry but she never answered as Ollivander emerged from the back.

"Ahh I wondered if I was ever going to see you." Said Ollivander his eyes twinkling. However Kai was a little creeped out, the place was dark and a little dingy with ancient magic surrounding it from what she could sense.

"Hmmm yes yes I'll need something special for you my dear. Ah Harry Potter!" said Olivander just noticing him "How's the phoenix core working for you?"

"Eh Fine, just fine." Harry said nervously

"Good good. Here try this." He said shoving a black wand into Kai's hand. She gave it a flick and a glass vase exploded into pieces Harry and Lupin ducked.

"Yes not powerful enough for you, then again what wand is?" He smiled a toothless smile and Kai wondered if he knew.

"Here try this one Oak, Unicorn 10inches." Kai once more took the wand but this time dangerous flames leapt from the end. Then all of a sudden Ollivander looked at her with the same curios expression he had gave Harry all those years ago.

"No…" he rasped "Surely not! And yet it would make sense." He looked Kai up and down as if wondering if he should really be doing this but then turned sharply away from her only to return a moment later with a glass case. Inside a wand as black as midnight lay delicately on a cusion.

"Black Cherrywood with a combined core of unicorn hair, phoenix feather and dragon heartstring enveloped in an ancient magic which means only the worthy can use it. One of only three made. I've never sold one before…give it a go." He whispered his eyes gleaming with excitement. Kai's hand was shaking and she didn't know why. Slowly she lifted the glass and took the wand out. It felt light and cool in her hand, no more of a burden than the air around her fingers. It happened almost immediately. There was a whooshing sound and pure magic flowed through her veins and into the wand from which beautiful rainbow colours jumped out of it.

'Alright maybe having a wand won't be that bad!' Kai thought.

Back in Grimmauld Place Hermione was already up and about. The house was surprisingly quiet for seven thirty, not even Molly Weasley was up. Carefully she crept from the room her and Ginny shared on the second floor and made her way down the stairs to the first floor carrying a small package. It was wrapped in an emerald green cloth and tied tightly with a silver ribbon. Quietly she knocked on the door next to the study. For a moment there was no answer. Then at last she heard a movement towards the door. It opened to reveal a shirtless Draco Malfoy; she quickly looked to the floor.

"Granger?" he said groggily "What is it?"

"Can I come in?" she asked sheepishly now thinking that this wasn't a good idea and also wondering if she could look at him without drooling. He nodded and stood aside as she made her way into the dimly lit room. If it hadn't been for the robes folded on a chair and the unmade bed it would be impossible to tell that someone practically lived in it. It was meticulously neat with no sentimental touches Hermione could see.

Draco watched her curiously as she shuffled in. Her hair was shoved up in a messy bun and she had no make up on but her hidden beauty still seemed to intrigue him as much as it had the day he had arrived in Grimmauld place. He had no idea how it happened but he couldn't keep fooling himself: he had a crush on Hermione Granger. He was sure she didn't mean it but her baggy pyjama trousers and strap top showed enough of her curves to keep him guessing for hours on end. He closed the door and she gave a little jump. He noticed that her eyes were glued purposely on the floor.

"What is it Granger?" he smirked "Have you never seen a guy topless before?" Then it occurred to him she probably hadn't. This made him smile even more as he made his way past her and flopped down on his bed. For a while there was silence.

"I knew this was a bad idea." She mumbled starting for the door. She didn't care how close they had become over the summer she just couldn't talk to him now.

"Hermione wait!" he said darting off the bed. He didn't want her to go just yet. He saw her freeze and then realised what he had done. She turned slowly to face him and this time she looked him straight in the eye.

"You called me Hermione." She said shocked

"Well…" he said nervously not quite sure what to say "It is your name….and you call me Draco all the time so..." He had started to blush. Hermione couldn't believe it, Draco Malfoy had actually started to blush. She gave a slight laugh.

"Fine" he snapped for he would have no one laugh at him "I'll just go back to calling you Granger or mudblood. How about that?" However it had been said now. He couldn't take it back. He had said her name and there was nothing he could do. She stared it him steely eyed but then smiled.

"No…I like it when you call me Hermione." She said dreamily "It's almost like we're..."

"Friends?" he prompted

"Yeah but obviously we're not because that would just be…well you know you're Draco Malfoy and I'm know-it-all Hermione mudblood Granger. " She said flustered embarrassed because she knew the hate between them had subsided leaving something else entirely. She remembered the first time she saw him this summer. He had stumbled in with Dumbledore shaking, bleeding and even paler than he was normally. She had been the only one up as she was desperate to finish a book she'd been reading for weeks when Dumbledore asked her to clean him up. Surprisingly he hadn't protested or made one snide comment about her being a mudbood or inferior in any way. In fact he was completely silent until she had been made to deliver him breakfast one morning because he was too injured to walk down stairs. That's when it all started…

"Well I thought we…never mind" He started but then thought better of it. No of course they weren't friends. She was right, as always. "Anyway Granger what do you want." He said once more cold.

"Well you mentioned when we were talking the other day that it was your birthday today. So here." She said revealing the emerald package and placing it into his hands. He pulled the silver string and the cloth fell open to reveal a silver five pointed star with ruby at the centre.

"It's just a muggle pendant…I got it from a Wicca shop in London. It's supposed to represent the earth…power…fertility." She blushed "I put a spell on it to conceal your magic and a few basic protection spells...I thought it might come in handy some day. If you don't like it you don't have to wear it…"

"It's perfect" he said staring into her warm chocolate eyes with his sparkling bluey-grey ones "You shouldn't have" he said taking her hand.

"I didn't think…well with your present situation…I mean it is your birthday after all and-" but she was stopped by Draco's lips crashing onto hers. For a moment she was paralyzed. It was happening again. She didn't care. She began to kiss him back with equal fury as he slipped a hand around her waist. For what seemed like an eternity the kissed hardly coming up for air. Then Hermione stopped suddenly and Draco looked confused.

"Draco…we talked about this last time." She whispered furious with her self but she knew she was right. The last time this had happened they talked for hours on end about how it wasn't a good idea and swore to each other that it wouldn't happen again.

"I know we did but-" He pleaded but Hermione cut him off

"There can be no buts Draco! We decided it wouldn't work!"

"Screw what we decided! You like me don't you?" He said kissing her again.

'Why does he do this to me' she thought furiously 'Only months ago we hated each other! But he's changed, I've changed! But I just can't do this!'

"I...I can't" she said shaking and pushing him away. Sighing he flopped back down on his bed.

"I'm sorry" she whispered "I really really am but-"

"But like you said you're you and I'm me and….we're not even friends." He said bitterly. For a while there was silence, their thoughts were too loud in their heads to say anything. Then eventually Hermione spoke.

"Well I suppose we could be friends…in secret of course….we don't need to stop talking just because we're going back to Hogwarts." She said going red. Draco's heart leapt. He was terrified that when they went back to school their daily chats would disappear.

"You mean it?" he asked eyes sparkling.

"I do." She was smiling at him now. Slowly she picked up the pendant from the bed and fastened it on to his neck leaving her hands on his chest.

"Thank you." He said suddenly putting a hand on top of hers

"For what?" she asked

"For the pendant, for this summer, for everything, I don't know what I would have done without you." He said

"It was nothing." She said realising how close he was again. Suddenly she jumped up. "I've got to go…we'll be heading out to Diagon Alley today are you coming?" she asked hopefully.

"No, I was going to go visit my mother…" he trailed off.

"Alright I'll say to Molly to pick up your stuff." She said heading for the door "Happy Birthday Draco." Then she was gone leaving him alone in the dawn.

After retrieving the other items Kai and Harry would need for the school year Harry suggested a trip to muggle London so that she cold buy new clothes, much to Lupin's displeasure.

"I'm not good around Muggles." He complained but they ignored him.

"Have you ever been to muggle London Kai?" Harry asked as they walked out of the Leakey Cauldron and into a clothes store.

"Just once." She said all of a sudden seeming sad. It was another thing she couldn't tell anyone about. She couldn't tell them that she and her team had once tracked a squad of Khalmar Demons through the London underground and had to modify the memory of about 100 muggles. Then they had all went to lunch in the centre of the city- a rare fun time. However wizards wouldn't even know what a Khalmar demon was. They wandered around the shops while Kai bought clothes, her fashion sense intrigued Harry. She chose a lot of black but occasionally there was some red and white thrown in. They had fun trying on oversized sunglasses and silly hats and for a moment they felt like normal teenagers. Lupin watched on smiling for he had never seen Harry this happy and carefree. It was nearing noon by the time they were finished and heading back towards Diagon Alley. The sun was beaming from the sky and Harry and Kai walked arm in arm laughing at a joke, when Harry heard a familiar voice from behind.

"Harry! Remus!" shouted Molly Weasley running over towards them. "Oh hello Kai." She said awkwardly noticing Harry's arm entwined with Kai's.

"Hi" Kai replied quietly.

"Harry mate." Said Ron as he, Hermione and Ginny approached. Harry thought he saw Ginny's smile falter when she looked at Kai.

"Hey guys are you heading to Diagon Alley?" he asked

"Yeah times running out you know. I found your note this morning Harry, you must be Kai." Said Hermione chirpily offering her hand, Kai nodded and shook it. This is what she wanted to avoid. "I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron and Ginny Weasley"

"Nice to meet you!" Said Ron eagerly but Ginny merely muttered a greeting. For a while there was silence between the teenagers as Molly and Lupin chatted a few feet away.

"It's so nice of you Harry to show Kai around. Her being new and all." Said Ginny with a surprising coldness. Harry was about to say something but Kai beat him to it.

"Yes it is isn't it? I told him he didn't need to but he insisted on accompanying me." Kai said flashing her dazzling smile in a slightly twisted way while wrapping her arm around Harry's waist pulling him closer. How she loathed girls like Ginny who thought they owned any boy they wanted. 'If she only knew' Kai thought highly amused now and she could swear she saw the brown haired girl smile a little too.

Harry was going slightly red now but he wasn't going to remove her arm any time soon.

"Well you know me" he laughed "always the gentleman."

"Quite." Said Hermione also laughing. "So Kai tell us about yourself. Dumbledore said you've been at another school studying magic for years. What was that like?"

However Kai didn't get the chance to answer. All of a sudden the bright blue skies turned black and a mysterious fog rolled over their feet, all around them muggles had stopped in their tracks gazing curiously at the sky.

"Dementors!" said Harry at once. Just as five or six of the horrid creatures appeared/

Then there were a series of loud cracks and all around them hooded figures appeared. People began to scream and run. It was chaos but Kai was mobile at once. She waved her hand and five of the deatheaters went flying, luckily Harry and the others were too wrapped up in shooting stunning spells to notice but then she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Lupin.

"Be careful" he whispered "They'll be more of a panic if they realise who you are!" Kai nodded and decided to reach for wand in her bag when a jet of green light came flying towards her. She turned around and it hit her square in the chest. For a moment the spot where it hit her tingled and she was slightly breathless but it passed in a moment. That's when she noticed Ginny Weasley staring at her wildly.

'Crap' Kai thought 'I'm going to have to do something about her'

Once again Kai waved her hand but this time everything except her and Ginny seemed to freeze. The battle slowed to a snails pace and everything moved at about an inch an hour. Kai took a step towards Ginny but she shrieked.

"You! What did you do? You were hit by a killing curse! Why aren't you dead!" She was hysterical now

"Listen to me girl" Kai snapped her eyes turning black.

"NO! you're one of them! You're a Tu-"

"I said shut up!" Kai said strangely smoothly and Ginny's eyes glazed over "Now listen and repeat after me. You didn't see anything."

"I didn't see anything..." said Ginny dreamily

"You won't tell anyone about this or that you saw me get hit by the killing curse."

"I wont tell anyone…" she chanted back and Kai smiled maliciously.

"Good." Kai waved her hand once more and the raging battle continued once more. She caught a glimpse of Harry out of the corner of her eye. He was a natural. He was fast, precise- a leader. He didn't know the power he had but when he tapped into it: Kai knew he would be unstoppable. She quickly took out her new wand and began to fire silent spells. She wasn't used to this, she had to hold back normally she would aim to kill but these were mortals she was dealing with now. Then she heard it. It made her stop in her tacks. The high pitched girlish laughter she knew so well. The battle seemed to stop again but through nothing Kai did. Her mind was racing. She had to find the source of the laughter. Then like a light in the dark the laughter changed into a singsong voice. She could now sense where it was coming from.

"Kai…I'm here…" It said and Kai took ran through the fight and took off to find the voice, her team mate and her best friend.

Hope you liked! Reviews are appreciated!