A/N:
Hello again :) This Chapter, Draco finds out Scarlett's ability. Thank you Mabajama for following the story :)
I still only own Scarlett.

Scarlett walked into the Gryffindor Common Room and was bombarded with Questions from Hermione, since she was the only one awake at half five in the morning.
"Where were you? I was panicking! I thought you'd been kidnapped! I was going to get Professor McGonagall but I thought it might be a little too early and I didn't want to be rude and wake her up... But still where were you?" Hermione asked quickly, getting off the couch and running to Scarlett who was smirking,
"Well... I... needed the toilet and got lost." Scarlett chuckled and Hermione rolled her eyes and smiled,
"Honestly, it's not that hard to find your way around." Hermione giggled and sat back down and picked up her book,
"What you reading?" Scarlett asked, leaning towards Hermione who held up her book and bit her lip,
"Advanced Potions... Hermione you're really clever. I can hardly understand ordinary Potions." Scarlett shook her head in disbelief.
She frowned as she noticed Hermione staring at her legs, Scarlett looked down and smiled,
"Yeah, they're cool pyjamas aren't they? My Godfather gave them to me; they're charmed so the Snitch looks like its flying on the cloth. Anyway, I guess I'd better get dressed. Might as well." Scarlett nodded and got off the couch, she headed up to the dorm to get her towel and robes and headed to the bathroom to have a shower.
Once she was dressed she stared into the mirror and looked at herself, her jet-black hair was tumbling down her back, she started to plait her hair, and it started at the back of her head and went down to her lower back.
She came out of the bathroom and walked back downstairs, she peered over at the clock,
"Hermione when is the earliest that breakfast is served?" she called over to Hermione who put down her book and tilted her head,
"Six, why?" she asked,
"Well it's half six, should we wait for Harry and Ron or just go down?" she replied back, and Hermione put her book in her bag,
"I usually wait." Hermione smiled and sat back down on the couch,
"Then wait we shall!" Scarlett exclaimed,
"Exploding snap?" Hermione asked, pulling out her pack of cards,
"You'll never beat me." Scarlett hissed and narrowed her eyes playfully making Hermione burst out laughing.

At about seven Harry and Ron emerged from their dorms laughing and play fighting. They stopped when they saw Hermione and Scarlett staring at them with their arms folded,
"Oh bloody hell what's wrong now?" Ron groaned rolling his eyes, he was sure he hadn't done anything wrong and he was thinking about everything that he might not have done when Hermione and Scarlett started grinning,
"We was joking!" Hermione chuckled and walked towards the portrait,
"Breakfast time!" shouted Scarlett and Ron cheered, Harry shot apologetic looks at other Gryffindor's and followed them out the portrait.

Draco sat at the Slytherin table, he'd been sat there since six o'clock, now it was seven and there were hardly any people in the Great Hall, most people came to eat at eight o'clock. He sat on his own; there were a small group of Hufflepuff's, three Ravenclaw's, two Gryffindor's and no Slytherin's, apart from himself. He turned his head as Scarlett, Harry, Ron and Hermione walked in, Scarlett and Ron we're in a debate over the best Quidditch players, whilst Harry and Hermione were discussing Spells and books. Scarlett looked over at him and waved, he waved back, he frowned as Harry and Ron asked her why she waved at him.
He decided to start eating now so he didn't have to be around when Pansy would be boasting about how fun her summer had been in France. He finished his breakfast quickly and got up; he took one last look over at Gryffindor table and left the Great Hall.

Scarlett certainly noticed that something was wrong with Draco,
"Guys I'm going to the bathroom." Scarlett announced, standing up, she ignored Hermione's questions about why she hadn't eaten yet.
She left the Hall and looked down the corridor, she saw Draco turn a corner quickly, and decided to follow him. She walked a few paces behind, and eventually ended up outside, near a tree by the lake.
"I know you're there Scarlett." Draco called out and spun around, and indeed Scarlett stood there blushing,
"Sorry, it's just you seem really... upset." Scarlett said quietly, clenching her hands and putting them to her sides,
Draco nodded and gestured for her to come nearer, and she did. Draco sat down leaning against the tree,
"What's wrong, Draco?" Scarlett asked gently, sitting down opposite him, she looked up and watched as he started picking tufts of grass out of the ground,
"It's just... well... no never mind you'll think it's ridiculous." Draco spoke getting up and Scarlett grabbed onto his arm, ignoring the odd tingling in her hand, Draco gazed down to her hand and sat back down sighing, she let go as he sat back down.
"It's just I think I messed up... you know, being friends with Harry. I honestly want to be friends with all of you, even Ron." Draco sighed and shifted his position against the tree,
"Draco, we haven't been at Hogwarts long enough for Harry to not accept your apology. Hermione wouldn't mind. But Ron might take a while to completely forgive you." Scarlett sighed, she had already spoken to Hermione whilst playing Exploding Snap about what she would do if he asked for an apology, she had hesitated but then said that she would accept his apology and probably become his friend.
"I know... but... my father." Draco groaned and shifted again, he still had wounds on his back from his father for being disobedient. Scarlett frowned,
"Are you okay Draco?" she asked reaching forward to hold his hand, he flinched and bit his lip,
"Draco... talk to me, I could get some help for you." Scarlett said gently, now on her knees inspecting Draco,
"I'm... fine." He lied, and looked up into her eyes, "Why are your eyes like that?" he asked, staring at her eyes, they were like fire, literally, they seemed to move.
Scarlett broke their gaze, and looked towards the water,
"What time is it?" she asked, biting her lip,
Draco pulled out his wand, "Tempus." And the time appeared to project right in front of him,
"It's five past eight." Draco said and put his wand back in his robe pocket, he ran a hand through his slicked back hair,
"Right. That gives us fifty five minutes." Scarlett nodded and got up off the ground, "Promise me you won't steal my wand."
Draco tilted his head in confusion as Scarlett put her robe on the ground and started taking off her clothes until she was left in shorts and a vest, Draco looked away blushing and looked back in time to see Scarlett running towards the water,
"What are you doing?" he exclaimed and got off the ground but it was too late, she'd jumped in the water,
"Oh god!" he gasped as he saw that she was sinking under the water, he lay on his front and peered over into the water, and he watched amazed as a light appeared under the water, and was getting closer to him, he moved back as the light was almost blinding, and then just as he was about to get ready to jump in and save Scarlett, she appeared above the water, she looked completely normal and Draco frowned, "You're mad." He smirked and gasped as she lay back and brought her fiery orange tail out of the water,
"Oh my god!" Draco gasped "You're a mermaid!" he said and Scarlett nodded,
"Can you talk?" he asked raising an eyebrow and she giggled,
"Of course I can, dummy!"
"I can't believe it. That's a rare ability you know." Draco commented and she nodded,
"It only works in this kind of water, that why when half-mermaids like me have a bath and shower they don't suddenly transform. Also full mermaids can't talk above the water. Hermione told me." She nodded smiling, "Oh and half-mermaids get... certain... brilliant talents." She added and swam over to Draco,
"Okay enough swimming. Time for class." She smiled getting out the water and almost instantly started glowing as her legs came back, she got her robes and things back on,
"Watch this." She smirked and closed her eyes tightly and pushed her magic up to her head and she felt her hair dry instantly. She opened her eyes again and smiled tiredly,
"No wonder you're tired, spells like that aren't usually performed until we're in third year." Draco shook his head, scolding her for wearing herself out. He put his arm around her so that she didn't fall over, it was a very powerful spell that she did, and they walked like that until they got to Charms.

Scarlett sighed as her Godfather was lecturing to everyone about how to properly chop slugs. Again he had placed her in the seat next to Draco, not that she minded. She was still quite worn out from this morning, and having to do spells in Charms right after had really worn her out, she was glad to have Double Potions as she wouldn't have to do any spells.
"Are you alright?" Draco whispered to her, he had been watching Scarlett for a while, the problem with being worn out by doing spells is that sleeping doesn't help, otherwise he would have taken Scarlett to Gryffindor Tower to go to bed, but the best thing for her to do was to just sit down and do something not too much magic consuming, he was quite worried for Scarlett because they were only First Years and when one person does too many powerful spells they could damage their core, or worse. He shook the thought out of his head and helped Scarlett chop slugs,
"Good work Draco, and you too, Miss Lawton." Snape winked at Scarlett who looked up with weary eyes and smiled back, this did not go unnoticed by Snape and he looked over at Draco who walked over to the door that lead to Snape's office, and Snape followed closely behind.
"Everyone neutralize your cauldrons."

"What is wrong with Scarlett, Draco?" he asked, and Draco started pacing the office with his arms folded, and began explaining everything that happened and how she'd dried her own hair with a nonverbal spell and how in Charms she was trying really hard to get her magic to work, and Snape's face went paler than usual and then his eyes went wide,
"We must get her straight to Madam Pomfrey." Snape nodded and got out of his chair and opened the door, and just as he did he heard a thump and the gasps of a dozen Slytherin's and Gryffindor's.
Snape rushed over to see Scarlett lying on the floor, pale and in a pool of blood, with her eyes closed.