A/N: I got a grand total of 1 review for chapter nine. Come on guys, if you're reading this then please review, otherwise updates will become very infrequent or I may just stop with this fic.

A very short chapter for you this time, mainly because I wanted this to go alone, rather than as part of the next chapter. Please review.

The First of Me

Ten

'I think it's time for that chat I promised you, Taylor,' Draco said that night as Autumn lounged on a chair in the Slytherin common room.

'Chat?' she asked lazily, half opening her eyes to peer at her best friend.

'Yes, chat,' Draco said, turning to a little first year who was nervously sitting in the common room. 'Scoot!' he snapped.

'Dray!' Autumn scolded, turning to the frightened first year. 'Sorry, he's harmless enough really. Though perhaps it is time you went to bed, huh? It's getting late.' The first year nodded and hurried off to his dorm, without a glance back.

'That's what I'm talking about,' Draco sighed. 'You're too nice. Slytherin's are not nice.' Autumn rolled her eyes and brought her knees up to her chest, her eyes lazily turning to meet Draco's.

'I can't help it if I'm a nice person,' she shrugged, smirking at Draco. 'Blaise, help me out!' she called to the Italian boy who was sitting with Charlene Dark, a fourth year Slytherin.

'As long as you're only nice to the people who deserve it,' he smirked in reply.

'You've obviously missed who she's been being nice to, Zabini,' drawled Draco, his eyes fixed on Autumn.

'Oh please!' Autumn scoffed. 'I told you why I was sitting with Potter!'

'She was sitting with Potter?' Charlene asked in disgust, turning her attention away from Blaise.

'When?' Blaise demanded.

'On the train,' Autumn shrugged as if it were no big deal. 'I was just trying to find out if he knew anything about Black.'

'And then there were the weasels,' Draco continued.

'Which weasels?' Charlene asked, her dark eyes staring bloody murder at the younger girl.

'The twins,' Draco announced lazily. Autumn glared at him. It seemed he was purposely trying to make her life harder, not that she expected special treatment just because she was his best friend or anything. But she hadn't expected him to involve Charlene Dark on the matter; there was no doubt that there would be rumours going around about her by the next morning.

'Taylor, you seem determined to disgrace us Slytherin's,' Charlene glared, tossing her raven hair behind her shoulders.

'Oh please, it was you, Draco, who ran in their carriage when the Dementor appeared,' Autumn snapped, annoyed at how the conversation was turning out.

'Enough!' Blaise shouted before Draco could retaliate. 'You two are best friends, act like it! And Autumn, start acting like a Slytherin if you don't want people to say stuff like this to you.'

Autumn lowered her head slightly, a frown across her face.

'I can give you lessons on how Slytherin's should behave,' Charlene suggested, her tone sending a shiver down Autumn's back.

'No thank you,' she said, forcing a smile in Charlene's direction. Charlene shrugged and rose to her feet.

'I'm off to bed,' she announced, before gracefully leaving the room and momentarily catching the undivided attention of both Blaise and Draco. Autumn rolled her eyes at their reaction.

'You want me to act Slytherin?' she asked as she got to her own feet. 'Okay, fine. What have I got to lose?' Draco smirked as she waved goodnight and headed to the third years dorm.

What did she have to lose? Quite a lot of things actually. She sighed as she thought of how the twins would react to her new Slytherin attitude. How Harry, who had started to slowly accept her was going to soon hate her. How Ron was going to end up being completely right about her.

Autumn groaned, knowing that there was no way in hell that she was going to enjoy her first day back at Hogwarts.