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So this chapter has a lil more M-rated content... FINALLY, right? lol Also, some more individual perspectives from our favorite characters!

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Draco's POV

It's surprising, to say the least, how Mother and Father have not taken the liberty of scolding me or punishing me for interacting with muggle-borns. I'm not even sure that they know of anything that has been going on at Hogwarts. It's been oddly uneventful at the old Manor. I guess since Voldemort's defeat and having cut all ties with any of the other Death Eaters, my parents have contrived some sort of semi normal routine for themselves. From the moment I arrived home, they've seemed… happy. Is it possible that they are, in fact, living a somewhat decent lifestyle now that there's no darkness hovering above them; watching and planning their every move? Whatever was going on, I am glad for the change in atmosphere. Voldemort's sinister hold on my family has been broken. We are free.

It's January 2nd, and I'm regrettably hung over. I look at the presents that I got for Christmas; A few books from Mother, and new broom from Father. 'You must ALWAYS have the best things in life, Draco!'… Sure. Sure, Father. I grab the pocket watch; a gift from Aly. I open the flap and smile when I see a mini version of myself hoisting a tiny Aly onto my back. We're laughing and horsing around. I miss you so much. Placing it back onto my bed I'm drawn to another gift. The black box still unopened. I was in such a hurry to open Aly's gift I had completely forgotten about Hermione's. You daft prick! You never even opened it up! I picked it up and popped the lid. Inside was a silver chained wrist watch. The face was emerald green with black print and hands. A note was tucked underneath it.

Draco,

Happy Christmas! We never spoke about getting each other anything for Christmas being that we just recently became friends. However, I saw this while out shopping in Hogsmeade a few days ago and couldn't help myself. Every hour, on the hour, a silver snake circles the face of the watch. Naturally, color and serpent reminded me distinctly of you and, like I said, I really couldn't help myself! Please, enjoy it!

P.S. Happy New year, as well!

Hermione

That was very sweet of her. She didn't have to do that; we've just barely begun being friends. I couldn't help but smile. Placing the wrist watch down next to Aly's present, I realized how alike those two girls are. They are both very bright, beautiful young witches. Wait. Did I just say that Hermione was beautiful? I sat down on the bed, it was all I could do to help control the headache that snuck up on me. Bollocks! Bloody hang over!

I took a breath and tried to ease the pressure in my temple with my hands. Do NOT change the subject, Draco! You just admitted that Hermione was beautiful!

Well, she is! What can I say? I am a man, after all!

You can't see her as beautiful, she's your friend! FRIEND! Besides you have Alatriel!

Oh, come off it, man! Yes, I KNOW I have Aly! I KNOW Hermione is just a friend! That doesn't mean I'm blind! They are both Beautiful! There's absolutely nothing wrong with me saying that!

Isn't there?

No! Of course there isn't! I mean, its not like I'm saying that I like how luscious Hermione's lips are when she pouts.

Oh, boy…

Or that I love when her eyes sparkle as she laughs

Here it comes…

Oh, SHITE! I have feelings for Hermione Granger!

Who didn't see THAT one coming?

SHUT UP! I've gotta think!

Yes. Yes, you do.

I'm WITH Aly!

Right.

I shouldn't be thinking about anyone else!

Sure.

It's THAT simple!

Yep.

I will NOT think about Hermione that way!

Uh, huh.

What? I won't!

Sure, you won't.

Listen, here, you- uh…- me! I can control this! Hermione and I are just FRIENDS. Aly and I are together and that's THAT!

…

Hmmmp!

I got up from the bed and ran into the loo. Turning on the cold water, I splashed a handful onto my face and looked at myself in the mirror.

"Draco… you gotta get it together, mate!"

I turned off the faucet and closed the door.

Alatriel's POV

I woke up on the 3rd, still pretty groggy from hanging out with Siren and a few other Slytherins the night before. We ate popcorn and took in a few muggle movies on a projector Siren received for Christmas. And if you ever spent a night watching movie after movie, stuffing your face with popcorn and drinking tons of carbonated, sweetened beverages til the early morning, you'll know exactly how I felt.

"Ughh…" I groaned. I crossed over to the bathroom, looking over at Siren's bunk before heading inside. I noticed the bed was made and no one was in it. Hmm… she probably had things to do this morning. No other girls were up yet so I had first dibs on the shower if I wanted. I turned the faucet on and splashed cold water all over my face. Oh, God. Never again… (BURP)

"Ooooh… 'scuse me.." I muttered to myself. Not very lady-like, Aly…

In two days everyone will have returned to Hogwarts to start the second term. Just two more days and Draco will come back to me. I felt better.

(Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.)

I poked my head through the bathroom door and looked around. Nothing.

"Hmph." I shrugged my shoulders.

(Tap. Tap. Tap.)

I come out of the bathroom. The sound is coming from the window. Perched on the ledge right outside was a beautiful tan owl with black wings and green eyes. In its mouth, it held an envelope. Someone's got a letter. I've never seen that owl before and since no one else was up I decided to see who it was for. Opening the window the owl hopped inside. It looked up at me and stretched out its neck as if to say 'Here!'. I took the letter and read the addressee.

Alatriel Nailo

I ripped open the envelope and unfolded the letter.

Our sweet little Aly,

We're happy to hear from you and are overjoyed that you have turned your life around. Your dad and I had a discussion after reading your letter. We have decided that it's time for all of us to become a family again. We've missed you so very much. I cried for days after we turned you away. Although your dad would never admit it, even he stayed up late at times and cried for you. We regret kicking you out, Aly. We really do. But, it was so hard to deal with you. That's no excuse through. We admit our parental decisions weren't justified no matter how badly you had behaved. No parent should ever abandon their child. That's exactly what we did. We're not proud of it and hope that you can forgive us. Now that you are in school again (and so far away, I might add) we won't ask you to come home just yet. But, we would really like to see you graduate. Let us know how you'd feel about that. We love you, Aly, and would love to hear from you again soon!

P.S. The owl's name is Helios. We noticed that the owl who delivered us your letter belonged to someone named Siren, according to its tags. Please, keep Helios. He's yours! Use him as you wish. Think of him as a late Christmas gift. Best of luck, my sweet little Aly.

All of our love,

Mom and Dad

I couldn't believe my eyes. I must've reread that entire letter 50 times. I was in a state of shock. They wrote back! They fucking wrote back! I jumped up and down excitedly as it all sunk in. Mom! Dad! I missed them so much! And they missed ME! I'm going to get to see them at the end of the term! This is the best Christmas gift ever! Clutching the letter tightly against my chest I threw myself back onto the bed and looked up at the ceiling. I've got my parents back!

Siren's POV

I had just reached the Room of Requirement. When the door appeared I entered. The room hadn't changed a bit. It was as beautiful and as white as before. Snow everywhere. The woodland creatures came to life once again. The frozen lake had a pristine air about it. New. Pure. Like nothing had ever touched its surface before. All of our previous designs had been magicked away. Almost like it never happened. Like we were never here. We were here, alright. We skated on that very frozen lake. Sat on that very same bench. We WERE here… together.

I come here to think. Whenever I have something on my mind, I come here and just let it all out. My current dilemma: taking a liking to someone that is involved with someone else. Confusing? Absobloodylutely! I have never felt this way about anyone before. Her eyes, her hair, her smile, her body; everything about her makes me insane with happiness. She's just such a captivating creature. She brought out a side in me that I wasn't ready to bring out into the world just yet. I'm still quite nervous about it actually. No one knows about who I am and of my lifestyle. I've kept it hidden quite well. Kept my crushes secret. Any flirtations have been kept to a minimum. I never knew exactly who was showing me their true selves or who was just going with the flow. They say we can smell our own, but they're wrong. I could never tell which of these bints were todger dodgers and which actually preferred the sausage. So, I stayed under the radar for fear of being persecuted and alone.

But one day in the Great Hall, as I was making my way over to the Ravenclaw table to catch up on an assignment for Potions III, I overheard that Goddess (I hadn't been formally introduced to her until our 'Gathering' meetings) explain to the Granger girl that she, how shall I put it, 'liked both'. I didn't have to hear the beginning or ending to that conversation to realize… I had been given a gift. A HUGE blessing, actually. I had a shot. True, it seemed she was with Malfoy. But, given his reputation with the ladies, who knew what would happen.

However, now it seems as though their relationship is growing ever stronger. I thought I had a chance! That I had finally found someone to end this loneliness; fill this emptiness. It doesn't help that the dream comes every night now… every single night. It's the same one. All the time. I can feel her hand touching me even though I know it's a dream. I still allow myself to get consumed by it.

At first, I had a purpose, a plan. I was going to follow through, but then I hit a wall. A bloody wall called Draco Malfoy. And I can't, for the life of me get around it! I'm lost, yet again. I don't know what to do anymore.

Suddenly, a rush of warmth and joy flooded my body. I felt her. She was completely happy. I looked at my ring. What is she experiencing right now? What was making her so extraordinarily content? I pulled out my notebook. The one she had given to me as a gift. I wrote into it.

Good morning, Aly. How goes it?

Hey, Siren! Good morning! I'm so awesome right now! I got a response from my parents! Can you believe it? They actually wrote back! I'm so happy!

Yes. I can tell. That's wonderful about your parents! Good on, yeh, love!

Thanks! Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't even ask how your morning is going? I didn't see you in the dorms when I woke up.

No worries. My morning is pretty good, thanks. Have you had breakfast yet?

Oh, shit. I've been so excited I forgot all about breakfast. Man! I hope I can still get some bacon!

I laughed as I read. She does fancy that bacon… I replied.

I'm sure there's still a chance to get some if we hurry. Would you like to meet me in about 5 minutes in the Great Hall?

Sure! See you in 5! Bye!

I closed the notebook and made my way to breakfast.

Luna's POV

It was January 5th and I was on the Hogwarts Express heading back to school. The Quibbler lay on my lap as I looked out the window at the passing terrain. My Christmas was wonderful. Father and I traveled overseas in search of Exploding Snabberwitches. We never did get to find them, but we had a splendid time, nonetheless. I turned towards the compartment door, just in time to see Harry and Ginny walk by. As usual, I went unnoticed. Then suddenly Ronald came into view. Only, someone rushed passed him and as he moved out of the way we made eye contact. He smiled and waved a greeting at me. My stomach flipped as though it were home to some very active Cornish Pixies. I waved back and smiled. He then slowly walked away. Hermione is such a lucky girl.

I'm not usually one to think about boys much. In fact, the only boy I had ever thought about was Harry. But, it was mainly because he was always so nice to me. Eventually, he became sort of like the brother I never had. Having been through so much over that last couple of years, we grew to become much more than just friends. We were almost like family.

Ronald, however, never did seem to warm up to me. I could tell he didn't understand me much and it only fueled the need to avoid me most of the time. It wasn't until recently, that I noticed he seemed rather down. More than usual I mean. I saw him at the library and knew something was amiss. I realized it must have been something in relation to his being with Hermione. I remembered that there was an article in the Quibbler about Viktor Krum that might pep him up. Upon showing it to him and discussing it we seemed to bond on a much deeper level.

Since then, whenever I see him my body behaves abnormally. It just shorts out and I begin to sweat a bit. A lot of the time my stomach gets all fizzy. I have never felt this way before. Its such an odd, odd feeling! I sigh and look back out the window. I'm dazed as I watch the trees rush by in a blur.

I was running through the trees in the Forbidden Forest. Ronald was right behind me. We slowed down, having picked up on the tracks of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack.

'It's over here, Ronald… shhh… go on. Snap a picture of it.' I whispered.

He lifts up his camera and clicks. 'Oy, you were right. They do exist.' He spoke quietly as not to disturb the Snorkack in its natural habitat. I smiled at him.

'Good job, Luna. You're pretty bright.' He looked at me in a daze, taking a step in my direction his foot crunched onto a twig. The Snorkack looked our way and rushed off rapidly through the trees. I frowned. Now we'd never get any other information on them.

'Sorry, Luna.' He said.

'Its alright, Ronald.'

He stepped toward me closing the gap between us.

'Call me Ron, Luna. Plus, I really am sorry. But I can make it up to you.'

I looked up at him, our faces mere centimeters away. 'Okay…. Ron… How are exactly are you going to make it up to me?'

He smiled. I felt a hand snake around my waist while his other curved around my neck. He pulled me up into a kiss that made my knees go weak. I his tongue begged entry into my mouth. I opened up slightly and let our tongues dance wildly together. He moaned into my mouth and pressed his body closer into mine. My back pressed up against a nearby tree and he pinned me to it. He grabbed my hair in his hand and pulled my head up, exposing my neck. I felt the heat from his mouth as he sunk his teeth into my taut skin. I screamed and he moaned into me. I felt his desire throbbing against my thigh and knew that he wanted me as much as I wanted him.

I moaned as he cupped my breast. He kneaded it in his massive hand and pinched my nipple through my jumper. His other hand slid up my thigh and brought my leg up around his waist. He grinded his hips into me. I couldn't take anymore I needed him inside me. I reached down between us and unzipped his slacks. I took my wand and muttered a spell to remove my knickers. Ron let out a groan when his hardened member made contact with the outer layer of my heated core. He grabbed my other leg and brought it up around his waist so that nothing but his strong hands was keeping me up. He adjusted himself in front of my entrance and plunged deep inside me. I screamed as he took my virginity. The most gluttonous sounds I have ever heard escaped my own lips as he continued to thrust into me.

His hand reached up into my hair, tangling itself in my blonde strands. He was so rough. I never imagined it could be like this. It was scary and new… and completely exciting! I was nearing my climax and I felt he was close too. He slowed his paced but not his force. I was so near now.

'Oh, Merlin! Ron….. Ron…. I'm.. I'm going to….' I started, breathlessly.

Ron groaned. 'Luna….Luna…LUNA!'

"LUNA! OY, LUNA!" Cho's voice rang out.

I blinked until I saw passing trees once again. I turned my head and saw Cho and a few other Ravenclaws from my year at the entrance of my compartment.

"Oh, Cho. I'm sorry, I must've been daydreaming."

Cho looked a little uneasy. "Would it be a'rite if we sit in here with yeh?" She asked.

"Of course. Please, come in."

The girls all entered and shut the door behind them. I decided now might be a good time to catch up on some reading. I picked up the Quibbler and zoned in.

"Away with the mixer, that one." I heard one of the girls whisper to the others. They all giggled.

So. I had been daydreaming. Of course you've been daydreaming, you silly girl! The Crumple-Horned Snorkack only resides in Sweden! NOT the Forbidden Forrest!

AN: O M G, Spicy! lol So that's why people say you have to look out for the quiet ones... go Luna. :) Cho... you can't go around disrupting daydreams like that! :)

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