A Letter, Angry words and Lessons

Terry walked with her to their commonroom, staying quiet for now. Nita was thankful, because she didn't know what to say to him anyway if he asked anything.

She felt weird.

This was the first time she had openly disrespected her parents in a way, or maybe that was when she run away after finding out that James actually wasn't her father? She decided that it didn't matter that much to her now.

All since that revelation, she had started to feel different. She was no longer the little nice and shy girl she had been, and the encounter with Voldemort, she refused to call him father, had made an impact on her too. She had seen the man responsible for the war, and that had given her motivation.

She had earlier been glad that she wasn't involved in the war, and that her parents yet had to do so. But now, with all this happening, Nita felt an urge to do something, not just pretend that everything was alright. She knew she had to do something.

She sat in the common room when the portrait hole opened and revealed their head of house, Professor Flitwick. The little man looked around in the room until he spotted her, and came over, handing over a note. "For you Ms Potter, and I hope you are well? I heard about the kidnapping, dreadfully those death eaters!" Nita reassured him that she was fine, and the little man disappeared again after saying goodnight. She excused herself and left her friends, going to her room. She somehow felt that she needed to read this alone.

When she was safely in her room, and heard the door close behind her, she opened the note and started to read.

Ms Potter,

I was relieved to hear that you got back safely from the Dark Lord, let's just say that things went a little nasty for a while until I managed to convince him that everything was Longbottom's doing, and that he dragged you with him. Somehow I think that was a good idea, not revealing that it was indeed you who helped him to escape. That way, you are a bit safer from the wrath of that snakeface for a while longer. And I wouldn't wish for you to face any kind of danger that isn't necessary.

I must also ask you to not reveal me to Dumbledore. I may be a spy, but he doesn't know about me. I send him information via owl, a bit risky, but it's better than anything else I have been able to come up with.

The real reason as to why I am writing to you is because I have something to discuss with you that can't wait. I will arrive to the school tomorrow, meeting Dumbledore about the school. Seeing as I am still sitting as head of the schoolboard, this will not rise any suspicion as to me being here. I will be down in the potionlab after dinner, and I want you to meet me there. Of course, this is optional, you can choose not to come, but I would be pleased if you did, I do think that you would like to hear what I have to say.

Also, be careful, this castle isn't as safe as Dumbledore likes to believe.

Lucius Patrick Malfoy,

Head of Hogwarts' schoolboard

Head of the old house of Malfoy

Nita wasn't sure what to believe. What did he want? Why this sudden interest? She shuddered when she thought of what the consequences of her and Longbottom's escape had been for Lucius. At least he was alive. She didn't really like the man, but she didn't wish him dead. Not anymore.

What surprised her the most was that he had covered for her, risking his own life doing so. She had to ask him about that tomorrow.

She went to bed early, telling her friends that she was tired, In reality, she wasn't. She just needed the alone time. So many things happened in her life right now, and she needed to think everything through.

In the dungeons, Severus stared at his long time friend in shock and anger. " You are going to do WHAT! Lucius Patrick Malfoy, I forbid you to do it! You have no right to endanger my daughter and her life!"

Lucius looked annoyed. "Please Severus, this will not make her in any more danger than she already is. I am glad that I managed to lessen the danger a bit by convincing the Dark Lord that the escape was all Longbottoms doing. And who are you to speak Severus? What say have you in all this? After all, you have yet to even tell her that you are in fact her father, and not that Potter. I don't think she cares that much about what you think, after all, right now the only thing she sees in you is a greasy potionmaster."

Lucius knew this wasn't fair play as Nita was fully aware about the situation, But the potionmaster didn't know that. Lucius just hoped that his dark friend would tell her soon so that he wouldn't have to pretend anymore.

Severus gave him an upset look and rose from his chair. "It isn't that easy Lucius. What do I tell her? That I practically raped her mother, impregnated her with the Dark Lords child and then abandoned them?"

Lucius shook his head. "You were under a curse Severus, you had no control. Tell her that. I haven't spent that much time around her, but if you just tell her the honest truth, I am sure she will understand."

Severus looked down at his hands, he wasn't sure what to do, but something needed to be done.

Nita woke the next morning, still tired, but other than that, fine. She crawled out of bed and walked like a zombie into the shower, turning on the hot and calming water. When she stepped out tventy minutes later, she wrapped a towel around herself and entered her room again, stopping when she saw her mother sitting in the bed, waiting for her. She inwardly groaned.

Her mother looked up when she heard her and smiled a weak smile in her direction. "Good morning darling, how are you feeling?"

Nita walked over to the wardrobe. "I am fine mum." She picked out a black pair of jeans, a white shirt and started to get dressed in silense. She didn't know what to say to the woman on the bed, so she stayed quiet.

"Honey, I know this has been a trying few weeks, and I am sorry that we didn't tell you sooner. I just want you to know that your dad feels a bit down about this, and we want you to know that we love you, Demonita, it dosen't matter who is your father or not."

Nita turned around and stared at her mother.

"You don't understand! That is not the problem! I know that you two love me, you have told me so repeatedly, and I love you both very much. The thing is that my biological father is the potionmaster that I have had for all my years here at Hogwarts, and while I don't hate him, I have no real found feelings for the man either. It just bothers me that you knew ALL the time, and just couldn't tell me.

Then of course there is the MONSTER! I just met him, I was no more than a few inches from him, and I tell you, he isn't pleasant! Then I get back here, you fuss a bit and then it's over. You act like all of this is just a bad day at work or something, but it isn't!"

She threw her schoolrobe on and gave her mother a hard look. "If you love me so damn much, why did you have to lie?"

She didn't wait for a reply and walked out of her room after picking up her schoolbag and her shoes.

Terry and Lisa met up with her in the commonroom, and together, they walked down to breakfast. Most of the students had already arrived, and when she sat down by her housetable, she felt the eyes of several people on her. At the stafftable, Professor Snape looked at her with an odd expression as Nita soon recognized as regretting. She wondered when the potionmaster would tell her, and if he still hated her for being a Potter. But she wasn't a Potter now, was she? No, she was also a Snape, and a Riddle! The horror of it all! She just wanted to gag.

Then, there was also Lucius. She gave him a nearly unnoticeable nod, that he returned. She wondered what the man really wanted. She would find out tonight.

And then there was The boy who lived and his fans. They all looked at her with distaste, which wasn't that unusual really. She glared back at the pigfaced Boy who fucking lived to make her life as hard as possible. The ungrateful brat! She fucking saved his life, and not as much as a thank you had she gotten from him, not that she wanted to anyway. She wished that she had left him there. That he would be the one to defeat the dark lord someday made her laugh. Seriously, he was nearly a squib.

She tore her eyes from the Gryffindor table and focused on her meal. Pancakes. Yummy.

"Come on Nita, we must get going, we have potion first and we don't want to be late for that." No, she didn't. She didn't need Snape to be more irritaed with her than he always was, so she hurried after her friends.

"Does the guy always have to be such a bastard?" Terry asked as they walked down the stairs to the dungeon. Nita sighed.

"Terry, be glad you're not in Gryffindor or HufflePuff, he is even worse towards them." Terry nodded, that was true.

Potions was quiet. No explosions, and no points taken from Ravenclaw while Hufflepuff lost only 10 points during the whole lesson. Severus Snape was out of shape.

Nita noted that he seemed distant, and seemingly deep in thought. She too had lot's to think about, so she was surprised when her potion turned the right colour. She had thought that it would be something wrong with it as she wasn't really paying attention to her work.

She couldn't get her mind of the meeting with Mr Malfoy later that day. She wondered what the man wanted, and she hoped that it had nothing to do with Voldemort. But somehow, she had a feeling that it did, and that made her feeling slightly ill.

She hadn't told any of her friends about the note from Lucius, and she really didn't want to either. She knew that they would forbid her to go, and she needed to go. She had to know what the man wanted, curiosity had always been one of her stronger sides.

After Potions, there was Transfiguration. She checked the timetable and saw that all her lessons would be within Hogwarts that day, and that made her sigh in relief. She didn't want to go to the ministry this unfocused.

Professor McGonagall handed out a quiz, to everyone's dismay and told them that she just wanted to know how much they remembered from previous years, after all, they were about to start studying for their NEWT:s this year.

To Nita's relief, she found the test easy, and answered all the questions. Terry did well also, but Lisa had more problems she noticed. It had always been that way. She and Terry were a bit smarter than her, but that didn't mean they bragged about it. They helped her out with some assignments, and mostly she got good grades, she just needed to work a bit harder for them.

Lunch came and passes, and soon, she was sitting in the charms classroom, listening to her head of house. He was lecturing about the history of one of the worlds best charms masters through the ages. She didn't listen that closely, her mind once again on the meeting later that night.

Okay people, what do you think? What does Lucius want? And when are Snape going to crack the news? See you in the next chapter!