A/N: Well, I certainly hope you'll like it. There are some things in this chapter thst I didn't particularly like writing, but they had to be written. Enough talking. Here's another chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 39: Back

After I finnished telling the story, the three of them looked at me like I just sprouted a second head. Seconds later though, I wished it would have remained like that when they started drowning me in questions.

"Why didn't they tell me though?"

"Then it wasn't Black the traitor?"

"So when did they-"

"But if they changed their mind then why-"

I just stood from the chair, going to Fawkes and petting him. Dumbledore stoped his questions, although Moony and Sev started a fight over whose fault it was for all of this.

"You know, maybe if you two would stop talking maybe I could finnish what I was saying. "

They suddently stopped mid sentence and straightened their backs to look at me.

"I really dont know what happened after Pettigrew sold us to Voldemort. Only that I heard Sirius went after him to kill him. Maybe the prat deserved it. I don't know if he's dead, but I know for sure that he is the one responsible for the deaths of my parents and not P-Sirius. Now, if you dont mind, I think Ill go back to the Gryffindor tower and maybe get some sleep at night."

Unfortunately for me, when I got into the common room, I had no chance of going to sleep, for Harry, Ron and Hermione were waiting for me. Ron and Harry had determined looks on their faces, and Hermione a half worried, half curious one.

"What did Dumbledore want? "Harry asked

"Asked why we all got back so early. There's a whole week left until school starts. He was worried. I mean, we are many kids to get back at the same time." I mentally slapped myself. Usually, I was really good at lying. That just caught me off guard. But they didn't seem to notice.

"Never mind, what are you all doing here? You were supposed to go to sleep."

"We were waiting for you" Ron intervened. "Harry told us all about how apparently Malfoy was with you when you saved my sister. And you told him to act nice towards the prat." He rasied an eyebrow.

"So? What does that have to do with you ?"

"Well, Selene, you told me you'd tell me after we got out of the Chamber but ypu didnt get to tell me what was that about because Snape called you to Dumbledore's office and the other time we were leaving fo Christmas break. Now its a perfect time to say."

"Ok then. At the time Snape assigned the two of us a potions project to prove if we really had a talent at potions or it was just luck that got us there. Malfoy was eager to make Snape belive that I was just as bad at at it as Crabbe and Goyle. But we made a deal. If I let him throw insults at me without shouting back while we worked on our project, that was about a week, then he wouldn't try and ruin my work and that way, Snape wouldn't say I was only lucky or something. When we went to the Chamber, it just so happened that we were in the library when we heard Dumbledore's voice so he came with me, because even though he hates any muggleborn, he would be even sadder if the school got closed. But don't worry, our deal is over. You won't see us acting like that again. "I finished with a disgusted look on my face. Better.

"Hmm…ok I guess. But try and stay away from him before he curses you, okay?" they seemed to buy it.

"Oh, and Selene?" Hermione turned to me " Be careful. "

They went to their dorms and I sat on a couch, thinking of how stupid I was. I should've just told Harry, not lie to him again. Sometimes I wondered why had I chose Gryffindor in first place. In Slytherin no one would question my relation with Draco…besides the fact that they tought I was a muggleborn. I had to speak to Draco.

"Hey, we need to speak."

"Its after curfew."

"First, since when do you care about curfew? And second, what do you think will happen if anyone find us on the corridors after curfew? Give us detention for inter houses friendship?"

"Good point…Meet me at the Great Hall staircase in ten minutes?"

"Yup. See you there."

I carefully exited the common room after making sure no one was there to follow me. He was waiting by the staircase dressed in all black pajamas. I smirked.

"Why the vampire aura?"

"Very funny. Says miss ghost." He glanced at me. I looked like a ghost indeed with my hair white to match my pajamas. I rolled my eyes.

"Anyway, we need to talk. I…I couldn't do it. I just couldn't tell Harry. I told him and Ron and Hermione that you were there because we had a potions project and were in the library and I had to be nice to you so you wouldn't ruin my work, and-"

"Hey, calm down, I knew you wouldn't do it. Saint Potter is just too much of an idiot to let you live peacefully if you had told him. It's ok. So I suppose we just have to not talk anymore in his presence?"

"Well, I suppose we just have to be at least as much of enemies as you and Hermione are. I personally don't really mind being called a Mudblood, but don't call Hermione that anymore. We can talk and everything in the Room of Requirement or my room if you want. But none of that in front of anyone who isn't Fred, George, Ginny and maybe Severus. I don't like it either, but it's safer."

That exact moment, two owls burst through the door and let identical letters in front of us. We took them.

"To Miss Selene Alia Povans

The great hall staircase

Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

As all of our student know, last year a talent contest took place just before the term started again before Christmas, and aside from a minor incident, it was a succes. That is why, from now on, this will become a yearly event on Hogwarts and this year it will take place on the Thursday before school starts, and the final on Saturday. All those who want to take part shall send a letter or talk to Prof McGonagall until Thursday morning.

Hoping you have a great winter break,

Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore"

We looked at each other and I broke the silence.

"Seems like we'll have one this year too."

"Maybe you won't fall off the stage again. Last year my heart almost stopped. "

"I don't know if Ill participate this year."

"Whatever you do, I support you. Now and always." He smiled at me, one of his rare smiles that wasnt a smirk and his steel grey eyes softened. He pulled me into a bone crushing hug that rivaled Mrs Weasley's and whispered to me " I can't belive last year it took me so much to figure out who you are. And I definitely don't want to remember what it took for me to notice."

As he left me stunned near the Grand staircase, a light blush spread across my cheeks, I tried to ignore the little phoenix flying across my forearm the best I could, but that didn't mean I was good at it.

The contest came sooner than we expected, and everyone that participated last year did this one too. This time, the winner was Cedric Diggory from Hufflepuff. Nothing like a surprise. As soon as he started doing those muggle magical tricks, almost all girls in the Great Hall lost themselves in his big warm honey brown eyes that looked right into your very soul. Not like I was looking or something.

After classes started on Monday, I saw I had no DADA until Wednesday. Monday had been pretty basic, at least till after lunch. We met Draco and his two guards on our way to Charms. They blocked the hall.

"Look who's here. Potter and company. Weasel, Know-it-all and Mudblood. Be careful this year. If you faint or cut yourself anymore you might infect us too." He told us, making the other two laugh.

"Let her Malfoy. Get auto of the way." Harry requested

"What Potter? Your girlfriend can't speak for herself? Lost her gut this year?" I winced internally and could feel Draco doing that too. And for me at least it was obvious Harry was taken aback even more.

Yup, everything was perfect.

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