The Traitor
This was almost too easy. Hermione Granger all ready liked Lani, that much was clear. And Lani was fairly certain Ron Weasley and Harry Potter both had a crush on her. It was slightly detestable to think Harry Potter, her nemesis of all time; actually had a crush on her, but it would better help her plan. It was safe to say phase one of her plan was a success. Now she had actual challenges to deal with. One minor difficulty in this phase in the plan, which would actually carry out through the entire plan, was keeping up this Irish accent. But Lani had practice over and over, even going weeks with out using her natural English accent, so that was fairly under control. The hardest part would be the actual situation at Hogwarts. Since Lani was a "transfer student", she didn't need to go through the sorting. She was meeting with Professor Dumbledore tomorrow to discuss placement and such things. It was imperative that she goes into Gryffindor, so she could be closer to Potter. If Dumbledore made her use the hat, there was no doubt she would be placed in Slytherin. She had to think of some way to convince Dumbledore to just put her in Gryffindor. That would be challenging.
"Lani?" Lani's head snapped up as she was snatched from her thoughts.
"Sorry." Lani said flashing her sweet smile. "I was in a bit of a daze. I'm just so nervous and excited about all of this."
"Oh that's all right." Hermione laughed. "I was just wondering if you wanted to go in the Leaky Cauldron to get a drink with us. It's a little warm for butterbeer, but we'll just have to get some at Hogsmeade later this year or…" Lani laughed flipped her dark hair.
"You certainly plan a head for the future."
"Yaw, sometimes too much." Ron interjected. "Besides, we might not go to Hogsmeade that much this year." Ron said giving Hermione a significant look. Her eyes widened and she nodded.
"Oh right. I guess you're right."
"And why wouldn't we?" Harry demanded his eyes flashing slightly.
"Oh no reason." Hermione said quickly. "You know, we might just not." She lowered her head and both her and Ron tried to avoid Harry's eyes. Lani was very curious as to what this secret conversation pertained to.
"Did I miss something?" She asked with a small smile and a curious twinkle in her eyes.
"No not really."
"It's nothing." Ron and Hermione said together. Now Lani was even more curious. But she decided not to pry at this time. There would be other opportunities.
"Okay fine, keep your secrets." She said with a small laugh. She noticed Harry shift uncomfortably. He opened his mouth as if he were going to say something, then shut it again.
"Let's go to the Leaky Cauldron." Ron said.
"Ya all right come on." Hermione helped Lani drag her trunk and headed to get a drink. Lani realized that being sweet and nice and laughing and smiling all the time was very irritating. How did people do it every single day? Lani was certainly going to have to get used to it. She glanced over at Harry who still seemed a bit angry for what his friends had said. This was much more serious than a stupid fight between friends Lani realized. Perhaps she could get Hermione to tell her if they ever got alone.
"Hey ya Potter!!!!!" A tall boy with slick blonde hair jumped out in front of quartette. Harry eyes widened and he jumped back, obviously startled. This reaction made the blonde boy laugh. "Jumpy are we Potter? Well I would be too if I were in your predicament."
"Malfoy you probably don't even know how to spell predicament." Hermione snapped.
"Oh save it Mudblood." Malfoy spat.
"That's it Malfoy! I am so sick of you!" Ron stepped forward taking out his wand. This made the blonde smile broadly. Hermione grabbed Ron's wrist.
"Don't Ron! That's just what he wants you to do! We're not suppose to use magic over the summer, remember? You'll get expelled if you do!"
"Just mind your own business Mudblood." Malfoy sneered. Ron got very red, but did not move. He put his wand back in his pocket.
"Just get out of here Malfoy!"
"All right coward, see ya at school." Malfoy turned to walk away, as he passed by Lani he tripped over her extended foot. He fell face down in a large pile of mud.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there." Lani said in a fake sweet voice. Harry, Ron, and Hermione laughed as Malfoy sat up and turned to look at the person who tripped him.
"Y y y y y ou! Y y y y you tripped me!" Malfoy accused pointing his finger at the girl.
"Who, me? It was an accident." Malfoy stood up.
"I don't know who you are, but…"
"I'm a transfer student. I'm going to be a Hogwarts fifth year student."
"Really? Then I have advice for you. Stay away from those three. They'll bring you nothing but trouble."
"Thanks for the advice. Hadn't you better be washing off that mud? You wouldn't want it to harden over that detestable face of yours."
"We'll meet again and soon girl." Malfoy turned and stalked away standing as tall as he could.
"That was so cool Lani!" Ron exclaimed turning towards her. Lani shrugged.
"Well I just figured since we couldn't use magic someone should teach him a lesson a more practical way. Who was he any how?"
"Draco Malfoy. He's a fifth year too. But he's in Slytherin." Harry informed her.
"Slytherin? That's one of the houses right?"
"Ya. We're in Gryffindore, the other two houses are Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." Ron said.
"He doesn't seem to like you guys very much."
"That's an understatement." Harry muttered.
"So did you guys do something to him or something?"
"No, not really. It's just complicated. Very complicated." Hermione said.
"Well it's got a lot to do with that perfect, successful, spoiling, show off of a father his." Spat Ron.
"Really? Who's his father?"
"Lucius Malfoy. He works for the Ministry of Magic. He's a slimy dirt ball, just like his son." Ron said.
"Come on, why don't we just go and get our drinks?" Hermione suggested. As they headed towards the Leaky Cauldron, Lani could just see Malfoy as he turned a corner and disappeared. How interesting, Lucius Malfoy's son hated Harry Potter. That most definitely was not a coincidence. After reading several upon several journals of Voldemort and his supporters, Lani recalled that one of his most trusted Death Eaters was Lucius Malfoy. He had pled not guilty at the trials, saying the Dark Lord had "taken him over". It was a bunch of crap. Lucius Malfoy had consciously acted with the Dark Lord and his fellow Death Eaters, as the all had. He was a traitorous coward who could not even take responsibilities for his actions. Lani wondered if his son was the same way. If Lani had her way, all the supporters of Voldemort who claimed to be under heavy influences should be killed, or worse, given the kiss. It was a near certainty that Lani detested Draco Malfoy, no, it was a certainty.