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Everyone Has Secrets: Part 4
By kozumikku tenshi

"Mr Potter!" exclaimed Alexa. "How -um, nice to see you! Please, take a seat."

"I'd rather stand, Ms Riddle. So it was you sneaking off into the forest at night. You are in very serious trouble, young lady!"

"Uh huh," mumbled Alexa, obviously not genuinely paying attention. "I suppose I had to be caught sometime. I was very careless, wasn't I?" She paused. "Mr Potter, I believe it would be atrosiously bad manners not to introduce me to your friends . . . "

Ron, Neville, Hermione and Viktor had been lingering in the background. Now Ron stepped forward and said "I'm Ron Weasley, and this is Mr. and Mrs. Viktor Krum That's Neville Longbottom. Now I'd like to ask you a few questions: Who are you, what are you, and who sent you?"

Alexa laughed. "Yes, yes Mr Weasley. You must be patient. Matters such as these take some thought." She took a deep breath and began.

"Well, as you may have already heard, I'm related to Voldemort." Ron visibly shuddered at that name. " But, I'm a muggle, born into a wizarding family." Her eyes darkened. "Not a happy childhood. My wizard relatives kept trying to force some magic out of me, and when they realized it was a lost cause, they rejected me." She said bitterly, with something that almost sounded like hatred in her voice. "Didn't know about my gift, the talking to animals thing, and they didn't care. But why would I want them to care? Some of them were still evil, and I didn't want to get into that.

"I found out about Hogwarts from hacking into the ministry of magic's computers. Or rather, computer. Arthur Weasley finally learn how to use the internet, thank goodness for that! I wanted to go here and see young wizards in action. Might make a good story. I'm a writer, you know. Fanfiction, mostly. . .But, I learned that a "bad wizard", a Death Eater, may have infiltrated Hogwarts." She winked at Ron. "I also learned that Mr Weasley here has been sent by the MOM (A/N: Don't be fooled, that's 'Ministry of Magic'. He he he . . ) to check it out. Weren't you, Ron? Bet you thout I was the Death Eater, didn't you?"

Ron flushed deep scarlet, but kept his mouth shut.

Alexa continued" I should never have asked so many questions! I've usually been able to go un-noticed, but with you watching, I couldn't. I would told the snake to split, but I couldn't with all those people around!

"Well, anyway, I always wanted to go on a real adventure, so I decided to come look for this Death Eater. I always depised followers of Voldemort -for heaven's sake Ron, stop shaking like that! It's just a name - so passed myself off a a student. I found the Death Eater, and tonight I was going to turn him in to Dumbledore - or gather the cavalry-" she gestured towards the animals. "-and storm him. Which ever suited me best." Alexa sighed and smiled. 'Enough about me, let's talk about you!"

Harry blinked. "Amazing! Astounding! You must've been very clever to get into Hogwarts!"

"What I want to know," Neville piped up. "is Who is this Death Eater?"

A very good question, Harry thought.

Alexa frowned. 'Well, it's -"

"Me," a voice from behind them said.

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The animal felt it right away. They all scampered and flew off like there was no tomorrow. Harry thought he heard the unicorn yell "What did I tell you about keeping secrets?!" and saw him trample on the tiger foot. Before long, only the dragon remained, but he had backed up considerably. Suddenly Harry felt what had made them run: A coldness like a fist that knocked the wind out of him. His scar burned intensely. Ron gasped, and Hermione clutched Viktor's hand until her knuckles turned white.

A dark figure stood on the edge of the clearing, cloaked in black. His eyes shone, and his silvery blonde hair reflected in the moonlight.

Harry cleared his throat with some effort. "Well, Malfoy, looked like you followed in your fathers foot steps."

Malfoy sneered. "You wish, Potter. I've become stronger than my father ever could have. I'm Voldemort's heir! He gave some of his power to me, just days before he died - before you destroyed him. Bad luck for you, though. That means a slow and painful death!"

Alexa stood up and began to run towards him, but Malfoy produced a wand from his rob, muttered a spell, and sent her flying into the nearest tree. Harry could see the trickle of blood that remained where her head hit.

Malfoy sighed and gave a twisted grin. "Too bad I couldn't turn her to my side. She had potental, even for a muggle!" He nearly spat the word 'muggle', like it left a disgusting taste in his mouth. Then he pointed his wand at Harry, Hermione, Viktor, and Neville, and said "Accio wands!" All four wands flew effortless towards him before Harry could stop them. "Well," Malfoy sighed, "Guess this is the part where I kill you!" He raised his wand and muttered "Guess what, Harry? I'm going to be the next Voldemort, and you won't be here to stop me!"

Excrutiating pain. It defined his world, consumed him and made him twitch like a worm on a hook. He could distantly hear Hermione screaming, but it didn't matter. He was going to die.

As suddenly as it began, the pain stopped. Though he was temporarily blinded he heard very clearly what was going on: A girls enraged scream, followed by the swooshing of wings. An intense struggle was going on, he knew that.

FLASH! Wait, he could see again! He saw Hermione, looking between him and something else that was going on. He sat up so quickly that his head hurt, to see what was going on: Alexa had regain consiousness, snuck up behind Malfoy, and tackled him with the strength of a football player. Harry could see the blood that ran from her head, all the way down her back.She was now on Malfoy's back, and he was desperately trying to get her off him.

Harry's wand, along with Neville's, Ron's and Viktor's, had been scattered on the ground. Neville dived, and landed beside the wands. He quickly saw which one was his, and hurtle the rest of them at there owners. Harry reached up and caught it, and pointed at Malfoy, but Alexa, who was now holding on for dear life like a rider on a bucking bronco, shouted, "No! Wait a second!" Harry looked confused, but then he looked up, and so did Viktor, Ron and Hermione: The dragon, which had rose into the air when Alexa screamed, was steadily plummeting back to earth.

Seconds before it hit the ground, Alexa leaped aside, rolled, and ended up on the opposite side of the clearing. There was a bone-jarring crash, a scream that ended abruptly, and the sound of bones snapping like twigs underfoot.

When the dust had settled, the dragon was calmly sitting in the spot that Malfoy had been seconds before. Alexa was lying on the ground, moaning. "Oh, my head!"

"Gosh!" Hermione gasped. "Crushed like a bug!"

They all ran towards Alexa. "Are you alright?" Neville asked worriedly. " Alexa sat up.

"Yeah, I just need to walk it off . . ." she said before she promtly fainted.

Hermione checked her pulse. "She'll been fine. I think she's lost a lot of blood though."

"We better get her back to the castle then," Harry said. Then he turned to the dragon. "You better split. Fly to Romania and look for Charlie Weasley, if you get into trouble. I'll send Alexa out after you after awhile."

The dragon nodded and took off into the air. Where he had just been, Harry saw a black cloak, nothing more. "Thank you!" Ron yelled, as the dragon disappeared into the moonlit sky.

Viktor picked up Alexa, and Harry picked up the cloak with a twig. "Well then, lets go!"

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Epilogue:(A/N: I know, that's probably not spelt right but I have more important things to do! ^_^)

Alexa recovered and met up with the rest of her animal posse around Europe. Eventually, all traces of Voldemort's followers disappeared, and the wizarding world regained the peace they had long been fighting for.

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That's it!!! Hope you enjoyed it! Look for more stories by me, especially an upcoming original story that I'm still trying to give a plot! Thanks!