Authors note- Ive decided to take a tip from Star Wars and not start at the beginning, for its the most boring place to start. Once I finish this, though, I will start on the
begining. PLEASE R&R.



Hope Lost Book Two: The Dragon Princess

Chapter One-Stupid Girl

You pretend you're high
Pretend you're bored
You pretend you're anything
Just to be adored
And what you need
Is what you get


A tall, black haired girl walked confidently down the halls of Hogwarts, murder in her eyes. She looked like she was perhaps fifteen and very pretty, but
not hardly enough to be considered beautiful. Her long, black, hair fel stick straight to her lower back and was currently pulled back in a messy bun. She had a nose
that could only be politely considered Roman. Her eyes were oval and, though not overly so, were rather large and and deep, saffire blue. Her lips were full but set in
a determined line and, with her narrowed eyes, made her seem absolutly evil. She wore her robes open, and underneath she wore a white wench-style shirt with a
black corset shirt over it. A long, full, black shirt covered her long legs and made her look like some kind of rennesience (sp?) princess.
It was glaringly obvious that this girl was a force to be reckoned with. As she walked, the rather crowded halls parted for her to get through. In her wake,
though, three others fought to keep up. One of them, a girl, looked exactly like the first, exept her hair was curly and her wardrobe had been introduced to color as
she wore a blue sundress that brought out her eyes and a matching headband. The other girl was about a head shorter than the others. She had chin length red hair and
bright green eyes. She opted for more practical dress, black slacks and a green blouse. The fourth member was a boy, easily as tall as the other dark haired girls. He
looked amazingly like Hogwarts most charizmatic professer, Snape, with shorter, curlyer hair. He seemed to be the only one of the followers that could easily keep up
with the first girl.
" Azrael, could ya slow down a minute?" His voice was deep, and nothing like the biting ,silky, tone his father used. His sister whirled around to face him.
Her face was twisted in suppressed fury as she regaurded(sp?) him.
"Slow down? Slow Down! Ill have you remember exactly why I am so royally pissed at this moment Gabriel?" He blinked a minute before the duos triplet
decided to answer.
"It because, dear brother, Father wants to send you and I to the past for our mission, and not Azrael because he belives she cant handle it." The curly
haired girl shrugged off the glare her sister deposited on her.
"Well we all know, after What Happened, that you have had enough emotional trauma to last three lifetimes and traveling to the past is very physicaly(sp?)
as well as emotionally tiring." The red haired fourth party finally spoke, then nimbly jumped out of the way as Azrael jumped at her. "You need to let me finish! Your
father forgets that because of What Happened you are the most emotionally equipped for the job."
"Nice save Lily dear." Curls said with a giggle.
"Shut up Adriel!" Azrael growled, and again began making her way to the dungeons again. The other three behind her.

Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in faith
Don't believe in anything
That you can't break
You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted

The door to the potions classroom burst open with enough force to send shreiks of terror through the class.Once the black haired banshee stepped
through, though, it took about a second for the room to clear out. Severous Snape stood at the front of the room. He was considerably older than he had been in the
days that Potter and his gang had roamed the halls of Hogwarts fifteen years ago. His hair, still greasy, was graying, and his sallow skin seemed even more so. The
worst part was that this mearly made him look even more like someone not to be messed with. He turned and fixed his daughter with his most lethal stare. She didnt
even wince and sent its equally deadly twin back. Azrael was ever her Father's daughter. She had his nose, his height, his biting sarcasm and brilliant mind. Or,
perhaps, It was her mothers mind that she had inherited? it didnt matter now, as her mother had abbandoned the family when the triplets were born.
The other three quickly took seats to watch the immpending showdown. This was a rather normal occurance, and the other students had learned from
experience that you didnt get in the way of between any member of the Snapes. It was rather amazing that the family had been able to live toghether without
destroying the school. It was a little known fact that the only reason they hadnt killed eachother yet was because Azrael had bet her Father that she would be top
student in the school all throughout her carrer, and if she died then it would diffuse the bet.
"Azrael, what is wrong with you now?" His voice was annoyed, as he had been about to yell at a particularly incompetant Gryffindor third year and she
had let him get away. " Dont tell me you are upset over the last grade I gave you. It was what you deseved."
"I am soo very sorry that writing a word so messily that it COULD have been misspelled consitutes as a reason to give me a ninty. That is irrelavant. I
came to speak to you about your overly pig-headed male point of view that seems to make you think that I cant handle going to the past. Need I remind you that
I am the most equipped for the job. I am the top student in the school, I am the best dueler, and I have taken extensive classes in muggle Karate." She amazingly
said this all in one breath and the took a seat.
"Oh dear Father, she forgot to mention she was the most modest ever!" Adreil giggled. She immeadiatly shut up when two deadly glares were sent her
way.Azrael turned back to her Father. She opened her mouth to speak but a soft chucle interupted the small group. They all turned toward the doorway. A rather
hansome older version of Draco Malfoy stood there. His silver hair was longer, and pulled back in a short ponytail and a silver dragon earing graced his ear. The
younger members of the group all smiled at him and in a collective voice all greeted him.
"Good morning Uncle Draco." Draco had become like a brother to Severous after he graduated and renounced his parents and any connection with
Voldemort so he became like a surrogate uncle to the entire Snape clan, as well as the adopted daughter Lily. Lily was the daughter of Harry Potter and Ginny
Weasley. She looked amazingly like her namesake, her grandmother, and held the same charisma as her father. The poor girl's mother had died in childbirth and her
father had died on the day of What Happened, as was the collective name for the day Voldemort was defeated (She was five). The Weasleys couldnt take her as it
was just the beginning of a much larger war, headed by Lucious Malfoy. So Severous Snape had adopted her, and she was raised along with his other children at
Hogwarts. The girl kept to herself mostly though, and sadly enough the others in the room were her only friends.
"Back to the task at hand," Azrael cut in impatiently. "I WILL be going on this trip, WE will. All four of us." She turned to the others, who all nodded
enthusiastically. She smirked and looked at her Father.


What drives you on
Can drive you mad
A million lies to sell yourself
Is all you ever had
Don't believe in love
Don't believe in hate
Don't believe in anything
That you can't waste

Two days later, the four were ready to go. Severous had finaly relented under the guise that he needed a break from them anyway. The mission was this:
Lucious Malfoy, the new Dark Lord, found a way to destroy Hogwarts. The catch was that he had to go to the past to do it, and he had to find the Dragon Princess
to do it. The legend stated that the Dragon Princess was a woman who would destroy the Dark Lord by turning into a dragon. She spoke parseltongue and dragon
tongue, she was an animagus (obviously), and she held in her possesion a bloodred crystal that could destroy or heal anything the holder wished it to. All in all, she
is a very dangerous woman. But back to the mission. The four were to go to Hogwarts in the past, posing as exchange students, and keep an eyes out for Lucious or
the Dragon Princess. It wasnt that hard, except that they couldnt let on that either was near.
Azrael smiled as she said her goodbyes. She stepped back and the group of four created a circle holding hands. A timeturner was placed in the center
with a charm that held it midair and turned it seventeen times. A flash of red light blinded spectatores as the group dissapeared.

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe you fake it
Can't believe you fake it
Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in pain
Don't believe in anyone
That you can't tame