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When Happily Ever After Ends
Danielle ran through the halls and up to her dorm. She collapsed on the bed and locked the door with a flick of her wand. A silencing charm was cast on the room and everything went quiet.
Shadow jumped into the bed and curled up against Danielle. Danielle just lay there, she was on the brink of tears, but she refused to cry.
After about two hours of fighting back tears, Danielle had recovered most of the way. She lay on her side and petted Shadow to comfort herself.
"I knew it was to good to last. Nothing good ever really happens to me. My life was just playing a trick on me, teaching me a lesson for letting my guard down." Shadow licked her hand trying to comfort her.
Suddenly Harry's voice filled her head. "Danielle, I know you are upset, but you can't stay in there forever. Unlock this door and let us in. We've been out here for two hours. Now let us in."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were outside the door banging on it, but she couldn't hear because of her silencing charm.
"No, I can't do this any more Harry. She was right I don't fit in here. I'm going to leave and find my own way, I don't want any trouble." Danielle said yelling at first but she was whispering by the end.
"Danielle, it was just a stupid article. I have had many written about me. You need to understand that they will print anything, even lies to get people to read their stupid paper. You just need to stick with your friends and you'll be fine. Ron, where are you going, oops sorry I forgot who I was talking to." Harry said and Danielle had to laugh.
Suddenly the window burst open and Ron was there on Harry's broom. Ron ran over to her bed and just held her for a few minutes.
Danielle felt safe; she felt that maybe she could get through this. Ron seemed to make everything okay by just being there.
She wandlessly took the silencing charm off the room and instantly Hermione's banging could be heard, "Danielle Lynn Potter let us in this room right now." Both Danielle and Ron burst out laughing and Danielle unlocked the door.
The door fell open and Hermione and Harry toppled over into room, causing all four of them to laugh. The four relocked the door and sat around on Danielle's bed talking. Ron had his arms around her holding her tight.
"Danielle," Hermione said trying to cheer her up, "people only take the stuff in those magazines seriously until they print the next one."
Danielle just nodded, but couldn't bring herself to smile.
"Yeah," Harry added, "everyone will forget all of it as soon as the next issue comes out with a different story, destroying someone else's life."
Harry, Hermione, and even Ron laughed as they remembered last years experience. Danielle just sat there.
'They are right,' Danielle told herself, 'I can do this with the help of my friends and this can't last forever.' Ron noticed she wasn't laughing and he held her tighter. The others stopped laughing soon also.
Finally they convinced her to come down and get some lunch with them.
"We'll be right there with you, together we will get through this." Harry told her as they left the common room and walked down to the great hall.
Ron had one arm and Harry had the other and they were pretty much carrying her there. The closer they got the more nasty looks and stares Danielle got.
She started to try and turn around, but neither Ron nor Harry would let her. "You need to face them sometime," Ron told her softly, "and don't you want to show them all that you don't care what they think?"
Danielle shook her head, "But I do care what they think."
They dragged her into the great hall and made her sit down. The stares that followed her made her very uneasy.
Malfoy was sitting in the great hall and saw her come in, or rather being dragged in. He still thought she had been teasing him and was very bitter about it. He saw his opportunity to get her back, and Malfoy never missed an opportunity like this.
Malfoy came over and sat down next to Hermione right across from Danielle.
"So that's how you did it." He sneered at her.
"Shut up Malfoy go sit at your own table, or have they finally gotten rid of you also." Harry spat at him.
Malfoy ignored him and focused on Danielle.
"I wondered how you managed to get back to the wizarding community by yourself. Now we all can see you for what you are. I knew you were just a weak little girl. You needed a powerful wizard to help you get back and you are just here to trap your own brother for him. Voldemort helped you get out of that hellhole you lived in and in return your going to turn over your own brother. It's all right here in print, you can't hind anymore." Malfoy smiled brightly as Danielle looked hurt.
Suddenly she looked up at him, all traces of hurt were gone from her face. She didn't look angry or mad, but calm and serious.
"Well since you've found me out, I might as well tell you, he isn't very happy with you and your family." Danielle said taking so quietly that only Malfoy and her friends could hear her.
"Voldemort has taken me under his wing and he trusts me, but more importantly he needs me. No matter how close your family thinks they are, they can't be as close as the 'weak little girl' who is going to bring him what he wants most, Harry Potter." Danielle paused to let her words sink in; she was catching him at his own game.
Danielle then raised her voice so more people could hear. "Since I seem to have such powerful people backing me up, why do you risk your life to try and make fun of me? Simply because I turned you down for a date? Oh, I hate to tell you this, but any girl with any sense of pride would turn you down. Pansy is the only person who would say yes and she'd sleep with every guy in this room if they would let her. Sorry to bust you bubble."
Danielle smiled innocently at him and got up and walked calmly out of the great hall. Ron, Harry, and Hermione grabbed some food, and ran out to catch up with her.
Malfoy watched her go. He couldn't figure out how she always got to him. No one ever got to him like that. He just watched her go and looked at her in complete disbelief.
Danielle was sitting in the common room when her friends entered.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked her after he had sat down next to her.
"Do what?" Danielle asked really not having a clue what he was talking about.
"How to you turn everything Malfoy says against him like that?" Harry asked for Ron. Danielle just shrugged.
"I suppose I just made the rumors worse by pretending that they were true." She said looking kind of sad.
"No, actually you did just the opposite." Hermione said smiling almost evilly. "Now all the rumors will be about how Malfoy can't get a date or how you are the only one in the school who had stood up to him and made a fool out of him without using magic!"
Danielle smiled at the thought. Hermione handed her some food that they had grabbed from lunch, since she never did eat anything.
Hermione's assessment of the situation was correct. When Danielle went down for dinner that night, she didn't get any evil stares, wells except from the Slytherins.
Danielle thanked her friends as they headed for bed that evening. "I couldn't have made it through without you guys, I would still be in that room if it wasn't for you." Danielle said giving them all a hug.
"What are friends and family for?" Harry said giving her a long hug.
"Hey, that's my girlfriend!" Ron joked as he pretended to hit Harry in the arm.
Danielle smiled and turned to him. She kissed him passionately on the lips.
"Hey that's my sister" Harry said doing the same thing Ron had just done. But before he could break them apart, Danielle just slightly elbowed him in the side. Harry and Hermione left them to their kissing.
"I can take a hint." Harry said as he started up the stairs.
"Not unless someone smacks your face with it," Hermione said bitterly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Harry said defensively.
"I've been giving you hints that I like you since first year and you still haven't picked up a single one!" Hermione said glaring at him.
"You like me?" Harry said, his face in showing how confused he was.
"And even when it slaps you in the face you don't see it." Hermione yelled over her shoulder storming off to her dorm.
Ron and Danielle appeared on the stairs. "Is something wrong?" Danielle asked him.
"I think Hermione just told me she likes me." Harry said still confused.
Danielle and Ron looked at each other and said together, "About time!" Then they pushed past the even more confused Harry and went up to bed.
Note: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reviewed my story.
When Happily Ever After Ends
Danielle ran through the halls and up to her dorm. She collapsed on the bed and locked the door with a flick of her wand. A silencing charm was cast on the room and everything went quiet.
Shadow jumped into the bed and curled up against Danielle. Danielle just lay there, she was on the brink of tears, but she refused to cry.
After about two hours of fighting back tears, Danielle had recovered most of the way. She lay on her side and petted Shadow to comfort herself.
"I knew it was to good to last. Nothing good ever really happens to me. My life was just playing a trick on me, teaching me a lesson for letting my guard down." Shadow licked her hand trying to comfort her.
Suddenly Harry's voice filled her head. "Danielle, I know you are upset, but you can't stay in there forever. Unlock this door and let us in. We've been out here for two hours. Now let us in."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were outside the door banging on it, but she couldn't hear because of her silencing charm.
"No, I can't do this any more Harry. She was right I don't fit in here. I'm going to leave and find my own way, I don't want any trouble." Danielle said yelling at first but she was whispering by the end.
"Danielle, it was just a stupid article. I have had many written about me. You need to understand that they will print anything, even lies to get people to read their stupid paper. You just need to stick with your friends and you'll be fine. Ron, where are you going, oops sorry I forgot who I was talking to." Harry said and Danielle had to laugh.
Suddenly the window burst open and Ron was there on Harry's broom. Ron ran over to her bed and just held her for a few minutes.
Danielle felt safe; she felt that maybe she could get through this. Ron seemed to make everything okay by just being there.
She wandlessly took the silencing charm off the room and instantly Hermione's banging could be heard, "Danielle Lynn Potter let us in this room right now." Both Danielle and Ron burst out laughing and Danielle unlocked the door.
The door fell open and Hermione and Harry toppled over into room, causing all four of them to laugh. The four relocked the door and sat around on Danielle's bed talking. Ron had his arms around her holding her tight.
"Danielle," Hermione said trying to cheer her up, "people only take the stuff in those magazines seriously until they print the next one."
Danielle just nodded, but couldn't bring herself to smile.
"Yeah," Harry added, "everyone will forget all of it as soon as the next issue comes out with a different story, destroying someone else's life."
Harry, Hermione, and even Ron laughed as they remembered last years experience. Danielle just sat there.
'They are right,' Danielle told herself, 'I can do this with the help of my friends and this can't last forever.' Ron noticed she wasn't laughing and he held her tighter. The others stopped laughing soon also.
Finally they convinced her to come down and get some lunch with them.
"We'll be right there with you, together we will get through this." Harry told her as they left the common room and walked down to the great hall.
Ron had one arm and Harry had the other and they were pretty much carrying her there. The closer they got the more nasty looks and stares Danielle got.
She started to try and turn around, but neither Ron nor Harry would let her. "You need to face them sometime," Ron told her softly, "and don't you want to show them all that you don't care what they think?"
Danielle shook her head, "But I do care what they think."
They dragged her into the great hall and made her sit down. The stares that followed her made her very uneasy.
Malfoy was sitting in the great hall and saw her come in, or rather being dragged in. He still thought she had been teasing him and was very bitter about it. He saw his opportunity to get her back, and Malfoy never missed an opportunity like this.
Malfoy came over and sat down next to Hermione right across from Danielle.
"So that's how you did it." He sneered at her.
"Shut up Malfoy go sit at your own table, or have they finally gotten rid of you also." Harry spat at him.
Malfoy ignored him and focused on Danielle.
"I wondered how you managed to get back to the wizarding community by yourself. Now we all can see you for what you are. I knew you were just a weak little girl. You needed a powerful wizard to help you get back and you are just here to trap your own brother for him. Voldemort helped you get out of that hellhole you lived in and in return your going to turn over your own brother. It's all right here in print, you can't hind anymore." Malfoy smiled brightly as Danielle looked hurt.
Suddenly she looked up at him, all traces of hurt were gone from her face. She didn't look angry or mad, but calm and serious.
"Well since you've found me out, I might as well tell you, he isn't very happy with you and your family." Danielle said taking so quietly that only Malfoy and her friends could hear her.
"Voldemort has taken me under his wing and he trusts me, but more importantly he needs me. No matter how close your family thinks they are, they can't be as close as the 'weak little girl' who is going to bring him what he wants most, Harry Potter." Danielle paused to let her words sink in; she was catching him at his own game.
Danielle then raised her voice so more people could hear. "Since I seem to have such powerful people backing me up, why do you risk your life to try and make fun of me? Simply because I turned you down for a date? Oh, I hate to tell you this, but any girl with any sense of pride would turn you down. Pansy is the only person who would say yes and she'd sleep with every guy in this room if they would let her. Sorry to bust you bubble."
Danielle smiled innocently at him and got up and walked calmly out of the great hall. Ron, Harry, and Hermione grabbed some food, and ran out to catch up with her.
Malfoy watched her go. He couldn't figure out how she always got to him. No one ever got to him like that. He just watched her go and looked at her in complete disbelief.
Danielle was sitting in the common room when her friends entered.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked her after he had sat down next to her.
"Do what?" Danielle asked really not having a clue what he was talking about.
"How to you turn everything Malfoy says against him like that?" Harry asked for Ron. Danielle just shrugged.
"I suppose I just made the rumors worse by pretending that they were true." She said looking kind of sad.
"No, actually you did just the opposite." Hermione said smiling almost evilly. "Now all the rumors will be about how Malfoy can't get a date or how you are the only one in the school who had stood up to him and made a fool out of him without using magic!"
Danielle smiled at the thought. Hermione handed her some food that they had grabbed from lunch, since she never did eat anything.
Hermione's assessment of the situation was correct. When Danielle went down for dinner that night, she didn't get any evil stares, wells except from the Slytherins.
Danielle thanked her friends as they headed for bed that evening. "I couldn't have made it through without you guys, I would still be in that room if it wasn't for you." Danielle said giving them all a hug.
"What are friends and family for?" Harry said giving her a long hug.
"Hey, that's my girlfriend!" Ron joked as he pretended to hit Harry in the arm.
Danielle smiled and turned to him. She kissed him passionately on the lips.
"Hey that's my sister" Harry said doing the same thing Ron had just done. But before he could break them apart, Danielle just slightly elbowed him in the side. Harry and Hermione left them to their kissing.
"I can take a hint." Harry said as he started up the stairs.
"Not unless someone smacks your face with it," Hermione said bitterly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Harry said defensively.
"I've been giving you hints that I like you since first year and you still haven't picked up a single one!" Hermione said glaring at him.
"You like me?" Harry said, his face in showing how confused he was.
"And even when it slaps you in the face you don't see it." Hermione yelled over her shoulder storming off to her dorm.
Ron and Danielle appeared on the stairs. "Is something wrong?" Danielle asked him.
"I think Hermione just told me she likes me." Harry said still confused.
Danielle and Ron looked at each other and said together, "About time!" Then they pushed past the even more confused Harry and went up to bed.