Tendencies of the Traitorous Heart~ Ch. 4 Difficult Road to Attain a Wish

Hello! This is my first fanfic, so be fair in your reviews! I welcome flames but only constructive flames! I don't own any of the characters or places known in Harry Potter. I only own my characters Gisela Gringles and Nicole Riddle. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Summary of the story~ Nicole Riddle has lived a live of evil and cruelty but then she is finally allowed to escape the darkness but the only problem is that to stay out of the darkness she must follow her father's plans or die. And this plan contains Harry Potter who might be the key to open Nicole's guarded and hidden heart but will Harry want to? Read and find out if love can conquer all or if the darkness will always succeed in its plans of destruction!

~May of the end of 5th year- Hogswarts~

"Hey Ginny, wait up!" Hermione called as she rushed down the hall towards her best friend, trying to balance her schoolbooks in her arms.

"Sorry Mione! Guess I was lost in my thoughts! Let me guess, you are going to be studying again tonight for the finals which are next week!" Ginny's amused retort wafted in the air as she stopped walking and stopped to read the posting on the wall that stated of how Gryffindor had beat Slytherin for the quidditch cup; 200 to 120, allowing her friend to catch up.

"Yep! Ron is going to be so angry with me but since I told him that, you know, I would be ready for the next step of our relationship probably after the summer that has shut him up!" Hermione calmly stated knowing that her face was a brilliant tomato.

"Ha! You mean he shuts up when you tell him that you might not be ready till you are eighty if he doesn't bug off! Hey you remember when I told you about Draco," at Mione's affirmative nod she continued her dialogue, "Well I have decided that my plan of seduction will happen on the night of the of 7th year ball since Malfoy is attending and I asked Harry to take me!"

"Are you sure you're ready? I mean did Miranda's lessons of seduction help?" Mione asked generally still amazed by the fact that Ginny was in love with Draco and even more so that Draco seemed to love her also. Hermione hoped that when Ginny and Draco did get together that their relationship will be strong enough so it can pass any obstacles including the daunting Weasley brothers.

~But I will help with Ron because I know that love can happen to the strangest combinations of people and I definitely believe that Draco will make her happy because in the last few months that I have been watching him, I have seen past his cold façade every time he has laid eyes on Ginny! Yes, they will do well even though I will always consider Draco a bastard! ~ Hermione observed while she watched her friend blush and then answer,

"Um, yah I guess the lessons helped! At least I know what to do now and how to please a guy and all that!" Ginny mumbled but then carried on in a more steady tone, "We need to go to Zonko's this weekend to retrieve my gown because now after doing most of Lavender the idiot's homework, I have enough money to buy the dress!"

"Wow, I still can't believe that Miranda Buckshell helped you but then you are helping her to perhaps go out with Harry once, so maybe it is a fair trade. By the by, how are you going to get Harry to go with her this weekend to Three Broomsticks? I mean he just broke up with Jessica Little, the siren bitch of Hufflepuff 5th year, therefore why would he want to go out with the average but sweet Miranda?" Hermione questioned, reminiscing on the big event that occurred last week and couldn't help but chuckle,

~Poor Harry! ~

*Previous Week*

"Listen Jessica, we had some good times but we both known that it wouldn't work out! You are beautiful, sweet, and stylish," upon hearing Harry remark on how she was always in current fashion, Jessica cooed and fluttered her eyelashes in his direction, " and I am positive you will find somebody out there who will worship the ground you walk on but that person can't be me! I'm sorry!"

~ I hope she gets the message and just goes away, I really don't want to embarrass her, alas she is the one who stopped me in the middle of the great hall to ask what I meant last night with the phrase 'We will be better off without one another, hope we can still be friends'! Personally I couldn't ever be with somebody who believes that beauty and popularity gives you the right to put other people down, even though she did make sure I only saw the sweet and kind mask she put into place! ~ Harry decided as he saw Jessica's face get really red with anger and then stomp off while yelling over her shoulder,

"Harry, it is over! You suck at a lover and I never take the second best! Good-bye, hope you understand!"

Unluckily for Jessica, everyone had already eavesdropped on the conservation and knew that he had dumped her so now she just made her image appear as a spoiled brat who thought she deserved anything and anyone, therefore the students laughed and snickered as she vacated the great hall. Seating himself at the Gryffindor table, Harry just put his head down trying to limit the sound of his laughter that was gurgling in his throat.

"Well if anyone deserved to be embarrassed it was her, the bitch! And Harry no body believed that you weren't a good lover because all we ever hear is 'Harry is so wonderful, why can't you be like him?', so cheer up bloke!" Seamus claimed as he continued stuffing the mashed potatoes into his mouth and then almost choked when he heard the entire table burst into hysterical laughter.

~Well maybe it is poor Seamus! ~ Hermione changed her thoughts while waiting for her friend's answer to her inquisition.

"Actually I am just going to tell Harry that he owed me and that I expect payment now because the whole Litta affair. Harry always pays back debts! God Mione, is this a good idea? Draco hasn't even conversed with me for the last 3 months. Does he even care or am I just fooling myself?" Ginny wailed with pain.

"Ginny, he is afraid. I don't believe I am saying this about that cad although following reading about his family, I understand him more. His father is a psycho and his mother and sister disappeared. He doesn't know what love is and you need to show him Ginny. You are his only hope! I have taken three months to get used to the idea of you two together and not that it will be easy but if he tries to be civil then I will support you two all of the way!" Hermione decreed with passion remembering of how Ginny has constantly been there for her.

"Thank you Mione! You are the best of friends! I know he needs me, you are right! I will help him to know love and I will be happy. Just hope the boys will understand!" the red head sobbed grabbing her best friend into a bear hug in the middle of the hall, forcing both girls to drop their books.

"Same back to you, Gin! Don't worry; they will have the whole summer to get used to the idea!" Mione mustered through her tears of happiness and friendship.

"Oh, look! It seems that the mudblood and Weasley will force us to get life boats with all of their whining!" a bitter, taunting voice stated behind them. Whipping around their heads in record speed, the girls could only glare at the annoying visage of Pansy Parkinson, the Slytherin bitch and whore. Pansy could be called beautiful with her brown hair, black eyes and huge breasts which all men appreciate.

"Go crawl back under the rock which you came from!" Ginny waspishly grated whilst she unconnected her body from her best bud and took a threatening step towards the bitch. Hermione hearing that degrading and vicious slander of Muggle-borns, she tensed her lean body for the battle sure to commence.

"Pansy, go back to the dorm! You are embarrassing the Slytherin name with your poor comebacks and small intelligence!" the hypnotic and bored voice of Draco's slithered into the earshot of all three women.

"But Draco, they deserved it!" Pansy pleaded even as her body seductively leaned towards the muscular figure of the blond haired idol standing before her.

"Don't anger me! Go!" Draco commanded just as he sent Pansy a threatening glare, waiting to see if she disobeyed the Slytherin deity. Upon receiving her orders, Pansy reluctantly left down the hall leading to the stairs of the Divination class.

"Thank you even though I would have enjoyed flattening her!" Ginny smirked at the same time as she sent a dazzling smile in Draco's direction. Surprised by her beauty, Draco could only 'humph' before following Pansy's direction.

"That was interesting! Come on! Let's go to the common room! We must study and prepare! March!" Hermione ground out with humor.

"Yes, commander, sir!" Ginny laughably rejoined as they both ran the opposite direction as Draco, racing each other till they reached the fat lady portrait.

*Later that night*

"Dinner was so good! I loved the pudding! Ahh, heaven!" Seamus mused, closing his eyes and picturing the food.

"Is that the only thing you think about? I swear, we have been going out for the last two weeks and all I ever hear is food!" Lilian, a 5th year Gryffindor wailed dramatically whilst fainting onto the sofa causing everyone in the room to laugh.

"Can't even please your own girlfriend? You should take lessons from Harry; he supposed to be the best lover in the whole world even better than Malfoy, so the women say!" Percy stated trying to reach the door before Seamus pounded him into the ground.

"Yah, Harry will help!" George teased upon seeing the entrance of the infamous Potter, one of his good friends.

"What can I help with?" Harry inquired confused by the scene presented to him. Hermione was reading a school book on Ron's lap, Ginny was strategizing the chess game, as she did when she asked Harry earlier today about Miranda, with Fred, Seamus and Percy were fighting and George was rolling on his back laughing with Lilian.

"Nothing, Harry. The bozos are just being stupid as usual!" Hermione sighed as she massaged Ron's thigh reading the potions book.

"I'm going to take a shower! So I will take an hour! Oh and Ginny make sure Miranda knows this is only going to be one date, I don't want her to be expecting to be loved by the best lover and then never get any! I don't want to hurt her Ginny!" Harry called, sauntering out of the common room bringing along his towel and shampoo while Ginny just smiled and mouthed a silent thank-you in his direction.

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*Mediterranean-May*

"Nicky, come on out! It can't be that bad! Come out here now, young lady!" Liguawana ordered, tapping her foot in irritation.

"It's horrible. It shows so much leg and I feel naked. I can't go out in public like this!" Nicole wailed from the other side of the bathroom door, examining herself in the mirror. The Hogswart skirt and shirt molded perfectly to her lean muscular hourglass figure. She looked like a school boy's dream but to her eyes, she still appeared as the sickly wraith-like woman of five months ago. Voldermont had allowed her to live and decided to send her to Hogswarts for the sixth year; he wants her to destroy Harry!

~He doesn't tell me how he will destroy Harry but he says he will tell me in time! HA! I will never follow his plans! I have been studying magic, the world and life for the last 5 months and I have been getting more and more progressive in my power and knowledge! I will not help Voldermont! ~ Nicole reassured herself in her mind while her thoughts regressed to the meeting with her father last month,

*Last Month- Lucius Malfoy's summer home~

"Mistress, the master requests you in the study, now!" Liguawana emphatically stated her head down where her eyes were staring at the dirt spots on her feet since she had to discard all her clothing yesterday in preparation of Voldermont's arrival. Nicole when she was ten had gifted Liguawana with a dress which symbolized that in Nicole's eye, Liguawana was free.

"I'm coming!" Nicole grunted even as she placed her body weight onto her feet and waltzed with purpose out of the library in the general direction of the east wing where the study was located. ~~~~~~~

"Where is that blasted girl? Does she think that she can make me, the great Voldermont wait?" Voldermont growled, interlacing in his tone a definite chilling malice.

"Actually, Great One, I just heard of your arrival and walked here, so stop making it seems as I deliberately disobeyed your orders!" a sarcastically, calm voice boomed into ear-range. Upon the voice's arrival into Voldermont's ear, his head inadvertently turned to behold a brown haired goddess, at least to most men or living creatures.

"Ah, I see that you have become beautiful, in the sense of most, but to me you are just my toy to do with as I see! You have finished your first duty to me and the next will also be accomplished else dire consequences will result!" the chilling monster replied with obvious psychotic glee.

"Oh, why thank you for allowing me to live! But what is my next mission, commander sir?" Nicole loftily chortled, thanking the great creator for her second chance to destroy the great plague of the world, magical and non- magical.

"Do not anger me!" Voldermont hissed angrily, "The next mission for you is to go to Hogswarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and to destroy Harry Potter!" Taking on a certain aura of intent, Voldermont was lost in his thoughts of the final destruction of his arch-nemesis.

"Who is Harry Potter?" Nicole inquired realistically confused by the fact that someone at this school seemed to have made her terrifying father, afraid.

"Who is Harry Potter? Potter is the 'boy who lived'; he is the only one who might succeed in destroying my plans of world domination and servitude of the mudbloods. You will destroy him and bring him to me by the June of the 6th year or I will take you and you will be forced to go through the torture and death that awaited Harry! Do I make myself clear?" her parent violently whispered, placing his blood red eyes on his offspring's blue/green orbs which were misted over by the general mask that his daughter always had in place so no one could read her thoughts. Inside, Nicole was feeling confusion and fear because who ever this Potter was, he must be powerful and she was supposed to dupe him.

~Great Creator help me! ~ Nicole pleaded in her thoughts.

"Yes, you do. How am I supposed to get close to this Potter?" Nicole countered awaiting the answer with abated breath, hoping against hope that there would be a way to out maneuver her father's orders.

"Do I have to think of everything but I should have already guessed that you were as stupid as your dear departed mother, you will get as close to him as possible, make him trust you, believe in you and then in end betray him to me. It is actually very simple. The Malfoys will be returning to their home in one month time and then your true training will begin of deception and covert handlings. I will know everything you will be doing so don't disappoint me and you will follow every direction that the Malfoy gives you. Until next time!" the weighty and reed-like voice continued until he disappeared into black smoke.

"You will always be a show-off and a jack ass, but I will take these lessons and then put them against you, dear father! You will be sorry that I was ever born, if you don't already!" Nicole stated, manically laughing at the fate that was bestowed on to her and wishing that she will have enough strength to rid the world of her diabolical father.

"Alright, here I come! Remember that I warned you!" Nicole instructed a hint of fear in her melodious vocal chords. Opening the door, Nicole stepped out into the hall where a gaping Liguawana stood with the Hogswarts robe in tow. Spying her friend's reaction, it took all of Nicole's will power and stubbornness to not high tail it back into the bathroom and chuck the clothes in the nearest trash bin.

"Mistress, you are beautiful! Just like your mother but with a kind and caring spirit to add! You will be the reining belle of Hogswarts!" Liguawana chocked out between sobs of immense joy and pride of her little Nicky and how the young woman had changed her life for the better. Liguawana still couldn't believe that in the last five months of how Nicole had reasserted her emotions back into place and of how she was so determined to stop the greatest evil that any wizard or muggle had seen.

"Stop it, Liguawana! You are making me blush and I never blush!" Nicole protested with little heat for she was immeasurably pleased by the fact that the only person whose opinion was respected by her thought she was beautiful if only for the reason that Liguawana loved her as a daughter, and would say anything to please Nicole.

"No, perish the thought of making my mistress blush! Here put this on, in school you will have to wear the robe over the other clothes!" the lovable elf decreed, handing the official robe into the awaiting hands of the eager young woman, who desperately wanted to modestly cover herself.

"Thank you! This is much better!" Nicole exclaimed as she placed herself in front of the bathroom mirror and twirled around before she returned her brain to more important matters than vanity, "Enough of this, I must continue my training!" Quickly discarding her uniform, Nicole re-dressed into the comfy robe that Liguawana had sewn for her and waltzed determinedly to the library where her mind was vastly enlarging to all of the information she acquired.

"Wait mistress, have you had any more visions?" Liguawana timidly chimed from behind, hoping that Nicole had seen more visions than just the one from last week which just was about some students at the school. These visions were of no importance when they were just about teenagers and their love interest, and not about this Harry Potter, who must be a teacher or some adult of import.

"No, only the visions of students and them having fun! Not one mention or scrap of this Potter but then I haven't fully captured or controlled my gift yet, once I do though, I will let you know!" Nicole asserted weariness and sadness in her voice as she continued her trek to the library.

~Sometimes I wish that I was a normal magical teenager but then that will never be so one must do what one can with the fate that one is given! And I shall! Voldermont will harass no more people, destroy no more people's lives, this I promise even if I must die to accomplish it!~ Nicole vehemently vowed, reminiscing back to the journal which inside described the horrible atrocities performed by her father.

~Hogswarts- Friday, day before date with Miranda~

"And as you see when you combine wolfs bane with heel of centaur, it results into a disappearance potion that utters the person invisible to all, both muggles and magical beings alike!" Professor Snape rattled on in his no-nonsense tone, paying close attention to all Gryffindor students hoping for a chance to extract points from their house. Seated in the middle row next to Ron, Harry meticulously took notes and performed the tasks asked by Professor Snape in perfect accordance with the rules and regulations of 5th year Potions class.

CREAK!

Hearing the door to the dank and dark dungeon classroom, all students rotated their heads to spot the person brave or foolish enough to interrupt Professor Snape's lecture. Upon seeing that is was Professor McGonagall, most students averted their faces back into place but some waited to hear what the head of Gryffindor would want to say to the head of Slytherin, arch rival houses at Hogswarts, even the house ghosts disliked each other. Just last week, Sir Nicholas was spotted trading insults with the Bloody Baron in the Great Hall where Professor Dumbledore had to politely ask them to shut-up or please leave the dining hall.

"Severus, I need to have Mr. Potter come with me, Dumbledore needs to speak with him!" Professor McGonagall demanded, changing her eye's view to rest on Harry.

"Of course, Minerva! Mr. Potter will just have to make up this class next week. Mr. Potter, please take all of your items, for the class will be finished by the time you will be completed with your meeting with the headmaster! Miss Grainger, take Potter's place in partnering with Weasley!" Professor Snape growled, giving his directions to the parties that were stipulated in his speech. Attaining all of his school articles, Harry followed Professor McGonagall out of the dungeons to stand in front of the gargoyle that was indeed the secret staircase to the Headmaster's office.

"Devil Snare! Mr. Potter, good luck and take your self to the great hall after your meeting for lunch!" Professor McGonagall stated whilst the secret staircase started elevating Harry towards the office of Dumbledore.

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall!" Harry replied before the staircase had taken him too high to see the professor, upon the complete stop of the staircase, Harry walked off and knocked on the door to the lair of the great wizard Dumbledore.

"Enter, Harry!" Professor Dumbledore allowed, turning his attention once again to the face in the fireplace flames.

"You called Professor; I was just wondering what it is you needed? OH, Sirus how are you?" Harry questioned the face in the flames, a handsome middle aged man who in fact was Harry's godfather and the only wizard to ever escape Azkaban prison, the wizard prison guarded by dementors.

"Harry, how are my boy? I am doing as well as any wizard can say when they are trying to fight against Voldermont and his death-eaters," Sirus Black quipped humorously but then changed serious again when he recalled the reason why Harry had been summoned.

"I'm doing great, I can't wait until the summer when we get to go to the Caribbean and I don't have to spend three wonderful weeks with the Dursleys. Its important isn't it, the reason you called me? It has to do with Voldermont and his plans to destroy me, then," Harry guessed observing the stoic expressions of both the Headmaster and his godfather.

"Yes, I am afraid it is. Since Sirus has been able to gain access to Voldermont's plans through the Death-eaters, he has learned that next year Voldermont will send one of his death-eaters here to destroy you. We do not how he will send his agent, if a student or a teacher, we have no idea but it is said that this particular death-eater is very powerful and important to Voldermont, so it will be very dangerous for you here. Therefore, Mr. Black and I have decided that it is up to you if you return next year to Hogswarts or if you will attend another school," Dumbledore regretfully announced, extremely saddened by the constant danger that accosted this exceptional young man.

"I have never been one to run from my problems and I will not start now! Anyway Hogswarts is my home and I won't leave all of my friends! Voldermont has attempted to destroy me before and he has never succeeded, what possibly could be different this time that will result in his victory?" Harry inquired puzzled by the thought process of the deranged fiend Voldermont.

"We thought you would say that Harry, that is why Professor Dumbledore and I, also I am sure the rest of the staff of Hogswarts will be on high alert making sure that you will stay safe! I must go now, the aurors have been getting closer to my location, sometimes I really wish that idiot Fudge would go after the real menace of society and not me who in reality, is trying to save his arse and the rest of the world's! I will see you in the summer, Harry!" Sirus mumbled angrily, except for the last statement in which he was actually happy, vanished out of view leaving the flames to be peculiarly normal all over again.

"Harry, Hogswarts is the safest place you can be and all of us here will keep our guards up to make sure that Voldermont will not succeed!" Dumbledore calmly reassured his favorite pupil, who appeared determined to thwart the evil one's plans.

"Yes, I know Professor. Thank you for telling me but I must be going to lunch now!" Harry stated, waiting for his dismissal from the Headmaster's office.

"Right, go along Harry!" Dumbledore said caringly, reviewing the best time to announce to his staff the dire threat placed again on the young Potter's head. Hearing the headmaster's leave to go, Harry sauntered out of the office and quickly jumped down the stairs to the hall where his closet friends were all waiting for him.

"Harry, what happen? What's wrong?" Hermione asked, terrified for her friend that the vicious wizard was repeating his attempts on Harry's life. Waiting for the answer, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all hoped for the best, that the meeting was about something happening to the Dursley and nothing to do with 'you know who'.

Never one to mince words with his friends, Harry repeated everything that was said in Dumbledore's office whilst they all briskly trotted to the Great Hall. Entering the Great Hall, the four Gryffindors efficiently took their seats at the Gryffindor table and commenced eating lunch.

"Well at least we know that it isn't Malfoy because he isn't someone new coming next year!" Ron observed, munching on the scrumptious chicken leg in his mouth.

"It wouldn't have been Malfoy anyway because he isn't a Death-eater!" Ginny protested, roaming her eyes until they landed on the sexy blond haired young man two tables over.

"Oh and how do you know that Malfoy isn't a death-eater? Have you been talking to that jerk, Ginny?" Ron vehemently hissed at his sister who was too entrapped in her fantasy world of Malfoy and her to even comment on her brother's accusation.

"No, I agree with Ginny. Malfoy is too arrogant and independent to be one to follow orders from anyone!" Hermione piped in, eager to defend her best friend against her love's quick fuse temper. Being calmed down by his girlfriend, Ron had to admit that he couldn't see that arrogant Malfoy listening to anyone's orders even if it was from the dark lord. Not placing opinion, Harry smoothly altered the subject to more calmer waters,

"Hey Gin, you did let Miranda know it is only one date because I am going to ask Molly out for 7th year ball!" Harry explained as he studied the beautiful red head Hufflepuff sweet heart stationed on the table to his left.

"Yah, I told her and she knows that it is just a friend thing but she is so excited that she will be able to tell all of her friends 'she had gone out with Harry Potter' that she doesn't care how she gets it!" Ginny claimed, thanking the creator on Harry's generous acceptance of the date with Miranda.

"So you actually going to ask out Molly? That is so cool! I hear she is really nice and sweet, not to mention pretty but Harry if you do ask her out, she isn't just a one-nighter type of girl she will expect commitment! I talked to her; she will make you a great girlfriend!" Hermione chimed, laying her head on Ron's shoulder and relaxing.

"I know but she might be the one, you know the one who I will want to stay with! I mean I have had girlfriends but none of them have ever held my heart and she might just be the one!" Harry whispered, observing Molly laugh at some comment her friend had stated.

"That's great, Harry! Crud, its time we left for Professor Lupin's class! We have to make up that test from last week!" Ron groaned, standing up, kissing Hermione and then vacating the Great Hall with a reluctant Harry trailing.

"Mione, I'm done eating therefore lets go to the common room so you can help me plan my great night of seduction!" Ginny laughed, rearranging her skirt whilst waiting for Mione to also stand. Following Mione out of the room, Ginny couldn't help but take one last peek at Draco and when she did she was captivated by the blue ocean staring back at her. For one moment, she could see the longing and affection trapped within Draco's eyes but those emotions were swiftly shuttered and then her gaze no longer held his but was staring at his down-cast head that was conversing with Pansy Parkinson. Wrenching Ginny's arm, Hermione was finally able to regain Ginny's attention that just smiled sadly and allowed Hermione to lead her out into the halls.

"Don't worry Ginny, you will show him what love is!" Hermione breathed, receiving a hopeful but resigned sigh from her best friend Ginny.

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