A/N- does anyone even read these? Anyway I hope the surprise in this chapter is just that, a surprise! I think I may explain some other things in passing that prove vital to the end of this story. I wish more ppl would read this, oh and I joined a forum, ww.dreamelf.net don't forget it, maybe I'll try to get more ppl to read my stories. I just realized I have 61 reviews for the Crystal of Kryptonite, but only 9 for this one, so something is wrong, terribly wrong.

Chapter 8- Riddles

Harry stared in shock as the sorting hat called out 'Clandestine' as the name of the house the girl would be in. Clandestine was another word meaning secret, but why would the hat say that? He couldn't take his eyes off of her as McGonagall ran over to her and the two started chatting quietly, as if it were a brunch, neither seemed apprehensive. Then Dumbledore appeared next to them. Harry wasn't sure if he had walked or did some kind of magic because he wasn't paying attention, but then Albus said something and both of the females faces lit up.

"C'mon Harry, she's pretty, but you don't have to stare." Ginny laughed behind him. He suddenly snapped back into the reality that was Hogwarts, everyone had gone back to their eating. He grinned a little and started to reach for some chicken.

Now he was watching Sky from across the room, she was sitting at the Ravenclaw table. It was an odd feeling, but he felt as if he knew her from somewhere, maybe it was her purple hair, many people in anime that he watched with Dudley had purple hair.

"Harry, c'mon we have to go talk to Dumbledore now." Hermione groaned, tugging at his hems. He looked up,

"Why?" He asked, she sighed, exasperated at his hesitating.

"To show him the red stone, he might know what it's used for." She groaned. Harry thought about the red stone, wondering what could it have been used for, but he didn't want to bring it to Dumbledore's attention, not just yet anyway. He stood up though,

"Alright, but if he asks how we got it what are we going to say?"

"I'll think of something, but he might not pry that far, you know Dumbledore." She said. She patted her breast pocket to show that the stone was in there. Ron stood up on Harry's side too, nodding,

"Yeah, Hermione will handle it." He said, Harry started to walk up to the head table, the other two in tow.

"Where are you three going?" Ginny's voice called out to Harry's ears, he turned around, still walking forward,

"We'll be back." He said, grinning at her until,

"Ow!" He heard a scream

Harry looked down to see a blonde girl hunched over holding her foot. She looked somewhat familiar but he couldn't see her face. He opened his mouth to see if she was okay, it was his fault of course. He really should have been paying attention to where he was going.

"I'm okay- Harry." She said, looking up. It was Gabrielle Delacour. A rushing surge of emotions came to Harry at once, guilt anger, guilt, relief, guilt, and delight. He still couldn't believe that Gabrielle was still going to Hogwarts, what with all that had happened last year. Harry bent down to see if she was really okay when Dumbledore stood up,

"As some of you already know, yet again our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will not be with us this year. We have found a worthy replacement who, is dually skilled in Martial Arts, I would like you all to meet Ms. Sakura Chang." He held out his hand in recognition to another. The 'another' was a tall woman with flawless features, long black hair and uncharacteristically big eyes. They were gray, and her robes were also. She had thick red lips and a ponytail.

"Harry!" A voice called out to him, he looked around to see Cho Chang sitting down the Ravenclaw table next to the girl with the purple hair. He turned and walked briskly over to her, oblivious to Hermione's hisses. Inwardly, he was glad to get away from Gabrielle, not that he didn't like her, he just thought it was to soon.

"Huh?" He asked, leaning in over her shoulder, surreptitiously sneaking a glance at the purple haired girl.

"Sakura is my sister, she's the new DADA teacher all year!" She announced happily, Harry smiled knowingly, he knew that Sakura was familiar.

"Really, cool, so do you automatically get good grades?" He laughed, but she shook her head,

"No, but I actually want to talk to you, could we go out into the hallway?" She asked. Harry looked back at Ron and Hermione who were trying desperately to inaudibly grab his attention.

"Yes, come on." He said, she got up and started to follow him out,

"Oh Harry, this is Sakyra, she just moved here from America, have you met her yet." She pointed back to the purple haired girl,

"No, Hello Sakyra, I'm-"

"Harry Potter, Cho already told me, nice to meet you." She said, Harry smiled at her and turned walking toward the entrance a separate way from where Hermione and Ron were standing.

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"No, Hello Sakyra, I'm-"

"Harry Potter, Cho already told me, nice to meet you." Sky said, Harry smiled at her and turned walking toward the entrance. She looked back over to his friends who had been trying to get his attention all the time he was talking to Cho. Maybe they were dating, but she'd have to talk to Cho about it later. Harry was a different story entirely though, she knew him from somewhere. She looked down at the redhead boy and the bushy haired girl now, the two that were with him when he helped her at King's Cross. Sky stood up and began walking to them, but they were at her side first,

"Hello, I'm Ron Weasley, from the station." He held out his hand also, Sky shook it as the other girl introduced herself as Hermione Granger.

"I'm Sakyra, just moved here from America."

"Great, umm not to sound rude or brash but, do you happen to know where they went?" Hermione asked right away, pointing to the doorway. Sky honestly didn't know, but she felt obligated to answer,

"Umm, I think they went to the bathrooms." She shrugged, yeah it was stupid of her, but she wanted to make friends and what better way? Sky turned back to her seat and sat down, but apparently Ron and Hermione weren't through with her,

"So, why did you come here, your parents get a new job?" Ron asked, sitting down next to her at the table. Hermione scowled while standing behind Ron. Sky turned toward him getting a little more comfortable,

"Well actually I lived with my aunt, but she died," Sky looked down, it was only a month ago that Sky's Aunt Maria passed away, "My mother was killed when I was little, about one." She said. Sky knew about her father too, but didn't want to tell anyone. Sky's father didn't, well he didn't please her too much to be frank. Ron sighed a little and looked down,

"Oh, well our friend Harry, the boy with the glasses who just left. He's an orphan also, his parents were killed by you-know-, I mean Voldemort." Ron said. Sky flinched at the name, but only slightly. Lord Voldemort was the most evil man in the world in her opinion, he tortured and killed for fun, did countless acts of murder, he was just plain mean in the end. Sky had a hatred for Voldemort that nobody could even begin to fathom, Voldemort had connections to her family, he was the reason her parents and guardians were gone.

"Yeah, I know all about the story of Harry Potter, and about Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger."

"What do you mean by 'Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger'? Hermione asked suddenly. Sky looked up,

"Yeah, the books about you two and Harry Potter, you know the Sorcerer's Stone." Sky looked at the two dumbfounded faces. Apparently they didn't know there were books about them.

"I'm sorry, it was nice to meet you Sakyra, but Ron and I really need to go." Hermione said, tugging at his robes. Ron jumped up,

"Yeah, pleasure to meet you." He waved to Sky before following Hermione toward the head table where Dumbledore was sitting. Sky looked up at the two, and a question of whether or not they were dating popped into her head. She shook it off and continued to eat dinner until; yet again a student disturbed her. A boy with slick blonde hair sat down next to her as if they had been friends for the longest time ever and began to talk to her,

"Hello, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Draco Malfoy." He held out his hand. Sky cautiously shook it, for some reason this boy scared her, he was too, too, too cool.

"Yes, nice to meet you, I'm Sakyra." She said, turning around to her food again. Draco put his hand around her shoulder and continued to whisper in her ear.

"Listen here baby, your eyes are like sparkling diamonds, I could see them from across the room and I had to come over her. I know we don't know each other, but I really would like to get to know you." He said in a smooth voice. Sky shivered, she had never really had a boyfriend before, except for back in elementary school when two people were swinging and they ended up synchronized, then they were 'married'. She felt somewhat uncomfortable, and it didn't seem like Lover boy was taking the hint.

"Umm, that's okay, I'll talk to you some other time." She spat coldly and stood up, walking away from him.

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"Listen Harry, I know it's strange but I'm not playing Quidditch this year." Cho said, looking down. Harry stared at her in shock, she was one of the best seekers he had known, how could she quit!

"You're joking right?" He asked, but it wasn't really a question. She looked at him,

"No, I need to study more, the O.W.L.'s are this year and I really can't do with Quidditch getting in my way, you know what I mean?" She asked, hoping he would understand. Harry stared at her a little longer, dumbfounded completely.

"I understand," He finally said after a short while, "I mean what kind of Ravenclaw would you be, that's like me being afraid to fly." He laughed, Cho laughed a little too. Inside Harry was deeply disappointed, scouts came to schools to look for players in Seventh year and Cho had a nearly set position as a seeker, and even a chaser if she wanted. She was a great flyer.

Harry turned toward the Gryffindor dorms and started walking before he realized he didn't know the password.

"Damn!" He muttered to himself as he turned back toward the great hall, leaping down a flight of stairs. He dashed to the front doors, stopping before them to catch his breath.

"-let go of me!" He heard a girl's voice as the doors flew open beside him. Sakyra rushed out with Malfoy on her arm, or rather holding it,

"Wait a minute, just listen to me; hear me out. I just-" He said, but was quickly cut off,

"No, get off me!" She nearly shouted, snatching her arm away too quickly. She wobbled a little off balance and started to fall. Malfoy reached out to grab her, catch her at least, but he couldn't and she hit the ground.

"Damnit!" She muttered. Malfoy started toward her, but Harry pushed him out of the way,

"Get away you bastard!" He commanded and walked over to Sky, reaching down to help her up. The doors of the Great Hall opened and the students began filing out, circling the current incident.

'You sure you wanna help her, Potter?" Malfoy spat out, obviously bitter. Harry and Sakyra stopped in mid motion, both still touching.

"Why not Malfoy?" He shot back. The whole of Hogwarts was currently circled around them, entranced by the happenings going on. Ginny, Ron and Hermione hurried to the center of the circle surrounding Harry.

"You don't know Potter?" He practically laughed, Sakyra looked up at him with terror on her face,

"No please don't!" She nearly pleaded, but Malfoy was laughing for real now! Harry gritted his teeth, he didn't know Sakyra's secret but he didn't care.

"Shut up Malfoy, c'mon Harry let's go." Hermione said, turning his back, but Malfoy said one word,

"Riddle." All four turned their heads at this, Sakyra looked like she was about to burst forth into tears.

"Y-y-you mean, her last name is?" Ginny said, her voice shaking as much as her body. Malfoy sneered and looked at her,

"Correct Weasel, her last name is Riddle." Malfoy smiled.

Harry looked down at Sky and immediately let his hand slip off of her skin. She felt as if she were burned, but held back the tears; most of the faces around her were confused. Harry looked down at her, at her eyes, they were different, a light purple color, almost unreal. He was searching for the truth in them.

"So you mean she is, his, his-" Ron stammered and Malfoy walked over to the five,

"Yes Weasley, Ms. Sakyra Riddle is You-Know-who's daughter!" Malfoy announced cheerfully, a couple of first years screamed, but collectively a gasp surrounded the corridor. Nobody moved a muscle until Sky ran through the crowd, who parted because of fear.

"This is going to be a very fucked up year." Ron muttered to himself.

A/N- WOW I finished this chapter late, very late, the holidays were no help either! Oh and I just got the Disney channel, so I must say.

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