The New Girl At Hogwarts
Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sitting at the Gryfindor Table on the night of
Halloween. Candles inside pumpkins float above the Hogwart's students' heads.
Dumbledore is sitting at the Staff table talking to Professor Snape while Hagrid is
deep into conversation with Professor McGonagall about school lessons.
Suddenly, the doors to the Great Hall swing open; a young, shoulder length brown
haired (with blonde streaks), teenage girl enters the room. She has on a short
leather skirt, skintight black top, and knee high leather boots.
The entire staff looks up at the girl. The students stare as she walks up to the staff
table. Dumbledore smiles politely but there's a slight look of surprise in his eyes.
Harry can see her face from his seat and sees a single tear drop on her cheek.
"Who's that Hottie?" Draco whispers to Crabbe.
Hermione rolls her eyes. Ron stares at the chick (practically drooling). The girl
walks up to Snape.
"Uncle Severus (Malfoy chokes slightly) can I talk to you, please?" The girl
speaks with a firm but sad voice.
Professor Snape gets up from the table and leads her out into the Great Hall. The
door closes behind them. A few seconds later all of the students go back to
eating. The only topic of conversation to be heard amongst the students is the
arrival of the girl.
Ron gapes, "That's Snape's niece? She looks nothing like him. She's so."
"Different?" Hermione says with a slight tone.
Ron blushes. "Unique was the word I was going to say."
Harry could tell by the tone in his voice that he was going to say something totally
different. So could Hermione.
Harry whispers to them, "Let's just hope she's not as mean as Snape."
The all agree. The doors open again and Snape enters. He catches Dumbledore's
eyes and motions for him to come over. Albus nods and excuses himself from the
staff table and his dinner. He walks over to Snape and they exit the dining room.
"Dumbledore, sir, I need to ask you a question." Snape says once they enter his
office. Albus sits in his chair while Snape and the girl take a seat in front of his desk.
"Hello Suzy. It's good to see you again."
She smiles slightly but doesn't say anything. Albus turns his attention to Snape,
"Ask away."
Severus sighs. "Suzy's parents were killed by some of You-Know-Who's Death
Eaters. She needs a place to stay and finish her witchcraft education. I was
hoping you would consider allowing her to become a student here. I could keep
an eye on her and she could finish her education."
"I wouldn't be any trouble, sir." Suzy says with urgency and fear in her voice.
"I'd even work and clean the castle for you. Please, sir."
"No."
"But sir." Snape says with slight anger in his voice.
"No, I will not allow a student of mine to clean." Albus says with a friendly smile.
She squeals, "You mean I can stay?"
Dumbledore nods. Suzy leaps up, rushes over to him, and wraps her arms around
him in a warm embrace.
"Thank you!" She says excitedly.
"You will, of course, have to be sorted by the Sorting Hat." He snaps his fingers
and an old, frail looking hat appears on the desk.
Fear appears in her eyes. "Sir, I have a secret I must tell you. The Death Eaters
that killed my parents are."
"I already know what they are. You don't have to tell anyone if you don't want. I
will keep your secret from the students and staff if you do not wish to tell." Albus
says with a note of seriousness.
Snape's face goes hard and fills with anger, "My poor sister. Murdered. How
dare they." He stops and looks up. "What if the staff finds out, won't they be a
little upset that they were not informed?"
Dumbledore frowns, "I know many things about the other teaches. They trust me
to keep their secrets and Suzy will get that same right. Now, let's get you sorted
and up to your common room."
She picks up the hat and places it on her head. A voice inside her head (from the
hat) says, "Curious. You have bravery and courage but your over come by
strength and anger. Hatred runs through your very veins. You want revenge.
Your strong will and stubbornness is overpowering.Slytherin!" The hat yells
out loud.
The next day, Saturday, we find Harry, Ron, and Hermione by the lake sitting at
the bottom of the tree. Hermione is ragging on them to get their homework done
but Ron keeps telling her they have tomorrow to finish Snape's essay. Hermione
is Head Girl this year along with Harry. Suddenly they hear unwelcome voices
nearby. They see Malfoy, Head Boy for Slytherin, talking to Crabbe and Goyle.
"I can't believe she's in Slytherin. She so shy and doesn't even talk to anyone.
She's probably hot for me and knows I'm to good for her." Draco walks by Harry.
Ron looks at Hermione, "Who's he talking about?"
"That girl from last night must be going here now and got sorted into Slytherin."
She says in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Great. We really need another snotty, stupid, uptight, Slytherin chick to deal
with." Harry says with a tone of annoyance.
"Is that what you think of me?" Says a gloomy voice from behind them.
Harry looks over and sees the new girl (wearing skintight, black shorts, and a thin
strapped black shirt) standing there. A few tears fall down her cheek.
Ron stares at her with hungry eyes but Hermione doesn't notice.
Hermione observes the new girl up and down. "What's your name?"
"I'm Suzy. I'm from California."
"Where's that?" Ron finally speaks.
"In the USA." Hermione snaps. "There's a magic school over there."
"I'm not as stupid as you might think, Harry. I know more about you then
Hermione or Ron do." Her voice is powerful.
Ron laughs. "I don't think so. I'm his best friend and your."
Hermione pokes him hard in the ribs. "He doesn't know when to keep his mouth
shut."
"May I sit with you?" Her tone of voice is a mixture of sadness, fear, and
desperation.
Ron opens his mouth to say no but Hermione jumps in, "Sure."
Suzy sits down and looks Hermione in the eyes. A few seconds later she says
with a voice of happiness, "You think I'm an outcast like you were in your 1st
year. You want to get to know me. I'd love to be part of your house-elf project.
And you like someone at this school but you're to afraid to say anything."
Hermione's mouth drops open in awe. "Y-y-you can r-read m-m-minds?"
"I can but I don't tell deep secrets. I feel it's a despicable violation of their
privacy. I can tell you, Harry, what the Sorting Hat told you your first year here.
Your friends may act like total worry warts but they do care about you." Suzy
explains.
Ron's eyes are full of amazement. Hermione's eyes fill with admiration and
surprise. Harry's, on the other hand, turn cold and full of anger.
"You don't know anything about me!" His voice is full of fury and rage. "I
lost my parents before I could ever know them. Then I lost my Godfather to Lord
Voldermort's Death Eaters! How could you know what it's like to go through
that and have evil trying to kill you since you were born?"
Tears start falling down her cheeks but she doesn't bother to wipe them away.
She looks at Ron and smiles (tears still falling). "I'm not the girl you want. You
know it. You want someone else and I have my eyes on an extremely difficult
task."
Fear enters Ron's eyes. "Your not."
"No, I won't tell. You have to." She looks at Hermione (Harry gets up and runs
off and Ron chases after him). "This will do me no good but I must try anyways.
Please don't try to figure out my secrets and if you do don't tell anyone. Your
smart enough to find out but I have kept your secret I hope you will do the same
for mine. I must go learn Hogwarts and find the quickest ways to class. This
castle is bigger then my old school."
Malfoy and his gang sit in the back of Snape's class silently making fun of Suzy
for talking to Harry Potter. Professor Snape has the directions on the board for
the potion of the Strengthening Potion. Hermione and Suzy have their cauldrons
next to each other and Hermione helps Suzy with the potion. Snape strides
around the classroom, his greasy and his long crooked nose is slightly up in the air
as if he could smell trouble. He walks by Draco's cauldron.
"I can't believe Suzy's in our House, she's such a freak. All that black, what
planet did she come from?" Malfoy sniggers.
"Ten points from Slytherin for talking in class, Mr. Malfoy!" Professor Snape's
voice shouts angrily from behind Draco's back.
Draco turns, his face in total shock at being punished by the teacher that always
favors him, to Snape. "Sir, I didn't talk."
"Detention, Draco!" Severus's voice is cold and Draco's jaw drops open but he
doesn't argue.
Later, after class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are heading to the Gryffindor
common room.
"I can't believe Draco got detention from Professor Snape! That was so
incredibly awesome!" Ron says with joy.
Harry grins too.
"I am surprised that Draco was stupid enough to make fun of Snape's niece in
class though." Hermione states the fact with a slight smirk.
"Of course Draco's stupid enough to do that." Ron laughs.
Hermione looks at Harry, "What happens every time Draco insults your family?"
"I try to beat him up or curse him." Harry suddenly frowns, "Oh. She never told
us what happened to make her come to our school in the 6th year."
Unexpectedly they hear a loud THUD from around the corner. They hurry to see
what the commotion is. They see Suzy lying on the floor and Draco standing
above her with pure hatred in his eyes.
"You evil little creature. You come in here with your sad story and go whining to
your Uncle. You get everybody wrapped around your finger in a day. Then you
get me detention. I bet your parents begged for their life when they slit their
throats. HA! To die like a muggle, what a pathetic." Malfoy didn't finish his
sentence.
Suzy stood in a split second and had him by the throat. She holds him high in the
air and a physically powerful aura of pure loathing covers her body like Harry's
Invisibility Cloak. Draco struggles desperately to loosen her death grip around
his throat. His face turns blue as he kicks and squirms. She throws him against
the wall and they hear a loud crack as his arm breaks from hitting the stone.
"You filthy little pure-blood." She walks over and spits on him. "Don't talk
about my family. Voldermort's group of Death Eaters killed all my brothers,
sisters, and parents and I survived. Have your father pass on a message to
Voldermort. Tell him he missed one and I will kill those that wiped out me
family!"
Draco looks at her with a smile despite the pain in his arm. "A child! A
worthless, weak little child (Harry thought the word weak was a long stretch) with
no parents could never destroy The Dark Lord's plans."
"We both know that's not true. Harry put a huge dent in Voldermort's plans. Tell
your father my message." She turns to walk away and stops, "Jacob, I'm sorry for
what your father did and still does." She leaves Draco on the floor with his arm in
an awkward angle.
They climb up the stairs and wait until they get through the Fat Lady's Portrait
and check to see if the common room is empty before talking about what they say.
"What did she mean she was sorry? Why would anyone be sorry for Draco's dad
being a Death Eater?" Ron asks, his voice full of confusion.
Hermione sighs, "I don't think that's what she's talking about."
Harry stares at her, "What are you talking about?"
"She was indicating something. She spoke the same way she did when she was
telling Harry about the Sorting Hat. She didn't quiet say exactly what the thing
was. I think she knew we were there."
Ron laughs, "How would she know that? We didn't make any noise."
Hermione hesitates then answers, "She told us she would never tell anyone the
secrets she read in our minds. She somehow could sense we were there. She
never said straight up what she was sorry about. I'm going to the library before
class tomorrow. Goodnight." She turns and walks to the girls' dormitory.
"Why does she always have to go to the library?" Ron asks in disbelief.
Harry shrugs. "I guess she does know how I feel when it comes to family death.
I'll have to apologize to her in the morning. That reminds me, you never told me
which girl you like."
Ron turns red and mutters something about "no one" before climbing the stairs to
the boys' dormitory.
Harry follows him, changes into his nightgown, and climbs into bed. 'Draco was
right about one thing how did she get sorted into Slytherin?'
The next day at lunch Hermione walks over to the Slytherin Table and sits down
next to Suzy. All the Slytherins look at Hermione as if she's some kind of slime.
All of them glare at her except Suzy.
"I know that you know my secret. I also did know you were there last night. Plus
Harry and Ron. You really want to tell them, don't you?"
Hermione replies, "Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?"
Suzy smiles sadly, "My oldest brother used to ask me that before he died last
year."
"I'm sorry. How old was he?"
"My oldest died when he was 25 yrs old. My other brother when he turned
seventeen two years ago. My oldest sister died when she was 26 yrs old. She
died by my brother's side. And my other two sisters, they were twins, died when
they were eighteen, seven months ago. My oldest sister knew Lily Evans." Suzy
says with sorrow in her voice.
Hermione stares at Suzy, "You mean Harry's mother?"
Suzy nods. "She was in her first year at Hogwarts when Lily was in her last. Lily
helped my sister make it through school. Stephanie was an outcast."
"Well, if it isn't little miss House traitor. Why don't you asked to be moved in
with the Gryffindor's House." Says a nasty voice from behind the girls.
Without turning around Suzy says, "Hermione, we will discuss this secret later.
Don't tell until then."
Hermione gets up and gives Malfoy the deepest look of loathing before walking
off. Malfoy sits down next to Suzy and turns to face her. His broken arm is
completely healed.
"Did the nurse fix your arm?" Suzy asks, her voice full of concern.
Malfoy's jaw drops slightly. "Why do you care?"
"Because your arm as been broken before and I wanted to be sure it was healed
properly. Though, by now, you should know how to heal broken bones better
then the nurse here." Her voice is soft and kind.
His voice comes out hard and cold, "Shut-up or I'll tell everyone what kind of
creature you really are."
The other Slytherins look from Suzy to Malfoy. Curiosity upon their faces but
they don't say anything. Suzy turns and smiles at Pansy Parkinson.
"Your sister will be fine." Suzy gets up and walks away from the table.
Suzy walks up to the Fat Lady and says the password. The Fat Lady looks at
Suzy with curious eyes. "You don't belong in this common room."
"Your picture didn't deserve to be sliced up by Sirius Black three yrs ago. You
don't have to let me enter. But I ask you if I may enter this common room on the
promise that I leave in fifteen minutes."
The Lady hesitates then swings open, "For your kindness and lack of anger I give
you 25 minutes."
"Thank you." Suzy curtsies politely then climbs into the room. Inside the
common room we find Harry sitting in the comfortable armchair by the fire with
Ron at the desk doing his homework. Hermione is sitting in the corner reading a
book titled, "Dark Creatures and Their Abilities by Gilderly Lockhart.
"Surely you don't consider me a Dark Creature." Suzy asks with a hint of
sarcasm.
They all look up. "Suzy, its almost midnight! How did you get in?" Hermione
asks with surprise.
Suzy smiles as she walks over to her, "Why do you ask questions you already
know the answer to. The Fat Lady had the password on her mind when I came
up. She was hesitant to allow me in but I asked politely."
"May I."
"Yes, Hermione. Go ahead." Suzy finishes the sentence for her.
Harry gets up and joins Ron, Hermione, and Suzy on the floor. "I want to
apologize for yelling at you. Having five siblings and two parents die must be
very hard. No offense but it must be harder to have Snape being your only living
relative."
"Six."
"Huh?" Ron says.
"My mother was pregnant when she murdered. I lost six siblings and my life."
She says, her voice barely louder then a whisper.
"Huh?" Ron repeats.
Hermione jumps in, anxious to tell the secret and look smart at the same time.
"She's a vampire!"
"Huh?" Ron and Harry both say.
"It started the night the Death Eaters came to my house. There were four of them.
One of them was a vampire the others were werewolves. My father hid my mom
and me in the basement while he went to fight them. They killed my father with
barely a struggle. In a matter of seconds the vampire could sense our hiding spot
and they broke into the basement. The werewolves went after my mother and
slammed her against the stonewall." Suzy stops as a fear more tears fall down her
cheeks. She continues with the story with a trembling voice, "The vampire
grabbed me but he didn't kill me instead he started sucking my blood. I fell to the
floor from weakness. He grabbed me ready to finish the job when I cut him with
my pocketknife. I could hear my mother sobbing and screaming from the pain.
In an act of panic I drank some of the blood from his cut."
"I thought it would take a lot of blood to change you." Hermione says with a
know-it-all tone.
Suzy looks at her with a look of anger and impatience, "It does. He threw me to
the floor and said 'You want more?' and he laughed. He opened the cut wider. I
believed if I could change fast enough I could save my mother. He thought I was
offering my aide to the dark side. Finally I felt my body change. Strength and
power flowed through my veins. I stood up and grabbed his neck. Before he
knew what was happening I broke his neck and ripped off his head. I turned to
my mother's torturers. They smiled at me and one of them took out a shiny
dagger with a picture of a snake through a skull on the handle. Before I could
even move he sliced my mother's neck and the blood flowed down her body. The
apparated from the room and I rushed to my mother before she hit the floor. I
vowed that I would avenge all their death's." Her voice shakes and trembles when
she finishes the story.
Harry pulls Suzy into a warm hug as she starts to cry again. "I'm sorry." He
doesn't know what else to say. He never though he would have to comfort
someone else and he found himself entirely speechless.
A week before Christmas Vacation Ron walks over to Suzy during dinner. The
Slytherins looks at him with superior looks and laugh as he blushes from them
staring at him. Suzy looks up at him.
"Hello Ron."
He blushes and looks at the floor. "I-I-I-I t-told m-my m-m-m-mom that y- you
needed a f-family t-to stay w-with during C-Christmas B-B-Break."
Malfoy and his gang laugh. "Look, Ron and Suzy are going out!"
Suzy stands up and hugs Ron. His ears even turn red. "Thank you. Is Hermione
and Harry going?"
Ron nods.
"You can go back to your Table. Thank you, again."
Draco sits in the common room long after everyone goes to bed. A tear falls
down his cheek and he swears into the empty night.
"I could help you if you'd let me." Someone whispers from the other side of the
dark room.
He doesn't look to see who's talking. "How can you possibly help me?" His
voice is a mixture of fear, anger, disbelief, hope, and sadness.
She appears by his side. "You could let me be your friend."
He laughs, "I have friends. And they respect me."
"No, they fear you. And you know it."
"So?"
Suzy sighs. "I could be your secret friend. You could talk to me about anything
at any time. I won't tell anyone and I won't tell you any advice without your
consent. You fear your father. How many times as he broken your bones for
disobeying him? How many times have you though of running away?"
His face turns to hers, "Everyday of my life. Did you know he broke my left leg
when he found that a mudblood had a high score in school? He yelled at me and
said that I would amount to nothing if I were less then Hermione. Then, he
knocked me unconscious when Harry lost us the house-elf. He broke both my
legs during Christmas break on my second year when I fell during the Quidditch
match."
Suzy touches his and but he doesn't recoil instead he holds her hand.
"I've never told anyone. Not even Crabbe or Goyle. I think you put a spell on
me." His face and voice are expressionless (and toneless).
"But I haven't!" She exclaims with fear.
He laughs, "No. I mean you've bewitched me with your strength and kindness."
He looks her in the eyes.
Her entire face burns red. "I-I-I-I-I have t-t-to g-g-o t-t-to b-b-b."
"Bed?" He finishes with a wide grin.
Mrs. Weasely, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Harry, and Suzy enter the Weasely
household. Sitting at the kitchen table is two redheaded, freckly twin boys. They
look up when the lot enters the group. Fred looks at Suzy and grins. Suzy has on
black leather pants, a skintight velvet white shirt, and a silver necklace on. All the
students are carrying their luggage.
Fred and George leap out of their chairs and rush over to Suzy, "Can I help you
with you luggage?"
Ron scowls at his brothers. They bewitch her bag and levitate it upstairs to the
girls' bedroom. Suzy smiles. Hermione rolls her eyes and Ginny giggles. Mrs.
Weasely glares at her two boys and mutters something about 'why can't they
normally do that?'
Suzy looks at Fred, "Thank you Fred and (she looks at George) George."
They gape that she knows which is which. "H-how?"
Suzy turns to Mrs. Weasely, "Thank you so much for letting me stay. I hope I
won't be any trouble."
Mrs. Weasely turns slightly pink, "No problem dear. I knew your father. He was
a good man."
Suzy nods and turns to the twins. "Can I ask you something privately?"
They grin devilishly, "Sure, let us lead you to our office."
The three of them head upstairs and they go into the twins' room. "We haven't
moved out yet. Need a bit more galleons. So, my cute little."
"I didn't realize you liked vampires," Suzy says with a laugh.
They look at her and laugh, "We didn't know you had a sense of humor."
"Who's joking?" She has a look of seriousness.
They stare at her, "You aren't. What can we do for you, Suzy?"
She smiles, "Two things. I want to sponsor your joke shop. What I mean is I
have a few empty buildings in the perfect places for a joke shop. I want to donate
them to you."
Fred's face turns serious, "What's the catch?"
"I know your in the Order and I want information on three Death Eaters.
Citrimax Hugger, Unicornal Breden, and Flourishent Univer. They killed my
parents and I want revenge. All I know is that they are werewolves." Explains
Suzy.
"Who told you about the order?" Demanded George angrily.
"Your mother was thinking about plans for the Order on the way home. I was
eavesdropping. Do we have a deal?" My voice is sharp and there's slight threat to
my tone.
The boys think about it, "Deal. But, we want one more thing."
"I'll buy you supplies for the next six months. I can't afford any more then that.
Is that enough on my part?"
George smiles and nods, "We won't tell your vampire secret. My mom might not
like the fact that you can hear these plans."
On the third day of vacation a beautiful brown owl with black spots and a black
circle around the left eye flies through the window during breakfast. The owl
lands on Suzy shoulder carrying a letter and a small package. She looks to Mrs.
Weasely and excuses her self from the table. She rushes up the stairs and rips
open the letter:
Dear,
I am writing to tell you my problems. My dad found out that I got less then an O on one of my O.W.L.S. He called me a bunch of names (worthless, trash, mudblood, and so on). Then he threw me against the wall, not as much strength as you but it still hurt. He kept shoving me and I ended up tripping and breaking my ankle. I already have it healed. I never told him about you. I don't think you want me to. If you write any advice my dad could intercept it. The only letters he won't read are from Crabbe and Goyle because he can't understand their sloppy handwriting. Crabbe, Goyle. That's what their writing looks like. So sign it like that please. My owl's name is Alexander but you can call him Alex. My dad's coming to yell at me some more so I have to go.
Jacob Malfoy P.S. I bought you a little Christmas present. I hope it doesn't get their too early; I'm not sure where the Weasels are.
Suzy picks up the small package and pets Alex gently on the back. The owl hoots
happily. She opens the package carefully and inside she finds a necklace with a
dragon breathing fire hanging from the loop. She takes off her necklace and puts
on the new one. She reaches into her bag and takes out a vile of red liquid. She
downs the liquid in one gulp and puts it back in her bag.
Dear Malfoy,
In these situations you have three options: 1. Take what he throws at you like you've been doing. 2. Suck up to him and try to never mess up. 3. Use a strength potion on yourself. But the third one might make him madder. At the end of this school you will be old enough to get your own place. You can even make it have one of those Secret-Keeper spells. Make sure you don't tell someone who can be easily tricked into telling. I have to go and finish dinner. I got your letter the third day of vacation. You must not be far. I'd send you your present but I'll wait till I see you at school.
Suzy
"WAKE UP! HURRY!" Shouts a voice at 2 in the morning.
Suzy sits up and looks around; despite the lack of lights she can see where
everything is. Mrs. Weasely is standing above Hermione and Ginny trying to
wake them.
"Two more minutes, mommy!" Ginny says sleepily as she turns over.
"Allow me, Mrs. Weasely." Suzy appears by Ginny's side and yells, "THE
HOUSE IS ON FIRE!"
Ginny leaps out of bed, fully alert. Hermione mimics her. The girls stand there in
their nightgowns looking around. Suzy turns on the light.
"Mom, what's going on?" Ginny yawns.
Mrs. Weasely answers quickly, "We have to leave, now! They called a secret
meeting and I can't leave you all alone. So grab whatever you can and be ready
in five minutes. "Suzy, dear, I have to send you to Hogwarts this is a very."
"Secret meeting for the Order?" Suzy finishes.
Mrs. Weasely stares at Suzy, "Who told you?"
Suzy sighs, "I might as well tell you. When my parents were killed I was changed
into a vampire. I can read minds, fly without brooms, and so on. I know not
many vampires can read minds but I guess I was lucky. I want to join you but I
know I have to be of legal age and out of school first."
"Does Dumbledore know about this?" Mrs. Weasely says angrily. "He didn't tell
me when I talked to him before Christmas Vacation."
"He promised he wouldn't tell."
Halloween. Candles inside pumpkins float above the Hogwart's students' heads.
Dumbledore is sitting at the Staff table talking to Professor Snape while Hagrid is
deep into conversation with Professor McGonagall about school lessons.
Suddenly, the doors to the Great Hall swing open; a young, shoulder length brown
haired (with blonde streaks), teenage girl enters the room. She has on a short
leather skirt, skintight black top, and knee high leather boots.
The entire staff looks up at the girl. The students stare as she walks up to the staff
table. Dumbledore smiles politely but there's a slight look of surprise in his eyes.
Harry can see her face from his seat and sees a single tear drop on her cheek.
"Who's that Hottie?" Draco whispers to Crabbe.
Hermione rolls her eyes. Ron stares at the chick (practically drooling). The girl
walks up to Snape.
"Uncle Severus (Malfoy chokes slightly) can I talk to you, please?" The girl
speaks with a firm but sad voice.
Professor Snape gets up from the table and leads her out into the Great Hall. The
door closes behind them. A few seconds later all of the students go back to
eating. The only topic of conversation to be heard amongst the students is the
arrival of the girl.
Ron gapes, "That's Snape's niece? She looks nothing like him. She's so."
"Different?" Hermione says with a slight tone.
Ron blushes. "Unique was the word I was going to say."
Harry could tell by the tone in his voice that he was going to say something totally
different. So could Hermione.
Harry whispers to them, "Let's just hope she's not as mean as Snape."
The all agree. The doors open again and Snape enters. He catches Dumbledore's
eyes and motions for him to come over. Albus nods and excuses himself from the
staff table and his dinner. He walks over to Snape and they exit the dining room.
"Dumbledore, sir, I need to ask you a question." Snape says once they enter his
office. Albus sits in his chair while Snape and the girl take a seat in front of his desk.
"Hello Suzy. It's good to see you again."
She smiles slightly but doesn't say anything. Albus turns his attention to Snape,
"Ask away."
Severus sighs. "Suzy's parents were killed by some of You-Know-Who's Death
Eaters. She needs a place to stay and finish her witchcraft education. I was
hoping you would consider allowing her to become a student here. I could keep
an eye on her and she could finish her education."
"I wouldn't be any trouble, sir." Suzy says with urgency and fear in her voice.
"I'd even work and clean the castle for you. Please, sir."
"No."
"But sir." Snape says with slight anger in his voice.
"No, I will not allow a student of mine to clean." Albus says with a friendly smile.
She squeals, "You mean I can stay?"
Dumbledore nods. Suzy leaps up, rushes over to him, and wraps her arms around
him in a warm embrace.
"Thank you!" She says excitedly.
"You will, of course, have to be sorted by the Sorting Hat." He snaps his fingers
and an old, frail looking hat appears on the desk.
Fear appears in her eyes. "Sir, I have a secret I must tell you. The Death Eaters
that killed my parents are."
"I already know what they are. You don't have to tell anyone if you don't want. I
will keep your secret from the students and staff if you do not wish to tell." Albus
says with a note of seriousness.
Snape's face goes hard and fills with anger, "My poor sister. Murdered. How
dare they." He stops and looks up. "What if the staff finds out, won't they be a
little upset that they were not informed?"
Dumbledore frowns, "I know many things about the other teaches. They trust me
to keep their secrets and Suzy will get that same right. Now, let's get you sorted
and up to your common room."
She picks up the hat and places it on her head. A voice inside her head (from the
hat) says, "Curious. You have bravery and courage but your over come by
strength and anger. Hatred runs through your very veins. You want revenge.
Your strong will and stubbornness is overpowering.Slytherin!" The hat yells
out loud.
The next day, Saturday, we find Harry, Ron, and Hermione by the lake sitting at
the bottom of the tree. Hermione is ragging on them to get their homework done
but Ron keeps telling her they have tomorrow to finish Snape's essay. Hermione
is Head Girl this year along with Harry. Suddenly they hear unwelcome voices
nearby. They see Malfoy, Head Boy for Slytherin, talking to Crabbe and Goyle.
"I can't believe she's in Slytherin. She so shy and doesn't even talk to anyone.
She's probably hot for me and knows I'm to good for her." Draco walks by Harry.
Ron looks at Hermione, "Who's he talking about?"
"That girl from last night must be going here now and got sorted into Slytherin."
She says in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Great. We really need another snotty, stupid, uptight, Slytherin chick to deal
with." Harry says with a tone of annoyance.
"Is that what you think of me?" Says a gloomy voice from behind them.
Harry looks over and sees the new girl (wearing skintight, black shorts, and a thin
strapped black shirt) standing there. A few tears fall down her cheek.
Ron stares at her with hungry eyes but Hermione doesn't notice.
Hermione observes the new girl up and down. "What's your name?"
"I'm Suzy. I'm from California."
"Where's that?" Ron finally speaks.
"In the USA." Hermione snaps. "There's a magic school over there."
"I'm not as stupid as you might think, Harry. I know more about you then
Hermione or Ron do." Her voice is powerful.
Ron laughs. "I don't think so. I'm his best friend and your."
Hermione pokes him hard in the ribs. "He doesn't know when to keep his mouth
shut."
"May I sit with you?" Her tone of voice is a mixture of sadness, fear, and
desperation.
Ron opens his mouth to say no but Hermione jumps in, "Sure."
Suzy sits down and looks Hermione in the eyes. A few seconds later she says
with a voice of happiness, "You think I'm an outcast like you were in your 1st
year. You want to get to know me. I'd love to be part of your house-elf project.
And you like someone at this school but you're to afraid to say anything."
Hermione's mouth drops open in awe. "Y-y-you can r-read m-m-minds?"
"I can but I don't tell deep secrets. I feel it's a despicable violation of their
privacy. I can tell you, Harry, what the Sorting Hat told you your first year here.
Your friends may act like total worry warts but they do care about you." Suzy
explains.
Ron's eyes are full of amazement. Hermione's eyes fill with admiration and
surprise. Harry's, on the other hand, turn cold and full of anger.
"You don't know anything about me!" His voice is full of fury and rage. "I
lost my parents before I could ever know them. Then I lost my Godfather to Lord
Voldermort's Death Eaters! How could you know what it's like to go through
that and have evil trying to kill you since you were born?"
Tears start falling down her cheeks but she doesn't bother to wipe them away.
She looks at Ron and smiles (tears still falling). "I'm not the girl you want. You
know it. You want someone else and I have my eyes on an extremely difficult
task."
Fear enters Ron's eyes. "Your not."
"No, I won't tell. You have to." She looks at Hermione (Harry gets up and runs
off and Ron chases after him). "This will do me no good but I must try anyways.
Please don't try to figure out my secrets and if you do don't tell anyone. Your
smart enough to find out but I have kept your secret I hope you will do the same
for mine. I must go learn Hogwarts and find the quickest ways to class. This
castle is bigger then my old school."
Malfoy and his gang sit in the back of Snape's class silently making fun of Suzy
for talking to Harry Potter. Professor Snape has the directions on the board for
the potion of the Strengthening Potion. Hermione and Suzy have their cauldrons
next to each other and Hermione helps Suzy with the potion. Snape strides
around the classroom, his greasy and his long crooked nose is slightly up in the air
as if he could smell trouble. He walks by Draco's cauldron.
"I can't believe Suzy's in our House, she's such a freak. All that black, what
planet did she come from?" Malfoy sniggers.
"Ten points from Slytherin for talking in class, Mr. Malfoy!" Professor Snape's
voice shouts angrily from behind Draco's back.
Draco turns, his face in total shock at being punished by the teacher that always
favors him, to Snape. "Sir, I didn't talk."
"Detention, Draco!" Severus's voice is cold and Draco's jaw drops open but he
doesn't argue.
Later, after class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are heading to the Gryffindor
common room.
"I can't believe Draco got detention from Professor Snape! That was so
incredibly awesome!" Ron says with joy.
Harry grins too.
"I am surprised that Draco was stupid enough to make fun of Snape's niece in
class though." Hermione states the fact with a slight smirk.
"Of course Draco's stupid enough to do that." Ron laughs.
Hermione looks at Harry, "What happens every time Draco insults your family?"
"I try to beat him up or curse him." Harry suddenly frowns, "Oh. She never told
us what happened to make her come to our school in the 6th year."
Unexpectedly they hear a loud THUD from around the corner. They hurry to see
what the commotion is. They see Suzy lying on the floor and Draco standing
above her with pure hatred in his eyes.
"You evil little creature. You come in here with your sad story and go whining to
your Uncle. You get everybody wrapped around your finger in a day. Then you
get me detention. I bet your parents begged for their life when they slit their
throats. HA! To die like a muggle, what a pathetic." Malfoy didn't finish his
sentence.
Suzy stood in a split second and had him by the throat. She holds him high in the
air and a physically powerful aura of pure loathing covers her body like Harry's
Invisibility Cloak. Draco struggles desperately to loosen her death grip around
his throat. His face turns blue as he kicks and squirms. She throws him against
the wall and they hear a loud crack as his arm breaks from hitting the stone.
"You filthy little pure-blood." She walks over and spits on him. "Don't talk
about my family. Voldermort's group of Death Eaters killed all my brothers,
sisters, and parents and I survived. Have your father pass on a message to
Voldermort. Tell him he missed one and I will kill those that wiped out me
family!"
Draco looks at her with a smile despite the pain in his arm. "A child! A
worthless, weak little child (Harry thought the word weak was a long stretch) with
no parents could never destroy The Dark Lord's plans."
"We both know that's not true. Harry put a huge dent in Voldermort's plans. Tell
your father my message." She turns to walk away and stops, "Jacob, I'm sorry for
what your father did and still does." She leaves Draco on the floor with his arm in
an awkward angle.
They climb up the stairs and wait until they get through the Fat Lady's Portrait
and check to see if the common room is empty before talking about what they say.
"What did she mean she was sorry? Why would anyone be sorry for Draco's dad
being a Death Eater?" Ron asks, his voice full of confusion.
Hermione sighs, "I don't think that's what she's talking about."
Harry stares at her, "What are you talking about?"
"She was indicating something. She spoke the same way she did when she was
telling Harry about the Sorting Hat. She didn't quiet say exactly what the thing
was. I think she knew we were there."
Ron laughs, "How would she know that? We didn't make any noise."
Hermione hesitates then answers, "She told us she would never tell anyone the
secrets she read in our minds. She somehow could sense we were there. She
never said straight up what she was sorry about. I'm going to the library before
class tomorrow. Goodnight." She turns and walks to the girls' dormitory.
"Why does she always have to go to the library?" Ron asks in disbelief.
Harry shrugs. "I guess she does know how I feel when it comes to family death.
I'll have to apologize to her in the morning. That reminds me, you never told me
which girl you like."
Ron turns red and mutters something about "no one" before climbing the stairs to
the boys' dormitory.
Harry follows him, changes into his nightgown, and climbs into bed. 'Draco was
right about one thing how did she get sorted into Slytherin?'
The next day at lunch Hermione walks over to the Slytherin Table and sits down
next to Suzy. All the Slytherins look at Hermione as if she's some kind of slime.
All of them glare at her except Suzy.
"I know that you know my secret. I also did know you were there last night. Plus
Harry and Ron. You really want to tell them, don't you?"
Hermione replies, "Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?"
Suzy smiles sadly, "My oldest brother used to ask me that before he died last
year."
"I'm sorry. How old was he?"
"My oldest died when he was 25 yrs old. My other brother when he turned
seventeen two years ago. My oldest sister died when she was 26 yrs old. She
died by my brother's side. And my other two sisters, they were twins, died when
they were eighteen, seven months ago. My oldest sister knew Lily Evans." Suzy
says with sorrow in her voice.
Hermione stares at Suzy, "You mean Harry's mother?"
Suzy nods. "She was in her first year at Hogwarts when Lily was in her last. Lily
helped my sister make it through school. Stephanie was an outcast."
"Well, if it isn't little miss House traitor. Why don't you asked to be moved in
with the Gryffindor's House." Says a nasty voice from behind the girls.
Without turning around Suzy says, "Hermione, we will discuss this secret later.
Don't tell until then."
Hermione gets up and gives Malfoy the deepest look of loathing before walking
off. Malfoy sits down next to Suzy and turns to face her. His broken arm is
completely healed.
"Did the nurse fix your arm?" Suzy asks, her voice full of concern.
Malfoy's jaw drops slightly. "Why do you care?"
"Because your arm as been broken before and I wanted to be sure it was healed
properly. Though, by now, you should know how to heal broken bones better
then the nurse here." Her voice is soft and kind.
His voice comes out hard and cold, "Shut-up or I'll tell everyone what kind of
creature you really are."
The other Slytherins look from Suzy to Malfoy. Curiosity upon their faces but
they don't say anything. Suzy turns and smiles at Pansy Parkinson.
"Your sister will be fine." Suzy gets up and walks away from the table.
Suzy walks up to the Fat Lady and says the password. The Fat Lady looks at
Suzy with curious eyes. "You don't belong in this common room."
"Your picture didn't deserve to be sliced up by Sirius Black three yrs ago. You
don't have to let me enter. But I ask you if I may enter this common room on the
promise that I leave in fifteen minutes."
The Lady hesitates then swings open, "For your kindness and lack of anger I give
you 25 minutes."
"Thank you." Suzy curtsies politely then climbs into the room. Inside the
common room we find Harry sitting in the comfortable armchair by the fire with
Ron at the desk doing his homework. Hermione is sitting in the corner reading a
book titled, "Dark Creatures and Their Abilities by Gilderly Lockhart.
"Surely you don't consider me a Dark Creature." Suzy asks with a hint of
sarcasm.
They all look up. "Suzy, its almost midnight! How did you get in?" Hermione
asks with surprise.
Suzy smiles as she walks over to her, "Why do you ask questions you already
know the answer to. The Fat Lady had the password on her mind when I came
up. She was hesitant to allow me in but I asked politely."
"May I."
"Yes, Hermione. Go ahead." Suzy finishes the sentence for her.
Harry gets up and joins Ron, Hermione, and Suzy on the floor. "I want to
apologize for yelling at you. Having five siblings and two parents die must be
very hard. No offense but it must be harder to have Snape being your only living
relative."
"Six."
"Huh?" Ron says.
"My mother was pregnant when she murdered. I lost six siblings and my life."
She says, her voice barely louder then a whisper.
"Huh?" Ron repeats.
Hermione jumps in, anxious to tell the secret and look smart at the same time.
"She's a vampire!"
"Huh?" Ron and Harry both say.
"It started the night the Death Eaters came to my house. There were four of them.
One of them was a vampire the others were werewolves. My father hid my mom
and me in the basement while he went to fight them. They killed my father with
barely a struggle. In a matter of seconds the vampire could sense our hiding spot
and they broke into the basement. The werewolves went after my mother and
slammed her against the stonewall." Suzy stops as a fear more tears fall down her
cheeks. She continues with the story with a trembling voice, "The vampire
grabbed me but he didn't kill me instead he started sucking my blood. I fell to the
floor from weakness. He grabbed me ready to finish the job when I cut him with
my pocketknife. I could hear my mother sobbing and screaming from the pain.
In an act of panic I drank some of the blood from his cut."
"I thought it would take a lot of blood to change you." Hermione says with a
know-it-all tone.
Suzy looks at her with a look of anger and impatience, "It does. He threw me to
the floor and said 'You want more?' and he laughed. He opened the cut wider. I
believed if I could change fast enough I could save my mother. He thought I was
offering my aide to the dark side. Finally I felt my body change. Strength and
power flowed through my veins. I stood up and grabbed his neck. Before he
knew what was happening I broke his neck and ripped off his head. I turned to
my mother's torturers. They smiled at me and one of them took out a shiny
dagger with a picture of a snake through a skull on the handle. Before I could
even move he sliced my mother's neck and the blood flowed down her body. The
apparated from the room and I rushed to my mother before she hit the floor. I
vowed that I would avenge all their death's." Her voice shakes and trembles when
she finishes the story.
Harry pulls Suzy into a warm hug as she starts to cry again. "I'm sorry." He
doesn't know what else to say. He never though he would have to comfort
someone else and he found himself entirely speechless.
A week before Christmas Vacation Ron walks over to Suzy during dinner. The
Slytherins looks at him with superior looks and laugh as he blushes from them
staring at him. Suzy looks up at him.
"Hello Ron."
He blushes and looks at the floor. "I-I-I-I t-told m-my m-m-m-mom that y- you
needed a f-family t-to stay w-with during C-Christmas B-B-Break."
Malfoy and his gang laugh. "Look, Ron and Suzy are going out!"
Suzy stands up and hugs Ron. His ears even turn red. "Thank you. Is Hermione
and Harry going?"
Ron nods.
"You can go back to your Table. Thank you, again."
Draco sits in the common room long after everyone goes to bed. A tear falls
down his cheek and he swears into the empty night.
"I could help you if you'd let me." Someone whispers from the other side of the
dark room.
He doesn't look to see who's talking. "How can you possibly help me?" His
voice is a mixture of fear, anger, disbelief, hope, and sadness.
She appears by his side. "You could let me be your friend."
He laughs, "I have friends. And they respect me."
"No, they fear you. And you know it."
"So?"
Suzy sighs. "I could be your secret friend. You could talk to me about anything
at any time. I won't tell anyone and I won't tell you any advice without your
consent. You fear your father. How many times as he broken your bones for
disobeying him? How many times have you though of running away?"
His face turns to hers, "Everyday of my life. Did you know he broke my left leg
when he found that a mudblood had a high score in school? He yelled at me and
said that I would amount to nothing if I were less then Hermione. Then, he
knocked me unconscious when Harry lost us the house-elf. He broke both my
legs during Christmas break on my second year when I fell during the Quidditch
match."
Suzy touches his and but he doesn't recoil instead he holds her hand.
"I've never told anyone. Not even Crabbe or Goyle. I think you put a spell on
me." His face and voice are expressionless (and toneless).
"But I haven't!" She exclaims with fear.
He laughs, "No. I mean you've bewitched me with your strength and kindness."
He looks her in the eyes.
Her entire face burns red. "I-I-I-I-I have t-t-to g-g-o t-t-to b-b-b."
"Bed?" He finishes with a wide grin.
Mrs. Weasely, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Harry, and Suzy enter the Weasely
household. Sitting at the kitchen table is two redheaded, freckly twin boys. They
look up when the lot enters the group. Fred looks at Suzy and grins. Suzy has on
black leather pants, a skintight velvet white shirt, and a silver necklace on. All the
students are carrying their luggage.
Fred and George leap out of their chairs and rush over to Suzy, "Can I help you
with you luggage?"
Ron scowls at his brothers. They bewitch her bag and levitate it upstairs to the
girls' bedroom. Suzy smiles. Hermione rolls her eyes and Ginny giggles. Mrs.
Weasely glares at her two boys and mutters something about 'why can't they
normally do that?'
Suzy looks at Fred, "Thank you Fred and (she looks at George) George."
They gape that she knows which is which. "H-how?"
Suzy turns to Mrs. Weasely, "Thank you so much for letting me stay. I hope I
won't be any trouble."
Mrs. Weasely turns slightly pink, "No problem dear. I knew your father. He was
a good man."
Suzy nods and turns to the twins. "Can I ask you something privately?"
They grin devilishly, "Sure, let us lead you to our office."
The three of them head upstairs and they go into the twins' room. "We haven't
moved out yet. Need a bit more galleons. So, my cute little."
"I didn't realize you liked vampires," Suzy says with a laugh.
They look at her and laugh, "We didn't know you had a sense of humor."
"Who's joking?" She has a look of seriousness.
They stare at her, "You aren't. What can we do for you, Suzy?"
She smiles, "Two things. I want to sponsor your joke shop. What I mean is I
have a few empty buildings in the perfect places for a joke shop. I want to donate
them to you."
Fred's face turns serious, "What's the catch?"
"I know your in the Order and I want information on three Death Eaters.
Citrimax Hugger, Unicornal Breden, and Flourishent Univer. They killed my
parents and I want revenge. All I know is that they are werewolves." Explains
Suzy.
"Who told you about the order?" Demanded George angrily.
"Your mother was thinking about plans for the Order on the way home. I was
eavesdropping. Do we have a deal?" My voice is sharp and there's slight threat to
my tone.
The boys think about it, "Deal. But, we want one more thing."
"I'll buy you supplies for the next six months. I can't afford any more then that.
Is that enough on my part?"
George smiles and nods, "We won't tell your vampire secret. My mom might not
like the fact that you can hear these plans."
On the third day of vacation a beautiful brown owl with black spots and a black
circle around the left eye flies through the window during breakfast. The owl
lands on Suzy shoulder carrying a letter and a small package. She looks to Mrs.
Weasely and excuses her self from the table. She rushes up the stairs and rips
open the letter:
Dear,
I am writing to tell you my problems. My dad found out that I got less then an O on one of my O.W.L.S. He called me a bunch of names (worthless, trash, mudblood, and so on). Then he threw me against the wall, not as much strength as you but it still hurt. He kept shoving me and I ended up tripping and breaking my ankle. I already have it healed. I never told him about you. I don't think you want me to. If you write any advice my dad could intercept it. The only letters he won't read are from Crabbe and Goyle because he can't understand their sloppy handwriting. Crabbe, Goyle. That's what their writing looks like. So sign it like that please. My owl's name is Alexander but you can call him Alex. My dad's coming to yell at me some more so I have to go.
Jacob Malfoy P.S. I bought you a little Christmas present. I hope it doesn't get their too early; I'm not sure where the Weasels are.
Suzy picks up the small package and pets Alex gently on the back. The owl hoots
happily. She opens the package carefully and inside she finds a necklace with a
dragon breathing fire hanging from the loop. She takes off her necklace and puts
on the new one. She reaches into her bag and takes out a vile of red liquid. She
downs the liquid in one gulp and puts it back in her bag.
Dear Malfoy,
In these situations you have three options: 1. Take what he throws at you like you've been doing. 2. Suck up to him and try to never mess up. 3. Use a strength potion on yourself. But the third one might make him madder. At the end of this school you will be old enough to get your own place. You can even make it have one of those Secret-Keeper spells. Make sure you don't tell someone who can be easily tricked into telling. I have to go and finish dinner. I got your letter the third day of vacation. You must not be far. I'd send you your present but I'll wait till I see you at school.
Suzy
"WAKE UP! HURRY!" Shouts a voice at 2 in the morning.
Suzy sits up and looks around; despite the lack of lights she can see where
everything is. Mrs. Weasely is standing above Hermione and Ginny trying to
wake them.
"Two more minutes, mommy!" Ginny says sleepily as she turns over.
"Allow me, Mrs. Weasely." Suzy appears by Ginny's side and yells, "THE
HOUSE IS ON FIRE!"
Ginny leaps out of bed, fully alert. Hermione mimics her. The girls stand there in
their nightgowns looking around. Suzy turns on the light.
"Mom, what's going on?" Ginny yawns.
Mrs. Weasely answers quickly, "We have to leave, now! They called a secret
meeting and I can't leave you all alone. So grab whatever you can and be ready
in five minutes. "Suzy, dear, I have to send you to Hogwarts this is a very."
"Secret meeting for the Order?" Suzy finishes.
Mrs. Weasely stares at Suzy, "Who told you?"
Suzy sighs, "I might as well tell you. When my parents were killed I was changed
into a vampire. I can read minds, fly without brooms, and so on. I know not
many vampires can read minds but I guess I was lucky. I want to join you but I
know I have to be of legal age and out of school first."
"Does Dumbledore know about this?" Mrs. Weasely says angrily. "He didn't tell
me when I talked to him before Christmas Vacation."
"He promised he wouldn't tell."
