With or Without You...

A Harry Potter Fanfiction: BookOne

1.

"I'm sorry, Mother! Please, show mercy!" Aurelia Xiao squeaked. Her father Abelard Xiao stood nearby, sucking up the new little bit of drama in the manor. Catalina Xiao dropped the blood-stained whip lightly onto the cold floor.

"The Malfoys will be coming in a few minutes. Wear your expensive gown to cover up the whip marks, there will be a ball at our manor, complete with a full banquet for dinner." Aurelia curtseyed and scuttled out.

...

They were here! Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy. "Aurelia. This...is the Malfoy heir, Draco." Narcissa smiled warmly and let the new boy glide swiftly over to Aurelia. "Now, now, Aurelia, play nice! " replied her mother with her signature fake sweet voice.

Lucius Malfoy and Aurelia's father were talking business. Abelard Xiao came over.

"Aurelia, Draco. The Malfoys are staying over the entire holiday. Till you go...you know where." Both kids knew where that was. HOGWARTS!

"Lia! Lia!" Draco shouted, getting ready for the ball.

"Yes, Draco?" Lia replied.

"You do know Harry Potter, right?" Before Lia could nod, Draco had gone on. "I want to be friends with him. But Father says that we are Malfoys, and they are our enemies. For Potter is a Half-Blood. The Potter line was pure-blood once, till James Potter married Lily Evans."

The Parkinsons, the Notts and the Zabinis came. One of Aurelia's good friends, Cadence Li came as well. The ball then commenced. After a night's dance with each partner, the banquet began. Aurelia felt that it was such a good time to forget all her troubles with parents and focus on the fun. Soon enough, the guests apart from the Malfoys left. The two families bid each other goodnights and retired to bed.

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2.

At breakfast the two lucky kids received the letters! The envelope was creamy white and plastered onto it was a Hogwarts sign, complete with the Latin words; DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAN TITILLANDUS.

"Never tickle a sleeping dragon," Aurelia translated.

"Never tickle me," Draco added. Narcissa laughed and nearly choked on her food. Lucius face palmed.

Nothing interesting. They wrote their replies and sent them using an old family owl.

"Aren't you excited, Lia?" Draco inquired. "Because we're literally going to get schoolbooks for Hogwarts! We're actually going! It's REALITY!" Aurelia only nodded and skipped on.

The day ended peacefully. Soon, the kids would get onto the Hogwarts Express.

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3.

Narcissa, Lucius, Abelard and Catalina said goodbye to their kids when they went through the wall. Aurelia was actually glad. But she didn't like the noisy crowd when she got out. Draco gripped her hand. "It'll be okay, Lia," he assured her. Reluctantly, she made it through with Draco and found a compartment.

Blaise, Cadence, Theo and Pansy sat there, smiling and waiting for them. "Hi, Pansy, Blaise. Cadence. Theo." The other two sat down and began to chat contentedly with the others. Suddenly, Aurelia caught a glimpse of someone. Someone with a lightning scar and round-rimmed glasses. HARRY POTTER! She walked calmly out of the compartment. "Hey."

He looked at her, scanning her features and the Hogwarts uniform she was already wearing. He then answered, "Oh, hi! What's your name?"

"Aurelia Xiao." She answered quickly.

"This is the first time someone has not screamed and shouted, HARRY POTTER! Thanks for not reacting like that."

" I should get back to my compartment."

"Same. So, goodbye for now!" He ran back. Aurelia returned back to her compartment

Aurelia opened the window, poked her head out and finally saw... the magic school of MAGIC, Hogwarts. Seven years of absolute. happiness awaited her in the future.

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4.

Walking inside the Grand Hall, Aurelia met many more people. She was amazed. Draco tried in vain to friend Harry. Finally, it was time for the Sorting. Draco asked her what house she thought she would be in.

Aurelia Xiao, in all the years of her life had never thought of this. But she wanted one house now, and she had to get into it.

Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat onto Aurelia's head. Professor Dumbledore smiled at Aurelia, like she was something special. She liked the principal. The Hat studied her mind closely.

"Hmm... Kind, like a Hufflepuff, bright and smart like a Ravenclaw, brave and loyal like a Gryffindor, but I will put you in... SLYTHERIN!

Aurelia grinned from ear to ear as she joined Draco at the Slytherin table. She saw her friend; Hermione Granger get sorted into Gryffindor. She saw the person she shipped Hermione with, Ron, also get sorted into the same house as Hermione.

Aurelia was very happy at this point, until she saw Professor Quirrell's sly look at Harry Potter, and the two glowing eyes on the other side of his purple turban...

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5.

Aurelia and Draco had been chosen to be in the Quidditch Team. They were ecstatic. Captain Marcus Flint of the Slytherins trained with Aurelia herself, in one-on-one lessons. She found out Harry, Ron and Hermione were suspicious of Professor Severus Snape. In her opinion, she was quite fond of the serious and grumpy looking professor and knew his own past from memory.

"Harry, Professor Snape didn't curse your broomstick." Aurelia confidently said. Harry and Ron disagreed.

Ron smirked and said, "Scared, Lia? I would expect that of you, since you're a Slytherin and friends with Malfoy. We're going for the Philosopher's Stone tonight, and you should come with us anyway. Unless... you're scared~"

That night, Aurelia had explored and discovered the... Mirror of Erised. She looked into it and saw... A boy. With blonde, silvery hair with small black highlights. Then, there were two adults behind the child. One looked exactly like her... It WAS Aurelia Xiao, but older! The other was a guy with blonde hair, presumably the father of Aurelia's child. It looked like someone she knew... also older.

Dumbledore appeared. "This says, I show not your face but your heart's desire." he said. "This is not the future, dear Aurelia. I think you should know who you really love. This mirror will be moved soon, Miss Xiao. I advise you not to try and find it now. Many men have gone mad just by looking at this mirror."

Aurelia nodded, left and fled to the safety of her Slytherin dorm bed.

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Harry, Hermione, Ron and Aurelia went through many obstacles. The Vampire Plants, the flying Keys, the Giant Chess Board... Harry and Aurelia were the only ones left now.

"There's two potions there that let us through." Aurelia spoke after a long period of silence between her and Harry.

"Let's go together then." Harry said, a slight blush on his cheeks.

They gripped their hands, drank the potions and jumped through the wild blaze of flames. Then, looking at each other and then in front of them, were greatly shocked. Well, not Aurelia!

Professor Quirrell stood before them, staring into the glass of the Mirror of Erised.

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6.

"Yes, my Lord," Quirrell seemed to say repeatedly. But who was the Lord? It was none other than the person who killed James and Lily Potter, the Dark Lord. Lord Voldemort.

"Ah yes, the Chosen Ones! A jackpot!" Aurelia and Harry knew what he was talking about. They were the ones who had the responsibility to assassinate Voldemort himself.

But for now, they had to kill Quirrell. The kids were brought to face the Mirror of Erised. "So, what do you see?"

The two decided to lie. "It's ME," Harry replied. "I've won the Quidditch Cup." "It's me. I've become a prefect," Aurelia replied. Both the Lord and the Professor recoiled in anger.

"They're lying," Voldemort shrieked. But the two kids had a plan. Harry jumped up and grabbed Quirrell on the face, grappling on his ugly features. Voldemort, on the other side of Quirrell's head, shrieked! The body started to crumble at Harry's touch. Aurelia joined in. In no time at all, Quirrell and Voldemort was nothing but a pile of ash, slowly disintegrating away.

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Aurelia and Harry woke up in the med bay. Madam Pomfrey fussed over them like a mother. Aurelia found a few gifts from Draco on her bedside. She smiled softly and began to open them. One present had a small card over it. Inside, it read; GET WELL SOON LIA!

Dumbledore talked to Harry for a bit. Aurelia knew what it was about. Harry and her being the Chosen Ones. She chose not to really listen in and instead, enjoy the rest of her first year at Hogwarts.