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~~"Kalena. Wake up dear." Kalena opened her eyes and she saw two people holding a baby, standing in front of a door. The door opened and the mother handed the baby over to someone else. ~~
She sat up in bed in a cold sweat and looked around at this unusual place she was. She saw the green and silver colors of the four-poster bed and remembered where she was.
That dream again, what does it mean? Oh well, I better go and get some breakfast. She checked her clock and saw it was only five in the morning.
Great, I'm up early. Damn time difference. I'll go walk around until breakfast or something.
She changed into a white tank top, similar to the one she wore the previous day, and a tight pair of jeans. She then dug through the stuff under her bed and found a pair of sandals and put them on. She pulled out her wand after putting her hair up and pointed it at her stuff.
"Abnuo adepto Caelestis."
There now I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my stuff. Now down to the common room to sit by the fire. She left the room and walked down to the fireplace but the fire was out.
Damn. Well I guess its good I brought my wand.
"Aduro flamma." The fire started again and she sat down, staring into the fire thinking to her self.
I wonder what that dream means. the woman kinda looks like me in a way, so maybe its the future. Dreams are suppose to have some reason behind them, so this has to also. The man didn't look familiar at all, so does that mean I'm not marrying someone I already know? Maybe I'll ask that Professor McGonagall or something. That's another thing, why did she look at me like that? It was so weird that the teachers were all confused. Oh look at the pretty painting. Damn my attention span. I need to go for a walk. She got up, put out the fire and left out of the common room.
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"Hello? Who is there?" Professor McGonagall looked over into the shadows and then saw a young girl.
"Kalena? Why are you out of bed? Is there something wrong?"
"No, I just woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. Sorry, I didn't know I couldn't walk around. Is there a place I could go while I wait for everyone else to get up?"
"You could go to the library and read but besides that there's only your common room. But before you go I'd like to speak to you. When we received your information from Montgomery they said you were a muggle born, not a pure blood. That is true correct?" Kalena nodded with a confused look on her face as to why it mattered.
"Then that is most curious that you were sorted into Slytherin. All Slytherin's are pure bloods, there have been no exceptions until you." The shocked student stood there, silently analyzing all that was just said.
"And I must warn you to not tell anyone you are muggle born. Slytherin do not like muggle born, they will only associate with pure bloods." McGonagall saw all the color drain from Kalena's face.
"What's wrong dear? Are you sick?"
"I already told four people I'm a muggle born."
"Oh my, who? Tell me please."
"Harry Potter, Ron and Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger. Is this going to get me kicked out?" Tears started rolling down her cheeks and she wiped them away, she was just getting use to Hogwarts.
"No, of course not. You are a model student and witch from your old school if I'm not mistaken, and we don't want to get rid of something like you that easily. That reminds me, did they ever discover how you have the gift?"
"No ma'am."
"It is truly a miracle then. Well I will have a word with those students about your secret at breakfast, now are you going to the library?" Kalena nodded and smiled.
"Thank you very much ma'am. I do have a question though. Why does blood matter so much here?"
"Families who are pure blood think they are better than everyone else, such as the Malfoy family for instance. They are just brought up that way and know nothing else."
Malfoy? No, not Draco. We just got together. I just won't tell him, ever.
"Miss Thomas, are you listening? The library is down that corridor and up that staircase, on the left."
"Thank you, professor."
"Oh and Miss Thomas. I see you have no robes, you may wear your uniform from your old school."
"But professor, I am. They let us where whatever we wanted." McGonagall looked the girl up and down, pursed her lips and then sighed.
"Very well, I will alert the other teachers of your..outfit. Hurry along to the library now." She set off to the library, leaving the old woman behind watching.
I'll go and read up on the magic society here in Europe and maybe find out what all the commotion is about. I still think its stupid. I'm not a pure blood and I had the highest grades at my old school, which beat all the pure bloods. She found the library and began her research.
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"Time to get up Mione. It's seven o'clock. Wake up."
Damn I slept in again. Hermione got up and dressed, walking down to the Great Hall with Ginny. She waved to Harry and Ron who were already stuffing their faces with food. She glanced over at the Slytherin table and saw Kalena wasn't there.
"Where's Kalena?" Ginny shook her head.
"Out of the way mudblood." She recognized the voice instantly and turned around to be face to face with Draco Malfoy.
"Where's Kalena? What'd you do to my friend?"
"None of your business mudblood. You're not even worthy of a pure bloods time, so why would you be worthy of her friendship?"
"A pure blood? She's not..."
"Miss Granger. You will follow me." Hermione looked at Professor McGonagall and that behind her were two Weasleys and a boy with a scar on his forehead.
"But professor, I didn't do anything."
"Follow me Miss Granger." Draco smirked at all of the Gryffindors following behind the old lady. He walked over to his table and sat down between Crabbe and Goyle and then looked around at everyone there.
The mudblood was right, she's not here. I wonder where she could be. Probably still sleeping. He didn't give it another thought and started eating.
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McGonagall ushered the students into the headmaster's office. They saw the old man look up and he waved them forward.
"They're all yours Albus." She looked at the group once more and then left, shutting the door behind her. They all wondered what they had already done to get into trouble.
"Sit down." Four chairs appeared in front of his desk and they slowly walked over and sat into them.
"You're not in trouble, do not be worried. I'm sure you all know Kalena Thomas. You all also know her secret, that she is a muggle born. It is quite serious that you do not tell anyone of what she is, it would bring about a lot of confusion." He looked at them seriously and making sure they understood.
"We do not know how she was sorted into Slytherin, as you all saw last night, but she is not a pure blood. This has us all stumped and we do not want questioning parents wondering about the situation before it has been solved. She is a very, very special girl and we don't want her to come to any harm. Do you all understand?" The group nodded and he smiled at them, releasing the tension in the room.
"Then you are dismissed to return to breakfast and are allowed to be late to class." The group got up and left, except for Hermione who waited til they were gone and walked up to Dumbledore.
"Professor, do you happen to know where she is? I didn't see her at breakfast and I was worried."
"She is in the library, most likely absorbed in a book. Here, take her schedule with you. I made sure that all her classes today are with you, Harry or Mr. Weasley, so she may be helped out." He handed her the schedule and she walked out of the office towards the library.
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....the Slytherin house has always and always will be deprived of only pure bloods. The current Head of House is Professor Ubel Diomedes, who has followed in his father's footsteps, Chesed Diomedes who was Head of Slytherin until his death. The rumored next head of house is potions teacher Severus Snape.
I guess they don't update these books very often, since Snape is the Head of House. What was that? I thought I heard a noise. She stood up and walked out of her corner and saw Hermione looking for someone.
"Morning." Kalena smiled as Hermione jumped at the sound of her voice.
"We're going to be late for class, you missed breakfast. I was wondering where you were." She handed Kalena her schedule.
"Dumbledore said we have all classes today together, so that way I can show you around. What were you doing in here anyway?"
"Couldn't sleep. I came here to do research on some things and I ate earlier. Now let's go to class, come on." They ran out of the library and down into the dungeons for Double Potions.
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"Where's Hermione? It's not like her to be late." Just as Harry finished Hermione and Kalena burst into the room.
"Miss Granger you're ten minutes late, 20 points from Griffindor." Snape smirked and then looked up and saw Kalena next to her.
"But Professor I was told by Professor Dumbledore to find Kalena and bring her to class. She was up in the library and you know how far away from here it is." Hermione said between breaths.
She must not run as much as I do, she seems to tired. Maybe I should try and help her out since she said he doesn't like her too much.
"It's my fault Professor. I tripped on the way and my stuff went everywhere, which caused us to be extra late. Don't punish her for my clumsiness." Snape not wanting to take points from his own house, nodded in agreement.
"Miss Thomas, your sounding like a Gryffindor. For that you will sit next to Mister Malfoy here in the front, for the rest of the year. Maybe you will turn into more of a Slytherin, if you're around one." Kalena looked over and saw a smirking Malfoy. She walked over to him, stepping on Pansy's foot which was held out to trip her, and sat down next to Draco.
Snape looked back at his book and starting talking, when Draco slid a piece of paper over to her. Making sure Snape wasn't looking, she read it to herself.
Why weren't you at breakfast and why did you come in with
the mudblood?
When she read the last word she cringed and then wrote back to him between taking notes.
I woke up really early this morning, the time difference ya know, so I ate breakfast when it was first served. I came in with HERMIONE because she's my friend and like she said, Dumbledore told her to find me. If you don't like her then keep it to yourself around me or fuck off. The way I was raised, blood does not matter and I believe that. If you want, go back to your whore, Pansy. Tell me your answer after class, if I miss more notes Snape may change his mind about taking the points away from me.
She slid it back to him and saw him read it and drop his quill and then look up immediately at the sound of Snape's voice.
"Mister Malfoy, is there something you'd like to share with the class. I know these notes aren't that shocking." The whole class was staring at Draco and he turned a slight pink.
"No professor. I uh...just can't believe that Wolf Bane is in that." He made a quick but non-convincing recovery. Snape stared at him for a minute and then continued with his lecture.
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"I wonder what happened." Ron whispered to Hermione.
"You didn't see? They were writing back and forth and then the last thing she said shocked Draco. I wonder what it was. I'll ask her after class." Ron and Harry nodded and they went back to their notes. Throughout the rest of class, Hermione and Kalena went back and forth answering questions, which embarrassed Snape to have a know-it-all in his house.
After class, Draco followed Kalena out of the room and into an empty classroom. Harry, Ron and Hermione followed them and then stood outside and listened through a crack in the door.
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"So what's your answer?" Kalena sat down on a desk and Draco stood in front of her. She looked up at him and he pulled her into his mouth and they once again began tasting each other's tongue.
"I take it you're not going back to the whore then?" He nodded and leaned forward to kiss her again but she pushed him back.
"What about Hermione?" He sat down on a desk next to her.
"Why did you defend that mudblood? Why are you still? Why are you even her friend?"
"Because we have common interests, she's nice, and she's friend material. Like I told you in class, you don't like that she's my friend then you can fuck off." She stood up and grabbed her stuff. She started walking towards the door and he grabbed her arm.
"Fine if she's your friend, she's your friend. I'll deal with it, but I will not be buddy buddy with Potter and the Weasel." They heard a noise out in the hall and then Hermione walked in.
"What do you want mu...Granger."
"I was told to take Kalena to all her classes. It's kind of hard to do that if she's not with me, don't you think?" The door opened and Harry and Ron appeared next to her.
"Oh yeah, sorry Hermione. I totally lost track of time, we had to talk about something." She looked back at Draco and saw his anger at their interruption.
"Are you coming Kalena?" Harry smiled and Draco stood up to block Kalena from his view.
"What do you have next?" He checked Kalena's schedule.
"Okay, I'll see you at lunch. Bye baby." He kissed her on the cheek and then grabbed his stuff and left. The three smiled at Kalena and they all ran to Herbology.
Draco doesn't deserve her, not one bit. Damn Sorting Hat didn't know what it was doing. Harry was then interrupted by an elbow into side by Kalena.
"Mister Potter, are you deaf back there? I asked everyone to put their goggles on." He blushed and then quickly put his goggles on as Kalena and Hermione laughed.
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"What I was thinking Harry is at the next game we could.."
"Hello? Anyone home? I said I need to go meet Draco so I'll see you later."
"Oh okay, bye Kalena." Ron smiled and waved.
"Kalena, I just wanted to tell you to watch out for Malfoy. If he ever found at what you are...his family is known for hating muggle borns. I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's all." She smiled and kissed Harry on the cheek, which made him turn a shade of red.
"Thanks for your concern, but I can take care of myself. I gotta go, byes. Talk to you later Hermione." She waved and ran off to the Great Hall to find Draco.
A blonde watched her running towards the school, from behind a tree and smiled to herself.
That little whore, kissing Potter. This'll get Draco to leave her. She walked past the Gryffindors and took a shortcut to the Great Hall.
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Where is she? Must be walking with the mudblood back here. Oh great, Pansy. She better not sit here.... She sat down next to him in the empty seat he was saving for Kalena.
"Get lost whore, this seat is saved for my girlfriend."
"She's not going to be your girlfriend for long. Guess who I just saw making out with the 'boy who lived'?" She smirked as Kalena walked in. She spotted Draco and then Pansy.
"Changed your mind about going back with the whore?" She narrowed her eyes at Pansy and she returned it. Draco then saw the Golden Trio walk in, Harry looking quite happy.
"Actually, she just told me a nice little story. Did you make out with Potter?" He said showing very slight anger and disbelief. After a second of noticing he was serious, she broke out into laughter. Everyone nearby started watching her and then after a couple of minutes she calmed down.
"She actually told you that? You are such a lying two-bit whore. If kissing someone on the cheek is making out, what'd me and you do last night Draco?" She walked behind Pansy, pulled her by her hair off her chair and a few feet away before walking back and sitting down. Pansy got up and walked to another empty seat.
"Why did you kiss him at all?" Draco still slightly angry.
"Oh you'll love that. He warned me about you, basically told me you were no good. He said he didn't want me to get hurt. Ain't that so sweet?" She started laughing again, but this time joined by Draco.
"Yes, I was making out with his cheek, if that's even possible. You really thought I'd do that huh? I'm not blaming you, since you don't know me and I already showed interest in him. Just wondering."
"I didn't believe her til I saw Potter walk in with a huge grin on his face. He must be a very lonely person." He noticed that Harry was looking over and smirked.
Draco leaned into Kalena and gave her a kiss, sneaking his tongue into her mouth and then pulled away. He looked back over at the Gryffindor table and saw the result he wanted, Harry narrowed his eyes at Draco and then looked away.
"You know if you're just going to use me to get him jealous, I could always make out with him instead of you." Draco hugged her.
"You're not going anywhere Miss Caele." She pushed him off.
"You don't even know my damn name and you're telling me not to leave ya?"
"No. I know your name is Kalena, but I wanted a nickname for you. I remembered your middle name and shortened it. Do you like it?" She smiled and kissed him.
"I love it. We better get eating though, before Transfiguration." They both started their lunch without noticing they were being watched by two Gryffindors.
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What the hell does she see in him? They've been together only a day and they're already fighting? They will never last. I finally have a girl who wants to go out with me and HE takes her away. Harry started stabbing at his food, until someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"Harry, you okay?" Neville looked at his mutilated meal.
"Yeah. I am Neville, thanks." Harry looked and saw Hermione was watching the couple also. She looked like she was worried for her new friend. He nudged her as the mail started being delivered.
"I hope he doesn't find out about her being a muggle born, he'll be furious." Hermione whispered to Harry and he nodded.
They finished their meals and then left to their class, Transfigurations Gryffindors and Slytherins.
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Later that day, on the way to Divination, Harry and Ron spotted Kalena wandering the halls alone, apparently not knowing where she was going.
"Hey Kalena! You on your way to Divination?"
"Yeah, do you know how to get there?" They nodded and led the way quickly up to the Divination room. Kalena tripped on a few trick steps which caused them almost to be late, rushing up the ladder to the Divination room. They sat down, Harry and Ron being exhausted from the run. Professor Trelawney walked out from a curtain and greeted everyone.
While the professor was in one of her 'trances', Harry thought it be the perfect time to ask her about earlier.
"So what happened at lunch between Draco and you?"
"Oh, that Pansy slut tried to break us up by telling Draco I was making out with you. He must not trust me much if he thinks I would do that." Seeing the hurt look on his face she continued.
"Not saying I would never make out with you, you are a nice looking guy, I just don't cheat on my boyfriends. I have very strong loyalty ethics, since I've been cheated on before and I know how much it hurts to be betrayed."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear to hear that. Well if he can't trust you now, do you think he'll trust you later?"
"I don't really blame him, he only just met me and doesn't really know me. After a while he'll know me better and should trust me." She smiled and he decided to leave it at that, she seemed really happy with him.
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After that first rough week, Kalena had a great relationship with Draco and her friends stopped worrying about her. Weeks went by and the two seemed to be getting closer by each day. Their relationship seemed like nothing could go wrong, but at that point in a relationship there's always something bound to go wrong.
Pansy was walking back to her common room, after the Halloween feast, when she heard two girls arguing over something. The Halloween feast was happening in the Great Hall so it was odd people weren't in there. She personally had left the feast early because she wasn't feeling good. She hid behind a pillar and listened as they approached.
"You have to break up with him, I don't want him hurting you once he finds out what you are."
"Hermione, don't worry about me. I'm not going to tell him anytime soon, if at all. I know how his family is about muggle borns and they'd never accept me, he'd hate me for sure. Anyway, I think I love him. I know its soon, but ever since I saw him watching me in the train station I haven't been ab le to get him out of my mind." Pansy couldn't tell who the second girl was but she sounded oddly familiar.
"Kalena, he's going to find out sooner or later, somehow. Its better to break it off now and then there's less chance of either of you getting hurt." Pansy gasped at hearing this new bit of information and then smiled to herself.
"Look, I'm going back to my common room since I'm not feeling well. Tell Harry and Ron 'Happy Halloween' for me, okay?"
"Sure, feel better. Bye." Hermione walked off to the Great Hall as Kalena started her walk to the dungeons. As soon as she was sure Hermione was gone, Pansy stepped out of the shadows in front of Kalena. She stared at Pansy in shock, wondering how much she heard.
"Why hello, mudblood."