A/N: Well, 5 reviews for chapters 2-3 total. Not bad after five months, right?

Crissy Lang: Well, I'm sorry you don't like this story. However, this is the way I write. I change names. I know Ginny is short for Virginia, but I like the name Ginger better. It's new and different. The dialogue I have written in the form all my English teachers have taught me to. I have tried to be very descriptive, but it obviously isn't good enough for you. Sorry, but you should go to someone else and bitch about they're stories, cuz hey, guess what, I'm not interested in your telling me that I have no writing skills whatsoever when you're story is really bad too (yes, I read it. No, I was too lazy and too pissed at you to review it. Yes, I'm now telling you how I feel about it.)

dracohermioneluver: Yipe! I totally forgot about Mione! I'll try to get her into this chapter!

aidyl: Yeah, I know, but Ginger is more original than Virginia.

natalie: Yes, I know Ginny is short for Virginia. Ginny can also be short for Ginger too, though. So I'm going to use the name Ginger.

To all my cherished readers: You RULE! And I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's the REAL number 3! And don't forget to review!!!!

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"DRACO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Valletta screamed as the image of her brother performing the Cruciartus Curse on Lucius stood before her eyes.

"He killed our mother! He deserves the pain that...that..." Draco trailed off and collapsed in a heap in front of the green and silver sofa.

"Valletta..." a wheezing voice said, "Forget about your mother and your brother. Only remember...what...what I've done for you."

Suddenly, Valletta felt a strong surge of something that she had felt many years ago.

Belonging.

But also anger. How could Lucius think that he was more important to her than Draco? And what about her mother?

"And what have you done for me?"

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"GET OUT OF HERE, YOU BITCH!" Her father threw his empty beer bottle at the front door. It shattered into tiny pieces all over the floor.

A short, wavy-haired girl ran out, tears streaming down her face.

When she had run about 15 feet away from the hellhole, she stopped.

'Where am I going to go?' she asked herself, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

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His eyes roamed the length of her body. God, she was gorgeous! Her long red hair fell to her mid-back and reminded him of just how sexy the color red was supposed to be.

He looked down at himself. 'Boxing for two years has paid off at last,' he thought to himself, 'I look good.'

The girl smiled seductively at him, and before he knew it, he was walking over to kiss her.

Dudley Dursley woke up, very red in the face and stayed like that the whole day.

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She was walking blindly through the streets of London, tears still streaming down her face.

"I can't do this anymore. I can't take it, wandering forever..." she said, walking up to a rather battered looking apartment building and pressing the buzzer.

"Hello?" an American accent sounded from the speaker.

"Hello. My name is Hermione Granger. I'm on the run from my father who's been abusing me all summer and need a place to stay."

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'Dear Diary,

It was a dream. All a dream. No one will ever love me the way anyone deserves to be loved. I've never felt so alone. Maybe I should end it all now...not let this awful world tear me apart. I shall not write again, dear diary. I must go and find a knife. I am going to end my life once and for all. I am not joking this time. It's all over. Valletta'

The blonde-haired girl set down the leather book that her mother had given her the day before she died.

As soon as she left the room, however, she was grabbed from behind and passed out of all consciousness.

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A/N: Hahaha, I am evil, no? What should I do with Valletta? Who grabbed her? I'm interested in your suggestions.

I'm going to bring in some new characters. They're names are:

Linsy: straight ash brown hair, blue eyes, 5'1", 86lbs., 16 years old

Cassándrá: extremely curly, short blonde hair, green eyes, 4'10, 83lbs., 16 years old

Kiara: short, curly blonde hair, brown eyes, scars from fights, 5', 91lbs., 17 years old

Aidon: shoulder-length wavy hair (light brown), brown eyes, 5'10, 110lbs., 17 years old

What do you think? They're all muggles, BTW. I think it'll go pretty well, don't you? Review and tell me what you think.

Til next time!

amaryllis

P.S. Sorry the chapter is so short. Chapter 4 WILL be longer! I promise!