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Now, this is my fifth chapter... enjoy!! And thanks to KEMENRAN and H.P.OTTER5!!
Oh. and I still need a beta if anyone is interested.
Draco followed with Madam Pomfrey all the way to the hospital wing. Dumbledore and McGonagall were close behind, questioning the incident.
"Draco, do you know what Riley is doing her, why she would come here?" Dumbledore had finally asked the question that Draco did not know the answer to.
"Umm... Well I assume she feels safe here, doesn't want to be with her father. Fear probably." and the answer came out of his mouth, before he could stop it... The one thing she didn't want anyone to know, her fear for her father.
Madame Pomfrey looked Riley up and down and told Dumbledore that it looks like she has been tortured recently, probably by an unforgivable curse.
Dumbledore looked over at the small girl lying in the bed. "To think she is so young and has been through so much, why would he even want a daughter, knowing what he would do to her."
Draco looked up at Dumbledore, "Do I have to leave, I would like to spend a little time with her, I don't feel I should leave her side"
"Ok Draco, you can stay" he said as he was about to leave "Riley Riddle, you are in my thoughts. Get better, I need to know why you are here" with that Dumbledore was gone.
Madame Pomfrey had rushed back to Riley's side to give her a potion to take away the pain and to fix up her wounds that she had.
"Mister Malfoy, I know Professor Dumbledore said you could stay, but please stay out of my way for just a few minutes, until I am done with my examination. Go sit over there." She spoke softly but sternly as she pointed to a chair off to the side and set to work on her new patient.
After Madame Pomfrey was done Draco just sat by Riley's side for a while, wondering what she was thinking, why would she run away, knowing what was in for her once she returned, and she would return, she would have no choice. His thoughts were startled by a movement next to him. Riley was moving and she opened her eyes to see none other than Draco Malfoy sitting at her side.
Draco clutched her hand, "Are you alright?"
"Yes Draco, I am fine... I think" she looked around "Where am I?"
"At Hogwarts, you are in the hospital wing, you passed out"
"I am at Hogwarts. really?" she said with a small smile on her face. "You mean... I made it?"
"This is nothing to smile about Riley, you are going to be in a lot of trouble, and I don't know if I can protect you from it, I don't know if anyone can. I hate seeing what he does to you, but this time it will be worse than ever. I want to protect you from him. I guess for now... you will be safe here." said Draco looking a little upset at the situation, why can't I protect her, she is my best friend... the only true one I have, and she is more than a best friend. I can't lose her now.
Madam Pomfrey must have seen that she was awake, because she had gone to get Professor Dumbledore.
"Excuse me you two, can we have a little talk" came Dumbledore's voice from behind Draco.
"Umm... of course Headmaster" stuttered Draco
"Your Professor Dumbledore!?" Riley practically yelled, she threw his arms around him. "I am finally safe." She whispered into his shoulder
"You are safe?" said a confused Dumbledore "Come now child, and explain." He spoke softly as she leaned back into her pillow.
"He is afraid of you, so I came to you, you are safe to be near" spoke Riley in a lil less than a whisper, she bowed her head not wanting to see the looks on the two faces in front of her. She knew they were confused and worst of all she just professed her fear. "I know I am a strong Witch, but as strong and powerful as I am, my father is the one that taught me everything, of course he would never tell me how to kill him and of course he would never let my power exceed his own" spoke Riley, once again in a soft, quiet voice. "Please don't make me leave, Draco is here and you are here, and this is where I have been trying to run to for the past six years, please I am begging you."
Dumbledore looked at her with a sad face. "I must let you stay, you are safe here. If I can let Harry Potter stay here, than I can let you stay here."
"Harry Potter is here???" Riley spoke up again with big eyes.
"Yes, he is"
"I want to meet him, I have wanted to meet him for a long time" spoke Riley again with her eyes getting bigger with every word, she spoke with excitement, something Draco hasn't seen in a while.
"Uh, ok of course you can meet him, but first you must be sorted into a house, are you strong enough to go to the great hall with me, for it is morning and everyone should be at breakfast right now. We can sort you and than you will be able to meet Mr. Potter." Spoke Dumbledore once again with the twinkle that had been absent for the last 24 hours returning to his gentle blue eyes.
"Thank you very much sir, and yes I feel I can walk, Draco will be with me right, sir?" said the quiet Riley
"Yes of course I will be, I will not leave your side, I promise." He said in a tone that made her question seem totally ignorant. She smiled at him as he went back into his arrogant mode that he needed when he was with the rest of the school.
"Ok, lets go down to breakfast than." Dumbledore said jovially and the three headed out of the hospital wing, leaving a miffed Madame Pomfrey behind.
When the three entered the Great Hall, every head turned, to see who this girl was, it was the same girl who ran into the great hall the night before and caused a great amount of fuss. Harry was particulary interested in finding out who this girl was. He had wanted to know every since he saw her the first time.
"Excuse me everyone, can I get your attention, I have an announcement, but please do not say a word until I have finished, this is VERY important." Spoke Dumbledore from the front of the Great Hall. "We will have a new 6th year student. Her name is Riley. Riley Riddle. And of course everyone knows what that means. So, please be nice to her, she is not here to hurt you. We will now sort her into a house." he motioned for Riley to walk up to a stool and he sat a rather old looking hat on her head...
"Hmm." it whispered in her ear "I know who you are and who your family is, but alas, for you to live you only have one choice of a placing, your father was there, and so were many generations before you, your father has the blood of the great Salazar Slytherin running through his blood, so it must be.. " it trailed of than screamed for the whole hall to hear
"SLYTHERIN"
Draco and the other children of death eaters started to clap, they were overjoyed that they had one of there own among them and she was the most powerful of them. This girl had the look of complete innocence, but now everyone knew that she could not be innocent, she must be just like a Slytherin.
Before Riley could walk to Slytherin's table with Draco Dumbledore spoke up again "Harry Potter, I wish to see you at the teacher's table"
Harry looked around, what could he want with me. He looked at Ron and Hermoine with the same confused looks on their faces. Harry got up and walked to the front where Riley had not moved from. She sat staring at him with bright green eyes, as bright as his own. Her eyes showed much excitement in them, unlike the dull green eyes he had previously seen, the ones that looked frightened.
"Hello Harry" spoke Dumbledore I would like to introduce you to Ms. Riddle. Harry went to shake her hand; nice to meet you I am H-" he started to say
"I know who you are. You are Harry Potter! I have been waiting a long time to meet you correctly. It is very nice to finally meet you! You are very powerful and I wanted to meet someone that has defeated my father many times." she spoke with a lot of excitement. "How do you do it?" she said after a moment's hesitation. "How did you beat him? I need to know, so I can beat him too someday." she spoke the last few words much quieter than she had spoke anything else.
Harry was at a loss for words.
"Umm... I don't know, really" he spoke still very confused "But when I figure it out myself I promise I will tell you." With that said she smiled softly and walked to the Slytherin table and took a seat next to Draco. Harry looking very confused walked back to his seat and stared at his breakfast. That was very strange he thought. He looked over to see where Riley was sitting smiling and talking to Draco like they had known each other for years, ever so often she seemed to look over at Harry and smile.
He now suddenly noticed that Ron and Hermoine were trying to talk to him.
"What was that all about, you seem kind of, lost now" Ron had said.
"Oh, sorry guys, it's just... she asked me something very strange. And I don't understand. I know her father is Vold- I mean You-Know-Who, and all but, shouldn't you you're your family no matter what?" asked Harry
"No," said Hermoine "Would you love your father if he killed everyone, think of the things he must have put her through."
"What did she ask by the way?" came Ron's voice
"Oh, just how I defeated her father, so she could eventually do the same"
"Oh" Hermoine and Ron said in unison.
With that the subject was dropped and they all thought of the strange new girl, and why she is here, they headed to class still wondering the same things.
TBC.
PLEASE REVIEW!!
Now, this is my fifth chapter... enjoy!! And thanks to KEMENRAN and H.P.OTTER5!!
Oh. and I still need a beta if anyone is interested.
Draco followed with Madam Pomfrey all the way to the hospital wing. Dumbledore and McGonagall were close behind, questioning the incident.
"Draco, do you know what Riley is doing her, why she would come here?" Dumbledore had finally asked the question that Draco did not know the answer to.
"Umm... Well I assume she feels safe here, doesn't want to be with her father. Fear probably." and the answer came out of his mouth, before he could stop it... The one thing she didn't want anyone to know, her fear for her father.
Madame Pomfrey looked Riley up and down and told Dumbledore that it looks like she has been tortured recently, probably by an unforgivable curse.
Dumbledore looked over at the small girl lying in the bed. "To think she is so young and has been through so much, why would he even want a daughter, knowing what he would do to her."
Draco looked up at Dumbledore, "Do I have to leave, I would like to spend a little time with her, I don't feel I should leave her side"
"Ok Draco, you can stay" he said as he was about to leave "Riley Riddle, you are in my thoughts. Get better, I need to know why you are here" with that Dumbledore was gone.
Madame Pomfrey had rushed back to Riley's side to give her a potion to take away the pain and to fix up her wounds that she had.
"Mister Malfoy, I know Professor Dumbledore said you could stay, but please stay out of my way for just a few minutes, until I am done with my examination. Go sit over there." She spoke softly but sternly as she pointed to a chair off to the side and set to work on her new patient.
After Madame Pomfrey was done Draco just sat by Riley's side for a while, wondering what she was thinking, why would she run away, knowing what was in for her once she returned, and she would return, she would have no choice. His thoughts were startled by a movement next to him. Riley was moving and she opened her eyes to see none other than Draco Malfoy sitting at her side.
Draco clutched her hand, "Are you alright?"
"Yes Draco, I am fine... I think" she looked around "Where am I?"
"At Hogwarts, you are in the hospital wing, you passed out"
"I am at Hogwarts. really?" she said with a small smile on her face. "You mean... I made it?"
"This is nothing to smile about Riley, you are going to be in a lot of trouble, and I don't know if I can protect you from it, I don't know if anyone can. I hate seeing what he does to you, but this time it will be worse than ever. I want to protect you from him. I guess for now... you will be safe here." said Draco looking a little upset at the situation, why can't I protect her, she is my best friend... the only true one I have, and she is more than a best friend. I can't lose her now.
Madam Pomfrey must have seen that she was awake, because she had gone to get Professor Dumbledore.
"Excuse me you two, can we have a little talk" came Dumbledore's voice from behind Draco.
"Umm... of course Headmaster" stuttered Draco
"Your Professor Dumbledore!?" Riley practically yelled, she threw his arms around him. "I am finally safe." She whispered into his shoulder
"You are safe?" said a confused Dumbledore "Come now child, and explain." He spoke softly as she leaned back into her pillow.
"He is afraid of you, so I came to you, you are safe to be near" spoke Riley in a lil less than a whisper, she bowed her head not wanting to see the looks on the two faces in front of her. She knew they were confused and worst of all she just professed her fear. "I know I am a strong Witch, but as strong and powerful as I am, my father is the one that taught me everything, of course he would never tell me how to kill him and of course he would never let my power exceed his own" spoke Riley, once again in a soft, quiet voice. "Please don't make me leave, Draco is here and you are here, and this is where I have been trying to run to for the past six years, please I am begging you."
Dumbledore looked at her with a sad face. "I must let you stay, you are safe here. If I can let Harry Potter stay here, than I can let you stay here."
"Harry Potter is here???" Riley spoke up again with big eyes.
"Yes, he is"
"I want to meet him, I have wanted to meet him for a long time" spoke Riley again with her eyes getting bigger with every word, she spoke with excitement, something Draco hasn't seen in a while.
"Uh, ok of course you can meet him, but first you must be sorted into a house, are you strong enough to go to the great hall with me, for it is morning and everyone should be at breakfast right now. We can sort you and than you will be able to meet Mr. Potter." Spoke Dumbledore once again with the twinkle that had been absent for the last 24 hours returning to his gentle blue eyes.
"Thank you very much sir, and yes I feel I can walk, Draco will be with me right, sir?" said the quiet Riley
"Yes of course I will be, I will not leave your side, I promise." He said in a tone that made her question seem totally ignorant. She smiled at him as he went back into his arrogant mode that he needed when he was with the rest of the school.
"Ok, lets go down to breakfast than." Dumbledore said jovially and the three headed out of the hospital wing, leaving a miffed Madame Pomfrey behind.
When the three entered the Great Hall, every head turned, to see who this girl was, it was the same girl who ran into the great hall the night before and caused a great amount of fuss. Harry was particulary interested in finding out who this girl was. He had wanted to know every since he saw her the first time.
"Excuse me everyone, can I get your attention, I have an announcement, but please do not say a word until I have finished, this is VERY important." Spoke Dumbledore from the front of the Great Hall. "We will have a new 6th year student. Her name is Riley. Riley Riddle. And of course everyone knows what that means. So, please be nice to her, she is not here to hurt you. We will now sort her into a house." he motioned for Riley to walk up to a stool and he sat a rather old looking hat on her head...
"Hmm." it whispered in her ear "I know who you are and who your family is, but alas, for you to live you only have one choice of a placing, your father was there, and so were many generations before you, your father has the blood of the great Salazar Slytherin running through his blood, so it must be.. " it trailed of than screamed for the whole hall to hear
"SLYTHERIN"
Draco and the other children of death eaters started to clap, they were overjoyed that they had one of there own among them and she was the most powerful of them. This girl had the look of complete innocence, but now everyone knew that she could not be innocent, she must be just like a Slytherin.
Before Riley could walk to Slytherin's table with Draco Dumbledore spoke up again "Harry Potter, I wish to see you at the teacher's table"
Harry looked around, what could he want with me. He looked at Ron and Hermoine with the same confused looks on their faces. Harry got up and walked to the front where Riley had not moved from. She sat staring at him with bright green eyes, as bright as his own. Her eyes showed much excitement in them, unlike the dull green eyes he had previously seen, the ones that looked frightened.
"Hello Harry" spoke Dumbledore I would like to introduce you to Ms. Riddle. Harry went to shake her hand; nice to meet you I am H-" he started to say
"I know who you are. You are Harry Potter! I have been waiting a long time to meet you correctly. It is very nice to finally meet you! You are very powerful and I wanted to meet someone that has defeated my father many times." she spoke with a lot of excitement. "How do you do it?" she said after a moment's hesitation. "How did you beat him? I need to know, so I can beat him too someday." she spoke the last few words much quieter than she had spoke anything else.
Harry was at a loss for words.
"Umm... I don't know, really" he spoke still very confused "But when I figure it out myself I promise I will tell you." With that said she smiled softly and walked to the Slytherin table and took a seat next to Draco. Harry looking very confused walked back to his seat and stared at his breakfast. That was very strange he thought. He looked over to see where Riley was sitting smiling and talking to Draco like they had known each other for years, ever so often she seemed to look over at Harry and smile.
He now suddenly noticed that Ron and Hermoine were trying to talk to him.
"What was that all about, you seem kind of, lost now" Ron had said.
"Oh, sorry guys, it's just... she asked me something very strange. And I don't understand. I know her father is Vold- I mean You-Know-Who, and all but, shouldn't you you're your family no matter what?" asked Harry
"No," said Hermoine "Would you love your father if he killed everyone, think of the things he must have put her through."
"What did she ask by the way?" came Ron's voice
"Oh, just how I defeated her father, so she could eventually do the same"
"Oh" Hermoine and Ron said in unison.
With that the subject was dropped and they all thought of the strange new girl, and why she is here, they headed to class still wondering the same things.
TBC.
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