Chapter One
Coming Clean
Outside Hogwarts lurked a cloaked girl heading for mischief. Looking behind her once more, she entered the Forbidden Forest, clutching her wand in her right hand. She had a duty to do, and she wasn't about to be stopped. Nearing the middle of the forest she finally found what she was looking for, a simple note written in black ink. She took it quickly, but carefully. Then she opened it up and read the note, all was as it should be. Satisfied she gave a quick reply with one of the pens she hid in her sock and turned around to go back to where she had come from.
Later that day, inside the warmth of the school, she took out her precious Invisible cloak she had stolen and hid it over her, covering her entire being. With a swish, she was out of her common room and down the stairs, heading to the dungeons. As the note had said, he was indeed there. Holding her breath she quickly took off the cloak before he could see her and hid it in her bag she had brought along, clutching onto her wand. He gave a curt nod at her, and stealthily drew out his wand. He muttered some words under his breath and looked at her straight in the eye.
"Accio wand." She didn't know it had happened until it did. Successfully the wand she held wiggled itself free and zoomed toward the young man. She gasped at how foolish she had been and went to go grab it, but it already had been caught.
The boy ahead smirked and said, " How foolish of me."
The girl was horrified and went to strangle the kid. But she couldn't, the boy had put a spell on her and she fell down, only her eyes moving. She had been hit by the Full-Body-Bind spell.
Quickly the boy threw her a smirk and skidded away. The girl was left alone, not to be seen until the next morning by a certain greasy haired professor.
"What is the meaning of this," yelled Snape with a smirk and amusement written behind his eyes.
The girl could not answer, she just stared at him, her eyes saying, what do you think? He quickly withdrew his wand and muttered the counter curse. The girl quickly stood up and dusted herself. She hadn't really gotten a good night's sleep and the dusty floors weren't helping.
"Answer me young lady, or either have a week of detention with me."
The girl looked at him as if she couldn't believe her eyes and cleared her throat. "Yes Professor. Early this morning I came down here cause I...couldn't find my wand, and I had forgotten about it from yesterday's previous class," she muttered.
"And..."
"And I happened to scare myself cause I thought someone was following me, so I said the Full-Body-Bind spell, and it reflected off and hit me," she slowly finished off with determination in her eyes. She had been thinking all night long with that answer while she laid on the ground not ever moving, but her eyes..
"Very well, but twenty points off from Ravenclaw for acting very foolishly. You should know better than that Ms. Turpin."
After Snape left, Lisa thought how stupid she had been. Thinking somehow that she could ever trust that ignorant fool. But he hadn't been a fool, it really had been her. Oh, now she was so angry, and really being in Ravenclaw didn't make matters any better. But she was oh so tired and hungry, she just needed a bed's rest. She fell asleep once her head hit the pillow later as she made her way up the stairs, not bothering to change clothes. When she finally woke up, the sun was shining brightly and everybody else in her dorm were up and awake and no where to be found. She stole a peek at her cloak and hurriedly got out of bed. In ten minutes classes would start and she hadn't even taken a shower or even ate breakfast yet. She quickly took a quick shower, grabbed her books and ran down the stairs as fast as she could. Before she knew it though, she had collided with somebody.
"Ouch!" She shrieked. Her books tumbled out of her bag falling down onto the floor. She heard someone else yell the same thing as well a split second later. She went to go look and saw a familiar face.
"Hey," she said feeling pain from the fall. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he said rubbing his back. "And you?"
"Just grand. Sorry about that. I didn't notice you were there. I was going way too fast and-"
"No, it's all right. We better get to class," interrupted Terry. "Here." He grabbed her by the hand and helped her up.
"Thanks," Lisa muttered. She quickly reached for all her things, forgetting one little thing, her private diary. Terry was about to tell her, but she ran past him and through the portrait.
Silently Terry went to pick up the diary, noticing very much the words on the cover which read very clearly, PRIVATE! He stuffed it into his bag and headed down the stairs to his first class of the day. He wasn't about to become a snoop.
Oh God. Where did I put my diary, oh where did I put it? Oh, if anybody opens it, and reads it I'll be dead meat. I'll never be able to hear the end of it. I'm already in trouble for not having my wand. Somehow I'll get that idiot known as Malfoy someday. Stay calm Lisa, sure Malfoy's a jerk, but you need to find that diary. It's bound to be somewhere. Somewhere, she felt like screaming, yeah in somebody's arms that is.
Lisa was having a perfectly nice time sitting in Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, searching through her bag. Already she was one of the students still remaining. Of course, she thought. It must be in the Common Room. I must have forgotten to pick it up. Stupid brain for not remembering faster. She stopped looking instantly and straightened herself up. No sooner than she had, she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Petrified she jumped out of her seat.
"Looking for this," spoke a voice she'd spoken to recently. Lisa slowly turned around and faced Terry.
"Oh, it's only you. You scared the living daylights out of me."
"Sorry Lisa. But here." He thrust out a diary and Lisa gladly took it turning beet red. "You didn't read it, did you?"
Terry shook his head no and said," Lees, you know better of me, I'd ne-"
"Cut the drama act, just be glad you didn't, there's nothing worthy enough in there anyways. Besides I do not know enough of you to actually know if you'd read it or not. You hate me," she stated.
"Do not," he said looking shock.
"Stop it Terry, I know you do. Just please leave me alone." Lisa dropped her diary into her bag and slung it over her shoulders. Leaving a disheveled looking person behind her running his hands threw his hair. Sheesh, he thought.
Lisa quickly made her way to Transfiguration, her second class of the day. Oh she was so embarrassed. She had just made herself look even more like a loser. God, who was she kidding, nobody would ever like her now. She blushed even more, and continued toward her next class.
Ok, first off find that scoundrel, make him eat dirt, and grab my wand.. How, I have no clue. Oh lord, I need my wand. How am I to go to my classes and do work with no wand? Argh! It'd certainly be better if there was someone I could talk to. That sneak, oh why did I even turn to him. I am so god-damn pathetic. Who'd ever expect somebody to like me, not even my parents truly like me. If they did, they wouldn't just leave me. Oh!
Lisa started sobbing and couldn't help herself not to. She had so much unluckiness happening to her and she wished it'd stop. There was so much burden she carried and she wished someone would just lift it off of her. She was just so tired of carrying it around her. So she didn't have the best of clothes that other students wore, a loving family, or even a pet to rely on. Or a home to go back to. Why couldn't people look past this child and see who she really was.
All night long, Lisa thought of this as she lay in bed. Tomorrow, she thought. She'd get her wand back somehow. No more excuses. She was ready to come clean.
Coming Clean
Outside Hogwarts lurked a cloaked girl heading for mischief. Looking behind her once more, she entered the Forbidden Forest, clutching her wand in her right hand. She had a duty to do, and she wasn't about to be stopped. Nearing the middle of the forest she finally found what she was looking for, a simple note written in black ink. She took it quickly, but carefully. Then she opened it up and read the note, all was as it should be. Satisfied she gave a quick reply with one of the pens she hid in her sock and turned around to go back to where she had come from.
Later that day, inside the warmth of the school, she took out her precious Invisible cloak she had stolen and hid it over her, covering her entire being. With a swish, she was out of her common room and down the stairs, heading to the dungeons. As the note had said, he was indeed there. Holding her breath she quickly took off the cloak before he could see her and hid it in her bag she had brought along, clutching onto her wand. He gave a curt nod at her, and stealthily drew out his wand. He muttered some words under his breath and looked at her straight in the eye.
"Accio wand." She didn't know it had happened until it did. Successfully the wand she held wiggled itself free and zoomed toward the young man. She gasped at how foolish she had been and went to go grab it, but it already had been caught.
The boy ahead smirked and said, " How foolish of me."
The girl was horrified and went to strangle the kid. But she couldn't, the boy had put a spell on her and she fell down, only her eyes moving. She had been hit by the Full-Body-Bind spell.
Quickly the boy threw her a smirk and skidded away. The girl was left alone, not to be seen until the next morning by a certain greasy haired professor.
"What is the meaning of this," yelled Snape with a smirk and amusement written behind his eyes.
The girl could not answer, she just stared at him, her eyes saying, what do you think? He quickly withdrew his wand and muttered the counter curse. The girl quickly stood up and dusted herself. She hadn't really gotten a good night's sleep and the dusty floors weren't helping.
"Answer me young lady, or either have a week of detention with me."
The girl looked at him as if she couldn't believe her eyes and cleared her throat. "Yes Professor. Early this morning I came down here cause I...couldn't find my wand, and I had forgotten about it from yesterday's previous class," she muttered.
"And..."
"And I happened to scare myself cause I thought someone was following me, so I said the Full-Body-Bind spell, and it reflected off and hit me," she slowly finished off with determination in her eyes. She had been thinking all night long with that answer while she laid on the ground not ever moving, but her eyes..
"Very well, but twenty points off from Ravenclaw for acting very foolishly. You should know better than that Ms. Turpin."
After Snape left, Lisa thought how stupid she had been. Thinking somehow that she could ever trust that ignorant fool. But he hadn't been a fool, it really had been her. Oh, now she was so angry, and really being in Ravenclaw didn't make matters any better. But she was oh so tired and hungry, she just needed a bed's rest. She fell asleep once her head hit the pillow later as she made her way up the stairs, not bothering to change clothes. When she finally woke up, the sun was shining brightly and everybody else in her dorm were up and awake and no where to be found. She stole a peek at her cloak and hurriedly got out of bed. In ten minutes classes would start and she hadn't even taken a shower or even ate breakfast yet. She quickly took a quick shower, grabbed her books and ran down the stairs as fast as she could. Before she knew it though, she had collided with somebody.
"Ouch!" She shrieked. Her books tumbled out of her bag falling down onto the floor. She heard someone else yell the same thing as well a split second later. She went to go look and saw a familiar face.
"Hey," she said feeling pain from the fall. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he said rubbing his back. "And you?"
"Just grand. Sorry about that. I didn't notice you were there. I was going way too fast and-"
"No, it's all right. We better get to class," interrupted Terry. "Here." He grabbed her by the hand and helped her up.
"Thanks," Lisa muttered. She quickly reached for all her things, forgetting one little thing, her private diary. Terry was about to tell her, but she ran past him and through the portrait.
Silently Terry went to pick up the diary, noticing very much the words on the cover which read very clearly, PRIVATE! He stuffed it into his bag and headed down the stairs to his first class of the day. He wasn't about to become a snoop.
Oh God. Where did I put my diary, oh where did I put it? Oh, if anybody opens it, and reads it I'll be dead meat. I'll never be able to hear the end of it. I'm already in trouble for not having my wand. Somehow I'll get that idiot known as Malfoy someday. Stay calm Lisa, sure Malfoy's a jerk, but you need to find that diary. It's bound to be somewhere. Somewhere, she felt like screaming, yeah in somebody's arms that is.
Lisa was having a perfectly nice time sitting in Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, searching through her bag. Already she was one of the students still remaining. Of course, she thought. It must be in the Common Room. I must have forgotten to pick it up. Stupid brain for not remembering faster. She stopped looking instantly and straightened herself up. No sooner than she had, she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Petrified she jumped out of her seat.
"Looking for this," spoke a voice she'd spoken to recently. Lisa slowly turned around and faced Terry.
"Oh, it's only you. You scared the living daylights out of me."
"Sorry Lisa. But here." He thrust out a diary and Lisa gladly took it turning beet red. "You didn't read it, did you?"
Terry shook his head no and said," Lees, you know better of me, I'd ne-"
"Cut the drama act, just be glad you didn't, there's nothing worthy enough in there anyways. Besides I do not know enough of you to actually know if you'd read it or not. You hate me," she stated.
"Do not," he said looking shock.
"Stop it Terry, I know you do. Just please leave me alone." Lisa dropped her diary into her bag and slung it over her shoulders. Leaving a disheveled looking person behind her running his hands threw his hair. Sheesh, he thought.
Lisa quickly made her way to Transfiguration, her second class of the day. Oh she was so embarrassed. She had just made herself look even more like a loser. God, who was she kidding, nobody would ever like her now. She blushed even more, and continued toward her next class.
Ok, first off find that scoundrel, make him eat dirt, and grab my wand.. How, I have no clue. Oh lord, I need my wand. How am I to go to my classes and do work with no wand? Argh! It'd certainly be better if there was someone I could talk to. That sneak, oh why did I even turn to him. I am so god-damn pathetic. Who'd ever expect somebody to like me, not even my parents truly like me. If they did, they wouldn't just leave me. Oh!
Lisa started sobbing and couldn't help herself not to. She had so much unluckiness happening to her and she wished it'd stop. There was so much burden she carried and she wished someone would just lift it off of her. She was just so tired of carrying it around her. So she didn't have the best of clothes that other students wore, a loving family, or even a pet to rely on. Or a home to go back to. Why couldn't people look past this child and see who she really was.
All night long, Lisa thought of this as she lay in bed. Tomorrow, she thought. She'd get her wand back somehow. No more excuses. She was ready to come clean.