A/N: no one reviewed! I'm so incredibly hurt! *bursts into tears* ok no I'm not…I don't give a bloody care on earth if any of you bastards review…*gets looks from muses* I don't! *sighs…looks ashamed* ok I do…and none of you are bastards…so I'll update this one more time…then I'm not until SOMEONE reviews…

Disclaimer: I own nothing…not even a life…

A/N: listen to Paradise by Vanessa Carlton…also Prince…also by her

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Maeve sat up in bed and stretched. Instantly she had to fight a wince. A searing pain had swept up her back, but it was gone. She sighed and hurriedly got out of bed. Looking around, she noticed no one else was up. The showers would be hers. Good…she thought.

Grabbing her clothes to change into, she hurried to them. She wouldn't have to answer any unwanted questions…

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Draco jerked awake, sweating slightly. He looked down and saw that his bare chest was rising heavily with his breathing. He frowned. He was sure he'd gone to sleep with a shirt on. Looking around he saw his shirt on the floor near the door. He winced and got up, padding silently over to it.

Picking up his shirt, he suddenly realized that no one else was up. Well, he was. Once he was awake he couldn't fall back asleep anymore. He sighed softly and rummaged through his trunk for clothes to wear.

Finding some, he hurriedly pulled them on. A smirk played across his face. The shirt was black and it was a little on the tight side, showing off his muscles. He liked the result. The knowledge that girls would be staring at him made him wonder. What would Mae do? Probably not care…he thought to himself. Sighing softly, he headed out of the dorm. His stomach was telling him he was hungry.

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The ceiling of the Great Hall showed cloudless skies with the sun shining brightly. It appeared that the first day of school was going to be perfect. Mae sighed and glanced up from her schedule. First class was Charms. She glanced hurriedly down it. A small smile appeared on her face as she saw that Defense Against the Dark Arts was her last class. She'd always been really good at it. Her day already better, she quickly started to load her plate.

When Draco walked in, he immediately went over to her. Sitting down he glanced at her schedule and sighed. Charms first. Rolling his eyes, he pulled a platter of sausages over to him and began to fill his plate. He didn't notice the amused glance Mae gave him as he started to eat. He was starving, which automatically made him eat fast.

He glanced over at Maeve to see that she was staring at her own schedule. She wasn't reading it, for her eyes weren't moving. Frowning slightly, he waved a hand in front of her eyes.

"Hello?"

She blinked and looked at him, her eyes devoid of emotion. "Yes?"

"Nothing, just wonderin' if you were awake. You didn't seem like it," he said and then took a big gulp of the pumpkin juice in his goblet.

Crabbe and Goyle had joined him at some time and had already finished their food. Which had been a lot, as they tended to fill their plates and the table around them. Both were hungrily eyeing the half-finished plate in front of Mae.

"Uh, you gonna finish that?" Goyle asked suddenly.

Mae shook her head and didn't reply, already spacing out again. Draco's lip curled slightly in disgust as he finally got a schedule of his own. He looked down it and saw the last class.

"Oy! Looks like Dumbledore hired the werewolf back. You think Lupin will bite me this year?" he said loudly, causing all of the Slytherins around him to start sniggering into their food. He didn't notice the look on Mae's face, otherwise he wouldn't have turned towards the Gryffindor table.

"Potter! How's it feel to get you're beloved Lupin back? I bet he'll dote on you since you lost your godfather. I hear he fell into some portal, wanted so bad to get away from you he went to another world, huh?" he called. The Slytherin table erupted with laughter.

Harry glanced at him, his eyes full of rage. Hermione and Ron, along with some of the others, had to grab his arms to keep him down. Mae turned and looked at Draco.

"That was…"

"Hilarious!" remarked a Slytherin seventh year. Mae snorted in disgust. Watching the two idiots eating her food, she suddenly didn't feel like eating. The blood sausage in front of her was remind her of a memory she had buried long before.

She stood up and started to walk out of the hall. Harry's eyes followed her, the hard emeralds seeming to soften a bit. Draco noticed. He scowled. Potty had better not start liking Mae. And she hadn't thought that was funny? Something must be wrong with her.

Getting up, Draco walked calmly after her. He was going to find out what was wrong. She had used to think everything he said was funny. She did leave, she's probably changed…besides, you've got yourself a girlfriend said a nasty voice. He frowned deeper and ignored it.

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Mae immediately went towards the Charms classroom. She didn't want to have to talk to people, besides, what would be the point? However, she realized she had led herself to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Standing outside, she saw the door wide open. Inside was a grey-haired man who looked too young for that colour of hair. She instantly knew he was Lupin. Mentally shaking herself, she hurried on past, needing to get to Charms before other people.

Remus glanced up in time to see a girl staring at him before she hurried away. He tilted his head slightly. He'd seen her before, who was she?

[Flashback…5 years before]

"Remus Lupin you've been charged a werewolf. Although you have been overlooked due to words and judgements from Albus Dumbledore, this murder is obviously because of one such as you." said Crouch in a calm, deadly tone.

Remus squirmed in his chair. He hadn't done it, but knew they'd never believe him. He tried to put on a brave face, but apparently failed miserably. Before Crouch could give him the verdict, a tall, dark-skinned man came running into the room. He whispered into Crouch's ear. Remus heard parts of it.

"…the true murderer has been captured," the man whispered softly.

"Are you sure?" Crouch replied, just as soft.

"Yes, a neighbor of the victim had seen the murderer before, the wolf form. It isn't Remus Lupin. It's a young girl. No more than 11. Her name's…"

[end of flashback]

Remus hadn't heard her name. But, as he'd walked out of the conference room, he'd seen a girl. She had been identical to the one he'd just seen. Only this was a little older. Shaking his head, he went back to preparing for class.

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A/N: I don't really want to stop, but yeah. I don't want to go into the actual Charms class yet, I've got something planned. That is, o' course, if you review. But anyway, I don't know what happens in the sixth book (obviously since it's not out yet) but I'm just going to go with Lupin as the teacher. Dumbledore might decide that OotP members should be more involved at school. I decided to make this a little more interesting, to show the reasons for the pain in her back as she stretched.

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