Title: Anything but Ordinary, pts 7-8

Draco watched as she carefully, but quickly left Snape's office and saw how she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him. He noticed her fumbling around with a bottle of dark blue potion.

"Hey." She replied dark blue eyes looking at cloudy gray ones.

Draco remained quiet, he didn't know exactly what Snape asked her about but he had a feeling it was about her back.

If it was possible his eyes became cloudier. "It's okay, Draco. Lets just get to dada." Faith reassured him.

Draco nodded and picked up her bag along with his and they walked in silence to their dada classroom. Upon entering they snapped out of their stupor and both were smirking. Faith's eyes were still dark blue but held a twinkling within them that told people she was plotting something, as she was looking at Captain Hero and gang.

Together they sat next to Crabbe and Goyle with Blaise and Milli behind them and began talking among themselves as the door opened to revel a tired looking professor.

"Welcome to another year of Defense Against the Dark Arts, I am Professor Lupin." He introduced beginning class with questions.

Faith heard the class answer questions about vampires and other well-known demons. She heard him ask if anyone knew anything about Chaos demons, which apparently stumped everyone so she raised her hand.

"McConnell." He called.

"Chaos demons migrate mostly in South America, they aren't too bright but they do know how to cause pure chaos rather stealthily so they make good foot soldiers." She said not paying attention to the surprised gasps of her classmates.

"Very good McConnell, five points to Slytherin. Is there anything else you'd like to add?" He asked perched on his desk.

Glancing to her fellow Slytherin she replied, with a straight face, "Ugly littl' buggers, about seven feet tall, mucus everywhere and have moose like antlers." The Slytherins snickered at her answer, they had no idea she'd give a physical description.

Lupin just looked at her. "Two points to Slytherin, and thank you McConnell for the mental picture." He drawled and continued talking about other demons.

Draco pulled out a scrap piece of parchment and scribbled, 'How did you know that about Chaos demons?'

Faith looked down and scribbled, 'My mum has a big book on different demons.'

"McConnell, do you have any thoughts about the Scourge of Europe?" Lupin asked seeing her writing something and handing it to Malfoy.

"Lets see, the Scourge of Europe consisted of three master vampires. There was Angelus, who was known for toying with his victims before draining them. He sired a woman called Drusilla who had the sight. Sadly she went insane after Angelus killed her family and right when she went to take her final vows as a nun he sired her throwing her completely off her rocker. She in turn sired William the Bloody, who is now known as Spike because he likes to kill his victims by running a railroad spike through their skulls. Angelus was cursed with a soul by the Kalderash people for killing their beloved daughter and he is now in hiding." She replied her eyes sparkling with amusement. "Oh and Angelus' sire, Darla is on the right hand of the Master who is one of the first vamps in the line of Aurelius." She added.

Lupin stared at her for a moment before asking, "Jamie le Fay's daughter?"

Smirking she replied, "The one and only."

"Figures, ten points to Slytherin." He replied before going back to his lesson plans. Not too much later class ended and they had been assigned to write a two-foot long scroll about a demon they learned about in class. "McConnell, a word." Lupin called after dismissing the class.

Faith remained in her seat until the classroom cleared out. She calmly got up and walked to stand in front of Lupin. "You wanted to speak with me, Professor?" She asked brown eyes curious.

"How's your mother?" He asked.

Faith answered, "Doing well. She's living in the states now. I didn't know you knew her, I didn't think Ravenclaw were all that close to Gryffindor."

"They're not, but your mom was known and liked in all houses. Has she married?" He replied sitting behind his desk.

Faith looked to make sure the door was closed before saying, "Yes, but her husband isn't my father."

That got Lupin's attention and he began to look at her as if trying to figure who she was related to. He noticed the bruises that were slowly healing along her face and neck when she interrupted his thoughts.

"Is there anything else you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked.

"Yes, I want you to write about a demon that you haven't heard or read about in one of Jamie's books." He told her.

"Yes, Professor." She said and when he nodded she ran to grab her bag trying to make a quick get away. Running into Draco, quite literally, she noticed he had a hurt look in his eyes.

End pt 7

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked eyes going cold.

"Oh I don't know. Maybe because I didn't want you to know that I don't know who my father is. Could be because Harold and his parents gave me a life of pure hell because they knew that I didn't know. And maybe, just maybe it's cause I don't want or need anyone's pity." She replied earning her curious looks from bystanders, but at the moment she didn't care.

Draco looked at her and realized she'd told him what she told to other kids to escape ridicule and possible pity. When he didn't say anything she just walked away.

Draco didn't catch up to her until she was outside at the Quidditch pitch. He noticed that her legs were pulled into her chest as she stared across the open fields. Walking closer he noticed a sliver necklace sitting on her knees as if it was the most important thing in the world. He stopped a short distance away when he saw Potter approach Faith.

"Well, what do we have here? If it isn't McConnell, what did Malfoy do to you now?" Harry asked with his broom in his hand.

"Bite me, Potter." Faith retorted forgetting about her father's necklace being in the open.

"What's that?" He asked pointing to her necklace.

"What does it look like?" She questioned daring him to make fun of it.

"It's not very flattering, in fact it's bordering on ugly." He joked.

Faith raised her eyebrow and replied, "As apposed to having nothing from his parents except for an invisibility cloak."

He looked shocked no one knew about his father's cloak except his friends and Dumbledore.

"Wondering how I knew, Potter?" Faith asked standing up. "My mum's the one that gave it to your dad. It's a one of a kind cloak made by the le Fay hands." She replied turning away from him. "Oh and Potter." She replied turning to face him. "I don't need a wand to do magic, think about it." With that she walked away heading towards a confused Draco.

Harry looked like he had been slapped across his face. Wandless magic? Bet that's the reason she's in Slytherin. He thought as he turned to go to Quidditch practice.

Faith walked towards Draco smirking as she remembered what she'd told him. Draco's eyebrow was raised when she reached him as if asking 'is that true?'. Laughing at his look she replied, "Not a word."

Draco could believe it, she sounded so serious when she told Potter off. He began laughing at Potter's gob smacked look.

Faith kept walking leaving Draco behind her laughing at Potter because he thought she was serious. Well not all of it's a lie, I can do wandless magic. Mum told me that I had to be careful when and where I did it, so I'll be good. Maybe.

Draco realized that he was alone in the field after a few moments of laughing. Turning he spotted Faith down by the lake, and he began to walk towards her. He noticed her looking at the necklace again and asked, "Who's is that?"

"It's my mum's. My dad gave it to her when they were here at Hogwarts." She answered holding it in her hands instead of letting it hang around her neck.

"May I?" He asked.

Shrugging she handed it to him after he sat down next to her.

"Is this one of the reason's you're in Slytherin?" He asked still looking at the necklace.

"Kind of, I'm a lot like both my parents even though I've never met my dad. I guess it's kind of natural." She shrugged.

"Do you know anything about him?" He asked placing the necklace back around her neck.

"No. Like I said, mum didn't talk about him I guess Harold would have had kittens if I found out about my dad." She replied fingering the necklace. "This is all I have of his, and it's not really his. It's something he gave her." She added letting her guard down.

They both sat there for an unknown amount of time, neither one really speaking, but sitting there in comfortable silence. Some time later a voice broke into their thoughts.

"McConnell, what did you say to Harry?" A feminine voiced asked from behind.

Turning to face Hermione she replied, "I don't know what you mean, Granger."

"You know what I'm talking about, McConnell." She huffed.

Raising her eyebrow at the brunette she asked coldly, "Why are you here to fight his battles?"

"Maybe." Hermione shot back at the other brunette.

Faith rose from her spot next to Draco to stand in front of her, she was only about an inch taller than Hermione and just stared into her eyes. Moments later Hermione feel to the ground...asleep?

"What did you do to her?" Ron called running up to Faith.

Rolling her eyes she retorted, "What does it look like I did, Weasley?"

Draco was standing next to Faith by the time Ron made it to them. He was as surprised as Ron was but he was hiding it the way he hid most of his emotions.

Ron just glared at Faith while he knelt down to check out Hermione. "Can you hear me Mione?" He asked.

"She can hear you just fine Weasley, she's just sleeping. Apparently Potter didn't bother to warn you of my talents." She replied looking at Ron and Hermione with cold eyes.

Draco looked up to see McGonagall coming towards them and elbowed Faith pointing out McGonagall to Faith. Sighing she released the charm she'd used against Hermione instantly waking her up.

"McConnell, Malfoy what's the meaning of this?" McGonagall demanded.

"I was just showing Granger of my special talents, Professor McGonagall." Faith replied, not exactly lying.

"Here at Hogwarts you're talents are frowned upon and I'd ask you to refrain from using them. I shall notify the head of your household to decide on your punishment." She replied stiffly.

"Yes, Professor." Faith replied blue eyes still shining over the brown ones.

Professor McGonagall took Ron and Hermione with her as she walked away from Faith and Draco and once she was out of sight Faith mimic in McGonagall's voice, "'Your talents are frowned upon and I'd ask you to refrain from using them' just bite me, McGonagall."

Draco just looked at her and asked, "I thought you said that all you told Potter wasn't true."

"I didn't say all of it, I just said 'not a word'. Plus, I'm not supposed to use it. Mum said not too, that there would be people that wouldn't like it. Man was she right." She told him again taking her seat at the lake.

"Remind me not to brass you off in the future." Draco replied causing Faith to laugh.

"And have Snape poison me for hurting someone in my own house, you've got to be joking." Faith replied pushing him slightly. "I'll just continue to glare, grumble and growl at you like a good littl' Slytherin." She added posing in her best 'I'm innocent' face while looking at him.

Draco just rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Great."

End pt. 8