Disclaimer: Well, I wrote that the disclaimer would go throughout the whole story, but I had to add one in here because I have another original character, Matt Fudge. I just had to tell everyone that in case people were wondering if there was actually a Matt Fudge.
A/N: Thanks to my only reviewer…bookworm127! Please review…I'm desperate to get my reviews back.
Also a warning to those who read this, there is an "attempted rape" scene in here, but it doesn't really get that bad.
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Sunlight streamed into the window as Kelli woke up to a blue jay's cry of delight. She sat up, thinking that today would be another normal day, alone at home, and maybe going over to Andrew's house. Then her blood ran cold as she thought of last night. Suddenly, Kelli was aware of her surroundings. It was not her room or her house at all! She got up and went to the window to look out, wincing ever so slightly at her loud and echoic footsteps, noticing that she was still wearing yesterday's outfit. Looking out the window, she saw a massive lake covered in lily pads and fireflies and butterflies zooming above it. There also seemed to be a huge dark shape lurking just beneath the surface.
"Ahh, I see you are awake," a male voice had startled her. She turned around to find herself looking at a plump and short man in his forties or fifties. She had seen him before, in one of her parent's photo albums.
"I'm terribly sorry to be rude, but who are you and what am I doing here?" Kelli asked the man carefully.
"Oh that's quite all right. I am Cornelius Fudge, minist-one of your parent's closest friends. It seems as if your parents, Terri and Marcus, have disappeared. I don't know how or why, but they're gone now and we can't find them. We came to get you after we had found out what had happened," Fudge said sympathetically. Cursing silently at himself for almost saying Minister of Magic. "In your parents will, it said that they wanted me to find a suitable family for you, and it has to be one of your relatives. Unfortunately, you only have one set of blood relatives, so you really don't have a choice. They will be coming tomorrow to meet you here. Please make yourself at home while you are here and my son and house el-servants will help you with anything you need. Please do not mind that they are very short and disfigured." He cursed silently at himself again for almost saying house-elf.
Kelli felt dizzy as he left. She couldn't believe that her parents were gone, maybe even dead. She started on her way downstairs when she realized something. Cornelius had stopped himself from saying something twice. First minist then house el. She shrugged it off, thinking it was something confidential that she was probably too young to understand. As Kelli made her way down the spiral staircase into the entrance hall, she caught sight of a tiny person running about.
"Wait!" she called after it. "Can you help me?"
"Oh don't mind her. She's just a house elf," came a deep voice from behind her. Kelli turned around to find herself gazing into a pair of hazel eyes.
"Did you just say house elf? Is that her name or something?" she questioned him.
The youth looked surprised at her question. He started stuttering in surprise, "Umm, nah, we're just used to calling her a house elf because she's so small. She's actually our servant. So what's your name? A girl as beautiful as you probably has a just as beautiful name."
"My name's Kelli." Kelli blushed at his compliment and the boy pasted on a smirk for succeeding in charming her.
"I was right, a beautiful name for a beautiful girl. Nice to meet you, Kelli. I'm Matt. So, are you going to Hogwarts this year? I've never seen you there," Matt said with a silly grin on his face.
"H-Hogwarts? I don't know what you're talking about. Is that the boarding school you go to?" Kelli asked, obviously confused.
"Oh, umm, yeah. Say, have you ever heard of a man called Albus Dumbledore?" Matt asked, almost losing interest in her because she wasn't what he was.
Kelli was quick to have him back to trying to charm her. She flashed a gorgeous smile and said, "I might have. Now how about a tour instead of talking about schools?"
"Of course. How silly of me not to show you around before I start telling you how beautiful you are." He smiled warmly at her before leading her to the next room.
Matt was pretty good at giving tours. He had Kelli interested in all the priceless objects carved out of stone, marble, wood, you name it, and Kelli wasn't really the type of girl who would pay attention to that kind of stuff. What really got her interested was how Matt looked at her with those marvelous eyes of his. Most of the time he just kept flirting with her and showering her with compliments. Kelli thought he was the sweetest, funniest, most caring person in the world after about an hour, but that was before she found out that he only wanted her because she was extremely pretty. Luckily she found out that day.
"Oh wow. I can't believe all the stuff that you have here. All of it's so pretty," Kelli sighed. "I wish my house was like this. My parents would have loved to see all these trinkets and treasures. They absolutely loved this kind of stuff."
Matt gave her a smile and led her upstairs without a word. When they reached the top, Kelli gasped at how many doors there were, each leading to a different room. Apparently she barely noticed anything in the morning so it was a shock to her. Matt led her throughout all the rooms except two, and she gasped and marveled at the beauty of each one. Finally, he brought her to one of the two that he didn't show her. It was his own room. Kelli stepped out in front of him to look around at all the wonderful things he had in his room. Suddenly, a pair of strong arms came up behind her and circled her waist.
"So Kelli, what do you think of it?" Matt's deep voice whispered into her ear.
"It's wonderful, Matt. I really love your house," Kelli said, getting confused by his actions and trying to get away.
Matt laughed at her struggling and squeezed her even harder. "What's the matter, babe? Afraid of me?"
Kelli struggled harder as he squeezed. "Let me go Matt! I don't want anything to do with you. And don't call me babe. Let me go right now."
"Awww, poor baby. Maybe you need a little encouragement, sweetheart," Matt said, pulling her down to the ground. He pushed her wrists down to the ground and pressed on them to keep her down. Then he sat on her legs so she couldn't kick him. Staring hungrily at her almost transparent halter-top, he started moving his hands toward the back of her neck to untie it when she bit his arm.
"Argh! You bitch! You filthy, no-good, Muggle bitch! You'll be sorry once you see that you've made the biggest mistake of your life!" Matt shouted, slapping her face so hard that that a bluish purple tinge appeared. Unfortunately for him, that was the wrong thing to do. After he let go of one wrist to slap her, Kelli gave him a hard punch in the jaw and he reeled backwards and fell down. Kelli quickly got up, opened the door, and ran out of the room to the safety of her own room. She closed the door and locked it, then flopped down on her bed, exhausted. So much for her first day in a stranger's house with her parents gone. She gritted her teeth and thought of Matt. Kelli couldn't believe she was stupid enough to trust him after only knowing him for an hour. He wasn't the sweet, funny, caring person she thought he was. He isn't like Andrew, she thought. Andrew was the perfect guy for her, but now she probably won't see him ever again. Burying her face into the delicately laced pillow she cried for a while before falling asleep.
"Miss. Miss. Wake up please, Miss. Your dinner is ready. Master is waiting for you." Kelli was shaken awake by a small house elf no taller than three feet.
"Huh? Who are you? Are you Mr. Fudge's maid?" Kelli asked, still groggy from her sleep.
"Yes, Miss. Master tells Candi to wake Miss. Candi is need clean you up," the elf said in her squeaky little voice. "Master gave Miss some clothes for dinner."
Kelli stifled a yawn and reluctantly got up. "Ok I'm up. Now where's the dining room again?"
"No, no miss, Candi is needs to clean you. Come, follow Candi." Candi led Kelli to a door in her room that Kelli never noticed before. They stepped inside and Kelli found a huge bathroom with light blue walls, a light blue floor, light blue toilet, light blue shower, and light blue everything! There were flowers and scented candles everywhere, making the beautiful room smell wonderful. Candi had to drag Kelli away from a large exquisite tulip to make her take a bath. Kelli gaped at the gigantic bathtub and all the knobs she could turn to get different combinations of scent of soap, size foam, and bubble shapes. It was almost like magic…
"What soap smell and bubbles would Miss like for her bath?" the elf asked her, naming each of them and tapping the knob that made it.
"Umm, I don't know. There are so many choices and I haven't seen most of them before," Kelli said, examining each one. "Maybe I'll have lavender soap, second size foam, and blue square bubbles."
The house elf turned on three knobs and soon the tub was filled with hot water, soap, thick foam, and blue square bubbles, all smelling of lavender. Kelli slipped off her halter top and miniskirt and slid slowly into the huge tub of water. Candi started scrubbing her up with some more lavender soap, and rinsed her off by ducking her under all the foam and bubbles into the hot water. Then Candi dried her hands and left to fetch Kelli's new clothes while Kelli took some time to lie there and daydream.
Candi came back with a very short black miniskirt, a red top identical to her blue one but a lot shorter, and a very disgusted look.
"Young master has brought Miss these clothes. Candi is not get them. Candi is never want pretty Miss to wear such revealing clothes. Especially in front of young master," Candi said, helping Kelli dry off and dress her. "Candi is not liking young master. All young master does is bring pretty girls to his bedroom. Master does not know what young master is doing, and Candi is scared to tell Master. Young master says if Candi tells Master, Candi will get clothes!"
"What's wrong with getting clothes? I like getting clothes," Kelli said, clasping the heart-shaped necklace that said Totally Sexy Matt had also given her with the clothes.
"Candi cannot get clothes. If Candi gets clothes, Candi is set free. Candi is not supposed to be free. Candi will serve masters until Candi dies," the small elf said with a shake of her head.
"Umm, ok Candi. Now, can you show me the dining room? I don't think I remember how to get there. Your house is so big!" Kelli said, pushing the thought of clothes aside.
"Of course miss. Masters is waiting for Miss," Candi said, leading Kelli out of the room down the stairs and into a magnificently decorated dining room. Sitting down at the table were Matt, Cornelius, and Mrs. Fudge. All three looked up as Kelli entered the room.
"Ahh, Kelli, so glad you joined us. I hope you like what we gave you to wear. Matt picked it out, but I thought it was a bit…revealing, if you ask me," Mr. Fudge said, chuckling a bit. "Well, sit down and have some dinner. You must be starving after not eating lunch or breakfast."
As they ate, Mr. Fudge did all the talking, mostly about business that Kelli didn't understand, while Kelli stared down at her food and Matt stared at her. Mrs. Fudge was paying close attention to what Mr. Fudge was saying. When she was excused, Kelli got ready to run upstairs to the safety of her room when Matt grabbed her arm and invited her to take a swim in the pool.
"But I don't have my bathing suit with me," Kelli said, trying to think of excuses for her to get away from Matt.
"Oh go on Kelli, we can lend you a swimsuit. Besides, Matt's invited some of his dear friends over. Please go and have fun. We don't mind at all," Mrs. Fudge said, getting up to go get a swimsuit for Kelli.
The doorbell rang, and Kelli hesitantly followed Matt, thinking that he'd never rape her in front of his friends. There at the door stood four people. One was a guy with blonde hair looking smug with a smirk on his face. A girl stood next to him, with a bigger smirk, holding the blonde's arm. Then next to that couple was another couple, this time a large square girl with a heavy jaw. The guy who had his arm draped around the girl had a pudding-bowl haircut, long gorilla arms, and a flat nose. The boy with blonde hair glanced at Kelli and whistled before his girlfriend punched him lightly and shot him a glare.
"Kelli, meet Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Millicent Bulstrode, and Vincent Crabbe. Guys and girls, this is Kelli. She's living with us until the Grangers come pick her up." Kelli noticed a slight sneer to his voice as he said Grangers. She looked up shyly at the four guests and said, "Hi."
"She's living with the Grangers? Obviously a bad choice, shouldn't you ask your dad if she could live with someone better?" the boy called Draco asked, with a sneer.
"Already did. He said that she should live with Muggles until school starts. Technically she's a pureblood, but her mum didn't want her to go to Hogw-our school," Matt said with the same sneer Malfoy had. "She's probably really good though, so she'll catch up."
"Well I thought we came here to swim, not talk," said the girl, Pansy. "I want to spend as much time with Drakie-poo as possible."
Matt led the group of teenagers to the back yard, where they had a humongous pool with a low and high diving board. Each of the four teens dropped their towels to reveal swim trunks for the boys and skimpy bikinis for the girls (which didn't look so good on Millicent or Pansy). Matt muttered something about him and Kelli changing so he took her inside to the bathrooms not too far from the pool.
"Listen Kelli, I'm really sorry about this morning. It's just that ever since my girlfriend broke up with me, I've wanted to kiss a girl for so long. You seemed perfect for me, so I just lost control. Please forgive me for what I did," Matt said to her with a totally serious and sincere tone.
"Umm ok. No prob," Kelli said, edging near the bathroom. Sure he had apologized, but nothing could change what he had tried to do. All she wanted to do was to get away from him and stay as far away as possible, but unfortunately that wasn't choice, at least not according to Mr. and Mrs. Fudge.
About five minutes later, Kelli and Matt both came out of the bathroom at the same time, Kelli wearing a diminutive bikini that looked just awesome on her and Matt with his dark blue trunks. Right after Kelli came out, Matt gaped at her, eyes traveling all over her model type body. He realized what he was doing and looked away, blushing and smirking at the same time while Kelli shot him a glare marched out the door.
He followed with pure anger in his eyes. She wasn't going to get away that easily.
Kelli and Matt walked out to the pool where Pansy and Draco were snogging on some towels and Millicent and Vincent were splashing each other around in the pool. As soon as they walked out, all four pairs of eyes turned to look at them. Kelli and Matt looked down and made their way to the pool. When they reached the edge, Matt unexpectedly picked Kelli up and threw her into the pool. That was when the two couples started laughing and joined in the fun. Kelli came up cursing at Matt and glared at him once again. The six of them had an awesome time in the pool, but the four guests always looked toward Kelli and Matt when Matt was trying to get her attention. Kelli tried to ignore him and stay as far away as possible from him, and succeeded. When it turned dark three hours later, they got out and each of the couples went to their own corner, whispering and kissing, all except Kelli and Matt. Kelli shot Matt a death glare and went inside, leaving him staring after her fuming. He still had not succeeded on making her forgive him. Only two minutes later did Mrs. Fudge come out and told them their parents were there to pick them up. All of them said their good byes and hugged. Draco's eyes lingered on Kelli for a moment before taking Pansy's hand and leaving. Of course Kelli didn't notice it, but she had a strange feeling after they left that tugged at her until she fell asleep that night.
Where am I, Kelli wondered. She was in a small room, with chairs, tables, and a fireplace. Standing in front of her was a boy with messy black hair and glasses. He was hugging a very pretty girl, with long black hair and bright blue eyes. Kelli suddenly got the feeling that the boy and Kelli were meant to be together. The black haired girl stood up on her toes to kiss the boy and the boy noticed Kelli standing there. He gently pushed the other girl aside and started toward Kelli, but she ran out of the room as fast as she could. She kept on running and running, until she got to the edge of a cliff and started falling and falling…
Kelli woke up gasping once again. She now had a different dream, but still falling in it. She looked around for familiar objects to comfort her, but then remembered that she wasn't in her own room, and wasn't in her own bed. Flopping back down onto her bed, she fell back asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
In the morning, Kelli forgot all about the dream. Once again, Candi woke her up and washed her up. This time, Matt had given her a tight fitting light blue shirt with 'Taken' written on it and a pair of white shorts. She refused to wear anything that 'the little bitch' had given her, but Candi said that she had picked the clothes out herself, so Kelli blushed and thanked her.
Once Kelli had washed up and eaten breakfast, Mr. Fudge told her that she had some visitors. "Please come at meet them. I'm sure you will be glad to have such good foster parents."
"I seriously doubt that," Kelli muttered under her breath. Luckily Fudge didn't notice.
"Kelli, I'd like you to meet Mr. and Mrs. Granger and their daughter Hermione. I'm sure you two will have so much in common and so much to learn about each other. Now, I know you didn't have a lot to pack, but Candi's got it all under control. Your bags are waiting upstairs," Fudge said with a twinkle in his eye.
Kelli went upstairs silently to retrieve her bags. She wanted to give Candi a hug before leaving, but the small maid was nowhere to be found. Kelli sighed and dragged her bags downstairs. Hermione gave her a big smile and helped Kelli put her luggage in the trunk. Kelli spoke very little on her way there. The only time she answered was when the Grangers asked her a question. Finally, the car slowed to a stop as a white mansion came into sight. Hermione and Kelli each carried a bag to the front porch. The door flung open and Kelli gasped, dropping her bag. Standing in front of her was the boy from her dream!
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A/N: Well, that's the end of my second chapter! I really hope you like it and review! I sort of made Fudge a lot nicer and I guess Matt's going to be in Slytherin, considering he's friends with Malfoy and co. I know I left a really big cliffie yet again but I couldn't help it, even thought I promised my friend I wouldn't. Please review because if I don't get enough reviews, I might not continue this story. By the way, please read the stories my friend bookworm127 wrote and review them too! Both she and I will appreciate this, and please no bad reviews. Her stories are really good and she is SUCH a better author than I am, but I'll let you be the judge on that. And don't forget, if you have any suggestions at all, don't hesitate to email me! And before I forget, we need a round of applause for my beta-reader, Jessie.