Hello again! First of all, I must admit that I had no clue what a Mary sue was until I got reviews for my last chapter. I got a review that vaguely explained to me what –she-it- is, whatever… so… Mary Sue Patrol, whoever you are, I am extremely grateful and thank you.

-I owe you one, is there something I can do for you? Any ideas? (Please read on first for I have attempted to change my format and make my plot a little clearer, only after re-reading my last two chapters)

Anyways, on with this story.

Chapter Three: Hidden Agenda

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Harry for once nodded calmly. Ron sneered and made some sort of sound Harry wasn't listening to, he'd know what their reactions would be, but he certainly didn't care, it's not like he'd taken his sweet time to get acquainted with her.

"…And you met her on the train? What happened?" Hermione's inquiry was nothing unusual and Harry, as he filled his plate, looked up at her, a bit of a grin on his face.

"After I changed into my robes, she was headed to the bathrooms." Harry answered vaguely, busying himself with eating his part of the feast in front of him.

"And??" Hermione prodded, Harry swallowed a mouthful, and stifled a laugh.

"I can tell you one thing, she's…" he paused in thought as he remembered watching Lily sit down beside Draco, though the fact still remained that she –was- his cousin.

"She's what?" Ron asked harshly, stuffing a forkful into his mouth. Harry frowned and then shrugged as he looked up at Hermione and Ron.

"Not your typical Malfoy." He finished and they all gave him questioning looks, which irritated him to a point, he knew they'd question him saying that, but was rather hungry after the long trip.

"And you've spent enough time with her to know that?" Ron said sarcastically, slurring a bit through the food in his mouth, he swallowed. "First of all, she –is- a Malfoy, whether she acted like it or not when you met her, it could just be some sort of ploy Draco Malfoy set up, second, she's a Slytherin and if that doesn't tell you something about her, then you've gone mental on me mate." He stuffed his mouth full again. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Oh, just shut it Ron, you have no idea what she's like." She paused as she took a sip out of her glass. "Maybe she actually isn't that bad." Hermione made a small humming noise.

"I wouldn't put it past Malfoy to use her as some connection to us, maybe she's acting and he hopes she can be his spy." It was unlike Hermione to make assumptions such as this, but she was the deep thinker and could possibly be right. Harry shook his head.

"Why don't we just… I don't know, drop the subject and go on with our lives, I mean, it's not like I plan on befriending her or something." Ginny smiled at Harry's comment.

"Gryffindor friends with Slytherin, highly unlikely, not a sight you would see everyday, Especially Harry and a Malfoy…" she giggled as she continued her meal, Hermione joined in with her, but both boys remained quiet.

The evening went on and Lilith was led to the Slytherin common room, and from there, pansy, who only did it because she thought it would impress Draco to be –nice- to his cousin, showed her sleeping quarters.

"Why is it you've decided to switch schools at such a… late time." Pansy asked nosily, watching as Lilith emptied a cage of a black cat and ran her hand along it's back. Lilith scoffed.

"Not that it's any business of yours, but Draco's mother isn't as heartless as his father." She turned just in time to see pansy's pug face light up in awake smile as she tried to hide her resentment. "Now, I must ask why it is that you persist to persue my cousin when he shows the least bit of interest possible." Pansy frowned and sneered, standing as Lilith sat down on the end of her bed.

"He's interested…"s he spat harshly. "He knows we're meant to be together, we're in an. inclusive relationship, meaning we're allowed to date other people." Lilith held back her laughter as her cat found a spot on the bed, spun around once and curled up comfortably into a ball on the green bedding.

"I see…" Lilith voiced, unconvinced with pansy's words, pansy wasn't very pretty, and Lilith knew for a fact Draco Malfoy wasn't about to lower his standards that low, whether pansy's parents were or were not within his social group.

Before bed Lilith became acquainted with her roommates, which much to her liking did not consist of pansy. In the morning Lilith woke to the noises of the other girls shuffling around and giggling at each other's whispering. She got up and showered and then brushed out her hair quickly before pulling on her robes and heading down into the common room.

As she neared the bottom of the stairs, her dear cousin stood up from the couch, Blaise stood by his side, and Draco checked his watch then made an tsk-tsk noise, shaking his head.

"You're late, I was supposed to show you your classes this morning, but now I can't."Lilith cocked her head to the side.

"What a surprise." she said sarcastically, running her fingers through her hair. He quirked a half-grin and stepped forward towards her.

"I have more important things to attend to, but Blaise here has agreed to take my place and show you around." He motioned to the dark haired boy beside him and Lilith studied the cool look about his face, something about him seemed un-realistic. A smile graced his lips, a very small and devious smile, his blue eyes catching her attention as he watched her and quirked a brow with the attention she was giving him.

"I'm sure I can manage." She voiced, tearing her eyes away from his and back to her cousin, who looked discouraged.

"Lily, that isn't a good idea." She couldn't believe he'd actually addressed her casually like that. He looked down on her as if he cared, he didn't have much distance to look down though, seeing as she wasn't much shorter than he, her eyes were level with his nose.

"Fine, if you insist." She agreed, rolling her eyes. "What do you care anyways, I'd have thought you'd be delighted to have me get lost." He scoffed and placed a hand on her shoulder, which she looked at resentfully.

"You're family." He stated simply, then removed his hand and walked away silently. He glanced back though just as Lilith looked away from him and shifted her gaze back to her new guide. A small smile tried to pull at her lips, and succeeded, but she put it away quickly, what on earth was she thinking?

"We best get going." She voiced quietly and he smiled, moving towards the portrait hole.

"Do I offend you in some way?" he asked as they exited, catching her off guard, she'd never really actually heard him speak, she'd seen him speak, but his voice was cut off by the glass that had separated them.

"No." she answered quickly. "You're just not the type I see associating with my cousin, and I can't believe you'd be as… well as willing to show me around." He stifled a laugh as they walked down the corridor side-by-side. Lilith notched the way he walked, he seemed extremely confident and sure of himself, and she didn't quite know what to think.

"Judging a book by its cover." He too made the tsk-tsk sound. "Quite rude if you ask me." She shot her gaze right over to him, stopping in her tracks and making him do the same.

"You should take that as a compliment, my cousin thinks he's too good for anyone." He cocked an eyebrow.

"So are you saying he's too good to be a friend of mine?" she rolled her eyes and shifted her weight onto her left foot.

"No, you just seem quite sure of yourself, confident, not the type to be bossed around or told what to do, which is what Draco does best." He laughed and watched her even more intently.

"Confidence and self- assurance are common traits within the house of Slytherin, I assure you." Lilith smiled cockily and swept the hair off of her shoulders so it trailed halfway down her back. He continued on in his footsteps and she began to follow once more. "How is it that you are so mooch like Mal? Draco, yet the two of you fight like the worst of enemies?" he was being very forward, which confirmed-most- of her assumptions of him.

"Are you saying I'm stuck up and cocky like my cousin?" He side-glanced at her and cocked a brow, keeping his mouth zipped for the time being. She smiled at his absence of answer. "So I should take that as a yes?" he shook his head.

"Of course not, haven't quite figured you out yet, but I'm hoping to have the time to do so." She again was caught off guard, side glancing at him with the slightest surprise when she ran into someone.

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hey, to anyone who has reviewed, i thank you so much, but don't really have the time to give my seperate thank you's i'll catch up with you next chappie, double it up a bit, , much thanks.

Next time: a first kiss, a last kiss, saliva(lol) and... insider

-lilith picked herself up carefully off the floor and dusted herself off, glaring at the boy before her, all her dignity still intact, or at least outwardly, but on the inside she was humiliated to no end.

"thank you, thank you very much." she said sarcastically with a glare in his direction, him staring at her stupidly.she rolled her eyes, but stopped as her eyes reached her left. "but if you -ever- do that again, i swear..." she was cut off as a figure appeared behind him.

AFireInside.