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Last time on The Hell I Live In!…
By the time Draco was over the shock they had arrived at the trainstation and Marlaina put him on the train as she went to find someone.
"This year will be hell."
Now on The Hell I Live In!…(ring any bells padfoot? Lol)
"This year will be hell." Draco mumbled as he came out of his daydream or should he call it a living nightmare?
Just then the compartment door opened and in came his smiling sister. Draco continued to glare at his her.
"Don't give me that Draco Lucious Malfoy." Marlaina said angrily.
Draco sighed as he continued to look out the window. Marlaina got up and left the compartment with a sigh.
In ways she thought her brother had grown up so much but other times she knew he had a lot to learn.
She walked down the train as she heard the whistle and the train started to move.
Marlaina saw a woman with a trolly cart full of candy and couldn't help but smile at the excitement.
She remembered the train rides with her friends to Hogwarts and eating all of the candy along the way.
Suddenly Marlaina was taken out of her thoughts when her stomach growled. She smiled sheepishly as she walked up to the trolly and paid for some candy. After paying she turned around to find herself in front of a young girl. Marlaina couldn't stop herself in time as she ran into the girl.
"I'm sorry." The young girl said with a smile.
Marlaina appologized as well.
"It was entirely my fault." Marlaina said with a smile as well.
"It's ok." The girl continued as she looked at the young woman in front of her.
"Are you a new teacher at Hogwarts?" The girl asked.
Marlaina looked this girl over and realized she wasn't much younger than herself.
"Sort of. My name is Marlaina." Marlaina said with a smile.
"I'm Hermione." Hermione said with a smile as well.
"Nice to meet you Hermione. Maybe we'll meet later." Marlaina said with a genuine smile.
Hermione smiled as well.
After Hermione payed for her treats she walked back to her compartment with Ron, Harry, Neville, Ginny and Luna.
"Took you long enough Hermione. We were about to send out a search party." Ron said jokingly.
"Did you get lost?" He continued.
"No, Ron, I did not get lost. I ran into…well, I'm not sure if she's a teacher or not." Hermione said thoughtfully.
Ginny and Luna gave her a curious look as Hermione shrugged.
"Well, she ran into me and then we got to talking. She seems very nice." Hermione said.
"Who exactly are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Her name is Marlaina." Hermione explained.
Harry shrugged.
"Never heard of her." He said leaning back in his seat.
Marlaina walked back to the compartment with Draco and noticed he was still alone.
"Don't you have any friends?" She realized it wasn't the best thing to say to her brother as he just glared at her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Marlaina appologized.
Draco stayed silent as he looked out the window still. Marlaina sighed as she decided not to say any more.
Within a few hours the train had finally stopped at Hogwarts and the students piled out of the train.
They were all ushered into the Great Hall where they would wait for the First years to be sorted into the four Houses.
Marlaina was told to sit next to Professor Dumbledore to discuss why she was there.
The First years were brought in and sorted accordingly. Dumbledore gave a speech and then the food appeared and he told everyone to eat.
It didn't take long for students to get curious about the new woman sitting at the Head table talking to Dumbledore.
"Who is she?" Dean Thomas asked.
"I don't know." Neville answered while staring at the blond laughing with Dumbledore.
"She looks familiar." Ron said thinking.
"She's the woman that ran into me on the train." Hermione said.
"Maybe I saw her on the train. You know how some new professors also ride the train to Hogwarts." Ron said as he went back to his food.
"She can't be a professor? She doesn't look much older than us." Harry said thoughtfully.
Hermione and Ron shrugged.
The other tables were talking as well including Slytherin.
"Hey Draco? You haven't said much. Um…what do you think that new girl does?" Crabbe asked.
"I think she's going to teach a new class. Maybe foods?" Goyle put in thoughtfully.
"Yea, wouldn't that be cool." Crabbe said dreamily.
"You oafs! She's too young to be a teacher. She looks too nice." Pansy said with discust.
Malfoy clenched his fists but immediately calmed down.
"I bet she failed and has come back to be a student." Pansy said with an evil hight pitched laugh.
Draco rolled his eyes. It was time to stop this.
"I think she used to go here and then moved to Africa after graduating and now has come back because Dumbledore has asked for a favor." Draco said with a small smirk.
"Wow, that's a good guess Draco." Goyle said amazed.
Draco sighed at his 'friends' stupidity and continued to eat away his sorrows.
"Marlaina, I'm so glad you could come on such short notice." Dumbledore said.
Marlaina smiled.
"I was happy to come. Now, what exactly am I here to do?" Marlaina questioned curiously.
"Well, I know that you have come from Africa after four years and I was thinking you would be a great assistant to Hagrid. He deals with many great animals and I know how facinated you are with different types of species." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Marlaina smiled.
"I'd love to." She began but stopped with a small frown on her pretty features.
She looked over at the Slytherin table and saw her brother looking more depressed than ever.
Dumbledore seeing her troubles smiled.
"You may talk with him to make sure it's alright then tell me what you decide." Dumbledore said and Marlaina smiled appreciatively.
"Thank you Head Master." She sighed.
At the end of dinner the food disappeared and Dumbledore again stood up.
"Off to your dorms for a good night sleep!" Dumbledore said with a glint in his eyes and a smile on his face.
Marlaina looked toward Draco and gave him a nod.
He nodded as well and as everyone left he stayed behind.
"What is it now?" Draco asked boredly.
Marlaina scowled at her brother's tone.
"Dumbledore offered me a job and I wanted to make sure it's ok with you." Marlaina said calmly.
"Sure! Why the bloody hell not! Why don't you just become Head Master while you're at it?" Draco asked sarcastically.
"I asked you because your opinion means a lot to me! If you don't want me to take the job then say so Draco!" Marlaina argued.
"Fine, I don't want you to take the job." Draco said calmly.
Marlaina's mouth opened slightly.
Draco glared at her for a moment before speaking.
"I know how much you want this but…" He began.
"You still won't let me take it?" Marlaina asked.
"Listen, if people find out that my sister is teaching a class then they might think that the only reason I'm passing is because you talked to the other professors." Draco explained.
"So you're pretty much just worried about your reputation?" Marlaina asked amazed.
"Of course! What else do I have? I'm a pureblood Malfoy, Marlaina! I don't want you here!" With that Draco ran out of the room and Marlaina sighed.
Marlaina turned around to see Professor Dumbledore with a sad smile.
"I'll take it."
Well? R&R please…I hope this is getting a little more interesting and don't worry the romance will be on the way. Thanks!
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