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Shinedown

45

Send away for a priceless gift
One not subtle, one not on the list
Send away for a perfect world
One not simply, so absurd
In these times of doing what you're told
You keep these feelings, no one knows
What ever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart

Chorus: And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45,
Swimming through the ashes of another life
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a 45

Send a message to the unborn child
Keep your eyes open for a while
In a box high up on the shelf, left for you, no one else
There's a piece of a puzzle known as life
Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight

What ever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart

CHORUS

Everyone's pointing their fingers
Always condemning me
And nobody knows what I believe
I believe

CHORUS
The First Night

"Croton, Adam!"

A nervous looking boy walked slowly towards the sorting hat, looking around at the other students. He put on the hat and everyone else waited in silence. "… RAVENCLAW! "

The named table exploded into applause and cheers. Finally, Alicia's named was called.

"DeLenfent, Alicia!"

An awkward silence fell over the school. Practically all of the school was staring at her. Soon everybody started whispering.

She walked forward casually and put on the hat. "A DeLenfent, I haven't been put on one of your family's head since your great-great-grandmother, Susan Bridgette DeLenfent. This is a very tough choice to make. You seem to have the qualities of each house. But in the end I shall have to put you in…. SLYTHERIN! "

At first there was silence, then the whole Slytherin table broke out in cheers and applause. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny just stared at her, at a loss for words. Alicia only gave them a passing glance before going to the Slytherins and sitting next to Draco, who nearly choked when she took the seat next to him. Alicia only smirked. "Hello, Malfoy, how are you and your family?" she asked, taking a sip of her juice. "Very good, thank you. And yours?" he said, composing himself. "They're good, thank you."

The rest of the table watched the exchange like a tennis match, knowing that a fight could break out between them at anytime.

The DeLenfents have always been an exclusive family, not going to many social events and keeping to themselves. But one family has always been close to them: the Malfoys. They created a sort of a silent alliance with each other. Whenever one family had a problem, the other family would help out. Lucious(sp?) and Narcissa Malfoy were best friends with Nicolas and Aria DeLenfent . But there always was a problem between Draco Malfoy and Alicia DeLenfent. Most of the time they were together, there was an argument, fight, or a duel. A lot of black eyes and broken noses resulted from this, even a case when Draco ended up bald for a few days. Even though they fought a lot, they were very close, when they weren't fighting that is. But then, when Alicia was seven, she was sent to her Aunt in New York to study at the Acaridae Magic academy, the best school to study wandless magic in. They never saw each other after that until that day in Diagon Alley. Now let me tell you how Hermione was taken.

It was during a blizzard in December, a week before Christmas. Aria just put the twins to bed(they were both one yr old at the time). She kissed each on the forehead, smiled, and left the room. At 3:15 am, when everyone was asleep, two figures materialized in the room. They silently walked over to the babies and studied them. "Which one is she, Braxton?" one asked. "This one, Alex.": Braxton motioned towards the baby with the darker hair. "She cannot be raised here. Only one of the twins can be here. If they both are raised together, one shall go to the darkness and one towards the light. And in the end the dark one shall prevail. We cannot allow that to happen. The prophecy states that they must be separated until they are at least 13." Braxton explained. Alex nodded. "Lets do this quickly, then." Braxton picked up Hermione and disappeared. Alex frowned and looked at Alicia. "I'm so sorry baby." and disappeared.

That morning a piercing wail was heard throughout the DeLenfent Manor. At the same time, somewhere in muggle London, Lynn Granger opened the front door of her home and found a small pink basket with a bundle in it. The picked up the basket and took a card that was inside and read it. Hermione She gasped when the bundle moved and she saw a baby in it. She called George and showed him the baby.

Hogwarts

Hermione glared at Draco, who looked to be having a conversation with Alicia. Harry noticed that the rest of the Slytherin table looked nervous. He nudged Hermione and pointed this out to her. She nodded in agreement. "You're right, they do look nervous. I wonder why." Harry was about to answer but was interrupted by Dumbledore standing up and clearing his throat.

The hall turned silent and all eyes turned to the Headmaster. After telling all the new rules for this year, his eyes turned to Hermione and Draco. "The new Head Boy and Girl will be Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, or should I now say, DeLenfent." At this all eyes turned to Hermione, who now looked like an overripe tomato. She fidgeted and looked around. After a while she spaced out and everyone went back to Dumbledore, who just sat down.

Soon the feast was over and Draco, Hermione, and Alicia were being led to the Heads dorms.(Alicia is with them because Dumbledore, for some reason made her stay there). They came to a portrait of the four founders, each next to each other alphabetically. Godric waved at Hermione and Salazar simply nodded at Draco and Alicia. Rowena and Helga also nodded at them. Dumbledore turned towards the teens. "Well, here we are. The password is 'free spirit'. I hope you find the dorms fill your needs. I'll see you at breakfast." With that, hey left them standing there. Hermione Yawned, turned to the portrait and said the password and entered, the others quickly at here hells. They silently entered, ignoring each other's presence. In the common room, they each stopped in their tracks, deeply impressed by the place. It was a very big room, with burgundy and hunter green walls, a forest green wool carpet with a gold diamond pattern on them. There were two beige chintz armchairs and a beige sofa in the center. On the wall there was a large bookcase, filled with all kinds of books. There was a large silver staircase leading to three other rooms. The middle room Had a carving on the door of a serpent(Draco's room), a wolf on the right(Alicia), and on the left a lioness(Hermione), next to that room was a room with a fish on the door, which was the bathroom. Draco immediately went to his room and shut the door behind him. Hermione, used to this, ignored him and went over to the bookcase.

Alicia watched him go to his room and slam the door, rolling her eyes. 'Just like when we were kids…' she sighed. She then walked over to an armchair, looking deep in thought.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked, sitting down on the other armchair.

"Nothing really. Just thinking about my friends back in New York. They said they were coming to visit me sometime this year."

"Oh."

Alicia nodded, then yawned. "I better get to bed. We have start classes tomorrow and I need sleep." Hermione nodded. "I should go too. Good night." They got up and entered their rooms.

Alicia's room was very comfy. The walls were a dark green and the carpet was black. The ceiling was charmed to look like the night sky. Right now it was covered with stars. All the furniture was made out of cherry wood. There was a vanity, a desk, two chairs, a small table next to the bed, and a window seat. Her bed was next to the window. It was a king sized bed, with black silk sheets, a silver silk pillow and a green comforter. There was also a walk in closet already filled with her clothes. She changed into purple pj shorts and a tank. She them promptly fell asleep.

Hermione walked into her room and smiled. Her room was exactly the same as Alicia's but burgundy and gold. She changed into pastel red pjs and fell asleep.

Meanwhile Draco was in his room, unable to sleep, his thoughts being haunted by the two girls sleeping in rooms next to him.

Dumbledore's Office

Albus just finished writing a letter to the ministry about goblins. He just had it sent off when Snape burst in, followed by the other teachers. "Headmaster!" he gasped, out of breath. Albus turned towards him, a questioning look on his face. "Yes, what is it Severus?"

"I just found out that the Dark Lord is planning to kidnap Alicia and Hermione!"

All the other teachers around him gasped.

"The Dark Lord mentioned a prophecy about the two and said that he will take them and try to turn them dark. He also said they would give him unlimited power." Snape informed. Albus sighed, looking weary. "Of course. Figures he'll find out sooner or later." He muttered. "What?" McGonagall asked. Albus sighed again, and told them all about the prophecy, and everything else. In the end Snape stared at him. "So… we'll have to always keep an eye on them, monitoring them?"

Albus nodded. "Im afraid so."

All the teachers looked uneasily at each other.

So, I guess that's all for now. I'm so friggin sorry about not updating sooner, but I didn't have internet for a few monthes and ive been busy with school. They give us project after project, so I cant always update. I can only update on weekends too. Thanx 4 the reviews and Later dudes.

-Lavender-blitz