These characters aren't mine, sadly, and I make no profit from (insert story the particular fic of mine you are reading is based on here). I cry out to the stars, "If only, if only."

By the by, watch out, a few of the characters may be ooc. (out of character for those of you who don't know what that stands for.)

Chapter 18: Diina's Wrath

Diina walked out of the Hospital wing. She had been warned by Dumbledore that the Daily Prophet (and other wizarding papers and magazines) had sent reporters to Hogwarts, all of whom were waiting for her outside the Hospital wing. But no warning could have prepared her for what happened.

The second she stepped out the door, the reporters crowded in, throwing at least a dozen different questions at her at one time. During that time, photographers were taking as many snapshots as they could manage. Diina threw her arms in front of her face, hoping they wouldn't get a good picture. The reporters kept firing questions and the photographers were going snap-happy.

Suddenly, the flash of the cameras subsided and the reporters fell silent. Diina moved her arms and saw Snape standing between her and the reporters.

"She has no comment," Snape said in a soft, dangerous manner. "You have no further business here. It would be wise of you to disperse." Without waiting for them to do so, Snape grabbed Diina's arm and dragged her off to Slytherin. "Answer their questions if you want. If you don't want to, tell them you have no comment and walk away," he told her, leaving her in the common room.

Diina went to her room, took off the cloak, and reached up to feel the diamond necklace Harry had given her. (It was a habit to play with jewelry whenever she was nervous or upset.) But her fingers met her skin, not her necklace. I'm not wearing it! I must have lost it in the Forbidden Forest! I'll never see it again!

"Looking for this?" Malfoy drawled from the doorway. She turned and saw him holding out her necklace. "I found it outside near the front steps." She snatched it from his hand and put it back around her neck. "Nice jewel. Potter gave it to you, didn't he?"

"None of your business," she mumbled, opening her school trunk. Then she dove under her bed, gathering various articles of clothing. When she came back up, Draco was standing next to her bed. She tossed the clothes into her trunk and headed for the closet.

"Why are you packing up? You haven't been expelled," he remarked.

"I'm leaving," she replied, taking a shirt off it's hanger and tossing it in her trunk. As soon as her back was turned, Draco took the shirt and placed it back on the hanger, then returned it to the closet. He managed to do this with a few more garments before she caught on. "Stop it!"

"But you haven't been expelled."

"Damnit Draco! Go to Hell!" Diina yelled at him. He stared at her in shock and disbelief; he had never heard her use profanity before. "You ruined my life."

"I did not," he replied without thinking.

"You're the only person who would've had the audacity to tell the Daily Prophet what my real name is. There's no way I can do anything in the wizarding world. No one would hire me, everyone'll be afraid of me," Diina shot back.

"You don't have to have a job, you know," Draco said.

"Oh, of course. I could always marry you. What a capital idea! Spending the rest of my life with the one person who ruined it," returned Diina sarcastically. She was holding back tears, covering it with anger. But she was already losing her control.

"You think it's bad now? I can see to it that it's ten times worse," Draco yelled.

"Why are you doing this to me?"

"To get what I want, it's as simple as that."

That comment got Diina firmly back in control of her emotions and now she was fuming. "Bastard!" And with that, she decked him. Using the Leviosa charm to float her trunk, she ran out of Slytherin, heading for the doors of Hogwarts. She never got there though, because she got caught on a moving staircase. "Stupid stairs!" Diina screamed before breaking down into tears.

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Harry was trying to forget everything. How could I accuse her like that? And then I let her go. Snape shouldn't have been the one to save her from those reporters, I should've. And now I'm trying to run away from all my problems by flying through the halls.

He was approaching a staircase when he heard the sobs of a girl who's heart was breaking. He landed on the staircase and saw it was Diina. She was crumpled up on the stairs, crying her eyes out. He went over to her and put his hand on hands on her shoulders. She gasped and flung her head up and around to look at him, fear in her eyes. The fear melted into relief when she met his eyes. She turned around and threw herself into his arms, sobbing into his shoulder. Ten galleons says this has something to do with Malfoy.

"He told them," Diina sobbed. Yup, Harry thought. It's Malfoy. Great. How am I going to get her to stop crying?

"Would you like your big brother to go beat him up for you?" Harry asked. Diina gave a little laugh. "A laugh! There's hope for you yet." Diina burst into giggles. Finally, she managed to recover.

"I don't want my big brother to beat him up, I want my boyfriend to do it," she replied, smiling at him. Harry, embarrassed, grinned as Diina lightly kissed his dimple. The moment was perfect, until they heard a loud 'thunk!' followed by a high 'yip!'

Sue rocketed up from under the stairs on a broom with Mince. The broom began to turn up and Sue quickly found herself upside down over Diina and Harry.

"BONZAI!" Sue cried, letting go of the broom, which headed back to Madam Hooch's office. Sue and Mince crashed onto the staircase on Harry and Diina. Mince was just fine and immediately started licking Diina's face.

" 'Ue! Geroff!" Harry mumbled. Diina shoved Mince aside to see why Harry was mumbling.

"SUE! GET YOUR BOOBS OFF HARRY'S FACE BEFORE I KILL YOU!" Diina screamed.

"Sorry 'bout that Harry," Sue said, rolling off of Harry. "Wasn't intentional. I wouldn't do something like that cuz I know how uptight Diina can get when you come on to her lovers."

"YOU BI"-

"Not like she's had any lovers, but she's the kinda girl who'd be upset about it. I'm really sorry I messed up that bonzai, but I hit my head on the stairs as I was flying by," Sue explained.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

"You're gonna have to get in line. I stole the broom from Madam Hooch and I can see her coming now," Sue said, looking down one of the corridors at a fast approaching figure. "Gotta go!" And with that, Sue scurried off.

"Get back here, you thieving miscreant!" Madam Hooch yelled. Suddenly a water balloon collided with Madam Hooch and drenched her. "Peeves, you asinine"- she stopped there, realizing she couldn't use the words she wanted to because students were present. "You menace!" Peeves bowed low, then laughed as he slid down through the floor.

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She packs a hell of a punch, Draco thought as he woke up, lying on the floor in the girls' room. She'll give me a rough time in bed, that's for sure. I can't wait. The sooner, the better. I could use the excitement.