Summary: Mary Sue. Lena just lost her parents in a tragic car accident and has to live with an uncle that she never knew existed. While with her uncle, she is tangled in a web of love, lies and terror. Mild cursing (the non-magical sort) and some sexual content.

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Chapter 3: Silence in the Hall

The rest of the trip was filled with conversation and endless charm and wit that was Draco.

Finally, the train stopped and he offered to share a carriage with her up to the school, she accepted. When she arrived at Hogwarts, Lena was set into a state of shock.

"Holy Shit! It's a freaking castle!" she wowed as she looked up.

At that moment, she tripped over her own feet sending her plummeting towards the hard earth. Draco reacted and caught her right before she hit the ground.

She blushed and clasped onto his hand for further support. Once in the Great Hall, every eye in each of the tables examined her closely. Draco led her over to the table to the far left and they sat down.

"Draco…I feel really awkward…" she whispered but it seemed as if it were shouted due to the silence in the hall.

Not noticing the uncomfortable stillness, the headmaster stood up and welcomed everyone back.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their wonderful Christmas presents and also those from the students. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Now to eat, you all must be very hungry. Let's start the feast!"

He clapped his hands three times and delicious delectables and delicacies appeared on the tables.

Lena was quite surprised but decided to not let it show because it seemed so natural to the people around her. The feast was filled with introductions and extremely snide remarks.

"If you're a mudblood then leave. We don't tolerate that sort of thing here!"

A pug-faced girl on the other side of Draco snorted, he hit her in the shoulder.

"Pansy! You shouldn't assume! You may never know…she may be a D.E." he calmly remarked while playing with his food.

Pansy quieted down and snickered under her breath,

"Her? A Death Eater? Ha!".

He hoped that she wasn't, she didn't seem as if she would be the type to ever do that kind of thing.

"A mudblood? A D.E.? Draco, what are those?"

She asked while stuffing a Yorkshire pudding into her mouth. Everyone on the table fell silent.

Feeling guilty for even saying anything, Draco helped her out.

"Err…She hasn't been sorted yet."

Everyone's heads nodded and the table started to mutter and mumble once again.

"Did you see that?" Ron managed to get out while trying to stuff a big piece of turkey in his mouth, Harry smirked.

"Yeah, I do believe I've done that one"

He laughed and eyed his blonde beauty while Hermione gave him a dirty look,

"You know, Harry…Just because you're famous and angry at the world, it doesn't mean that you have to have every beautiful girl in the school."

She sighed, the gravy pouring out of the boat and onto her potatoes.

"I know, but it makes me feel better…"

After Sirius had died, Harry had taken comfort in hiding himself. He loved to hide himself in women and riches, it helped him forget his ache for his godfather. He had dated every cute, sexy, delightful, charming, attractive girl in every house - with the exception of Hermione- but those in Slytherin.

When he started to hide himself from the world, he had only one rule: Never get mixed up with a Slytherin.

He had had one specific encounter with a certain Slytherin, well…it was a lot of encounters and at first it had made him feel wanted and loved.

As time went on, their love flourished and then his first true love left him. Harry was heart broken and ever since then, he had an even stronger and unwavering hate for any Slytherin.

When his love broke up with him, he almost instantly broke down. They hadn't spoken since.

Once the feast finished, Headmaster Dumbledore hurried towards Lena and addressed her and Draco at once.

"I am so pleased that you have made it, Lena Calloway."

His voice had a sweet old man tone to it,

"If you will, I would like to take this up to my office where the ears of others are left behind."

He gestured to Draco and as he turned to leave, Lena grabbed his hand, pulled him towards her and gave him a light peck on the cheek.

"Thanks again, Draco."

He walked out of the Great Hall in a daze while holding his cheek.

The trip to Dumbledore's office was a short one and Lena almost wet herself when the gargoyle jumped aside to reveal a set of hidden stairs.

"What the hell is going on here?"

She shouted while making over-exaggerated hand gestures, Dumbledore just smiled and walked up the stairs.

Following closely, she noticed that they must be going to one of the top most towers of the castle, she could feel a terrible draft that made her skin crawl.

Once inside, they sat down and everything was brought into the light.

"You have got to be shitting me!"

She fumbled with an ornament that was sitting on Dumbledore's desk, he assured her that what he had said was the truth.

"So you're telling me that this is like an alternate universe where people have magical powers"

Right then she made her fingers wag up and down as if she were going to cast a spell using her hands,

"I guarantee that the only ones who can do hand magic are me and a few others. Everyone else uses wands."

He watched Fawkes as he said this, he was so tired of having stereotypes, and she excused her rudeness once hearing the tone of his voice.

"How does one join this neat little club?"

She shoved the ornament back onto his desk and waited for a reply.

"You have to be born into it, some who marry a witch or a wizard get to know about it and also if the parents are muggles and they have a wizard or witch for their child then they also are allowed to 'join'."

He chuckled and offered her a lemon drop, she accepted. Beaming at Lena, he commented,

"You surely so look like your uncle. Your eyes are a trademark of his family line, as is your hair though it varies with each generation."

He pointed out, Lena almost choked on her lemon drop.

"When will I get to see my uncle?"

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Draco couldn't stop thinking about her. Lena's hair, her eyes that looked so familiar to him, her lips, the way that she almost fell.

He laughed at the fact that she tripped over her own feet; he slowly replaced the thoughts of him with thoughts of Lena.

He had to forget about him since they were watching Draco everywhere he went. He could feel their eyes on him, he could smell their stink within a mile of where he was, and they were always close at hand.

That night, he fell into dreamless sleep.

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In the Gryffindor dormitory, Harry wished Ron a goodnight, he whispered his goal to himself right before he fell asleep,

"I will not let that little bitch do this to me."

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The Dungeons were darker and gloomier than ever when the moon was out causing Headmaster Dumbledore to leave the introductions until midday of the morrow.

He ushered Lena into a small room that branched off his office, he assured her that she wouldn't be disturbed and to be ready by 8 for he will escort her to the Great Hall for breakfast.

"Mr. Dumbledore, sir?" she mumbled, her gaze towards the ground.

He gently swung around to answer her. His right hand raised and pushed her chin to force her stare on him, his piercing blue eyes concentrated into hers,

"Yes, my dear?"

His serene voice created a tranquil atmosphere where Lena felt at peace.

"Where is Draco going to be tomorrow?" she asked timidly, he appeared rather relieved at her question.

"In classes. If you so wish, I will talk the teachers into having you attend a few classes with your new company."

His lips formed a gingerly sort of grin causing Lena to beam with happiness.

"Thank you, Mr. Dumbledore!"

A squeak was forced out in her delight, he wanted to make her happy. Happy to be in the company of an old fool, happy to spend time with him, happy to be happy to live the rest of her years at Hogwarts as he has.

"Goodnight, Miss Calloway."

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