Engaging

A Whole New World

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, they belong to J. K. Rowling. Except for Sara Sweets, she belongs to me . Author's note: This is based upon what I have taken from the Harry Potter stories, and is totally in my head. And I seriously believe that Voldemort is either in love with Lily or is her half-brother, so that is in this story. If you are easily offended by vulgar language or sexual content you should not read this fanficiton. Please review.

Sara had waited for Violet to throw her out or something. But she hadn't done anything of the sort. Instead she had made out a hide-a-bed and insisted that Sara keep the daybed. The boy had jumped into bed with Violet, though he tried to stay as far away from "the scary lady" as he could.

Violet had told Sara to go back to sleep, that she needed her energy.

Paris was a rough town.

Sara sighed, fearing the sleep she needed, but simply laid down once more. After what seemed to be days of darkness, sleep claimed her. Bloodshed plagued her that night. The death of her dearest friend never leaving her mind.

She woke up to a tall, broad-shouldered man with dark hair holding Violet in his arms, telling her that he didn't like this one bit.

" She's strange, Vi. She's from God-knows-where, she's done God-knows-what, and only God knows why she's here! " he exclaimed.

Violet laughed at him, " Trust me Char, if she wanted me dead she could have done so last night. I was easy prey in my sleep. "

" That's the problem! " he exclaimed, " You didn't even think of your own well being! She could have been banished here for something evil, " he said, his worry for her evident in his voice.

Violet merely laughed at that statement, " Not likely. Trust me Char, I'm an excellent judge of character. Much unlike yourself. " she stated simply.

" Damn it! I don't care! I just never want to have to be near her when she's awake. They all say that a pyromagus is the worst kind of person. "

Sara stood and walked past him, " I'm sorry you feel that way, " she stated as she passed.

Char blinked after her, " Yeah, just stay away from Vi! " he shouted.

Violet thumped his head, " You're real nice. Now put me down. "

Sara turned to face him, " Look, I'm sorry you have a problem with me because of what I am. But here's a reader's digest version of who I am for you to see if I'm allowed to be that or not, you know, since you're God over here and can decide which kind of person is good or evil. My name is Sara Sweets, I have only ever loved one man, feared another, and I trust no one. I was born and bred that way. My mom is a ghost, she was murdered when I was ten, the day before I was to set off to go to Hogwarts. The past nine or so years of my life I have spent fighting a wizard named Voldemort for an Order that has now condemned me for no crime at all. This wizard has only recently murdered my best friend and her husband, though the blame was put on my love and now he is locked away in Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit and I was sent here to keep myself from breaking him out. I am a pyromagus, I have the 'Inner Eye' and I love to fly above all else. " she said simply, watching him, not moving in any direction. " So, God, am I Satan? "

Char seemed rather taken aback, then he shook his head, " Wait, did you say you were Sara Sweets? " he asked, " As in Sara Sugar Sweets? " Sara nodded, " The Quidditch legend? " he asked. Sara crossed her arms over her chest. " I love you! "

Sara took a step back, " What the hell? "

He set Violet down on her own two feet, " I have been a big fan of yours since you started Quidditch! " he shouted.

Sara raised an eyebrow, " Is that everything that you got out of what I just said? " she asked.

Violet thumped him on the back of the head once more, and he rubbed it while pouting at her, " I'm sorry Ms. Sweets, Char here has a very one-track mind. Is that really what happened over there? " she asked.

Sara nodded, " Yeah. "

" I'm sorry. "

Sara nodded, " So…what do you do here in Paris? "

" We fly, " Char answered.

" He flies. I've got to get ready for work. The next school year is starting and I need to get packed and go. " Violet corrected.

Sara stared at her, "Really, are you a teacher?" she asked, not even realizing that she had forgotten to speak in French.

Violet smiled, "Yeah, I teach Potions." She knew it had to be hard for Sara to try to continue with the French, seeing as how she used to live in England and all.

"Wow, I loved Potions. But not as much as my friend, Sev." Then Sara bit her tongue. She and Severus hadn't spoken since they had come to blows during the time that he had been a death-eater. Neither one had known that they would be facing each other. He had simply turned towards his next victim and called out a simple curse. Then he had seen who he had raised his wand against and he had froze on the spot. Sara had stood there staring at him, tears in her eyes. She couldn't raise her wand against him in return, simply stood there as someone shouted at him to kill her. He had made a move towards her, but at that moment the battle had shifted and the death-eaters had been forced to run.

Later she had found out that after that battle he had come over to Dumbledore, had pleaded his case. Had turned on Voldemort. Once Peter had asked him why, why had he turned on Voldemort when he had already been so far gone.

His reply was that he had hated Voldemort strongly in the past, though he did not realize it. He claimed that Voldemort had committed two unforgivable evils. One, that he had gone against someone that was so very dear to him.

And two, that he had caused himself to do the same.

Violet smiled, "Why don't you come to school with me? I'm sure that the Madam wouldn't mind."

"The Madam?" Sara asked.

"She's our new headmistress. She and I really get along. I doubt she'll have any problems with you coming. You could teach flying." Violet added, a smile seemingly plastered on her cheerful face.

Sara frowned, "No, I think not," she said simply. "I haven't flown since the war. And I have too much of a reputation that a single mishap would notify the world of my whereas I would much rather stay out of the world's eye." Sara said simply.

Violet nodded, though char made something that sounded almost like a whimper. "Well, there are other positions. Or you could just help out with keeping the kids in line, and not be a teacher at all." She offered. "Or you could stick around here, but I wouldn't suggest it. Paris isn't for the newbie, not that I doubt you could handle yourself if anything happened, I would just feel responsible for the death of those who oppose you."

Sara smiled, fake though it was. She knew that Violet had meant it to be a joke, but she really couldn't find the humor. "Yeah. I think I wouldn't mind going to Beauxbatons. What's it like?"

Violet simply smiled, "It's a whole new world."

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Review Responses 45:

Okay guys, this is kinda depressing me, I'm only getting reviews from two people? (whom I love, btw) In my old data banks I had a total of 418 reviews, so, I'm going to see how many were left unanswered and write my response here, under my response to Lizzie and bitcake.

Lizzieangel90, Thanks for the support Lizzie, and the review. I have added ur e-mail to my address book (you won't get FWDs from me, I don't read them or support them so no worries). My e-mails are lbensonbak. or . :P

Bitcake, cruel, you say? You haven't even read it yet. What was confusing? If it doesn't get answered in the story you can always review to me, or e-mail me, and I'll try my best to explain it. And yes, unfortunately there are only 33 chapters in Discretion, but there are a few more books coming after that one. See, my main chara is Kori Bealuvd, I just decided to write the past one day to clarify what happens in the future. I'm not so far into Kori's story (b/c I've rewritten it too many times), but I like this version a lot. : P

Review Responses Unanswered:

Ginny: Thank you for your support and your speed-reading of the first 39 chapters. I hope you are still reading it and I am happy to hear that you like my style of writing. I am sorry if I never replied to those reviews, but I would still like to thank you for sending them, and I hope that you liked chapters 40-46 as much as you liked 1-30. Only one chapter to go!

Hpjsr, thanks for the review, and yes, I hate the way the Potters' story ends, very sad. I hope you're still reading, and I hope you like it still. Discretion will be coming soon, and I hope you like that one too, if you read it. I miss hearing from you, but hey, I'm not even sure if you're still reading the thing after its great comeback from deletion. Hope to hear from you again soon!

Lady11Occult, you would be correct on your assumptions of Sara's love for Sirius, and many people hate wormtail. I hope you're still reading, and I hope you review soon, I miss all the reviews I used to get. I hope you like this story.

LJstorylurver, thank you for those grand praises to a humble little fan-fic writer like me. I wouldn't mind writing my own book, but like any good writer, I hate almost everything that I do on my own. Hope you're still reading and I hope you still like it : P

Greengrl, I'm sorry that it makes you so sad, but not really (no offense), sad is the feeling I was going for, and probably the feeling Rowling wants to make every time she mentions them as well, that momentary pang of sadness and remembrance, before going on about the story. Thanks, hope you still like the story!

LOTRFREAK77, thanks for the luv. And the ending is coming soon, one more chapter, so I hope you like it!

SashaBT245, you are so far ahead of the others it's not even funny. But thank you so much for being my beta, I wouldn't be as grammatically correct without you : P

To everyone else: Where'd you all go? I miss getting lots of reviews, and replying to them all, I couldn't do it on Angel's site, but it's back over here now, so please read and review like you used to, no more, no less. I really do wonder where you've all gone…