Harry just stared at Faith. Could she be Faith Evans, daughter of Lily Evans? No, Lily was dead! "Are- are your parents-" but the Headmaster standing up and silencing the entire room interrupted Harry.

"As some of you might already know, we have a couple of new students that I would be honored to introduce to you." Some mutters filled the hall. Everyone knew Faith and her amazing smile, but who might the other student be? A few whispers still lingered in the air, but Professor Dumbledore continued his speech. "Yes, yes, I understand, it's very exciting, but before we go any further, I would like to introduce you Faith Evans…" Faith stood up on the table and gave a large bow to be greeted by a huge round of applause. Dumbledore looked amused, but continued. "And I would also like to greet Mr. Derek Stevens. He has just transferred here and I would like you all to treat him with respect." A teenager boy with shoulder-length blonde hair and deep blue eyes was making more than a few ladies fall out of their seats in shock. With a simple wave of his hand, girls were screaming in glee and giggling happily. Harry could only roll his eyes, yet Faith was looking at him oddly. Then, without any warning, she gave a huge gasp and ran out of the Great Hall.

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Hermione clapped politely as the new boy stood up, but there was something odd about him. It was almost like he was too good looking. All of a sudden, Hermione saw Faith run away and the boy gave her an odd look. Dumbledore signaled for everyone to sit down, and they obeyed. But the new boy was still watching the door Faith had fled out of as though it had just grown a mustache.

"Ron, don't you find the new Stevens boy a bit odd?" Hermione leaned over and whispered to him.

"Yeah. I think he knows Faith, or something. Maybe their related or something…" "Hmm, I guess." However, she still couldn't get her mind off of the two new students and how they seemed scared of each other, and at the same time they attracted the other. Minutes later, Harry stood up to follow Faith and Derek followed. Something was definitely up!

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Faith ran away from the feast. She didn't know where she was going, and she didn't care. Faith fled with her hair flying, lost in worries and thoughts. Lost in secrets of the past, and lost in what was to happen. Just lost. And even when she slipped, it didn't matter; she just got up and started again. Finally, Faith was sitting on the edge of the lake under a large weeping willow tree. Exhausted, she clasped on the trunk and took a few heavy breaths before bending down to cool off in the lake. Faith cupped her hands and scooped up some of the cool, refreshing liquid, but then she looked down and saw the reflection of a large man standing behind her in a large cloak that hid his face and covered his body. Terrified, she let he water fell onto the ground as she spun around to face him.

"You!" she spat at him. Oh, how she despised him! She would give anything to hex him right here, right now. She grabbed her wand out of her pocket, ready for any curse he might throw at her.

"Me." The voice sounded amused. Faith knew that voice, but…it wasn't him! She laughed and sunk to the ground in relief, putting the wand away as she did so.

"Harry!" she exclaimed. Now she wasn't just laughing, but she was roaring with laughter, and so was Harry as he pulled down his cloak.

"Your cute when you're angry," Harry chuckled. Faith blushed. "No-no not like that." Harry was blushing too, and he turned away in embarrassment.

"Harry, can I tell you something?" Faith asked. She seemed anxious and was rubbing her neck nervously.

"Sure, I don't see why not." He sat down beside her and looked at her intently, giving her his undivided attention. Staring into his bright green eyes, she was tempted to tell him all her deepest secrets; to spill out all her worries to him. Lost in those beautiful pools of green, she wanted to lean in and- but then he broke the gaze and she landed unpleasantly back in reality.

"Harry - Harry I'm not-" but she was interrupted by footsteps pounding on the soft ground behind them. Looking over her shoulders, she saw a tall figure running towards her. Not him; not now! Derek was running towards them with a wand in his hand.

"Get away from her!" he roared. "Get away from my-" Faith tackled him, bringing the blonde boy to the ground with a thud.

"How dare you!" she hissed in his ear. "You shouldn't be here, you know that!" But with Faith being so little, Derek was easily able to roll over her onto the ground, and he had more power being on top of her.

"I knew you would be here, in Hogwarts," he whispered to her. Just his voice sent chills up and down her spine. "I knew they would send you here with your-" he smirked. "-situation." Faith's eyes grew wide and she was about to punch him just as Harry pulled him off of her.

"Don't you dare hurt Faith! If you so much as point a wand at her…" Harry threatened. Amused, Derek pointed a finger at Harry and mockingly said, "Don't you dare hurt Faith, or I'll turn you into a little, white ferret and I'll never turn you back!" Smirking, Derek winked at Faith, turned on his heel and marched away.

When Harry was sure his back was turned, the young wizard shouted, "Expelliarmus!" and Derek was thrown up in the air as his wand flew towards Harry. After landing hard on the grassy field, Derek marched over to Harry, furious and bedraggled, and tried to sock Harry hard in the mouth, but missed and hit Faith instead. She fell to the ground with a thud and Harry, not thinking what the consequences might lead to, kicked Derek hard in the gonads and punched him across the face. Just before he blacked out, all Harry heard was Faith scream, Hermione shout, and then he collapsed into frightful dreams.