Avoidance

Here's the chapter. Leah's gonna be like Harry...except a lot more with the fighting and avoiding everyone thing.

Once Harry showed up, things went completely insane. First, and about time too, All of them, but Ginny, were able to find out what was going on. Harry got pissed off at all of them, leading Leah to punch him in the head. Then Leah ran off for about eight hours before George found her and took another two hours convincing her to go back to the house. Then Leah and Harry had an hour long fight, leading to them 'breaking up'. Then Leah had a ten minute fight with Grandma Black before locking herself in her room. All this was spread out over a week.

"I can still apparate in." George said. Leah rolled her eyes and sat up from her lying position on her bed. "Come on Le-le."

"Get out." Leah said.

"You've had yourself locked in this room for a day now." George said. "Your parents are worried."

"GEORGE GET OUT!" Leah yelled. Her door flew open and George was pushed out of the room. The door closed and locked again. "Whoa…what the hell?" There was a slight glow and Leah looked down at her necklace. "Oh shit…I hope I don't get in trouble for this."

No owl showed up to warn Leah about her using magic outside of school. She stayed in her room all day everyday except to use the bathroom and get water bottles from the kitchen. She ignored the others as well. None of them tried to get in her room so she figured George had told them what happened.

On the train ride to the school, Leah found an empty compartment and sat in there alone for about half an hour.

"Here you are." Leah looked up at the sound of Draco's voice. He hadn't changed much.

"What do you mean?" Leah asked.

"Well…" Draco said, sitting down across from her. "You weren't by your friends at the station. And you weren't with them in the compartment."

"I just don't want to be around them." Leah said.

"Yeah…what's wrong?" Draco asked.

"Why do you think something is wrong?" Leah asked.

"Because you're avoiding your friends and you haven't told me to bugger off yet." Draco said. "You gonna talk about it or should we just sit in silence?"

"Silence is good." Leah said.

"Alright then. We'll be silent." Draco said. He sat back and looked out the window. Leah stared at him for a second before looking out the window as well. Ten minutes went by. "So…gonna talk now?"

"Why do you want to know?" Leah asked.

"Well…I'm not really sure." Draco said. Leah sighed and told him about arguing with Harry and the breaking up thing and also how, somehow, she was able to get George pushed out of her room without even touching him. "And then your necklace glowed?"

"Yep." Leah said, looking at her necklace. It was like an army tag but it had a pentagram design on it.

"Weird. Who gave you it?" Draco asked, leaning closer.

"My mom…about seven years ago." Leah said. "Why?"

"Dunno…it could have something to do with your mom." Draco said. Leah shrugged. "Looks like we're gonna be at the station soon. I gotta get back to the idiots."

"Ok." Leah said.

"See you later." Draco said.

"Bye." Leah said. She watched him leave then changed. As soon as she finished changing, the train stopped and she got out of it.

She groaned but joined Harry and the others in a carriage. She had no clue why she was avoiding them but she just didn't want to be around them. They seemed to get the hint and didn't talk to her. Leah looked at the other girl that was in the carriage with them before looking at the magazine.

"Hey…can I see that?" She asked.

"Yes." The girl said, handing the magazine over to Leah. Leah looked at the cover then the article for it. She found it hard to believe that someone thought her father was a musician. He couldn't even sing twinkle, twinkle little star, let alone be a famous musician. Leah handed the magazine back to the girl and got out of the carriage as soon as it stopped. She got a sharp pain in her head, like what happened during the last task. It was gone after a minute but Leah was left with an unnerving feeling.

In the great hall, she sat with Fred, George and Lee. She looked up at the head table during Dumbledore's speech. When the new DADA teacher interrupted him, Leah gasped at who it was…Deloris Umbridge. She stared at her in disbelief. She didn't even pay attention to the little speech that Umbridge gave. As soon as they were dismissed Leah ran to catch up with Harry.

"What's up?" Harry asked, noting the look on Leah's face.

"Umbridge is what's up." Leah said. "That fat cow is here to watch us. She's practically like…bugged the school for the damn ministry."

"That's what Hermione was trying to get at I think." Harry said. "Hey…Leah."

"Yeah?" Leah asked.

"Sorry about…well…fighting with you." Harry said.

"Oh…umm…well…" Leah said. "Ok. I guess it was a stressful summer for…" At that moment there was a hand on Leah's shoulder and both her and Harry turned around to see McGonagall there and looking grave. "What is it?"

"Come with me." McGonagall said. Leah didn't need to be told twice. She followed McGonagall to Dumbledore's office and in. Dumbledore was there and waiting and looking just as grave as McGonagall.

"What happened?" Leah asked.

"Your grandmother…" Dumbledore said. "She's been killed by a death eater." Leah stared at him before sitting down on a chair. "We have inside sources telling us that. The ministry says that she was 'mysteriously' killed."

"Oh god." Leah said, putting her face in her hands. There was a few minutes of silence. Finally Leah lifted her head up and looked at Dumbledore. "What am I supposed to do?"

"Well…your grandfather is busy doing work for the order and the ministry." Dumbledore said. "Your mother is helping Charlie. And, of course, your father can't leave the house. You should go to the funeral and see if there is anything…suspicious."

"By myself?" Leah asked.

"Yes. We have told your mother because we were the first to know." Dumbledore said. "She said she wanted you to go because she couldn't leave Romania for another week. Sirius, of course, has argued about going as your dog. We can't risk people recognizing him. Peter would have told everyone about him being an animagus."

"So I have to go by myself? I can't bring a friend or anything?" Leah asked.

"I supposed you could." Dumbledore said. "You will go after the ministry informs you though. You can't leave right now or there will be suspicion." Leah stared at Dumbledore in disbelief.

"HELLO! MY FUCKING GRANDMOTHER JUST DIED AND YOU WANT ME TO WAIT!" She shouted. "Sorry about the swear word in there but still!"

"Leah…" Dumbledore said. "There is nothing I can say that would make you feel better. I know that." Leah sighed and sat back in her seat. She looked at Dumbledore then at McGonagall.

"When do I leave?" Leah asked.

"Tomorrow. You will more then likely be informed from the ministry about it then." McGonagall said. "Now…you should return to your dormitory. I shall escort you." Leah nodded and followed McGonagall from the office and through the halls. "It is really hard to handle something like this…I know from experience."

"Who died for you?" Leah asked.

"My sister." McGonagall said. "Aurora…she was five years younger then me and died a few weeks after she joined the order." Leah looked up at McGonagall to see her eyes welling up with tears. This was the most human like behavior she'd ever seen from the teacher.

"I'm so sorry professor." Leah said. McGonagall just nodded. She left Leah at the hall where the Fat Lady was and Leah went by herself to the opening of her common room.

"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.

"Once again…I do not have it." Leah said. "Come on please? Just this once?"

"Are you going to tell anyone?" The Fat Lady asked. Leah shook her head. The Fat Lady sighed. "Fine! But now you can't use that 'you did it for my mother' line anymore."

"You got it!" Leah said. The portrait swung open and Leah went through quickly. She didn't see Harry, Ron or Hermione so she went up to the dormitory. Hermione was there and she was glaring at Lavender. "Ok…somehow…I really don't want to know what's going on. Mione…can I talk with you?"

"Sure." Hermione said. She went over to Leah's bed and Leah pulled the curtain around it. "What's wrong?"

"My grandma." Leah whispered. "She got…she got killed by a death eater." Hermione gasped then hugged Leah. "Shh…I'm not supposed to know until tomorrow when the ministry informs me so we gotta save the major sympathy and emotional crap for tomorrow." Hermione nodded and let go of Leah. "I have to go to the funeral alone. Mum's in Romania and she can't leave for another week. And of course Snuffles can't go."

"Of course." Hermione whispered. "Do we tell Harry and Ron tomorrow or wait for the informing thing?"

"We'll wait." Leah said. "I know Ron and he'll probably make a big scene or something." Hermione nodded. "I'm tired Herm. I'm gonna go to sleep."

"Ok. Good Night." Hermione said. She went back to her own bed. Leah changed and got into bed before falling asleep almost instantly.

"Remus I really don't wanna hear it." Leah said.

"Really? Because I think you do." Remus said. "Leah…it's not easy. But I really think you need to hear it."

"Hear what Remus?" Leah asked, her voice rising. "That it's ok to be miserable when everything is gone? God! My grandmother's dead, my father is dead, my mum's in a fucking coma because of it, and now my grandfather is dead." She looked at Remus with a hard look. "It's not all fucking coincidence Remus. Why do you think Voldemort is killing off my whole family huh? I thought Harry was the one he was after."

Leah woke up with a start and a gasp. The curtains were pulled away from around her bed and Hermione was standing there, fully dressed.

"Hey…you're awake. Come on. If you want some breakfast for classes we gotta go." Hermione said. "Leah? What's wrong?"

"Nothing…just…just a really bad dream." Leah said. Hermione still looked worried but she nodded. Leah dressed quickly and joined her in going to the great hall. The guys were already there and Leah sat down next to Harry, still thinking about the dream.

"Oh look…the mail's here." Hermione said. Leah looked at her then looked up. A brown barn owl landed in front of her and Leah took the letter off its leg. She exchanged a look with Hermione before opening the letter. "What's it say?" Leah didn't want to say so she just passed the letter to Hermione. Hermione read it out loud and next thing Leah knew was that pretty much everyone in their area of the table all turned and told her how sorry they were. Harry gave Leah a light hug.

"I have to talk with Dumbledore." Leah said. She got up and hurried after the headmaster as he was leaving. He turned and looked at her. "Do I leave now?"

"If you wish to." Dumbledore said. "Would you like me to have your work for the next few days sent to you?"

"Yeah…thanks. I'll go to headquarters first if that's ok…then I'll go to my grandparent's place." Leah said.

"That is fine." Dumbledore said. Leah nodded. "Are you going to bring someone with you?"

"Yeah…just umm…give me a little while to think about it. I think I'll go to classes today." Leah said. Dumbledore nodded this time. Leah headed off to her first class but she really didn't pay attention to anything.

Ok here's the next chapter. Who do you think Leah should bring with her? Harry, Ron, Hermione…maybe Draco? What do you people think?