No News is Good News, Right?

Leah: I'd like to take this opportunity to say that the author (gives author a look) is having too much fun playing on my emotions. Also, Snape so cannot be the DADA teach because he's already teaching potions and I do NOT want to see him for two different classes.

Me: (glares at Leah) If you don't untie me from this chair, then I will make Snape the new teacher.

Leah: (sticks out tongue then unties author before running off)

By the time the weekend came, Leah all but forgot about her meeting on Saturday. It turned out that Dumbledore was going to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts…at least for a while. Leah found out that everyone in every year who had been apart of the DA was called to the front of the room in every class to demonstrate different spells. Leah, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville were among the few in their class that got called.

"Potter, Black. Stay behind please." McGonagall said. It was the last class on Friday and the rest of the class was leaving to dinner. Harry and Leah looked at each other. As soon as Ron and Hermione left, saying they'd wait outside the door for them, McGonagall beckoned Harry and Leah to her desk. "Now…as you are well aware, Potter, you have been put back on the Gryffindor quidditch team."

"Yes." Harry said.

"And Miss Weasley has taken one of the chaser positions instead." McGonagall said.

"We know." Leah said.

"Now…it is between you two for the position of captain." McGonagall said. Leah and Harry nodded. "Are you going to argue for the position or have you two decided which one should get it?"

"Well…" Leah said.

"I think Leah should." Harry said. Leah looked at him.

"Why me?" She asked.

"Because I really don't want to do it." Harry said.

"Of course." Leah said.

"Well then…Miss Black…would you like to be the captain of Gryffindor quidditch team?" McGonagall asked.

"Do I really have a choice?" Leah asked.

"You and Mister Potter have been on the team since first year." McGonagall said. "You are the only remaining members from that time."

"Yeah…everyone else on the team is new." Harry said.

"Ron, Ginny and the beaters were on last year but Ginny's new for the chaser stuff." Leah said. She sighed. "Fine…I'll do it."

"Good. You're first practice is next Wednesday right after dinner." McGonagall said. "Potter…I would like to speak with Miss Black alone." Harry nodded and left. "Now…I am well aware of your second life outside of school."

"Sierra life…yeah. All the teachers do." Leah said.

"That is why you must take extra care to arrange rehearsals around your school schedule. For instance…tomorrow." McGonagall said. "Hogsmeade visit in which the sixth and seventh years will be able to visit the new dance club for the first time. I am to tell you that that is the reason why you are to have a rehearsal tomorrow."

"We're playing at the club?" Leah asked.

"Yes. Now…that is all." McGonagall said. "Unless you have any questions."

"Nope. No questions." Leah said. She left the classroom and decided to head up to Gryffindor common room instead. She had to pick out a few songs they were going to do, she knew that. Leah wondered who would be in charge now.

Fourth year, when she started, Ludo was in charge. Since he ran off, Sabrina took over as head of entertainment. Now that Sabrina was in a coma…well…Leah was wondering who she'd have to take orders from now. She laid out a few songs before coming across one she wrote in fourth year after waking up at the end of the year and finding out Sirius had gone.

"God…this is so weird." Leah muttered.

"What's weird?" Hermione asked, coming into the room.

"Everything." Leah said, hiding the songs quickly. "I was just thinking. Didn't you notice that the day that my dad first left was the same day, the next year, as the final task? And also, last year, same day then that he died."

"Whoa…" Hermione said, thinking. "You're right."

(AN: I really don't know if that's true but I'm making it true for this story.)

"I'm really starting to hate that day." Leah said. "Three years in a row, on that exact same day…probably even at the exact same time each time, something's made my father go away."

"Well…on the bright side…" Hermione said. "It won't happen this year."

"Yeah…he's gone for good." Leah said, bitterly. Hermione didn't say anything for a long while. Leah sighed.

"Are you going to join us for Hogsmeade tomorrow?" Hermione asked.

"Umm…I don't know." Leah said. "I might not be able to. I got some stuff to do."

"What do you do all the time?" Hermione asked. "Last year you missed like twelve days, not all together but still."

"I just…had to do…stuff." Leah said.

"For the order?" Hermione asked.

"Not exactly." Leah said. She wasn't looking at Hermione anymore. Leah heard her sigh.

"Well…you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Hermione said. "But I am here for you to talk to. I'm gonna go back downstairs with Ron and Harry ok?"

"Sure." Leah said, looking up. "Thanks for being my friend Mione."

"No problem." Hermione said. She left the dorm. Leah took out the songs again then looked up when an owl landed in front of it.

"Who do you belong to?" She muttered, taking the letter from it. She opened it to see Draco's writing. "Ah…you must be Mr. Malfoy's." Leah smiled slightly and read the letter.

Want to join me at the dance club tomorrow night? Unless you're spending the time with your friends. But I still want a dance with you…hopefully more then one.

Draco

"Such a goofball." Leah muttered. She took a piece of parchment and wrote a reply.

Sorry Drake but I gotta be Sierra tomorrow. I seriously doubt that they'll have me on stage the whole time so maybe I'll find you in the crowd and give you a dance. Harry, Ron and Hermione don't know of my double life but Hermione is getting suspicious so I really gotta be more careful about it. See you tomorrow.

Leah gave the parchment to the owl and also a treat. It flew off. Leah went back to looking at her songs.

The next morning she met up with Melanie, Natasha, Bonnie and Caroline out front of the school. They exchanged hugs then started walking to Hogsmeade.

"Everyone is still eating breakfast." Leah said.

"You eat?" Natasha asked. Leah shook her head. "Why not?"

"Wasn't hungry." Leah said.

"So…how many songs have you written since May?" Caroline asked.

"Umm…four." Leah said.

"Hey…we're sorry to hear about your dad. You never told us." Melanie said. Leah shrugged. "Any news about your mum?"

"How much has the ministry told everyone?" Leah asked.

"Practically everything." Bonnie said. "They told us everything about Sirius. About your grandmother and how she actually died and about your mum going into a coma now. Although they didn't say how."

"Heart break probably." Leah muttered.

They got to Hogsmeade and the club and soon all they were able to do was rehearse. The club wasn't supposed to open until six o'clock. There were only a few people there apart from Leah, Melanie, Natasha, Bonnie, Caroline, the wizard in charge of them and the owner of the club.

They danced until five o'clock then were told to get ready. The girls wore pretty much the same thing they wore at the Yule Ball except now they were in skirts and boots. Leah was in a dark jean skirt, her black boots, and a dark blue top that tied behind her neck and showed off the tattoo. She realized that, if Hermione looked close enough, then she would be able to figure out it was Leah. She pulled her hair into a ponytail to make it a little less obvious that it was her.

"You got a Sierra make-over and people still can't figure out that you are her?" Natasha asked.

"Yeah…well…they haven't seen Sierra yet." Leah said. "I'm starting to think that the make-over really wasn't all that good because now I look like Sierra all the time."

"Oh well…they were bound to find out it was you sooner or later." Natasha said.

"Yeah I know." Leah said. "Best to get it over with now and hope that it all dies down quickly."

"Yeah right. You know how popular you got in the last year?" Natasha said. "Girl I'd be surprised if, the second they find out, kids don't run out into whatever class you're in just to get autographs."

"Great…that makes me feel better." Leah said, sarcastically.

They went out at 6:15. Leah sang Mistaken Identity first, then Miscommunication before she stood in the front and the middle of the stage and was given a magical microphone.

"Alright then…how you all doing?" The crowd all clapped and cheered. "Ok…guess that means your doing good. I got a slow song for you all and I'm going to tell you why I wrote it before I sing it." Leah scanned the crowd and spotted Harry, Ron and Hermione. "You see…I wrote this song back when I started because there were some things going on that, the majorly bad parts, all seemed to happen on the exact same day. Even last year. Last year, the year before, and the year before that year…on the same day each year, one person kept coming into my life and leaving on that same day." She could see Hermione talking with Harry and Ron. "Last year I know was the last time he'd ever do that because last year…he died." There was a round of gasps and sympathy 'Ahhs' though the crowd. "So…this song is for him. This is the first time I've ever sung it and I hope it won't be the last."

(AN: I am putting in the lyrics because I love this song!)

Leah looked at the girls. They all nodded at her then stepped off to the side. Natasha, who was a terrific player, went to the piano and sat down.

"Here it is. This song is called A Year Ago Today." Leah said. Natasha started playing and Leah started singing.

Another year older
A little bit stronger
A little bit wiser than?
A year ago today

Looking over my shoulder
I was so much younger then
I can't believe what happened
A year ago today

And I just can't forget about it
It wouldn't mean a thing
You went away
A year ago today

Leah looked out at the crowd. Some were dancing, some were watching her, and practically all had a sad look on their faces. Leah was completely unaware of the fact that she was crying.

Another year gone by
Oh the tears have run dry
Life seemed so unkind
A year ago today

And I just can't understand it
And I don't think I ever will
You went away
A year ago today

Hermione had her face buried in Ron's shoulder. Leah could tell that Hermione had either just now figured out that Sierra was Leah or had known from the time that Leah was explaining about the song. Either way, Hermione knew who she was.

And how many times have I questioned myself
What more could I do
And how many times did I fool myself
Over you oh? Yeah

Leah was grateful that Natasha slowed down her playing to fit with the song. She couldn't think of how she was going to sing this next part to the speed that she was singing earlier.

You've gotta pick yourself up,
Take another look
And dust yourself off cause life's not too good,
I'll say it to myself and I'll say it again
Love will never end

And though we're so far apart
You're forever in my heart

Another year older
A little bit stronger
On this anniversary
You're watching over me

You went away
A year ago today

You went away
A year ago today

There was a small moment of silence before the crowd started clapping. Leah suddenly realized that she was crying and was glad that she got a break. She went over to the girls and was instantly wrapped in Caroline's arms.

"Aww sweetie. That was so sad. You had half the crowd crying." Caroline said. "Bonnie had to go grab some tissues because she was crying so much." Bonnie nodded and held up the box as proof.

"All I can say to that is…wow." Leah said. She looked up at Caroline. "Make-up?"

"It's good." Caroline said. "No running mascara. I told you that waterproof stuff was good." Leah smiled and wiped the tears off her face.

"So…what we gonna do with this break?" Natasha asked, joining them. "They just set some music up to play."

"I wanna dance." Leah said. "Like…in the crowd." The other four nodded and all five of them went out to dance. They split up and Leah went off to the side while the others stayed generally in the middle.

"Interesting song." Leah turned and saw Draco there. "Let me guess…your dad."

"Bingo." Leah said, swaying a bit to the music. "So where's your cling-on?"

"Thankfully not here." Draco said, resting his hands on Leah's hips. "She got detention just as we were leaving."

"I don't want to know how." Leah said, shaking her head. Draco smirked. Without knowing it really, they had started dancing together. It was only when Leah turned around and Draco pulled her right up to him that they actually realized it. Leah looked around and laughed.

"What?" Draco asked.

"Melanie." Leah said. She pointed over at her dancer. Draco looked to see her snogging some guy. "I just learn something new about everyone everyday."

"Yeah…and I learned something about you two years ago that I can use to my advantage." Draco whispered into Leah's ear.

"Oh?" Leah asked. "What would that be?"

"That your weak spot…" Draco said. "Is right here." He kissed Leah's neck.

"Cheater." Leah muttered, closing her eyes.

"Of course." Draco said. He turned Leah around to face him again. "It's more fun then being fair." Leah shrugged.

"Yo! Sierra." Leah groaned when she heard Caroline call her. She got herself out of Draco's arms then made her way back to the stage and singing.

Ok…short chapter. (looks at Leah) Don't give me that look. If you never tied me to that chair then I never would feel the urge to ruin your fun.