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I really don't know how many chapters this story is going to have. But I don't think there's going to be more then fifty…maybe fifty-five but that's it. But I am going to have a sequel. This story ends after seventh year but, seeing as how I know that I'm not making Voldemort get defeated while they're all in school, then it's going to just keep going.

Leah leaned against a wall, staring at Blaise who in turn was staring at her. They had both gone looking for each other and, upon finding each other, said at the same time that they didn't think the relation was going anywhere.

"Well…so much for thinking you weren't going to take it well." Leah said. Blaise laughed. Leah just smiled.

"Yeah well…gotta admit." Blaise said. "It really didn't work out. It was fun…"

"But that's pretty much all it was for." Leah finished for him.

"Yeah." Blaise said.

"So we're good then." Leah said.

"Yep." Blaise said.

"Cool. Well I'll see ya later. Gotta get to Herbology. I've already missed two too many of those classes." Leah said. She headed out of the building while Blaise went up the stairs. Leah caught up with Hermione, Harry and Ron and told them what happened. The guys laughed.

"Well at least he took it fine." Hermione said.

"He'll probably be dating someone else by this time tomorrow…if not sooner." Leah said. She shivered from the cold. It was half way through November but was a lot colder then it normally was. "Stupid dementors."

"Where?" Harry asked, panicking slightly.

"Not here I can tell you that much." Leah said. "I just said that because they're more then likely the reason for it being so cold."

"Yeah." Ron said. "That's what dad said." They were glad to get rushed into the green house where it was considerably warmer. They were set to work. About twenty minutes into the class, Draco ran across the lawn to the green house and inside. Leah looked up and elbowed Harry, who elbowed Ron. Hermione had already seen him. They watched him walk over to Professor Sprout and said something to her.

"Very well." Professor Sprout said. "Miss Black."

"But…" Leah said. "I have to do this…I've already missed like a lot of classes."

"You are at the top of the class with Miss Granger." Professor Sprout said. "I'm certain you can catch up. The headmaster needs you."

"Oh well…" Leah said. "If Dumbledore needs me." She gave Draco a cold look before packing her things away and following him out into the cold. They exchanged a look before hurrying into the school. "Does Dumbledore really need us?"

"Duh." Draco said. "How else do you expect I got out of History of Magic?"

"Alright then." Leah said. She hadn't spoken to Dumbledore since she left after her week of seclusion. They walked in silence. Leah was rubbing her upper arms for no reason and was looking at the ground. They stopped in front of Dumbledore's office but before either of them could say the password, Leah suddenly took a few steps back, her hand on her head, and leaned against a wall. Draco gave her an odd look.

"What did you do?" Leah said. Her hands on were on her stomach where there was a lot of pain.

"Leah?" Draco said, grabbing Leah's arm as she began to slid to the ground. Her eyes were clouded over and he wasn't sure what to do. "Oh shit! Leah!"

"Never…never will you get to be happy." Voldemort said.

"Why?" Leah asked, not referring to his statement but more to what he had done.

"Leah…come on! Snap out of it." Draco said, shaking her. The gargle moved aside and Dumbledore came over to Draco.

"Why not?" Voldemort said. "No one does to me what you have done. I'm just repaying the favor. Of course…you only hurt…where I killed." Leah groaned and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

Out of the vision, Leah suddenly groaned and fainted.

"What happened?" Dumbledore asked.

"I thought you'd tell me." Draco said. He was paler then usual.

"Let's get her upstairs." Dumbledore said. Draco nodded and stood back while Dumbledore leaned down and picked Leah up.

About an hour later Leah woke up and sat up from the couch she was lying on. Draco and Dumbledore, who looked as if they had been talking the whole time she was asleep, both looked over at her.

"Ummm…how'd I get up here?" Leah asked.

"We brought you." Dumbledore said.

"Ok." Leah said. She moved so that she was sitting properly on the couch.

"What did you see?" Dumbledore asked.

"Ummm…" Leah said. "I was…in a stone room…or something like that. And…" She closed her eyes, trying to remember. "Ummm…Voldemort was there."

"What did he say?" Dumbledore asked, urgency in his voice.

"I don't know." Leah said. "Uh…my stomach was hurting…and Voldemort said something about me never being happy. I think I asked why he had done what he did. He said something about repaying a favor, except I hurt where he killed."

"Ok what's going on?" Draco asked.

"Uh…" Leah said.

"Leah is able to see the future." Dumbledore said. Leah made a noise. Dumbledore ignored her. "Normally she sees it in dreams but on the occasion there's an actual daytime one." Leah groaned and dropped her head into her hands. She just hoped that Dumbledore knew what he was doing. "Leah." She looked up at Dumbledore. "I had a reason for you and Draco to come here."

"Oh right." Leah said. She stood up and walked over to the other chair and sat down. "Shoot."

"Hagrid needs help with some of the creatures in the Forbidden Forest." Dumbledore said.

"But…" Draco said.

"The centaurs." Leah said, before Draco could say anything. "They haven't gotten any friendlier since fifth year…have they?"

"Not by much. But this is very similar to why you were there in your first year." Dumbledore said. "Some of the unicorns aren't feeling well."

"Oh." Leah said.

"Wait a minute. What about the centaurs?" Draco asked.

"Don't worry about them." Leah said. "What's wrong with the unicorns?"

"We don't know." Dumbledore said. "The centaurs are stopping Hagrid."

"What makes you think they'll let us in?" Draco asked.

"They've already made it quite clear that they won't harm us." Leah said.

"Uh huh…and you know this how?" Draco asked.

"Because…remember when me, Harry, Hermione and Umbridge went into the forest?" Leah said. Draco nodded. "Well…they only really felt the need to get Harry out of there."

"Yeah…and I'm two years older then he was then!" Draco said.

"Oh relax you idiot." Leah said. She looked at Dumbledore. "When do you want us to go?"

"Tonight if possible." Dumbledore said.

"I'm free." Leah said. She looked at Draco. "What about you?"

"Yeah." Draco said.

"Then it's settled." Dumbledore said. "Meet Hagrid at his hut after dinner. You two may go to lunch now if you wish." Draco and Leah rose and left.

"No meeting of the damned going on?" Leah asked.

"What?" Draco asked.

"Death Eaters you idiot." Leah said. "You guys aren't meeting?"

"What if they were?" Draco asked.

"Shouldn't you go to that then?" Leah asked, crossing her arms.

"No." Draco said. "Even if they want me there. I'm not going. I already got a previous arrangement." Leah rolled her eyes and was glad to reach the great hall. She went straight to where Harry and Ron were. She guessed Hermione was in the library and Ginny wasn't there yet.

"What Dumbledore want? Or was it a trick?" Harry asked.

"He wants me and Malfoy to go into the forest to check on the unicorns." Leah said, getting some spaghetti.

"What about the centaurs?" Harry asked.

"I can deal." Leah said. "They should know that the unicorns aren't felt well and will let us go help."

"You…maybe…Malfoy…not a chance." Ron said. "Perfect." Leah shook her head. Hermione and Ginny joined them soon.

"Hey Le…you actually got a shadow." Ginny joked. Leah rolled her eyes. "You actually look human."

"Gee…thanks." Leah said.

"You know what I mean." Ginny said. "The way you were before…I can't believe we didn't notice anything. Only George did…and he's the worse between him and Fred."

"Hey! You never saw they're joke shop!" Ron said.

"I saw it…the outside anyways." Leah said. "The place was packed when I went there to get my school stuff."

"It's amazing in there." Ron said. "You really should come with us over the holidays. Fred says they got lots of holiday stuff."

"Nah. I think I'm going to stay here over the holidays." Leah said. "I mean…Christmas is just a depressing time now. I mean…Christmas Eve means it's been a year since my grandpa died. And…like…I know your family is sorta like an extension family for me…but it'll never be the same." Leah got up and left. Ginny and Hermione looked at each other before following.

"Leah." Hermione said, once they caught up to her. "You ok?"

"I'm just thinking." Leah said. "I've only had one Christmas with my dad. It's like…he wasn't there for my first Christmas."

"But you were one when he got taken to Azkaban." Hermione said.

"Yeah. But there was a lot of stuff happening and he wasn't around." Leah said. She sighed. "I'm seventeen…and I only had one official family Christmas." She laughed but Ginny and Hermione both knew it was a hollow one. "How lame is that?"

"That's sad." Hermione said. "I'm surprised you are…well…the way you are." Leah looked at her. "You're life has been so sad. I mean…so has Harry's but…in a different way. He may not have been wanted at the Dursley's…"

"I think that's worse then my life, Mione." Leah said.

"Maybe." Ginny said. "But you are such a daddy's girl."

"How can I be a daddy's girl if I never knew my dad?" Leah asked.

"Well you were never all that attached to your mom. And once Sirius was back in the picture…" Ginny said. Leah stopped walking, thinking about Ginny said.

"Gin's right." Hermione said, thinking about it also.

"Yeah." Leah said. "I was sad during my grandma's funeral. But when Dad died…and when Grandpa died…they were the most emotional. I thought it was because that they had died right in front if me…but now that I think about it…it's because I was more attached to them then anyone else."

"I could have told you that." Ginny said.

"Oh you are so going to be head girl next year." Leah said. Ginny just shrugged but looked happy. They headed off to their different classes. Ginny had Care of Magical Creatures and Leah and Hermione had Muggle Studies.

The afternoon went by, Leah ate dinner with her friends, then met up with Draco outside and they walked to Hagrid's hut. They didn't talk, but that much was pretty obvious to happen.

"Alright you two. I gotta give you your instructions and some stuff." Hagrid said. "You might have to stay in there overnight."

"Overnight!" Draco said.

"Oh shut up." Leah said. "The only time there ever was a werewolf in there was back in third year when Remus forgot his potion." She looked at Hagrid. "Are the centaurs going to allow us?"

"I'm not sure." Hagrid said. "You remember how to get to my brother though right?" Leah nodded. She had gone into the forest a few times already this year to visit Grawp. She had actually grown to like him after what had happened in fifth year. "Well he'll be wandering around a bit in the same area so if it gets too late and you two feel too tired to keep going…just go over to him. He'll make sure no one bothers ya."

"Your brother?" Draco asked.

"Hagrid has a giant brother living in the forest." Leah said. "He wanted Harry, Hermione, Ron and I to teach him how to speak English properly if Hagrid ever had to leave back in fifth year. He's really tame…ish…now. And can speak…pretty well."

"A giant?" Draco asked.

"My god you are a chicken." Leah said.

"I'm not a chicken!" Draco said. He looked at Hagrid. "What do we need?"

"Here." Hagrid said. He handed Draco a lantern and gave each of them a pack. "There's a tent type thing in the one Malfoy's got. Leah's got some blankets. Both of them have some food…I didn't make it." He added that last bit after seeing the look on Leah's face. She just nodded. "Grawp will help you if you need anything else…mainly he'll just rip a tree out of the ground if you say you need help with fire wood. So I suggest you don't ask him for that."

"Don't worry…we won't." Leah said. "What do we do if we find the unicorns?"

"There's some medicine in both packs. I don't know what's wrong with them so I didn't know what they'd need." Hagrid said. "You should be able to figure it out though…that is if you paid any attention in that class last year when I told about the different sicknesses unicorns can get." He shot a glare at Draco.

"One of us did." Leah said. "Is that everything?" Hagrid nodded. "Ok…see ya tomorrow I guess." She snapped her fingers at Draco before heading into the forest with the pack slung across her back. Draco glared at her back but followed.

"I'm not a house elf you know." Draco said. "Or a dog."

"Well snapping my fingers was the only way to get your attention." Leah said. They didn't talk again until they were further into the forest. Leah spotted several centaurs but they all stayed away from them.

"Why aren't they coming near us?" Draco asked.

"What?" Leah asked.

"The centaurs." Draco said. "They either stay where they are or back away."

"I don't know. Maybe they can sense the evilness of the Dark Mark." Leah said, semi sarcastic. Draco didn't say anything. "Or maybe they just don't care anymore."

"Or maybe they recognize you from that time two years ago when you came in here." Draco said. "And know that if they do anything then Hagrid's brother is gonna attack them."

"That could be it." Leah said. "Haven't seen Bane. He's always causing trouble for me though. He never liked me."

"Why?" Draco asked.

"I don't know." Leah said, shrugging. "The first time we came in here…and you and Neville went a different way from Harry, Hagrid and me, we met Bane. He looked at me with this weird expression and said something that I don't remember but I know it wasn't nice. Then he started talking about how mars was unusually bright."

"You remember that but not an insult?" Draco asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well it stood out more somehow." Leah said. "I don't know why but it did." Draco didn't say anything again. They walked in silence for a while once more. Neither looked at each other but more at their surroundings. The sun slowly went down and soon Draco lit the lantern.

"Ok we haven't seen a single unicorn and we've been looking for hours." He said. "And we've been quiet pretty much the whole time."

"Well I don't know what to do." Leah said. She stopped walking and ran her hand through her hair. Draco stopped as well. They looked around, Leah casting a wary eye at the trees. Suddenly Draco made a noise of pain and Leah looked at him to see him holding his left arm. "He calling?" Draco just nodded. Leah studied him before walking over to some plants before looking at them.

"What are you doing?" Draco asked, his hand still on his arm.

"Don't you pay attention to any of your classes?" Leah asked. "In Herbology, Sprout talked about a plant that, when the petals and the leaves were mashed together with water until it was made a paste, and then smoothed over burned or something like that skin, then it'll sooth it within seconds."

"Oh." Draco said. The mark burned even more and Draco held in making any noise.

"Found it." Leah said, picking a few flowers from the ground. She sat down and dug through her pack until she found a little bowl and a pestle. She picked the leaves and petals off the flowers then poured some water from a water bottle into the bowl as well before starting to mash the mixture into a paste. Draco sat in front of her.

"It's pink." He said, looking at the paste.

"It should turn red soon." Leah said. She continued to mash the flowers. The paste turned red slowly. "Ok…roll up your sleeve." Draco did as he was told Leah looked at the mark for a few seconds before scooping some of the paste out of the bowl with her fingers and slowly smoothing it over the Dark Mark. Draco winced as it stung at first but soon started feeling very nice.

"Thanks." Draco said.

"Don't worry about it." Leah said. They looked at each other for a while before Leah jumped at the sound of footsteps.

"What the heck?" Draco said.

"Le-le." Grawp said, coming out of no where. "Le-le come to visit Grawp!" Leah laughed. Harry, Ron and Hermione were still a bit afraid of Grawp but Leah wasn't…or at least she didn't show it. Grawp liked her a lot and that's why Leah let him get away with calling her Le-le.

((A/N: I know Grawp's talking really can't be all that good even if they have spent practically two years teaching him.))

"Hey Grawp." Leah said, standing up.

"Le-le brought friend." Grawp said. Grawp acted like a little kid who was just learning to speak.

"I guess you could say that." Leah muttered. Draco stood up. "Grawp… this is Malfoy…umm." She looked at Draco. "Warning you know…he's going to mispronounce it. He calls Hermione, Hermy, so more then likely he'll call you Maloy."

"Maloy?" Draco said. "It's only one letter short."

"It's easy to say they adding that 'f' so there." Leah said. She looked at Grawp. "Grawp." He looked at her. "We're going to stay here for the night."

"Le-le stay with Grawp?" Grawp asked. Leah nodded. "Yay!" He clapped. Leah covered her ears. The sound of Grawp clapping was like thunder but with a sharper pitch. "Grawp take Le-le and Maloy to Grawp's home part where we all sleep." Leah and Draco followed Grawp through the forest with only the light of the lantern as a guide. Grawp stopped in a huge clearing. "We go sleep now."

"Grawp. We…" Leah said, pointing between herself and Draco. "Are going to sleep in a tent ok?"

"Tent?" Grawp asked. He made a triangle with his hands and Leah nodded. "Okee dokee." He disappeared into the forest again. Leah told Draco to get some fire wood while she put up the tent. She had it done ten minutes before Draco came back. He looked startled at first but just shook his head and built the fire.

"You know he's gonna wonder why you never came." Leah said.

"Well if Snape knows about this…then he'll tell him why." Draco said. "And I don't want to go…never have. Always got forced to by mom." Leah gave him a 'yeah right' look. Draco just sat with his legs up, his elbows on his knees, and his hands hanging while one of them occasionally poked the fire. "Fine…don't believe me. You heard it yourself. You know how I feel."

"This you speaking or them?" Leah asked.

"Oh my god." Draco said, throwing the stick into the fire and standing up. "Is that you speaking…or Potter?" He gave Leah a cold look. "You think they manipulate me…what about him doing that to you?" Leah just stared at him. Draco sighed then picked up the lantern and walked into the forest.

"I'm not going to follow him." Leah muttered. She sat with her arms around her legs and her chin on her knees. "I'm not." She could still see the lantern light. "I'm not going to follow you!"

"Leah." Leah looked around, hearing her name. No one was there. The lantern light was gone now. "Just listen."

"Who's there?" Leah asked. She looked at the fire and jumped, moving away from it. In the fire was the faces of what seemed to be her parents, grandparents, and Lilly and James. It was one thing to see them in dreams…but to see them like this? "What the…"

"Just listen." They all spoke but it sounded like one voice. "Your prophecy…"

"What about it?" Leah asked.

"It gives you a title." They said. For the next few minutes the faces in the fires spoke. By the time they were gone, Leah was stunned. Not only by the appearance, but also by what was said. Draco returned, gave Leah one look, then took out the food and started cooking it on the fire. Grawp came back when they finished eating and the teens went into the tent after Leah explained to the giant that they needed him to make sure they stayed safe. Leah didn't even kick Draco out of the tent while she changed into her pajamas. She just turned her back to him.

"Ok look. About that remark earlier. I'm sorry." Draco said.

"Whatever." Leah said. She remembered what the faces said. "Forget it."

"Are you feeling ok?" Draco asked. Leah sat down and started brushing her hair.

"No." Leah said. "That's why I'm telling you to forget it."

"That makes no sense." Draco said. Leah just shrugged. She got onto her knees and started spreading the blankets out. "What happened?"

"What do you mean?" Leah asked, not looking at him.

"Something happened while I was gone. What was it?" Draco asked.

"How do you know something happened?" Leah asked.

"You had that scared look on your face." Draco said. "The…muggle-seeing-a-ghost look." Leah just shrugged and finished with the blankets. "I saw a unicorn…but it ran off before I could get close to it."

"And you're just telling me this now?" Leah asked, looking up.

"Well sorry if I found your well being more important then that of a unicorn." Draco said. Leah sighed and slid under the top sheet. Draco lied down and both of them fell asleep.

"Doesn't mean you can't except any comfort he offers." Sabrina said leaning back. Leah and her were sitting on the roof of Leah's house.

"You and dad are pretty much the last people I'd expect to hear that from. Considering who we're talking about." Leah said

"Yeah." Sabrina said. "Considering we hated his father. But he's different."

"How do you know?" Leah asked.

"Because…We see everything from up there." Sabrina said, nodding up at the night sky above them. Leah shook her head.

Leah stood in a big empty area that seemed to spread on forever. She looked down at herself and saw her own body.

"Alright." Leah said. "What is going on?" There was a swishing and Leah doubled over in pain for before falling to her knees. It was the same pain she was feeling in the vision earlier that day.

"Leah…Leah wake up!" Draco said, shaking Leah. She woke up quickly. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"I…I don't know." Leah said.

"Must have been bad." Draco said. "You were rolling around and muttering stuff." Leah sighed and rolled onto her back with Draco leaning over her a bit. She looked at Draco. "You ok now?"

"Yeah." Leah said. She yawned.

"You look tired." Draco said. Leah nodded. "Get some sleep." He started moving away from Leah but she grabbed his arm to stop him. He gave her a questioning look but Leah just smiled slightly before rolling back onto her side with her back facing Draco. He lied down behind her and his arm went around her waist. Leah fell asleep feeling safer then she had ever felt for the longest time.

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Little sweet moment there. Don't worry…things are going to get messed up again…lol. And I am going to finish this story soon make a sequel that takes place anywhere between one to three years later. You people pick. But Leah and Draco are going to….kinda separate after school ends but they will get back together pretty much as soon as they meet again.