Disclaimer: I in no way own any of the Harry Potter characters; they are the sole imagination of J.K Rowling. Such a fantastic mind and wonderful author. I do however own Danielle Malfoy and Veronica, they are my own creations.
Chapter 3
The next morning Danielle got up and dressed in her school clothes and made her way up to the Great Hall for breakfast and to receive her schedule. She had just sat down when her brother came in and sat next to her. Pansy came in a few minutes later and sat next to him. Danielle put down her fork and waited for the end of breakfast. Professor Snape came around to the table and began passing out schedules. He stopped at Pansy and said, "I believe you won't be taking much this year Miss Parkinson. Your O.W.L.s were completely unsatisfactory. I will see you in my office to discuss a career track with you."
He then moved to Draco and handed him his class schedule. He stopped at Danielle and said, "Miss Malfoy, I believe that we still need to discuss what your career track will be, but I have a class schedule for you that can be modified as you see fit."
Danielle took the paper from him and looked over her schedule. She had a break after breakfast, and then it was off to Charms. She got up from the table and made her way to the library to kill some time before her first class.
Danielle rounded the corner on the third floor, near the entrance to the library and ran into Ron. Ron turned around and said, "I'm sorry, Goyle's standing in the doorway."
Danielle stood on tiptoes and looked ahead of Ron, sure enough there was Goyle, looking confused. Danielle stepped by Ron and walked up to Goyle. "Goyle, what are you doing?"
He looked at her for a few seconds then said, "I lost Crabbe."
"He's down with Draco."
"Oh now I remember."
He lumbered off, pushing Ron out of the way. Danielle shook her head and entered the library and ran right into Harry. She grabbed a hold of him to steady herself and thought 'what is it today stand in the doorway day'. "Sorry Harry, I wasn't looking where I was going."
"I was standing in the doorway, so it was my fault."
Just then she felt excruciating pain radiating from her Dark Mark through her entire body. She dug her fingernails into his arm and saw black spots in front of he eyes. "Are you okay?"
The feeling passed and she nodded her head. "What happened?"
"I…nothing just felt a little dizzy."
She let go of his arm and noticed the crescent shaped marks she had left on his forearm. "I'm sorry about that Harry."
He nodded his head and touched his forehead as he watched her walk away. Danielle made her way to the back of the library and sat at one of the tables. She was staring off into space when a girl appeared before her. "Hi…um…I'm Ginny, we met on the train."
Danielle looked up and said, "Oh, hi Ginny. What are you doing…is class over?"
Danielle looked anxious about missing class. "No I'm getting a book for Professor Binns."
Madame Pince came walking by and looked at Ginny suspiciously before walking off. "I better go, before I get in trouble. See you around."
"Sure."
Danielle watched Ginny go and decided to head to Charms. The rest of the day was spent receiving tons of homework in each of her classes. By the time dinner arrived, she was hungry and exhausted. She sat down next to Veronica and tucked into the food in front of her. "So, I got to talk to Seamus today, he doesn't seem all that bad. Any one you have your eyes set on?"
Before Danielle could think of what to say, Pansy sat down next to her. "Hello."
"Lost Draco have you?"
Veronica laughed and Pansy glared at Danielle. "Why don't you like me Danni?"
"It's Danielle to you. I don't not like you, it's just that you grate on my nerves with Draco this and Draco that. Besides we both know I'm a better Quidditch player than you. "
"Are you sure about that?"
Danielle chose to ignore her and turned to Veronica. "I'll see you later Ronnie."
She got up and walked out of the Great Hall and down the set of stairs towards Slytherin. Along the way she met up with Professor Snape. "Miss Malfoy."
"Professor, may I use the Quidditch pitch tonight?"
"Practicing for a position on the team are we?"
"Hopefully, professor."
"Of course then."
He rummaged in his robes for a small piece of parchment and wrote her a note. Danielle took it from him and made her way to her room. She changed into dark jeans and a black tank top. Over that she threw her school robe grabbed her broom and walked back out to the entrance hall. She made her way to the Quidditch pitch and stood in the center of the field and looked up at the night sky. She looked towards the entrance of the pitch and saw three people walking in. Two of them were carrying a large trunk between them. Danielle mounted her broom and made a few lazy circles around the pitch. By her third circuit she was joined by two people.
One of them intercepted her as she made her way to the goalpost. She stopped her broom and waited for the person to say something. "Harry and I are practicing."
Just then someone, whom she assumed was Harry, came up along side of her and stopped his broom. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you two were practicing."
She turned her broom around and flew to the ground. She was walking away when Harry called out to her. She turned and waited for him.
He dismounted in front of her and said, "So I hear from Seamus that you play seeker."
"Seeker? Where did Seamus hear that?"
"From your friend Veronica."
"I play with her and her friends and yes I am a seeker. Why is this relevant?"
He showed her the Snitch in his hand and Danielle raised her eyebrow. "And?"
"I'll make a bet with you."
"What about?"
"If I catch the Snitch, then you have to leave. However, if you catch the Snitch you can stay and we'll go."
"And how does she know you wont cheat Potter?"-Draco
Danielle turned to face her brother and said, "what are you doing out here?"
"Just came to watch my sister."
Danielle rolled her eyes and laughed. "You wont let me join the team, but you'll watch me fly around the pitch?"
"That's because you don't know how to play."-Pansy
"And you do?"
"Of course, that's why I'm on the team and you're not."
Danielle laughed and turned to face Harry. She took his hand and said, "Congratulations Harry for beating Slytherin in the upcoming Quidditch match."
"What do you mean by that?"-Draco
"That Pansy can't play, but maybe…"
"I can to play, better than you."
"Then show me."
"Fine."
Danni handed Pansy her broom and watched as she huffed off to the middle of the pitch. "Harry can I borrow your broom?"
He thought about it but handed it to her, just to see the look of hatred cross Malfoy's face. He didn't have to wait long, as soon as Danielle moved out of the way to grab the Quaffle out of the trunk, Malfoy aimed him a dirty look. Harry just shrugged and watched Pansy and Danielle.
Pansy and Danielle kicked off from the ground and began flying. Danielle threw the Quaffle to Pansy and Pansy ducked. "Are you trying to kill me or something?"-Pansy
Danielle dismounted and picked up the Quaffle from the ground. She put it back in the trunk and turned to Harry. "Now about your bet Harry."
"His name is Potter."-Crabbe
Danni faced Crabbe and said, "did you think of that one all by yourself? I except your bet Harry."
They shook hands and Harry released the Snitch. They both kicked off from the ground at the same time. She began searching for the Snitch as soon as she reached the height she wanted. She saw it fluttering by the far goalpost at the same time Harry spotted it. He was just a few feet in front of her when he began flying towards the Snitch. She was hoping that she'd get there first. Danni drew level with Harry in the middle of the pitch and suddenly toppled off her broom. Harry pulled up short and turned around. He flew towards her and tried to grab her hand, but only touched her fingertips. Harry pulled up before he crashed into the ground and landed a few feet from her. Malfoy came running over. "What did you do to my sister Potter!"
"Nothing Malfoy."
Hermione came rushing over and said, "Pansy did it. She used the Petrificus totalus spell."
Hermione preformed the counter spell and Danni slowly sat up. She took the hand that was in front of her and was pulled to her feet. She leaned heavily on the person who had helped her up. "That is ridiculous Granger. Pansy would do no such thing. It must have been you."
"I was standing next to her and heard her whisper under her breath!"
"Potter, let go of my sister."
"I did no such thing to Danni, she's my friend!"
Everyone turned to look at Pansy while Danni lost consciousness. Harry grabbed her around the waist and took a step back to keep his balance. He cleared his throat and said, "I believe we should take her to the hospital wing."
"Shut up Potter."
Harry edged away from everyone and made his way to the school with her in tow. He entered, climbed the stairs and walked into the hospital wing. Madame Pomfrey came over as Harry put Danielle on one of the empty beds. "What happened here?"
"She fell off her broom."
Madame Pomfrey looked Danielle over and preformed a reviving spell. "She'll be waking up shortly."
She walked back to her office and Harry stood there waiting for Danielle to wake up. He took the Snitch he had in his pocket and put it in her hand. Danielle frowned and opened her eyes, to find herself in the hospital wing. "I guess you caught the Snitch Danielle."
"But I never even touched it."
She sat up and placed it back in Harry's hand. He re-put it in her hand as she stood up slowly. Danni linked her fingers with his as he made to leave the Snitch in her hand. "But Harry you caught it fair and square."
The Snitch decided at that moment to try and fly. Danni gasped and tugged at her hand. Unfortunately Harry wouldn't let go so he had to step closer to her. She looked up at him and decided at that moment to kiss him. She leaned into him and pressed her lips to his. Harry put his other arm around her waist and ignored the part of him that was screaming that it was wrong to be kissing her. She moaned into his mouth as the Snitch fluttered in their joined hands. "What the hell do you think you are doing, Potter!"
Harry turned to face Draco and pulled out his wand. Madame Pomfrey chose that exact moment to come out of her office. "What is the meaning of this?"
Draco reached around Harry and grabbed Danielle's arm, dragging her out of the hospital wing after him. They walked all the way to the Slytherin common room. "What the hell was that?"
"It's called kissing, you should try it sometime."
"I'm not in the mood to be funny Danni. Potter?"
"So what."
"If I see or hear about you doing anything with Potter, I'm telling mum and dad."
"Whatever."
Danielle stalked to her room and got ready for bed. She could not sleep so she pulled out the journal from her trunk and began reading from where she had left off.
1980 January'A handsome man came to the house late one evening. It was after supper and my husband was in his study, when the doorbell rang. I opened the door and there stood a man, he asked to speak with my husband. I invited him in and went to fetch Robert, my husband. Robert came out and fetched the man to his study. They stayed locked up in there for a few hours and then the man left. I went to speak with Robert, but he would not open the door. By the end of January, he finally came out of his study, showered, changed and kisses me goodbye. He did not tell me where he was going or when he would be back, he just left.'
Danielle touched the tear stained page and looked up from the journal, to check on the other girls in the room. They were still asleep so she went back to reading the journal. The next entry was dated 21 February 1980.
'I am constantly looking out the window for my husband, although something tells me he is never coming back to me. I was sitting in the living room watching the snowfall, when a knock sounded at the door. Expecting my darling Robert, I ran to the door and pulled it open, only to find that man back at my doorstep. He looked somber, as if he had some bad news to tell me. I invited him in and…'
Danielle flipped the page over to read the rest, but the page was blank. She flipped the following pages of the journal, but found no words only lank pages. The next entry she found was one dated 30 October 1980. She flipped back and stared at the page then frowned and thought 'invisible ink'. She put her wand to the journal, "Aparecium."
Words filled the blank pages. Danielle read the rest of the passage. The next few pages of the journal were filled with details of the affair that this woman had had with this man. Danielle frowned and wondered why her father had had this journal in his bottom dresser drawer. She closed the book and sat there staring off into the space at the foot of her bed. She finally laid down and tried to get some sleep.