A/N: Chapter 5 Already? Wow! I really have been updating a lot lately! Anyway PLEASE review if you like this chapter, if you don't like it, If you really don't like it…. JUST REVIEW! This chapter is slightly longer than usual so don't I at least deserve a few reviews?

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Chapter 5 - Weakness

How is it possible that in one day, my entire life can get turned upside down? Yesterday I was happy. I had mum, my friends, school, EVEN MALFOY! But no, I'm not allowed to live a normal life. I swear I must have majorly pissed off some god or another in a past life, cos someone up there really hates me. When mum found out, she reacted pretty much as I expected. She cried. I'm not really sure if she was happy, sad or angry. She just cried. I don't get why she's crying though. I'm the one who should be bawling my eyes out. They are uprooting my entire life and shipping me off to England so I can meet some total stranger who just happens to share the same genetics as me. I'm not staying though. They can't keep me there. As soon as I can get my hands on a portkey I'll be back in Australia. If Azkaban can't hold my so-called father, England can't hold me. I'll stay with Kay or Paige, or maybe Grandma. Apparently she never liked dad even before he 'turned evil' so chances are she won't send me back to him. Speaking of Kay and Paige, I still have to tell them I'm leaving. That's a conversation I'm not looking forward to. Chances are, Kayla will storm out and refuse to talk to me, and Paige will cry. We're leaving in three days. I have to tell them soon… Maybe tomorrow…

Arianna sighed as she slammed her diary shut and lay back on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She was going to miss this room. This house. This neighbourhood. This country. She rolled over onto her stomach and glanced at the digital clock on the bedside table. 7:28 pm. She had better go see her mum and see how she was dealing with all of this. After all, she'd only found out an hour ago. She jumped off her bed and strolled out of her room. She found her mother at the kitchen table looking through a dusty old photo album, silent tears streaming down her face. Arianna looked down at the photo her mother was currently staring at. It was worn, faded and torn a little at the edge, but it was still perfectly clear what was in the photo. Or rather, WHO was in the photo. There were six youths, all waving and grinning happily at the camera. On the far left was a younger version of Remus Lupin. Arianna felt slightly guilty. She'd been so rude to him. She'd even gone so far as to accuse him of being a death eater. Standing next to Remus, were unmistakably, James and Lily Potter, or Lily Evans as she would have been known when this picture had been taken. Their faces were familiar to her. She'd seen plenty of pictures of the Potters before. On the far side of Lily was Anna-May Morgan, Arianna's mother, but the difference in her was apparent. Her hair, which was now streaked prematurely with grey, was a shining, dirty-blonde. Her hazel eyes had not yet lost their spark. Standing next to Anna was – Arianna felt a wave of hatred wash over her – Peter Pettigrew, and on the on the far right was…

'Mum,' Arianna choked out, 'that's him isn't it.' She pointed her finger at the last person in the picture. He was tall with ebony-black hair that fell to just above his shoulders and his blue-grey eyes had a mischievous twinkle. Apart from the colour of his hair, his obvious gender and his slightly paler skin, he was a carbon copy of Arianna herself.

'Yes.' Anna-May smiled up at her daughter, 'That is Sirius Black, your father, Ari.'

Arianna fel the tears start to fall down her face, but she furiously wiped them away. 'I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry.' She thought to herself. Arianna felt her mother pull her into a hug.

'There, there, its ok,' She soothed, 'I know you've been trying to be strong through all of this, but you have to cry sometime. It's only natural.'

Arianna hurriedly pulled herself out of her mothers grip.

'Natural for you, maybe.' She said coldly, and ran out of the kitchen, and out of the house. Anna-May helplessly watched as her daughter ran away from her, away from comfort.

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Arianna hadn't cried since she was six years old. To her, it had always seemed a sign of weakness, and she never wanted to show weakness. When she broke her leg when she was eight, she hadn't cried. When her beloved dog had died when she was ten, she hadn't cried. When Malfoy found out who her father was and had spread it around the school, she hadn't cried. But there she sat, fifteen years old, in a public park, sobbing uncontrollably. Her sobs were so loud, that she didn't hear the dark figure sneaking up behind her. She didn't notice the wand that was slowly being aimed at the back of her head. She didn't hear the quiet whisper from behind her, 'Stupefy.' But at the exact moment the spell would have hit her, she dropped her head, burying it in her hands, and the stunner flew over her head. It hit a nearby tree with a small bang, and the tree exploded into flames. Arianna whipped around, plunging her hand into the pocket of her school uniform, searching desperately for her wand. She found it just as another curse was thrown at her. She dived out of the way and the curse missed her by inches.

'STUPEFY!' She screamed, pointing her wand, in the direction the last curse had originated from. 'STUPEFY! STUPEFY! STUPEFY!' But she heard running footsteps, and knew that she had missed. She threw herself behind a tree just as another stunner came flying at her. The curse hit the tree she was sheltering behind. She was thrown backwards as the tree exploded and her wand was knocked out of her hand. She began to frantically search the ground around her, but she couldn't find her wand anywhere. She heard someone running up to her, and then felt the wind get knocked out of her as something slammed into her chest. The barstad had kicked her.

'Well, well, well. What do we have here?' Sneered a cold voice from the figure above her.

'Wouldn't you like to know.' She sneered back, glaring up at the dark figure above her. She received a kick in the stomach for her trouble. She felt herself being dragged upwards and realised that her attacker was holding her up by the scruff of the neck.

'Tell me your name brat.' He hissed at her.

'Why don't you tell me yours?' She shot back. She heard cruel laughter surrounding her and realised that more of them had apparated. She felt herself being thrown back to the ground. She landed on something sharp was about to cry out in pain when she realised what it was. Her wand.'

'Time to loosen your tongue, brat.' The cold voice sneered from above her.

'Cruci-'

'STUPEFY!' A completely different voice roared. Arianna rolled out of the way and snatched up her wand just in time to avoid being flattened by the stunned death eater. She immediately started firing curses left rand right at the death eaters who had been surrounding her. They had been standing in a tight circle around her, so they were easy targets. She allowed herself a small grin of satisfaction as she heard several thumps that signified she had hit her targets.

Arianna glanced around to see who her saviour was, and saw Mrs. Robson, Kayla's mum, duelling with three death eaters at once. She was about to rush over and help when she felt someone grab her by the neck of her robes. She whirled around and punched the person square in the nose.

'Ow! Ah, shit, Ari, I think you broke my nose!' Arianna stopped herself from punching the person again, just in time. She recognised this person. Kayla.

'Oh, Shit! I'm sorr- Wait! What the hell are you doing here?' She whispered to her friend.

'Mum and Me heard shouting and saw a lot of stunners from our house. She told me to stay while she went to sort it out, but obviously, I came.'

'You shouldn't have come! You'll only get – Kay! Behind you!' They both ducked as another stunner flew over their heads. The offending death eater was trying to conceal himself behind a tree, but he was quite large, so it wasn't difficult to see him. Kayla and Arianna gave each other a hurried nod before they jumped up and started shooting stunners at the death eater. The last thing Arianna saw that night was the death eater falling as a stunner hit him, then, a curse hit her in the back of the neck, and everything went black.

A/N: Ohhhhhh! Cliff-hanger! Anyway I'll update soon but I want some reviews! Please?