quick a/n- we won't be following the sixth book canon, so when you're reading just try to forget everything that had happened in the sixth book

another quickie- the prolouge doesn't really have anything to do with harry...it's mostly just some backgroudn info on our orignial character (torri & saige)...but it gets better after the prolouge, so if you don't like teh prolouge please just give the first chapter a try... and if you like that read on, if you don't... we accept our differnces and we'll take idea and constructive critism if you would like to give them to us to make the story more pleasurable...

Prologue

Darkness fell over the big city, fog sweeping over the buildings and large houses. A woman with only a moth-eaten shawl was the only soul on the street, was looking up at the largest house, and wiping away her glistening tears. Sighing and wrapping it tighter about her, she sighed, swallowing the tightness in her throat.

The house was so big, gloomy and had a cold feeling about it that she couldn't believe for a second that they had...she had...sent her...into that blasted place. Merlin! It wasn't fair. She wanted so much to see how she was doing, the only important thing in her life, the only thing she dared to live for.

Crying and choking back the breaths she needed to let out, she quickly turned and left, but not without one last glance at the house, knowing she would have to wait. Things were just too hard right now to let anything found out.

Her life depended on it.

- - - - -

Torri sighed, knowing instantly something was wrong when Saige, her sister, had appeared in the doorway, back pressing up against the frame, running a hand through her hair every five seconds, and sighing. Repeatedly.

"Okay, spill. What's wrong?" Torri asked, definitely not in the mood for any games. Saige looked up, and cocked her head to the right, studying her, and then letting out another frustrated sigh.

Torri raised her eyebrows, and stood up from her large bed, focusing on the area between Saige's eyes and nose. Not thinking, she walked over to her desk, took out a notepad and a pencil, and sketched Saige. Hm. She ripped up the page and threw it into the trashbin, not even noticing the weird looks she was receiving from Saige.

"What was that?" Saige asked, taking a step away from the doorframe.

"The light was good. What? Can't I draw you anymore?" Torri snapped, standing up.

Saige shook her head. "No, you can...but the quickness of it...and the randomness...I dunno..."

Torri rolled her eyes, and turned away from her. "By the way, what did you want? What's wrong? You've been standing there for ten minutes, and I still can't - "

"I found a locket," Saige cut in. "I think it might have belonged to my...mother."

Torri turned around again, and then noticed the silver locket hanging around Saige's neck. "Let me see."

With a trembling hand, she took it off and handed it to her. Torri studied it. Heart shaped, silver. No bigger than an American nickel. Looking closer, she saw a small light blue triangle in the top-left corner of it. She opened it. It was a picture of Saige's dad, Victoria thought, and mum, when they were probably in school. They looked so young...

Saige took the necklace from her, and closed it. "I think maybe it's both of them...together."

Torri nodded.

"By the way...Lucius wants to talk to us. I was just on my way to your room, when I thought of a box I had seen a few days ago, and wanted to see what was in it." Saige turned around without saying anything else, and left, Torri behind her, both of them curious to see what they were in for.

- - - - -

"You are no longer enrolled at Durmstrang," Lucius told them.

"What?" Saige asked, clearly angry. "You can't be serious."

"Does this face look like I'm joking?" He asked, turning to face her after staring at the flames roaring in the fireplace.

Saige turned away, and glanced at Torri, who had been quiet all the way up until this point, but now anger bubbled inside her. How could he just make the choice without even asking them? She felt dizzy from it all, but she wanted to get some answers first.

"Why didn't you ask us?" Torri asked. He looked at her; his piercing blue-gray eyes cold, making her shiver.

"This isn't something by choice. It was for safety. You weren't safe at all in that bloody school of yours. We should have sent you to Hogwarts like Draco-"

"What do you mean, for safety? Why weren't we safe in our old school?" Saige asked before Torri could open her mouth. But that was exactly what she was going to ask him. She looked at him.

"That's not important. But you are enrolled at Hogwarts now. And I don't want any lip from either of you." Lucius gave them a curt nod, and left them to think things over.

"Great. Hogwarts. This is going to be one hell of a year." Torri sighed, flopping on the couch.

"I can't believe this," Saige said.

"Well maybe it won't be that bad..."

"Don't count on it," Saige snorted.

DISCLAMER

We thought we'd put the disclaimer at the end of the prologue so that we wouldn't have to put a really long one in the beginning of every chapter.

rampingXxXchaod: one...don't own it... two... umm... what else?
fatal x ragdoll: you can't sue us, because we admitted it
fatal x ragdoll: and...
rampingXxXchaos: ...and ...
fatal x ragdoll: but we only own the plot and new characters
rapmingXxXchaos: if there are any new characters... but i can say that thank you to my co-writer for almost doing the whole disclaimer herself :-)
fatal x ragdoll: I know! Im so smart!
fatal x ragdoll: haha