"Aaah!"
Catherine fell down. She felt like she had just lost half of her soul, if that is possible. Her head was pouned and she could barely make out the objects and sounds around her. Everything was spinning around. FInally, everything started to become clearer. She heard a laughter near her. Catherine looked up and saw a dark figure begin to rise. Voldemort.
"Hah!" He thought. It felt good to be able to move his fingers again. It was such a long time ago when he was still alive. Well, he was alive now, but it would not be possible with out this girl, his source of power, to help him regain his strength. He looked at her. She did quite resemble someone he once knew. They had the same hazel eyes and long brown hair with little curls at the end. But he must stop thinking about her.
Catherine noticed that he was looking at her and it kind of freaked her out. Actually, this whole things scared her. She had just brought the Dark Lord back to life. What was she supposed to tell her friends if they asked her what she did this summer? She couldn't say , "Oh yeah i helped bring back Voldemort and took part in his plan to kill Harry Potter and take over the world." Well maybe if she was a Slytherin it would have been okay. She knew most of their parents were death eaters anyway. But the thing was, she wasnt a Slytherin. She was the complete oppposite. A Gryffindor. Just like her father.
My Father, she thought. What would he do if he knew what she was doing right now? She became sad at the thought. See, her parents had died when she was just seven years old. She was sent to live with her Uncle Kevin. Her parents had never approved of him. Her own mother had stopped talking to him in their 4 year at Hogwarts. They were twins. Her Uncle wasn't that bad though. He treated her well, although he had always been a follower of the Dark Lord. She didn't know how he could be for someone or something that his sister had been so against.
Realizing the long silence, Catherine finally got the nerve to talk. She asked him about the plan. Catherine then heard, for the first time, his deep, creepy voice.
"So eager to hear of the plans we have made. You know, the only people who know about this are us, the Malfoys, and your uncle. Although once we complete your part of the plan, we will alert all of my followers and death eaters. All you have to do is get Harry Potter, " He cringed at the name," to drink this potion. It will make him want to be around you and fall in love you. And you must act it out, pretend to be in love with him, but never actually doing so."
"But I thought that love potions were-"
"Yes, yes but I AM the Dark Lord. It won't matter once we succeed with this plan, which we will, with no trouble." He said, with a glare.
"Okay but how are you-"
"I suggest you learn how to hold your tongue. Tomorrow, when you go to Diagon Alley, you will do as i just told you. Do you understand me?" Catherine nodded. " Good. Now go to your room and get some rest. Do not disappoint me. You are dismissed."
Catherine nodded again. The first meeting with him was done. She took a deep breath and left the parlor. Lucius walked in just as she walked out. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"Was that the girl?"
"Yes. That was. Tell your son to watch over her and make sure that she stays out of trouble during their school year. After their 7th year I would like them to get married. You should also tell your son to get close to her. Try to make her fall in love. You know how its done. It would be a fine match, don't you think?"
"Yes my lord. I shall do that. And yes it would be a fine match. They would make a great heir for you."
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Catherine was walking down the hallways of Malfoy Manor trying to find her room. This was the biggest house she had ever been in and she was sure she was going to get lost. She looked at the walls around her. It seemed like there was millions and millions of portraits of the entire Malfoy family, all the way to thousands of years ago. Well of course they had always been a pureblood family. She then passed a picture if Draco. He was in his quidditch uniform. She thought he looked adorable, but then he gave her the finger. She glared at the picture then walked away, but that was the typical Malfoy. At Hogwarts, all her friends had decided he was very cute. At least until he poured tea down her best friend's robe for no reason. Her friends and her then thought him to be an ass hole with a stupid name. One day she would ask why they named him that.
After a while, she decided she was lost. She must've looked confused because Narcissa passed her and laughed at her.
"Do you need help finding your room? I know this can be very confusing unless you have lived her your whole life." She said with a smile. She always did seem so friendly and warm.
Catherine nodded and gave a little laugh. Narcissa told her to follow and she began to walk. Apparently Catherine was going in the opposite direction towards the west wing of the Manor, and her room was in the east.
"So how was your first day here?" Narcissa asked.
"Oh it was fine. You have a very nice house."
"Thank you. It is filled with pictures of the Malfoys. I think the hallway where your room is, is filled with baby pictures of Draco. You can use that to help remember where your room is." Narcissa made a left and sure enough there was a baby picture of Draco. "Oh see we are getting close."
"Aaw he was so adorable!" This was true. He was a very cute baby. He had chubby cheeks and he was actually smiling. She had never seen Malfoy smile. Catherine liked these pictures of him better- I mean they weren't flicking her off this time.
"Yeah. I can't believe he is sixteen already. He grew up to fast." Catherine could see the love and care in her eyes when Narcissa said that.
Finally they found her room. Catherine thanked Narcissa and said good night. She then closed the door and stared at her bedroom. Whenever she was here, she felt like a princess with the big four-poster bed. Also, it was HUGE. They had also given her a beautiful, silk nightgown and some clothes. This made her grateful to the Malfoys. Well at least Narcissa. She was the only one that had even came in contact with her. She greeted her after her uncle dropped her off and made her feel at home. Lucius had just passed her in the hallways and acted as if she wasn't there. He always seemed as if he had more important things to do. Well, she had only been there for one day, so maybe he was shy. Nope, she shook her head. He was an ass hole.
Catherine went to the bathroom and took a shower and changed into her pajamas. She got into her bed and sunk right in. She then began to think of Hogwarts. She was never popular. Some people knew her name, but it was mostly just the Gryffindors. Her friends consisted of two girls and two guys, Michelle, Teresa, Erik, and Kevin. They were very close knit, so she didn't know what would happen when she just all of a sudden started hanging out with Harry and ditching them. They would probably be pissed.
Cat closed her eyes and sighed. All in one day, she had moved in with the Malfoys, brought back the Dark Lord, gotten lost in the Manor, and met her long-lost grandfather.
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Harry woke up and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the clock. 7:30. There were two more days until he had to go back to Hogwarts and he was still at the Dursleys house. The Weasley's were supposed to come by and take him to Diagon Alley today. They were starting a little late this year. But the Dursley's didn't care. All they did now was feed him. If you would call a grapefruit a day feeding him. Harry got up and looked at his window. He had heard a clicking noise. He say that there was an owl so he opened the window and took the letter. It was from Ron.
Hey Harry!
We just got back from America. I have so much to tell you. We went to the beach and there were muggles riding the waves. Surving i think its called. Anyways, we will pick you up around 9:00 by floo powder. Well see you then!
Ron
Only two more hours until he could be back in the wizarding world and with his friends. He had already packed for Hogwarts so all he had to do was wait. He looked at the clock again. 7: 37. Now there was only one hour and twenty-three minutes. He was just about to lay down and maybe sleep it out but then he heard his Aunt Petunia's lovely voice.
"HARRY GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW! WE ARE EATING BREAKFAST!"
Harry just shook his head. He couldn't wait until he could move out. He trudged down the stairs and sat down at the table. He looked over at Dudly who had an enormous stack of pancakes in front of him. Harry then looked at the plate in front of him.
"Mmm... Grapefruit...yummy" Harry said sarcastically.
"You are just lucky I am even giving you that, you ungrateful little-" Before She could finish her sentence there was a knock at the door. His Uncle put the newspaper down and went to answer the door. He looked very pissed off, but right when he answered the door he put a smile on his face, which quickly went away. He then shut the door. There was a noise coming from outside saying, " I am not from the muggle world but is it customary to slam the door in front of a guest?" Harry recognized the voice instantly. Professor Snape. He ran to the door and opened it.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked glaring at him.
"I am delivering letters to the children in the muggle world. There have been to many owls flying around lately and the muggles have been getting very suspicious. In fact, one of them shot an owl claiming the birds were coming. Anyways, here is your letter. It contains the books you will be needing for this year." He then realized Harry's mouth had been open, still in shock that he was actually there. "Close your mouth, Mr.Potter. You are getting flies in your mouth." He then turned around and left.
Harry closed the door and went upstairs to his room. He ignored his aunt and uncle yelling at him to eat his breakfast. He opened the letter and read it. This year he was taking seven classes: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Charms, Wizarding World History, Divination, Astronomy, and Ancient Runes. Damn he thought. I have Snape AGAIN.
He layed down on his bed and looked at his desk. On the desk was the scrapbook that Hermione had made him for his birthday. He got up and looked at it. There were pictures of Ron, Hermione, and him in it. In all the pictures, they were laughing and tripping eachother. Harry laughed to himself. They had had some good times with eachother. Then he came to a picture of him and Sirius. Harry took a deep breath and remembered how he was supposed to move in with Sirius. Instead he was stuck here with the Dursleys. Harry flipped the page before he started to cry. It was then a picture of his parents. He liked to look at their smiling faces. He decided that he was going to take this with him to Hogwarts. He put it in his bag.
He took out the letter with his list of books again. He thought he should look at it before he got to Diagon Alley to see where he should get everything.
Dark Creatures by Kevin Brumstick
Potions, Potions, Potions by Herald Druginit
Hogwarts: A History by Christina Pursty
The Four Founders by Albert Pontil
Earth, Moon, and Stars by Jennifer Startch
Ancient Runes by Tomya Gripont
Third Eye by Bert Taylor
Gee, Harry thought. Potions, Potions, Potions. Did they really need to say it three times? Probably to get the readers attention since potions sucks. He put the letter in his pockets and layed on his bed again. He slowly closed his eyes. He didn't get to sleep for very long because he heard someone scream from downstairs. he jumped out of his bed and ran. He saw Dudley on the ground screaming with terror on his eyes. He looked over and saw soot all over the ground and Ron at the fire place.
"Ron!" Harry ran over to him and hugged him. Then there was another scream and Harry looked over at the fireplace. Hermione.
"Harry! How are you?" she asked and gave him a hug. This was her first time at his house and seeing the Dursleys. She thought they didn't look as vicious as Harry and Ron had always told her.
"Well, we should go get your stuff. We were just about to eat breakfast at home so you can eat with us." Ron said.
Harry looked over at his Aunt Petunia and said, "Yeah I am STARVING!" They ran upstairs to go get his stuff.
Ron looked at Hermione and started laughing. "Did you see Dudley checking you out?" Sadly, this was true.
"RON! I would rather not talk-"
"Are you serious? Was he really checking her out?" Harry asked, rather amused by this.
"No-"
"Yes-Ouch!" Hermione had slapped his arm. Ron just looked over at Hermione and smiled. He then helped Harry with his stuff.
When they got downstairs the Dursley's were all sitting in the kitchen just staring at them. Well Dudley was staring at Hermione. There was a long silence and a lot of staring.
"Well, um, goodbye, we're- we're going to go now." Hermione said. She went into the fireplace and disappeared. Harry and Ron looked at eachother and just followed.
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Harry got to the burrow and saw everyone sitting at the table eating breakfast. They were all looking up at him. He walked over to Hermione and then Ron came. He had a look of shock on his face and he was staring at Hermione.
"Hermione that was a good way to break the silence." Ron said and started laughing.
"Well somebody had to. Besides, Dudley was really beginning to freak me out. I had to get out of there." Said Hermione trying to stand up for herself.
"What is this all about?" Mrs. Weasley asked as she came in with a load of pancakes. Before anyone could answer, she saw Harry. "Harry! Welcome back! How was your summer? Oh, you don't need to answer that. I could only imagine with the Dursleys. Go on sit down and eat."
"So Ron, what was your favorite part of the vacation?" Ginny asked. "We were talking about it after you left. Fred and George liked California, Hawaii and Florida...I wonder why," she said sarcastically, "And Percy liked New York. I liked Virginia, obviously, and California also."
"Yeah, I liked Hawaii. Oh yeah Harry, do you know how to Serve?"
Both Harry and Hermione started to laugh. "Ron, its called 'surfing'." Hermione said.
"Yeah and no I have never surfed before. I don't live near any beaches." Harry replied.
After breakfast, they all helped Harry get his stuff into Ron's room. When they got it all Ron took Harry and closed the door. He looked pretty nervous about something, but Harry couldn't figure out what.
"Ron, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just- umm...You know Hermione right? Wait of course you know Hermione, okay well-"
"You like her, don't you?" Harry cut in.
"Well yeah. Can you tell?" Ron asked.
"Well I had thought you did since like first year! And now I noticed basically all you do now is tease her and smile. But I don't think she can really tell. Or if she can, she is very good at hiding it. I think she might like you, too. If you just tell-"
"WHAT? No! I can't do that! Have you lost your mind?"
"Well I am just saying, you should ask her to the Yuleball."
Ron sighed. " I will think about it."
Then there was a knock at the door. It was Ginny. It was time to go to Diagon Alley.
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Catherine woke up and went to the dining room. Yesterdy Narcissa told her that they ate breakfast at 8:30 and not to be late or Lucius would throw a fit. She looked at her watch and saw that it was 8:24. She sighed. She was glad that she woke up on time. When she finally found the dining room, she saw Narcissa and Lucius at the table. Draco was no where to be seen.
"Goodmorning, dear." Narcissa said.
"Goodmorning." Catherine said sitting herself at the only empty place at the table.
"Draco had to get up early for a prefect meeting this morning so he is not here. But he should be at Diagon Alley." Lucius said to Narcissa. "Are you planning on going there this afternoon?"
"Well, I suppose I could. Do you want me to pick him and Catherine up?" she asked.
"He does not need anyone to pick him up! Hes sixteen! He can make it home on his own. Do not pamper him, Narcissa."
Lucius then got up and left the table without another word. Again, he had acted as if she was not there. She had no feelings whatsoever towards Lucius. After they had finished their breakfast Narcissa looked over at Catherine.
"If you want to go to Diagon Alley now, you can go to the fireplace. There is floo powder next to it. I would come with you, but people would wonder why I was with you. Have fun and don't get into trouble." Narcissa said and she went over and hugged her. Catherine just nodded while Narcissa started to walk away.
Alright, she thought. This is it.The fate of mankind lies in my hands. Okay, maybe it isn't that dramatic. But I am scared. I don't want to mess this up. Or who knows what will happen to me. She took the bottle and put it in her hands. Knowing me with my clumsiness, i will drop the vile. Catherine took a deep breath and took a handful of the floo powder. She went in the fireplace and yelled, "Diagon Alley!"