Disclaimer: I own nothing except Hailey, the plot, and a few other characters. Everything else is J.K. Rowling's.

Author's Note: Hello, this is my first fan-fic. I hope you enjoy!

Crush of a Death Eater

Pre-HBP

"Harry, maybe it's just me, or is the train moving already?" Ron asked.

"Huh? Oh. Oh!" Harry said waking up from the daze his was in. Waking up at 5:00 in the morning is not as easy as it sounds. "No! It is going!" Harry yelled, grabbing his trunk and running to the train, which was a few paces ahead of him. "Hurry up, Ron!"

"I'm coming, coming!" Ron yelled. The two of them ran for the train, the weight of their trunks pulling them behind.

Panting heavily, Harry and Ron walked down the halls of the train, looking for Hermione, who had been on a vacation with her parents and hadn't come to the Burrow with Harry.

"Couldn't be that far, could she?" Ron said his panting receding slightly.

Harry shook his head, and looked at the passing window. "There she is Ron!" Harry exclaimed, looking at a bushy-haired figure in the window. Ron threw open the door to the compartment in relief.

"Hermione!" Both of them yelled loudly.

"Hello Harry, Ron!" Hermione said, not even flinching at the sudden entrance they had made. Sitting beside her was another girl. She had wavy brown hair that reached her elbows. She was wearing reading glasses and reading a book. She was wearing a gray shirt and jeans. The girl looked up and saw Harry.

"Harry, Ron, this is Hailey, she's from Hufflepuff and in the same year as us! Isn't that great?" Hermione gushed.

"Oh, yeah, great." Harry grumbled. He sat down across from the girl, not even bothering to take a closer look at her.

"How was vacation?" Hermione asked them.

"Well, Fred and George sent fake love notes to Percy, Harry and I got ready for the new Quidditch season, and that's about it." Ron said.

"And…?"

"Oh, yeah, Harry's the new captain of the team."

"Really? Harry, that's great!" Hermione said in an enthusiastic tone. "Anything happening back… home?" She had lowered her voice so that Hailey, who was deeply immersed in her book, wouldn't hear.

"The Order?" Harry whispered back. "We haven't heard anything back from it. The only time I've seen Dumbledore this summer was when he took me to the Burrow."

"Yeah, Mum and Dad have been really secretive lately." Ron whispered." Whenever we bring it up, they mumble about something about how dirty the house is or how unusual weather has been."

"Weird…" Hermione said, looking thoughtfully out her window. Ron did the same, but since Harry was nearest to the door, he didn't have a window to look out of. Instead, he took this opportunity to look at Hailey more closely. Her skin was slightly tanned and her nose and cheeks had a few light freckles. She looked so concentrated, so… pretty.

Harry shook those thoughts out of his head. He had enough to deal with, and didn't need a girl to get into his thoughts.

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