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A/N: I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and smart during this crazy time. 2020 can be cancelled anytime now… lol.

Chapter 13: The Discovery

When Draco first met Sienna, he remembers how enticing her blue eyes were. He had never seen anything like it. Growing up, he was used to the cold grey eyes his father had, and his mother's blue eyes were no match compared to the Snape girl. Even on the first day of the second year, he remembers the girl walking up to the sorting hat and her eyes dancing around the Great Hall, wondering what people thought of her.

Sienna had caught his eye, although he hated to admit it.

Draco hadn't seen the girl for almost a week now, which worried him. He didn't see her during dinner, and when he thought he was going to catch her sitting in the Potions classroom with her father, he had either been a few minutes too late, or Sienna was gone right at the end of classes. Not only did it concern him, it saddened him a bit. Though again, he hated to admit it.

Draco made his way to Snape's classroom, wondering if maybe he'll see Sienna. He had to make sure Crabbe and Goyle didn't suspect that he fancied the girl-

Wait.

Draco Malfoy didn't fancy anyone. Or did he?

Draco shook his head and kept walking towards the classroom. When he neared and saw the group of first years piling out the door, he smiled and thanked Merlin that Snape had kept them a few minutes extra later than usual. He heard a voice come echo from the door and his cheeks lifted a bit, almost excited to see Sienna. When he was at the door, he listened in first.

"Do you think that there's...something… in the castle taunting all the students who aren't pure-blooded?"

Draco stopped in his tracks and listened closer.

"I hope not, dear."

"But, do you think so?"

Draco could hear Snape rolling his eyes (yes, hear it).

"I don't speculate anything as of late. However, that does not give you an excuse to run these corridors like they are the streets of Diagon Alley. Do you understand me?"

"Yeah, sure, but Dad, listen to me. Harry said-"

"Potter?" Snape cut her short.

Draco froze, his heart stopped, his breathing hitched. She's been spending time with Potter? That's why he hasn't seen her? An unknown feeling spread through his veins and his muscles, almost like his heart fell into his stomach. Draco had never felt this before.

He heard Sienna's voice again, "Uh...yeah, him. He said that he has had similar episodes as me, he has heard and felt everything I did during and after Christmas break."

Snape was silent, and Draco knew what that meant. He was not happy.

"I told you that you need to keep this to yourself, Sienna."

"I know, Dad, but Harry is the only person who understands how I feel."

Ouch. Draco felt that one right in his stomach.

"You don't think your mother, or me, or even Malfoy understand how you feel? You do know who was there when you fainted, right?"

"Er, yeah, I do, but-"

"Did you know Draco sat with you that entire rest of the evening until I came to relieve him at one in the morning, Sienna?"

Draco heard a pause in the conversation. Breathing was all he could gather for about 5 seconds, until Sienna spoke softly and low. "No, I didn't. He never told me." She sounded disappointed for not knowing that small fact.

"I understand that you are drawn to Harry because you two are similar in some ways, but please Sienna, you need to tread lightly around him. He's… not safe."

Even Draco was confused by Snape's statement. What does that mean? Could Harry really be the Heir of Slytherin?

"Dad, please, you have to understand-"

"End of discussion."

"Dad!"

"End. Of. Discussion, Sienna Noel."

Draco would hear Sienna gathering her books and roughly placing them in her bag. "Fine. Goodnight, father." She sneered, her footsteps getting louder as she walked towards the door.

Draco quickly straightened up and started to walk past the door, pretending he was not there for the conversation. As he walked past, he heard Sienna step out of the door frame. What he heard next made his heart that dropped to his stomach, rise back up into his chest.

"Draco!"

He stopped in his tracks and turned around, although his face did not mirror how his heart felt. "Snape." He nodded towards her. Sienna gave him a quizzical look. She walked towards him slowly, scared that he was not in a good mood.

"I haven't seen you in ages. How are you?" She asked, smiling softly at the boy.

Draco wanted to smile at her and hug her, let her know that he missed her presence, but his stubborn Malfoy genetics forbade it. "Fine. How have you been?"

Sienna could instantly tell that something was not right. She dropped her right hip and crossed her arms. "Alright, what's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" Draco thought about a foreseeable acting career for a split second, then focused back on the girl.

"You only call me Snape when you're teasing me, and you usually rave about your day. So, what's wrong?" Damn, this girl was observational. Draco cleared his throat and straightened his shoulders. He stuffed his hands in his pocket and avoided eye contact with her. "I'm just fantastic, Snape."

Sienna could feel the ice in his voice, a feeling she hadn't felt since her birthday. It made her cringe. She straightened up her pose, her shoulders slouching. "Draco, please talk to me." She pleaded to him.

He scoffed at her, "Go talk to Saint Potter." And with that, he was gone, leaving Sienna alone with her thoughts.

Sienna found herself looking for Harry when she felt anxious. The past few days she heard the whispering, particularly in the corridors on her way to her classes. She was nervous to tell her father anything, considering he would just shut out her concerns. She could hear his voice in the back of her mind.

"You don't have that diary again, do you? I will not hesitate to give you detention with Professor Lockhart."

She rolled her eyes at the thought. She didn't necessarily feel alone because she knew she had the Trio to talk to if she felt like this, but she felt like she was betraying her parents, and Draco, in some ways. However, she needed answers and she was willing to do whatever to get them.

Sienna shuffled down the corridor to History of Magic, and she finally saw her red-headed friend. She smiled, "Ginny!"

Ginny whipped her head around, and what Sienna saw was concerning nonetheless. Ginny's usually vibrant red hair looked dry and matted in some places. Her green eyes, bloodshot and half-lidded, had big dark circles around them, as if she hasn't slept in quite some time. Although Sienna never noticed her weight in the past, she almost looked like she had not eaten in days. Sienna looked at her friend, eyebrows furrowed and a frown on her face. She walked towards the girl and moved her away from the students piling into Mr. Bins classroom. "Are you alright?" She said in a low voice, close to a whisper.

Ginny's eyes darted everywhere, avoiding eye contact with the girl in front of her. She nodded her head fast, almost too fast. Then, like a gust of wind suddenly flew right past her, it hit Sienna, and hard.

"Ginny, you need to give it to me."

Ginny's eyes finally landed on Sienna's blue ones, but they were wide and scared. She shook her head fast, "I-I don't know what you're talking about."

Sienna felt her father and her mother in the face she made at Ginny, stern and serious. "Cut the shit. I know you have the diary."

"You're bluffing."

"Give it to me, Ginny. I'll get rid of-"

"No!" Ginny yelled. Sienna looked at her, scared that her friend just yelled at her. "Y-you don't understand, h-he can hear me, us! H-he knows I'm talking to you."

"I know, Ginny. That's why you need to give it to me. I'll give it to my-"

"NO! Sienna, leave me alone!"

"But Ginny-"

But before she could help her, she ran away. "Ginny!" Sienna had no choice but to run after her friend, so she did. Ginny ran to the abandoned lavatory where Moaning Myrtle was, and locked herself in a stall. Sienna ran into the door, fists resting on it. "Ginny, please let me help you!"

"He'll kill us, Sea!"

"He won't if you let me help! My father can take care of this!"

"No! I-I don't want anyone to get hurt. This is my problem! I wrote to him first!"

"This isn't your fault, Ginny. Please, let me help you." Sienna said softly. She rested her forehead against the stall door. "I know what he can do, I know what he says."

A pause came from the stall, and then she heard the lock unhinge. Sienna took a step back, moving away from the door. Ginny slowly opened it, tears running down her face. "Y-you do?" she stuttered.

Sienna nodded at her slowly. "He tells you no one else cares, right? And that you have no friends?" Ginny's eyes widened, slowly nodding at her. Sienna smiled sadly at the girl. "I know how it feels, how he makes you feel. It happened to me all Christmas break, and even after. Do you remember when I fainted?"

Ginny's eyes grew even wider. "That was him?"

Sienna nodded. "My dad says the diary has a lot of dark magic in it, and he forbade me to write in it again. I tried to dispose of it right before I fainted, but-"

"It kept ringing in your ears?"

Sienna's eyes were now the ones wide. "Y-Yes."

Ginny sighed, and reached out to Sienna to hug her. "Thank you, Sea. You don't know how much I've missed you." Sienna smiled as she hugged her back.

"You know, Ron misses you too, as well as the other two."

Ginny pulled back immediately, "You're lying."

Sienna shook her head and smirked. "You fancy Harry, don't you?"

Ginny's face suddenly turned the color of her hair. "Shut it!" she shrieked. Sienna started laughing, not hearing the subtle sound of footsteps against the old concrete floors. Once Sienna heard them, she whipped her head to find two of the three mates running towards her and Ginny. "Sienna!" Ron shouted as they came to a halt, hands on their knees and breathing hard.

Harry tried to straighten himself while speaking, "It's-", he took another deep breath, "-Hermoine!"

Sienna grew worried. Something was wrong. She looked at Ginny and they both knew exactly what to do. Together, they ran with the boys to the Hospital Wing.

Sienna sat in a chair next to Harry as he and Ron watched over their friend. Hermione was not in good shape - she had been petrified, and no one knows why. Sienna saw a mirror on the side table next to her bed, and wondered what she was using it for. Hermione was never one for looks, just her studies. Professor McGonagall stated that she was reading a book on History of Hogwarts, and holding the mirror when found.

It was nearing dinner time, so Sienna bid her goodbyes and asked to be kept updated. Ginny left quite some time ago, saying that she had to attend to other things quickly and that she would be back. Sienna hoped that she was getting rid of that bloody diary like they had talked about earlier that day. Sienna strode out of the Hospital Wing around dinner time. She noticed her stomach made an awful grumble, signaling that she needed to eat something.

On her way to the Great Hall, she noticed students whispering to each other and Professor McGonagall rushing in the opposite direction. When McGonagall was running, that was never a good sign. Sienna turned her heel and followed the professor to whatever she was going. After a few moments, Sienna stopped to see Harry and Ron near a wall, and it had an awful message, written in blood, on it that made the skin on her body crawl.

Her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever.

Sienna sucked in her breath and whispered to herself, "Ginny."