Okay I know it has literally been two months since a single update. Well here is the reason! I had all the chapters saved on a disk and the next chapter finished and saved as well. Well, I go to upload it and the disk decides to be defective and erase EVERYTHING! It was probably the best chapter yet! And I just wanted to cry. :( Well why didnt I make a new one sooner you ask? Easy... I have been so very very busy lately. And I apologize because I have gotten like 8 reviews from people begging me to update. A an email from someone who had enough of looking at zero updates. Sorry again! I hope this one turns out well!
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Lacey's eyes widened in fear, "You weren't supposed to hear that Sydney! Oh Merlin! Please do not tell a single soul this I beg of you! If the wrong person were to find out who knows what could happen!" Sydney liked Lacey a good amount and wouldn't have told anyone no matter what. She just wanted to know how it was possible for a nasty person like Draco to be related to a nice person like Lacey. It's funny how the world works isn't it.
"I won't say anything Lacey but that brother of yours is starting to get out of control. You better be careful or else he really will tell everyone one your secret." Lacey's face fell into one of pure worry. Sydney felt rather sorry for the girl. She had always known that Draco was a nasty little twit but she never felt a personal hatred toward him. That is, until now she hadn't. "Look, lets just head back to the common room before the others came back out with torches and pitchforks."
Lacey smiled. She never could figure out how in the worst situations, Sydney had a humourous perspective of it all. They both made their way onto the ground and back to the cold, unwelcome Slytherin common room. It seemed they were too late to avoid conflict. Flint was in the Hospital Wing, but the rest were like an angry mob impatiently waiting for the scapegoat.
"Lacey, just what did you think you were doing out there? If you hate being in Slytherin so damn much than why become part of the Quidditch team?" was boiling mad which made his pale face even whiter.
"Why? Because you all are sickeningly protective over nothing! So I am friends with a couple of Gryffindors and dislike Marcus and the rest of you! Big deal, get over that and yourselves." Lacey turned and stormed upstairs. Draco turned his nasty look and started to glare at Sydney.
Sydney brought her gaze from the stair case to meet that of Draco's cold stare. "What are you staring at you nasty little git?" Sydney said nastily.
"Are you on her side? Do you agree with her going against her entire house?"
"What's it matter to you anyway? You have hardly ever even known that I've existed. There is no need for you to get into Lacey's business anyway. What makes it your job to worry about who she is friends with? And do not give me that house crap because I know that is not the real reason. So until you can get your head from up your arse, you have no opinion in this matter." Relieved, Sydney went off to her room to attempt to do some studying.
She would have loved to wipe that sneer off Draco's face but she knew that the only way to do so was to hurt Lacey. She liked Lacey enough, she was a nice girl. Sydney still couldn't quite figure out how the hat sorted Lacey into Slytherin anyway. Lacey belonged either in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, certainly not Slytherin. Maybe it's because Lacey needed to get through the piece of her life she never experienced. She wondered if Lacey regretted wanting to meet Draco. He was such a dissappointment of a brother. Personally, Sydney would rather not meet the Malfoy's had they been her family, but then again she knew how the Malfoy's acted. When Sydney walked into her dormitory, Lacey was not in the room.
"Probably in the bathroom," Sydeny thought sitting on her bed. She opened up her Transfiguration book and tried to read the assigned pages. It didnt't work too well. Lacey eventually made her way into the room.
"Are you going to come to dinner?" Lacey asked. Sydney lowered her book by only a little. She shook her head lightly.
"You think that after today's events, that I would actually want to sit at a table full of immature jack-asses?" Sydney said, looking back at her book. Lacey gave a slight laugh. Sydney did have a point. Lacey doubted that her presence would be a happy one at the Slytherin table.
"Well, I do know a way we can still eat without having to even enter the Great Hall." This time Sydney put the book down. She gave Lacey a questioning look.
"I'm listening. Go on."
Lacey grinned, "Well, Fred and George go into the kitchen all the time to ask for loads of food. I'm sure they would be happy to give us the password so we could do the same." Sydney nodded in approval. They left the dormitory and took a more indirect route out of the common room. They didn't want others to stop them, especially those from the team. The hurried down the hall, hoping that Fred and George hadn't already made their way into the Great Hall yet. Lacey skimmed the many students and found the two identical red heads she had been looking. She pulled Sydney with her and hurried over to them.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you!" Lacey exclaimed, grinning.
George responded, "Well, you must be pretty happy to see us if your grinning that much."
Lacey, still grinning, asked quickly, "Look could you do us a favor?" The twins looked at each other and nodded at Lacey. "Okay Sydney and I are in no mood to put up with the nasty Slytherins tonight, so could you possibly give us the password to the kitchen instead?"
"I don't know Lacey, what do we get in return?" Fred asked, attempting to act serious.
Lacey shrugged, "I don't know! Whenever you want me to do something for you I will, okay? Now give us the password please!"
Fred smiled, "All right its, Pears. Now don't go around telling everyone about it either, okay?" Lacey nodded and hugged them both before she ran off to grab Sydney and grab some food from the kitchens.
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Sydney finished off her pumpkin juice and finished her last scroll for her Potions essay. Lacey was busy doing her Transfiguration homework and her Charms essay as well. Lacey had eaten barely anything, but that all changed when she closed her last school book.
"I swear that this school thinks homework is better than eating for survival." Lacey said through a mouth full of chicken. She was finally full and so was Sydney for that matter. Sydney had been unusally quiet and Lacey knew her well enough to sense something was wrong. "Sydney? Is something the matter? You are being extremely quiet."
Sydney looked up at Lacey. She was right, Sydney had been unusually quiet but that's the way she was when she was thinking deeply. "Yea, I know I've been a bit quiet. I was just thinking about everything that happened earlier, you know? Why is Draco using your secret against you? It's now his secret too since it does involve him. It could break him just as much if not more than you. If his father ever found out... It's not even something I want to think about right now. Who knows what that man is capable of." Sydney turned to look out the window. She knew only all too well what Draco's father could be capable of had he knew he had a daughter. He would either completely reject her or try to take her over and make her a true Malfoy. But Sydney knew that Lacey was too good a person to be a Malfoy at heart, ever! It was just the test of time, that was all. Sydney had to prevent Lucius from ever finding out for the sake of Lacey and for herself. No matter what it took.
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Okay that was so incredibly short and I am sooo sorry! But i did update! Yay! Well, if I was a reader I would be thinking 'Hm what's up with this Sydney character? I mean she had a small role at first but now she is taking up more of the story! What's the deal?' Well, you will soon find out! She does have a pretty good role in all of this and it's more than just being Lacey's only Slytherin friend. Okay since I know so many of you like this story would some of you like to do me the biggest favor ever??? I am writing this new fic called 'The Truth Can Sometimes Kill' and it is a HP fic. Would some of you mind reading it and telling me what you think? It's not full out 'WOW!' but its only 3 chapters long so far. I would really appreciate it! Thanks! Sorry again this is short but the next one will be better! I will have more time to write in 10 days! School will be over! REVIEW!! Luv ya!
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Lacey's eyes widened in fear, "You weren't supposed to hear that Sydney! Oh Merlin! Please do not tell a single soul this I beg of you! If the wrong person were to find out who knows what could happen!" Sydney liked Lacey a good amount and wouldn't have told anyone no matter what. She just wanted to know how it was possible for a nasty person like Draco to be related to a nice person like Lacey. It's funny how the world works isn't it.
"I won't say anything Lacey but that brother of yours is starting to get out of control. You better be careful or else he really will tell everyone one your secret." Lacey's face fell into one of pure worry. Sydney felt rather sorry for the girl. She had always known that Draco was a nasty little twit but she never felt a personal hatred toward him. That is, until now she hadn't. "Look, lets just head back to the common room before the others came back out with torches and pitchforks."
Lacey smiled. She never could figure out how in the worst situations, Sydney had a humourous perspective of it all. They both made their way onto the ground and back to the cold, unwelcome Slytherin common room. It seemed they were too late to avoid conflict. Flint was in the Hospital Wing, but the rest were like an angry mob impatiently waiting for the scapegoat.
"Lacey, just what did you think you were doing out there? If you hate being in Slytherin so damn much than why become part of the Quidditch team?" was boiling mad which made his pale face even whiter.
"Why? Because you all are sickeningly protective over nothing! So I am friends with a couple of Gryffindors and dislike Marcus and the rest of you! Big deal, get over that and yourselves." Lacey turned and stormed upstairs. Draco turned his nasty look and started to glare at Sydney.
Sydney brought her gaze from the stair case to meet that of Draco's cold stare. "What are you staring at you nasty little git?" Sydney said nastily.
"Are you on her side? Do you agree with her going against her entire house?"
"What's it matter to you anyway? You have hardly ever even known that I've existed. There is no need for you to get into Lacey's business anyway. What makes it your job to worry about who she is friends with? And do not give me that house crap because I know that is not the real reason. So until you can get your head from up your arse, you have no opinion in this matter." Relieved, Sydney went off to her room to attempt to do some studying.
She would have loved to wipe that sneer off Draco's face but she knew that the only way to do so was to hurt Lacey. She liked Lacey enough, she was a nice girl. Sydney still couldn't quite figure out how the hat sorted Lacey into Slytherin anyway. Lacey belonged either in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, certainly not Slytherin. Maybe it's because Lacey needed to get through the piece of her life she never experienced. She wondered if Lacey regretted wanting to meet Draco. He was such a dissappointment of a brother. Personally, Sydney would rather not meet the Malfoy's had they been her family, but then again she knew how the Malfoy's acted. When Sydney walked into her dormitory, Lacey was not in the room.
"Probably in the bathroom," Sydeny thought sitting on her bed. She opened up her Transfiguration book and tried to read the assigned pages. It didnt't work too well. Lacey eventually made her way into the room.
"Are you going to come to dinner?" Lacey asked. Sydney lowered her book by only a little. She shook her head lightly.
"You think that after today's events, that I would actually want to sit at a table full of immature jack-asses?" Sydney said, looking back at her book. Lacey gave a slight laugh. Sydney did have a point. Lacey doubted that her presence would be a happy one at the Slytherin table.
"Well, I do know a way we can still eat without having to even enter the Great Hall." This time Sydney put the book down. She gave Lacey a questioning look.
"I'm listening. Go on."
Lacey grinned, "Well, Fred and George go into the kitchen all the time to ask for loads of food. I'm sure they would be happy to give us the password so we could do the same." Sydney nodded in approval. They left the dormitory and took a more indirect route out of the common room. They didn't want others to stop them, especially those from the team. The hurried down the hall, hoping that Fred and George hadn't already made their way into the Great Hall yet. Lacey skimmed the many students and found the two identical red heads she had been looking. She pulled Sydney with her and hurried over to them.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you!" Lacey exclaimed, grinning.
George responded, "Well, you must be pretty happy to see us if your grinning that much."
Lacey, still grinning, asked quickly, "Look could you do us a favor?" The twins looked at each other and nodded at Lacey. "Okay Sydney and I are in no mood to put up with the nasty Slytherins tonight, so could you possibly give us the password to the kitchen instead?"
"I don't know Lacey, what do we get in return?" Fred asked, attempting to act serious.
Lacey shrugged, "I don't know! Whenever you want me to do something for you I will, okay? Now give us the password please!"
Fred smiled, "All right its, Pears. Now don't go around telling everyone about it either, okay?" Lacey nodded and hugged them both before she ran off to grab Sydney and grab some food from the kitchens.
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Sydney finished off her pumpkin juice and finished her last scroll for her Potions essay. Lacey was busy doing her Transfiguration homework and her Charms essay as well. Lacey had eaten barely anything, but that all changed when she closed her last school book.
"I swear that this school thinks homework is better than eating for survival." Lacey said through a mouth full of chicken. She was finally full and so was Sydney for that matter. Sydney had been unusally quiet and Lacey knew her well enough to sense something was wrong. "Sydney? Is something the matter? You are being extremely quiet."
Sydney looked up at Lacey. She was right, Sydney had been unusually quiet but that's the way she was when she was thinking deeply. "Yea, I know I've been a bit quiet. I was just thinking about everything that happened earlier, you know? Why is Draco using your secret against you? It's now his secret too since it does involve him. It could break him just as much if not more than you. If his father ever found out... It's not even something I want to think about right now. Who knows what that man is capable of." Sydney turned to look out the window. She knew only all too well what Draco's father could be capable of had he knew he had a daughter. He would either completely reject her or try to take her over and make her a true Malfoy. But Sydney knew that Lacey was too good a person to be a Malfoy at heart, ever! It was just the test of time, that was all. Sydney had to prevent Lucius from ever finding out for the sake of Lacey and for herself. No matter what it took.
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Okay that was so incredibly short and I am sooo sorry! But i did update! Yay! Well, if I was a reader I would be thinking 'Hm what's up with this Sydney character? I mean she had a small role at first but now she is taking up more of the story! What's the deal?' Well, you will soon find out! She does have a pretty good role in all of this and it's more than just being Lacey's only Slytherin friend. Okay since I know so many of you like this story would some of you like to do me the biggest favor ever??? I am writing this new fic called 'The Truth Can Sometimes Kill' and it is a HP fic. Would some of you mind reading it and telling me what you think? It's not full out 'WOW!' but its only 3 chapters long so far. I would really appreciate it! Thanks! Sorry again this is short but the next one will be better! I will have more time to write in 10 days! School will be over! REVIEW!! Luv ya!