A/N: ST reporting for duty! Salutes Just really one thing to say: I want you to know that this chapter takes place on a Saturday. So have fun, and enjoy.

PS. Thanks to Mystic-Tear-Drops and lo22

Nona walked the halls of Hogwarts thinking to herself. Memo to self: Next time embarrass Malfoy in a room that doesn't have every teacher of the building in it. She let a sigh escape her lips as Snape led her to the entrance to Slytherin.

"I would appreciate it if you did not pull any other tricks causing a loss of points to the House," he finally spoke as they reached a wall.

"Yes, sir."

"Womgonnit." The wall opened into a kind of living room. "This is the common room. The girls' bedrooms are up the stairs at the right as the boys' are to the left. The password I just used will let you gain access to the House. I suggest you get up to bed as it is extremely late."

"Yes, sir." She walked inside, and the door closed behind her. Collapsing upon the couch, she stared into the dying fire.

"You've been gone a long time." She knew that voice, and it didn't make her happy.

"What do you want, Malfoy? I am so not in a mood to deal with you." She sat up as he came out from the shadows.

"Not in the mood? I'm getting a lot of that from you." A disgusting look was shot his way. "I was just wondering what your punishment turned out to be?" She smiled.

"Oh, nothing too bad. I few points from the House and a couple detentions." Malfoy looked outraged.

"That's it! Even for the train incident? That's all they gave you?"

"They understand the 'train incident' wasn't my doing. That's why they sent me with this." She brought forward an envelope from inside her robes that had Draco Malfoy written on it in the Head Master's handwriting.

"What the hell is this?" He took it from her.

"That states that we have detention together."

"What?!" He opened and read it.

Dear Mr. Draco Malfoy,

It has come to my attention that you are the cause of

the incident that took place on the train today. As a result

of this information, I have no other choice than to put you

and Ms. Sancaster in detention for the next three days. You

will report to my office at 6 p.m. sharp with Ms. Sancaster

in toe.

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore

"This can't be! I told Snape all that happened, and he was going to see to it that you would get what was due to you." He threw the letter into the fire.

"Except you didn't factor in one detail. I sent Cedric to see Dumbledore before the ceremony started. I wanted to go straight to the top and make sure the truth was what was told. You see, Dumbledore delivered my acceptance letter personally, and he and my father are good friends." She stood up to meet his gaze head on, but Malfoy had a strange look in his eyes.

"Dumbledore is a very busy man. He might have to leave while we are still in detention. We'll be alone together." He stepped too close for Nona's comfort.

"I...um...I...um" she said, nervously, "I better get some sleep. Ya know. Big day tomorrow. We get our schedules, and I need to check out the grounds," she stated quickly. She moved backwards toward the right staircase. Draco followed.

"I could show you around."

"Right, sure, whatever." She turned and ran up the stairs with Draco staring after her, a smirk on his face. He makes me uncomfortable. Usually I would have shown him a thing or two, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. He's dangerous and not in a good way. She got herself ready after finding her room and trunk and went to bed without realizing who else was even in the room.

The Next Morning…

Nona woke to the sound of tapping on a window next to her. Standing, she walked over to discover her family's owl, Nomad, floating outside it. After letting him inside and giving him a treat, she read through the note he had brought her.

My Darling Nona,

I hope all is well. I know I didn't wait long to write you, but I'm a little worried about how you're making out at Hogwarts. Have you made any new friends? If not, I just ran into a very old one of mine who has a son attending your school in your year. His name is Draco, and he is in Slytherin House. Narcissa Malfoy and I have been friends for quite some time but have been unable to see each other. Then, just the other day, she comes walking into the coffee shop after her husband and your father ran into each other at the Ministry. Seems they've been working together for years without ever knowing it. Funny how these things turn out. Well, I better let you go sweetie. You do as well as you can in your studies, and no more pranks! I mean it. We can't afford to have you kicked out. Love you.

Mama

Nona placed the letter inside one of the drawers of her dresser and let the owl out, so it could return home. She didn't have time to write her mother a reply, nor did she really want to.

After showering, she put on her usual jogging/hanging-around-the-house outfit: a black sweat-suit over a green tank top. Realizing it was a very Slytherin choice, she wondered if she should change but decided against it.

She hadn't noticed the time when she got up, but she saw she had an hour before breakfast. This gave her plenty of time to look around. Entering the common room, Nona almost collided with Draco.

"Aw, I had a feeling you'd get up extremely early to try and leave without me."

"What are you talking about?" she asked completely confused.

"Last night. You agreed to let me show you around."

"No I didn't." She made an attempt to get around him, but he blocked her way out.

"Yes, you did. As you were going up the stairs, you agreed." She vaguely remembered saying "yeah" to something to get him to stop following her.

"Uh…maybe I did, but I really would rather not."

"Too late. You made a date, and now you have to keep it." He grabbed one of her arms and dragged her out the portrait hole.

"Wait! Stop!" She pulled her arm away from him, and he turned to face her. "I don't want to be led around and showed things. I enjoy finding things on my own, so just leave me alone." Walking away, she heard him following her, but when she turned to tell him off, there was no one there.

"You can't escape destiny," a low voice spoke in the darkness. She felt something touch her neck, and she jumped.

"Who's there? Malfoy?" A laugh echoed through the hall, and something touched her wrist and it began to burn. As she fell to the floor in pain and gripped her wrist, she began screaming.

"Get away! Stop it! Somebody help me!" Everything went deathly quiet except for footsteps coming toward her. She looked down at her wrist and saw the outline of a snake wrapped around her arm. Draco came into view running toward her, and she covered what was on her wrist.

"Nona? Are you okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" She tried to play it off as if nothing had happened.

"I heard you screaming for help. What happened?"

"I wasn't screaming. You're imagining things, Malfoy." Snape came running up completely contradicting her.

"Ms. Sancaster? Were you the one who was screaming?"

"I wasn't screaming!" She stormed off knowing that they didn't believe her lie. Making a decision to forget about what had happened, she found the main entrance to the school and walked out onto the grounds. The first thing to catch her eye was the lake. In the morning light, it was a gorgeous sight, but her conscience started a fight with her.

That lake is dangerous. Don't you remember what you read in Hogwarts: A History

Of course I do, but I can handle a mermaid or two.

No you can't. Once you hear them, your mind goes to mush. It's better to go check out the Quidditch Pitch. I know how much you want to play.

Fine, but only because I've never been allowed to play on a team. Beauxbatons doesn't have any.

She jogged along a path until she saw the pitch. Taking out her wand, she called her broom.

"Accio Firebolt!" Good thing Dad bought me the fastest broom as a present for accepting the invitation to his old school. The broom flew down from the sky, and she situated herself upon it after putting away her wand. She flew up and over the edge almost slamming into someone else on a broom. A whistle was blown, and she saw Cedric on a broom flying toward her.

"Nona, what are you doing?!" He looked angry.

"I was just…uh…checking out the field." His face softened.

"Sorry about blowing up at you like that. It's just the Hufflepuff Quidditch team has the field for practice this morning, and you being a Slytherin and all, we can't allow you to see us practice."

"So, how does one join a Quidditch team?"

"You'd have to go to the Slytherin team's captain. It's Marcus Flint again this year. He failed last year and didn't graduate." She spun her broom around.

"Sorry about interrupting your practice. I guess I'll see you on the field sometime." She flew off without waiting for a reply. She saw it was time for breakfast, and headed for the Great Hall carrying her broom. Upon entering, heads turned in her direction and immediately saw her Firebolt. She walked over and sat down next to Flint.

"Well, hello, and where did you get your hands on one of those?" he asked.

"My father bought me it. He knows how good I am at Quidditch and thought my old broom was holding me back."

"I didn't think Beauxbatons had any Quidditch teams."

"It doesn't. I played on the side with some of my friends. So, I was wondering…could I, possibly, join Slytherin's?"

"Anything's possible, but girls don't usually live up to Slytherin standards. I'd have to see your skills."

"Fine. Put me up against one of your best players, and we shall see who the better is."

"Alright. Now let me see. Who should I choose?" As Flint sat in thought and Nona reached for a donut, Draco entered the Great Hall looking angry.

"Where the hell have you been?!" The shouted question was pointed directly at Nona.

"I've got it," piped in Flint, "You can go against Draco."

"What?" Nona and Draco asked together.

"Yeah. He's the Slytherin Seeker, one of the best overall players of the school. You want to be on the team? You'll have to beat Draco."

"She has to beat me to get on the team."

"Yes."

"You can't be serious," Nona questioned, "I could take him down in a second."

"No you couldn't." Draco was becoming more and more furious by the second.

"Yes, I could."

"Then prove it," stated Flint, "The Slytherin team has the pitch this afternoon for practice and tryouts. Come by around 3."

"I'll be there." Nona stood and left the Great Hall followed by Draco. He stopped her as she headed for one of the moving staircases.

"I wouldn't go up those." She stopped in the center, and he was standing ¼ of the way up. She turned to face him.

"I know the staircases move, Malfoy. I figured: if I can get to the top before they move, I should be fine." As she said this, the staircase they were on began moving upwards.

"Why did you drag me into this?!"

"I didn't. You were following me." As the staircase stopped, they ran up them to the top and found a very unused hallway. Nona began to go down it, but Draco grabbed her arm.

"What are you doing?"

"Enjoying myself. Can you handle it?" He dragged her back toward the staircase.

"I can't let you do this." She was about ready to fight, but then her sleeve uncovered the snake around her wrist. Draco saw it. "What's this?" She yanked her arm back.

"It's nothing." She began running down the stairs, and Draco chased her.

"What is it?"

"I told you it's nothing."

"If it is nothing, why are you running?" She jumped on her broom and flew down faster than he could run. She headed for her room in the Slytherin House figuring she'd be safe where guys aren't allowed to go. She had to search for a spell to conceal the thing on her wrist. Racing up to her room, Nona ran into Pansy Parkinson coming out of it.

"Where do you think your going?" asked in that too high voice.

"Into my room. What are you doing in it?"

"You're the other girl in here with me?! This can't be! This is worse than getting kicked out of my other room!"

"Oh God, something else to deal with. This is just great." She pushed her way past and began searching through her bags. She heard Pansy squeal when Draco came in and could hear their conversation.

"DRAKIPOO!!! The most awful thing just happened to me—" He cut her off.

"Shut up, Pansy! Where's Nona?"

"Why would you want her when I'm right here?" She moved in to kiss him, but he pushed her off.

"Get away from me!" He moved to the staircase to the girls' dorm. "Nona?! Won't you please come down and see me?! I have a surprise for you!" She moved over to the door.

"Not on your life, Malfoy! I won't see or speak to you again until 3 when I kick your ass at Quidditch!" She shut the door, which shut out all noise from the common room. After finding her book full of spells, she took in her room. There were only two beds being used, and both had been made sometime while she was gone.

She sat down on the enlarged windowsill and began fanning through the book, the French coming back quickly. Finding the spell she needed, Nona took out her wand. Placing the tip on the strange, snake mark, she said the spell.

"Disaperiono." Making a burning sensation, the mark sunk into her skin. She collapsed to the floor in pain. When she could stand quite some time later, she returned the book to her trunk. Only then did she notice the parchment on her pillow. She picked it up and found her schedule written upon it.

Schedule

Monday

Double Potions (Slith/Gryf)

Transfiguration

DADA

Tuesday

Charms

Astronomy

Divination

Herbolgy

Wednesday

Double History of Magic(Slith/Raven)

Herbolgy

Charms

DADA

Thursday

Care of Magical Creatures

Herbology

Double Cooking (Slith/Huff)

Friday

Flying

Charms

Transfiguration

Astronomy

She enjoyed the thought of her Divination class, but despised having to be in the same classes with Gryffindor. Nona would have to take care of this Chika problem once and for all in the very near future. She looked at the huge clock tower visible through her window and saw it was 2:45. Standing, she grabbed her broom and raced out to the Quidditch Pitch.

"Nona, you're a little early," Flint said as he landed beside her. She looked up to see a cloud of green flying around in unison and wasn't at all impressed. Flint blew a whistle, and the green cloud floated down landing in front of him.

"Okay everyone. We have a spot open on the team for a chaser and Nona here would like to fill it." Grumbles came from the other team members. "I know the team has never had a girl on it, but she has graciously agreed to try and beat our Seeker, Draco." The crowd parted to allow Draco through.

"I am so ready for this." He carried the Nimbus 2001 his father had bought, and she carried her Firebolt.

"I will release the snitch, and you both will try and catch it. The rest of the team will fire Bludgers at the two of you. If Nona wins, she will be one of our Chasers." Nona mounted her broom as did Draco. Flint let the snitch go, and she flew after it as fast as she could. Draco was hot on her trail.

"You'll never get it, Nona!" She ignored him and stood up on her broom. A Bludger flew at her, and she jumped over it landing perfectly.

Draco flew forward and tried to knock her off her broom. She flipped upside down and over to his other side sending him off balance. Reaching for the snitch, her side was grazed by a Bludger, and she faltered. The pain was too much for her to handle, and she returned to a sitting position on her broom.

"I will not let this stop me!" She raced toward the snitch once again following as it dived for the pitch floor. She had to use much force to level out her broom and continue following the snitch. She stood once more on her broom ignoring the pain. The snitch was just about in reach when she saw Draco soaring straight at her and the snitch to catch it. Grabbing for it, she jumped over Draco landing on her broom past him, and in her hand sat the snitch. Flint soared over.

"Welcome to the team, Nona. You've just made history as the first girl on our team." She looked off to the side and spotted Draco skulking away.

"Draco! Wait!" He stopped walking, and she caught up with him. "Look, I didn't see much of what you were doing up there, but from what I did, I saw you've got talent."

"Are you being nice to me?" He looked astonished.

"I…uh…whatever. See you on the field." Nona walked away toward the castle, but he caught up with her grabbing her wrist. She pulled her wrist back in pain, which caused her side to explode in pain where the Bludger hit her. She collapsed.

"Flint! Get Madame Pomphrey!" Draco bent down over her, but she passed out from the pain.