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Summary:

Chapter Eight – The Parents Find Out.

The next day, Ariella and Lucas were walking down the hallway holding hands and completely oblivious to the looks that the other students were giving them after all it wasn't everyday that you saw a Slytherin holding hands with a Gryffindor when the two houses hated each other in reality. It seemed to be a weird dream that no one could wake up from. Unbeknownst to Ariella and Lucas two people had seen them together. Those two people were Dessy and Boo. Now although Boo was happy that her brother had finally found himself some happiness she wasn't sure that her father would be happy for him. She had to do something to save her own neck because if her father found out that she had known then he would come down on her like a tonne of bricks.

Boo quickly walked to the owlery and found some spare parchment and a quill in her pocket. She quickly scrawled a letter to her father that said:

Father,

I think that you should know that Lucas has found himself a girlfriend. She is a very nice girl as I have had the pleasure of speaking with her and Lucas seems very happy with her. You are probably wondering why I am writing to tell you this as I hardly ever write to you but I think that you should know that you wouldn't approve of this relationship. You may be asking yourself how I know this and I know this because the girl is in Gryffindor.

Oh and her name is Ariella Potter.

Love,

Brittney.

Boo coaxed a school owl down from the rafters and attached the letter to its leg. As she was watching it fly away Ember walked into the owlery closely followed by Dessy. Boo looked up and saw that Ember was also clutching a letter.

"What are you doing in here Malfoy? Shouldn't you be flirting with your brother's best friend?" Ember sneered at her.

"I gave myself a day off today. He likes me but I don't like him. It's quite sad actually and besides I needed to owl my dad," Boo replied nicely.

Ember nodded and called upon the Potter's owl. She attached her letter to the leg of the tawny owl and then watched it fly away. Once it was out of sight Ember faced Dessy and smirked.

"That should have dad up here soon enough. Ari will rue the day she ever went against a promise."

Dessy nodded and followed Ember out of the owlery. Boo sighed to herself and suddenly wondered if she had done the right thing. Would her father come to the school shouting the odds or would he just send a howler? She would have to wait and see.

The next day at breakfast time, the usual flurry of owls entered the Great Hall and dropped letters and parcels off to their respective owners. Ariella checked to see if she had received an owl but she hadn't. She quickly looked over to the Slytherin table and saw the Malfoy's eagle owl land in front of Lucas holding a red envelope. Lucas groaned when he saw the envelope that was now shaking; he quickly relieved the owl of its letter and opened it. To no one's surprise Draco Malfoy's voice filled the hall.

"LUCAS MALFOY! WHAT IS THIS I HEAR OF? HAVE YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND? A GRYFFINDOR GIRLFRIEND AT THAT AND WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS THE FACT THAT SHE IS A POTTER! HOW DARE YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH GOING OUT WITH ARIELLA POTTER! I WAS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT! YOU MUST NIP THIS IN THE BUD IMMEDIATELY! I CANNOT HAVE MY ONLY SON AND HEIR TO THE MALFOY FORTUNE BEING SEEN WITH THAT GIRL! IF YOU DON'T NIP IT IN THE BUD THEN I SHALL!"

The howler then tore itself into tiny pieces and burnt. Lucas looked at Ariella sheepishly and smiled. Ariella returned the smile and couldn't help but wonder if what Draco had said was true. Would he actually come to the school and ruin their relationship? Only time would tell.

After lessons, Hogwarts' halls were once again found to be in the company of Harry Potter. He had received the letter that Ember had written to him and wasn't at all impressed with Ariella's newfound relationship. Before he knew it he found himself stood once again in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady. This time however Harry asked a third year to fetch his daughter for him. Ariella came out of the common room wondering what her father wanted now and sighed when she saw him glaring at her.

"How dare you," Harry growled.

"What?"

"How dare you do that to me. How could you do that to your mother? Do you realise that she is very upset at the moment. How could you think about going out with Lucas Malfoy? Did your promise to me mean nothing?"

"It wasn't my fault. It just happened. He isn't as bad as his father, please dad I'm the happiest I've been in a long time."

"When did it happen?" Harry asked.

"A couple of days ago. His sister fell of her broom in Quidditch practise and the rest of the team left him waiting for information on his own. He didn't know if she was alive and they left him so I kept him company and it progressed from there," Ariella replied calmly.

"Get rid of him! I don't want my daughter to be his girlfriend! Find yourself someone in Gryffindor!"

"NO!" Ariella shouted.

Harry didn't like her back chatting him so he shouted back.

"ARIELLA YOU WILL DO WHAT I SAY! YOU WILL NOT SEE HIM ANYMORE! IF I FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE SEEING HIM STILL THEN YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF BACK AT HOME BEFORE YOU CAN SAY QUIDDITCH!"

"WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL? I NEED TO SIT MY NEWTs!"

"YOU'LL GO TO BEAUXBATONS. I'LL ASK THE HEADMISTRESS IF SHE'LL GIVE YOU A PLACE! IF YOU REALLY WANT TO STAY HERE THEN I SUGGEST THAT YOU DUMP HIM AND REFUSE TO SEE OR SPEAK TO HIM!"

And with that, Harry turned on his heel and walked briskly through the corridors once again. Ariella watched him go and once he was out of sight she collapsed onto the ground and started to cry at what her father had just told her to do. There was no way that she could do that to herself and Lucas. The relationship really had gone too far now because Ariella was sure that she loved him. She was in a right pickle at the moment.

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