Chapter 1:

I packed my stuff once again for the school year. For some reason I don't believe I will return back to this apartment. I took one last look before heading on over to King's Cross train station. Usually even though I never showed it, I would feel excited deep down inside because the few friends I had, which was Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Neville, Luna and Harry, made me feel like I had a home there at Hogwarts. But now I felt depressed, and unenthusiastic about returning. I wasn't so sure who was going to return. I knew for sure Harry wasn't going to because he was going to try and get rid of Voldemort. And Hermione and Ron always follow after Harry so they were probably not going to attend school either. I decided that I would just have to wait and see.

When I got on the train I went looking for a compartment to sit in. I found one with a Hufflepuff girl sitting in it. She seemed somewhat plain but pretty with dark brown eyes. She kind of reminded me of Ginny by the way she looked but not as startling as her. She had a blondish reddish look to her hair which made me almost mistake her for Ginny.

"Do you need a place to sit?" she asked in an American accent.

"Um yeah. You don't mind do you?"

"Of course not."

"Thanks, I wasn't so sure anyone would let me sit with them."

"Well why not?"

"Because they first thought I was weird."

"Well welcome to the party," she said. "By the way, I'm Melba Jones," she said as she gave me her hand.

"I'm Lydia…Lydia Avalon," I said a little hesitantly shaking her hand.

"Ah, you're Lydia. I heard about you. You were the one secretly dating Draco Malfoy, right?"

"How'd you find out?" I asked a little annoyed that someone would know of my relationship with Draco.

"You just confirmed my suspicions right now. Besides, everyone heard how you let Draco escape last year and I wondered why. I came up with the theory that maybe you liked him or something," she said with a grin.

"Very clever for a Hufflepuff. You sure you went to the right house?"

"My grades aren't that great. Besides I have more nice in me then cleverness."

"You know I don't think I ever saw you at Hogwarts before."

"People usually don't. I'm like a wallflower, and I don't believe we had any classes together."

After a few moments of awkward silence passed by she opened her mouth again.

"Did you love him?" asked Melba.

"Excuse me?"

"You know, Malfoy? Did you love him?"

"I don't believe that is any of your business," I said pretty coldly.

"Yeah, sorry. I can be really nosey but if I were you I would have let him go too."

I turned my head away because I was really starting to get annoyed. She really was nosey!

"That's if I truly loved him though. If I was still me and I knew nothing about him then I would've hexed him."

"Okay could you please change the subject or maybe you can just shut up?" I said in a bored tone.

"Sorry, my mouth just keeps running. I should learn to shut up," she said with a smile on her face. It was a cute smile, something that I couldn't turn away from. It was like the smile of an adorable child.

"It's okay Mel," I said still a little annoyed. Even though I had just met her I felt like I couldn't stay mad at her. It was like a parent with their child when they can't stay mad at you forever.

"That's the first time anyone called me Mel before. I was always called by my full name because it sounded funny and people knew that it got to me."

The rest of the ride to Hogwarts was rather quiet. Neither Mel nor I talked the rest of the way but she did stare at me a lot. When we reached Hogwarts I hadn't seen anyone when I got off the train. Mel continued to follow me wherever I went. It seems she had taken a liking to me because even though I didn't know it then, Mel was to become one of my best friends that I would ever have.

"Lydia!" said someone shouting after me.

I turned to see Ginny, Luna, and Neville running towards me.

"Lydia, you came!" said Ginny. "I haven't seen you since last year and you never wrote back to any of us."

"I actually hadn't planned on coming back. I got a letter commanding that I return."

"Well since you're here, let's try to stick together. Oh, who's you friend?" asked Ginny while pointing to Mel.

"This is Mel Jones. Mel this is Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom."

"Pleasure to meet you!" she said in a sweet-song voice.

Ginny and them seemed to hit it off rather well with Mel. For a wallflower with not really any friends, she sure was good at making them. We all rode the carriage together to Hogwarts. It certainly didn't feel the same when we entered the school. I felt cold. I used to always feel that way but this was out of fear. I seriously felt afraid. Like my worst fears were just going to pop out!

When we enter the Great Hall the place seemed to have a gloomy look to it. I certainly didn't feel amazed like I did in the past years. It was like walking into a funeral home. Our little group sat together just so we could feel a little stronger.

We were introduced to some new teachers and they talked on how things were going to be handled this year. Snape, as our new headmaster, gave us all our new rules and how the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was changed to the Dark Arts. The discipline was also going to change. And from now on, there was no Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Gryffindor. Just Slytherin. After that was settled and everyone was off to bed, Filch came up to me.

"The headmaster orders for you to come meet him in his office."

So I followed him to Snape's office. Once I entered his office I noticed that he had all that belonged to Dumbledore removed and replaced them with his own possessions.

I wasn't really paying attention to who was in the room till I heard a voice say my name.

"Hey Lydia, it's been awhile hasn't it?"

I turned to see that Draco Malfoy, the boy who had broken my heart last year, was in the same room. He hadn't changed a bit. It was only a few months since the last time I saw him but still, it felt like an eternity. I felt hurt to see him because all I could feel at the moment was heartache all over again.

"Malfoy, you are dismissed," I heard Snape say.

"Yes professor," said Draco as he quickly glanced at me. I noticed that as he left he was wearing the Head Boy badge.

"Sit, Avalon," said Snape. I quickly forgot my pain as it switched to anger while I sat like an obedient little girl.

"I take it, that you decided to stay, am I right, Miss Avalon?" asked Snape.

"Well I thought I had no choice, considering the fact that I was commanded to come back to school."

"We thought it best you continue your education here at Hogwarts."

"Quite frankly, I don't care what you think. If you don't already know I live by and take care of myself. Not only that, I am probably the only student here able to perform magic stronger than any teacher here. I'm in charge of my own life."

"Well as of today, Miss Avalon, you are no longer in charge of your own life. The moment you walked into this school, meant that you were willing to leave your life in our hands," said Snape with no enthusiasm.

"But I was commanded to come here! Besides, I couldn't leave those who mean most to me walk into a deathtrap! That's the only reason I even stepped foot into this school!" I said now standing out of my seat.

"You could have just as easily, not come at all, Miss Avalon."

"Oh yeah and hide out until one of your kind found me huh? I wasn't put into Ravenclaw for my good looks, you know!"

"Pretty brave, speaking to a headmaster like that."

"You'll never be considered headmaster in my book. Now tell me, why you wanted to talk to me in the first place?!"

"I believe you have a close relationship with Draco Malfoy, do you not?" asked Snape.

"Oh God, is this about him?! For Christ's sake, I could care less about Malfoy at this time," I said even though deep down I did care. "What's so important that you had to bring up one of my private, old relationships with a student?!"

"You are to be Head Girl."

"What?! After all that has happened to me with him, you decide to make me Head Girl?! Why don't you just get one of the Slytherin girls for the position?"

"Because I would like for you to keep an eye on him."

"Well isn't that a teacher's job? To keep an eye on their students?"

"You had the closest relationship with him here at school. And for my own reasons I need you to keep an eye on him. See if he does anything suspicious."

"And why should I cooperate with you? Give me a reason why I should do as you say?" I said sitting back down.

"Well we wouldn't want anything to happen to your friends now would we?"

As soon as he mentioned my friends I actually turned to face him. I gave him a glare and my hands were slowly starting to turn into fists.

"You're a horrid man," I said as I got up to leave.

"Your badge, Miss Avalon," he said tossing me my Head Girl badge.

"What exactly am I watching out for with Malfoy?"

"You're just to inform me on whatever he does that seems out of the ordinary. Oh and there are no rooms for the Heads. You are to just go to your former House and reside there."

"Joy," I said rather annoyed with the whole situation I was put into.

As I was on my way to the Dorm I began to wonder why Snape would need me to look after Draco. What was Snape up to anyway? Was Draco up to something? When I turned to do down another corridor I bumped into someone. Speak of the devil; it was none other than Malfoy himself!

"Good evening Lydia," he said with that marvelous trademark smirk of his.

I felt something inside of me begin to crawl out when he spoke to me. His face made it seem like nothing had ever happened between us. Like it didn't matter.

Trying to ignore him I turned my head away and tried to walk around him, but he quickly stepped in front of me as I looked down to the floor.

"I see you've reverted back to your quiet self, or is that just around me?" he said.

I tried to step around him again but he stepped in front of me and this time he grabbed my hand and held it to his face. I could have just as easily blown him away. I could easily kill him, but I could never do that. Not to him or anybody else for that matter. I finally looked up at him to see that his height was still and would always be dominate to mine. Memories of our countless nights together came flooding into my mind as he started to kiss me hand. I quickly pulled it away and ran around him. As I was running I could hear him say, "I'll find a way for you to forgive me, Lydia!"

I just ran. I ran all the way to the dormitory and went straight to sleep. I didn't want to think about today. I didn't want to think about Draco. I just wanted some sleep and to just breathe.

Okay how was that as a first chapter? Plz review and let me know okay! Sry I haven't updated in like forever but with school goin on right now its kinda hard to get any ideas considering nothing happens at my school! Its Christmas break right now so I have time. Well I wish everyone a happy holiday and remember to review!!! I'll update as soon as I can!