This chapter is really short and I want to apologize for that, but I've got loads of things to do at school right now. It's the last weeks before summer break and it's really hectic. Hope you like it though :) It would be really nice if you could review and tell me things that I could do better, what you like and so on.

CHAPTER 7: Abraham Nott...

Evangeline was sitting in the Great Hall, eating her breakfast while reading the Daily Prophet. They had been back at Hogwarts for a few weeks now, today was the 13th of February. The paper was filled with reports about people gone missing or found killed. It was the doing of Voldemort, Evangeline felt a chill down her spine as she thought of the evil man. She could not understand how anyone could be responsible for so much evil in the world. Even thought they were safe at Hogwarts for now, student's parents went missing, someone's relative was found murdered. The atmosphere at Hogwarts wasn't as cheery as it normally was. The Marauders had tried to work against it though, James had said that it was during these times that people could use some good old pranking and fun. Evangeline sighed as she laid the paper down on the table. Almost two months had passed but she could not forget his face, the one that she killed. They had showed her an image later at her request, she could not bare the thought of herself killing a man and now knowing his face. It turned out his name was Abraham Nott, his grandson attended Hogwarts but he was two years older than Evangeline. When she had seen him in the Great Hall for the first time after his grandfather's death she had been sick, she couldn't stand looking at him and knowing that she robbed him of someone close to him. It was unbearable to her. She had not told many people, only the Marauders and the girls, she was ashamed of herself. Nothing could justify taking another man's life, nothing. He might have been evil, he might have murdered her if given the opportunity, but he should be put in jail, not killed for it. His face had haunted her dreams for many weeks now, sometimes when it became to much she would sneak up to the Marauder's dorms. She would quietly walk on her toes over to James's bed. She didn't need to explain it to him, he understood. He would let her share the bed with him, she felt safe with him by her side. She would wake up early, before any of the other boys and she would return to the her own dorm room, the girls would still be sleeping so no one would notice. That routine is what had gotten her through these last weeks. Evangeline glanced over at the Slytherin table, no Alessandro Zabini today either. She knew that he had been avoiding her for the last weeks, he had known about the attack before the death eaters arrived, she wanted to know how he had known that. The dark haired boy had a lot of explaining to do, that's for sure. Evangeline decided to give up for today, she folded the paper and stood from her seat. She had chosen to sit alone for once, it was quite relaxing and gave her a chance to think about all that had happened this year. She slung her bag over her shoulder and headed for potions.

Evangeline was the first one to arrive outside the classroom, she dropped her heavy bag to the ground and leaned against the stone wall. She closed her eyes and there his face was once again, those pale blue eyes, so harsh and cold. That evil smirk playing over his lips, his one eyebrow raised in question. Dark brown hair. She hated it. Loud voices drew her out of her thoughts, she opened her eyes and saw Professor Slughorn and Alessandro Zabini round a corner, coming straight towards the classroom and her. They didn't seem to notice her at first as they continued to argue, it wasn't until they were quite close that they noticed her. Professor Slughorn gave her a small smile while Alessandro looked like he was going to be sick any moment now.

"Good morning Miss Moore, hope you're ready for quite a lesson today!" he said cheerfully before turning towards Alessandro once again, his face stern.

"We will talk about this later Mr Zabini" he said before leaving the both of them, entering the classroom. Alessandro turned and started to walk away but Evangeline saw her chance. She grabbed her bag and ran after him.

"Zabini wait up!" she called out, but he ignored her or he didn't hear, it was most likely that he ignored her though. Evangeline soon caught up with him and grabbed his sleeve, forcing him to stop.

"What do you want?" he said harshly, his voice ice cold unlike his normal one. She took a step back and frowned at him.

"How did you know about the attack?" she asked him, he avoided meeting her gaze and tried to push past her.

"Don't you walk away from me Zabini, how did you know?" Evangeline gritted out through her teethes. He turned towards her with a grim face.

"It was a hunch okay, no big deal" he tried to convince her and then continued his walk. Evangeline kept up with his pace, even though she had to jog beside him to keep up with his walking, damn those long legs she thought to herself.

"Don't act like I'm stupid, it wasn't a hunch. You knew about the attack before hand, didn't you?" she questioned him, anger filling her voice. He shrugged.

"Whatever you say Moore" he said, Evangeline sighed in frustration.

"You listen to me, my brother could have been killed back there, my friends could have been killed. This is not some idiotic game, this is people's lives we are talking about!" Evangeline shouted, Alessandro turned to her with cold eyes.

"That's rich coming from you Moore, you might be one of the few people that has actually killed someone by the age of eleven, great job!" he spit out, Evangeline felt herself stopping dead in her tracks. She could not believe that he had just said that to her. He must have known that she had not intended on killing the man. She felt her anger taking control of her as she raised her arm and slapped him across the face.

"Your a bastard Zabini!" she shouted before turning around and storming off towards the potions classroom...