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Hope you like this latest instalment I give you MALFOY! For although he is evil he is damn sexy ;)
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First day of lessons, Sarah thought as she dashed down a corridor, after her impromptu night guests she was quite honestly exhausted. However she managed to rouse herself enough to have a coffee in the great hall for breakfast. The only problem was that she had lost Harry and the rest of the Gryffindors on the way to Divination. Hermione had already run of to Arithmancy, so Sarah was stuck. However she could see a blonde boy rounding the corner with two, well they could only be described as goons, tailing him closely.
Sarah panted as she came close to him "Hey...can...you...help me...find...North tower?"
The boy smirked and said in a snide cold voice, "and why would I want to do that?"
Sarah blanched, what exactly was this guy's problem? "Sorry I'm new and I thought you might be able to help, I guess I was mistaken."
At this Sarah drew herself up to her full height and turned away carrying herself as any good actress could. The desired effect was instantaneous, the blonde git called back to her,
"wait, I suppose it is my duty to help new students, especially if they need educating on the right sort to ally themselves with" With a quick flick of the wrist to the two goons he began stalking down the corridor and half turned, "well I am not going to wait all day, come on if you don't want to be late!"
Sarah smothered a grin turning it into a yawn. This smarmy git could be Jareth if it wasn't that the Goblin King actually had some charm. He was regal and had a certain British sexiness about him. This boy didn't yet know how to work the accent, but she had no doubt that he would learn it as he grew older; he had charmer written all over him.
He looked sideways at her briefly, "my name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, what's yours?"
Sarah almost smirked at the formality of his introduction but returned in kind, "Williams, Sarah Williams" She almost laughed thinking it sounded so very Bond.
"So lessons with the Gryffindors? That can only mean you are one of those goody goodies." Here he looked at her expectantly, he was giving off the air of not caring; but Sarah could sense his curiosity peaked. She knew the image she painted, new student in the 5th year, from America of all places and no one knew where she had come from before that. She sighed inaudibly, she could hardly have expected to have come into a new school unnoticed, it really had been too much to hope for. She could only count herself lucky that her other friends were content to let her tell her story in her own time.
"Yeah so what of it" Sarah shrugged, she was rapidly deciding that she did not like this boy
"So, I think that one of your stature should at least have been placed in the right house!" Sarah gasped as the viciousness of his remark
"Right stature?" She questioned, "What do you mean?"
Malfoy scoffed, "I would recognise a Vindici anywhere, if I am not mistaken you are Esmeralda's daughter?"
Sarah stared in amazement, "yes my mother was Esmeralda, I did not know her maiden name though, what does that mean to you?"
Malfoy snorted a rather undignified sound from a boy who obviously valued dignity. "The question is, what does it mean to you?" here he leaned in closer to Sarah and smirked; "nothing in this world is free".
Sarah moved unconsciously back until she was closer to the wall, Malfoy followed her, "What do you want, I have nothing you could possibly want; or need" Sarah was ashamed at how much her voice quavered and sought to stand taller; if she tried she was the same height as the boy.
"I guess" here he touched his hand to her face, and although Sarah tried to stop it she could not prevent a shiver running through her body "we will just have to use our imagination then won't we" the two goons cracked their knuckles behind him.Sarah could not he Malfoy creature repulsed her. She coldly shook his hand off, how had he known her name? Deciding the first thing she needed to do was get herself away from the slimy git.
"Stay away from me or it shall be the worst for you," Sarah hissed putting as much of a threat into the words as she could, she then turned and began walking up the corridor; trying to place as much distance between her and Malfoy as possible. She could
She eventually reached North Tower and resolved she would have to place as much distance between herself and that brat as possible from now on, and a hot shower was very much in order; she could still feel the slime on her face.
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Once at the top of the ladder Sarah coughed quietly, the room was heavy with incense. She could see everyone else sitting around small tables; however seeing as none had any spaces left she sat at the nearest unoccupied one. She flashed Ron a quick smile and then looked about for the teacher. Harry looked up at her and wrote a quick note
Hey! What kept you?
Sarah smiled and quickly scribbled back
Some smarmy git, think he was a Slytherin, anyway where's the teacher?
The note came sailing back to her desk
MALFOY, the bastard, don't let him intimidate you. Proff Trelawney always likes to make a dramatic entrance, don't worry she always says someone will die, they never do.
Just as she had finished reading the note a wavering voice was heard in the far corner.
"My darlings, so good to see all of you n such good health. I sense great change coming this year; things that cannot be foreseen. Ah I see a new face in our midst to replace that which we lost last year." Here she came over to Sarah and she saw herself reflected in a pair of the biggest spectacles she had ever seen. "My darling" Professor Trelawney reached out and touched her hand meaning to look at her life line. However as soon as she touched Sarah's flesh she stepped back as if burned. "My darling you have faced dangers untold and hardships unnumbered!" Sarah stiffened at her choice of words and waited for what was to come next.
"You have faced a great evil, though not so great as that which you will face in the future"
Sarah guessed that this could only be a reference to the unnameable wizard that Dobby had mentioned.
"I fear you will become a recluse before your untimely...death"
Sarah bit back the gasp, after all Harry had said that this was her usual practice with every new student. So it would be foolishness to take these words too seriously. However she was mildly concerned, Trelawney had appeared to have seen something of her past... Sarah decided to try and keep a low profile from now on. Looking about she saw that Lavender and Parvati looked impressed, whereas Ron was miming being sick underneath the table behind the teachers back.
Suddenly she looked up as a crystal ball materialised in front of her. The teacher had obviously grown bored and decided to begin actually teaching her students. Sarah let out the breath that she had been holding since Trelawney grabbed her hand. She glanced over to Harry and Ron but found them looking down at the table in disgust. They were obviously not impressed by crystal balls.
"Students, I have seen us needing more progression on the crystal ball so have moved our syllabus so that we can concentrate more on its study; please concentrate on calming your mind as you did last year and I shall assist if necessary"
Sarah looked at the ball briefly and then looked around the room; everyone else was peering intently into the ball and obviously trying to make out anything.
As she turned her attention back to the swirling depths of the crystal she saw it darken and then brighten to show a room she knew only too well. In front of her was a clear image of the Escher room in all its dizzying glory. Sarah felt a little motion sick just looking at it; taking a deep breath she focused on calming her thoughts and seeing what the crystal would show her. What happened next she could not understand, a whirling flash of images appeared not on the crystal but in her mind. She could see a dark shape moving towards her; she tried to scream but her mouth was welded shut. The creature started reaching for her and suddenly there was a blinding flash. Next she saw herself standing before the goblin king; however his face contorted and became a rotting corpse flashing an evil toothy grin. Again she found she could not scream, her body would not respond to her touch. More and more images began flying through her mind, sights of Toby lying on the ground in his red striped baby suit, Karen and her father dead in the living room. She then saw Hogwarts as a smoking crater bodies thrown across the grounds like rag dolls. Finally she saw the Labyrinth, the goblins gone and Ludo and Hoggle bound and gagged. Sir Diddimus and Ambrosia were gone but she could see an eye patch on the ground. More and more images began whirling through her head, getting faster and faster.
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Suddenly her mind cleared and she found she was lying on the floor; Professor Trelawney was bending over her holding a jar of smelling salts under her nose.
"She is waking up" someone hissed
"Why was she screaming like that, what happened" this sounded suspiciously like Lavender.
"Sarah, what did you see, tell me" Professor Trelawney grabbed her arms and looked at her intently, "I need to know what you saw!"
That was the final straw, Sarah thought about what she had seen; that was what caused the dam to finally break. Sarah felt the corners of her eyes first begin to sting and then tears were flooding down her face. She felt strong hands grip her on each side and she was man handled, although quite gently, down the stairs. She was aware of movement but she couldn't stop crying long enough to work out where they were headed, or indeed who had a hold on her.
Finally she found herself in a room full of hospital beds and surmised that this had to be in the infirmary. She wasn't sure why she had been brought here, but it seemed a better placed to be bawling her eyes out. A plump witch cam bustling over and glared at the people either side of her, it was only at this point that she realised it was Harry and Ron who had gotten her here. The nurse ushered her over to a bed and glared at the boys again.
"What happened?"
"N-Nothing miss, we were in divination and..." Ron began but wilted quickly under her glare
"She was looking in the crystal ball and suddenly collapsed, she started screaming and moaning on the floor and then she burst into tears" Harry supplied. Inwardly Sarah cringed, she did not want to draw too much attention to herself, and she doubted many other wizards collapsed on their first day of school.
"Hmph, I shall have to inform the Headmaster and Professor McGonagall that she is here, I'll keep her in overnight for more monitoring, now off, go on"
Making shooing motions with her hands she flapped them out of the room, Harry and Ron flashed her nervous smiles before the door was shut in their faces. Sarah sighed and waited for the questions, which never came. Puzzled she looked expectantly at the Nurse and found her kneeling at the fireplace in the corner.
Sarah bent her neck for a closer look and saw an image of Dumbledore appear in the flames, she could not make out what was said but soon Dumbledore appeared in the fireplace, closely followed by McGonagall and the hook nosed teacher from the other night. McGonagall moved to her side with a look of concern; Sarah felt a hand press to her forehead and began to feel a little irritated, they were treating her like she was an invalid.
"I feel fine, it was probably a reaction to all the damn incense in that room, it was far too stuffy!"
Sarah could tell that they weren't convinced but she was not eager to spend the rest of the day hiding away in the medical bay, Dumbledore looked down his glasses concerned and seemed to reach a decision.
"Leave us" this was not a request, the other witches and wizards looked at each other but turned to leave the room.
Sarah was decidedly nervous now; Dumbledore did not seem to have any of the charm he had possessed before. "Is there anything you think you should tell me?"
Sarah thought, there was always the truth. But she did not want to think of the consequences of revealing the existence of the Labyrinth; so she opted for a lie. It was safer to everyone; "sorry sir, I must have fallen asleep and had a nightmare, the incense was very strong and I did not sleep well last night." (Ok so that part was true).
"Are you sure my dear, no detail you think I should know. Did you see anything in the crystal?"
Sarah shook her head. After all she ahd technically seen the images in her mind not the crystal
Madam Pomfrey, it turned out she did have name! Returned at point, and decided that all questions would have to wait. After breathing a huge sigh of relief, Sarah settled down to wait out her first day of school. However she had one problem, she did not even have the prospect of homework to keep her occupied. Sarah looked at her watch, only remembering as she stared at its unmoving face, that technology did not work at Hogwarts.
Sarah felt like wailing "It's not fair" as indeed it wasn't, but it could be worse she could still be at muggle school. At the thought of her old school her thoughts turned back to her family. Well at least one half of it. She did miss her father and Toby, she may have been annoyed at Toby for being whiny, but he was a baby they were always whiny. She drew out a sheet of parchment and a quill. She had decided to avoid the obvious owl feather quill in favour of a rarer one from the wing of a Hippogriff. She quickly scribbled a note to her father detailing him that she had indeed arrived at school safely and she would write at least once a week.
Once finished she called up a goblin from the underworld. Once the impish creature had calmed down enough to stay still on her hospital bed she ordered it to deliver it to her house in America.
"And don't cause any trouble" Sarah cautioned, although she liked that advantages of having Goblin servants she knew the trouble that they could cause if left unchecked.
Later in the afternoon Harry and Ron returned, this time with Hermione in tow. Sarah repeated her excuse, "It was just a nightmare" and they seemed satisfied, Hermione even laughing that Trelawney had actually assumed that Sarah had seen something; Sarah sensed that there was no love lost between those particular people. Then the conversation turned towards Malfoy.
"So what did Malfoy want? He give you a hard time?"
Sarah nodded, "I asked him for directions because I got a little lost, but when he realised that he knew my family he decided he would threaten me"
Harry and Ron looked like they had more questions but Madam Pomfrey came up then and claimed that they were going to miss afternoon lessons if they did not hurry. Sarah moved to get up and go after them but Madam Pomfrey pushed her back down, not unkindly.
"Rest now, you won't miss much, you still feel a little feverish so stay overnight so I can keep an eye on you. I think you may have had an allergic reaction to something, although what I cannot say!"
So Sarah got out her copy of Hogwarts a History and began reading the afternoon; and her first day of a new school, away.
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