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This is just a filler chapter so I can get to the real story! It is an overview of her years at Hogwarts up until fifth year. It is really important, and you will be a tad confused if you skip this chapter!

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Chapter 4

Melanie's first year went by in a flash. During the year, she became teacher's pet, to every teacher. They all adored her sheer brightness. Professor Flitwick commented many times throughout the year how he thought that she should be a Ravenclaw. She answered every single question in class, correctly, and earned her house most of its house points, and recovered the lost ones.

The spells flowed through her easily, with her magic obeying her every whim on the first try. It astounded her and her classmates how it was so simple to her, a girl who recently found out about magic, being the best at it.

She and Victoire Weasley became close friends. They were always together, it seemed like nothing could separate them. Melanie would help Victoire with homework, and Victoire would help her with everything else.

She did her best to ignore the dream she had in the beginning of the year. She took dreamless sleep potion every night, and it seemingly worked. Professor Neville Longbottom kept a close eye on her, as though he expected her to turn into Voldemort before his eyes. He was skeptical, but still praised her for her hard work and excellent grades. Her other professors, including Headmistress McGonagall had no idea of Melanie's real heritage, or father.

Second year took too long to start in Melanie's eyes. She locked herself in her room all summer, only speaking with Artemis, leaving only when she was called for meals, or forced by her mother to leave her room. Throughout the summer she continued drinking the dreamless sleep potion. Although she missed her dreams, she wished she could dream of Hogwarts. More importantly, she could not stand not using magic over the summer. The only thing that kept her sane was the constant letters from Victoire.

It was a simple year with nothing special. Although it was more than just magic to Melanie, it was life. She felt it was the place where she belonged, her true home. Feasts every day, magic all the time, people just like her around, it was her other home.

Amelia constantly wrote to her during the year, Melanie responded full of letters full of her magical adventures. Amelia knew that Melanie was completely happy at Hogwarts, but she wanted her home.

That summer was the same as the prior, except Melanie became more exclusive. Over the summer when Melanie received her letter, there was a permission slip for Hogsmeade, which Amelia immediately signed for her.

The next year of school came too slow and Melanie was the most excited for Divination. At the end of the last year she signed up for Divination, Arithmacy and Study of Ancient Runes. She chose against Muggle Studies for she came from a muggle family, and felt it as a waste.

When the year began Professor Flitwick, the deputy headmaster and Charms teacher, gave her a Time Turner. The thrill of time travel excited her, but Flitwick had told her to be extremely careful, since the Ministry was just recently able to restock on their Time Turners since 1996.

Divination soon became her favorite class. Many thought that the professor, Professor Trelawney was a no good fraud, but Melanie thought she was a genius. When Trelawney first met her, she screamed, and the whole class was amused. She remembered Trelawney's eyes staring right at her face with mystery in them. From that moment, Melanie knew that Trelawney was real seer and that she knew.

After this Melanie knew that Divination was real, and she felt desperate to know more about her future life. She took opportunities to help Trelawney whenever she could. Trelawney appreciated the help, but was always timid around Melanie. Melanie sensed it, but she wanted Trelawney to be safe around her, so she could reveal the future.

The Sorting Hat's words from first year still haunted her. She needed to know why her identity needed to be kept secret. She felt that Trelawney would reveal it to her.

Melanie took time to research Trelawney in Library. There was not much, and Melanie almost gave up when she found a biography of Harry Potter. She noted that Trelawney's name was mentioned in the index of the book, so she took it. In the book it was revealed that there were two known prophecies that Trelawney made, both concerning Voldemort. Neither can live while the other survives, struck something in Melanie, pain. She did not know why, she was happy Voldemort was dead.

She and her classmates visited Hogsmeade multiple times during the year. Melanie was greatly entranced by the Wizarding Town, and she loved taking in the scent of Honeydukes as she passed by that storefront. The Three Broomsticks had a warm and happy feel to it, and she sunk into the butterbeer. Zonko's had a joyful tone with the shop owner playing pranks on all the shoppers.

The rest of third year went perfectly fine, but Victoire became suspicious of Melanie always helping out Trelawney. She says that her Aunt Hermione called Trelawney a complete fraud, and she tried to persuade Melanie of this, but she blocked it out.

Summer continued the same, but Victoire invited Melanie to Shell Cottage for the summer. Melanie begged Amelia to go, and finally Amelia gave in, but only for the last week of summer.

During that time Victoire and Melanie went shopping together at Diagon Alley, and she even met Harry Potter when he came to visit with his children. She was completely star-struck and she wanted to hug him and thank him for killing her father. She did not, but merely stood away quietly. Teddy Lupin came to visit with Harry and his grandmother Andromeda, and Melanie felt anxious around him, she always tried to avoid his path.

Victoire's brother and sister always pestered them and Melanie thought that they were a riot. Victoire was pissed at them all the time, and had to scream at them. Dominique, her sister was going to be a third year the next year, and Melanie felt pathetic for never knowing her. Dominique apparently became a Ravenclaw, so Melanie figured that was why she did not know her. Victoire must have talked about Dominique, but Melanie thought she just blocked it out, so she pretended to know of Dominique. Louis, the brother, was a seven year old pest who had just began showing signs of magical capabilities that summer. Melanie thought that he was adorable; she always wanted a younger sibling.

Fourth year Melanie became more uncomfortable. She noticed boys staring at her in awe, and it creeped her out. They constantly asked her to go to Hogsmeade with her, but she turned them all down, in fact, they made her nervous. She felt that they only talked to her for her looks, which she did not appreciate. Victoire seemed jealous of the attention, but she did not say anything about it.

Her studies continued normally and she remained top of her class, or she also felt top of the school. She could tell that Professor Longbottom felt nervous around her, which she used to her personal satisfaction. She constantly talked with him, and once she almost saw a bead a sweat drip down his face, which almost made her laugh. She knew he did not pride himself for knowing the secret about her. She used it to her advantage; he always gave her O's and plenty of points for Gryffindor. She figured that he would even give her points if she got the answer wrong, which she never did, ever.

Professor Longbottom obviously did not tell anyone about her heritage in the past four years he knew. It kept Melanie calm, but at the same time it unnerved her. She, the heir of the Slytherin line, not worth speaking about?

Each passing day, she grew angrier that the Sorting Hat sorted her in Gryffindor. She wanted to be with the Slytherins, her true house. She felt that the Flint Twins would be the perfect allies. She constantly day-dreamed about ruling the Slytherin house and that everyone would always come to her beck and call. Yet, only Teddy Lupin kept her sane in the Gryffindor House. He would hate her as a Slytherin.

This year, Victoire protested about having dances at Hogwarts. Melanie thought that it was foolish, and the teachers and other students seemed to get great laughs from it. Victoire was very serious about the ordeal and brought up the Yule Ball her mother went to when she attended Beauxbatons. It seemed like Victoire needed it. Sadly, she never got her dream as Professor McGonagall finally put a stop to Victoire's riots by threatening punishment. Students felt like that this event would appear in the next edition of Hogwarts, A History.

Throughout the year Melanie prepped more than anyone for the OWL exams to come. Victoire could not believe Melanie's determination, and constantly compared her to her Aunt Hermione. Melanie, of course was flattered, she only wished to be like a true hero.

Throughout the year she also helped out Professor Trelawney as much as possible. Trelawney seemed to appreciate the help, but Melanie knew that she would prefer it from a different student, but they all thought she was a fraud.

The summer of that year came and went just like the prior. Again, she stayed with Victoire at the end of the summer; it was all the same, Louis and Dominique were just as annoying.

As normal she received her Hogwarts letter listing the needed supplies, but this time attached to the note was a notice that she is now a Hogwarts Prefect. She screamed in joy, when Mrs. Weasley thought danger was around. She was completely startled and cursed in French, but Victoire laughed like crazy. Melanie proudly wore her Prefect badge all summer while Victoire just scoffed.

During her fifth year, Melanie officially began cracking down on studying for her OWLs. Even Victoire followed her suit and asked her for tips and information. Melanie was always in class, the common room, or the Library. It even seemed like she never went to the bathroom. She took the opportunity of being a Prefect to scold many other students, which she took an unnatural satisfaction in. Teddy was a Prefect with her, and they made rounds together. He made her feel nervous, and her words spattered out of her mouth around her.

Teddy Lupin seemed to always want to study with her. It appeared as though they were a couple by the amount of time they spent together. In December, right before the third trip to Hogsmeade, he asked her out, and she could not refuse. She hugged him right then and there, her bottled up feelings reaching the surface. Victoire was happy for her, and seemed relieved. She revealed to Melanie that she had a crush on their fellow Gryffindor, Robbie Pearson, and that she thought Melanie did too. Melanie simply laughed and Victoire chuckled with her.

Teddy and Melanie became closer and shared everything together. She was even tempted to tell him about her unwanted heritage, but she refrained from doing so. She clearly remembered the first time they kissed. They were doing their Prefect rounds together, and Melanie tripped and fell. Teddy immediately lifted her up and once she stood, they caught eye contact, and Teddy leaned down and pecked her on the lips. Melanie's heart filled with joy and she felt like she would burst. Teddy blushed afterward and apologized after Melanie said nothing. Instead she hugged him and they returned to the common room.

Her scholarly life remained the same. Professor Longbottom was nervous around her, and seemed completely angry that she was a Prefect. It made her upset, for he was her Head of House, so he made an important impact on that decision. Divination class remained her favorite and she still helped Trelawney, who now liked Melanie. Although, whenever Melanie saw Trelawney, it always reminded her of when Trelawney screamed in her face after seeing Melanie for the first time in third year. The fact that Trelawney knew, scared her.

The OWL exams were extremely easy and a piece of cake to Melanie. They people hosting the tests were all nice and sweet to all of the students. It made Melanie so angry that she studied so hard since fifth year that she wanted to the examiner's face. She held in her bottled up fury and pain, but it needed to be released, yet it never was.

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