AVERY's POV
I woke up to the sound of Laura shouting.
"Where the hell is my dress?" she franticly asked, throwing her belongings out of her trunk.
"Did you check in the bathroom, or perhaps it's under your bed?" Lily suggested.
"I already looked; I think someone stole it from me." Laura huffed glaring at me.
"What are you serious, why would I take your dress?" I asked making my way to the bathroom before I blew up.
"Maybe, because you're jealous that I can afford nice things unlike you." She sneered.
"Are you kidding me?" I said opening the door. "Does the name Malfoy ring any bells, oh and the fact that not only are the Malfoys one of the wealthiest wizarding family's in Britain, but that also happens to be my last name." I exhaled deeply before continuing. "So being that I'm a Malfoy I would have no reason to steal your damn dress when I could buy the whole store."
"Whatever, I know you took it, just to piss me off." She yelled as I closed the door back in her face.
I quickly brushed my teeth and pulled my hair into a messy bun. I pulled on a pair of sweats and a tank top while the screaming girl banged on the door.
"And Laura if I were you I'd open my damn eyes." I said throwing her dress at her that previously was lying on the bathroom floor.
"Finally the fat bitch leaves the bathroom" Laura scoffed.
"Get this straight just because I'm not a beam pole, and my body actually has some curve to it unlike yours, does not make me fat." I said as I grabbed a novel from my bed side table. "And Laura you might want to ask daddy for a new set of boobs for Christmas, and then maybe you'll get the attention you're seeking."
I quickly shut the dormitory door to silence out her scream. I curled up on the couch and began reading. I had gotten half way through the chapter when I felt pressure on the couch; I looked up to see the smiling face of my best friend.
"Hey, what is she screaming about now?" Sirius asked.
"Just a disagreement we had, I'm sure you'll hear all about it later between your snoging sessions." I grinned placing my bookmark in its place.
"I don't understand why you two don't get along." he sighed.
"And I still don't know why you two are dating" I argued. "She's snobby, cruel, bitchy, and money hungry."
"She's never been that way with me, I mean she understands me and no girl has been able to do that." He said.
I dropped my head down to look at the floor.
"A girl other than you Avery, she doesn't ask about my family and she isn't always gushing about my looks, and yeah she may be a little bitchy at times but aren't all girls?" he asked putting and arm around my shoulders.
"A little bitchy, Sirius are you serious?" I asked "And no pun intended."
"Okay she's really bitchy, but mainly just to you." He admitted.
"But why, I've never done anything to her?" I questioned.
"She's jealous I guess," Sirius shrugged, "I mean look at you, you're gorgeous, and smart, and loyal, and who wouldn't want to be you?"
"Um, me." I stated.
"And plus you're best friends with me, I'm practically royalty here!" he said as a small smirk appeared on his face.
"Well, tell her I'm sorry that we're friends, but I wouldn't change that for the world. So she'll just to have to get over herself, because I'm here to stay." I announced standing, placing my hands on my hips.
"Good, it's hard to find a good looking girl who doesn't want to shag my brains out." He smiled hugging me. "But now I must be off my un-shaggable friend, for I have a date tonight."
"Good luck." I called up to him sitting back down on the couch.
"Hey Avery" Remus called startling me.
"Oh hey Remy, why aren't you getting ready for the big lovey dovey day?"
"Chassidy doesn't believe in celebrating holidays, especially valentines, this is perfectly fine with me." Remus smiled joining me on the couch. "Why aren't you out there getting swept off your feet by some lucky guy?"
"I wasn't interested in anyone who asked." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"So who then are you interested in?" he asked smirking.
"Oh no one" I said noticing the look of doubt on his face. "I'm serious, I have too much trouble with guys, I am done for now."
"Like I believe that, but anyways you could still go to Hogsmeade and enjoy the trip." Remus suggested.
"Would you and Chassidy like to join me?" I asked hopefully.
"I would love to, but Chassidy also has detention today so she won't be able to come." He said.
"Oh, alright."
"What are you waiting for, go get dressed." He said pushing me towards the dorm.
"Oh, fine meet you done here in a minute." I said running up the stairs.
I dug through my trunk for something to wear. I found a pair of dark jeans and a white t-shirt. I pulled them on the slid into some tennis shoes and pulled on a hooded jacket. I stumbled back downstairs to find Remus on the couch trying not to laugh.
"Sorry, I get a little clumsy."
"I've noticed, shall we?" he asked offering his elbow.
"We shall." I agreed as we made our way through the castle and off to Hogsmeade.
After a brief while we arrived in Hogsmeade, it was lively decorated with hearts and cupids flying around.
"Where to first?" I asked Remus.
"Um, Borgan and Burkes, then we can go to Honey Dukes my supply is running low, I'd like to stop by Zonko's if you don't mind, and then maybe finish the day off with a few butter beers at the Three Broomsticks." He suggested.
"Sounds perfect." I said leading us to the book store.
Borgan and Burkes was not a huge book store but it was very cozy, I enjoyed looking at the various titles of the books available.
"Hey you ready?" Remus asked carrying a stack of books.
"Yep" I said shrinking down his books so they were easier to carry.
"Thanks, I would've done it myself but I didn't have enough hands."
"What are friends for?" I smiled warmly.
"Now to the candy shop!" he yelled pointing towards Honey Dukes.
"Race you" I said running off towards it.
"You're cheating" he yelled, "Hey watch out!"
I looked in front of me and saw Sirius' smirk just before I ran into Laura.
"Get off of me, you cow." Laura screeched.
"Laura no need to be mean, she's just blind." Sirius laughed helping her up.
"But she ruined my coat" Laura whined.
"I'll buy you a new one" I offered while getting up.
"Well that's nice of you," Sirius said, "Isn't she nice Laura?"
"Yeah" Laura sighed.
I brushed off the dirt from my jeans and looked to my left seeing Remus turning blue from laughing so hard.
"Shove off Remus" I said throwing a dirt clod at him.
"Would you two like to join us for a butter beer around three?" Sirius asked.
"I have tons of homework to do, sorry." I said.
"We'd love to." Remus interrupted.
"Great, see you soon" Sirius said leading Laura away.
"Thanks Remy, have I ever told you how much I hate you." I said punching him in the arm.
"Maybe once or twice, but hey did you see Laura's face when Sirius asked if we wanted to tag along."
"Yeah it was pretty funny." I sighed entering the store; my nostrils filled with the sweet smell of chocolate as soon as I opened the door.
"Let's get some for Chassidy; it'll make her feel better, since she had to sit with the walrus all day." I suggested grabbing a few chocolate frogs.
We finished our purchases and noticed it was already two thirty.
"You want to head over to the Three Broom Sticks?" Remus asked.
"I guess we should go and get it over with." I sighed, linking elbows with him again.
We found a seat towards the back, but you could plainly see the door, just in case I needed to run.
"I'll get our drinks" Remus offered.
"I thought you wouldn't show." I heard Sirius say sitting across from me with Laura.
"I'm just full of surprises" I smirked.
"Oh really?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Glad you two could make it" Remus said sitting our drinks on the table.
"So you two are together again?" Laura asked
"No, I'm still with Chassidy" Remus answered.
"Oh, so you're cheating on her?" Laura assumed turning red with anger.
"No, can't I just hang out with my friend, you don't mind hanging out with that Ravenclaw bloke, and no one accuses you of cheating." Remus bellowed before leaving.
"Well Sirius, this was nice and all but I think I'm going to go" I said setting down enough money for my and Remus' drinks. "I'll talk to you later."
"Alright, meet me on the quditch pitch in about an hour." He said earning a sigh from Laura.
"Sure, oh and Laura, quit being a know it all bitch, it's horrible for your reputation." I added walking out and heading back to Hogwarts.
I made my way to the common room to find Chassidy trying to calm Remus down.
"Remus its fine, I know there is nothing between you two." She said rubbing his hand.
"I just hate the way people judge everything; I don't want them to continue because one day you might doubt me." He sighed
"Then we won't hang out anymore" I said sitting next to Chassidy. "Oh I got these for you" I said handing her some blood pops and chocolate frogs.
"Thanks." She replied mouthful of chocolate.
"I don't want to stop hanging out though" Remus said.
"Then don't worry what people think, I know we're not doing anything, you know we aren't, and Chassidy knows we aren't and that's all that matters." I said biting into my own frog.
"I guess you're right." He perked up, "and now Chassidy and I are going to leave you, because we're going to the library."
"Have fun" I called after them as I made my way up stairs to put the rest of my purchases away.
I decided to take a nap before I went to meet Sirius.
"Avery, wake up."Lily said shaking me, "it's time for dinner."
"What? Shit! I'm late" I said running down the stairs and out of the common room.
I finally made it to the pitch to find Sirius nowhere in sight.
"Shit" I scoffed to myself making my way off the pitch. I felt arms wrap around my waist and pull me into the air.
"Thought you weren't going to show there for a minute." Sirius said from behind me.
"Sorry, I took a nap and didn't hear my alarm, but you could've said something instead of whisking me away on your broom." I joked.
"I just wanted to fly around with you a bit we don't spend much time together anymore."
"You're too busy with Laura, so how did you get away from her tonight?" I asked.
"We got into a little bit of a fight, about the way she treated my friends."
"Oh and who would these friends be?"
"Only my hairy friend Remus, and the mean Avery." He said increasing the speed.
"Am I really that mean?" I asked.
"We'll talk about it more when we land, but for now just enjoy the night air whipping through your hair."
I looked forward again and did exactly that. It was gorgeous I couldn't believe I missed all of this before, they way the moon comes up over the trees and you can see the whole school reflected in the lake. It was the best sight ever.
We started slowing down, when Sirius landed the broom under the tree by the lake.
"This is our spot, forever and ever." He said sitting his broom down.
"I promise," I replied sitting down near the roots.
"So how have you been?" Sirius asked sitting next to me.
"Alright, busy, I've just had so much time to think but not enough time to get anything done; if that makes any sense at all?"
"It does, I get that way sometimes." Sirius admitted lying down, placing his arms behind his head.
He was, so gorgeous, the way his eyes glowed in the night, and his hair framed his face.
"What are you starring at?" he asked looking at me with raised eyebrows.
"You, I mean you're hair, I was wondering how you get it so shinny." I said recovering from embarrassment.
"I just condition it twice and let it air dry, try it I promise it'll work, not that you really need it."
"So, how's quditch? I haven't been to a game since the first." I asked lying down next to him.
"It's going well, we're in the running for the cup, but we know we'll win it."
"So cocky," I laughed, "I really miss playing."
"You could always practice with us, I'm sure James won't mind." He suggested, "So have you been having anymore of those dreams?"
"Not as much anymore, but they pop every once in awhile, I just wish I knew what they meant. Last time the lady in them screamed, 'he's still alive, go to him' but I have no idea who she's talking about."
"Have you talked to Dumbledore yet?" he asked turning to face me.
"Yeah, he said not to worry just let things play out. Hey, do you mind helping me figure out who the woman is; I know she's in the Malfoy manor during the dream, so maybe she's a relative of some sort."
"Of course we can look it up in the library, all the purebloods are listed in this huge book of records, and I've seen my brother read it tons." He said getting up and offering his hand. "Come on"
"Isn't it a bit late to be going to the library?" I asked taking his hand as he pulled me into a standing position.
"Of course, but that doesn't matter, we just won't get caught." He smiled still not letting go of my hand and pulling me into the school.
We snuck into the library and he disappeared into a corner and returned with a book twice as big as an encyclopedia.
"Here she is," he said shrinking the book and placing it into his pocket dragging me back outside.
We flipped through pages until we found the Malfoys in all their glory.
"How are you related to the Malfoys?" Sirius asked.
"My father and My Uncle are cousins, so he's not really my uncle but we still share the same last name."
"Oh so we're not related in any way? Or would be after Lucius and Narssica get married?" he asked.
"Really distant cousins and only by marriage, so I don't think it counts." I laughed "Not that it would matter anyways."
"Just wondering, so here's Lucius father, Herman?" Sirius laughed. "And I thought Lucius was bad."
"So if they're grey that means they're dead?" I asked.
"Yep, here's your dad, why don't you live with him?"
"He's dead, so I can't live in a grave yard." I said looking at the rest of my distant family.
"No he's not the his picture is still in color." He pointed out.
"Maybe it's wrong?" I shrugged.
"Nope, these kinds of things are never wrong, it's done with magic."
"Well oh well he's never been interested in me anyways." I said. "There she is!" I said pointing to the picture of a lady who looked to be in her mid forties, she had the same color hair as I did.
"You look a lot like her, you know"
"Why does it say he was married to her and not my mother?"I asked.
"I'm not sure but hey your picture is under them."
"Then where is my mother?" I asked searching the page.
"She's right in front of you Avery" I heard Dumbledore say from behind us, startling us both.
"shit." I said, "Sorry sir, you scared us."
"No, I'm sorry I disturbed you, I was enjoying a late night stroll and noticed the two of you." He said crossing his hands behind his back peering down at the book. "You know it's not right to steal books from the library."
"We're just borrowing it sir," Sirius answered.
"My, my, she is as pretty in that picture as she was when she attended here." Dumbledore sighed. "I remember when she was pregnant with you Avery, her and your father were so excited."
"Then why aren't they with me now?" I asked finding this all hard to believe.
"Your mother disappeared with you right after you were born, she gave you to her sister so you'd be safe." He said, "She was quite good at performing memory charms, she made your aunt think she was your mother, and made you father think they lost you during the delivery."
"Then why hasn't she come to take care of me?" I asked.
"She used a memory charm on herself as well, but it went wrong and ended her life. She made herself forget to breathe." He answered. "Now please be in bed before dawn or your head of house won't be pleased, good night." And he walked off.
"Holy Shit!" I yelled pounding my fist into the ground; I rolled over on my stomach and began to cry.
"Avery, come on it's going to be all right." Sirius said lying down beside me and pulling me to him.
"My whole life has been a lie, how can it be okay?"
"You were safe right?" I nodded. "That's what she wanted it was best for you."
"But I wanted a father and I couldn't have that I didn't even have my real mother."
"You did have a real mother whether it was biological or not, so now you know you had two mothers."
"I guess you're right." I sighed leaning my head on his shoulder.
"Of course I am I'm always right." He laughed.
I then punched him in the stomach and proceeded to laugh with him.
"We should do this every week, have a night where we just hang out all night and camp under the stars." He suggested.
"Of course I wouldn't have it any other way." I cuddled up closer to him.
"I love you best friend" he said tucking my hair behind my ear.
"I love you too best friend." I answered before yawning and falling asleep.