"How could you! You betrayed us. US!We're meant to be your family. We trusted you!" I was pinned against a wall in a dark corridor, panting.

"i…i…" I tried to say but was roughly stopped.

"no. don't speak. Don't talk. You are no longer part of this family. I don't want to see you EVER again." He shouted. The voice was so familiar but I couldn't pinpoint it. I searched my brain trying to figure out whose voice it was. It was coming to me…. And I felt myself slipping away. No. if I could only just… just wait I need the voice it was …. It was…..

I woke up annoyed. The voice. Argh whose voice was it. I needed to know. But why? It was just a dream. Yep. Just a dream. Nothing I needed to worry about. I tried to convince myself of it but the dream had already put me in a grouchy mood for the rest of the day.

I was walking down to the great hall with Ron, Hermione, harry and Ginny when draco intercepted us. I felt Ron tense up beside me and touched his arm to warn him not to do anything.

"Cassandra, professor Snape says that we are to serve our first detention on Saturday, we are to meet him in his headquarters ( a/n I think that's what it's called) at 8 pm sharp." Drace said in a very formal tone. I could not detect a trace of yesterday's sneering or his usual friendly tone in his voice. I looked at him closely. He looked paler somehow and had dark circles under his eyes. Hmmm…

"What are you looking at cass?" Draco asked curiously, sounding more like the Draco I used to know.

"Nothing." I replied, probably a bit sharper than I intended.

"Well then stop looking!" draco said, his sneer back

"Well what are you still doing here anyways huh? Go back to your Crabbe and goyle or whatever there called." I asked rudely. Draco stormed off.

That Saturday night I went down to the dungeons with a feeling of dread. I had managed to steer clear of trouble for the rest of the week but now there was nothing I could do to run away. I knocked nervously once on sev's door then stopped.

This was sev we were talking about. He is, or was anyway, as close as an uncle to me. Why should I be nervous about seeing him? But that was before you got put into Gryffindor a little voice in her head said. She pushed it aside. So what I got put into Gryffindor? If they weren't happy with it then they would just have to deal!

I doubted they heard my knock since it was so quiet so without bothering to knock again I walked in. Draco and sev were sitting around a table, their heads bent round a piece of paper. They looked up when they walked in.

"I don't know how the system works at Durmstrang but at Hogwarts we certainly knock before entering. Especially a teachers headquarters." Sev said curtly.

"Well sorry." I said with attitude

" excuse me?" he said horrified.

"I said I was sorry."

"Next time actually bother sounding sincere then. Now," he said turning slightly towards the piece of paper. "Tonight is a perfect opportunity to start on the Dark Lord's plan. Draco has already kindly been to Borgin and Burkes so we just have to work on our side of the plan."

"Yeah. I was thinking of using the cursed necklace at borgin and Burkes," Draco said, with a touch of nerves.

Draco nervous? Strange… this must be taking his toll on him.

"Yeah that's a fantastic idea." I said sarcastically. "I mean like tots Dumbledore is going to want or order a necklace right?

"Well it was just an idea." Draco said defensively

"I bet a 5 year old could come up with a better plan than that." I shot back.

"Well then you think up one if you think your so clever."

"You think that my mind is so twisted that I think up plans to kill our headmaster?"

"Now, now you two. Be nice. After all it is your lives on the line here." Sev said, cutting in as Draco opened his mouth to retort back.

"Well…." I said, considering the situation. "Professor Dumbledore loves wine so we could poison some wine and somehow get it to him…."

Sev looked thoughtful at that.

"I think that both these ideas could work. We just need another ally- Someone who could easily get this stuff to Dumbledore."

"How about rosmerta down at Hogsmede?" Draco asks

"Yeah she's tots going to help us." I snorted

"Can we or can we not perform the imperious curse?" Draco asked, his eyebrow raised.

"oh…." That stunned me for a second as I realised the full implications of the task. " um well I'd better be going…."

"Oh and I'm expecting you to send that letter to father" I heard Draco's voice call as I shut the door behind me.

OH DARN! Lucius would be expecting a letter. What was I going to say? There was no point in holding it off any longer because chances are then he will find out from someone else.

I walked up to the Owlery and picked up a pen.

Dear Lucius

How are you?

No scratch that.

Dearest father

I hope that you are well and that everything is good.

No. sounds like I'm sucking up to him.

Lucius

I'm in Gryffindor. It wasn't my fault I swear. It was the stupid hat. you see it thought that I should be in Gryffindor but it didn't take my opinion into account.

Nop. All lies.

Dear Lucius

Im in Gryffindor.

From

Cassie

There. short, quick, straight to the point.

I tied the letter to my owl, ash. Since I was already there I decided to send a letter to my dad.

Dad,

How's things going? Hogwarts is good. I got put in Gryffindor. Hermione and Ginny are becoming my good friends. Fred and George are in trouble as always. I am really enjoying it here at Hogwarts. I am thinking of trying out for the Quiddich team for the position of chaser. What do you reckon?

Lots of love,

Cassie.

a/n ok im soooooooooo sorry for taking forever to update. Heaps of stuffs happening at the moment and it is all so hectic. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter