Chapter 4:

Normal Pov

Juliunna was nervous on her way to Hogsmead. Draco was walking beside her on the road, whispering out pointers. "Back straight. Smile. Stop scratching your arm. You look nice, but I want you to act nice." Draco repeated. She had been so happy when it had started to snow. Draco had then allowed her to wear pants and jacket. She was wearing a regular pair of jeans and an overlarge black shirt. Not that you could see most of it behind Draco's large hoodie she was wearing. "I've got it Draco." She said with a smile.

She skipped down the snow filled road with a smile. Most of the people on the road didn't bother them. "Where are Crabbe and Goyle? Its pretty weird that they aren't here." Juliunna said. Draco shrugged with a smile.

"Their still in the hospital wing. Besides, I told them to stay behind. My parents are meeting you, not them."

"Your meeting Malfoy's parents?!" Ron said, and Draco pulled his wand out immediately. Juliunna spun around and grabbed Draco's wand hand, pulling it down.

"Yep." She said to Ron. The golden trio had been standing behind them. Draco put a hand on Juliunna's back and directed her faster down the road.

"Don't talk to them."

"I'm aware of that. Draco, they think we're up to no good." Juliunna whispered to Draco. "Or at least their thinking that you are." She said with a smirk. Draco chuckled. Sure enough when they got to the end of Hogsmead road and entered Hogsmead, Harry had mysteriously disappeared from Ron and Hermione's side.

"He's under his invisibility cloak." Juliunna whispered, leaning into Draco's ear. Draco's nodded. "What a stupid git." He whispered to her.

"Alright, let's throw him off." Draco whispered. Juliunna looked behind her at the footsteps appearing in the deep snow. They were fairly away from the duo's.

"Now!" Draco snapped at her, grabbing her wrist. He tugged on her arm towards Zonko's and they both started running. The second they hit the huge and noisy shop, Draco shouted to her.

"We'll take the back, round the corner, and then get to the shop in flat timing." He shouted. They both ran as fast as they can, fighting through the crowd of people to get to the back doors.

"Budge up!" Draco shouted at a third year. He jumped and fell, making Draco laugh.

"That wasn't funny." Juliunna said as they ran into the backdoors. Juliunna and Draco threw them open and ran outside hitting the snow hard.

"Which turn?"

"Left." Draco said, and they both sprinted down the empty street.

"Think we lost him?" Draco asked as they rounded the corner. Juliunna sighed.

"Maybe. But he's notorious for his sneakiness. I think out of his whole five years, he was only caught once. But he still escaped major trouble!" Juliunna said. Draco and Juliunna slowed down as they reached the outside of a tea shop.

"How long is this going to take?" Juliunna whined, not wanting to do it anymore. Draco chuckled at her.

"Ten to twenty minutes tops. Don't worry, it'll be fine. Their going to love you!" Draco smiled. He opened the door and the both of them shuffled inside. All the while, Juliunna was talking to herself inside her head. I don't care what they think of me. I don't care what they think of me. I really don't care what they think of me. Their only people. People who are just people. She said to herself repeatedly. Draco grabbed her arm and led her towards the table in the back. Both of his parents were sitting at a small table, talking to themselves quietly.

"Draco!" Narcissa said, holding her hand up in greeting. Draco smiled at them. When Draco and Juliunna reached the table, she was glad when he pulled out her chair for her. She was wondering whether or not it was okay to sit. When was she to sit? How should she sit? It saved her a lot of thinking on her part.

"Mom, this is Juliunna." Draco smiled, sitting down next to Juliunna. Lucius and Narcissa looked at Juliunna clearly, and froze. The smiled dropped off of Narcissa's face.

"Oh man. Is it the outfit? Draco told me it was stupid but I didn't believe him-!"

"No! Its not what your wearing." Lucius said. He got up. "Draco, can I talk to you in private?" Lucius said. Draco nodded, a small glare on his face. Draco and Lucius walked over to a small column. Juliunna smiled at Narcissa softly.

"Hi."

"Hi." Narcissa said nervously.

That is not a good sign. Juliunna thought to herself. Behind the column, Draco and Lucius were whispering fiercely to each other.

"What is it?"

"Draco, you do realize who that is, right?" Lucius whispered, and the both of them looked at Juliunna. She was staring at the top of the table, trying to think.

"My friend."

"No. Draco, you don't even know how serious this just got. Three days ago, the Dark Lord brought up a topic at one of the meetings. The one you missed." Lucius started. Draco nodded, a cautious look on his face.

"Yeah, and what does that have to do with Juliunna?"

"He gave us a single picture to go on. When he heard of the portal that had opened up in Hogwarts, he told us a all a secret." Lucius started. "The Portal, while it had been reported in the Daily Prophet, the coordinates had been changed. You told me it had opened up on Hogwarts grounds, but you didn't describe it as a portal. More as a common port key vortex. Well the Daily Prophet reported it had been in London. And the Dark Lord… Well he believes that something or, someone came out of it." Lucius said, pointing at Juliunna. Draco nodded. "You still haven't told me what this has to do with her-!"

"I'm getting to it. The Dark Lord said he has reasons to believe that she is his… Daughter. He wants her found." Lucius said. Draco frowned. He stared at Lucius.

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"I'm not giving her away." Draco said. Lucius sighed.

"I didn't say that. But Draco… If you don't want the Dark Lord to have her, we can't take her in." He said.

"Wait… How do we even know she's his child?" Draco sighed.

"She matches the picture excitedly. I'm surprised you weren't stopped on the way here. There are guards looking for her all over Hogsmead." Lucius said. Draco sighed.

"Alright, but how would the Dark Lord even know what she looks like? As far as I'm concerned, she has no idea of her parentage. She said she was raised in an orphanage. Theirs no way he could get a picture."

"I don't know. Maybe she lied to you Draco. Or he found the picture while routing through the Orphanage she had grown up in." Lucius said. Draco nodded.

"Alright. I'll take her back to Hogwarts and make other arrangements for her." Draco sighed. "Alright son." Lucius said. He walked off to the table and nodded to Juliunna. "Narcissa we're leaving." Lucius said, and Juliunna crossed her arms with a frown. As Narcissa and Lucius rose up, Draco had a sudden thought. He could scare her with this information, or he can just decide not to tell her. Tell her or not?

Juliunna walked over to Draco the second Narcissa and Lucius left the shop. Draco took a deep breath. "It's a no."

"They hate me?" Juliunna frowned.

"No, no. Its just… I don't believe it's a very safe place you right now." He said. And Juliunna frowned suddenly. Is the Dark Lord living at Draco's house? She thought to herself, remember that she had read it on the internet.

"Yeah, okay. I can always live with someone else-!"

"I think its better if you stay at Hogwarts. After all, it is the safest place on Earth." Draco said. He then took Juliunna's arm.

"Your acting weird. What did you and your dad talk about?" She asked. Draco bit his lip as they walked towards the door.

"Nothing."

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Juliunna had been currently sitting at a table in the library, a smile on her face as she read the textbook. "I can't wait till I get to cast my first spell-!"

"How bout now?"

She jumped. Harry had appeared behind her, his wand in hand. He pulled out the chair next to her and sat down. "I don't know if your wand was damaged or lost or something, but here. I can't imagine how it is to be surrounded by so much magic and not be able to cause any of it at least once." Harry said nicely, holding out the wand to her. Juliunna smiled at him. "Thank you."

She leaned forward and gripped the wand softly. She pulled it up and felt a surge of power and need move through her.

"So much… So many things I could do with this. You don't know it yet Harry, but there is so much power in your wand. What spell should I use?" She asked, and Harry pursed his lips softly in thought.

"Hmm… No idea. But hey, just give it a wave first. Try it out a little." Harry said.

Juliunna took a deep breath. She waved the wand and a surge of power blew through her wrists. Next to her, Harry was lifted up and out of his seat. He laughed. Gold light filled the room like a beautiful aura, and Juliunna smiled. "Your wand Harry. Here you go." She aid, and gave the wand a full wave. He fell back down and hit the seat softly.

"This is a nice wand Harry." She smiled at him nicely. "And you're a terrific guy."

"Thank you." Harry smiled at her. She handed him the wand, crossed her arms, and then sat back to admire the library.

"So, Hagrid back yet?" She asked him, and Harry shook his head yes. "Yeah, he came back during Christmas vacation… Wait… How would you know I would care?" Harry asked her. She shrugged.

"Well you do always hang with Hagrid. Its not a big secret. Anyway, Owl's coming up?"

"Yeah, in fact, they start next week." Harry said. Juliunna nodded.

"How's Umbridge treating you?" She asked. Harry sighed.

"Batty and hateful as ever." He muttered.

"Yeah. You know, we should totally hang out sometime." Juliunna said, and Harry nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, we should. So you and Malfoy aren't working out, eh?"

"No, no. We're still cool. He's been acting weird around me the last two days though. I'm not going to his house anymore." Juliunna said.

"His parents don't like you?"

"No. No… Its just that its not safe for me over at his house. Or so Draco claimed." Juliunna scowled darkly. Harry frowned at her a little.

"Well, its his loss." He said. Juliunna nodded. "Yeah. He doesn't want me to go over to the Weasleys either, or anyplace but here. He said Hogwarts is the safest place you can be."

"Well it is." Harry smiled. "Especially with Dumbledore here. But what do you think he wants you safe from?" Harry asked. Juliunna sighed. She supposed she could tell Harry this, after all. He was the one who believe that You Know Who was back all along.

"Okay. I think that Voldemort's the problem." Juliunna sighed. Harry nodded.

"Yes… That is the most logical reason. You realize that Malfoy is a death eater."

"No, of course he isn't a death eater. He's only fifteen." Juliunna said, waving him off. Harry sighed.

"Yeah, your right, But his parents are-!"

"Oh definitely." Juliunna laughed. Harry chuckled with her.

"But… Do you think that it goes deeper then that?" Harry asked her. She frowned.

"Deeper then what?" Juliunna asked him, and Harry leaned forward.

"Well, the prospect of Voldemort getting you is scary, yes of course. But still, he wouldn't single you out, right? I mean, unless your walking on the street holding a sign that says 'come and get me Voldemort, I'm the strongest witch in the world and I'm challenging you' , theirs no reason for him to kill you."
"Your right. But now that you mention it, what if theirs a reason for Voldemort to single me out? What if he thinks I'm a threat, or maybe an asset? When I met Draco's parents, Draco and Lucius went off to talk about something. Draco won't tell me what they were talking about, but I know they were talking about me. But theirs something else. Lucius and Narcissa seemed pretty scared of me for some reason when I met them." Juliunna said. Harry hummed in thought.

"That seems suspicious."

"It does. But Draco won't tell me what's up." Juliunna said with a scowl. Harry threw his arm around her shoulders with a soft frown.

"Yeah, but whatever it is, I'm sure its not that bad." He shrugged lightly. Juliunna nodded.

"Yeah, I guess your right." She said with a shrug.

...

After Defense Against the Dark Arts with a suddenly paranoid Draco, he was giving her lessons. "I promise you. I wrote a letter to my father yesterday. We're getting you a wand." Draco said. Juliunna groaned and sat down on the couch. He was given her pointers on how to use spells. Yesterday he had took her wand measurements with a tape measurer and sent them to his father.

"Hopefully you'll be good at this. I've never taught before, but I hope its easy. Juliunna, are you listening?" Draco asked her. They were sitting in the Slytherin Common Room, watching the fire as they talked. "Yeah." She said, crossing her arms.

"And won't leave me alone." She sang when Draco stayed silent. She tapped her hands on her legs, in thought as she sang.

"I'm just trying to look out for you. You seem perfectly capable of handling yourself against a normal wizard but…" He said, looking at her closely.

"Thank you." She said.

"Okay…" Draco said. Taking a deep breath. She turned to him. "Draco your acting weird. Whats up?" She asked him. He froze.

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"Oh I can't take this anymore! If this friendship is going to work we have to stop lieing to each other! I'm going to tell you." He breathed out. Juliunna turned to him excitedly.

"What is it Dray?"

"A week ago, at the tea shop with my parents… My father told me something about your parentage." Draco said. Juliunna's smile dropped. The word muggle borne ran through her head.

"Um… Really?"

"Yes. Juliunna… Juliunna your father is You know who." Draco whispered. Juliunna froze.

"Wait… What?!" She cried out.

"You heard me. He's looking for you. He doesn't know your at Hogwarts but I have a feeling he will soon." He whispered. He leaned forward, as there were still ten Slytherins lurking in the common room. Juliunna took a deep breath.

"Alright… but do you think its possible that I'm not the right person?" Juliunna asked.

"My dad sent me the photo of the Dark Lord's daughter. Its you." Draco sighed. Juliunna sat back with a thick and annoyed groan.

"Well this definitely makes things complicated." She sighed.