Disclaimer: From the wizarding world of Harry Potter, I praise JK Rowling for unknowing that I have used her characters and the wizarding world in which she imagined. I own nothing of her characters, but from my petty fanfiction, I do own Mia and a few minor characters I have created. The character Lindsay is not of my creation but my friend who I played countless hours of Role play. Enjoy the Story!

Chapter 5 (edited)

The week flew by quickly. It was already Thursday and I was heading to my last class of the day. It's the one class I have been waiting for all week; Muggle Art. Art is the one thing I do to escape the world around me. I am not saying I am the greatest at art, but I can say I have a small talent that goes to more than just stick figures.

I walked into the Art Classroom. I was just excited that they actually had an art class here. Just like most the classrooms here, there was a big window lining one wall and three rows of tables that could fit around three people, but only two stools were at each table. The teacher's desk was in the front of the class.

"Mia!" I heard Lindsay's voice. In the front of the class closest to the windows, Lindsay stood waving. I smiled and began walking over.

"Hey." I said walking up to her. She took a seat and I followed after her.

"I didn't know you did art. And here I thought we would never get to hang out." Lindsay said with a smile. I nodded.

"I didn't think they would mix the years for this class. I thought it would be all the same year. I am glad it's not though." I said.

"Yeah, not many people sign up for art so it's one of the few classes that is mixed." Lindsay explained. I nodded.

"Well, I won't complain. But I didn't know you did art either. I bet you're incredible." I said happily.

"I am alright. I believe art is anything you make it. Even stick figures are art." Lindsay said.

"I never look at it like that. My mom always pushed me to be the best so I wasn't allowed to see art like that." I mumbled. That's when class started. I looked around and saw that it was true that there wasn't many kids who signed up. There were kids from all grades and all houses. Though there were mostly Ravenclaw more then anything.

I packed up my materials and placed them in my bag.

"Are you taking the other art class?" Lindsay questioned waiting for me.

"Yep! I am excited for that one. That one deals more with the wizarding world of art or no?" I said before letting out a little laugh. There were still a few parts of my Wisconsin accent that I can't seem the shake.

"Yeah. Hey, let's go to the black lake!" Lindsay suggested.

"Black Lake?" I questioned. She smiled and grabbing my hand, she pulled me out of the classroom. Draco was leaning against the wall across the hall.

"Hey love." He said once he saw Lindsay, then his eyes shifted to me. "Oh and Hufflepuff is here as well."

"I have a name!" I complained.

"Yep and that's Hufflepuff so get used to it." He said as he put his arm around Lindsay. He placed a kiss on the top of her head and she let out a small giggle.

"I was just about to take Mia to the black lake. Do you wish do join us, Drakie." Lindsay said. Draco chuckled as she said Drakie.

"Anything to spend time with you, love. Even if Hufflepuff has to be here." Draco said pulling his girlfriend down the hall. Now I started to feel like the third wheel and this is where I begin to disappear or at least I will try.

"Hufflepuff are you coming?" Draco yelled back. There goes my plan of disappearing.

"Stop calling me Hufflepuff!" I shouted and ran after them with a smile. Even though it irritates me, I feel as though my heart stopped when he said Hufflepuff. It's probably just because I actually have a nickname that doesn't remind me of my original name. I wanted to escape my life so I told everyone to call me Mia. It felt a little closer to freedom.

"If you want him to stop just call him his nickname: the amazing bouncing ferret." Lindsay laughed. I looked over at Draco confused and all I could see is his cheeks going red.

"Amazing bouncing ferret? I don't know if I want to ask." I laughed, "But with a nickname like that, I need to know."

"It's nothing." Draco mumbled.

"It's something a teacher did to him last year from messing with Potter. He was just an adorable ferret!" Lindsay said then further explained the story. Draco tried to cover her mouth, but she did something for him to move. She ran out of his arm and ran ahead before stopping.

"She licked my hand! I can't believe she licked my hand." Draco said shocked.

"Anyways I think Draco started it by reading an article," Lindsay started before Draco went after her. She laughed and ran back towards me as I walked towards them. "Anyways Potter said something because the article was about Weasley's family…" Draco went after her again with his face really red. People even started to stare at what was going on. This went on all the way up we made it to the black lake. Lindsay ran to the tree as Draco tried to get around me to get to her. He accidently touched my butt when doing this, and it caused me to jump. I felt my foot under me give out as I stepped on some wet grass and I grabbed the closest thing to me which was Draco. He followed after me down the hill. Draco came to a stop before me and I rolled on top of him. I felt my entire face warm up as I took my breath in. I rolled off him and sat up waiting for something to happen like Lindsay yelling at me or something. Except when I looked up, I saw Lindsay laughing hysterically by the tree. I began to laugh so hard, tears came down my face. I think I even heard a chuckle from Draco when he sat up. After I was done laughing, I stood up and straightened out my uniform before retrieving my things on top of the hill. I must have dropped then when I fell. Being nice, I also grabbed Draco's things before walking over to Lindsay. Draco met me half way to take his stuff. He nodded in thanks before going to his girlfriend who still laughing. Draco sat on one side of Lindsay and I took the other, leaning against the tree.

"I can see why it's called the black lake. It's really dark!" I commented.

"Well, there is also the giant octopus the lives there and all the other creatures as well." Lindsay added.

"Alright, remind me never to go swimming in there," I said. Lindsay started to laugh again. I smiled to myself looking out past the lake. The sun slowly made its way to the horizon line.

"Mia what are you going to do for your art project?" Lindsay asked.

"I don't know. It's hard to think of something battling good and evil." I mumbled trying to think of what to do. I had a few ideas in my head but nothing magnificent.

"I think I have an idea but I just hope people don't get offended by it." Lindsay said.

"That's just more the reason to do it." I encouraged.

"Trust me, she will do it even if she thinks people will hate it. It's how Lindsay works. She will act like she doesn't want to do it but in the end she always does." Draco said. I look over and smile. He layed down and puts his hands behind his head with his eyes closed. Maybe he wasn't so bad.

"I have not always done everything I want. My Grandparent wouldn't let me." Lindsay said rolling her eyes.

"What about your parents?" I asked. Lindsay faced darkened slightly with the word Parents. I realized it wasn't a subject to bring up.

"My mother died when I was younger and my father..." Lindsay trailed off. Draco opened his eyes and looked over while Lindsay looked over at Draco. It's like they were having a silent conversation. I saw Draco shake his head.

Lindsay let out a sigh and just as she was about to say something Draco said, "I would hate to break your conversation, but it's time for dinner."

"Mia, you should have supper with us!" Lindsay said. She seemed back to her normal self. Maybe it was my curiosity or my need to know everything, but it started to bug me about her father. What was she hiding?

"Is that even allowed. I mean I am not a Slytherin and I don't see Hufflepuff taking kindly to Draco here. And I really don't think Slytherin's will take kindly to a Hufflepuff." I said standing up. Draco stood up first then helped his girlfriend.

"Who cares what others say! You're eating with me and that's final." Lindsay said intertwining my arm with hers.

"I think Hufflepuff has a point, Love. I know they wouldn't like it at all." Draco agreed with me.

"Draco I thought you learned that I never listen to others. Especially for something as silly as who sits where" Lindsay said as she pulled me toward the castle. I guess I was sitting with Slytherin's. This is going to be really weird.

Lindsay would not let go of my arm as we walked into the Great Hall. I looked over at the other Hufflepuff as they saw me heading towards the Slytherin table. A few of them whispered. I saw Hermione, Harry, and Ron look at me as I passed them. I nervously waved to them, but only Hermione waved back.

"This is going to be fun!" Lindsay said as she took a seat. She pulled me down to sit with her and Draco sat on the other side of the table. Two boys, who were stuffing their face, smiled at me before looking at their plates that were almost empty. A girl on the other side of Draco narrowed her eyes at me as she looked me up and down.

"Drakie, what is this puff doing here." She barked.

"Pansy, my name is Draco." He hissed at her, "And Lindsay is the one that invited her over, so don't get me involved."

"But Drakie!" She wined. I looked over at Lindsay and she just stared at Pansy. Lindsay looked like she wanted to rip Pansy's head off and feed it to the Hippogriffs. I nudged Lindsay and she just snapped her look at me. I smiled before looking at Draco.

"But Drakie why don't you love me." I mocked Pansy voice and actions. Draco's face dropped. I looked at Lindsay and continued as if she were Draco.

"Drakie, I know I am just a stupid pug-face bitch but let me prove it to you." I went on. I started to pull on Lindsay's arm. "Drakie, Drakie. I want you."

Lindsay started to laugh along with the others around. I looked over at Pansy and her face was red and angry.

"I will be a loyal servant to you. Wolf, wolf." I mocked even more.

"You know what...I...I don't sound like that. I...you just need to…shut…. Your….tramp!" She barked standing up. She left in a hurry. I let go of Lindsay's arm and did a small bow and held onto my own hands. My hands shook a little and I knew exactly why; nervousness. I normally didn't do those kind of things, so why did I just do that? I couldn't help but crack a small smile. I looked around and saw lots of smiles and laughter. Maybe this is me, and I was just hiding it this entire time.

"I am Blaise. You must be the new Hufflepuff Lindsay has been talking about." He said. He was sitting next to me.

"I am probably that Hufflepuff and I have a name it's Amelia. Though I mostly go by Mia." I smiled. He held out his hand for me to shake. I gladly put my hand in his and shake it.

"Don't get too friendly, Blaise. She's still a Hufflepuff." Draco said. I shot a glare at him. He just looked down at the food he was eating paying no attention to me.