There is no place like home

Chapter 1:
And who the hell are you?!


Diagon Alley

Draco Malfoy was beyond bored. His father took of to Knockturn Alley shortly after they\'d arrived and this time he didn\'t let him come. So he paraded around and searched for a way to relief his boredom. Diagon Alley just had nothing overly exiting to show these days. No new brooms, no new shops and no schoolmates to torment and not even one slightly decent girl to flirt with. Boring, boring, boring.

Frustrated he left Flourish and Blots and walked in the direction of Knockturn Alley. Fuck what his father said he was going to find himself some amusement. Maybe the shops down had something of interest. Something he could torment Scarhead, Weasel and the Mudblood with. That would be fun. Maybe he\'ll find a hot little girl that would just melt into her socks before him.

He smirked. He knew all this private training in the summer finally showed. He had gotten well muscled and in one word looked devilishly handsome. He was so lost in planning the future torments of Potter and the laying of a few of his classmates that he almost didn\'t see her. But when he did he almost stopped dead in his tracks. No way this girl stood in Diagon Alley. All about her screamed of the darker Part of this world. She came out of Gringotts. She came out of Gringotts in tight black leather pants, tight white and dark green sleeveless shirt, black tousled shoulder length hair and deep green eyes.

For a moment he thought he knew those eyes but then shook the thought off. He definitely would have remembered if he had seen her before. He frowned. The clothes looked much like a Muggles, but he could swear she was pureblood. Mudbloods held themselves slightly different from real wizards. Something to do with the way of living. Even Scarhead, although pure of blood, held himself like a mudblood. Lifestyle. That made the biggest difference. She looked not out of place and moved in this magical world like she was born in it. No, her blood was pure and the clothes were just a way of making herself more noticeable. Well it worked all right. Every male his age and up looked at her. She didn\'t seem to notice. Well all the better for him. So surprise would be on his side. Slowly he walked over to where she was standing and looking around, as if in search for someone. Here we go, he smirked silently.

\"Looking for someone? I might be able to help.\" He came to stand close to her, but not to close. He didn\'t want to be rude now would he?

She looked up at him. \"Actually yes, I am. He did go looking for his friends. We were supposed to meet again here somewhere.\"

Draco managed not to frown. \"Your boyfriend deserted you for his buddies? How rude.\"

She laughed at that, relaxed. \"He as in my brother.\"

Draco was relieved. No boyfriend then. Not that it would have stopped him, but this way there would be no fight. He really liked her voice. He smiled at her.

\"So you\'re waiting for your brother. How about we search for a nicer place to pass time? After all he can\'t expect you to stand here on the spot till he graciously decides to show up.\" He offered her his arm and leaned closer. \"I know just the place. There is an ice cream pallor not this far from here.\" He smiled his best sinful smile and was met with one of hers. He found her really charming.

She took his arm. \"So lead the way Sir. Ice cream sounds tasty!\"

YES! She was going for it. She flirted back. GREAT! He was glad his goons weren\'t with him. They tended to ruin everything with their brainless babbling. He led her to the best place for ice in Diagon Alley, just slightly before the entrance to Knockturn Alley. So his father wouldn\'t miss him too. Just perfect. Playing the gentleman he helped her to her seat, but in truth he just used this as an excuse to invade her personal space. Breathing along her neck he stopped just mere inches from her ear.

\"Comfortable?\", he whispered.

She turned her head so their lips were just slightly apart and her oh so green eyes bore deep into his grey ones. \"Terrific.\" The word was just a throaty whisper.

Damn, she was good at this. He had to draw his wits together so he didn\'t just devour her mouth right there. Being calm on the outside he smiled and took his seat across from her. He was a Malfoy, he had more control than to just jump her out in the open.

\"Just order away it\'s on me.\" There all better. Show her how lucky she got. A young fine looking wizard with money. This usually worked along with the mix of gentleman and bad boy.

She smiled somewhere between knowing and sinful. \"You sure? It could become very bad. I\'m quite insatiable when it comes to... ice cream.\" She had leaned a little forward to him and so did he now.

\"Feel free to be as bad as it pleases you.\" He was never one to turn down a challenge. \"In fact let\'s be bad together. It\'s all the more fun that way.\"

Before she could answer Draco heard a familiar voice calling to him. Damn. \"There you are Draco. I see you found yourself some company.\"

Draco looked up to his father, Lucius Malfoy. Who was now seated besides him. Damn that man all to hell and all the more for the looks he gave to the girl Draco picked up. His companion seemed more amused than disturbed.

Lucius took her hand and kissed it slightly. \"Lucius Malfoy, are you a schoolmate of Draco`s?\"

Couldn\'t his father make it any more obvious that he would not mind a go with her too? He was practically undressing her with his eyes. Mentally Draco cursed his father. The girl was his. He found her. Both Malfoys were so caught up in their minds, that they didn\'t notice the surprise the name Malfoy caused her before she answered.

\"Yes as a matter of fact I will be going to Hogwarts this term.\"

Yes she must be new. As mentioned before, he would have noticed her otherwise.

Draco frowned. \"So you and your brother are new to Hogwarts? Do you know your house already?\"

She shook her head. \"I\'m new around here, but my brothers started there when he was eleven.\" She smiled at Draco and he got the expression she was silently laughing about a joke he didn\'t get. \"I will be in Slytherin.\"

Draco and Lucius\' were equally pleased. Lucius smiled warmly, but it didn\'t reach his eyes. \"That\'s wonderful. I\'m sure Draco will tell you all you need to know to adjust yourself wonderfully, but why didn\'t you start in Hogwarts with your brother? It is awfully rare that siblings don\'t go to the same school.\"

She shrugged gracefully. \"That\'s because we didn\'t grow up together. See our mother died fourteen years ago and I went to life with my father whilst my brother had do stay with his aunt. We just got together again this summer. I asked Dumbledore to admit me Hogwarts and he said it was o.k. So here I am.\"

It was Lucius\' turn to frown deeply. \"How terribly nice of Dumbledore. My condolences for the loss of your family dear girl. How very fortunate that you can now spend your school time with your brother and catch up on the lost time.\"

Both Malfoys were running every student of Slytherin and Ravenclaw trough their minds. No way her brother could be in any other house or she would not be in Slytherin. But for their lives they couldn\'t find one, that looked like her. Except... Naw, that was impossible. Everybody knew he had no siblings. She watched silently as their minds worked. She seemed to find it more amusing every minute. She was leaning back against her seat a smile worthy of the devil on her face. She knew they compared her looks with the boys of Slytherin and other houses expect Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. And she knew they couldn\'t place her.

All of a sudden Draco saw them. The Golden Trio coming their way. Bloody wonderful. Draco scowled as did Lucius who also caught sight of them. She looked briefly over her shoulder and then leaned closer to the table and both Malfoys.

\"How terribly rude of me. I never introduced myself.\" There was something diabolic to her facial expression, which brought Draco\'s and Lucius\' full attention to her. Now the mystery would be solved. She seemed so awfully pleased with herself. She leaned closer to Draco.

\"Janira Thalia Galateia-Potter, pleased to meet you.\"

It struck them speechless. Potter didn\'t have a sister. No way. She couldn\'t be, could she? But then Draco remembered where he had seen her eyes before. Harry Potter. She had the same eyes. There was no point in denying it. Lucius who had met Lily Evans, later Potter, in school now recognized her eyes in this girl also. But how could she be in Slytherin? Potter and his sidekicks arrived at their table.

\"Are they giving you trouble Janne?\" Harry looked hateful at Draco, daring him to say something. Potters sister looked up at Harry and smiled.

\"No, actually we had a nice and polite little chat, but I guess we should be going now that you\'ve found your friends.\" She stood up and Harry protectively laid an arm around her waist. \"It was real nice meeting the both of you. Mr. Malfoy I bid you a good day.\" She looked at Draco with a more sensual look and her eyes sparkled with mischief. \"We\'ll see each other in school.\"

Harry was leading her away and she half turned to them one last time and called back. \"This is going be fun!\" Then she vanished laughing with the Golden Trio in the crowd.

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A/N: Hope you like it so far... and please don\'t make me beg for a review ok?