Voldemort's Daughter **Editing**

Aboard the Hogwarts Express

**EDITING**

Sorry if this chapter stops in one place. It's work in progress :) So just don't read it until it's completely finito! :)

- M xx

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3 days later..

*Levine's POV*

We go back to Hogwarts today, for another year but I'm really nervous. What if I fail? I probably won't but whatever, I'm still nervous. I reduced my nails to stubs in just 5 minutes. I hardly ate breakfast this morning. So I'm standing in the hallway, my black owl, Noire hooting dolefully at me. I'm waiting for Draco to come  

downstairs. I've been ready since 7 in the morning and been standing here for 30 minutes but it seems to last hours and hours. Nagini has already slithered past me 6 times and Narcissa bustling past me a few times. My father is busy, but he said he would bid me goodbye at 10. We're taking a Ministry car as Draco's dad is friendly with the Minister of Magic. I sit on one of the stairs and make spiders blow soap bubbles out of their mouths. It's pretty funny to watch. At 10, Draco finally comes down, lugging his case behind him. I walk into the drawing room where my father is sitting, looking at plans on paper.

''Ah Levine, is it time for you to leave yet?'' I nod. He smirks.

''Remember, be good, and stick to the plan, don't get under the Ministry's nose too much, okay?'' he says. I frown.

''But I'm going to Hogwarts...'' I say, confused. He sighs.

''The new teacher, Dolores Umbridge, is from the Ministry. Don't raise suspicions, and don't say anything about me okay? They don't belive it anyway, but you might get a severe punishment'' he says, staring at me.

''Okay'' I whisper. He grips my shoulders and I walk out of the house. Draco is sitting in the shiny black ca looking bored. My case is already in the trunk so I slide in with Narcissa and Lucius. The whole journey is slightly uncomfortable, Draco staring out the window and my insides churning with nervousness. We arrive at Kings Cross at 10 to 11. I climb out of the car and receive my trunk. I hate mixing with the Muggles but you can't do anything about that I guess. We grab two trolleys and load our belongings onto them and then make our way towards the barrier between Platform 9 and 10, where Platform 9 ¾ is. I look around casually, and steer my trolley into the wall, appearing smoothly on the other side. I wait for Draco and he comes a minute later, smiling. The scarlet train issues a new blast of steam, filling the station with fog. I make my way towards the train, Draco following me. We hand our stuff to the porter and climb on, walking down the hallway to find a compartment.

‘’I have to go to the Prefects compartment.’’ he mumbles. I snort.

‘’You made Prefect? Wow’’ I say, as he rolls his eyes at me. I couldn’t care less if I made Prefect or not. By the looks of it, I didn’t. I walk down the aisle looking for an empty compartment but they all seem full. Perfect, now I can make an excuse to go and sit in Potter’s compartment. I take a deep breath and look around until I find it. He’s sitting with this stupid boy called Neville and Weasel’s little sister, Ginny and Loony Lovegood. I smile to myself and slide open the door. There are 3 free seats so hopefully they won’t mind. They look at me.

‘’Umm...All the other compartments are full so can I maybe sit here?’’ I ask, putting on a sweet voice. They all glance at each other.

‘’I guess so’’ says Potter, quietly. I smile at him and sit down near the window.

‘’Thanks I would of had to stand’’ I say, smiling again. Neville coughs loudly.

‘’Hey, you’re Levine Lestrange, aren’t you?’’ says Ginny, squinting at me. I nod. I had to take my mother’s last name because taking my father’s last name, Riddle, would be a bit suspicious. Neville coughs even louder, turning bright red. I frown at him.

‘’Are you okay?’’ I say, trying for a gentle voice. He mumbles something and looks at this weird grey cactus thing he’s holding. Potter bites his lip and Ginny tenses. Not good.

‘’Umm... Not to be rude or anything but wasn’t your mother like...A Death Eater?’’ Ginny says. I look down.

‘’Yes, but I’m not proud of it, in fact, I can’t stand it’’ I lie, trying to hide my smirk.

‘’Oh, I’m sorry... Well you’re probably happy she’s in Azkaban right?’’ she says, smiling at me. I nod and stare out of the window. Either I’m a natural born liar or they’re just thick. The tension eases and Neville turns a normal colour again. I don’t know why he reacted like that.

‘’So, Neville what does that cactus do?’’ says Potter, pointing at the grey thing.

‘’Oh ton’s of stuff, watch’’ he says, obviously happy to talk about his cactus thing. He takes a sharp pointed quill out of his bag and stabs one of the lumps on the cactus. Green liquid explodes all over us and the compartment. I scream.

‘’Ewww...What is this stuff?’’ shrieks Ginny, wiping it furiously from her eyes. Neville wipes it from his mouth before speaking.

‘’It’s Stinksap, dead useful’’ he says, cheerily.  I wipe it from my eyes. Suddenly the compartment door slides open and this girl starts talking to Harry. I can’t hear much as my ears are blocked with the liquid. I pull my wand out.

‘’Ugh, I clean it up then...Scrougify!’’ I say, as the liquid disappears. I can finally see everything again. The girl has left and Potter is grinning like crazy. Looks like I’ll have to deal with more than I expected this year.

‘’Thanks’’ says Neville breathlessly. I force a smile onto my face and stuff my wand into my bag. The rest of the journey consists of awkward silence. I place my hand on the seat and suddenly Potter grimaces in pain. I smirk slightly then turn around with a worried expression.

‘’What’s the matter?’’ I say, frowning. I know what the matter is...His scar hurts when my father is near or whatever. My hand was about a centimetre from his, which probably explains it.

‘’Nothing...It’s just...Doesn’t matter’’ he says. The train grinds to a halt and I look out the window. We're at Hogwarts, for another year, hopefully something good will happen..