Beautifully Forbidden

Chapter One

Alexa's P.O.V.

The first time his gaze met mine was when I was eleven, a little bit before his first year at Hogwarts ended, I was homeschooled that year and went to Hogwarts just to take the final exams-which were a piece of cake.

I'll never forget the colour of his eyes; a light shade of green. I remember him looking at me, he was wearing his school robes, they had the Gryffindor colours, his gaze was full of curiocity, he had never seen me before. I sat to the desk next to Draco and he looked at me wondering who I was. I returned the look, but it wasn't a look of curiocity, I already knew who he was-Harry Potter 'the boy who lived'-I glared at him until the papers were handed to us. 

I finished the exam first and walked out. I was sure about what my grade would be; an O, I wasn't worried about it. But I was also sure about one more thing, if I was ever allowed to go to Hogwarts we wouldn't get along.

The last time I saw him was when I was thirteen, I was still homeschooled and I had once again gone to Hogwarts to take exams. This time he didn't look at me before the exam but after. I was talking with Draco, we were discussing the answers and checking our textbooks. He walked past us and Draco smirked at me. 

"Hey Pottah, I heard dementors are looking for you, be careful, you might faint again." He teased him. "Get lost Malfoy." Potter glared at Draco. "I was only trying to warn you. That's what I get for being nice." He joked as I smirked. "And you are?" Potter turned to me. "Alexandra Riddle." I looked at him straight in the eye while smirking, watching the expression on his face as he put the pieces together. "I would say nice to meet you but I don't like lying so...Draco, come on let's go." I broke the eye contact and grabbed Draco's arm leading him out of there. 

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Two months have passed since that day. Hogwarts starts tomorrow but this time Draco and Mattheo aren't going alone, I finally convinced Tom to let me join. I think Mattheo played a big role in convincing him but still, a win is a win. 

I go inside my room and look around knowing that the next time I'll be here will be in Christmas. Don't get me wrong I will definitely not miss this place, nor will I miss Tom. I've been dying to go to Hogwarts ever since Mattheo came back from his first year when I was around nine and told me stories about it. 

I put on my nightgown and walk towards my bed. I lay down and close my eyes, trying to get some sleep but all I can think about is Potter, he's one of the reasons I'm so excited to go to Hogwarts; I want revenge, revenge for making my father disappear, revenge for making me grow up with Tom as my guardian, revenge for making me stay at the Malfoy manor for the past thirteen years when I could be growing up with both of my parents living at the Riddle manor, having everyone tremble at the hearing of my name. 

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I hug my aunt and wait for Draco to do the same before we follow Mattheo into the train. I still can't believe that this is real. I went to sleep thinking that I'd wake up to Mattheo and Draco leaving without me, thinking that this was all just dream, but it's not, here I am inside the train that will in a few hours be at Hogsmeade, the train that will take me to the one and only place I've always wanted to go to, the train that will take me to Hogwarts.

I look around and follow Draco to a compartment as Mattheo leaves with his friends. I try to observe every single detail of the train and take a mental picture of it inside my brain. Draco laughs as we sit down.

"What?" I ask, annoyed. "You look like a lost child looking for it's parents." He says as I roll my eyes at him playfully and we both laugh. 

Soon a tall guy with dark skin and black hair walks in, I immediately recognize him, it's Blaise; Draco's friend, he's been to the Malfoy manor a few times during the holidays. "Alexa? Don't tell me Tom actually let you come." He says while he sits next to Draco looking a bit surprised. "I had the same reaction when she told me." Draco smirks.