Ever thought what it might be like to be rejected by your own family? Unloved because you made choices for yourself, no control over what might happen? Lyra Malfoy is Draco Malfoy's twin sister. Expecting everything to go perfect in her first year in Hogwarts. I guess you could say, nothing went as planned. You see, Lyra lived an easy, wealthy life in the Malfoy Manor, but still she was different from Draco, Lucius, and Narcissa. She hardly acted like a Malfoy, prideful, cruel, and doing anything to be the best. - "Draco, are you nervous?" Lyra asked her brother. "Why would I be nervous?" Draco said hautily. Lyra nodded and tried to reasure herself. - Lucius looked square in his duaghter's eyes, "You better not disappoint me."

After her best friend died in a fire, 16-year-old Maria Douglas is extremely devastated. However, being the daughter of the mayor of her small town made her friend very well known. Everyone thinking she was there when she died, Maria is the accused culprit. The next day, she is on wanted posters and the award is bigger than any other. She can trust no one, except for her older brother, who has been her role model since when she was little. Maria then flees with her brother, but people DO notice she is missing, and some leave their own town to find her. All Maria can do is flee and run, never taking refugee anywhere, except when she is the loneliest she has ever been on her flee. She thens takes her friend's death into her own hands, finding the real murderer for herself. As she gets closer to who the killer is, a new problem appears, and takes a different path. Can she prove to her fellow townspeople that she is truly innocent, and that she has none of her friend's blood on her hands? ************** Gray, the son of a army general of the town he loves, sees the situation completely different, that it is just a big misunderstanding, but doesn't plan on telling anyone that. Being around the same age as Maria, his father thinks that he can find her. So him and his uncle go off to find her. Secretly one night, he goes off on his own to find her, and to his surprise, he does. As he meets her, he realizes that she is not the person that her father and townspeople said about her. He then makes a decision. He is going to make sure they don't find her. Because he knows one thing, if he says anything about seeing Maria, his whole entire town will burn into flames of chaos ,and everyone will be affected by it. Can he make sure that she isn't found and can he makes sure no flames spread in his beloved town, and makes sure no fire burns.