Me and Terrance were currently in a library in Diagon Alley. After begging with Molly for half an hour, and assuring her that we would be safe, she let us go. On the way, we had also been tasked to pick up Harry from Privet Drive.

There were a ton of books to choose from. I chose one book for Hermione (the one she had wanted to read for quite some time now) since she would also arrive today. Now that I think of it, she must've already arrived. 

We stayed there for an hour, and finally Terrance got a bunch of books. We used his library card and then exited the library. We decided to stay there for some more time. But not many of the shops were open. Fred and George were still at the burrow. They would only return back to WWW by evening. And many of the other shops weren't open. 

We went to a candy store, and brought a bunch of chocolates and stuff, because I'm in love with those. We were then walking down the alley. I was talking something to Terrance who was behind me. But I turned back, when I did not get a reply to a question I had asked. Terrance wasn't there. I swear we walked together.

I went back, thinking that maybe he took a wrong turn. "Terrance?" I called out. But a few heads of random strangers turning to look at me, was the only reply. I went to every nook and corner, but couldn't really find him.

Where could he be? He was 17 for Godric's sake. How could he get lost? Such moments, I really wished that wizards had mobile phones. I couldn't really go back without him, so I decided to go back were I last saw him; a proper landmark kind of place. The candy store.

I was walking back the alley way, when a lady who was covered in a black cloak approached me. Her head and eyes were covered with the hood, and the shadow of it, covered the rest of her face. 

"Oh... young girl. What are you doing in this alley way all alone?" she asked. Her accent sounded posh, like a higher class woman. But her voice was shaky at the same time; indicating that she was old. 

"Umm... Just exploring." I lied. 

"Smith?"

"Sorry?" I asked. How the heck did she know my name?!

"Snitch. Do you want a golden snitch? For Potter perhaps." she asked. Coming closer. 

I backed off slowly. "No thanks. And how do you know if I'm related to Potter?"

"Oh I know everything. Want to see your future perhaps?" she asked. Coming even closer. It was not a wide alleyway and thus I had reached the end of it. My heart was beating fast, I was scared, and I felt that I might puke. Not only because of fear, but also due to the awful smelling strong perfume that the woman wore. 

"I know my future. Do you want to know yours?" I asked, drawing out my wand discreetly. 

"What is it?" she asked, drawing out her wand. I was definitely not discreet. 

"Defo not attacked!" I said, and cast a body binding spell. Guess I have to work on my non-verbal spells, because the spell did not fully work. She could still move a bit. I kicked the wand which she had dropped, and ran from there. 

But I did not run far, before 3 dark figures appeared out of no where in front of me. "Cassie Smith. Oh how the dark lord will be joyed to have you. And your secrets." he said. 

A series of spells shot here and there. They were death eaters for sure. Two of them had their masks on, while the other didn't. I was not the best in attacks. And it was kinda hard to think of new spells, when you are in the stress of surviving. I managed to knock the two with mask down, with some random spell. The other person managed to disarm me, but his wand also fell down. 

I grabbed his wand, which was closer to me, and stuffed it in the pocket of my jacket. My wand wasn't really working for him, and thus he decided to fight the muggle way. "Give me back my wand." he demanded. 

But I refused. It happened in a split of a second. He pinned me against the alley way wall; a iron grip on my neck. "Give me my bloody wand!" he shouted. At this point, all the confidence I had was draining. I tried to squirm free, but I couldn't. "Give mine first." I chocked out. "Give mine." he replied. 

My legs were kind of free, so I kicked him down there, and then put him in a headlock. Don't think he had much experience fighting without magic though; he did fall the ground. I snatched my wand, and threw his wand beyond where he was. I then finally ran out the alley. Reaching infront a random shop. 

I ran to where I wanted to go originally, and crashed into Terrance on the way. I guess he immediately knew something was wrong, because he wrapped his arms around me. "Are you okay?" he asked. I nodded. I was relieved. At least now, I had a companion, if any more fights occurred.

"I'm here. I- I just got lost." he said. "For about an hour?" I asked. "Ya. Then I came looking for you so......" he said. 

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We were now at Privet Drive, to pick up Harry. I rang the door bell, and Petunia Dursley opened the door. "Hi there Mrs. Dursley. We're here to pick up Harry." I said, trying to act kind and nice. "Are you one of his freaky friends?" she said, with a scowl. "I'm sure you already know the answer to that. We're friends for sure, but don't know about the freaky part." I said.

She screamed for Harry to come, and he came to the door. He was already expecting us. He went upstairs, took his trunk and came back downstairs. I apparated, and Terrance followed; taking Harry along with him. 

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We were all at the burrow, and it was night time. Since everyone was there, we all had dinner there too. We were all enjoying sweet drinks and deserts, that Molly (with the help of Ginny and Hermione) had made. But my mind was still on the afternoon events. 

Why did death eaters come out of nowhere and attack me? How might've me and Terrance been separated? Will telling the others just make it worse? I knew that if I told everyone, they wouldn't let me go out. And I did not want to spent the rest of summer with people stuck with me like body guards. 

"What's troubling you?" asked Harry, who had just come sat next to me. 

"Nothing." I replied, as if it's the most oblivious question in the world. "You don't look like it. You look troubled." he said. 

"It's nothing." I said again. "Then-" he started but stopped. He shifted my hair to the side and asked, "What are those?" he was pointing to my neck. I then realised, that maybe the death eater had left a mark; a bruise. 

"It's nothing. Just make up gone wrong." I replied.

"You can tell me you know. Did Walter do something?" he asked quietly and questioningly. 

"No!" I replied firmly. 

"Well he certainly looks nervous." 

I looked towards Terrance. He definitely did look nervous. His leg was shaking, and he looked a bit uncomfortable. "Probably thinking about his test. It starts in a few days, and he has to read through about 10 big books." I said.

Harry got up and left with a smile; still not that satisfied with the answer. 

Like always, Anne, me, Terrance and Sirius, all went to Grimmauld Place. But this time, Remus joined us too.

I was walking through the halls when Anne stopped in front off me. She put her hand on my neck in a choking position, and then took it off. "Here, it'll cover it up." she said, handing me a make up product. I wearily took it. 

"I have high doubts that, that came from a death eater." she said. How did she know?

"How would you know?" I asked. "I heard Remus talking to Sirius about how 3 death eaters were found in a alleyway of diagon alley. And when the order went to check, I followed them, to make sure you were safe. And guess what I found?"

"What?"

"This." she said, handing me a small charm attachment with my name on it. I remember now. I had kept it in the pocket of my jacket, because it came off. It was gift from Anne.

"I found it towards a corner and took it. If Remus or Sirius had seen it, they would've definitely made a fuss." she said.

"Thanks." I replied. 

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The rest of the holiday went normally. We went to diagon alley to buy books, and Sirius gave me money for them. I brought a new set of robes since I had grown a bit, and they were a bit tight. 

The atmosphere was quite gloomy, but on entering Weasleys Wizard Wheezes, it was a whole new colourful world. I noticed the golden trio sneaking off as they should, to sneak on Draco Malfoy. 

I was excited to see what next year had for me. I had a few aims for the year. First was to be a bit more closer to Alice's mum, so that I could maybe know about the curse. Second was to maybe befriend Malfoy, so that I could help him in some way. No, I'm not going to  stop him from going to the dark side, just maybe not completely. 

But oh boy..... I wasn't ready for the twist and turns that would soon come my way.