DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the related titles. However, Madeleine Charlotte Elizabeth Black is my O.C. and yes, I use her a lot in my works.

A/N: Hello there! This is a story I've been working on for a very long time. I actually finished it nearly a year ago, but didn't know what to do with it. I figured I would post it now, because people have started to become taken with Maddy as a person. This story is more of an alternate ending for I Dated "The Chosen One", which in fact is not finished yet, but it is not completely neccessary for you to read that first. This can be a story entirely by itself. It's not A.U. even though it hardly takes place in the magical world. I, personally, really like this story and would love it if you'd take the chance to read it, so it's not rotting in "My Documents" for the rest of...forever.

This prologue is very short, which is why I'm posting Chapter 1 at the same time. Thanks a lot and I hope you enjoy this.

Prologue

The only light that shone on the lake that night was the light of the full moon. A gentle breeze blew across the still water. It was unusually warm for a May night, and the crickets were out early. All this was in contrast to the storm brewing over a couple that stood in the light of the moon.

A young woman, about sixteen in age, stood before the man she had idolized for so long. Her stony blue eyes held all the sorrow in the world and yet no tears fell from them.

"I'm sorry…" he said.

She would not hear him. Her heart was still trying to cope with the nightmare she had been dreading for so many years finally coming true.

"Maddy, look at me…" he continued, "Please, just look at me…"

She would not allow herself to look into the eyes that once promised the greatest love the world had ever seen. No, Madeleine Black would not let herself get caught up in those startling green eyes. Not again.

The boy, whom everyone knew as The Boy Who Lived, stared helplessly at her. She had not said a word. He had expected her to throw a fit. He expected her to cast every hex she knew at him. He never expected to return to the Common Room that night resembling any form of a human. But, she did not curse him. She wanted to. She longed to with every fiber of her being, but she could not bring herself to do it.

Harry Potter stood beside her, waiting for some sign that their meeting was over. He reached out to touch her arm.

"Don't touch me!" she said sharply.

Harry jumped. He had been unsure that there was any voice left in her. Her eyes locked onto his. He could see a look of anger and loathing burning deeply beneath the sadness. He could no longer see the look of longing and love he once saw every time she looked at him. Perhaps, he had not been looking deep enough, for under everything, Maddy still held on to her old feelings.

"You told me you loved me…" she said in a low voice. "You promised me the world. Everything I ever dreamed of."

Harry felt guilty. He had promised her that. He suddenly felt that those promises were stupid and childish. But they weren't to Maddy. They meant everything to her.

"You lied to me…" she glared at him, accusingly.

"Maddy you make it seem so harsh-"

"It is harsh, Harry!" her voice rose. Her eyes flashed in the moonlight. Harry started to feel uneasy. Maddy was very powerful. "Listen…" she said, her voice shaking a little, "if this is the path you choose, I don't want to be a part of it at all. Do not speak to me. Do not come anywhere near me ever again!"

Without warning, she turned and started in the direction of the castle. Harry watched in shock. Suddenly, she stopped and looked at him over her shoulder.

"For now on, Harry…you're dead to me."

A/N: Okay, so you've reached this far. Please move on to the next chapter. I really want to know what people think of this. I promise Harry will come back shortly, even though he'll be absent from the next chapter. Please REVIEW! Thank you!