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'𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆.'
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Camellia Withlock never expected to be a witch like in...
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"I don't want to go," Melia whines.
"I don't want either, but we have to."
The young couple is standing in Hogsmeade. Today it's going to be a Christmas party in the Malfoy Manor and Draco and Melia were told that they had to come. There were going to be a lot of Death Eaters at the party, and that's why she didn't want to go. It takes a lot of energy out of her to act in front of Crouch jr. at school, and now she has to do it in front of everyone for three hours straight.
"I'll be waiting for you here. I expect to see you here in exactly three hours. Understood?"
"Yes, dad," Draco says at Severus while rolling his eyes. Before he gets to reply, Melia has apparated them outside the manor.
"Ready?"
"No..." he chuckles and leads the way inside where they meet Narcissa and Lucius. They tell them that they're going to have an entrance, so they need to be ready. Now Melia regrets even more that they came. She didn't want to stand posing in front of everyone. She hoped the three hours could go fast and they'll be back at Hogwarts in no time, but now it doesn't seem like it.
The doors of the ballroom open up and they walk inside. People start to whisper and point at Melia, but she just puts on her Death Eater face. The young couple starts walking around and mingling with people. After they had talked with at least half of the people in the room, the dinner started. When they sat down, Draco noticed something about Melia.
"Are you alright?" he whispers.
She moves closer to him and whispers back, "My voice hurt, I have been talking a lot."
He nods his head and squeezes her hand. Neither of them can do anything about it. They just have to get through this party to get home again. The food got served and everyone started discussing different themes. Then one of the older males came with a question that was uncalled for.
"Camellia, dear. May I ask you a question."
She sets down her glass and gives him an innocent smile, "Yes, of course. Go ahead."
"Well, I wonder if the rumours of you being tortured before getting the mark are true. Is it?"
She lets out a fake laugh, "And what if they are true?"
"Well, that means you didn't get it at your own accord."
"Maybe I just wanted some training to deal with people like you," her smile turns into a smirk. "You know, jerks."
His smile falters, "What did you say, bitch?"
"That you're a jerk. I have seen how you have acted towards others, and I would say that your personality says that you're a jerk." Draco nudges her side trying to stop her. He gets up from his chair and points his wand at her shouting Crucio. But nothing happens. The spell goes right through her.
"What the-"
"As I said, dealing with jerks. Now sit down, let us not destroy the mood any further," she starts eating again as nothing happened. Slowly everyone starts eating again but are still stunned over what just happened. 'She didn't even flinch', 'How?', 'What just happened?', those are the thoughts going around in peoples head. After the dinner is done, the party starts again back in the ballroom. Draco and his parents drag her to another room. Lucius puts up a silencing charm while Melia collapses on the sofa.
"What was that? No, let me change that. How?"
Melias' voice was hurting so bad that she asked Draco to translate while she signed, "She teleported her body out of sight and put up an illusion of herself. That way nothing could happen to her since it was just an illusion."
"There's a spell that can do that?"
"She says yes, it's called Procidat Deceptionem. But it only works for 10 minutes max. She made it herself, thought it would come in handy."
They look at her stunned over what they just heard. Melia gets up from the sofa, straightens her dress and begins walking towards the door. "We're at a party, right? Can't leave the guests alone," they follow her out to the ballroom pretending that the conversation that happened just seconds ago didn't happen.
About an hour and a half later, the young couple says goodbye to everyone and his parents before apparating to Hogsmeade where Severus is waiting for them. When they begin to walk towards him, Melia stumbles, but Draco catches her.
"I just have a headache. A really bad one."
Severus looks at her and sees how pale she is, "What happened?"
"She's exhausted. She used some really advanced magic that she shouldn't have." Melia collapses completely and Draco picks her up bridal style. They start walking towards the carriage that is going to bring them back to Hogwarts. He places her down and then Severus notices her very exposed Dark Mark. So does Draco. He takes out his wand and mutters Ipsum Pallium and the mark disappears. Severus looks at him surprised.
"Melia made it. It only works for a few hours and has side effects."
Severus nods at that. When they arrive at the castle, they bring her right to Madam Pomfrey. They tell her that she used some advanced magic and that she had a headache. After Pomfrey had given her the medications, Severus asks him what happened. Draco tells him everything that happened that night.
"How did she even make all those spells?"
"I don't know," Draco says truthfully. "It runs in her family, I guess."
