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My best friend Astoria Greengrass was lying in a heap in the middle of her bed wracking with sobs. She had just been told that she was going to be sent to England to marry some pureblood elitist. She wasn't crying because of how different England would be from the wizarding world of Boston Massachusetts. She was crying because she had found the love of her life and he was not British. All throughout school she had been in a relationship with Blake Fields, a dashing young, pureblood wizard. Her parents had always approved. It was due to this approval that Astoria could not understand why she was currently being forced to marry this Draco Malfoy.
I quickly strode over to the bed and rubbed my hand on her back soothingly. "Shhh Tor, we will find some way to fix this. What does your father think?" I say with a nurturing tone. She picked up her dirty blonde head and looked at me through puffy blue eyes.
"Caroline there is no way to fix this! Father tried to find a way out of the agreement. It was made before I was even born…. But he couldn't that Malfoy man would not budge. My father tried to reason him, but the contract is legally signed there is no loop hole," she broke between sobs. I looked at her tear stained face trying to come up with a quick fix that would have her back planning her future with Blake, but my mind was blank. I did the only thing I could I pulled her into the warmest hug I could muster. She cried into my blouse for what felt like hours.
We heard deliberate, hurried steps coming down the hall. I craned my neck to look at the large oak doors that led out of the room, sure of who it was that was about to walk through them. Quite suddenly Blake burst through the doors. I had guessed right. Astoria lifted her head off of my shoulders and looked at her tall, dark haired love. He quickly grabbed her in his arms and kissed her quite askew curly hair.
"Astoria, babe, stop crying I know how to fix all of this," he said confidently. She stepped back slightly from his embrace and tilted her head up to stare into his hazel eyes.
"What… how?" she said with a tinge of hope in her voice. He gave her a loving smile and continued.
"We will leave right now. Pack your things lets go to Vegas or Atlantic City we can be married within the hour. Then there is no way that they can make you go. Who cares what some people thousands of miles away say or do? All that matters is that we are together," he rambled out. I smile graced my lips from where I was still sitting on Astoria's king sized bed.
She was searching for words she didn't know how to answer his proposal. Her heart was screaming yes while her traditional, pureblood mind was yelling a definite no. She gaped for a few minutes before clinging to Blake once again.
"I just can't. Do you now the shame it would bring to the family? I can't do that. My parents would be ruined and yours too for that matter. My father's brother lives in England with his family. They are friends with the Malfoys. I mean my cousin Daphne was in the same year as Draco. I can't imagine what this elopement would do to them…. I want to so bad, but I can't. I couldn't live with myself for being so selfish," she declared. Blake opened his mouth to retaliate, but the words wouldn't come. She was right and he knew it. A deathly silence fell over the room. Astoria and Blake where still in there embrace while I sat running through one million scenarios in my mind on how to help my two friends.
It was with a jolt that I looked up and stared at my reflection in the mirror across the room. I had golden blonde hair and sea green eyes with a fair complexion. I then quickly glanced to Astoria. I had found a way for her. An impossible way that would most likely fail miserably, but I had to try. I jumped out of bed and broke the deathly silence.
"Astoria, have you ever seen your family before or the Malfoys," I questioned.
"No..." she answered feebly. I was about to tell her my plan. Once the words left my lips they could never be taken back and our lives may very well change forever.
"I know how to get you out of this. You can stay her and marry Blake and you guys can be together," I say frantically.
"How, Caroline," he asks with anticipation.
"Simple I will go to England and pretend to be you," I said so easily. It surprised me. I was so willing to commit identity fraud and go to England and marry a man that I had never met who could be abusive or an ass. I didn't even give it a second thought. I had never really had a serious relationship. I was always the friends with the guys never the girlfriend, so it wasn't like I would be leaving behind a bunch of prospects.
"You can't. I won't let you. I refuse to let you throw your life away for me," Astoria rebutted.
"Caroline, Are you mad?" Blake added.
"No I want to. My parents have been dead for just over 2 years, and I have no other family to speak of. You two are the closest thing I have, and I am not going to let you throw everything away for some bullshit contract or silly tradition. They have never seen you before and we have enough of the same features that they will never be the wiser," I explained.
"Are you sure," she said with a tremble.
"Yes. I mean I have always wanted to be you anyways," I said light heartedly.