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Elements Destiny

Prologue - She's Dead

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July 17th - 1:36 a.m.

The only true constant in life is that things always change

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Fifteen year-old Clair Daniels shot up out of bed, the quiet banging noise waking her up. Without even thinking and already knowing who it was, she quickly made her way over to the window and threw it open, and then pulled the blonde boy she was closer to then anyone else inside.

He was drenched from the rain that was pouring, but not even that stopped her from noticing the blood leaking down his arm or his back, nor did it hid the tears that where freely falling from his eyes. Clair instantly knew from the look in his eyes that something was wrong, very wrong.

"Draco, what happened?" Clair demanded with worry, the vacant look in her best friend's eyes scaring her. She forced him to sit down at her computer chair, and then began ounce again to try and reach him. "Draco, answer me, please. What happened? Why are you bleeding? Where's your shirt?"

She stopped when she received no acknowledgment that he even heard her. Not knowing what else to do, she quickly grabbed the towels she kept hidden under her bed for whenever he showed up wet or bleeding really badly, and began doing what she could to clean and dry him up.

"She's dead." He finally choked out about ten minutes later, and Clair immediately stopped her healing of one of medium wounds on his back, and her eyes turned from the bluish color to her normal black ones. Dropping to her knees and she pulled him into a hug, not even need to be told who 'she' was.

While Draco Malfoy cried in her arms, Clair remembered a similar situation almost eight years ago, when they where coincidently eight. It was the day they met, and the one day she would never take back. It was also the last day Draco cried, though that had been technically before she had known him.

//It was dark outside, and Clair was scared as she slowly made her way threw the woods, trying to find her way back home. She had chased after her black puppy into the woods, who was trailing at her feet now, and only realized she was lost after catching up to Bear.

She knew Amelia, her new adoptive mother, had to be worried about her, seeing how she was always worried about her. But that was understandable, it was only three weeks ago she had legally adopted Clair, and almost five months when she had found her wondering the streets with no memories except her name and birthday.

The sound of crying pulled the little girl to her right, and she soon came upon a boy her age, curled up in a ball with only his blonde hair being seen. When Clair stepped on a twig, though, his head shot up as his body tensed and then relaxed when spotting her, but the fear in his eyes sill remained.

"Are you okay?" Clair questioned when she spotted the blood trailing down his face from a deep gash on his forehead. A whisper of a voice ran threw the girl's mind and she instantly knew his father had been the one to hurt him. "Your dad did this?"

"Get away from me, or you'll get hurt too." His voice sounded broken, like he had seen way too many horrible things anyone should see, especially a kid. Clair had a feeling he had.

"Sorry, but you're the first human being I've seen in hours, so I'll take my chances." Clair smiled while going to sit next to him, giggling at his shocked expression. The giggle turned to a laugh when Bear suddenly started trying to lick the boy to death, a laugh he soon joined in.

"Can you keep a secret?" Clair asked seriously after their laughter had died down, looking the boy deep in his eyes and already knowing the answer.

Before giving him a chance to voice that answer, the little girl moved her right hand to hover over his injury. Her eyes, pupils and all, turned a crystal clear blue with ripples of grey running threw them. Then, a soft blue light that matched the colors of her eyes, surrounded both her hand and his injury as it quickly healed and the blood disappeared from his skin, just not the little part that had reached his shirt.

"How did you do that?" After she had pulled her hand back, and he had placed his where his cut ounce was, and his eyes where wide in amazement, "That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen!"

"Thank you." Clair seemed very proud of herself, almost beaming as she smiled widely at her new friend. Then her face turned serious again, "You have to promise not to tell anyone."

"I won't, I promise." He answered with just as much seriousness, not even having to think before answering. He was able to see the fear in her eyes from the thought of other people knowing. "I'm Draco Malfoy, by the way."

"Clair Daniels." Clair giggled while shaking Draco's hand, feeling ridiculous that she had forgotten names! Then the two locked eyes, and they where thrown into another fit of laughter.//

Narcissa had been the one to find them about two hours later, curled up together asleep. She had help them keep their friendship from Luscious and even covered whenever Draco would run to Clair's house after one of his father's 'moods', which usually left him injured in some way.

"I came in, and she was just lying there while he was smirking!" Draco's voice brought the rest of Clair's mind back to reality, and she promptly held him closer while realizing for the first time, the tears running down her face. "I started screaming, and he. He knows about you." His voice broke then, and Clair knew if he continued right now the damage would be even worse.

"It's okay; you don't have to tell me everything right now. We'll be safe as long as we're together." Clair whispered in his ear, which was all he needed to know before completely breaking down. For the next hour the two sat, curled up together on the floor, before falling asleep while holding onto each other like their lives depended upon it. And that's how the Auras and Amelia Daniels found the two the next morning.

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