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I woke up on the floor the next day in quite a lot of pain, sleeping on a stone slab floor wasn't exactly the best idea looking back on it now, but at that moment in time I felt so drained from yesterday I just couldn't bring myself to move. Libby woke me up to tell me that there was breakfast waiting for me in the sun room. I walked glumly to the table in the sun room. The weather seemed to match my emotions. The sky was dull and grey and there was wind blowing through the air. Rain gently battered the roof of the sun room. I took small bites of my food. I wasn't really in the mood to eat. In this moment of time all I wanted was a hug from my mum and for her to help me through this because I was so confused. I pushed away my food and stood up from the table and walked up to my bedroom. I walked into my closet and changed in to a pair of grey jogging bottoms and a pink tank top. I exited my bedroom and walked to my parent's room and pushed the door open. It was exactly like it was when I arrived; I don't know why I thought it might change. I walked to the bed and picked up my dad's cardigan and put it on. I brought the material to my nose and breathed in deeply, the smell filled my nose.
My dad was what you called a gentle giant. He treated people with kindness and loved his family very much. He was a man who was gentle, kind, always happy and would never hurt anyone unless it was absolutely necessary. I loved my dad to pieces. He taught me how to ride a broom when I was only six. He taught me how to play wizards chess and play the piano. He treated me like a princess and I was always happy. I gave an unhappy sigh and walked over to my mother's chair. As I sat down my mother's peppermint perfume rose around me. It made a tear fall from my eye. My mother was one of the nicest people to walk this earth. She always saw the good in people not matter how evil they may be the exception being Lord Voldermort. Obviously. I looked to her as a role model; if I turned out to be like her then I couldn't be happier. She could do everything, she could bake, she could sing her voice was hypnotising really. I was close to her, I could talk to her about anything and whenever I was in Hogwarts if I had a problem I would send a letter asking for her opinion. I picked up her book she was reading, it was a muggle book called Jane Eyre by a woman called Charlotte Bronte. I picked the book up and flicked through the worn pages as I did an envelope fell on to my lap. I picked it up and turned it over. My name was written on the front in my mother's handwriting. I took an intake of breathe and slowly opened and took out the letter.
December 14th
My dearest daughter.
If you are reading this then unfortunately the worst has happened and we are no longer with you, and for that we are truly sorry. But if you are reading this letter that means you have not fallen with us and for that we are thankful. You are probably wondering why I am writing you a letter; the truth is we have known our time on this earth is at an end. The reason is because being a rich pure-blood family Voldermort sent death eaters to try and turn us over to his side, but your father being who he is sent them on their way. They tried a couple of times in the past few years. They will probably be back tonight and I'm afraid we won't make it because Lord Voldermort grows impatient and you know as well as I what that means, that's why we suggested you see some of your friends.
There are so many things that we wish we could be able to see, like you getting married, meeting your children or even just to see you finish Hogwarts. I hope you find happiness Lucinda, after the pain you will probably feel now you deserve some happiness. Know that I and your father are so proud of the young witch you have become. Also know that we are always with you in your heart. You will also receive everything that we own including the holiday home, all our money and the house elves. Take good care of them. I know you will. Also take care of yourself, dark times lay ahead Lucinda and always think before you do anything.
Stay safe sweetheart. We love you.
Your Mother.
Melissa Llewellyn.
Silent tears ran down my face and on to the piece of parchment in my hands. My parents knew that they were going to die and they didn't even have any sign on their faces that they were going to die when she left that day. If I had known I could have done something. I don't know what I could have done to help but being there might have been enough. The bit about the death eaters trying to recruit my parents made me hate them even more than I already did and I'm not sure that was possible. I held the letter close to me and got up and went over to my parent's bed climbed in snuggled down in the covers and cried until unconsciousness washed over me.
The next two weeks passed in a blur. All I did was eat, sleep and basically cry, I had fallen into a state of depression and I had no one or no way to help me out of it. I was hoping that Fleur and Bill's wedding would get me out of the funk I was in. I needed something happy happening in my life. It was a few hours before the wedding was suppose to start and I was just getting out of bed. I walked over to my bathroom and took a nice long shower. I must have been in there about half hour to forty-five minutes; I got out and dried myself and looked at myself in the mirror. I had deep bags around my chestnut eyes and my skin was pale. I magically dried my hair and curled it so the chocolate coloured curls framed my face. I did light make up and put grey shadow around my eyes and applied eye-liner and mascara and a deep red lip gloss. I walked to my closet and pulled out a dress that I had been saving for a special occasion. It was floor length that hugged my figure well showing off the curves of my body. It had a scoop back and was made mostly out of silk. It was black which seemed kind of weird to wear to a wedding but it was elegant so I thought it would be okay. Before I put it on I strapped on my wand holder that my mother gave me for formal occasions. It was for when I was wearing a formal dress I would have somewhere to put my wand instead of carrying it around in my hand. I took the dress on its hanger and slid it over my head carefully. I slipped on my black high heels and called to Libby to tell I was going, soon after I apparated to the Burrow.
When I arrived at the burrow I had never seen it so busy. People chatted and laughed with one another some people even danced and it was before the ceremony. I made my way through the crowds of people and towards the Wesley kitchen. I walked in and it was mental! Women were running everywhere with shoes, flowers or ribbons waving in the air, others were shouting. Somewhere between the madness I spotted the frizzy hair of Hermione and took a chance making my way through the craziness to reach her. When I did I tapped her on the shoulder and she span round with a mad look on her face. It softened when she saw it was me. She grabbed me into a bone crushing hug.
"Oh thank Merlin!" She said in my ear. I gave a chuckled. It was nice to see her.
"Going a bit crazy are we?" I giggled. She rolled her eyes at me.
"That's an understatement. Fleur has been driving everyone saying everything is wrong and that she's fat. I think Mrs. Wesley is close to killing her and Ginny isn't far behind." She said as a ribbon went flying over her head. I laughed.
"Think it's possible to get outside?" I asked her. She looked at me like she was thankful and nodded. "Come on then." I said and grabbed her hand and tried to make our way through the madness that was the women of the Delacour family. We made it out into the cool air of the July evening. Hermione gave a sigh of relief and she sat down on an outside bench. I sat down beside her.
"So how've you been?" Hermione asked.
"Not to good Herms." I said sadly looking down at my lap.
"How come?" She asked.
"I found a letter from my mother the day they were murdered." I whispered. Her face looked shocked.
"Wow." She said.
"Yeah and that's just the start of it." I said leaning my head back looking at the starry sky.
"Why what else happened?" She asked with her eyebrow raised.
"Malfoy." I said.
"Malfoy?" She repeated. I nodded to her; this was going to be weird to explain.
"He showed up at my house." I said and her mouth dropped open. I nodded and launched into a story telling her all about what happened when Malfoy showed up including the kiss and the memory coming back. I told her all my feelings, everything. When I finished I was scared to look at her face. I didn't want her to be angry with me.
"Lu..." Was all she got out.
"Go on yell at me for liking the prat." I said looking in the other direction.
"I'm not going to yell at you I think you've gone through enough and I don't think you need me telling you that he is the worst person to fall for because you already know that. But what I will tell you is that I'm here for you and I'm sure Ginny will too." She said with a smile. I gave her a smile and gave her a side hug.
"Thank you Herms." I said, she gave me a smile.
"It's no problem. Now I'm going to see if I can save Ginny from the madness." She said and walked off. It wasn't long after that the ceremony started. It was beautiful. Even though Mrs. Wesley didn't like Fleur I'm sure she would be happy that her son was happy and had someone who loved him, even at the terrible times we are in it was nice to see that people still believed love. The reception was fun too. It was exactly what I need to get my spirits up. People were dancing and laughing and it was so weird to see especially with all the death and despair in our world. I was standing around the dance floor watching people dance when I caught a glimpse of Harry standing the other side. I made my way round to his side. He sensed me and turned to me and smiled.
"Hello." He said.
"Heya Harry. Care to dance?" I asked.
"I can't dance." He shook his head.
"Too bad." I said with a laugh then I grabbed his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor. A slow song started and Harry put his hands on my lower back and I put my hands round his neck.
"How are you Harry?" I asked him.
"I'm doing okay Lu thanks. Are you okay? Hermione told me what happened." He said with concern written over his face.
"Of course she did." I smiled that girl was always worrying about something."I'm doing okay. Better than I was. But that's what you get when you start falling for someone you know you can never be with." I said with a shrug, I noticed Harry's face fall. I obviously struck a nerve.
"Ginny?" I asked.
"How does everyone that?" He asked shocked. I laughed as he span me round.
"You may be able to keep out Voldermort but to your friends Harry unfortunately we can read you like Hermione reads books." I laughed. He threw me a look that made me giggle even more. We were in silence for a moment when I thought of something that had me thinking for a few months before the end of Hogwarts.
"You aren't going back this year are you?" I said to him. He looked at me and shook his head "no."
"Ron and Hermione?" I asked knowing the answer. He shook his head again. "Then be careful Harry, I don't know what you are going after but please be careful." I said to him.
"I will. If you be careful to, Hogwarts is going to be different this year. I heard Snape is headmaster now." He said seriously. "Slytherin are probably going to be even worse than before."
"Don't worry about me Harry. Anyway I got Ginny with me I think me and the Gryffindor house will be fine." I smiled. He was about to say something else when a blue orb shot through the tent. It began talking.
"The Ministry has fallen. The minister of magic is dead. They are coming, they are coming." It said and then it vanished. All hell broke loose then people started apparated and death eaters arrived. In the commotion I pushed from Harry and thrown on the floor it was kind of good that my dress flew up because I had easy access to my wand I grabbed it just in time as a Death eater stood over me. He smirked an ugly smirk at me and raised his wand. Before he had chance to say a spell I stunned him.
"Stupefy!" I yelled and he flew a foot away. I scrambled to my feet and kicked of my shoes and ran across the room to help other people firing spells as I went. I noticed Ginny struggling with a death eater and Harry was running towards her, I got to him just before he got into it with the death eater. I grabbed hold of him.
"Harry go!" I said pushing him away.
"No!" He shouted struggling.
"Harry she will be fine! They are here for you now go!" I said pushing him with all my force, he listened and he grabbed hold of Hermione and Ron and disapparated. I turned round and sent the death eater attacking Ginny flying. I helped her off the ground, she smiled and we went on battling through the night. The battle lasted a few hours and the death eaters left after they figured Harry wasn't around. There weren't many causalities there were a few injuries here and there Ginny had a small cut going up her arm and my dress was ruined that was a real shame. It was such a pretty dress.
August passed by so slowly, and the state of the wizarding world was getting worse. The ministry was rounding up half-bloods and muggle borns saying they stole magic and the disappearances were getting more and more by the day. I spent most of my time at the burrow. Mrs. Wesley asked me to stay after the wedding because she didn't want me staying on my own seen as I had no protection so I packed up some of my stuff and stayed with the Wesley family. Hogwarts was approaching and neither Ginny nor I were looking forward to it. It was going to be a Gryffindors worst nightmare.
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