A/N: Here's chapter 43. Wow, how far we've come. Thanks for sticking with the story and with me. You're amazing guys. I hope you you liked the story of Melisande too. (If you haven't read it yet, it's called 'Destiny will have its way')

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Chapter 43: Dealing with it

The weekend passed fast, with the three of us visiting Sirius everyday, and the twins having a strong bond with him, thanks to their common passions. But eventually Monday came and I had to face Sev, Minnie, Pomona and Filius for the first time after learning of what was hidden within me…well, at least one of the things. But there were no alternatives. I plucked up all my courage and headed to the Transfiguration clasroom, but right after I exited the Great HalllI bumped into two boys.

"Ok, I have to go to Transfiguration, so speak fast."

"Well, we wondered if you…"

"…will come with us this afternoon…"

"…to Padfoot. He promised that…"

"…he will tell us more Hogwarts stories if…"

"…we go tonight."

"Ok, I'll come, I want to hear more too. Maybe we could find a way to make Sev and Padfoot stop hating each other."

"We have to say,.."

"…the chances are poor."

"Now, out of my way, I have to go to class."

But before I could get away from them, a hand caught my right arm.

"Wait, what's this?" George asked me, turning my arm and showing it to his brother. I froze in place, staring at my marked forearm.

"Selene,what is this…"

"…all about?" they ended with scared looks on their faces.

"Are you sure that…"

"…Malfoy is good, and not an…"

"…aspiring Death Eater?" I slapped both their arms.

"Come on! You're ridiculous. You really don't think I'm capable of knowing this kind of things? He's only thinking of this because of me. It is about what got out of the closet with the dammned boggart. He has this on his left arm because I kept thinking of this after what happened, and he is thinking of it too, feeling guilty even though he shouldn't. But his is covered by his cast. Now will you let go of me?!!? I have to go!"

I left them seemingly angry but as I sat in the Transfiguration class next to Hermione, my face was pale and I was scared. About the Dark Mark, about the Horcrux, everything.

We were learning to turn rats into match boxes. Hermione got it on the third try, though the matches were still a bit pinkish like the tail of the rat. Harry and Ron only managed to change the tails into matches, and I did it fast, and the rest of the hour I thought of all the dreams I had, maybe I could figure out what the other thing was. Because honestly, if it were to judge on how long it took for the Horcrux memory to be revealed, I would have to wait a very long time for the memory to surface.

While the other kids were practicing the spell, Minnie looked at me once and her eyes widened. But she didn't say anything. Hermione, on the other hand looked at me and started to snap her fingers in front of my face.

"What are you doing Hermione?"

"What happened to you? You look terrible. Are you ok? "

"I'm fine. Just a little bit tired. And I probably should've eaten more at breakfast."

She didn't look convinced but dropped the subject. The rest of the day went pretty uneventful, but Sev stared at me all through Double Potions with the Slytherins and I talked with Draco in the meantime. I succeded in avoiding Harry and the twins during lunch, but my luck dropped at dinner. I sat near the end of the table. Harry, Ron and Hermione plopped in front of me.

"You look like hell." Ron said

"She really does…"

"…doesn't she?" the twins dropped on either side of me, starting to pile food on my plate.

"Stop it! You shouldn't even eat mashed potatoes along with bread." I protested, looking at the slices of bread next to my plate

"You need to eat. You…"

"…won't tell us what happened to…"

"…you, but we'll feed you properly."

"I told you already, what do you want?"

"Oh, we know…"

"…you Sel, that was true, what you said,…"

"…but it is not the reason for this."

"I-well, you see-hmmpf"

"We care for you, please…"

"…tell us. We can't help you…"

"…if you don't."

"I-…never mind." I grabbed a sandwich from near the pile of food and left the Great Hall. I went straight to my room, jumped on my bed and put up silence wards. I just wanted to be left to scream and cry in peace, but apparently someone had other plans for me.

"Sel, what happened? Why did you run like that? Did you have another dream? Please say something."

"I'm fine. Yes, I had another dream and unfortunately I found out one of the things they were hiding. And its bad, really bad.""What is it? "

"I can't tell you. Sorry. But I'm scared of what you'll think. You won't want to be near me then. None of you. Sorry. Bye""But-" I cut him off. All the sadness and anger washed off over the next hours, and my face was red with tears. I tried to contact someone, but failed. It saddened me even more. It wasn't working anymore. Why??? Why couldn't I talk to my mother anymore??

I had to talk to them, to find out why they hid it. I mean, I knew why, but why for so long?

I grabbed a pen and some parchment and wrote a note for Dumbledore that I had to talk to him. I got an answer faster than expected, and within half an hour, I was in front of his office door. Unfortunately, my anger came to me again and I pushed the door open to reveal Dumbledore, Minnie and Sev.

"Why? Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me at least when I started school? When were you planning to tell me?"

"Selene, what are you talking about?" Sev asked, obviously not able to look through my mind.

"I'm a bloody Horcrux! When were you going to tell me ? And can I know just how are you going to get this out of me?" they all stared at me and I turned to Dumbledore.

"You wanted to hide this, didn't you? Why? I-"

"Selene." Sev called out. "Actually...it was me. I-I wanted to protect you more than anything. You were just a little, innocent girl. We just couldn't tell you something like that. "

I turned to him with disbelief. He did this?

"I...sorry. I shouldn't have reacted like that. Just, I'm still scared and don't know what's going to happen. I'm scared for everything. He's going to come back someday and I have to get this out of me in order for him to be killed and I don't even know how."

Only then, the additional breathing sounds caught my attention. I turned to the door to see three gaping boys, staring at me with sadness and fear. I paled to the tips of my hair.

"You...I...I told you so Draco!"

"Sel, we're not afraid of you, but for you. You wouldn't tell us what happened so we had to talk to Dumbledore. You couldn't just keep it in forever. It would've had eaten you alive. "

I walked up to them and felt comfort and like home in the hug they pulled me into. Maybe I had a Horcrux inside of me, but I wasn't alone in this.

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