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"Oh my God, Ella, I can't believe you're here!" Callie said.
"Me either!" replied Ella, pulling up her golden curls. "This is going to be so fun!"
"I know." added Riley, "Well, c'mon, lets go down to dinner."
"Yea, I'm starved!" Callie said.
"When aren't you starved, Cal?" Ella asked.
"Oh shut up."
The three girls laughed and walked down to the Great Hall together. Riley, Ella, and Callie stayed in one room, while Karina, Sirius, and Remus stayed in the other. The girls had offered for Karina to come in with them, but she refused. "And I know why." Riley said playfully nudging her best friend, Karina.
"Hey!" Karina had replied and they all laughed. It was almost like normal. Callie thought. Almost.
"Callie?"
She was jerked back to the present. "What?"
Ella rolled her eyes. "You didn't hear a word we said, did you?"
"Yea I did." Callie said unconvincingly.
Riley and Ella gave her "the look"
"Ok, I didn't."
They sighed and started laughing once more. Entering the Great Hall, they sat next to Hermione, Harry, and Ron.
"Hey guys, whats up?" Riley said sitting next to Harry.
"Nothing here. Just studying."
"Same here." Riley sighed.
"You're studying?" Ron asked incredulously.
"Well, yea. I mean, I'm sure I've forgotten some things over the past years and I have to make sure I know a lot...especially now."
"There's Hermione in a couple of years." Ron said.
"Oh be quiet, I'm scared to even think of what you'll be like in a couple of years." Hermione said.
Ron rolled his eyes, but couldn't think of a comeback.
"Hey Callie, could I talk with you after dinner--alone?"
"Yea." she said concerned. "Is everything all right?"
"Yea. It's nothing serious."
"OK."
Dinner seemed to go by soooo s l o w l y. Finally, Hermione got up to leave, as did Callie. As soon as they were in the Great Hall, she said, "Do you think you could help me study? I didn't want to ask in front of Harry and Ron, but you seem so smart. Riley and Ella can help too, but I just wanted to make sure it was all right."
To her surprise, Callie laughed. "Hermione! Don't do that! I thought there was something serious going on!"
"This is serious! I have to pass!"
"No no no, I meant something else serious." she said.
"Ah."
"Well, I have to go on an errand for Dumbledore...I'll be back tomorrow, but Ella and Riley will help you tonight."
"We can start later...like closer to O.W.L.s I just wanted to make sure it was ok."
"Alright. I'll see you later, Hermione"
"Bye. Have fun."
"Oh, I'll have loads of fun." Callie said sarcastically. If Hermione knew where she was heading.....oh she wouldn't believe it. Callie was instructed by Dumbledore to go over to the Malfoy Manor and spy with Severus Snape and Karina. She still didn't trust Karina and told the only person who might believe her--besides Ella and Riley of course--Severus Snape.
"What? Why?" he had asked when she told him.
"Just the way she acts. You can sense it."
"Maybe she's just a good actress."
"No, come on Severus, think!"
He stared at her. "Alright. Say she really was working for Voldemort. I'd be dead by now."
"Not necessarily. I've thought that too and realized that maybe Voldemort is going to feed you false information to help with his next attack."
She had stumped him there. "Well...she's ok. She really regrets it."
Callie sighed. "Oh yea. Well, I'd hoped I didn't have to show you this, but..."
"Show me what?"
"You know about Raelicals?"
"Aren't they wizards that drains another wizard of energy when they're weak?"
"Yea, theres more though."
"Um, they're usually dark wizards and they don't drain the energy only when weak, they can take a wizards powers when they're strong too. Theres only about 11 in the world who can."
"That's right. That's what Karina is."
"What?! Callie, you can't just accuse someone of being a Raelical for no reason at all! You have no proof!" Severus exclaimed.
"You wanna bet?" Callie asked him narrowing her eyes like she knew it all.
He crossed his arms over his chest. "If you can give me one ounce of proof that she's a Raelical, I'll believe you."
She sighed and pulled her long hair up with her hand. Holding it up, she turned around and pointed to a spot on the back of her neck where you could clearly see the mark of a Raelical. It was a little like this:´¨`·.¸¸*¸¸.·´¨`·.¸¸*¸¸.·´
"Oh my...Callie, what....?" Snape was speechless as he traced his finger over the symbol. She put her hair down again and turned towards him. She crossed her arms in front of her, "NOW do you believe me?"
He looked at her in awe. "Oh my God. Callie, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. You have to get taken care of...if she keeps doing this to you..."
"Its all right. She stopped. I dont know why, but about a week ago she stopped. I'm fine."
"But Callie..."
"I'm fine." she repeated firmly. "Now, c'mon lets go."
"We can't work with her now! She can't be trusted!"
"No one's going to believe us. We have to."
"We'll show them the mark--"
"--We can't." she interrupted.
"Why?"
"Because the less people that know, the better."
He thought for a moment and then said, "Okay. But promise after we're done, you show Dumbledore."
"Promise. Now lets go." and they went. Severus made sure to keep an eye on Karina in case she looked like she was going to start doing...whatever it is Raelicals do.