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Chapter 4
....:::::::: The Great Hall, Dinner ::::::::....
Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.
"As some of you already may know, we decided to have a Christmas Ball this year too, since it was welcomed last year. This year there's a change in the clothing - you can wear formal muggle clothes. Until Christmas Ball everyone have permission to go shopping in Hogsmeade."
Students cheered and soon everyone was taking about the Christmas Ball.
~* With Harry, Ron and Hermione *~
"Oh, I'm so glad! I can't wait to wear the dress I bought in the summer! I thought I'll never have a chance to wear it!" Hermione said happily.
"Uhh. Yeah. Ron, do you have a tuxedo?
"Um. No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"Because men don't wear dresses, they wear tuxedos when they go to a ball."
"Oh, yes, I knew that!"
"Yeah, right. Guys, I don't feel hungry right now, I'll just go to the Common Room, ok?"
"Ok, Harry, bye," Hermione said as Ron waved Harry goodbye.
....:::::::: In the Corridors of Hogwarts ::::::::....
Harry didn't think where he was going.
Finally he saw that his feet had brought him to the corridor where was the painting of the Elf Queen.
Harry quickly hid behind a corner when he saw a girl sitting in front of the painting talking to the Queen.
'That's Angelique! Wonder what are they talking about?'
Harry tried to be quiet and listened to their conversation.
"Mother, what do you mean?"
"I am saying that there is a spell with what you could defeat Voldemort."
"What?! Why didn't you tell me this earlier? I. I could've saved you and Father!"
"I won't tell you this now either, dear."
"Why?"
"Because the person, who says this spell, dies too."
"Mother! I don't really care! I want to die killing the person who has ruined so many lives!"
"Honey. Can't you understand? You are the last Elf, you are a royal Elf-"
"The least important royal Elf! My older sister was the Crown Princess of the Elves; my younger brother would've been the King if my sister died. And I? I am just a mistake that needs to be corrected!"
"My child, you are the most important Elf now! The only Elf! Without you, Elves would be legends by now!"
"Can't you understand that they'll be legends one way or another? I won't live forever. I don't want to grow old knowing that I could've saved so many lives. I want to die fighting for my life. for everybody's lives! Please, Mother, tell me the spell!"
"I won't tell you the spell, don't even try."
"Fine!" Angelique stood up and started to walk away.
"Mother?"
"Yes, Angelique?"
"I'll have to die anyway, now I have to die without defeating Him. Thank you for nothing."
With that, Harry saw Angelique leave and he ran into the Gryffindor Common Room.
....:::::::: Gryffindor Common Room :::::::....
"She's a what?" Hermione whispered after hearing the story from Harry.
"An Elf, Hermione, a royal Elf. There's nothing extraordinary about that, is there?"
"Oh you bet there is. Royal Elves are the most powerful creatures on earth. If she really is one. Then she could defeat Him easily. If she would only know the spell. Voldemort would be dead now."
"Hermione, Angelique would die too if she used the spell. If it wouldn't kill her then her mother would've told her the spell. Then Angelique wouldn't be the last Elf on Earth."
"You do have a point, Harry-"
Suddenly Prof. McGonagall stepped in. "Students, if you would look at the time, then you would know that you should be in your beds for a longer time now. Go now, go on."
Everyone took their things and went to their Dorms.
....:::::::: Angelique's Room ::::::::....
'Let's see. A spell to grow your hair. A spell to cut your hair. A spell to make you invisible. A spell to make you visible. Nothing called "A spell to kill you and your enemy". I'll go on a walk. I'm not sleepy at all.'
Angelique looked out of her window.
'Full moon. I love full moon.'
She apparated outside.
....:::::::: Outside the Castle ::::::::....
'Uhh. It's cold in here.' Angelique thought as she sat down on the grass.
'Wonder whose house is that in there. It must be Hagrid's. Hmm. Why doesn't he like me? Probably because I'm a Slytherin. He's a friend of Potter and his gang.'
"You there, what are you doing 'ere?"
Angelique shuddered as she recognized whose voice that was, 'Hagrid. I guess I'll run.'
With that she stood up and ran to the Forbidden Forest.
"Wait now! You can't go there!"
Angelique didn't hear Hagrid anymore; he was too far from her.
She found herself in the middle of the Forbidden Forest and kept walking.
She soon saw a small lake and a beautiful unicorn by it.
Angelique was surprised when the unicorn came closer to her.
"Oh, you're so pretty." She whispered.
'Why does the unicorn trust me? They should be afraid of me, I'm. evil.' Angelique thought.
Finally the unicorn was so close to her that she could touch it.
Angelique didn't see Hagrid looking at her behind the trees.
When Angelique's fingers touched the beautiful animal, the moon shone brightly on her.
Suddenly Angelique's hair grew long, they almost touched her waist and her clothing changed.
She was wearing a beautiful dress the same color as the unicorn, silvery- white.
Hagrid gasped. 'She's an Elf!'
Angelique looked at herself in the crystal clear water of the lake.
'My royal clothing. I thought I'd never wear it again.'
Then Angelique heard noise behind the tall trees and saw the unicorn leave scared.
Her clothing was back to normal now and her hair short once again.
"Angelique Kou! How many times do you want to try to get killed? If the other students can't go to the Forbidden Forest, then you can't either!"
"I'm sorry Professor Snape, but-"
"No but's, we're going right back to the castle and as much as I hate to do it, Slytherin will lose 50 points because of you!"
"I don't care! Do you think it's easy for me to know that there's a spell that could kill Voldemort and me? I want to know that spell, I don't care if I get killed, I'm the last Elf on Earth, so what?! I want to kill Voldemort, I want to kill him because he has killed thousands of people." Angelique's cheeks were covered with tears and she fell on her knees, her body trembling.
"Angelique." Snape kneeled and put his hands on Angelique's shoulders.
A second later she was gone.
'If she keeps apparating like that, she'll scare the hell out of someone.' Snape thought and made his way back to the castle.
....:::::::: Hagrid's House ::::::::....
Hagrid just sat on his bed with a blank look on his face.
'She's an Elf. An Elf.'
Hagrid remembered a beautiful face from his past.
A tall girl with emerald green eyes and long flowing hair - light brown hair.
'Amelile.'
She had been only a few years older than he was.
The most beautiful girl in the universe for Hagrid.
She probably never liked him; Hagrid was just a huge guy, who was really dumb.
'I loved her.'
She had been an Elf too, everyone knew that.
And once there had been a Christmas Ball.
When Amelile stepped in the Great Hall, she looked so pretty with that silvery-white dress of hers.
Exactly the same kind of dress Angelique was wearing when she touched the unicorn.
Hagrid never got over her and the pain in his heart grew bigger when he had seen Angelique in the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid decided to ignore Angelique as much as he could.
....:::::::: Angelique's Room ::::::::....
Angelique curled up in her bed, tears no more came from her eyes, there was only hatred now.
Hatred for the one who killed her race.
She was the only Elf and with that came many responsibilities.
She never had been the one for responsibilities.
Slowly sleep came over her and soon the sun rose.
...:::::::: The Great Hall, Breakfast ::::::::....
Angelique was late for breakfast and Draco was worried.
'She's *never* late for breakfast.' He thought and looked at the Head Table.
All Professors were eating and chatting except Hagrid.
'What's wrong with him? He's always eating and talking during breakfast. Oh well, it isn't my problem,' Draco turned his attention at the doors to the Great Hall and saw a very tired Angelique come in.
'Wonder what happened to her.'
Angelique sat down in front of Draco.
"Couldn't get any sleep, Kou?"
"You better shut up or you won't be very lucky."
As she said that, owls came in from the window.
Draco watched as a black owl came to Angelique.
'I've never seen a totally black owl before.' He thought as Angelique opened the letter.
~*Angelique's Letter*~
Angelique, About last night, do not tell anyone that you went to the Forbidden Forest; it wouldn't be good for your reputation.
Severus Snape.
~*End of Letter*~
Draco saw Angelique look at the Head Table; he turned his gaze there too and saw Snape nodding at Angelique.
'That letter must be from Snape. Interesting, what did he write? Oh well, I'll probably never know.'
....:::::::: Potions Class ::::::::....
Angelique had just sat down when Snape dashed in.
"Students, today we are going to make a potion that can make you invisible. Please be very careful doing the potion, one false move and you may stay invisible until you die."
Neville shuddered.
Angelique started to make the potion, not thinking what she was doing.
"Hey, Kou, you're putting the wrong things in there! Stop!" Draco said.
"Huh?" Angelique raised her head looking at the potion.
"The potion must be crystal clear and bubbly, but look at your potion! It's dark purple and bubbly!"
"Dark purple? Oh, it is."
Snape had been looking at Angelique and saw that something was wrong.
"Ms. Kou? Could I talk to you outside, please?"
Angelique slowly stood up and followed Snape outside the classroom.
"What's wrong, Angelique?"
"I. I don't know. I think it's because of the incident in the Forbidden Forest yesterday. Because of that unicorn. Why wasn't she afraid of me? And why did my hair and clothing change when I touched her?"
"Unicorns only let the people they trust go near them, but I can't understand why she came to you. She must've trusted you a lot."
"But why? Why should a pure and innocent animal like her trust me out of all people? I can't understand."
"There's no difference in it now, is there? You can't change the past. Come; let's go back to the class."
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Chapter 4
....:::::::: The Great Hall, Dinner ::::::::....
Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.
"As some of you already may know, we decided to have a Christmas Ball this year too, since it was welcomed last year. This year there's a change in the clothing - you can wear formal muggle clothes. Until Christmas Ball everyone have permission to go shopping in Hogsmeade."
Students cheered and soon everyone was taking about the Christmas Ball.
~* With Harry, Ron and Hermione *~
"Oh, I'm so glad! I can't wait to wear the dress I bought in the summer! I thought I'll never have a chance to wear it!" Hermione said happily.
"Uhh. Yeah. Ron, do you have a tuxedo?
"Um. No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"Because men don't wear dresses, they wear tuxedos when they go to a ball."
"Oh, yes, I knew that!"
"Yeah, right. Guys, I don't feel hungry right now, I'll just go to the Common Room, ok?"
"Ok, Harry, bye," Hermione said as Ron waved Harry goodbye.
....:::::::: In the Corridors of Hogwarts ::::::::....
Harry didn't think where he was going.
Finally he saw that his feet had brought him to the corridor where was the painting of the Elf Queen.
Harry quickly hid behind a corner when he saw a girl sitting in front of the painting talking to the Queen.
'That's Angelique! Wonder what are they talking about?'
Harry tried to be quiet and listened to their conversation.
"Mother, what do you mean?"
"I am saying that there is a spell with what you could defeat Voldemort."
"What?! Why didn't you tell me this earlier? I. I could've saved you and Father!"
"I won't tell you this now either, dear."
"Why?"
"Because the person, who says this spell, dies too."
"Mother! I don't really care! I want to die killing the person who has ruined so many lives!"
"Honey. Can't you understand? You are the last Elf, you are a royal Elf-"
"The least important royal Elf! My older sister was the Crown Princess of the Elves; my younger brother would've been the King if my sister died. And I? I am just a mistake that needs to be corrected!"
"My child, you are the most important Elf now! The only Elf! Without you, Elves would be legends by now!"
"Can't you understand that they'll be legends one way or another? I won't live forever. I don't want to grow old knowing that I could've saved so many lives. I want to die fighting for my life. for everybody's lives! Please, Mother, tell me the spell!"
"I won't tell you the spell, don't even try."
"Fine!" Angelique stood up and started to walk away.
"Mother?"
"Yes, Angelique?"
"I'll have to die anyway, now I have to die without defeating Him. Thank you for nothing."
With that, Harry saw Angelique leave and he ran into the Gryffindor Common Room.
....:::::::: Gryffindor Common Room :::::::....
"She's a what?" Hermione whispered after hearing the story from Harry.
"An Elf, Hermione, a royal Elf. There's nothing extraordinary about that, is there?"
"Oh you bet there is. Royal Elves are the most powerful creatures on earth. If she really is one. Then she could defeat Him easily. If she would only know the spell. Voldemort would be dead now."
"Hermione, Angelique would die too if she used the spell. If it wouldn't kill her then her mother would've told her the spell. Then Angelique wouldn't be the last Elf on Earth."
"You do have a point, Harry-"
Suddenly Prof. McGonagall stepped in. "Students, if you would look at the time, then you would know that you should be in your beds for a longer time now. Go now, go on."
Everyone took their things and went to their Dorms.
....:::::::: Angelique's Room ::::::::....
'Let's see. A spell to grow your hair. A spell to cut your hair. A spell to make you invisible. A spell to make you visible. Nothing called "A spell to kill you and your enemy". I'll go on a walk. I'm not sleepy at all.'
Angelique looked out of her window.
'Full moon. I love full moon.'
She apparated outside.
....:::::::: Outside the Castle ::::::::....
'Uhh. It's cold in here.' Angelique thought as she sat down on the grass.
'Wonder whose house is that in there. It must be Hagrid's. Hmm. Why doesn't he like me? Probably because I'm a Slytherin. He's a friend of Potter and his gang.'
"You there, what are you doing 'ere?"
Angelique shuddered as she recognized whose voice that was, 'Hagrid. I guess I'll run.'
With that she stood up and ran to the Forbidden Forest.
"Wait now! You can't go there!"
Angelique didn't hear Hagrid anymore; he was too far from her.
She found herself in the middle of the Forbidden Forest and kept walking.
She soon saw a small lake and a beautiful unicorn by it.
Angelique was surprised when the unicorn came closer to her.
"Oh, you're so pretty." She whispered.
'Why does the unicorn trust me? They should be afraid of me, I'm. evil.' Angelique thought.
Finally the unicorn was so close to her that she could touch it.
Angelique didn't see Hagrid looking at her behind the trees.
When Angelique's fingers touched the beautiful animal, the moon shone brightly on her.
Suddenly Angelique's hair grew long, they almost touched her waist and her clothing changed.
She was wearing a beautiful dress the same color as the unicorn, silvery- white.
Hagrid gasped. 'She's an Elf!'
Angelique looked at herself in the crystal clear water of the lake.
'My royal clothing. I thought I'd never wear it again.'
Then Angelique heard noise behind the tall trees and saw the unicorn leave scared.
Her clothing was back to normal now and her hair short once again.
"Angelique Kou! How many times do you want to try to get killed? If the other students can't go to the Forbidden Forest, then you can't either!"
"I'm sorry Professor Snape, but-"
"No but's, we're going right back to the castle and as much as I hate to do it, Slytherin will lose 50 points because of you!"
"I don't care! Do you think it's easy for me to know that there's a spell that could kill Voldemort and me? I want to know that spell, I don't care if I get killed, I'm the last Elf on Earth, so what?! I want to kill Voldemort, I want to kill him because he has killed thousands of people." Angelique's cheeks were covered with tears and she fell on her knees, her body trembling.
"Angelique." Snape kneeled and put his hands on Angelique's shoulders.
A second later she was gone.
'If she keeps apparating like that, she'll scare the hell out of someone.' Snape thought and made his way back to the castle.
....:::::::: Hagrid's House ::::::::....
Hagrid just sat on his bed with a blank look on his face.
'She's an Elf. An Elf.'
Hagrid remembered a beautiful face from his past.
A tall girl with emerald green eyes and long flowing hair - light brown hair.
'Amelile.'
She had been only a few years older than he was.
The most beautiful girl in the universe for Hagrid.
She probably never liked him; Hagrid was just a huge guy, who was really dumb.
'I loved her.'
She had been an Elf too, everyone knew that.
And once there had been a Christmas Ball.
When Amelile stepped in the Great Hall, she looked so pretty with that silvery-white dress of hers.
Exactly the same kind of dress Angelique was wearing when she touched the unicorn.
Hagrid never got over her and the pain in his heart grew bigger when he had seen Angelique in the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid decided to ignore Angelique as much as he could.
....:::::::: Angelique's Room ::::::::....
Angelique curled up in her bed, tears no more came from her eyes, there was only hatred now.
Hatred for the one who killed her race.
She was the only Elf and with that came many responsibilities.
She never had been the one for responsibilities.
Slowly sleep came over her and soon the sun rose.
...:::::::: The Great Hall, Breakfast ::::::::....
Angelique was late for breakfast and Draco was worried.
'She's *never* late for breakfast.' He thought and looked at the Head Table.
All Professors were eating and chatting except Hagrid.
'What's wrong with him? He's always eating and talking during breakfast. Oh well, it isn't my problem,' Draco turned his attention at the doors to the Great Hall and saw a very tired Angelique come in.
'Wonder what happened to her.'
Angelique sat down in front of Draco.
"Couldn't get any sleep, Kou?"
"You better shut up or you won't be very lucky."
As she said that, owls came in from the window.
Draco watched as a black owl came to Angelique.
'I've never seen a totally black owl before.' He thought as Angelique opened the letter.
~*Angelique's Letter*~
Angelique, About last night, do not tell anyone that you went to the Forbidden Forest; it wouldn't be good for your reputation.
Severus Snape.
~*End of Letter*~
Draco saw Angelique look at the Head Table; he turned his gaze there too and saw Snape nodding at Angelique.
'That letter must be from Snape. Interesting, what did he write? Oh well, I'll probably never know.'
....:::::::: Potions Class ::::::::....
Angelique had just sat down when Snape dashed in.
"Students, today we are going to make a potion that can make you invisible. Please be very careful doing the potion, one false move and you may stay invisible until you die."
Neville shuddered.
Angelique started to make the potion, not thinking what she was doing.
"Hey, Kou, you're putting the wrong things in there! Stop!" Draco said.
"Huh?" Angelique raised her head looking at the potion.
"The potion must be crystal clear and bubbly, but look at your potion! It's dark purple and bubbly!"
"Dark purple? Oh, it is."
Snape had been looking at Angelique and saw that something was wrong.
"Ms. Kou? Could I talk to you outside, please?"
Angelique slowly stood up and followed Snape outside the classroom.
"What's wrong, Angelique?"
"I. I don't know. I think it's because of the incident in the Forbidden Forest yesterday. Because of that unicorn. Why wasn't she afraid of me? And why did my hair and clothing change when I touched her?"
"Unicorns only let the people they trust go near them, but I can't understand why she came to you. She must've trusted you a lot."
"But why? Why should a pure and innocent animal like her trust me out of all people? I can't understand."
"There's no difference in it now, is there? You can't change the past. Come; let's go back to the class."
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