CHAPTER 5: GOLDEN BUTTERFLIES
"What do you mean she isn't pureblood elf?" Faith asked
"Well, have you ever wondered why Chey, an elf, had come to a wizarding school, like here, and not any other elves?" Dumbledore asked
"Actually, yes!" they all said
Dumbledore stood for a moment and thought. "Do any of you remember being told in history class about Mark the Courages?"
"You mean the wizard who led the Great War against the elves two hundred and fifty years ago? Yeah." Remus said wondering as to why this guy had anything to do with this.
"Did any of you find out his real name?"
Everybody shook his or her heads.
"It was Anthony Dellwell."
"So the guy has the same last name as Chey. So what?!" James said
"But that is the thing, stupid. Why do Chey and this Anthony guy have the same last name?" Sirius said. Sirius was eager to know everything he could about Chey.
"Because Anthony Dellwell is Chey's grandfather." Dumbledore informed
"But how can that be, he was the LEADER of a war that was against elves." Severus said
"Yes he was but that was until he was captured and held in prison by the elven army."
"We never heard about that in class. They said he was killed in battle." Remus said
Dumbledore nodded his head. "That is what they want you to think. Only because the wizarding were ashamed of him."
"Why?" Sirius asked
Dumbledore sat in a chair before he continued. "While he was in prison, the elven army would beat and starve him. They thought he should've suffered for all he had done. Well one elven maiden took pity on him, and started to talk to him. When the guards were gone, which was most of the time, she would bring him food and water. She also took care of him. After weeks of this, Anthony soon learned to respect her, which grew into liking her, then to loving her. She showed love towards him as well. When the war was over, the wizards came to get him, but he refused to leave. He decided he wanted to stay with the woman he loved. The wizarding counsel didn't like the idea of one of them being wedded to an elf. So they banned him from ever coming back and told the wizarding world that he had died in battle."
"But that is wrong, being shamed and banned just because you love someone." Faith said
Severus took Faith's hand and held it, intertwining his fingers with hers. Remus put his arms around Felicia and kissed her head. James and Rileigh put their arms around each other. Sirius was now feeling a little uncomfortable. He looked over at Chey and wished she were awake so he could at least try to PRETEND to play around with her and hug and kiss her.
"So, what happened to him after that?" Sirius said looking back over to Dumbledore.
"He married the elven maiden and had a son named Gregory Anthony Dellwell."
"And he would be Chey's father?"
"Exactly."
"But he went to a wizarding school didn't he?" Rileigh asked
"No, he didn't."
"Why?" Severus asked
"Because the wizarding world still had a grudge against elves and he was half elf. So Anthony taught and trained him. When Gregory had grown to be on his own, he joined the Elvish Army. Anthony died soon after and so did his wife from a broken heart. About twenty years later Gregory met an elven woman who was also in the army, her name was Lorraine Sashet. They fell in love and got married. They were married for over a hundred and seventy years before Chey was born. Then when Chey was about five, Death Eaters attacked the elves and nearly the whole army including Gregory and Lorraine were killed."
Everyone was quiet and all looking at an unconscious Chey.
"How is Chey able to come here, if her father wasn't allowed?" Sirius asked
"Sometime during Gregory and Lorraine's marriage, the wizarding world decided what was the use of hating the elves. The war was long gone, so they accepted them."
Sirius now wanted so much to just hold Chey.
"Okay, all of you. OUT! If you want Chey to get better quicker I need to start now and I don't need any distractions. I'll let you know when you all can come back." Madam Binns demanded.
They all left and went to their towers. Severus had to go and help one of the teachers with some work.
"I should be back in a few minutes." He said
"You better be back." Faith said
"Hey, have I ever lied to you?"
Faith smiled and shook her head. Severus kissed her lips, "I love you." He said and ran off. Faith watched him as he ran towards the dungeons.
"You're crazy about him." Felicia said.
"Yeah, and he's all mine." Faith said
"I hope you guys stay that way."
"Well you and Remus are crazy about each other."
"Yeah, and Remus is all mine."
They both laughed and walked into the Slytherin common room. Nobody was in there; they all were still in the Great Hall. Felicia went towards the girl's dormitories to get something. Before she reached the stairs, Lucius walked out of the shadows and blocked her way.
"I don't have the time or the pleasure to deal with you Lucius. So move aside." Felicia said coldly
"But you didn't say please." Lucius said with smirk
"PLEASE!"
Lucius moved reluctantly aside and watched her walk up the stairs. Once Felicia was in her dorm, she went to her bed and pulled out a book from under her mattress. She went back stairs to find that Faith wasn't there any more.
"Faith?" she said. Then she decided that Severus must of came back and that him and Faith were off making out somewhere. She sat on the one of the couches and got comfortable.
After fifteen minutes went by Felicia got tired of waiting and got up to go look for Faith. When she was about to walk out of the portrait hole, Lucius came from behind her and covered her mouth. She kicked and squirmed trying to get from him, but he was too strong. He said an incantation, and then someone walked into the room. It was Severus, Felicia saw him before she was transported into a dark and wooded place.
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Did he imagine it? Did he just see Felicia disappear? Severus stood in shock for a moment, and then he remembered someone was with her. It looked like they were pulling her away. He didn't get to see who it was. That is when he also noticed that Faith was nowhere to be found.
Severus ran out of the Slytherin Tower in search of Sirius and Remus.
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Lucius released Felicia and walked over to a crowd of cloaked figures. Felicia saw Faith sitting with her knees to her chest, looking terrified. Felicia ran over to her, "Are you okay?" Felicia asked. Faith shook her head and then looked up. Felicia looked around her to see what Faith was looking at. A huge hooded figure hovering over her, it grabbed her.
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Chey jumped up and gasped for air. Something wasn't right.she could feel it. Whatever it was, it drove her from sleep. She looked around, she couldn't see that well. Everything was out of focus and she still had a major headache and it seemed to be getting worse. But for how little she saw she could tell she was in the hospital wing. She must have passed out when her and Sirius were coming back from class. Chey sat up straighter and tried to gather all her thoughts. The feeling was getting stronger and she didn't know what to do. Madam Binns wasn't there; she must've left for dinner.
Then in the corner of her eye she saw something. It was a golden shimmer of light. Chey looked over at where it was coming from. there it was again. She got up and put on her shoes, and then she slowly walked over to it. As Chey got closer, the light started to form into something. She couldn't tell what it was due to not seeing well still. When she got to the door of the hospital wing, that is when she knew what it was. It was a butterfly. It was fluttering around the door. Chey went to go and touch it but it went out of the room. She didn't know what was happening, maybe she was still dreaming or her being sick got her seeing things.
She followed it out and watched it go off into a corner of the wall. Chey walked over and saw that it had entered a room, a room that was never there before. She looked down at the dark tunnel that was below stone stairs. The butterfly was now fluttering down at the bottom of them. She climbed down the stairs and reached it, but when she got to where it was it raced off down the tunnel.
"Hey wait!" Chey yelled running after it.
She chased it down for a while and exited out of the tunnel into the cold air of outside. The butterfly was heading towards the forest. Chey didn't know if she should keep following it or to just forget it and go back, but when she turned around the tunnel was gone. This was getting a little too weird. She looked around back at the butterfly that was waiting patiently for her at the edge of the forest.
"What could happen? It is just a stupid mirage. It's not like its real and I need some fresh air. It could help this flu go away." Chey said to herself.
She ran to the edge of the forest and followed it, not knowing what she might find ahead.
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Severus ran into the Great Hall and spotted Remus and Sirius.
"Remus! Felicia is gone." Severus said out of breath.
"What do you mean she is gone?" Remus said looking worried.
"When I walked into our common room someone had her and she disappeared before I could get to her. And not only that, Faith is gone too!"
"We need to get Dumbledore."
"I'll go see if Chey is still where we left her." Sirius said.
Sirius left and Severus and Remus went to warn Dumbledore. When Sirius reached the hospital wing he saw that Chey wasn't there. He quickly ran back and ran into Remus and Severus.
"Chey is missing too." Sirius said
Dumbledore quickly walked up with some people behind him. "We are going to search for them." He said
"We are going with you." The three said together.
"NO! We don't know who kidnapped them and what we might be up against. I need you to stay here incase they show up."
They nodded and Dumbledore and the people left.
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Chey was getting tired and nauseated again. She had been following this thing for ten minutes and she was getting bored of this. Then butterfly stopped, she did to. Chey heard yelling and screaming and as she did the butterfly went to pieces and blew away.
Chey ran to where she heard the noise. She ran into an opening where a crowd of hooded figures circled around two smaller figures. She then noticed that they were Felicia and Faith.
"HEY!" Chey yelled
The hooded figures all looked at her. Felicia was injured pretty badly and Faith was unconscious. The figures started after Chey and she punched one in the face as it came to grab her. It's hood fell off and revealed a man. All of the figures took off their hoods revealing men. One was Lucius Malfoy.
"So we have a feisty one here men. Don't you like them that way, I do." One of them said
One of the men came behind Chey and locked his arms around her, making it impossible for her to move. As the others came towards her, Chey kicked one in the balls. He yelled in pain.
"Transport the other two back to the castle. This one will do, difficult but satisfactory."
The men took up Felicia and Faith and disappeared, leaving Chey to the others.
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"What do you mean she isn't pureblood elf?" Faith asked
"Well, have you ever wondered why Chey, an elf, had come to a wizarding school, like here, and not any other elves?" Dumbledore asked
"Actually, yes!" they all said
Dumbledore stood for a moment and thought. "Do any of you remember being told in history class about Mark the Courages?"
"You mean the wizard who led the Great War against the elves two hundred and fifty years ago? Yeah." Remus said wondering as to why this guy had anything to do with this.
"Did any of you find out his real name?"
Everybody shook his or her heads.
"It was Anthony Dellwell."
"So the guy has the same last name as Chey. So what?!" James said
"But that is the thing, stupid. Why do Chey and this Anthony guy have the same last name?" Sirius said. Sirius was eager to know everything he could about Chey.
"Because Anthony Dellwell is Chey's grandfather." Dumbledore informed
"But how can that be, he was the LEADER of a war that was against elves." Severus said
"Yes he was but that was until he was captured and held in prison by the elven army."
"We never heard about that in class. They said he was killed in battle." Remus said
Dumbledore nodded his head. "That is what they want you to think. Only because the wizarding were ashamed of him."
"Why?" Sirius asked
Dumbledore sat in a chair before he continued. "While he was in prison, the elven army would beat and starve him. They thought he should've suffered for all he had done. Well one elven maiden took pity on him, and started to talk to him. When the guards were gone, which was most of the time, she would bring him food and water. She also took care of him. After weeks of this, Anthony soon learned to respect her, which grew into liking her, then to loving her. She showed love towards him as well. When the war was over, the wizards came to get him, but he refused to leave. He decided he wanted to stay with the woman he loved. The wizarding counsel didn't like the idea of one of them being wedded to an elf. So they banned him from ever coming back and told the wizarding world that he had died in battle."
"But that is wrong, being shamed and banned just because you love someone." Faith said
Severus took Faith's hand and held it, intertwining his fingers with hers. Remus put his arms around Felicia and kissed her head. James and Rileigh put their arms around each other. Sirius was now feeling a little uncomfortable. He looked over at Chey and wished she were awake so he could at least try to PRETEND to play around with her and hug and kiss her.
"So, what happened to him after that?" Sirius said looking back over to Dumbledore.
"He married the elven maiden and had a son named Gregory Anthony Dellwell."
"And he would be Chey's father?"
"Exactly."
"But he went to a wizarding school didn't he?" Rileigh asked
"No, he didn't."
"Why?" Severus asked
"Because the wizarding world still had a grudge against elves and he was half elf. So Anthony taught and trained him. When Gregory had grown to be on his own, he joined the Elvish Army. Anthony died soon after and so did his wife from a broken heart. About twenty years later Gregory met an elven woman who was also in the army, her name was Lorraine Sashet. They fell in love and got married. They were married for over a hundred and seventy years before Chey was born. Then when Chey was about five, Death Eaters attacked the elves and nearly the whole army including Gregory and Lorraine were killed."
Everyone was quiet and all looking at an unconscious Chey.
"How is Chey able to come here, if her father wasn't allowed?" Sirius asked
"Sometime during Gregory and Lorraine's marriage, the wizarding world decided what was the use of hating the elves. The war was long gone, so they accepted them."
Sirius now wanted so much to just hold Chey.
"Okay, all of you. OUT! If you want Chey to get better quicker I need to start now and I don't need any distractions. I'll let you know when you all can come back." Madam Binns demanded.
They all left and went to their towers. Severus had to go and help one of the teachers with some work.
"I should be back in a few minutes." He said
"You better be back." Faith said
"Hey, have I ever lied to you?"
Faith smiled and shook her head. Severus kissed her lips, "I love you." He said and ran off. Faith watched him as he ran towards the dungeons.
"You're crazy about him." Felicia said.
"Yeah, and he's all mine." Faith said
"I hope you guys stay that way."
"Well you and Remus are crazy about each other."
"Yeah, and Remus is all mine."
They both laughed and walked into the Slytherin common room. Nobody was in there; they all were still in the Great Hall. Felicia went towards the girl's dormitories to get something. Before she reached the stairs, Lucius walked out of the shadows and blocked her way.
"I don't have the time or the pleasure to deal with you Lucius. So move aside." Felicia said coldly
"But you didn't say please." Lucius said with smirk
"PLEASE!"
Lucius moved reluctantly aside and watched her walk up the stairs. Once Felicia was in her dorm, she went to her bed and pulled out a book from under her mattress. She went back stairs to find that Faith wasn't there any more.
"Faith?" she said. Then she decided that Severus must of came back and that him and Faith were off making out somewhere. She sat on the one of the couches and got comfortable.
After fifteen minutes went by Felicia got tired of waiting and got up to go look for Faith. When she was about to walk out of the portrait hole, Lucius came from behind her and covered her mouth. She kicked and squirmed trying to get from him, but he was too strong. He said an incantation, and then someone walked into the room. It was Severus, Felicia saw him before she was transported into a dark and wooded place.
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Did he imagine it? Did he just see Felicia disappear? Severus stood in shock for a moment, and then he remembered someone was with her. It looked like they were pulling her away. He didn't get to see who it was. That is when he also noticed that Faith was nowhere to be found.
Severus ran out of the Slytherin Tower in search of Sirius and Remus.
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Lucius released Felicia and walked over to a crowd of cloaked figures. Felicia saw Faith sitting with her knees to her chest, looking terrified. Felicia ran over to her, "Are you okay?" Felicia asked. Faith shook her head and then looked up. Felicia looked around her to see what Faith was looking at. A huge hooded figure hovering over her, it grabbed her.
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Chey jumped up and gasped for air. Something wasn't right.she could feel it. Whatever it was, it drove her from sleep. She looked around, she couldn't see that well. Everything was out of focus and she still had a major headache and it seemed to be getting worse. But for how little she saw she could tell she was in the hospital wing. She must have passed out when her and Sirius were coming back from class. Chey sat up straighter and tried to gather all her thoughts. The feeling was getting stronger and she didn't know what to do. Madam Binns wasn't there; she must've left for dinner.
Then in the corner of her eye she saw something. It was a golden shimmer of light. Chey looked over at where it was coming from. there it was again. She got up and put on her shoes, and then she slowly walked over to it. As Chey got closer, the light started to form into something. She couldn't tell what it was due to not seeing well still. When she got to the door of the hospital wing, that is when she knew what it was. It was a butterfly. It was fluttering around the door. Chey went to go and touch it but it went out of the room. She didn't know what was happening, maybe she was still dreaming or her being sick got her seeing things.
She followed it out and watched it go off into a corner of the wall. Chey walked over and saw that it had entered a room, a room that was never there before. She looked down at the dark tunnel that was below stone stairs. The butterfly was now fluttering down at the bottom of them. She climbed down the stairs and reached it, but when she got to where it was it raced off down the tunnel.
"Hey wait!" Chey yelled running after it.
She chased it down for a while and exited out of the tunnel into the cold air of outside. The butterfly was heading towards the forest. Chey didn't know if she should keep following it or to just forget it and go back, but when she turned around the tunnel was gone. This was getting a little too weird. She looked around back at the butterfly that was waiting patiently for her at the edge of the forest.
"What could happen? It is just a stupid mirage. It's not like its real and I need some fresh air. It could help this flu go away." Chey said to herself.
She ran to the edge of the forest and followed it, not knowing what she might find ahead.
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Severus ran into the Great Hall and spotted Remus and Sirius.
"Remus! Felicia is gone." Severus said out of breath.
"What do you mean she is gone?" Remus said looking worried.
"When I walked into our common room someone had her and she disappeared before I could get to her. And not only that, Faith is gone too!"
"We need to get Dumbledore."
"I'll go see if Chey is still where we left her." Sirius said.
Sirius left and Severus and Remus went to warn Dumbledore. When Sirius reached the hospital wing he saw that Chey wasn't there. He quickly ran back and ran into Remus and Severus.
"Chey is missing too." Sirius said
Dumbledore quickly walked up with some people behind him. "We are going to search for them." He said
"We are going with you." The three said together.
"NO! We don't know who kidnapped them and what we might be up against. I need you to stay here incase they show up."
They nodded and Dumbledore and the people left.
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Chey was getting tired and nauseated again. She had been following this thing for ten minutes and she was getting bored of this. Then butterfly stopped, she did to. Chey heard yelling and screaming and as she did the butterfly went to pieces and blew away.
Chey ran to where she heard the noise. She ran into an opening where a crowd of hooded figures circled around two smaller figures. She then noticed that they were Felicia and Faith.
"HEY!" Chey yelled
The hooded figures all looked at her. Felicia was injured pretty badly and Faith was unconscious. The figures started after Chey and she punched one in the face as it came to grab her. It's hood fell off and revealed a man. All of the figures took off their hoods revealing men. One was Lucius Malfoy.
"So we have a feisty one here men. Don't you like them that way, I do." One of them said
One of the men came behind Chey and locked his arms around her, making it impossible for her to move. As the others came towards her, Chey kicked one in the balls. He yelled in pain.
"Transport the other two back to the castle. This one will do, difficult but satisfactory."
The men took up Felicia and Faith and disappeared, leaving Chey to the others.
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