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Chapter 5

The Three Witches

Everyone in the room was silent, staring at the girl like she was a figment of their imagination. Draco couldn't believe he was harboring a strange girl in his room for the past couple of days- no, wait, yes he could. But he was still shocked. Dumbledore was the first to speak.

"Miss. Hallow," he said walking over to her, "please sit down." Dumbledore ushered her over to a seat and conjured up a bowl of candy. "Lemon drop?" He asked. Enid reached out a shaking hand and grabbed the sweet.

"Miss. Hallow, may I ask how you got here?" Dumbledore said after she ate the candy.

"The night my family was attacked," Enid said finally, "my friends Kitana and Vale had agreed to spend the night over my house. We were all sleeping when I heard a loud blasting noise from downstairs. I peaked outside my bedroom door and saw about twenty Death Eaters swarming into the house. I pulled my wand out; ready to fight them when my dad came running down the hall. He told me to get out of the house as quick as possible, I told him that I wanted to help him fight them off but he pushed me into my room and put a Locking Charm on the door.

"I quickly woke Vale and Kitana up and we crawled through the passageway behind a painting in my room. The passageway was charmed to transport us to a place of safety. We ended up in the forest that borders this house. It wasn't until the next day that we found out what happened to my family- to all of our families. We agreed to hide out in the forest in our Animagus forms." Enid finished, taking another lemon drop from the candy bowl.

"You are all Animagus?" asked Dumbledore with surprise.

"Yes, but please don't tell the Ministry we're afraid that if they knew, the Death Eaters would track us down for sure."

"Where are Miss. Awayuki and Miss. Nightwolf?" Dumbledore asked. Enid smirked and with her head bowed down she pointed towards the window.

"They're right there." Everyone looked toward the window. Sitting atop the windowsill was a brown owl and next to it was the very same wolf that had tried to attack Draco in the woods.

Dumbledore walked over to the window and opened it wider, ushering the animals in. The wolf jumped in and walked over towards Enid, stopping to growl at Draco before sitting and the owl flew inside and sat itself on the arm of the sofa.

"It would be a great deal easier if I were speaking to humans." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling with amusement.

The owl flew into the middle of the room and transformed. Instead of the brown owl, every eye was on a girl of about 5'1" with shoulder-length black hair, dark, almost black, almond-shaped eyes, and very pale skin. She was wearing a pair of Jean shorts and a torn blouse. She looked around at everyone before sitting back down on the couch.

"Miss. Awayuki, I believe?" Dumbledore asked. Kitana nodded.

Everyone turned expectantly toward the wolf. She showed no signs of changing back.

"Vale, stop being stubborn." Snapped Kitana, speaking for the first time.

The wolf growled before transforming. Again they were staring at another girl only this girl was 5'6" with light blue eyes. Her skin was tanned and her brown hair was pulled back into a high-ponytail, two deep-red bangs fell to cover her face. Her face was set in a determined bad mood.

"Why are we here?" She said getting straight to the point.

"Ah, Miss. Nightwolf. I was just about to get to that." Dumbledore said. "If everyone could just have a seat."

Draco, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley, and Vale all went to find seats. After everyone was seated Dumbledore spoke.

"Now, the first thing I want to talk about- as there are many things that need to be discussed- is if you girls know why you were attacked."

Enid, Kitana, and Vale all shared a look before Vale answered.

"Our parents were working on a new potion." At the bewildered looks on everyone's face she continued. "They called it the Yowai Project. The potion would make any person- even the most powerful wizard or witch- vulnerable to an attack."

"Of course." Whispered Dumbledore. "Voldemort obviously wanted to get his hands on it."

"To get to Harry." Finished Ron.

"Do you think that they have it, Professor?" Hermione said worriedly.

"They don't have it." Enid replied.

"Are you sure?" asked Dumbledore.

"Positive."

"How do you know?" asked Mr. Weasley.

"Well, my dad always liked to think outside the box. Instead of hiding the potion, he hid the plans for the potion under my bed."

"I always thought her dad was crazy for doing that." Vale said.

"Well, it worked. The Death Eaters never came to my room and I was able to grab the plans before we left. Instead they took the potion."

"Isn't that bad?" Ron asked confusedly.

"No, the potion is useless after twelve hours and the last time our parents made it was the day before." Replied Kitana.

"Oh." Said Ron.

"Brilliant, isn't it?" Enid said excitedly. "I bet you somewhere out there, You-Know-Who is thanking his servants for bringing him 1 oz. of ice-cold spring water."

"That solves that problem, then." Said Mrs. Weasley.

"Yes, I believe it does, Molly." Said Dumbledore. "Now, the next topic I must ask is why you, Miss. Hallow, felt the need to stay with Mr. Malfoy."

"I knew he was a Malfoy!" Shouted Vale, standing up and pointing her wand at Draco. "You should have let me kill him, Enid!"

"Vale, don't'! I don't want to have to hurt you for doing something stupid." Enid said standing in front of Vale blocking her view of Draco.

"How can you protect him! His father was one of the people who killed our parents!"

"Lucius Malfoy was one of the Death Eaters that attacked your home?" Dumbledore said.

Enid nodded still standing in front of Vale. "Vale thinks that Draco had something to do with it. On the night Draco found me in the forest, she tried to attack him."

"You should have let me!" She growled.

"You know I can't do that. It's my job." Enid said quietly.

"What do you mean it's your job to protect me?" Draco asked, finally speaking. "I can take care of myself, I don't need a babysitter."

"I don't think that's what she means, Malfoy." Hermione said, figuring it out. "You're a Curator, aren't you?"

Enid nodded.

"What the bloody hell is a Curator?" Draco said confusedly.

"It's a person that is sworn to protect one person for their entire life. They have the power to use protective magic without their wands and must protect the person they are sworn to or…" Hermione stopped and gulped.

"Or what?" Ron asked Hermione.

"Or I must give my life for them to live." Finished Enid. "I have no choice."

"Why me? Why do you have to protect me?" Draco asked Enid.

"I don't know. I mean, I didn't even think I would find you."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, most Curators go their entire life without finding their person. I never expected to find you, but when you tried to pet me- you felt the shock- I was instantly connected to you and I knew it was you I had to protect."

"So it was you I kept hearing in my head! You told me not to gel my hair!" Draco said outraged.

Enid blushed. "W-well it does look better without all that gel." Draco could here Ron, Ginny, and Hermione snort.

Draco glared at them before his eyes widened in realization.

"You saw me changing!" Enid blushed bright red and this time everyone laughed, including Vale. "

"N-no! I didn't, I swear! I turned around! I-I…" Enid stopped talking as this only aroused more laughter.

"That's not funny!" Draco said maliciously.

"Yes…it…is." Ron laughed, holding his sides.

"Shut up, Weasel." Draco muttered.

"Hermione, that memory goes right next to bouncing ferret." Ron and Hermione laughed.

Draco turned bright red. 'You get turned into a ferret once and no one forgets about it.' He thought. He heard Enid snort. 'Stay out of my head!' he thought.

::Sorry::

"Dumbledore, can you get on with what you have to say!" Draco said, once the laughter began to die down.

"Ah, yes." Dumbledore said, amusement still evident in his eyes. "The next thing that needs to be brought up is where you girls will stay. As you cannot go back to your homes we must find a suitable home for the three of you. Of course, it will only be for the next month or so where you will attend Hogwarts."

"Please, sir, I can't be far from Draco." Ron snorted again causing Enid to blush but she remained determined in speaking. "I need to be close by in case something happens."

"Dumbledore, why don't they all stay here?" Mrs. Weasley said. "The girls can stay in one of the boys' rooms and that way Enid would still be close enough to Draco."

"That would be very kind of you, Mrs. Weasley." Dumbledore said.

"We don't want to intrude." Enid said.

"Oh nonsense, you are not intruding." Mrs. Weasley said kindly. "Ron, Ginny, go set up Bill and the twins' rooms." Ron and Ginny ran upstairs.

"Thank you very much, Mrs. Weasley." Kitana said. Vale and Enid joined in afterward.

"The finances we can pay for ourselves." Vale said, always the blunt one. "We'll just have to get out our money from our Gringotts vault."

"We will be taking a trip to Diagon Alley tomorrow, you can do it there." Hermione replied.

"Won't someone see you, though? Friends from school?" asked Mr. Weasley.

"Oh no, we were home-schooled." Kitana said. "My parents thought it would be safer, considering the line of work they were in."

"Hogwarts will be your first ever wizarding school?" asked Hermione. The three girls nodded.

"Well, let me introduce myself then, Albus Dumbledore. Headmaster of Hogwarts." Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling merrily. Draco rolled his eyes.

"Is that all?" Vale asked.

"Yes, I think that about covers everything." Dumbledore said standing up. "Any questions you may have, you can owl me at Hogwarts."

"Dumbledore, do you know if Harry will be coming to stay?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"I'm afraid I have not made a decision, yet, Molly. But I'm sure I can allow him to stay around the last couple of days of holiday here." Mrs. Weasley nodded and ushered him to the door. "Goodnight, everyone!" he called before leaving.

Ron and Ginny came down soon after he left.

"Are the rooms ready?" Mrs. Weasley asked. They nodded.

"Well, everyone off to bed, then." She said waving at all of them to head upstairs. "We've got an even bigger day tomorrow. Um, Kitana, Vale, and Enid. I'm sure you can borrow some pajamas from Ginny and Hermione." Ginny and Hermione nodded and Enid, Vale and Kitana all followed her up. Draco was last to go upstairs.

When Draco reached the top of the stairs, Enid was standing there waiting for him.

"What do you want?" he snapped.

"I just came to apologize," Enid said softly, "I should have said something to you in private. I just was afraid of how you would react."

"And you think my pet cat being turned into a mysterious girl I've never seen before is better?"

"Well, no-

"Plus, I get told that you're a…a-

"Curator." Enid finished.

"Yea, that and that you're sworn to protect me, to die for me!"

"Look, I apologized-

"And you can read my thoughts! How am I supposed have any bloody privacy!"

"I was going to get to that if you would let me finish! Even though the thought of listening to your deepest thoughts is tempting…" Draco scoffed. "It would keep me up at night so you're going to have to set up a wall."

"You mean Occlumency lessons."

"No, I can generate a wall for you but you'll need to have complete concentration and it'll have to be in a secluded area."

"So anxious to shag me already?" Draco smirked. Enid rolled her eyes.

"No, because if we don't have complete seclusion from everyone else you can suffer severe body damage- in more places than one." Now it was Enid's turn to smirk. Draco paled.

"So where do we do this?" He asked.

"Well, I was thinking tomorrow night in your room. I would do it tonight but I'm so bloody tired I'd probably hurt you anyway." She yawned to prove her point.

"Fine, tomorrow." Draco stated. He walked toward his room.

"Hey, Draco?"

"What is it?"

"You didn't know anything about our families being attacked, did you? I mean, your father being a Death Eater and all." Her gaze seemed to pierce his very soul. It was a little unnerving.

"Why don't you read my mind and find out." He answered shortly. Everything was always brought back to his name.

"I don't want to. I'll believe you if you tell me." She said.

"I don't feel like talking right now." He walked into his room, slamming the door. Enid jumped at the sudden noise.

"Hey, Enid?" Ginny called to her. "What was that?"

"It was nothing." Enid walked into Ginny's room casting one last glance over her shoulder at Draco's room.

A/N: Ah, this chapter was most difficult to write. Let me know if Draco seems a little OOC…thank you to my reviews they really kept me going on this story! Next chapter should be up soon!