'……….. Dear Draco,
I don't think we can keep it from Elvira any longer. I suggest that you tell her about herself and what is going on. She needs to know, now that she is starting to have these dreams. I already sent a letter to Dumbledore explaining what you told me to him. Please take care of her, and of yourself. I couldn't bear to lose the two of you.
Love, with all my heart,
Your Mother ………..'
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Draco sighed and looked down at Elvira.
She looked up at him and asked, "Draco, is everything all right?"
Draco looked her straight in the eyes. "No Eli, nothing is all right. My mother and me have kept something from you that you need to know now, but please don't hate us for it. We were trying to protect you and you must know that you are in danger, but I will keep you safe the best I can."
Elvira looked at him eyes a little wide. "Draco, what's going on? You're scaring me."
Draco reached into his pocket and pulled out about five letters, "Maybe you should read these first." he said handing them to her.
Elvira looked skeptically and opened the first letter and read it. Draco watched the expression on her face change to a mixture of worry and fright. When she finished the last letter, he could clearly see that she was scared and a little angry. She looked up at him, "You kept this from me?" she said quietly, but with a little anger in her voice. "How could you keep something this important about me secret Draco? Don't you think that I should have known about this? I thought you loved me and that you would tell me something like this. All this time of me asking you if everything was all right and you lying to me. I trusted you Draco. "
Draco looked down at his hands feeling ashamed. He believed he deserved that little speech she just gave him, and felt even more ashamed that he could hear anger and betrayal in her voice. He looked up at her and she saw in his eyes that he was miserable about what he had done, and she felt that she may have been a little harsh with him, but he needed to know how she felt about this. He reached for her hands and held them in his own.
"I feel so horrible about doing what I've done. But I wanted to keep you safe. I deserve what you just told me and probably the way I'm feeling. But we thought that it would be for your own good, but then you started having these nightmares. I couldn't take it anymore and decided that you needed to know. Please don't be mad at me, even though I can understand if you are, but I wanted to keep you safe. I love you so much and couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you. I would rather die, then you die. Please forgive me." he told her, every word that he said had come straight from his heart. He was willing to die for her, if it came to it. He let go of her hands and cast his head down not wanting to see the look on her face.
Elvira just sat there, looking at Draco as he hung his head. She felt a little bad now as well. He had meant everything that he had told her. A few tears started to roll down her cheeks. She surprised him by throwing her arms around him and whispered into his ear, "But if you died, I wouldn't have anyone that cares for me this much." She pulled back and gave a forgiving smile, and kissed him gently. "I love you so much Draco, I couldn't live with out you as well." He smiled and hugged her back. "Your poor mother is at home with Lucius too, I hope she is all right." Elvira said concern in her voice.
"Don't worry. My mum is strong and she can handle my father." he said standing up and covering Elvira up, "Now as for now, get some sleep. We don't need to worry about anything yet." he said kissing the stop of her head. He walked over to the door and smiled as he closed the door.
Elvira lay there in her bed, thinking about what she had just read in those letters. The only reason Lucius had taken her in is because of her power and her she though it was all because of her parents. She lay there thinking about her dreams and how they started to make more and more sense. She took Draco's advice and tried not to think about it, she had to worry about school and when the time came she would worry about Voldemort.
So the weeks and days passed by in October, and by the 27th Elvira's side had completely healed up and she felt better then before. Thanks to Draco help and worry she felt closer to him then she had felt before. She had missed a few Quidditch practices, where they were one chaser down, and missed one match, which Blaise had played phenomenally in. Draco and the rest of the Prefects and Heads had planned the Halloween party and the student's excitement grew as the day of Halloween slowly went by until the party.
The night of the party Elvira had went into Draco's room and done his make-up, and looked at him up and down when she was finished. Draco was in black pants, with a loose black tie up vampire shirt, but without the ruffled neck, and black trench coat over it, that he had left it hang open. He had also been forced into wearing black lipstick and eyeliner, done by Elvira, and allowed her to enchant his eyes to look blood red, and his K-9s to look like fangs.
When she had finished with him she went back to her own room and her, Blaise, and Angel started to get ready. Elvira had on a black velvet gothic dress that ended a few inches above her ankles in a uneven zigzag pattern, the top of the dress had a halter top corset like style to it. She wore black knee high lace up boots, with a formfitting black vampiric coat over it, that she left open, and so that it barely touched the ground. She left her hair down, and put on black mascara and eyeliner, black lipstick, and a black line coming down from the middle of each eye down about a half an inch. She had enchanted her eyes to look blood red, and her K-9s to look like fangs.
Blaise was wearing a blood red halter-top corset with black laces, and a black skirt that was cut like the ends of Elvira's dress and ended five inches past her knees. She borrowed a pair of Elvira's boots that were healed, and laced up to the knee. They had dark red flames on the heal and toe, she was wearing a black duster that hung to the beginnings of the heels on her boots and her make up done the same way as Elvira.
Angel had a similar out fit to Blaise's. She had a on the same black skirt on as her, but with a dark green tank top corset. She had a pair of calf lace up boots, and had her make-up done as the other two. She didn't have on a coat or duster on though.
When the girls had finished getting ready they had headed downstairs to the common room. The whole team had decided to go as vampire's, and Blaise said that they had looked like a cult. The Slytherin Vampires she had called the group. The guys all had similar outfits on, but some pieces were in different colors. The girls had gotten the guys to wear the black lipstick, but only managed to get Galvin, Adrian, and Draco to wear the black eyeliner. Elvira was a little uncomfortable as she was reminded more and more about her nightmares, because the costumes that her and Draco were wearing were the ones that they had worn in her dreams. Draco just took her hand and told her that she would be all right, when she walked over to him and kissed him. The group headed off to the Great Hall together at 9:00 pm, with some first years moving out of the way from them when they saw the group of ten cloaked in black, with blood red eyes and fangs walked by.
When they entered the Great Hall, they were in awe. The enchanted ceiling showed that it was raining outside and instead of candles floating, there were skulls and pumpkins floating with candle in them. The four long house tables were no where to be seen, instead along the walls were round tables that sat twelve people, a few tables were filled up already. The teachers table was still there and some of the teachers were sitting there talking to one another or down with the students. There were a few long tables on either side of the entrance with assortments of candies, cakes, and drinks. There was a DJ on one side of the hall, dressed as a devil with hundreds of CD's, and a little raised stage with some microphones set up, he had music already playing. There were decorations all over the wall, skeletons, bats, pumpkins, black cats, and ironically enough witches. Flying up with the pumpkins and skulls floating above their heads were enchanted paper bats. The group headed to a table opposite of the karaoke stage and sat down. There was a skull sitting in the center of the table with a red glowing candle in it.
Everyone was in costume, fairies, vampires, goblins, witches, wizards, devils, cats, angels, elves, Quidditch Players, everything that one could think of. The group ha spotted Pansy and burst out laughing. She was not in costume at all, she was what she truly was, a slut.
When everyone was there, Dumbledore got up on the stage and called attention. The music ceased and everyone was looking at him. "Happy Halloween everyone. I would like to tell you all and I'm sure that the first through fourth years will be quit pleased. I am allowing all students to stay here until midnight, instead of dismissing the younger ones to go to bed." There were cheers from the students he had mentioned. He raised his hands again to silence them. "Our DJ tonight has been kind enough to bring in extra microphones and a monitor so that you can all do karaoke. There shall also be a costume contest, that the teachers will be judging, they will come around and have you write your names down along with what they believe to be your category. The categories are scariest, prettiest, cutest, best group, best couple, and best costume. Lastly, I'd like the Prefects and heads to stand up." the six students stood up. "and give them a round of applause for the decorations, contests, and entertainment for tonight." everyone clapped for them. "Now, let the party begin."
The music started up again and groups of students walked out onto the dance floor and started dancing. Elvira, Blaise, and Angel had ran out on the floor and started dancing with each other, while the guys sat and watched them from the table. Crabbe and Goyle though were at the snack table all ready getting the group snacks and drinks. When a slow song began Blaise and Elvira had gone over to the group and literally forced Galvin and Draco to come out and dance with them.
Galvin had his hands around Blaise's waist and she had her arms around his neck. They gently swayed back and forth to the music whispering to each other. Draco had his hands Elvira's waist as well along with her arms around his neck. She laid her head on his shoulder and they swayed back and forth. When she caught Blaise's eyes she smiled and Blaise smiled back. The song ended and the four went back and sat down at their table and started munching on snacks. A few teachers came up and were signing them up for the contest, and some students had gotten up and done a song, singles and groups.
Two hours, 11:00 pm, into the party, the girls had managed to get all the guys to get up and dance, except Crabbe and Goyle, who mostly stood at the snack table. They talked to some of their other friends every once in a while, and Blaise and Elvira were whispering about how cute Angel and Alex looked together. Someone had just finished a karaoke song that was pop/rap song and it was starting to get on Elvira's nerves. Elvira had talked Blaise and Angel into doing a song.
"We'll be right back guys." Elvira said to them as they stood up to leave, and Blaise and Elvira hung their coats on the back of their chairs.
"Where're are you going?" Galvin asked.
"Nowhere." Blaise said to him.
The girls headed over to the DJ and asked him if they could do a song after Leelee Johnson was done hers. He said yes, and asked them what song they would like to do and who was the artist and album. He went back and looked through his CD's found the CD and showed it to them, to make sure that it was the right CD, and they nodded. He put it into the second stereo unit and waited for Leelee to finish her song and the girls discussed how they wanted to sing the song. Blaise and Angel wanted Elvira to sing the main parts and they would sing the back up, Elvira had no choice but to agree with them. When Leelee was done she stepped of stage, with some students clapping for her and the three girls walked up on stage.
The DJ spoke into his stationary microphone, "This next song is from Evanescence's CD Fallen. The song is Tourniquet, and will be sung by Elvira, Blaise, and Angel."
Upon hearing their friend's names, Draco, Galvin, Adrian, Alex, and Marcus turned into their seats to see their friends, and in some cases girlfriends standing up on the stage.
Elvira and the two girls were a little nervous, they were each standing behind a microphone, and were waiting for the music to start. They saw their friends look up when their names were announced, and they felt a little bit better. The song started and Blaise and Angel waited for Elvira to start.
Elvira:
"I tried to kill the pain
but only brought more
Blaise/Angel:
so much more
Elvira:
I lay dying
and I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming
am I too lost to be saved
am I too lost?
Blaise/Angel:
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
Elvira:
do you remember me
lost for so long
will you be on the other side
or will you forget me
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming
am I too lost to be saved
am I too lost?
Blaise/Angel:
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
All:
I want to die!!!
Blaise/Angel:
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
my God my tourniquet
return to me salvation
Elvira:
my wounds cry for the grave
my soul cries for deliverance
will I be denied Christ
tourniquet
my suicide"
© Evanescence, Amy Lee, Fallen, Tourniquet
When the song ended they got a round of applause and they smiled and walked off stage, laughing with each other. They walked over to their table and sat down, the guys smiling at them.
"That was bloody good, girls." Adrian said to them.
"Thanks." they said in union, and they were all smiles that they didn't screw up.
After another group of kids went up and finished their song on the karaoke, Dumbledore walked up on stage with a piece of parchment in his hands. Everyone started to grow silent, and he started to speak. "I have the results in for the costumes, when your name is announced please come out on the floor, so that we may all see your costume. Scariest costume goes to Jack Connell, for his half decomposed corpse costume. Prettiest goes to Amy Carter for her Tinkerbell outfit. Cutest goes to Kimberly McDonald for her baby costume. The best group costumes goes to our little cult of Slytherin Vampires, Marcus Flint, Blaise Zambini, Angel Canahan, Galvin LeStrange, Elvira Rosier, Adrian and Alex O'Neil, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. Our best couple has to go to Draco Malfoy and Elvira Rosier for their matching vampire outfits. And the best costume here tonight goes to Hermione Granger for Dragon and Dragon Tamer outfit. Let us give a round of applause for out winners. Thank you all for putting out your efforts for tonight. Now let us continue our party for another hour." Dumbledore said, and he climbed back down the stage.
"Sorry Dumbledore, but this party is ending a little early." said a voice from the entrance.