Note: Forgot to say that I do not have anything against the name Mary. Faith was biased because, well she didn't like her. Some of the lyrics from the song that Cho/Faith was singing are from "Sweet Temptation" by Jewel. Oh and, as always, flashbacks and dreams are italicized. More inappropriate stuff not suitable for children under 13.

Chapter 7: It Begins

She stepped back in fear as the door opened.

What Draco saw made him lose his breath, "You!" he shouted as he pointed at her. He couldn't believe what he saw. It was the girl in his dream, or was it a dream at all? He couldn't tell reality from dream anymore.

She climbed up the ceiling and stayed up there. Faith had to do something quick. She smiled impishly and changed into a vine. The vine sped quick towards the door. She was halfway out when Draco jumped up. He reached and caught her tail and pulled her down making her turn back.

Her fall was harsh. She started crawling fast, but her ankle was hurting real bad. Draco lunged forward and tackled her.

"You're not getting away this time!" he shouted as he grabbed her and the rolled around the floor.

He finally managed to pin her to the ground. She stared at him with scared eyes, but she was so pretty. Draco stared at her a bit longer.

"Who are you?!" he shouted as he shook her.

She tried to read his mind. Faith stared into his eyes, but couldn't see anything. "He doesn't know who I am," she thought.

She pretended she couldn't speak. Draco slapped across the face, "You lie!"

"You were in my dream!," Draco ranted, "You sing, you dance, you act like a lunatic, and I want to know what you want with me!" Draco slammed his fist on the floor next to her head. She flinched and shook her head.

"Where is the silly lonely boy I thought I knew," she said to herself. Draco was starting to seem dangerous.

Draco got up and took out his arm. She clearly couldn't do any magic; she looked helpless and week.

"Exp-what the?!" said Draco interrupted. Draco's wand flew out of his hand and landed on the floor next to his bed.

Faith walked slowly towards Draco and put out her hand showing that she wasn't going to hurt him.

"Back off y-you veela!" he shouted as he pushed her away.

Faith giggled as she continued to press forward. She put out her hands and pushed him back and he pushed in return. Their fingers intertwined and she was now very close to his face.

"Do you know me boy?" she finally spoke.

"Y-you were in my dream," Draco swallowed. He was beginning to sweat; he'd never felt so nervous around a girl before.

She bent forward and grabbed his face with both hands. She smiled just before she leaned in and nibbled his ear. Draco was lost in his gaze; he moved his head and smelled her rich silvery hair. Dare he? He opened his mouth and licked her hair.

"Strawberries," he whispered in her ear.

She leaned forward some more and they were now on the floor again. She moved down to his neck and kissed him lightly. Draco felt a sensation; goose bumps appeared on his arms. She moved upward again and he could feel her in his mouth, her tongue exploring every crevice. There was no hiding anymore.

Though Draco could have as many girls as he wanted, he'd never been the one who was taken advantage of. He rather liked the feeling. His hand slowly made its way up her dress; her skin felt so smooth.

She was biting his lip when she heard footsteps approaching. Faith lifted her upper body; Draco felt the room's cold air hit him, more goose bumps. He took her by the arms and tried pulling her back down, but she wouldn't budge. The person, whoever it was, was just behind the door.

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"Arrgh!" shouted Lucius in pain. "Master, I beg you, no!" he panted.

"I told you I didn't want any mistakes." roared Voldemort as he made Lucius's bones ache.

"I'll give you one more chance, Lucius," said Voldemort as he twisted his wand and Lucius shrieked with pain.

"Yes!" replied Lucius now with a limp in his walk.

Lucius walked in pain along the halls looking for Cho. She wasn't in her room when he looked, so he limped off to Draco's room.

"Blast it," gasped Lucius as slammed onto the wall, leaning on it for support. He started walking again, but this time with each step he moved faster, the pain reminding him that he must get the task done.

He arrived at Draco's door and paused to rub his leg; the walk had caused him a bit more pain that he expected.

Inside, Faith sat there on top of Draco. She looked around the room for something heavy and spotter Draco's rather large bureau. She quickly made the bureau slide in front of the door, but too late. With a blast the door opened.

"DRACO!" shouted Lucius as he dragged his leg and himself into the room.

Lucius looked around the room and found a stunningly attractive girl atop of him. Straightening himself up he coughed and smiled while he said, "Well Draco, I see you're well acquainted with our uh, guest here."

Draco, confused, looked at the strange girl and then at his father and then back again.

"What are you talking about?!" said Draco still unaware of who she was.

"What do you want Malfoy!" she shouted as she left Draco and stood up.

"Well it's not about what I want," he grinned, "it's about what you and your people want."

"What do you mean?" said Faith as she became curious.

"You know, Lucius, that nymphs are very sexual creatures." chuckled Voldemort as his eyes widened.

"That is one of their flaws, but one of our advantages." Voldemort sat back in his chair.

"Will you be willing you give yourself to a nymph for our cause," Voldemort laughed. Lucius, not sure if he should laugh too, gave a slight smile.

"I'll do my best, sir," said Lucius.

"Seriously now," Voldemort leaned forward. "Do you know how they used to catch nymphs?" he crossed his right leg over his left and twiddled his fingers as he sat back again.

"N-no, sir, I believe I don't," replied Lucius.

"They lured them into a false essence of hope by promising false things!" laughed Voldemort. "Nymphs are very gullible. They may hide under all their leaves, but they'll come out soon enough if you promise them peace." Voldemort smirked, "And that's all we need to do, just make them think we're fighting for peace and a better world."

"Don't you feel that we are still at war," said Lucius gently.

"Wizards don't believe we exist anymore, there is no war," replied Faith stepping back almost tripping over Draco.

"Yes, but why do your people have to suffer by hiding in the deep of our forests? You are people too and deserve to live freely." continued Lucius slowly moving forward.

"I-I think we're quite fine where we are now," stuttered Faith.

"Oh why be fine when you can be powerful? Nymphs are, after all, one of the most powerful magical creatures." Lucius hit his leg on Draco's bedpost as he walked, "Bloody hell," said Lucius under his breathe. He rubbed his leg again.

"They wanted you to go into hiding. They made it like you never existed at all. Don't you feel even the least bit bitter about it?" continued Lucius.

"Who am I tell declare how my people feel?" said Faith. She hadn't seen her people in ages; she had no idea whether they were happy or not.

While Faith was staring off into space thinking about her people, Lucius had taken out his wand.

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"Laura," said Lauren, "where do you think Eleanor is?" Lauren sat upon a rock above the water.

"I haven't the faintest idea," giggled Laura as she was chased by Philip into the waterfall.

"I wonder what she's up to," sighed Laura, "it's been ages since we last saw her." Laura dipped her finger in the water and made circles, "I miss her."

"She," gasped Lauren as Philip found her and pushed her into the water making her completely wet. Lauren got up again dripping wet.

"Now, that's more like it," grinned Philip as he tickled Lauren's sides.

"Stop it Philip," she laughed.

"Eleanor always knows how to have a great time!" Lauren said as she ran past Laura.

Philip came by and grabbed Laura's hands and swung up her.

"C'mon love, don't mope around all day." said Philip. Laura smiled back at him but something behind him caught her attention.

"Look there Philip," said Laura as she pointed to a familiar figure.

"Is that?" Philip said as he strained his eyes to see, "Well speak of the devil!"

Faith stepped onto the wet grass towards the trio.

"Eleanor!" said Philip as he ran towards her. He swept her up by the waist and hugged her. He held her close and smelled her hair, "Still the scent of strawberries, eh Eleanor?" Philip winked as he put her down.

Eleanor, Faith, wasn't her herself. She had a blank fix upon her lovely face. Her eyes didn't sparkle. The wind didn't blow in her direction. She wasn't the free flowing spirit that Philip or the twins knew.

"What's wrong Eleanor?" said Philip as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Look at us Torr, we're hiding," even Faith's voice was plain and blank. "We shouldn't have to be confined to our green paradise. We should be free to roam the streets as all the other people do."

Philip fiddled with his long ponytail, "I, er, don't know."

"We should fight for our freedom," continued Faith.

"We've already fought for our freedom," laughed Philip thinking she was joking, "don't you remember?"

"Yes, but where are we now? The wizards think we never existed!" said Faith.

"Good, that's how Nathaniel wanted it!" replied Philip.

Philip gave a long sigh and pulled his hair back, "I think you need to have a talk with someone."

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Lucius pulled out his wand and pointed it at Cho. Scared she could do nothing but stare in horror. "Imperio!" shouted Lucius.

Faith became a vine once more and slid herself out Draco's window.

Draco got up and brushed himself off. "Ahem," coughed Draco as he buttoned up his shirt. "What was that?!" said Draco.

"That was Miss Chang, but I don't think that's her real name." explained Lucius.

"What?!" Draco was confused more than ever.

"She's a nymph." said Lucius putting away his wand.

Lucius arched his right eyebrow, "I see you're becoming like me after all," with that he apparated.

"Hah," scoffed Draco fixing his collar; it was the last thing he wanted to hear.

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"How was it?" asked Voldemort smirking as Lucius came in.

"My son," he paused for a moment, "beat me to it."

Voldemort laughed, "I don't care about that. Did she agree?"

"Er, she would've eventually. S-she took a long time deciding so I, er, I sped up the process and used the Imperius Curse on her." said Lucius nervously.

"Well you better hope this works, that curse has never been used on a nymph before. We don't know how it'll affect her." replied Voldemort.

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"What is the meaning of this Torr," said Julius wrapping the sheet around his waist leaving the girl stark naked on the bed.

"Can't you see that I am in the middle of something," he continued harshly.

"There's someone here to see you, Julius," and Philip stepped aside and there stood Faith.

"W-what?!" gasped Julius as he let go off the sheet. Naked he ran to her, embraced her and smothered her with kisses.

Philip took the other girl and they ran giggling into the next room.

Julius looked at her. She was still the same as when he last saw her, but she looked different somehow. There was no cheery air about her.

"Come in, come in," he said as he led her into the gigantic bedroom.

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Author's Note: Another long chapter! I hope it wasn't confusing or too intense. I think it's time I explain some stuff. Cho/Faith's name is Eleanor Faith, so that's why someone the nymphs call her Eleanor. As for Philip, his last name is Torr.

I picture the nymphs to be these extremely pretty/hot people, so naturally their sex appeal comes in place. Rawr! And yes, Lucius/Cho is just EW! But everything can't be peaches and cream.

To answer a few questions: What if a branch got chopped off? Well, the tree isn't dead, it'll grow another branch. Ok, what if the tree just gets chopped down? I don't think that would happen. It's a rather nice tree and it keeps neighbors like the Dursleys from peeping. Yea, I just made that up, so let's just assume the tree doesn't die.

Next Chapter: The nymphs are furious! Draco takes advantage of Faith being under the Imperious Curse? Oh no!