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Through
the doorway of the den came Minister Fudge.
"Minister!
How could you?"
"Mr.
Malfoy has told you already; Lucius and I have been friends since our
Hogwarts days. We were in the same house, both made Prefects, you
know."
"Oh,
You're a Slytherin. That's unfortunate; they always were a weak
lot." Jade glared at Malfoy. Shivers went up his spine, though he
wasn't sure why.
"Who
are you? I thought Auror Lorien would be making this arrest." Fudge
said, perplexed.
Suddenly,
Jade froze, realizing her mistake. She had not been expecting Fudge
to be here, and so she was not in her usual metamorphmagus form, and
so he did not recognize her- no one at the Ministry except for Moody
knew about her shape-shifting abilities.
"I
am Lorien. Like my new look?" Jade asked. Fudge still looked
confused but went back to the matter at hand.
"We're
dismissing every charge against Mr. Malfoy-"
"You
can't do that! He's guilty! You SIGNED his arrest papers!" Jade
yelled.
"We're
dismissing every charge against Mr. Malfoy AND we're awarding him
1000 Galleons for his inconvenience of having to put up with this
entire situation.
"Unfortunately,
the unprofessionalism in which you have carried everything out with
will be reviewed at your hearing next month. You will, however, not
be attending it." Fudge said with a crooked smile.
"What?"
Jade barely had time to decipher what the Minister of Magic had said
before something heavy came crashing down on her head.
As
she lay on the cold marble ground, with a pool of blood growing
around her, Lucius bent down and whispered that she would never see
the light of day again. Jade rubbed the Eagle's feather three times
before her world went dark.
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When
Jade woke up she found herself on the floor in a dark room. There was
one small window high in the wall, no doors, and a black blanket had
been thrown in the corner. She pulled it around her for warmth; the
room was freezing.
Eight
months had past since her encounter with Malfoy and Fudge, and now
that she had woken up she couldn't remember a thing that had
happened to her, or who she was.
She
didn't bother yelling or banging, for she could tell that she was
in no position to be welcoming whom ever would be answering her
calls.
The
next day, a golden tray of food appeared before her. It looked
delicious: hot soup, fresh bread, a large chicken leg, ripe grapes,
and a goblet of wine. Immediately Jade reached for the food but then
pulled away.
Something
was wrong.
The
tray disappeared an hour later, and reappeared the next day around
the same time. The food was still in the same position, but once
again Jade did not eat anything. This happened for three days before
Jade decided to check her pockets.
She
pulled out a long, thin wand, an Eagle's feather, slightly bent and
squished, two Galleons, five Sickles, and three Knuts. She also found
a Butter beer Cork, and a few Bertie Bott's every flavoured
beans.
Jade
ate the beans all at once and examined the feather. It had some
meaning behind it, she was sure. In her inner pocket of the cloak,
Jade found a small silver badge. The design looked very familiar: in
the shape of a crest, it had a feather crossed with a wand in the
centre, with a star at the top. 'LORIEN' was what the bottom
read.
"Lorien!"
Jade said out loud. "My name is Jade Lorien." She smiled- she had
remembered her name.
