Post 90:
When Jade woke up the next day she was overcome by the sensation that a large clue as to why she was at the Malfoy Manor was staring her in the face, but she could not realize it. Yawning, she got out of bed and walked over to the full length mirror across the room. Jade's sensation quickly turned from confusion to a physical state of nausea, and her skin all over was tingly with a funny feeling. Looking into the mirror Jade was overcome with shock and a sudden horror when she grew a few inches in height, her hair darkened to black, her eyes turned to a rainbow of colours amidst flecks of gold, her body became thinner, and her face lost all freckles.
For the first time that she could remember, Jade was looking at her true self. Why she had changed, she did not know, but ten minutes later at the sound of a knock on her door, Jade changed back; not at all sure of how she did so.
When Lucius came into her room Jade suddenly felt uneasy, as though she had become vulnerable.
"Mr. Malfoy –"
"Lucius, please; I'd like to think we are on friendlier terms than that!" Lucius chuckled. Jade smiled.
"Do you know where I live? Um- who my family is? I think I could put together some clues of my past if I had more information."
"Unfortunately, you are the only person left of your blood line, and I do not know where you live. In London, perhaps?"
As soon as Jade heard Lucius say 'London' she knew that that was where she lived, but despite having no reason to, she shook her head no as if she had never heard of the place.
"Do you have a- a telephone book?" Jade asked.
"What in bloody hell is that?"
"I don't know." Jade shook her head; this was more agitating than she had anticipated.
Jade looked up at Lucius who was staring at her chest, and the feeling of vulnerability inside of her increased. Jade could see that he was concentrated, his mind was working fiercely.
"Have you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?" Lucius asked, looking up at her slowly.
Jade had to get out. She knew now that Lucius Malfoy was lying to her about how she ended up unconscious, and had a feeling that she had actually been at his house to arrest him.
"The Order of the Phoenix…" Jade muttered. "It makes me think about… flying… I don't know why. Why? What is it?" Jade asked.
"It doesn't matter- my Healer is here to have a look at you. Come on in, Avery." At the name Avery Jade's blood turned to stone. A symbol that had haunted her dreams for many years re-entered her mind. A skull, with a snake dancing its way out of its mouth. Jade recovered before Avery entered the room however, and tried her best to act as though he was just anybody.
Avery asked her questions, felt her head for bumps, and shone his wand in her eyes. He concluded that all anyone could do now was to wait for her memory to come back, which may or may not happen. At this Jade acted really distressed, and started crying, proclaiming that she didn't know who she was and that she was so, so confused, and buried herself into her pillow, adding that could they please give her a moment- she didn't want to be seen in that state.
When Lucius rubbed her back and then left with Avery a moment later, Jade couldn't believe they had fallen for it! She had never acted so horribly in her life, and they actually thought she was genuinely distraught!
Jade had to get a message to Remus- she was sure he could help her. The mention of the Order of the Phoenix triggered something in her brain, and she went into Auror mode. Once the two men were out of sight, Jade scribbled a note to Remus saying:
Help me! I'm at the Malfoy Manor, under Lucius' close watch. I've lost part of my memory and I don't know what to do! Love, Jade
She folded the note and stuffed it into her pocket because footsteps were coming back towards the door. Lucius came in alone and said that Avery had left; he had other patients to attend to.
"Thank you again for everything, Lucius. You've been so kind to me." Jade said.
"Oh, it was the least I could do for an old friend." Lucius responded. "Come, I've prepared breakfast, you'll feel better once you eat."
Jade hid the folded parchment on her person while eating breakfast and then asked if she could step outside to "clear her head". It was the afternoon but she knew if she concentrated, an owl would come to her.
Sure enough, after several minutes, an owl landed in a tree branch nearby and waited for Jade to say it was alright to come to her. After looking around to make sure Lucius wasn't spying on her out of any of the windows, she called the large brown bird to her shoulder and tied the parchment to its leg.
"Give this to Remus Lupin. And hurry!" Jade watched the owl fly off before turning back to the Malfoy Manor.
Lucius Malfoy was standing by the front door, and he didn't look pleased.
