Chapter 2; Silence:

As Elladora woke up the next morning to the sound of her fellow Slytherin 6th

year girls getting ready for the day. She pulled back the dark green curtains and got

dressed. Then she looked in the mirror as she left for breakfast. Her long, strait, dark

brown hair fell over her shoulders. Her dark eyes, she now noticed, seemed to have a

reddish hint. And she noticed her normally fair skin looked paler than usual. She looked

at her hands, her French manicured nails, and her long, sleek fingers. She shuttered at her

own appearance. And thought, 'Have I always been this arrogant of my own appearance?

Or is my mind playing tricks on me?'

Elladora walked away from the mirror and grabbed her bag. Then proceeded to

make her way to breakfast. Trying not to think. When she entered the Great hall She went

strait to the Slytherin table, being careful not to look anyone in the eye. She sat down in

between Theodore Nott, and Blaise Zabini. And across from Draco Malfoy and his two

thugs, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. She took a piece of toast, set it on her plate,

and just stared at it.

"What's wrong Ella?" asked Blaise. As her best friend, Blaise was the only one

Elladora permitted to call her 'Ella'. To everyone else she was Elladora, and if they did

call her 'Ella', there would be severe consequences.

"Nothing…" said Elladora.

"Come on Ella, I know something's wrong! By now you should have insulted Draco at

least once!" said Blaise.

"Well I like the new Ella! The silence is nice." said Draco smirked.

"What did u call me?" snapped Elladora, as she wiped out her wand and pointed it

between Draco's eyes.

"N-nothing… I called you Elladora." stuttered Draco.

"That's what I thought." said Elladora, she lowered her wand slowly and put it away.

"I'm going to class, see you guys later." Elladora said as she grabbed her toast and swung

her bag over her shoulder then walked away.

Elladora walked silently to Transfiguration. Being careful to take the long rout, so

she didn't have to confront anyone. She ate her toast as she walked. Then she stood just

outside the door, waiting for the bell to ring. Just then, a group of Gryffindor sixth years

walked down the corridor and came to a stop in front of the door. The Slytherin's and

Gryffindorks (as many Slytherins referred to them as) had lessons together, as always.

Though it seemed like a totally moronic idea, because both houses hate each other so

much.

In front of the group was Harry Potter. Elladora had never hated Potter, she usually tried to put herself above things such as hatred, because she believed that to hate

someone because of who or what they are was extremely petty. But just that moment

when she saw him she was filled with hatred. She wanted to do something, anything. So,

when she finally caught Potter's eye she spat: "What's your problem Potter?" in a very Draco-ish way.

"Nothing. You're the one who is staring at me!" he retorted.

Just then her fellow Slytherins came down the corridor. She smirked, Draco always had

something mean to say to Potter, and as much as she hated to admit it, she needed him to use one of those stupid taunting remarks to get her out of this situation, since she really had nothing to say to Potter in response.

"Looking at something Potter?" said Draco.

"Nope, just a big moron!" said Potter clearly looking at Draco.

"You think your all that Potter…" then Draco leaned in close to Potter and whispered so

softly that Elladora had to strain to listen. "But the Dark Lord is back, and he shall have

his revenge."

Then Draco grinned a clearly evil, menacing smile. Just as the rest of the

class had begun to congregate, and the bell rang. Draco knew play time was over. So

they went into class and took their seats. Blaise sat next to Elladora, near the back.

And Professor McGonagall stood in the front of the room.

"Ok, class. Today we will be continuing to work on human transformations. You will be

partnering up, and practicing the spell. Now, lets have a volunteer… Miss. Black, if you

would kindly demonstrate the correct way to cast the spell on Mr. Zabini, To turn him

into a cat."

"Yes Professor." said Elladora in weak voice, as she pointed her wand at Blaise "C-caput

Abeo Feles." A faint blue light was emitted from Elladora's wand and then Blaise turned

into a cat, sort of. He looked just like a cat, except for the fact that he still had his

human figure. He looked like a half human half cat person. A few people snickered, but

Blaise was mortified! He looked down at her hands and yelled: "What was that for?"

"Oh, dear! Miss. Parkinson would you please escort Mr. Zabini to the Hospital wing?"

"Yes Professor." said Pansy.

Elladora felt terrible, and embarrassed. "Miss. Black, I would like a word after class."

Then Professor McGonagall walked back to the front of the class.

"Open your books to page Eighty-four, and take notes on how to correctly perform the

human transformation spell." Then they all took out their books and begin to make notes.

When the bell rang, the class filed out, but Elladora walked to the front of the room.

"Miss. Black, I noticed that something seems to be wrong with you today." began

Professor McGonagall "You, who is normally a fairly advanced student seemed to be struggling today, why is that?"

"I…I am just tired Professor, I didn't get much sleep last night." said Elladora, thinking

quickly. That was the truth, just not the whole truth.

"Alright then," said Professor McGonagall "you may go."

Elladora nodded then walked out silently. After Transfiguration, she had break. So she walked outside and sat down on a bench in the court yard. There wasn't anyone

around, the cold November weather kept most students indoors. But Elladora didn't

mind. She welcomed the cold. Her body was uncomfortable, but that put her mind at

ease. For some reason, ever since she was little, discomfort or hurting had always clamed

her down and relaxed her. Even if it was her own. She never exactly knew why, but now

she did. It was from her parents, her mother who thought that torturing was a 'fun' way to

pass time. And her father…nothing had to be said about him.

"Hey! What are you doing out here Ella?" called a fur-free Blaise.

"Nothing," said Elladora "I'm sorry about earlier."

"It's ok." said Blaise as he sat down next to Elladora. They sat in silence for a while

before Blaise spoke:

"What's going on with you? First you ditch me in Hogsmead, then you are all silent. And

don't tell me 'nothing', because I know something is wrong with you. Now, what is it?"

Elladora took a deep breath, her exhaled air coming out in a cloud of white. She searched

for the words, but they were hard to find. Could she trust Blaise with the truth? Then

finally she said:

"I am having some… family issues," Blaise looked intrigued, and worried

but did not speak so Elladora went on, "Did I ever tell you who my mother is?"

"No, you never mention your family… unless you are talking about your Grandmother."

"Well my mother is… Bellatrix Lestrange."

"THE DEATH EATER!"

"SHHHHH! Not so loud!… But, yes."

"Didn't she go to Azkaban for torturing Longbottom's parents?"

"Yes… but I don't want to talk about that…. And, it's not like I am the only one with a Death Eater for a parent… Draco, Theodore, Crabbe, and Goyle's father's are all Death Eaters, and have been to Azkaban also."

"So, what's your family problem?"

"I don't really know my mother, because she has been in Azkaban most of my life, that's

why my Grandmother has raised me. But now she wants us to be a 'family', and… I'm not sure."

"What do you want?"

"I…I guess I want to be a family too."

"Then do it."

"You're right… I guess that I should go home for Christmas then…. And I will have to get them Christmas gifts, won't I? … Shit! What do I get them!"

"I have no idea… we can go shopping on the Hogsmead weekend that's just before the

Holiday."

"Perfect! Oh, thank you Blaise! What would I do without you?" She laughed

"I don't know!"

"Me neither!" they both laughed, when she finished she took up a more somber tone. "But you have to promise me something."

"Anything."

"Don't tell ANYONE! … Please."

"Ok, I promise."

"Alright, well, we had better get to Potions, before we are late."

"Fine." Then they both walked inside and down to the dungeon where Potions class was held.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Potions class will be in the next chapter. But what will happen? Will someone discover the truth about Elladora's parents? Will she find out more about her past? And WHAT will she get her parents for Christmas? (dumm, dumm, dummmmm….!) Please submit your reviews to me. I love criticism! And I promise to get back on top of my story and get the next chapter done A.S.A.P.!