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Chapter Thirteen
Candie and Pansy hurried to get ready for the Ball. They were so excited, and yet nervous about the way they dressed, hoping that Snape would approve. Pansy wore a black, short-sleeved, just past the knees dress. The sleeves went to the shoulders and from there down it was loose and connected to her wrists. On the back of her dress there was a black cape connected to the front part of the sleeves. Pansy wore plain, heeled, slip-on black shoes, and her hair was in a quick bun folded under making her hair spike out from the bottom.
"How do I look?" Pansy asked proudly.
"You look brilliant!" Candie squeaked happily. Candie was dressed in a black, short-sleeved, tight fitting dress that went to the middle of her legs, above her shin. She wore black shoes that were about two inches in the heel and wrapped around her ankle. Candie wore a long, hooded, dark green formal cloak around her neck. Her blue-green eyes glowed to be a beautiful green, and her hair was the same as Pansy's, but had put a small spell to make her hair have little green emeralds in it. She wore the necklace that Draco had given her shining beautifully around her neck
"How do I look? Candie asked as she pretended to be a model.
"Beautiful, Draco will faint when he sees you." Pansy said as she noticed Candie's figure.
"Draco will faint over any pretty girl." Candie said looking at Pansy with her laughing green eyes.
"True, true!" Pansy laughed in a high voice. The two girls headed their way down to the common room. Everyone was dressed in their best. The guys looked particularly sharp. Pansy had mentioned this to Candie while they looked for their dates.
"Who are you going with again?" Candie asked Pansy as she looked for Draco.
"I am going with Goyle. You know Draco's friend."
"Oh yes, I know Goyle, well I don't know him, but…Never mind!" Candie rambled on. She spotted Draco and his friends; she grabbed Pansy's hand and pulled her to where the boys were waiting.
"Hello Draco." Candie said smoothly.
"Hey Hun." Draco whispered in her ear. "I see you are wearing you necklace." He said a bit louder.
"Of course, and I see your not!" Candie played.
"You can't see mine? Why here it is!" He showed her the necklace under his shirt. "Will you be talking to me while we dance?" Draco thought hard as he rubbed the necklace. Candie looked at him with wide eyes. She couldn't believe it worked.
She rubbed hers and thought, "I will talk to you, I don't know if I will use the necklace though."
"We can use these necklaces for the inside conversations, private, I mean." Draco thought back.
"Fine by me." Candie laughed after she had thought this. They all headed for the Great Hall and found a table to sit at.
Snape hurried up to Draco and Candie and said, "I am sorry that I forgot, but the Quidditch team must pick a couple to lead the dancing. I suggest that you two find the rest of your team and talk this one out. No one likes to lead the dancing, but this year will hopefully be different." He looked troubled, and glided away.
"Sorry Goyle, Pansy, Candie and I have to meet up with the team. We will be back soon enough." Draco said addressing them as he talked nervously. They searched the Great Hall for their team-mates.
"Draco, why did you sound so nervous back there?" Candie asked concerned.
"It was nothing, I just wanted to make them nervous, and so I had to sound nervous to make them buy it." Draco said, still sounding nervous. Candie looked at Draco mysteriously.
"Was he afraid of being picked to dance in front of the Slytherin House?" Candie thought. While Candie and Draco were talking to the team, an owl flew in for Goyle. His eyes went huge. He practically stumbled as he hurried through the crowd, leaving Pansy all alone.
He turned around quickly and said, "Sorry Pansy I have to tell Candie something really important. I will be back in a few minutes!" He called to her as he ran around to find Candie. He saw Draco talking to her and was a bit nervous to break them up so he could talk to Candie alone. "Draco, would you mind if I talked to Candie, alone, for a minute?" His eyes were frantic.
"Uh…Okay. Where's Pansy? I will keep her company."
"Thanks, she is over there buy our house table." Goyle said pointing above everyone's heads. He took Candie over to a corner of the Great Hall. "I have to tell you something."
Candie looked nervously into his eyes and asked, "Is everything okay? What happened?"
Goyle started rambling on about his life, "Well right after I was born, my father and mother had gotten divorced. When the divorce was legal I belonged to my father. My mother had a child soon after I was born; she got remarried and moved away with my sister and her new husband. I lived with my father all these years and I just found out who my sister is." Goyle said this very fast. Candie was getting so confused; she tried to think it all over in her head and had to ask Goyle to say things once or twice. "Do you understand what I am saying Candie?"
"Kind of, but what does any of this have to do with me?" Candie asked softly.
"Well, you are my sister. Your mother is my mother and my father is your father. The man you think is your father is just the man your mother married after you were born." Goyle said again.
"What about our older brother?" Candie said painfully.
"Older brother?" Goyle was confused. "Oh, the brother that would come to my father's house, and then to your house every other week?"
"Yes, he was tortured wasn't he? He always said that he had to work the other week, that's why we only saw him every other week. Now he has stopped coming to visit all together." Things were becoming clear to Candie. "I always thought that my fake father was the one who was torturing him. But it was my real father. Where is he now, our brother I mean?"
"He is with You-Know-Who." Goyle whispered.
"He is with Lord Voldemort?" Candie whispered back. Goyle winced at the sound of the name. "Sorry Goyle." Candie said noticing what she did. "We don't talk about our brother very often any more in my "Family." Candie said a bit louder this time.
Draco, who was oblivious to what Goyle and Candie were talking about, headed over towards Pansy. They danced and talked about school. "So, do you know what Goyle is saying to Candie?" Draco asked firmly.
"I am not exactly sure. He got a letter and then headed off to find Candie. It seemed as if it was really important." Pansy explained.
Goyle and Candie still talked. He showed her the letter and Candie had noticed something strange. "Look here Goyle, what is this down at the bottom of the parchment? It looks like a footnote or something." Candie looked closer. She showed Goyle the writing that read:
P.S. - I will be dropping by the day you get this letter. I want to meet your sister, (my daughter). I want to see how well her mother raised her.
Goyle looked into Candie's eyes, "He's coming here?" he said astonished.
"I guess so…Goyle look." Candie said as she pointed to the door. A thickset man came bursting in. He was a tall, broad, scruffy looking man. He wore a dark green robe and was very dirty. He carried his wand in his left hand, (same hand as Candie), and strutted through the crowd of the Slytherin house. Candie saw Goyle raise his arm, he waved to his father and turned to Candie.
"Make yourself presentable for him. He will scold me if you don't." Candie quickly waved her wand over herself to put every stray hair back in place. The man glided over to the two of them. He looked mean and his eyes were full of evil. Candie could feel him looking over her with his glare.
"So, are you Candace Melt?" He said strictly.
"Yes Sir, I am." She held out her hand to greet him. He took her hand and pulled her roughly towards him. He looked into her green eyes with his hateful eyes. She looked at him firmly, not blinking, bravely almost. Goyle stared at his father and sister.
He then butted in, "Father, meet your daughter."
"I see that you have been well taken care of. Have you been treated well?" The man said as he noticed her figure. His eyes said something that made Candie nervous.
"Of course Sir, I have been taken very well cared of." Candie said proudly.
"To bad for you Gregory, she's your sister. You can't like her." Goyle turned red. "She would be very suitable for you Gregory, I would approve…"
"I have a boyfriend Sir." Candie said as she thought of Draco and Gus.
"Really, who would this be?"
Candie was afraid her father would ask this question. "Well I don't know exactly which one is my boyfriend Sir, but I have two guys who are sort of after me. One is a muggle, Sir, and the other…is coming right now?" Candie said as she saw Draco coming towards them. "Sir, this is Draco Malfoy, my very good friend." Candie ended proudly. Draco strode over to Candie's right side; he put his arm around her waist, and kissed her softly on the neck. "Draco, this man is my biological father. This man is also Goyle's biological father." Candie whispered embarrassedly to Draco.
"Oh, Uh…Pleasure Sir." Draco hesitated extremely. "I uh… didn't…didn't know…wasn't sure who you were…I thought you…were his…but your hers?" Draco held out a twitchy hand to greet the man.
"It's quite okay Draco, you may address me as Mr.Goyle, and I know your father very well." Mr.Goyle said smoothly.
"You do Sir? How would you know him? My father has never mentioned anything about you working with him. And you are not ever at any of the work parties my father throws."
"Not that work boy, the other work." Mr.Goyle shouted. Draco quickly responded. He knew exactly what Mr.Goyle was talking about.
He rubbed his necklace, "I don't like him, I am going back to the common room. Meet you there?" He looked stern; his face was all brought up into a mad look.
Candie touched her necklace and thought back, "Okay I will be there in a minute. Are you going to be alright?"
"Fine! I'll be fine!" he thought back. He stormed out of the Great Hall.
"What's the matter with him?" Mr.Goyle laughed. Candie did not like this; she said good-night to the both of them and headed to say the same to Pansy. Just as she reached Pansy, the headmaster called for her. He was sitting at the front table looking as clean as a whistle. Candie walked slowly up to him, almost afraid of what he might make her do. She reached the table, in front of the headmaster was a package, it was addressed to her.
"Well, what are you waiting for, open it." The headmaster said as he pushed the package closer to her. "You will like it. I promise." He gave her a comforting look and sat back in his chair. Candie carefully took off the string, and pulled the top of the box open. Inside, was a dragon, the same dragon that she had to kill about a month ago? The dragon blew small puffs of fire at her happily; its green scales and blue eyes made her tear up.
"She's so beautiful, thank you so much." Candie choked. She noticed a thin piece of parchment with her name on it:
Dear Candie,
This prize is for you, I conjured her for you. This dragon is exactly the same dragon you killed. Except that she's alive. This dragon is for you, and only you. You may name it, and take care of it. I have told my house elves that you have her, so every night when you sleep; your dragon will be fed the meat scraps from that night's dinner. I hope you forgive me for what I have done.
Sincerely,
Dumbledore
Candie's eyes welled up with tears, "I forgive you Sir, and thank you. I will name her…Emerald, Emmy for short." She ran back to Pansy and showed her the gift; she said good-night to her and headed back to the common room. The picture gave her a hard time before it let her in. She finally got through and saw Draco standing by the fire alone. He was leaning on the mantel piece rubbing his eyes. Candie rubbed her necklace to tell him she was there. He rubbed his back telling her to come to him. She walked over to his side and hugged him.
"What's wrong? Why did you want to leave the ball?" Candie said gently.
"I have just had a hard week, that's all. My father…Never mind." Draco stuttered.
"No, tell me what's wrong. It's not going to help any if you just keep everything to yourself." Candie demanded.
"My father works for You-Know-Who. He is a follower, that's his other job."
"My fathers' are followers too. It's worse for me because I have two fathers." Candie said hoarsely. She looked into his eyes, she loved his eyes, they made her float.
"I say we strike!" Draco said. "We should convince our fathers' to get another job."
"Yeah, I guess." Candie said unsure, "My fathers' won't listen to me."
"Why not, they should?" Draco said a bit annoyed. "We'll make them listen to you, even if it takes an unforgivable curse." Draco joked. Candie was furious at this.
"You know what; my fathers' don't listen to me because they are followers of Voldemort. They are too loyal to him to give up their lives for there daughter. We are not going to use a curse on them either. Do you understand? I have already been through the pain of seeing family being tortured, to see someone I love would hurt me more. They would reverse the curses on us, they wouldn't get hit by them, we would." Candie shouted. She fell to the floor and wept. Draco immediately went to comforted her. He held her hard and long and whispered in her ear, telling her that things were going to be alright.
Candie told Draco about her "new" father, and how he had said that she would be suitable for Gregory (Goyle). She told Draco how she stood up for him…and Gus. She told him how she is having a hard time deciding who she likes between the two boys. Draco gave her some advice about her boy problems, telling her to list the goods and bads about them and then decide which one she like the most, (pros and cons). She cried until the ball was almost over.
"Listen Candie, the ball is almost over," Draco said as he picked himself up off the floor and help her up also. "Why don't we have one last dance, shall we?" Candie nodded, and Draco took her hand and led her back to the ball. They danced the final dance that night, luckily the captain of the Quidditch team, and his date led each dance. Candie thought that was what Draco was so nervous about, dancing in front of a big crowd. After the ball Mr.Goyle said good-bye to Candie and her "new" brother. Pansy and she went up to their dorms and Goyle and Draco went to theirs. They would have classes the next two weeks, and then spring break would be coming. Candie wrote a letter to the headmaster again saying that her friends would be coming during Spring break.
Heather had sent an owl to Candie:
Dear Candie,
We are coming out to the Castle again for Spring break. We hope that this is okay with the headmaster. Caitlyn still can't come, she has begged her parents into letting her go, but they still won't let her. She is really upset; we need to get her some things from Zonko's while we are there, so she knows we miss her. Lindsay, Gus, Allyson, Miranda, and I are coming this time. We will need a bigger dorm; Gus will bunk with Draco again. We all can't wait to see you and we all luv ya.
Sincerely,
Heather
Candie loved to get letters from her friends outside the castle walls. She wrote to the headmaster again saying that the dorm this time will need to be a little bigger. She had gotten a reply to her letter the next day:
Candie,
I would be happy to extend the dorm a little. I will tell my house elves to be sure and take care of the extra dorm when your wonderful friends are here. I hope you are taking good care of Emerald. With this letter you have gotten train tickets for your friends, there are supposed to be five tickets there. I am glad I can help.
Sincerely,
Dumbledore
Once again Candie replied to Heather's letter telling her that things were going to work out with the dorm situation. She had sent Heather the five train tickets and a few pieces of Honeyduke's Candy. She had her normal classes, went to Quidditch practice, did most of her homework, hung out with Pansy, Goyle, and of course Draco. On the last weekend before her friends were coming the four of them went to Hogsmeade Village. They had a blast, especially at Zonko's. They finally came back to the common room; Pansy had taken a few more pictures for Candie's album. She quickly went up to her dorm to develop them.
"I can't wait for my friends to come back." Candie said excitedly.
"Speaking of that, Candie can I talk to you alone?" Draco said quietly. "It's kind of important."
"Of course Draco, let's go." They headed to the Quidditch field, where they could talk without being heard. Draco faced Candie and looked straight into her eyes.
"You know how Gus is after you?"
"Well, yeah." Candie said confused, but stayed quite.
"You know how I am after you right?"
"Yes, but what does this have to do with anything?"
"Well, have you done the goods and bads yet?"
"No, I don't want to hurt any ones feelings. I think I am just going to stay friends with the both of you, that way I don't have to like someone more than the other. I mean I love you both, and you both have told me you love me back."
"Gus told you that he loved you?"
"Yes he did, and you told me you loved me."
"I know…"
"So then, why did you want to talk to me about this?"
"I wanted to see if you had made up your mind yet."
"Well I still don't know what I am going to do yet." As Candie said this Hunter (her owl) flew in with a letter:
Dear Candie,
I can't wait to come and see you again. I was wondering if we could talk alone when I get there, just you and me.
I love you.
Gus
"Who's it from?" Draco said.
"It's from Gus. Funny isn't it, we were just talking about him." Candie laughed. "I don't know what to do. I need advice."
Later that evening, Candie sat down with a piece of Parchment and a quill. She locked herself in the dorm, and turned off the lights.
"Lumos Maxima!" Candie whispered loudly. She started making a list:
Draco Gus (the list on the left is Draco's, the list on the right is Gus's)
1). Hot 1). Loving
2). Loving 2). Loves me for me
3). Loves me for me3). Isn't hot
4). Smart? 4). Smart?
5). Understanding 5). Understanding
6). Very easy to talk to 6). Sort of easy to talk to
7). Interested in the same things 7).Can be mean to others
8). Caring8).Can be strict
9). Can be strict 9). He can be cute at times
10). Can be mean to others
11). He can be really cute at times
"Okay lets see, 1…2…3…9 things are good about Draco, and 2 aren't. Okay 1…2…6 things are good about Gus, and 3 aren't." Candie thought. "That makes Draco's list better that Gus's. Gosh! Why do they both have to love me?" Candie sighed. She cried herself to sleep that night. Something had woken her up in the middle of the night. It was her necklace; she had been wearing it that day and had forgotten to take it off. She rubbed it and thought, "Hello?" There wasn't an answer so she went back to bed.
"Hello, Candie are you there?" It was Draco. He sounded nervous again.
"Hello, Draco, it's me. What the matter?" Candie answered slowly.
"Come down to the common room. I have to tell you something."
"Okay I will be there in a minute." She thought as she grabbed her list and headed down the stairs as quietly as she could. Draco was standing at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for her with a tired look on her face. He kissed her lips lightly and hugged her.
"What did you want to tell me?"
"I wanted to tell you that…" he didn't finish the sentence.
"Tell me what?"
"I wanted to tell you that I will always love you, even if choose to love Gus instead of me."
Candie's eyes started to tear, "That is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me." She showed him the list she had made a few hours before that. "Your list is the better of the two." Candie said in a short breathe.
"Does that mean you love me more than Gus?" He asked hopefully.
"I don't know. That is what the list tells me, but I don't know if that is what my heart tells me." She started to cry. "Gus is coming is a few hours and I don't know what I am going to do."
"It's almost 4 o'clock. How about a little flying? What do you say?"
"Wouldn't we get caught? We aren't even supposed to out of bed now."
"Snape favors me. He will let me do what ever I want to do."
"That's true, okay Draco, you've convinced me, let's go." She grabbed her broom out of her dorm and met him back in the hall. He took her hand and they walked down to the field.
"Okay the first one to go around the Whomping Willow twice and land at the lake wins." Draco said.
"What will I win?" Candie said proudly.
"You will win…" He didn't finish. "I will tell you when I win. Ready…set…GO!"
They took off like lightning. They flew around the field and headed towards the Whomping Willow. Candie was in the lead; her broom was faster than Draco's "Nimbus 2001". They went around the big tree once and on the second time around Draco came up to her side and leaned over and kissed her. The big tree swung at them as the dodged the strong branches. Candie sped up when she saw the lake. She landed at the water bed.
"Yes, I won! Draco I…" She stopped. "Draco? Where did you go?" She was getting nervous. "Don't play with me, I am serious! Where did you go?" She got back on her broom and circled the lake. He wasn't any where near the lake. She flew over to the Whomping Willow. "Draco, Where are you!" She saw something on the ground, it was mangled. Candie let out a scream.
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