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Chapter 5:

Alive and well?

"I'd say you're free to go now, Miss Malfoy!" said Madam Pomfrey

Elsa didn't need to be told twice, she jumped out of her bed, ignoring Madam Pomfrey's warning as she ran to the common room . She ran all the way to the painting before stopping, out of breath.

"I haven't got all day you know." The fat lady groaned.

"Non Serpentibus" she whispered.

"Elsa!" called a voice from the common room, suddenly everyone was squawking at her and she was buried in hugs by what seemed to be hundreds of people. "Elsa! You're out the hospital wing!" continued Lee!

"I noticed!" Elsa tried to reply.

Elsa noticed that only George wasn't hugging her. Instead he was looking at her oddly.

"uh, can I talk to you Elsa?" George whispered in her ear.

Elsa pulled out of the huddle of people and went outside into the hallway with him. He looked confused and slightly scornful.

"When we first met you, you said you had a sibling, there was no other Malfoy at the sorting ceremony."he blurted out.

She stared at him for a long awkward minute, and then ran away. Running as fast as she could, but George's height was an advantage and he caught up with her easily.

"FINE!" She spat. "My sibling is Sophia Malfoy. Fifth year, Slytherin. Perfect Malfoy girl. I didn't want you to know about her because everyone compares me to her, or says they know what I'm going to be like because of how horrible she is. IT JUST ISN'T FAIR!"

Elsa broke down and started to cry on his shoulder. He rested his head on hers and they spent what seemed like millenniums until they heard Fred yell,

"Where has Elsa gone?"

George laughed and dragged her back in, claiming that she had tried to do a runner. No-one believed him but they didn't push further. The first year's party went on until about 11:00 and then people slowly drifted off to bed. A few had even just gone to sleep on the couches. In her own bed Elsa lay wide awake. If she slept she would go into another trance and either die or kill someone, neither of these options appealed. She felt alone.

"maybe," she thought, "having someone look after me would be better, it might send me into dreamless sleep."

Elsa crept out of her own bed and slid down the slide landing neatly in the common room. She heard someone talking quietly from a handmade tent/fort that had been made during the party.

"The Malfoy girl is really weird. She doesn't make sense." said voice one.

"I know," thought Elsa. "It doesn't make sense to me either.

Voice one continued talking but this time it sounded scornful.

"I mean, one minute she's happy, next minute she's yelling. I heard what she was telling George and it isn't even that big a secret. Her family is horrible and I guess she is too."

At this point Elsa couldn't hold it any more. She walked over to the tent and lifted the make-shift door. Inside was a girl that she recognised as Kali Lester who shared her dorm, as well as Andy who shared Georges dorm.

"Well, speak of the devil." replied Andy. "What a lovely surprise Elsa!"

Elsa bared her teeth at him but he just laughed.

"You aren't scary Malfoy. Now run back to Slytherin where you belong."

Kali smirked at that, and Elsa didn't know what to do. She couldn't stay here. She couldn't go back to her dorm, Kali would come. She couldn't go and talk to George, Andy would come. So, barely reaching her decision she said loudly

"You know what, I think I will."

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