here's chapter two of book three

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Overhearing Business

The day before really put Kyle and Melanie in an awkward position. They woke up, spent the Saturday morning discussing what the writing meant and parted ways for they had extra work to do.

"So who do you and Kyle think it is?" Jilian asked. Jilian was Kyle's closest friend and since her family had died three years ago she stayed at Hogwarts over the summer.

"We think it's Deryck Whitehouse," Kyle said as Jilian's eyes widened in shock.

"What does my brother have to do with Melanie's attack?"

"Deryck's your brother?"

"Yea, are you sure he's a Death Eater?"

"Why wouldn't he be?" Kyle asked folding arms interested.

"When he was younger, he told me he would never turn evil," Jilian said, "And when my brother says something important he means it."

"Come with me to the common room," Kyle said as they left the confines of Jilian's common room (Hufflepuff) and Kyle led her to Slytherin common room, but the wirting was not dripping anymore. Instead, they were chared into the wall and around the letters were black ashes.

"Ash?" Kyle asked as Melanie came down the stairs and stared at the letters.

"The letters were not made of blood," Melanie said as Kyle and Jilian turned around to see Melanie dressed in a deep blue floor length dress with spaghetti straps that criss-crossed the back. Kyle was stunned by her beauty. Her brown hair was down in curls, down to her shoulders and she was wearing a jewel encrusted headbound with topez, diamonds, and emeralds.

"Then what were they made of?" Jilian asked amazed how well Melanie cleaned up.

"Acid," Melanie said wiping the ash off from one of the letters, "Whoever did this obviously wanted it to stay."

There was silence fro a moment until Jilian said, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going over to America for a prom," Melanie said as Kyle's eyes widened.

"With who?" Kyle asked very defensively.

"Last summer I met a seventeen year old boy name Jared and he's from America," Melanie said as Kyle's eyes became sad, "He invited me to his summer prom."

"Where's Kyle?" Jilian asked looking around her Melanie. Kyle had disappeared, but Melanie knew where he went.

"I'll be right back," Melanie said picking up her dress and walking up to Kyle's dorm. He was sitting on his bed, sulking and wiping his eyes.

"I hope you have fun," Kyle said as Melanie sat on the bed next to him.

"Nothing will happen," Melanie said reassuringly, "I love you and would never do anything to hurt you."

"I know," Kyle said putting his head on her shoulders.

"When I get back, we'll spend tons of time together," Melanie said smiling. She took Kyle's hand and led him downstairs where they found Jilian and a tall gangly boy snogging in the middle of the common room.

"I see you've met Jared," Melanie said smiling as Jilian and Jared broke away hot and embarrassed.

"Yes I have," Jilian said fixing her hair and backing away, "I'm just gonna head to bed now. Hope you have fun. Nice to have kissed you, I mean meet you."

"Anyway, this is my boyfriend Kyle," Melanie said as Jared and Kyle shook hands.

"It's nice to put a face to a name," Jared said smiling, "She never shuts up about you."

"Good things I hope," Kyle joked.

"The best," Melanie smiled.

"Do you have everything?" Kyle asked, "Do you have your W-A-N-D?"

"I told her to make sure she brought it," Jared said explainging further when Kyle gave a surprised look, "I'm a wizard. I graduated from Durmstrang two years ago."

"Oh," Kyle said feeling a little more comfortable.

"Let's go or we'll be late," Melanie said turning to Kyle, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen between Jared and I."

"Alright, I trust you," Kyle said kissing her tenderly on her lips and hugging her tightly, "Have fun."

"I love you," Melanie said as she took Jared's hand.

"I love you too," Kyle said as they disapparated.

"Have you heard from Melanie?" Jilian asked the next day.

"She has some relatives in America she didn't know of, so she's going to stay there the rest of the week," Kyle said walking out of the castle and down to the Herbology gardens.

"Did she have fun?" Jilian asked, but Kyle's face didn't light up.

"Something had happened to her last night," kyle said and Jilian stopped.

"What happened?"

"She had gone to the bathroom and a man came in and assaulted her," Kyle said as tears came down Jilian's face, "He pulled her to a back room and raped her. Jared, later, came and killed him and Jared hasn't left her side."

"She isn't pregnant is she?" Jilian asked as they continued to walk.

"Not that I know of," Kyle said as they heard yelling and screaming coming from the gardens. They ran to the Herbology gardens and found Deryck arguing with a black cloaked figure that Kyle identified as Voldemort.

"Please take it off!" Deryck pleaded.

"You wanted it!" Voldemort said sitting on a bench.

"I only agreed to join you to save my life," Deryck said crying, "Please take it off!"

"You're willing to risj your life, just for a girl?" Voldemort laughed.

"I'd rather die than help you!" Deryck cried as Voldemort waved his wand and Deryck dropped to the floor. Dead.

"So be it," Voldemort said conjuring up one of his true followers.

"Yes, me lord?" Lucius Malfoy asked putting his hand over his heart and bending down on one knee.

"Find the Potter girl," Voldemort told him as Lucius rose to his feet, "And kill her. I need to prepare the Great Snake."

Lucius took out his wand, but Voldemort handed him a sword instead.

"Kill her with this," he said as he took Deryck in his arms and threw him into a pond and disappeared.

Kyle and Jilian ran over and pulled Deryck out of water.

"What do we do?" Jilian asked weeping, "Can you save him?"

"I can try," Kyle said placing his hand over Deryck's heart, but before Kyle could chant any spell Deryck inhaled a deep breath of air and sat up.

"How?"

"No idea," Deryck said hugging his sister," But I don't care. You need to protect Melanie. Voldemort will kill her no matter where or when."

"I know," kyle said, "We saw and heard the whole thing. You were very brave, to have the Dark Mark on your arm."

"Thank you," Deryck said as the three of them got to their feet, "We need to warn Melanie."

"How?" Jilian asked as they headed back to the castle, "She's in America."

"Not anymore," Deryck said pointing to a looming figure at the front doors of the castle. She looked like she had come out a war zone; her hair was matted, her clothes were ripped, her face was bloody, and she was holding her stomach. Kyle ran up to her and hugged her only to be brought to the ground weeping.

"Voldemort already got her," Deryck said pointing to her stomach.

"She's still alive," Kyle said picking her up and ran to the castle, "If we hurry we can save her."

"He's innocent?" Melanie asked flabbergasted.

"Yea," Kyle said smiling, "Voldemort killed Deryck's parents and the only reason he became a Death Eater was to save his own skin."

"He tried to kill me!" Melanie argued, "Why do you think---"

"He only attacked you under Voldemort's rule," Kyle interrupted, "He good now which means Voldemort will be comin' after him."

"Why?" Eva asked stepping in.

"Because if I were Voldemort, god forbid, I wouldn't want my secrets to be unveiled," Kyle said as Melanie laid her head back and thought aboit protecting Deryck. Why would she want to protect someone who attacked her?