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I slid silently out of my robes and climbed into the large bubble bath I had drawn. The colorful water and bubbles would hide my tail from whoever walked in. Hopefully, no one would disturb someone while they were bathing, but you never know.

I smiled up at the stained glass mermaid who looked down upon me. Everything was perfect for once. I kind of swished my tail back and forth. I sighed. Everything was NOT perfect. I needed more room. Was there an enchantment for that? No. Could I risk going to the lake again? Certainly not. Well, what could I do, other than complain?

Of course! The room of requirement!

I climbed out of the bath and relaxed to see the change happened quickly enough for me to get dressed before a Ravenclaw prefect girl came in. I nodded at her politely and left. Scurrying through the busy corridors, I finally reached the room of requirement. I silently slipped in to find it unoccupied and within was a large pool with color changing water. I stripped out of my robes and, ugh, shoes.

I dove into the water and swam my heart out. I began to do flips and tricks and I even shot out of the water a couple of times.

When I finally caught my breath, I rested in the shallow zones. I shot my head around when I heard clapping. I saw Draco Malfoy and he was standing in the corner of the room. My first thoughts were of my tail, but then my mind raced to my exposed chest.

I felt my face turn red as I grabbed my sweater and threw it on. He smirked.

I stuck my tongue out at him.

"That's probably the last time you'll see a girl like that," I snapped.

"Don't you have other things to worry about?" He sneered. Oh, crap. My tail.

"You won't tell will you?" I pleaded. I didn't know who he would tell, after all of the order already knows and a lot of them are teachers here. He didn't speak so I grabbed my wand. Planning to erase his memory, I pointed it at him. However, I was too late. He cast some spell towards me and I blacked out.

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I woke up chained to a wall by my wrists. My legs were in a tank of water causing them to stay in mermaid form. I was also thankful that my sweater was on. The room was dark and the water was cold. I seemed to be in some sort of dungeon.

The door opened. The opener was silhouetted against the bright light coming from the other side of the door. The figure murmured something and all of the lights in the room lit up illuminating the person's face. He was short and plump and very scraggly. He was missing a finger. Of course! I know who this is! Harry told me all about him.

"Peter Pettigrew?" I asked. He turned to me and seemed shocked that I spoke to him.

"Hmm," he mumbled and left the room. Alone again. I began to pull at my bonds and sighed as they began to tighten the more I struggled. Was I going to meet the so-called Darkest Wizard? Is it because of Malfoy? Was I going to die? These questions and more raced through my head until someone who looked like an older, gayer Draco came in. He undid my bonds silently with his wand and I fell into the tank. I massaged my poor arms while the tank levitated out the door.

I was expecting it to be like a book where the prisoner is released and is blinded by the light, but that was not the case for me. When I was taken out of the door, the large castle or manor or house, was very dimly lit. The grand foyer was empty, but it still looked beautiful. Damn, I wish I lived here. On the otherside of the large entry way was a pair of great wooden doors with scenes of a story carved into them. It looked familiar. Almost something I've seen in a dream.

The doors opened and there was a large fireplace and a table with two chairs at either end. One chair was occupied and the other was empty, but had a bucket of water beneath it. I suppose it is nice to be kept in mermaid form for so long after being human for a while.

When I was seated, I began to study the figure across from me as he did the same. He looked just as Harry had described him. Pale, rocky skin, a flat nose, disgusting teeth (I don't how he lives with that), and a dark cloak. His hands were almost like claws and were on top of the table dangerously close to his wand, laying on the table as well.

"It's wonderful to finally meet you," he said in such a strange, raspy, yet calm and calming voice, "Draco has told me so much about you, ah, fishgirl is it?"

I snorted when I heard Draco was telling stories. And he didn't even know my name!

"Actually it's Alex Pierce," I went with my alias.

"Lies," he hissed and his fingers landed on top of the wand. However before he grasped it, I revealed my name.

"I am her royal highness Alexandria Love, Queen of the merfolk," I squeaked. I let out a breath of relief when his fingers moved away from the wand.

"Ah, yes, that seems more reasonable. Tell me, your highness, do you care for your people?"

"Yes, very much so, they are the sole reason I live," I confidently answered. I had been contemplating this thought for quite a while and I believe it to be true.

"And you would be devastated if they were all, oh, shall we say, killed?"

"We shall say no such thing!"

"Then you best do what I tell you," he snarled.

I gulped. I felt something in my mouth. My teeth grew sharper. I was changing from a siren to a selkie. This is not going to go over well next time I'm in court under the waves.

"Bring Harry Potter to me," he ordered. What was he stupid? Why would I do that? Oh yeah, extinction. Hmm…

"No," I replied simply. I could totally just leave now, I bet. I'm not tied up, I can transform into any kind of mermaid or human I want. I have mermaid magic-wait! I have mermaid magic!

Oh sharks, my revelation came a bit too late. Voldemort- well he never actually introduced himself, but I'm assuming it's him- grabbed his wand and snarled the killing curse. I braced myself for death and watched as the green light shot out of his wand. But I didn't die. Hell yeah, I'm the girl-who-lived! He shot a few more unforgivable curses at me and I just sat there unharmed. This didn't make any sense! I thought back to other spells that have hit me.

The backfired smiling spell. But I was in human form! Maybe spells don't work when I'm a mermaid! No, because when Draco Malfoy hit me, I was a mermaid. But he did it out of self-defense. And the smiling thing wasn't even intended for me!

Of course! My mermaid magic is protecting me! He can't try to harm me, because then, well it doesn't work! I grasped the table as the sank in and realized my claws were digging into the wood. Wait, claws? My skin was turning blue-ish and my tail was changing as well. My orange hair was transformed into stringy gray hair. Last to change was my face.

Despite my hideous selkie features, Voldemort didn't looke phased at all, instead he waved his wand and the large doors opened. A few more death eater's came in, I assume.

"Take her away," the dark lord commanded them. They looked back and forth between us, trying to decide who they were more afraid of. Then before they knew it, I was beautiful again. This was because I calmed down. I pulled my tail out of the water and ran. I ran straight past the death eaters and out the large marble doors. I slid through the bars of the great gate easily and ran into the surrounding forest.

The end! Of this chapter! Okay, so this is getting goooooooooood! But, dunh dunh, you ain't seen nothin' yet!

Hermione: Umm, Eloise?

Ron: It may be best to leave her alone, she's ranting again.

Harry: Butterbeer anyone?