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Chapter 13

Revelations

Jade burst into the boys bathroom upon seeing Malfoy lying on the floor bleeding she said, "Draco! NO!" she ran forward and picked Malfoy up and getting soaked in his blood.

Just then the door burst open and in came Snape. He saw Jade and said, "Williams, explain!" he went to Malfoy and began to heal him with his wand.

"I-I don't know. I heard a crash and I came to investigate."

"Go back to your common room, while I take Mr. Malfoy to the Hospital Wing, Potter you stay here."

Jade looked thoroughly shocked but she said nothing and walked out of the bathroom covered in blood and water. When Harry had made it back to the Common Room he saw Jade sitting in an armchair by the fire, she was still covered in Malfoy's blood and staring blankly into the fire.

Harry walked up and stood next to Jade's chair, Ron and Hermione behind him. "Jade why did you freak out when you saw Malfoy like that?" Harry found himself saying without thinking.

"I'll tell you Harry, but you can't get mad at me." Jade said in a soft voice and the Common Room went quiet, because they all wanted to know why she was covered in blood. Harry looked at them to tell them to back of but Jade said, "No, it's ok, they can hear it if they want to."

Jade took a deep breath and Harry crouched down next to her, "Tell me why did you act like that?"

Jade held up her right hand letting Harry see the ring on her ring finger and finally letting him see the crest that was laid upon the green gemstone. Harry saw the crest and it took a moment for him to recognize the crest, then it sunk in,

"Why do you have a ring with the Black family crest on it?"

"It was my mother's. My mother was Narcissa Malfoy's younger sister." Harry looked at her; he now looked thoroughly shocked and Jade continued, "I acted that way because Draco Malfoy is my cousin."

"But you weren't on the Black Family Tree Tapestry in Sirius's house." Ron said

"Oh, I'm there. Remember when I tripped and landed on the tapestry before you guys looked at it. Sirius knew that I too was ashamed of my background, so before you had spotted it he handed me a piece of cloth that was the same as the tapestry. I purposely 'tripped' and fell on the tapestry covering my mother's, my father's, and my name with the cloth."

"So you hid your family background out of fear, you did it because you didn't want to loose your friends." Hermione said

"Yes. My mother didn't die one month before I started school, she died giving birth to me. The Malfoy's decided that they wouldn't let another family member live in an orphanage. So I lived with Rachel most of my life." She took a deep breath and continued, "Other than that they were never really a part of my life. When I started my first year we were short on money and we were going to buy most of our stuff second hand. We saw them at Diagon Alley and they refused to let another pureblood family have second hand things, so they bought us everything that year. I will never forget them for that but if I had told you before I might have lost all my friends. Now, I just don't care anymore."

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Jade was lying on the ground listening to the commotion going on around her, she wasn't sure what was really going on but there were curses flying everywhere, and many people were yelling. She felt the robe of a Death Eater pass her, and out of instinct she grabbed it pulling down the Death Eater. There was an "Oof." From the Death Eater and then he turned around to face her and snarl. Jade's heart stopped as she realized the Death Eater she had pulled down was Fenrir Greyback.

The next thing that she knew she saw Greyback's yellowed-claw like finger's reaching for her face. She knocked his hand out of the way and then rolled before he could attempt to bite her. Greyback lunged at her again and Jade took off down the hall to lure him away from the others, because she knew he had already attacked Bill. Ahead she could hear people shouting but her mind wasn't registering any of it, she just ran, listening to the angered Greyback following her.

Jade wasn't entirely sure where she was going, but soon she found herself in the Entrance Hall, and surrounded by people, Greyback facing her. She held her wand tightly at her side, but she didn't dare raise it and fire a curse lest it hit one of the other students, all she could hope to do was keep him busy until a teacher arrived.

"My, my, so pretty. It would be a shame to attack your pretty little neck, but hey you deserve it." Greyback growled lunging at her clawed hand outstretched. Jade took a step back and to her right in an attempt to dodge the blow, but it didn't entirely work. She felt Greyback's right claws connect with the skin on her left shoulder, and she brought her left arm up just in time to keep the claws from slashing her face. A searing pain suddenly followed and Jade back up raising her right wand in time to mutter,

"Sectumsempra!" Gashes appeared on Greyback's face and on his chest. He yelled falling backwards and clutching at the wounds.

Jade fell to her knees and lowered her wand just as Professor Slughorn entered the Great Hall. Slughorn took one look at Greyback, stunned him, healed his wounds, and then turned to Jade.

"Miss Williams are you alright?" He asked as Jade clutched at the gashes on her upper arm and her forearm. All Jade could do was nod her head, Slughorn waved his wand and bandages appeared out of nowhere and twisted themselves around her wounds. "Can you walk?"

Once again Jade nodded her head and she stood up rather shakily. Slughorn looked around at the group of students around him.

"Miss Chang, help Miss Williams please." Slughorn said gesturing Cho to come over. Cho walked over and put an arm around Jade's waist helping her walk to the hospital wing.

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Jade sat on her bed across from Bill her right hand resting on her bandaged forearm. The wounds wouldn't heal, and they were causing her a great deal of pain, but she made no sign that she was in pain, she sat and listened while the others spoke.

"What do I care how he looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave! And I shall do zat!" Jade stared as Fleur snatched the ointment and started dabbing at Bill wounds.

Jade fixed her eyes upon her bed sheets, she missed Fred dearly, he refused to write to her and George never mentioned him in any of his letters. Her thumb was gently stroking the bandages and she didn't really hear anything unit Tonks said,

"You see! She still wants to marry him, even though he's been bitten! She doesn't care." Jade lifted her head now very interested, her cousin had never acted like this before.

"It's different, Bill will not be a full werewolf. The cases are not completely – "

"But I don't care either, I don't care! I've told you a million times…" Lupin cut her off.

"And I've told you a million times, that I am too old for you, too poor…too dangerous…" Jade gave an inaudible gasp; she hadn't expected this at all. She disappeared into thought for a moment, and when she returned she heard Lupin talking once more.

"I am not being ridiculous, Tonks deserves somebody young and whole."

"But she wants you," Mr. Weasley said. Jade heard no more, she felt her eyes burning and then she felt hot, salty tears running down her face. She began to sob silently, but luckily no one had noticed because Professor McGonagall had walked in with Hagrid.

Jade didn't feel like listening to anything else, it was hard enough to find out that Professor Dumbledore was dead so she laid back, pulled the covers up over her head and tried her best to fall asleep.

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Two days before Dumbledore's funeral the doors to the Great Hall burst open. Everyone turned to see Narcissa Malfoy standing in the doorway. She took a look around and said to the silent hall,

"I'm here to collect my niece." Everyone at the Gryffinor table looked at Jade while everyone else looked around in confusion. Narcissa strolled across the hall and down along the table until she came to Jade. She took Jade by the wrist and said, "Come, I'm pulling you out and while we are at it we can find you a better place to stay. I don't want you living under the same roof as the Weasley scum."

At this point she and Jade were already in front of the staff table, the house tables and halfway across the hall. Jade's face grew stern; she planted her feet on the ground and wrenched her wrist out of her aunt's grip with a loud, "NO!"

Narcissa stopped and looked at her niece, "What did you say?" she hissed.

"I said no. I refuse to go with you." Jade said fixing her aunt with a cold stare.

"I am your aunt! You will listen to me." Narcissa said not noticing that the Great Hall had gone silent and was now listening. "Come."

"I came of age over one year ago. You have no control over me any more. I'm staying whether you like it or not." Jade said returning the cold stare that her aunt just gave her.

"I'm surprised you are going to stay with the Weasley's after the fight you and one of the twins had." Narcissa said evilly. Jade's face was suddenly filled with curiosity and fury.

"How do you know about that?" Jade was shaking.

"You are foolish child. I had Draco write that. You deserve better friends than the Weasley family." Narcissa hissed.

"You had Draco ruin my life because you didn't like my friends!" Jade was shouting now and her eyes were filled with tears.

"Why do you care so much about that, Fred, boy? TELL ME!" Narcissa demanded loudly, she got her answer almost instantly.

"I LOVED HIM!" Jade yelled at her aunt, she dropped her voice back to normal and tears were flowing from her eyes. "I loved him and you son ruined that. I'll tell you now, if Draco ever crosses my path again, cousin or not, I will kill him."

Narcissa looked as if she had the wind knocked out of her and Jade walked swiftly past and into the Entrance Hall followed by Professor McGonagall. After a moment Narcissa turned on her heel and stormed out of the hall and out of the castle. Hermione turned to Ron,

"You have to tell Fred about this. Don't tell him that Jade loved him; we don't want to ruin their friendship, just tell him that Draco was the reason that they had that horrible fight."

"How do we know Percy wont get to him first." Ron said nodding his head towards the staff table.

"It's Percy, once Fred sees who it's from he will probably just chuck the letter in the fire without reading it." Hermione said.

"She's right Ron, remember what he, George, and Ginny did to him at Christmas." Harry added.

"All right we will tell Fred, but Hermione's writing the letter. I don't want to screw up and accidentally let him know what Jade said." Ron said with a sigh.

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Jade wiped the tears from her eyes. Sitting in the chairs in front of her was Harry and Ginny. She heard Harry tell Ginny that he couldn't be with her because it was too dangerous and a thought struck Jade.

'I can't be with Fred either. It wont take Voldermort long to realize that I am alive. I love him, but I can't take the risk.' Jade wiped a stray tear off of her cheek and slowly she made her way towards the white tomb that encased Dumbledore.

Jade ran one of her fingers long the tomb, sighed, wiped the tears from her eyes and made her way towards the edge of the lake. She stood on the shore and overlooked the vast lake when she heard footsteps behind her, but she didn't turn to see who it was.

"Jade?" said a male voice.

"Hello Fred." Jade said softly not taking her eyes off the lake's horizon.

"So you knew it was me? How do you know I'm not George?"

"I'm the only one who can tell you two apart. So naturally I can also tell you apart by not even looking at you and just by hearing your voice." Jade simply said in the same soft voice.

"Jade I know now that it was Malfoy who tore us apart. I'm sorry I got angry at you." He said taking a few steps closer.

"I'm sorry too."

"Now that you have graduated from Hogwarts with the highest honors ever given to a student, what do you say you come and help me and George out with the joke shop for a while." Fred said slowly.

A light breeze lifted Jade's hair, and yet she still did not turn to look at Fred. She could feel her heart pumping furiously, and yelling at her not to do this, but she took a shuddering breath and said,

"No."

"What? Why not?" Fred asked in astonishment.

"Because its better if we don't see each other, ever again." Jade felt her eyes burn, but she refused to cry, instead she turned and she walked away. Jade walked until she was outside the Hogwarts gate, Fred had made no motion to stop her. She stopped outside the gate, and then disapperated, but before he had vanished, she had heard Fred yell,

"Wait!"