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Chapter 5

Melanie plucked at her daisy, one petal by one saying, "Doomed, dead, doomed, dead, doomed, dead, doomed, dead, doomed," She stopped suddenly and asked her snake Artemis, "What do you think Artemis?"

"Dead," Artemis hissed and Melanie continued plucking.

"Dead, doomed, dead, doomed, dead, doomed, and dead," Melanie finished, still holding the final petal in her hand, "You were right, Artemis."

"Why did you do that?" Artemis asked.

"Why didn't you!" Melanie retorted.

Artemis glared at Melanie and turned around in her cage hissing many naughty words.

"I heard that!" Melanie yelled, almost bursting Artemis' eardrums. Artemis said nothing in return. "You know Artemis, I was thinking about bringing you to Hogwarts this year, but with that attitude…."

Artemis turned right around in her cage and it appeared like her eyes were full of cheer. It seemed like she wanted to do a happy dance, she was swirling around in the cage.

"Yes please, let me come!" Artemis begged.

"It is almost time to go to Hogwarts. This is my last time here in this wretched home. I can't believe I had to spend the whole summer here. Too bad all of Victoire's family went to Romania for a family trip," Melanie said wistfully. Artemis fiercely nodded her head.

"Melanie!" They heard Amelia call up and their heads turned right towards the door.

Melanie groaned and yelled back, "What mother!"

"It's dinnertime!"

"No thanks!" Melanie spitefully yelled.

"You come down here right now," Amelia commanded.

Melanie sighed and walked slowly out of her bedroom and to the kitchen. She entered seeing Amelia serving up the bowls of meat and potatoes. Melanie approached her mother and snatched a bowl right out of her hands. Amelia fumed and Melanie rushed out of the room.

"You get back here Melanie!" Amelia snapped.

"No thanks," Melanie rebuffed.

"I am your mother! You will do as I say!" Amelia angrily commanded.

"I am your superior you filthy muggle!" Melanie screeched, and she had no idea why she said it, or where it came from. It was as though she could not control her lips any longer.

"What did you just say," Amelia shouted. The word muggle shook her inner core.

"I, am, your, superior, you, filthy, muggle. Is it too hard for you to understand?" Melanie said, pushing the limit. Melanie felt as though she herself could only think, and that someone else was in charge of her.

"Never say that word again!" Amelia yelled.

"I don't care! Muggle! Muggle! Muggle!" Melanie simply yelled back.

"You nasty girl!" Amelia shrieked violently throwing her bowl of meat and potatoes straight on the floor breaking it into several tiny pieces, and Melanie just laughed cruelly. Melanie was scared of herself.

"I don't care what you think of me," Melanie said after she calmed her laughter down, "You are just a low-class bitch who got knocked-up." Melanie was able to widen her own eyes, she would never say that!

They remained silent for a while and Amelia was close to tears, "Knocked up?" Amelia finally said, "I was raped."

Amelia began bawling her eyes out and Melanie stared at her.

"I knew I should have aborted you insolent child. What happened to my sweet little Melanie? What's wrong with you! You were just fine the beginning of the summer!" She shrieked.

"A-abortion!" Melanie stuttered.

"Yes, I thought about it!" Amelia revealed in her tears.

"I hate you!" Melanie yelled.

"Get out of my home," Amelia ordered sternly.

"What?"

"Get out!"

Melanie stared at her mother for a minute, finally gaining control of herself, and ran upstairs to her room. She seized everything, even her already packed Hogwarts trunk and Artemis. Artemis began hissing questions at Melanie, of which she ignored. She scurried out of her room and looked into the kitchen one last time. Amelia stared at her while crying.

"Get out now!"

Melanie wanted to cry, but she ran outside from her apartment room and hurried down the stairs. She finally ran into the heat with nowhere to go. Amelia stayed inside crying her eyes out, her mind full of memories from that night.

Then, Melanie remembered the Knight Bus. Victoire had told her about it, and that if she reaches her wand out, then it will come.

She pulled out her thirteen inched Elm, Phoenix feather wand and reached it out into the street, earning stares from those passing. She saw the triple-decker purple bus zooming right towards her. It screeched to a stop in front of her as she jumped backwards from it in shock. The doors of the bus opened and out came a tall and lanky man with zits all across his face.

" 'ello and welcome to the Knight Bus, I'm Stan Shunpike," he greeted in a rehearsed manner, "Where'd you like to go?"

"I'd like to go to the, uh, Leaky Cauldron, thanks," Melanie said with the Leaky Cauldron popping up in her head.

" 'ight, that'll be seven sickles," Stan replied.

"Uh, right," Melanie said reaching into her trunk for money. She scrounged up the sickles and handed them over to Stan.

"Thanks, now may I take your luggage for you," Stan said once again in his rehearsed manner. Melanie handed it to him saying thank you and she entered the bus. It was empty except for one lady. The beds were not out, only seats, and she sat in a seat close to the front, and the bus geared into full gear, recklessly driving along.

Amelia was still in the kitchen crying on the floor. The memories of that night kept coming back to her, and they would not go away. She was forever haunted by the memories.

She immediately regretted telling Melanie to leave, but she never acted that way towards her, and everything she said. The word muggle was the word he said over and over again while he raped her.

She had wanted to get up and get Melanie, but she did not have the energy to. She figured Melanie was close, but unknown to her, she is now far gone.

Melanie had gotten her room at the Leaky Cauldron and she situated herself and unpacked her sleeping clothes and her Dreamless Sleep potion. At the end of last year Madam Pomfrey prepared enough Dreamless Sleep potion for every night of the summer for Melanie to take. She put on her sleeping clothes and then measured out the correct amount of potion and gulped it down.

She climbed into the rickety bed and fell asleep.

"Melanie, I have read your mind and I have seen your thoughts. You have kept me out for many years, but your defenses are weak! I am in control, you are no longer!"

The Voice had circled inside her head through the blackness of her mind. All was soon empty.

Melanie woke up screaming, alerting Artemis' attention.

"What's wrong, Melanie?" Artemis asked carefully.

"I dreamed! The Voice is back! He said he is in control!" She yelled in Parseltongue.

"Did you drink your potion?" Artemis asked, suddenly getting worried.

"Yes I did! See tonight's cup is empty!" Melanie shrieked.

Artemis was silent and she looked at Melanie with pure compassion and worry. Melanie sank into her bed and was fully awake the next night.

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