A/N: Warning suggestive rape mentioned at the end of the chapter
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Chapter 18: The Unwanted Visitor
A month had passed since the second task, and George was no longer speaking to Peri. Holly was more furious with her and Draco from the kiss that he had given to Peri when she emerged from the lake after recusing George.
They both tried to explain it meant nothing…at least it meant nothing to her. Perhaps, Draco was starting to fall in love with her…No, he adored Holly, why would he try to hurt her? Surely this was another thing for the media. She did save his life after all. That had to be it. She recused him from the black lake and he kissed her for it, plus the papers and anyone who was a fan of their relationship loved it. They were the talk for weeks in Witch Weekly and the Daily Prophet, now with her birthday that Saturday it kept the attention on them…especially her.
She was in the main entrance hall of Hogwarts in a frilly, magenta-colored ballgown, that made her look indeed like a princess. She was taking her pictures for the Daily Prophet's society pages and Witch Weekly. She stood on the stairs posing as she was instructed. They had her pose as if she was going down the staircase, stopping, and looking up at the camera slightly as if to look through her lashes. She gave a blank smile as she had for the past pictures as she had no interest in showing any emotion.
Rita sighed shaking her head in disappointment then looked at the cameraman, "Shall we add, Draco?" She turned to look at Draco as he stood off to the side with their Slytherin friends. She looked back at Peri to continue speaking, "Might make you smile having your boyfriend standing with you."
Before either could respond Draco was pushed up the stairs to be with Peri, "You could have some emotion," he whispered to her as he approached her
He stood on a step above her with her dark eyes connecting to his light gray ones, "Draco, I lost the man I care about. We both lost Holly. My birthday is supposed to be a small celebration with close friends and family now it is the birthday of the year."
"You only get a one-sixteenth birthday. Maybe try and think about that."
She gave him an irritated look, "And I have one life. I want to live it how I want.
"You are living a dream life. A life many wish to have, especially those with parents who were exiled from pureblood society. My cousins Ida and Remy are living a heavily privileged life despite both being born out of wedlock which as you know is heavily frowned upon in pureblood society."
"I am aware of how purebloods feel about traditions and customs that are heavily outdated, but this is no dream life. I live a life now for everyone except for the person to who it should truly matter. Everything is a mess and I am not sure how to fix it. I am continuing to dig myself deeper into a life I don't want."
A tear slipped down her cheek which Draco wiped away with the back of his hand as a camera flashed, "Alright lovebirds," Rita spoke getting their attention. Peri looked up at the ceiling closing her eyes as Rita continued to speak, "Draco, I want you to look at Peri with the love you have for her. And Peri…please try to look happy. Princesses do not cry."
Peri lowered her head looking at Rita as Draco wrapped his arms around her drawing her closer to him, he leaned close to he ear again to whisper, "Do not smile," he gave a sly smirk to her as he withdrew from her ear.
She attempted to not smile but gave in to his slight tease. She gave a small weak smile, "Oh, but I said not to smile. You be sad and cry over the life everyone wishes they could have."
This only made her smile more, slightly irritated than a happy smile but the camera flashed capturing the two of them smiling at one another. Her irritated and him simply looking pleased to be teasing her.
"Picture perfect couple," Rita spoke clasping her hands together.
"May I give Peri her gift now?" Draco asked looking down the steps at Rita as a small crowd was gathering around the stairs to see what was going on.
Rita clasped her hands together, "Of course! The readers will love to see the newest popular romance in a personal way."
Draco turned to look at Peri pushing a dark curl behind her ear before turning to Theo who handed him a necklace box over the railing. He accepted the box and opened it for her, "It is the Black family diamond necklace."
The room gasped as pictures were quickly taken, "It is beautiful," she placed a hand gently onto the black-colored diamonds embedded in silver.
"May I?" he asked grabbing the necklace out of the box.
She nodded turning around and pulling her hair over her shoulder as he draped the diamond necklace around her with the camera flashing again as he fastened the necklace to her. She turned back dropping her hair back behind her, "Beautiful!" Rita said, "I think we have what we need."
Rita left with her cameraman.
Peri sighed in relief, "Let's…" she made her way down the steps kicking off her heels then her eyes caught George and Lee coming from The Great Hall. He said something to Lee then they continued their way outside.
"I should try apologizing again…"
"What will it do?" Draco asked, "Neither of them is speaking to us."
She sighed once more, "I know…I think I will go change. I'll see you later."
Leaving the stairs she entered The Great Hall going up to George, "George…"
H gave her a side-eye glance from his seat then looked back at Lee, who sat across from him, and Fred who was to his left with Hallie. "Do you hear something? An annoying buzz? Although that might be the water still trapped in my ear."
Lee and Fred laughed as Hallie looked up with a groan, "You are a bunch of immature children," Hallie commented. "Did they like my dress?"
Peri gave a small nod, "Yes…Skeeter liked me in a color that was not green, black, or navy blue."
"Pink is a fabulous color, but I see you are learning the beauty of accessorizing."
She looked down at the necklace around her neck, "It was a gift."
"From Richard? Well, then I hope when I turn sixteen I get an equally as beautiful gift."
"It wasn't from Richard," she spoke softly as Ida approached them.
"Why are you wearing one of the Black family diamonds?"
The small group before them looked at Ida quickly, "The Black family diamonds?" George asked her with his voice on the edge of being furious."
"Yes, my mother inherited a portion of the Black family jewels since my father was in…" she sighed then continued, "The Malfoys inherited the rest."
The group looked back at Peri, "Ooo, this will be interesting," Fred and Lee teased.
Peri shot them both looks, "George…it is simply a gift. It means nothing," she tried to assure him.
He stood up to make himself taller than her, "Yet you wear the nice dresses, wear the family jewels, attached to his side, and you are a Slytherin. You are more like them than you know. I told you it was done. I am done. Go back to your table and common room. You are not welcome here."
She looked at him blankly before blinking, "The things I wish you could know and why I do the things I do."
She left before he could respond.
She made her way to the Dungeons when she found Karkaroff rushing out of the potion classroom, "Hello Headmaster Karkaroff," she greeted then continued to the common room.
Her greeting stopped Karkaroff from his hurriedness, "Ms. King!"
She turned back to face him, "Yes, sir?"
He raised a questioning brow at her appearance.
"Photoshoot for my birthday. The prophet and Witch Weekly are releasing a birthday issue for my birthday on Saturday."
"Ah! Well, I have been meaning to catch you for a conversation."
She raised a brow at him, "Sir, I am not going to help assist Viktor in winning the tournament. He is a smart and powerful wizard, he can do that on his own."
He laughed deeply, "Krum does not need your assistance, he can and will win all on his own. What I want you for is to be a guide for my nephew, he is visiting from America since I did not get to see my sister and her family over the holidays. He graduated last year from Ilvermorny."
"I was not aware you had a nephew let alone a sister."
"I have just one sister and one nephew. Now you will simply take care of my nephew while he is here for the second task. He's young and American-raised despite both his parents being Bulgarian and being born in Bulgaria himself. My brother-in-law is one of the Bulgarian International Advisors."
She sighed, "Sir, I have classes as well as my birthday this weekend. I cannot be a tour guide for…"
He brushed her response away, "Nonsense, you can. He is young and surely will be a better fit for you than your parents. My sister and brother-in-law will come over from America for the final task in June, but my nephew is here now until the third task."
"What would you like me to do with him while I have class?"
"Let him wander around by himself? Bring him to class with you?"
She gave a soft groan of annoyance, "Fine…only because he is American and perhaps he is here to show his support for Ilvermorny."
He gave a sly grin, "Wonderful! He will be here for your party."
She did not trust this, but could not seem to be able to escape being a tour guide for Karkaroff's nephew.
The following afternoon with the afternoon post, the special edition of Witch Weekly was released in honor of her birthday.
Special Edition: Peri King's Sixteenth Birthday
The picture had been magically deities to have her smiling as she stood majestically on the stairs. All the girls were reading the magazine or asking for her to sign it.
"You are very beautiful," Pansy commented looking up from the article, "But do they have to discuss your relationship with Draco so much? It's quite nauseating."
Peri rolled her eyes as she flipped through her copy. Rita Skeeter had heavily written about the relationship and her family. Giving some details about the party on Saturday.
Periwinkle King, the Half-Blood Princess, turns sixteen on Saturday, 24 March 1995. She is the daughter of Cassandra Banks and Professor Severus Snape, who did not acknowledge her existence until she arrived at Hogwarts. She is the stepdaughter of the beloved American wizarding family, The Banks, who view her as one of their own. She is close to her sisters: Alicia and Mallory Banks and Hallie and Holly Porter. She is rarely separated from her sisters or friends. Her close friends include Lady Cressida Noir, daughter of Sirius Black, and Lady Emilie Roux. Harry Potter, The Weasley family specifically the twins, Hermione Granger… it seems Ms. Granger seeks famous witches and wizards as a hobby. Peri is also equally close with a small group of Slytherin students including Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, her cousin Pansy Parkinson, and her dashing boyfriend Draco Malfoy.
She is currently participating in the Tri-Wizard Tournament as a champion for Ilvernmorny. Due to this, the Ministry of Magic is hosting an extravagant party Saturday in her honor. She will be surrounded by those closest to her especially her sweetheart. Draco gifted his love with a set of black diamonds, a family heirloom. They are a perfect match and I am sure we will see them together forever.
Below the article was a picture of her and Draco with small lettering it had that Hallie had designed her dress.
She groaned tossing the magazine to the side, "I am not a princess, but at least they acknowledge Hallie designing my dress. I do not understand why they are pushing my relationship with you so much?"
"Because we are dating," he said then glanced at their friends, "You are famous, Peri. People enjoy romance, why else do you think Skeeter tries to push Granger onto Potter and Krum? It is drama and romance."
She nodded, "You are right…I am dating you. My priority is that."
"Exactly." His gaze went past her shoulder to Holly reading, "We cannot win it all."
She turned to spot Holly but her eyes stopped on George who was talking with Fred and Lee while Hallie was reading Witch Weekly while leaning on Fred. She turned back to Draco, "I guess I rather have you than no one even though it is all forced."
"Forced?" Pansy questioned, "I know our grandparents and Draco's family approves greatly of this match. They are pushing for it to continue, but I thought you both loved each other."
The two looked at one another then Pansy, "Um…we do," Draco swallowed, "But…"
"But…when a relationship is heavily watched and wanted it is hard to truly enjoy the relationship."
"Exactly!" Draco agreed a little loudly having the room look at them confused.
Pansy shook her head, "You two are weird. What are you wearing for your birthday?" Pansy asked.
She shrugged, "I don't know. Hallie is designing it."
"Do you have no one else to design for you? What about the designer who did your Yule Ball dress?"
"Seeing as I do not know them I can't ask them, plus as you told me they are rare. The only person who has dresses made daily by them is Ida, but she is more royal than I am. Although I am not royal despite what the world wants to believe. Now as for Hallie designing my clothes, I do not mind. She is talented at it and it is something she loves to do."
"She is a Ravenclaw though."
"Not a smart one," Crabbe laughed.
The group laughed with him while Peri scowled at them, "Intelligence goes beyond the world of academics. Just watch she will make something of herself where the rest of you will only have an inheritance."
"You going to let her speak like that, Draco?" a Slytherin student asked near them.
The group looked at the student then Draco, "She is Peri King. She is far more powerful than someone like you," he took a bite of an apple before continuing, "I would not like to think what she would do if we dared to cross her. She is fifteen and tied in second place with Harry Potter…not that I care for Potter, but he is considered to be a powerful wizard for our generation for surviving the killing curse. Peri has defeated the largest dragon in existence and saved two from the freezing depths of the Black Lake. I have no doubt she will win the final task and create a name for herself. Currently, she doing better than a world-famous seeker from Bulgaria and a quarter-French veela. She is doing that without money or a name attached to her."
The Slytherins around them were left speechless, "That's what I thought."
"Thank you," Peri spoke softly to him.
His eyes shifted over to her, "You're welcome. Sometimes you have to put people in their place. People tend to respect you when you come from the Sacred Twenty-Eight."
"Pansy comes from the Sacred Twenty-Eight."
"She has the respect of others, too. I have the Black and Malfoy blood running my veins, she simply has Parkinson and Ricce blood. The Rice family is not in the Sacred Twenty-Eight despite being purebloods."
"Your family name shouldn't make you powerful."
"Yet it does. You have to use it to your advantage as needed." He stood up then leaned close to her ear, "You want to be like us you are going to have to act like us." He glanced up at the group around them before placing a kiss on her cheek, "See you later. Crabbe. Goyle. Nott. Zabini. Let's go."
Five days later it was Friday night, Peri was in Hallie's dorm room with Ida and Holly while Hallie was putting some of the final adjustments to Peri's birthday outfit.
"Why am I wearing purple? You like purple I like dark colors."
Hallie rolled her eyes, "You were born in spring. You can live a spring color for a single day. Now I know you like to show off the girls," she pointed at Peri's breasts, "I left you in a short stay, this way the breasts will be lifted some. Cassie has been having issues with you having low-cut dresses so I am giving you a push-up bra look. We are still allowing you to be sexy but giving you the chance to not annoy Cassie," she returned to her work, "Now as for the color, it is periwinkle not just purple. Learn your colors, Peri. For someone named after a color, you would think you would know better."
"I am named after a flower."
"Regardless learn."
Peri looked at herself in the mirror, "You are an amazing designer."
"I try, but I still want to be a singer more. Imagine me being like Queen, ABBA, or Madonna. Or for the wizarding world Celestina Warbeck," she made a final stitch, "And done! You look perfect!"
"Are you singing at the party tomorrow?" Ida asked as she pet Hallie's fluff ball of a cat, Diamond.
"I am. Just a few songs. Mostly no-maj songs though, the students here need to be cultured plus Peri loves no-maj music. You should join us, Ida. Holly is joining me for one song."
Ida looked at Peri then back at her friend, "Alright."
"Great! Come on!" she grabbed Ida and Holly pulling them out of the room with Diamond hoping onto Hallie's bed to curl up for a nap, "Peri! Take the dress with you but put it in the garment bag first."
The three girls left leaving Peri alone with Diamond, "How do you tolerate her?" she teased the cat as she undressed and slipped her uniform back on. She put the dress in the bag and then made her way out of the Ravenclaw common room.
She reached the main floor of Hogwarts hearing a group of girls with flirtatious laughs, she glanced their way and spotted them. They were speaking to a tall, well-built, dark-haired man. Rolling her eyes she proceeded to the Slytherin common room, "Ms. King!" a booming voice spoke.
Turning back she spotted Karkaroff, "Headmaster Karkaroff."
"My nephew has arrived, why don't you show him around and get to know him before your birthday."
"Um…sure."
"Nephew!"
The young man down the corridor turned to face them and it instantly felt as if the entire world grew cold. All feeling left her body. She was numb. There before her was her ex.
He proceeded down the corridor toward them with a smirk across his face, "Peri King," his voice sent chills down her spine.
"Bash…" she spoke barely audible.
"You two know each other?" Karkaroff questioned.
Bash nodded taking Peri's hand and placing a kiss on it, which lingered longer than he should have, "Yes. I know Peri very well, Uncle."
She quickly withdrew her hand, "Not very well…"
"Oh? But that is not what it seemed like at the Quidditch field or in the dorms."
Karkaroff gave a sly grin, "I will leave you two then to catch up."
He left them.
"I need to go…" she turned to make her way down the corridor toward the Slytherin common room.
Dragonhide shoes clicked behind her, "Not happy to see me, P?"
"Absolutely not," she continued walking when an arm grabbed her pulling her backward.
"You have lost your place, Peri," he pressed her against the cold, stone wall.
"I do not belong to you, Bash."
His dark eyes ran over her body with an evil smirk as he began to touch her thigh, "Maybe you need a reminder," he breathed into her ear. She tried to move away but he pressed himself more into her.
"Stop," she begged him as she looked up at the ceiling while feeling his hand continue to travel up her skirt.
She closed her eyes sucking in a breath.
"Peri!" an angered voice sounded as a spell shot sending Bash flying.
She looked toward the voice, "George…" she sighed in relief
He approached them, "Who is this?!" Bash snapped.
"Um…my friend," her eyes never leaving George.
"What the hell? Why would you stop someone from getting laid?"
George had his wand still withdrawn, "She told you no. That means no. Plus Peri has…a boyfriend. I don't believe the Malfoy would tolerate a stranger raping their son's girlfriend."
Bash scowled at him then looked at Peri, "We are not done here."
He left them alone.
George began to walk away, "Thank you…" she called after him, but he did not answer her.