" Your task is to -" there was a pause. " Kill him" She stopped breathing, her skin went pale and her throat was suddenly dry. She clenched her fist under the table, her body slightly shaking in front of him. She couldn't hear anything, it was like...
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ELLSE MALFOY was on her way to the Great Hall. As always- she was running late, she put her hair up into a loose bun. Then going into the bathroom to put on her makeup, which was only eyeliner and some powder.
She entered the hall, trying to find her brother, her eyes scanned the room. Looking over the vast people in green robes. Once she spotted him she ran over sitting next to Pansy. Patting her skirt down, then smiling.
" I still can't bloody believe a fucking Mud-blood is in our house."
" There aren't many of those" Alexander sighed, most of the Slytherins were pureblood. Some were half-bloods, but even those were rare, let alone a muggle-born. Ellse pressed her lips into a thin line, before grabbing some toast, " Draco- did anyone ever tell you that you chew like- weird" Pansy said waiting for his response. " Even my girlfriend is mean to me."
El's eyebrows rose, " Girlfriend? None of you guys told me my brother had a fucking girlfriend?" She put down her toast eying the people in front of her, then crossing her arms along her chest. " You two are twins aren't you? Like, don't y'all like— connect minds or something" Everyone's eyes turned to Blaise.
" You're dumb aren't you?" Ellse flicked his forehead, making him let out a groan. " Really. Really. Dumb" Draco added throwing a grape into his mouth.
Everyone stared at Draco, " Father hates it when you do that" Ellse sighed, Draco rolled his eyes, making a bridge with his fingers and putting his chin on top of it. " You aren't my caretaker. Child"
" You're only 10 minutes older than me!" Their heads turned to Ellse's who's cheeks were quite red. As red as an apple, her pale skin made her red cheeks even redder. " 10 minutes is quite a long time Ellse- I dunno Draco might be right on this one"
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They headed to the muggle city, where they usually hung out together. " Ellse- where did you go again? Before Hogwarts?" She turned to Alex rolling her eyes slightly, Alex had asked her a total of 39 questions in the past hour, "I went to Mahoukotoro in Japan, and then in 5th and 6th year I went to Ilvermorny in the U.S and I went to Beauxbatons in the first year" Alexander crossed his arms behind his neck slowing down his pace.
" Well- looks like you stuck with us for 2 whole years " he smirked, slightly running forward attempting to catch up back to the group. He placed his hand on Ellse's shoulder making her flinch at the sudden coldness on his hand, " Merlin- your hand is cold holy shit" She took his hand off her shoulder straightening her back slightly and letting out an annoying sigh.
" Next question"
" I- how did you know?" They all turned to him. " You've been asking El questions for the past hour— is there anything you don't want to know about her Howls?" he rolled his eyes playfully giving them a half-smile.
" Okay- your right. Next question is, why the hell did you and Draco go to different schools? And then the next one is do you speak Japanese? Or French?" He crossed his arms running forward and turning about walking backward so he could face Ellse. She tucked her hair from behind her ear this time she gave him a warm smile.
" I can't speak Japanese, only French"
" Wait! What about Americans? Can you speak that?" A laugh escaped from the group's lips, " They speak English like us dumbass" Draco joked, bringing a hair to stroke his hair.
" Oh! Look over there- there's a restaurant we can eat at!" Blaise pointed out his finger right on the banner that read-
Pancakes! Pancakes! Can never go wrong with Pancakes! Open 24 hours.
" Pancakes?" Draco questioned walking at a faster pace to get a look inside the café. " They look. They look fluffy" He said pointing at the window. The window displayed some fake food, that looked like what was on their menu. Mostly just pancakes, pancakes with whipped cream and then a strawberry on top. Pancakes with whipped cream and a blueberry on top.
There were other things like eggs, all breakfast foods. " Zabini- I think we can do better than a pancake- whatever the hell that is," Pansy said stretching her arms out and her nose scrunching.
" Definitely-Hey look!" Ellse pointed across the street at a Thai restaurant place. " Looks fancy. Shall we?" Asher offered to pull his hand out in front of him for Ellse to grab.
" We shall Mr. Fell"
They were just about to order when they realized they never went to the bank to go exchange the gallons they had for muggle money. " Shit-" Asher said rummaging through his pockets.
FLASHBACK
She stands there, cold, scared of what's to happen to her. He stepped closer. She stepped back. He had dark circles under his eyes, he stands tall. Almost proud of what is about to come; what he is about to do to her. Her bottom lip was quivering, her hands shaking, his wand pointed at her. She stands there. Taking a step back every time he got closer, she feared him. Narissica feared him. All the women in the house feared him, feared someone everyone thought was a man of his word.
' I would never hurt my family.'
So why was he standing in front of his child, a wand pointed to her face. Her whispers, and whimpers not even audible. Her pleading for him not to hurt her.
And then she was in the corner. The corner of the wall. She couldn't back away, she couldn't go away. But she wanted to. She wanted to disappear into a maze of flowers, she wanted to be gone.
