𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞 | 𝐇.𝐏

act i : scene xxii

once we arrived at the malfoy manor, we were greeted by the dark, cold, and silent atmosphere that making our hair neglected. mother striding away from the kitchen towards us who just step a foot into the manor.

"ah! my lovely daughter, how are you, sweetheart? good job, you're doing incredible in the mission" she pats my hair and kisses my cheek. i simply roll my eyes by the 'affection' she gave me which is so fake. "lucius, narcissa, draco..." she nods to them, lucius and cissa reciprocate whilst draco drifts his gaze to the ground. scared. "where is barty?" she asks us.

"hell" i growl, glaring at her.

"what's wrong honey? what do you mean hell?" her sweet voice dripping the evilness in her soul.

"dead as hell and in hell" i strut away from them to the room i'll be staying in with trunk in my hands.

"tsk tsk tsk," she pulls me by the arm and looking at me deeply in the eyes, "let's have a chat sweetheart" i reckon the malfoys already go to their rooms, i see draco on the stairs glancing at me with a worried expression in his face.

she continues to scowl at me, "what?" i ask.

"where is barty? and why did you not listen to your mum?" she asks softly,

"barty is dead. and why didn't i listen to you? because you're sick and i'm tired of it" i claims fearlessly, she slaps me across the face.

"you're going to listen to me yes..." her smile sickeningly sweet despite the harsh glare i got. "now... i want you to meet our master, the dark lord himself! i'm sure he's going to be happy to have a new member of death eaters, next year though, not now. you're still my baby daughter." she pinches my cheeks,

"no, i'm not going to listen to you any-fucking-more!" i walk away to my room which is upstairs.

"go then! starve!" she shouts.

i meet draco who has been waiting in front of my room, instantly pulling me into a big hug. he, himself stiffen at the acknowledgement of his house being the death eaters headquarters —though he didn't have a quiet great childhood here but still.

"i'm worried about you y/n," said he, "my father told me, we —mum, he and i are going to go 'vacation', i suppose helping you-know-who's to get more followers. and i'm not going to be around you, so... please don't do anything stupid" he holds my upper arm tightly.

"please don't, it's unnecessary" i look up at him, smiling slightly yet fake. i'm concern for myself too, i don't think i am able to handle myself in this manor until the new semester. hoping for some miracle to come. it's just the first day and it already feels like hell.

"draco!" lucius hisses from the opposite hallway. draco gives me a hug before he left to his father, i nod to him to reassure everything is going to be fine. lies.

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the next few days, just as i expected —mother killing some muggles in the chamber, voldemort stood like he owns this place, death eaters scattered around the hall and i locked myself in my room with no food supplies. thankfully, there's a house-elf who is really kind and gives me food, though she doesn't get an order to do so she gave it to me because she cares, not like my mum.

"this miss eneco, eladrin bring you food from the kitchen miss eneco" eladrin, the house-elf, hoists a plate full of my favourite food and a glass of water.

"thank you eladrin," i said, smiling softly.

"no problem miss eneco!" she smiles brightly with her purple-blue eyes that as big as a golf ball.

i start digging my food, there's still a banana for me but i feel already full.

"eladrin, have you eat today?" i ask eladrin, who's still in my room, watching me.

"n-no miss, eladrin haven't eaten for three days miss" she looks down to the floor, ashamed.

"here," i handed her the banana, "eat this, i'm full"

"eladrin cannot eat miss, it's ms.eneco... your mother order miss. eladrin must serve the dark lord and his followers only miss"

"well, is giving me food an order too? i don't think so, you said it yourself yesterday"

"eat. come on, if anything, i'll take the blame" she takes it and peel it with her shaking hands, eat it slowly.

"thank you miss eneco" she thanks me, taking all the cutlery and apparate back to the kitchen. so it's just me. alone, accompanied by cries in agony down the chamber and nightmares of my mistakes. in my room.