33. Enemy

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The group detention for 'Dumbledore's Army' was in around ten minutes.

Elodie, Fred, George and Lee were walking back to the Great Hall (where the detention was being held), when they bumped into Emaline, Draco and their gang.

"What are you looking at, Potter?" Draco snarled

"I see you're back to your old self, Malfoy. Didn't take long did it?" Elodie smirked

Emaline walked forward to face the girl,
"Don't talk to him like that."

"I'm surprised at this, Emaline. I thought you were good. Seems as if I was wrong." Elodie attempted to push past her

"Haven't you lot got a detention to be going to?" Emaline linked arms with Draco.

"Yes. We do. Come on." Elodie pushed the boys in front of her. She gave one last scowl at the Slytherins, before she walked away.


Of course, the detention was atrocious. Umbridge used those awful quills on everyone, whilst she smiled peacefully at the front, sipping on her tea.

When everyone walked out, they passed Cho - who was looking at the ground, crying.

Everyone just pushed past her, and went on their way.


Elodie walked past her friends, and went straight up to her dorm.

She just looked out the window, thinking of life after Hogwarts.
The door creaked open, so she turned around.

"Are you okay?" Fred asked

Elodie gave a no-lipped smile and turned back towards the window,
"Harry and I tried so hard to help, and all it's done is make things worse. Anyway, that doesn't matter anymore. Because I don't want to play anymore. All it does is make you care too much. And the more you care, the more you have to lose. So maybe it's just better to..."

"- to what?" Fred walked closer, and put his arms around her waist.

"To go it alone." She turned her neck, so she was looking up at him, with her body still facing the window.

He leant in to kiss her forehead.

"You're not going to be doing anything alone when I'm around, El."

"I love you so much, Freddie." This time, she turned her whole body around, and went on her tip-toes to kiss him on the lips.

"I love you too, Elodie Potter."





The next day, Harry and Elodie had another meeting with Snape for another Occlumency lesson.

"Now Elodie, let's try not to think of crude moments with that ginger boyfriend of yours. Legilimens."

This time, Snape had crept into a very personal moment shared with her brother.
It was the time when they found the Mirror of Erised in Harry's first year and Elodie's third year.

The pair could see Snape creep up behind their parents,
"Feeling sentimental?"

And at that, she got pulled back to reality.

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