- The Hufflepuff Princess -

Chapter 8

Two weeks later Elyse had settled into the rhythm of Hogwarts. She was able to get to class on time and her anxiety was not that bad. She did get scared when the bell rang and she wasn't ready to go. Other then that, she was doing great in her classes.

Elyse had her first Defense Against the Dark Arts class and well.. it wasn't what she expected. Professor Umbridge had them copy down notes and basically said that there was no point in learning spells because there was no one out there to hurt them, but Harry got mad and mentioned that He- Who- Must- Not- Be- Named had returned and asked if Cedric's death was by choice. That earned him a detention.

Elyse didn't say anything because she did not want to get in trouble. Also, she wasn't completely friends with Harry so it would feel weird for Elyse to stand up for him. Also, how would she explain how she knew about Cedric's death?

Elyse was sitting alone during her lunch break. Katie and Rosalie got detention from Umbridge for giggling when she was talking.

"Hey Elyse, mind if we join you?" Hermione asked as Elyse turned around and she saw Ron and Harry behind her.

"Sure." Elyse said as the trio sat down.

"So how are your classes going?" Hermione asked.

"Pretty well, I'm still struggling at charms class though."

Elyse and the trio talked about classes for a while. Elyse noticed that Hermione talked for the boys a lot, so the boys never said much.

"Hey Harry, that took some guts to stand up for Cedric. I mean, I would never be able to stand up in class and talk back to a teacher saying how Wormtail killed him. I mean-" Elyse said.

"Wait. How did you know that Wormtail killed him? I don't think I said that." Harry said confused.

"You're right Harry. You never did say that. Elyse, how did  you know about that?" Hermione questioned.

Elyse's eyes went big. She forgot that they didn't know that she knows. "Uhh. I heard Draco say something about it."

"How does Draco know about Wormtail?" Ron asked.

Just then Elyse's eyes rolled to the back of her head.

"Elyse?" Hermione asked worriedly.

Elyse fell backwards off the seat and fell on her back on the floor with a thump. 

"Wormtail! Bring it to me." Said a voice.

"B-b-but sir." Said Wormtail presumable.

"Bring it Wormtail!"  The first voice yelled.

Elyse heard footsteps.

"Ahh. Cedric Diggory's wand. Perfect." The first voice said. "Let's test it, shall we?"

"W-we?" Questioned Wormtail.

"Crucio!" Yelled the first voice.

"AHHHH!"

Then Elyse was awake. She was laying on the floor in the Great Hall. She could see dozens of eyes staring at her, including Draco Malfoy.

Draco pulled Elyse up from the floor and pulled her out of the Great Hall. Elyse was able to turn and see all of the pairs of eyes looking at her as she was being pulled out.

Draco pulled her down the hallway for a while until he stopped. Then he turned to look at Elyse.

"What?" Elyse asked dizzily.

"On the train you were mumbling but now you were full on yelling. How do you know about this?" Draco practically yelled.

"I don't know! It just happens Okay? I have no control over it. Why do you care so much?!" Elyse responded angrily. 

"Figure out what this means Hufflepuff." Draco said and left. He walked down the hall and turned a corner.

"Elyse! Elyse! Are you Okay?" Hermione asked as she ran up to Elyse who was frozen in her spot that Draco left her in.

"What bloody was that?" Ron asked.

"Ron! Give her some time!" Hermione scolded. "Really though, what was that?"

"I-I don't know. It's happened before though. Only once though. On the train ride here." Elyse answered uncertainly.

"How come Draco-" Harry started.

"I don't know Harry. All I know is that he wants me to tell him how I know what I know and how I know about that. I can't though. He keeps asking me but I have nothing to say. I don't know Okay?" With that Elyse walked off. Not caring that Hermione was calling after her.

Elyse walked all the way to the Hufflepuff common room. Quickly she tapped out "Helga Hufflepuff," crawled through and practically ran to her dorm. Once she got in, she slammed the door and ran and plopped on her bed. Tears streaming down her face. 

It wasn't until she was done crying when she noticed an owl staring at her. Once the owl saw that Elyse saw her, it dropped the letter and flew off.

Elyse wiped her eyes on the robe sleeve and looked at the letter. It was the same envelope as the last one she got which was about two weeks ago. She grabbed it and opened it.

Elyse

I understand that you are seeing things. I can't say much more in case the letter gets stolen. I wanted to tell you that I see them too. I am sorry, I can say anymore. I hope you can forgive me.

L

Elyse read the first sentence of the letter a few times. She couldn't understand how someone could know that she was seeing things. Elyse came to the conclusion that "L" didn't go to Hogwarts since "L" couldn't say much in the letter. Elyse heard the bell ring and she ran out of the room and hurried to her next class. Potions. 

In the hallways she could hear kids whispering and looking at her. Elyse quickly rushed to Potions and she caught up with Daphne who seemed to be in a sour mood.

"What's wrong Daphne?" Elyse asked.

"I can't believe you." Said Daphne.

"What? What have I done? Daphne." Elyse asked.

"Stop trying to hide it. Everyone knows." 

"Knows about what?"

"Oh my gosh! Are you oblivious?"

"Just tell me Daphne."

Daphne rolled her eyes. "You ruined her life."

"What? Who's life did I ruin?"

"My sister's of course! Astoria was set to marry him when she got older. Now she can't!"

"Astoria? What? Daphne please tell me what this is all about."

Daphne stopped walking and looked Elyse dead in the eye. "She's supposed to marry Draco. What do you think all the rumors are about? You and Draco's relationship."

"Relationship? What?" Elyse asked shocked.

"Stop trying to fake it Elyse."

"I'm not faking anything. I don't have or is in a relationship with Draco. How would you come up with that?"

"That's what the rumors are about. How he pulled you out of the Great Hall at lunch today. People as saying that you guys started snogging."

"Eww. No Daphne. Yes Draco pulled me out, and know that I think about it, that was really rude. Anyways, he wanted to talk. That's all."

Daphne looked uncertain. "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"Promise?" Daphne asked.

"Promise." Elyse said.

Daphne still looked uncertain. She walked into the classroom and sat down, and Elyse sat down next to her. 

"Daphne, I promise that the rumor is just that. A rumor." Elyse said, trying to convince her.

Daphne just looked ahead to the front of the class.

"Great. What else could go wrong?" Elyse muttered to herself under her breath.