Power and Persecution [1] || Harry Potter x OC x Draco Malfoy

34. Knockturn Alley

DISCLAIMER

I do not own Harry Potter ... but if I did Arthur would've decked Lucius in the film (like father like son)

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Bel woke up as light suddenly spilled into the room.

"Good morning, Miss Whitlock. Master Malfoy has requested your presence downstairs", one of the house elves, spoke as he opened the long black curtains of Bel's guest room in Malfoy Manor.

"Good morning, Yipper. Please, just call me Bel", the Hufflepuff replied as she sat up in the large double bed.

It was the most comfortable thing she had ever slept on. The black silk sheets and pillows making it feel like she was sleeping on crisp air. But actually liking things in the manor only made her hate the place more. 

"Yipper will get in trouble", Yipper said as he walked over to Bel's wardrobe, snapping his fingers which resulted in her outfit for that day being laid out on a velvet armchair in the corner of the room.

"Not if you only do it around me. I promise I won't tell", Bel said with a small wink.

"If it will make Miss Whitlock happy. Yipper aims to please the guests of the Malfoy family", the elf responded.

Bel had tried so hard to be kind to the elves, trying to make them notice that they didn't have to wait on her every need.

But it was hard to change their nature.

Especially if that nature had been exploited by the Malfoy family for so long.

"What is it that Mr Malfoy wants to see me about?" Bel asked as she stood up from her bed.

"Today you visit Diagon Alley, Miss. To get the things you need for school", Yipper explained.

Immediately Bel felt her heart skip a beat.

Today was the last day of summer she would spend in this place.

And soon after she left, term would start. 

She would no longer be forced to visit Malfoy Manor and, even better, she would finally be reunited with her friends.

She had missed them more than anything.

"Of course!" Bel exclaimed, walking along the cold dark wood floor towards her clothes.

Yipper had picked out a black skirt which ended a couple of inches above her knee, a white shirt, glossy black pump shoes, white frilly socks, and her Hufflepuff robes.

Whilst she had stayed with the Malfoys, her old wardrobe from the orphanage had swiftly been replaced by new, pristine clothes.

Bel had tried to politely decline the persistent purchases from Lucius and Narcissa, but they refused to listen to her.

In the end, Bel had started to see it as a silver lining of staying with them and thanked them for their generosity.

"Will you be leaving today, Miss?" Yipper asked in a small voice.

"I will. And I won't be returning", Bel replied.

Whilst she was 99% filled with relief of that fact, there was a small 1% that felt guilty to be leaving behind the poor house elves alone.

They had been giving her hints that she was finally getting through to them in her final visit, and she wanted to build on that progress.

Perhaps try and help them to be free of their ties to the vile family that controlled them.