Kaguya sat on the floor at foot of her bed, staring at her reflection in a mirror that was about forty degrees away from her.
She saw another Kaguya, the one who fought, the brave one, who truly belonged in Slytherin.
She swallowed hard and looked at her hands, while a small voice appeared in her head.
'You are more than you think.'
But that voice was wrong.
She took her things and her owl, looked at mirror for the last time and closed the door, leaving that Kaguya in mirror behind.
She tried to laugh with Pansy, Theo and her cousin on the train home.
'Try to distract myself. Think about everything I accomplished and did that strange first year at Hogwarts....'
It's your heart's desire
She smiled to herself when she thought of Snape's face on her first day, or when she spoke to Dumbledore after mirror was removed, or even terrified look on Quirrell's face when she was hiding behind the armour.
She lived in terror of what awaited her when got to the Manor.
But Kaguya discovered that if she wanted to survive, had to live thinking about what awaited her at Hogwarts when she returned.
'That's how it works, right? Living with the illusion that one day I will truly be happy.....'
Kaguya hugged her aunt when she saw her once arrived at the mansion, tried to ignore Lucius' punishments, played with Dobby and talked to Draco every night.
She also woke up in middle of the night, thinking about escaping through window again.
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At Malfoy Manor, employees were not usually respected.
That was an internal truth that would ruin Malfoy family's image if it were to become known.
Kaguya was not a Malfoy, and although for her it was a dishonor, for the little Elf of mansion it represented an immense joy.
Black was in her room reading the materials she would need to start her second year at school.
She imagined herself wand-to-wand fighting Voldemort, winning Quidditch matches, and being top of her class for second year in a row.
She had done nothing but imagine her arrival at Hogwarts.
That was a complete mistake for her uncle, but it was her salvation.
"Dobby asks permission to enter Miss Kaguya's room," She put down her book and looked at the door.
It was very early and Dobby shouldn't be there.
She let him in anyway, and the elf appeared with a tray with a green and brown cake.
"Dobby brought Miss Kaguya a cake for her birthday, Dobby knows it's very late but Dobby hadn't had time before."
Kaguya knelt on her bed so she could look at the small cake, with green frosting that looked melted, and several darker parts of the cake that were burnt.
She didn't have a birthday cake, in fact she didn't even have a party or a big present from her aunt.
She was too busy thinking about exams and Philosopher's Stones to worry about herself and her unimportant birthday.
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