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A/n: I'm fast forwarding to December because this is when all the action and drama starts:)

December 22nd

Elizabeth

It was nearing the end of December, specifically the day that most students were leaving for Christmas break. Some people were staying, like that wretched Potter boy, but most were going home to their parents. I know I was.

I was now sitting with Pansy and the others in the Great Hall for breakfast. We were talking about what we would be doing over the holidays and complaining about all the homework we usually get over the break when the owl post arrived. Owls flew in from every window, dropping letters, boxes and parcels to students.

I felt a bit sad when my owl Amber, didn't return with a letter from my mum. I'd written to her about a week or so ago, and I guessed she hadn't had the time to write me back. I just hoped she was alright.

Suddenly, someone slammed an envelope in front of my breakfast plate.

"Hey-" I started to say, but when I saw it was Draco, I stopped talking.

He looked extremely annoyed and had his arms crossed, tapping his back suede shoed foot.

"What is this?" I asked, pointing to the envelope.

Draco rolled his eyes.

"It's a letter, nitwit! It's addressed to the both of us, and I thought you might like to open it."

I glanced at the letter. Sure enough, it was actually addressed to Draco Malfoy and Elizabeth Bradshaw. I looked at Draco curiously for a moment.

"Well, that's a kind gesture." I said to him.

He sighed.

"Can you please just open the bloody letter?" He said impatiently.

"Fine."

I tore open the wax seal and took the letter out, Pansy and my other friends watching me do it.

I read it silently, Draco leaning over my shoulder.

Elizabeth and Draco,
I don't want to put everything that's been happening while you both were at school into this letter for fear of it getting into the wrong hands, so I'll make this fairly vague. Something has happened to one of our kind, and the Dark Lord is quite angry about it. So he's asked for one of you to carry out a task for him, considering the person he needed to do it is no longer available. Please arrive off the train together and I will bring you both straight to Malfoy Manor as soon as you get off.

I send my love,
Narcissa

I looked up from the letter and at Draco.

"What is it, Liz?" I heard Tracey ask me.

"Oh, nothing, Trace. Just some family drama." I said calmly, but standing up from the table, still holding the letter.

"Can I talk to you out in the hall for a second, Draco?" I asked him.

Draco nodded, obviously too concerned to make a rude comment, and we walked out of the Great Hall and into a corner of the corridor.

"What did that letter mean?" I asked, not waiting for Draco to talk first.

"Does it look I know?" Draco snapped.

"Well, your mum wrote it!" I said back, then going quiet.

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