Audrey's Secret

Returning to the Dreadful Truth

"Dumbledore? W-what are you doing here?" I croak as he kneels beside me. He points to Draco wounds. The blood is diaspearing from his robes. I move a part of his sleeve. His gashes are gone. I start breathing heavily. He may be alive!

"Draco? Draco wake up!" I say nudging his on his cheek with my hand. He groans. "Don't touch my face." He sits up. He notices my red eyes and immeadlitly holds my hceeks inbettween  his hands. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to say anything to hurt you or hurt you before." I smile at him. "You're a jerk you know that?"

"A huge one."

Professor Dumbledore clears his throat. "Adurey, it has been called to my attention that you are, well, a source of power."

He stands so Draco and I stand in front of him curious looks on our faces. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, Audrey you are very powerful. More powerful than any wizard in the history of the wizard world. You can heal people, manipulate objects, throw magic from your finger tips and kill with a single thought."

"Professor, you're not making any sense." Why can't people just get stright to the point?

He sighs fusturated. "I can't even read your mind. I'm saying you're too powerful to be at school. You should be somewhere...more fit for your mind and powers. And as for the relationships here, with your friends, you must forget them."

"Forget them? After all we've done? Why do I have to forget them?"

"They will be in danger if you keep their friendship. You can cover your secrets but they cannot. Draco here is already thinking about you. He could be murdered when you step off this campus. It's very important you end everything here at howarts."

Draco seemed to look away, being very interested in the window above us.

"Why can't you just give it me straight?"

 "It all seems...complicated now, doesn't it? I knew I should have done the...nevermind. You must return home at once." Dumbledore says to himself.

Draco scoffs and turns to walk away. "Mr. Malfoy, you will be coming with me. Miss Riddle, take your things and take the train home, before it's too late."

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"I caused this?" I squeaked. I had froze Harry and Ron and Hermione and all those others on this planet execpt for the people who already knew I was going to. It was nearly dark now as Professor Dumbledore explained on the way to the train. He insisted that I not say goodbye to anyone, to just go. "Yes, I'm afraid so. I guess you were so emotional about Draco being with You-Know-Who...and about relationships entirely. I'm thinking that your powers react on your emotions as a whole. Whatever you feel and think will be very clear to others around you."

"How did I get these...'powers' as you say?"

"I believe it was from a great ancestor by the name of Faye Riddle, your great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother. She was a do gooder and never did wrong. I think your sister has these powers also, but has never developed them because she was the eldest."

I nodded, agreeing with him. She had used my wand to strike me several times but never mentally slammed me into a wall as I did her. We arrived at the station and there were several different students waiting to go home. "Why are they going home?"

"Some students were afraid of staying any longer." Dumbledore stops me before I get on the train. "Try not to think about everything and if that doesn't work take this." He hands me a vile of a deep blue liquid.

"It will make your mind blank for at least an hour with every drop you take." I nod and turn around and get on the train.

I set Jared's cage beside me and latch it to the seat. The compartment door slid open. "Want any treats, dear?" I had saw her on my first day, in this very compartment. I shook my head no and looked out the window as the door slid closed and I was alone again. Harry...what will he think? What will he do? Will he still be with me even if we can't? Stop asking yourself stupid questions.

I had said goodbye to Draco didn't I? Why couldn't I say something to anyone else?

I can't keep my eyes from getting blurry and I don't want to take the potion. I just close my eyes and lay my head against the pane of the window and drift into a sleep.

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I step off the train with only one thing on my mind. My mom. She didn't tell me about Thea and these awful powers. She didn't tell me about Tom.

"Mom!" I shout over the crowd of muggle heads. "Over here, Audrey!"

I run to her motherly voice and pull her into a hug. "Let's go home."

We get into her van and drive home.

Once we arrive I see Jared flying to me and lands on my shoulder hissing at my mother. "Jared no!" I say as I get my trunk out. Jared hissed at her even more but stopped eventually. "What's gotten into you, Jared?" He screeches and flaws his wings.

I put my trunk inside of my closet to keep me from remembering my old life. "Audrey! Come downstairs for me!" My mom yells from the kitchen.

I go down the steps, through the living room, and into the kitchen. "Could you help me with dinner?" I nod yes and start mixing the egg and cake mix together. "Mom, why didn't you tell me I had a sister?"

Draco's Point Of View

"Harry!" I shout running to their table in the great hall. "Get lost, Malfoy."

I stop as I get there. "Rude...I was going to tell you something about Audrey."

Harry then perks his head up as soon as I said Audrey. Wow. "I have to tell you somewhere else, too many ears in here." I lead Harry out of the great hall and into the hallway. "Audrey has left the school and she wanted me to let you know, that, she wouldn't want to be with anyone but you, but she must break up with you-"

Harry picked me right in the nose. "I don't want to hear lies, Malfoy!"

"Bloody dragons! Have you gone mad? That hurt! She said it herself! Just ask her!" Harry can be such a drama king some times.

"She wouldn't break up with me!"

"Apparently, you don't know her." I say. "Oh, and she doesn't want anymore friendship with anyone anymore. Even me. So stop crying."