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Chapter 24

"Wow! You look beautiful Cams! Where are you going?" Cho asked. "I've been invited to Slughorn's dinner party." "Okay. Have fun!" When Camilla was about to leave, Maven walked into the common room.

When he saw the girl in front of him, he whistled but it was not a cat call. "Looks like Diggory's missing a lot here" he said with a smirk. Camilla rolled her eyes playfully and she said goodbye to Maven before she went to Slughorn's office.

"So tell me, Cormac. See much of your Uncle Tiberius these days?"

"Yes, sir. In fact, I'm meant to go hunting with him and the Minister for Magic over the holidays."

"Well, be sure to give them both my best. What about your uncle, Belby? Working on anything new? For those of you who don't know, Marcus' uncle invented the Wolfsbane Potion."

Camilla was currently sitting down beside Neville Longbottom and the other side was the twins from Slytherin. "Dunno. He and me dad don't get on. Probably because Dad thinks potions are rubbish. Says the only potion worth having is a stiff one at the end of the day"

"And you, Miss Granger? What is it your family does in the Muggle world?"

"My parents are dentists" silence fills in the room and they looked at Hermione with a weirded out look. "They tend people's teeth"

"Fascinating. And is that
considered a dangerous profession?"

"No. Though, a boy named Robbie Fenwick did bite my father once. Needed ten stitches." Camilla coughs to loose the awkward tension. As Slughorn nods, the door GROANS. Everyone
turns.

"Miss Weasley! Come in, come in"

"Sorry, i'm not usually late" Camilla observed her and noticed her red eyes. "No matter. You'll be just in time for dessert. That is -- if Belby leaves you any." Camilla put her head down and shook her head at her professor's so called joke in a jokingly way.

"So Miss Devonshire! I heard that your family have moved from Bulgaria"

"Yes professor"

"And why is that?"

"My parents were requested to work for the ministry here in London and they were assigned near the minister to work with"

"They must be excellent! How are they?" Camilla frowns and plays with her ice cream. She took a deep breath before smiling at him and said, "they're great"

"Are you sure?" Across the table was Avery Bloodworth with a smug look on her face. "Of course" Avery smirked wider. "According to my parents, they haven't heard from your parents for i don't know months now?"

Camilla clenched on her spoon. "There have been rumors going around the ministry that they may be i don't know..." Camilla felt hundreds of emotions right now circulating her body. Anger. Sadness. Longing. She felt like she was about to explode any second.

"That's enough miss Bloodworth" Slughorn warned. Neville, Ginny, Harry and Hermione looked at Camilla worriedly.

"Dead" as that word came out of Avery's mouth, Camilla's world felt like it stopped around her and lost it's gravity. "Miss Bloodworth! That's not a nice thing to say! I'm disappointed in you! Don't say such things ever again! Twenty points deducted from Slytherin!"

Camilla released her tight grip on her spoon and stood up. "Camilla" Hermione called her. The brunette didn't listen and she quickly exited the room. Tears pouring down her cheeks.

She ran through the empty halls and she her feet stopped when she was already at the astronomy tower. She leaned against the wall and sat down, all crumpled up. She sat there, crying. "What are you doing here?" A voice came out of nowhere which made her crying stop.