Black Lake Secrets ⇾D.M.

v. in my head

Draco Malfoy

Another night of no sleep. Ever since I had been back to Hogwarts, nothing had mattered to me more in fixing the vanishing cabinet. School work, Hogwarts and friends can wait. But the cabinet doesn't wait.

Even though I had been skipping classes, I had managed to fairly pass every requirement. Although, the professors were already demanding my presence inside their classroom. I did, and then I never show up again.

Sometimes, I even skip dinner. Just to fix that bloody cabinet. But what can I do? I've dedicated myself to fixing this cabinet so he doesn't kill my parents, nor me. Hogwarts was supposed to be my escape from "home" but I had been wrong, fixing the cabinet proved me wrong.

I get all kinds of feedbacks from different people in my house. The kind of feedbacks wherein they worry about the circles and dark bags under my eyes, how thin I had become, how I no longer bicker and those would go on and so forth. I'm happy they cared, I wish I could have cared for myself too but this bloody cabinet is all I can think about.

Ever since towards the end of fifth year, my father had failed a mission from the dark lord. He broke the prophecy. And now he is paying his debt to him by being locked up in Azkaban. Who knows, he may or may not have received his dementor kiss already.

Aside from my father, I think about my mother too. How she is all alone at home, well not completly alone, but 'completely alone' to the fact that neither father or I were at home. It was the death eaters who invaded our home. But I can never be sure if mother feels sad or not, she as her sister Bellatrix with her.

Lastly, for me, all I ever want is to get this over with. I never wanted this in the first place. But once this is all over, I would never want this to happen again. Never ever.

It was 6:29am when I left the room of requirement. The halls are still fairly quite. It was a weekend and nobody gets up at this hour. Students can sleep in until 7:30am.

I walked and walked. But I wasn't walking towards the dungeons. I needed air. I loosed a few buttons of my white collar shirt and walked until I stopped by the lake. The lake looked peaceful, free and serene. When will I be?

The cool breeze somehow made me forgot about the responsibility I have. If I could run away from them, if only it was free, then they would never see me again.

Not far long was a girl who looked like she was enjoying the water. She looked happy since I could see the smile on her lips. A mermaid in the black lake.

But the mermaid wasn't just a mermaid. She was a familiar one. The girl had red hair and fins. It took me a moment to realize who she was.

She was Maryse.

The lessons in Defence Against Dark Arts were making sense to me now. Maryse was a mermaid. She was a mermaid. I sat down on the ground and just watched her. I didn't think she noticed me. But watching her swim with such freedom made me think of the zero freedom I have.

Suddenly, salt water and seaweed were all I could smell. That must be my amortentia. And all I could see right now was the happy mermaid swimming in the black lake.

And I wonder how many secrets left are hidden.

{ I'm back updating the book! I'm sorry if I left this on hiatus in updating. I clearly forgot how or what I wanted to happen in this book. But I'm back now and I finally have something to follow as my guide. Enjoy the update! } -a/n