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Chapter 53

"How come they know we were coming?" Hermione says as she took off her coat, with Ron coming in, still amazed that he defeated a death eater all by himself. As Bill Weasley came down from the stairs, he saw the group looking like a wreck. "What happened?" he asks as he closed all the windows and locking all the doors.

"Death eaters paid a little visit." Cedric says, helping Camilla sit down on the couch, with the impact she took when the death eater blasted her across the room. "I'll get you some-" as Bill offered to give her some healing potion, it was already in her hands as she raised her wand. "Thanks Bill. My back hurts like hell" she says, drinking it.

"Sure no problem"

Their attention then diverted to Hermione who hissed, holding her hand as her fingers were red with blisters all over, making Harry and Ron freak out a little as the blue diary was on the floor, not daring to touch it.

Bill came to the rescue and brought out his wand, letting the diary float in the air, leading it to the table in the middle of the living room. As it was set down, he took a closer look on it. "That thing's cursed" said Ron who was still gawking over Hermione's hand while Harry was looking for the essence of dittany inside her beaded bag.

"What? How can that be? I was perfectly fine when I touched it" says Camilla who was staring at the diary before her.

"It's protected with an extremely powerful protective charm. From my experiences, this diary is over a century old." Bill says as he observed the diary. It was leather bound in the color blue, decorated with vine patters in the color gold, with its pages visible looking old, then the lock was in the form of a silver bird, a hollow shaped heart in the middle of it. Camilla slowly reached for it and held it, trying to open but clearly failed. Suddenly, Booky appeared right in front of them, looking at his former Master.

"Is master Camilla alright?"

"Yes, Booky, I'm okay."

Silence then filled in the air, Booky eyeing the diary that was in his master's hand. "What do you know about this, Booky?" asked Camilla who set it down on the table and looked at the house elf. Booky held his hands together and lowered his head, "I'm afraid Booky cannot answer you that, Master Camilla, with all the people around" he says quietly, looking at Bill, Cedric and trio. "You can trust them, Booky. They mean no harm." says Camilla who gave Booky an assuring smile.

"The diary that was in master Darius' safe is the Devonshire family diary, passed from every generation to the eldest son/daughter who will pursue a career of an auror, master Camilla. Booky has been serving the Devonshire family for hundreds of years. Master Wallace Devonshire was the first auror, keeping his records on dark wizards in this diary. Master Wallace then passed it to his sons and then it had been officially declared as the family diary when an evil wizard named Gellert Grindelwald rised to power."

Everyone in the room was astounded by Camilla's family background. Sure they heard that they were one of the strongest pure blood families in the wizarding world but they had no clue that they were all dark wizard catchers and investigators, making them giving the impression that the diary holds the most information from these dark wizards.

"Then the design of this diary, does it mean that almost all my relatives were sorted in Ravenclaw?"

"Yes, master Camilla."

"How come I was unharmed when I touched it?"

"The diary has been charmed that only the individuals in the Devonshire bloodline could be able to touch and open it, Master Camilla, for this is the Devonshire's most prized possession."