The Unknown

Chapter 70

The day of the will finally came, and the day Dahlia was going home. She was sad to say goodbye to her friends, but she wouldn't deny that when she opened her eyes that Wednesday morning and saw the dress hung up and the sun shining through the windows, she was smiling. For the first time in a long time, she jumped out of bed with a smile on her face and was excited for the day to start.

She wore a long, slim, cream dress with silver see-through layer added on top and Dahlia needed the help of magic to help do the back as it was a corset. It had short sleeves and just sat at the top of her shoulders and had diamonds along the top edging of the dress. She had the locket hung in the centre of her chest as usual but also wore diamond earrings and bracelet to match that her sister had sent up with the dress, along with the cream coloured heals. She did a quick job of her makeup and hair, knowing it wouldn't be as good as when Eva did it, but her servant and friend wasn't there to help so she had to make do. She gave herself a light natural smokey eye look with an orchid rose shade of lipstick before twisting her hair to the side in a braid before putting on a silver diamond flower forehead band on her forehead, finishing off the look.

Dahlia then used an extension charm on her satchel bag before placing all her other belongings into it, packing away the last of her life at Hogwarts. She then made the bed, wanting everything to be tidy for the professor that took her in when she had no reason to, and left the room. Dahlia couldn't find the professor anywhere in the living chambers, especially when the woman was usually drinking tea before the day of teaching students began. She was curious, but her curiousness ended when she left the chambers through the painting and saw the professor at her desk sorting through papers.

The professor looked up and was surprised and just stared at Dahlia. Dahlia shifted uncomfortably and said, "what is it? Do I have something on me?"

McGonagall shook her head and replied, "no, you just.... you look like a princess".

Dahlia couldn't help but smile. She did have to admit her current attire did make her look more like the princess she was as all the other outfits she wore at Hogwarts were more for comfort after the stab wound and she didn't really care much about her appearance as she was too busy trying to convince people that she wasn't evil. Now going out in public, she had to be sure she would look the part and not embarrass anyone in the process.

"Thank you," Dahlia said as she walked to the professor's desk, "So I was thinking of going down to the camp to check in with everyone then come back here for breakfast and go back to the camp before the will reading. Did you manage to get lessons covered this morning?"

McGonagall nodded and replied, "second and third period classes only today and yes I have them covered".

"Great, so I'll see you later then".

Dahlia then left and because of how early it was, there were very few people walking around the castle. Tonks hadn't even started yet so it was Auror Dawlish again who she knew hated working the Dahlia Detail, as she had begun to call it.

Getting to the camp, she wasn't too surprised that everyone was awake and packing things up or gathering around the large fire to have breakfast. Like always her brothers were at breakfast but her father and sister were not so she suspected them to be in the royal tent but when she went to enter, she heard voices she didn't recognise. She entered to find her father, sister, and the Hogwarts founders in there but with two other people. A pale man with white hair and a beard and in cuffs and a woman sat on the couch with her feet up, twisting a knife into an apple as she ate. She was wearing a long black dress with wild curly hair and dark, almost black, eyes.

All the talking instantly stopped when Dahlia entered, and Hela stood from her desk where they were all talking and said, "Dahlia".

"What's going on?" she asked as she looked around.