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'𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆.'
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Camellia Withlock never expected to be a witch like in...
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It had been a few days since Draco told Melia about her past. They met a few times after that in the Astronomy tower and she told him all about those four years she was in Norway. Except for the bullying part. She didn't want him to worry for nothing. She wasn't going back there anyway. Hermione had been trying to get her to talk, but she's not ready yet. She will tell her one day.
Now Melia is walking down towards The Whomping Willow to read. She has been spending a lot of time there lately. People are too scared to move closer to it because of its violence and that means that people don't often come here and Melia can get to read her book without being disturbed. She uses a spell on the tree and sits down on a blanket. She reads for about 15 minutes when she hears something moving in the bushes in front of her. Melia takes out her wand and walks towards the bushes. She can't see anyone or anything in the bush when she gets there. When she turns around, she sees a big black dog and recognizes it right away. It starts to run away, but Melia follows.
"Wait!" Melia shouts while running after him. "Stop, please! I know who you are, and I believe you!" The dog stops once they're at a small camp. There are a small tent and a small campfire. He turns into a human and turns around now facing the girl. Sirius Black is now standing right in front of Melia. She sees how skinny he is. 'He must be hungry' she thinks to herself. Then she takes out the sandwich she had in her backpack and gives it to him. He takes it gratefully and starts to eat, Melia places the blanket on the ground and sits down.
"How did you know it was me?" he asks between mouthfuls. She just smiles at him mischievously. "Okay, then what did you mean by 'I believe you'?" Melia thinks about how to say it without sounding crazy. It was hard enough to get Draco to believe her.
"I have known for a long time, Mr Black. I know you're innocent and that you're not trying to kill Harry, but Ron's rat, Scabbers. Or should I say, Pettigrew?" Sirius is taken back by that. He didn't expect to hear that answer from her.
"How do you know all this?"
"I'll tell you if you promise to let me finish my story before you get to say anything!" Sirius pretends that he is closing his mouth and throws away the key. Melia takes a deep breath before she begins to explain. She leaves a lot of the story out and only tells the necessary. She feels like she can trust him more than other people for a reason unknown to her.
They sat like that for a few hours before Melia started to walk back to the castle. Then she remembered Sirius telling her that he had given Harry his new broom. She had completely forgotten about that. She ran up to Dumbledore's office hoping to find McGonagall with him. She knocks on the door and walks in after getting the 'come in' from the man inside.
"Ah, Miss Withlock. What can I do for you?" Albus says.
"The broom that Harry got, it's safe. I can't tell you who gave it to him, but I know it's safe."
Minerva walks closer to her, "And how do you know that?"
"I just do." Albus and Minerva share a few glances before trying to reason with Melia on why they should still do it. They can't take the chance. What if she's wrong and Harry gets hurt. After a lot of convincing, Melia leaves. She walks to the common room and sits down on one of the couches. Of course, they won't believe a fourteen-year-old girl.
