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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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Melia sat at the Slytherin table together with Draco and the others reading the daily prophet, "Do they really think Sirius did this? Than they're stupider than I thought!"
"Lower your voice, Melia!"
"I agree with them thinking it's Bellatrix too though."
"God, Melia. You're going to be the death of me," she looks over at the Gryffindor table where she sees the trio reading the article too, but then she notices Neville getting up from the bench and she decides to follow him. She follows him all the way up to the room of requirements. Melia walks up to him and rests her head on his shoulder.
"Fourteen years ago-- a Death Eater named Bellatrix Lestrange used the Cruciatus Curse on my parents. She tortured them for information, but they never gave in. They've been--" he cuts himself off. "I'm quite proud to be their son. But I'm not sure I'm ready for everyone to know just yet."
"You're going to make them proud, Neville and that's a promise."
"Do you think she was the one who helped them escape? She has done it before."
"I don't know, Neville," she says looking at the picture. "I don't know."
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"Come in!" someone shouted from the other side of the door. Melia walked inside and sat herself down on the chair. "What can I do for you, Miss Withlock."
"I'm here to ask for a few days off of school."
"Why?"
"We both know something is going to happen at the end of this school year. It always happens something at the end of Harry's school years. That's why I'm asking to spend a few days at Grimmauld."
Dumbledore nods his head at her and grants her a few days off. Melia walks to her dorm and packs a small bag, gives a kiss to Draco and a hug to Rosie before walking back to his office to use the floo network. She says the place she's going and throws the powder on the floor. With a cloud of smoke, she arrives in the living room of Grimmauld. Melia calls for Kreacher, who gladly takes her bag, and walks to the kitchen. Sirius hugs her right away.
"I just got the letter, has something happened?"
She shakes her head, "No, I just wanted to spend some time with you. I hope you don't mind?"
"Of course not. Oh, Remus and Tonks will be staying for a few days too, so you'll see them some too."
"That's alright."
For the next few days, Melia laughed a lot and made even more memories to bring along after his death. They baked, cleaned the house, annoyed Remus and Tonks, made Kreacher almost lose his mind and played some piano. Melia was even able to make Tonks confess her feelings for Remus to her and they ended up talking about boys all night.
"You're going back to Hogwarts tomorrow, right?" Sirius asks as he sits himself down beside her on the sofa. She nods her head with a sad smile. "Are you sure something hasn't happened? Is it about Draco? Or Harry? Or maybe-- you know, the Dark Lord?"
"No, nothing has happened. I just wanted to spend some time with you before--" her voice breaks as fresh tears start running down her face.
He wraps her in his arms, "Before what, Melia?"
"Before-- can you read for me? The book you and Regulus used to read as children?"
"Yes, of course." He gets up from the sofa to get the book and comes back seconds later with the book. He sits himself back down and wraps one arm around Melia. He starts to read while she keeps crying in silence. She isn't the one who usually cries like this, but this may be the last moment they have.
(A/N) Some of the lines in this chapter are from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie script, which mean that I don't own it. Everything else is written by me.
