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"She was born from darkness itself, it was woven in her bones and carved in her heart. She was the Light born from Darkness, because all stars are born in the dark. She was Cassiopeia Lestrange."
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"Hi, I'm Cassiopeia, call me Cassi. My friends...
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THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS were over soon, and Cassi was back in the castle again. With Draco beside her, things seemed better than usual. Daphne was still stiff with Draco, but tolerated him nonetheless.
"So he apologized to you?" Daphne asked Cassi as they walked through the corridor.
"Yeah, he did." Cassi nodded.
"Was it epic?" Daphne said raising her eyebrows. "It better be, otherwise I'll make him apologize again."
"It was pretty good."
"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you," Daphne said suddenly. "Hermione was looking for you before. She told me to tell you to meet her in the library at your usual spot after lunch, said it's important."
"What could she want to tell me?" Cassi wondered.
After the lunch, Cassi went to the library and saw Hermione already waiting for her there.
"Hey." Cassi said as she entered the class, making Hermione turn in her direction.
"Hi." Hermione said with a small smile.
"So what important thing you wanted to tell me?" Cassi asked as she sat down on one of the benches.
"Harry is very suspicious." Hermione breathed out. "He heard you talking with Professor Snape and Malfoy during the Professor Slughorn's Christmas party."
"What?" Cassi said startled. "What did he hear?"
"Everything you talked about." said Hermione. "Snape offering help to Malfoy, he refused and also that yelled at you."
For a moment Cassi was silent.
"He saw that?" Cassi muttered looking down.
"He told me and Ron everything," said Hermione. "and he's getting very suspicious. He keep saying that Malfoy is a Death Eater, which of course he isn't. I mean that would be totally ridiculous." Cassi didn't say anything. "Oh, and he's very angry at Malfoy for yelling at you."
"That mean he saw me crying." said Cassi.
"He did." Hermione nodded. "He's worried about you Cassi, we all are."
"You don't have to worry about me." Cassi said. "Draco apologized to me and we're back to talking."
"And you just forgave him like that?" Hermione said raising her eyebrows.
"He's my brother, Hermione." said Cassi. "I love him. And moreover his apology was very emotional, I was crying by the end."
"Can I ask you a question?" Hermione said hesitantly and Cassi nodded. "Why do you have to pretend in front of everyone that you're a pureblood supremacist? Why can't anyone know about this?"
