camellia withlock│draco malfoy ✓

57│three of three curses

CHAPTER 57: three of three curses

All the seats in the drawing-room were seated by Death Eaters. Well, almost all of them. They were waiting for two people to arrive. The Dark Lord was tapping his finger impatiently on the table. Then the doors of the room open and a young woman came in.

"I'm sorry, My Lord, for being late. But the blood traitor family put up quite a fight."

"And you succeeded?"

"Did you expect anything else, My Lord," he smirks horrifyingly and her. She sets herself down by Draco and kisses his cheek. Then Severus Snape suddenly comes in.

"I see more people like to be late," Camellia smirks at the Dark Lord, while Severus looks questioningly in her direction. She tilted her head a little and put on her innocent face. He glared back at her and her smirk reappeared.

"You bring news I trust, Severus?"

"It will happen Saturday next. At nightfall."

"I have heard differently, my Lord. Dawlish, the Auror, let slip that the Potter boy will not be moved until the thirtieth of this month, the night before he turns seventeen."

Camellia decides to speak up, "This is a false trail. The Auror Office no longer plays any part in the protection of-- Harry Potter. Those closest to him believe we have infiltrated the Ministry. Well, they're not wrong, are they?" a few laughs erupt around the room.

"Where will he be taken? The boy?"

"To a safe house. Likely the home of someone in the Order. I'm told it has been given every manner of protection possible. Once there, it will be impractical to attack him. We may have compromised the Ministry, but there are those who remain loyal to him. As long as the Ministry stands, his allies within will have the means at their disposal to ensure his safety."

"My lord, if I might," Bellatrix looks at the Dark Lord in excitement. "I'd like to volunteer myself for this task. I'd like to kill the boy," Camellia rolls her eyes at her and stops listening to the conversation. There's nothing fun happening anyways. Bellatrix getting embarrassed in front of everyone isn't exciting enough for her. Some conversations later and after Lucius gave his wand cowardly to the Dark Lord, he makes one of the former professors at Hogwarts float in front of them. The killing curse leaves his lips and the professor falls on the table with a thud.

"Nagini... dinner," Nagini slithers over the table towards the professor. Draco and some others look away, but Camellia looks at the scene unfolding with a smirk on her face. Then the meeting is done and almost everyone is dismissed except Camellia.

"I do not want you to come along on this one," she opens her mouth to protest, but he holds up his hand to stop her. "You are far too close to the Order and Potter."

"Surely, you wouldn't think I still work for them, my Lord?"

"I don't think so, but I don't know if I believe it or not. You will not come along and that's an order."

"Yes, my Lord."

"I have another mission I would rather you go on. We have gotten some new recruits. I believe you know them? Theodore Nott and Blaise Zabini? They will accompany you on this mission," he tells her more details about the mission before dismissing her. She walks up to her and Draco's room where he is sitting, reading a book on his bed.

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"Blaise, Theo," Camellia greets them firmly as she enters the drawing-room of the Manor. "Now, I hope you two have gotten all the information on the mission so that we can leave right away."

"We have not."

"I was told you would, but no can do. We have located a rebel base and will be infiltrating it. We are to leave no witnesses behind. No one--"

"We are to kill them?" Camellia glares at Theo, "Madam?"

"You heard me, didn't you. We have used enough time as it is, let's go," she leads them out of the Manor with a few other Death Eaters. This isn't one of the first ones she's been on. Camellia has been on quite a few after the school year ended. The Dark Lord sent her on a mission to test her and when she came back faster and more successful than he thought she would, he took advantage of it and sent her on many missions. Some of them were easy and some were harder, but she always came back in victory. Not once had she come back before making sure the mission went as planned. Camellia grew in his ranks and became one of the most infamous and feared Death Eaters.

They appeared outside of a rather small old house. Theo and Blaise placed themselves on either side of her while the other Death Eaters that were there walked towards the entrance. They blasted open the door and you could hear the horrifying screams of men, women and children, young and old. "Aren't we going in?" Blaise asks from beside her. "No, we're waiting for the fun part," after some time they came out of the house with a few hostages and made them kneel beneath Camellia. She smirks down at them and puts a hand on Blaise's shoulder and one on Theo's.

"Now boys. One thing all Death Eaters need to know is how to do the unforgivable curses. Choose one of the hostages and try to get some information out of them. I'll tell you when to stop," they look at each other before hesitantly moving towards a hostage. The curse leaves their lips and their ears get filled by their screams. She closes her eyes and looks up, a smile appearing on her face.

"Enough! They clearly don't have any information or they just don't want to give it up. Now, finish them," this time their hesitation takes over them and they stand in front of the hostages frozen. "I thought you two were tougher than this, but I guess not. The Dark Lord won't be pleased with this." Camellia puts her hand in front of her and casts the killing curse wordlessly and wandlessly, but the curse doesn't come out as it normally would. The green light of the spell flows through her hand, her eyes glowing and moves into different sections towards the hostages, killing them one by one. Neither Theo nor Blaise had seen this type of magic before and was terrified by it. The other Death Eaters started apparating away while Camellia and her two friends stayed behind. She looks up at the sky again, but this time with open eyes.

"Are you proud of me now, Mad-Eye?" she smirks and laughs under her breath before she apparates away with the other Death Eaters. Theo and Blaise use some time to gather themselves after seeing Melia like that. They had never seen her so-- so evil. The Dark Lord had changed her completely and they were scared they wouldn't be able to get the old Melia back.

(A/N) Some of the lines in this chapter are from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 movie script, which mean that I don't own it. Everything else is written by me.