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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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HARRY AND HERMIONE wanted to know everything from the start, so Cassi told them her story, excluding the parts which they weren't supposed to know. And she would be lying if she said she wasn't feeling happy seeing Harry worry about her. It felt nice to have her friends back.
"I don't understand one thing." Harry said after she was done telling them. "Why aren't you angry with me? I mean I was the one who injured Malfoy."
"Because that wasn't your fault." Cassi replied simply. "And also it's you. I mean if someone else I don't know would have been in your place, I would have been angry. But it was you, and you're my best friend. I just can't angry be angry at you."
Harry chuckled, while Hermione was looking at Cassi with a knowing look which Cassi avoided.
"We missed the dinner," Hermione said suddenly, looking at her watch. "We should be get going, otherwise others would wonder where we are."
Cassi nodded and got up from the bed. Since she woke up, she had been thinking of doing something, but wasn't sure whether she should do it or not. Because the idea was sounding simply stupid to her. But she needed to do it, otherwise she'll probably never ever get the chance.
"Harry," Cassi said suddenly turning to face him. "I want to talk to you, -uh- alone."
Hermione looked at Cassi with knowing smile, before looking at Harry. "I should probably go. Ron must be having a lot of questions."
And before anyone could say anything, she was out of the room in a second.
"So what do yo wanted to talk about?" Harry asked.
Removing her eyes from the door from where Hermione left, Cassi turned her eyes to Harry who was waiting for her to speak.
"I wanted to - to tell you something." She said hesitantly, as she played with her finger nervously. "Just listen to me. You don't have to answer me, if you don't want to. And I know it may sound very stupid of me to say that but I have to this, otherwise I may never get the chance. Please don't laugh at me, or anything."
"Cassi," Harry stopped her from babbling. "What do you want to say? I'm not going to laugh."
Cassi looked at him, "I -uh- I'm kind of. . .Uh!! I don't know how to say this."
She let out a frustrated sigh.
"Okay, let try this again." She muttered to herself, before looking at him. "I -uh- I-I kind of -uh- like you?"
