DRACO
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Draco was pissed that he had detention for punching Blaise but it was worth it. He wanted to hex him. Fucking prick.

He had not got a chance to look at the class ranks before she tore it off the wall. But, he was understanding why she was upset. Enough to curse out a professor.

The rumors were going around fast about what had happened in McGonagall class. He couldn't wrap his head around the fact that she wasn't even top 10.
But once in his fucking life, he could agree that Granger was right. This list wasn't final. It was just the first 2 months of classes.

But, Granger also didn't know Emersyn's father. If he got word that she was 32rd in the class.... He feared for what would happen to her.

He had successfully been avoiding her since that drunken night in the room of requirement. He couldn't get the night out of his head but he didn't want her to be involved with him. He searched for her after classes that day. He even roamed to the Ravenclaw tower and bullied a 3rd year into letting him into the common room to speak to Luna and Cho about where she was.

Useless Ravenclaw students, of course, had no idea where she went. What a bloody waste of fucking time.

After his last class, he headed to Snape's office for his punishment . He was hoping he will let him go work on the bloody Vanishing Cabinet that he has made no progress on. He has tried every spell, every book, every resource available. He doesn't sleep. He barely eats. He has to do this. He has to.

"Malfoy." Snape's quick temper revealed he was already angry with him.
"Professor."
"I heard about Miss. Osborne's fit in class today. Does it have to do with your detention?"
"Among other things."
Snape yelled at Draco, "You need to be keeping your head DOWN. The both of you!"
"Both of us?"
"You and Miss. Osborne." Snape snapped at Draco. His office was dark and he had no personal pictures on the walls. Posters of spells and dark art history were the only objects in the room besides his black desk.

"Surely you know her initiation dinner is tonight."

Draco's eyes shot up from the ground,
No.
No.

"Sorry, Sir?"

He stared at the professor.

"I thought she would have told you, clearly I am mistaken. The Dark Lord is waiting for the task to be fulfilled. You haven't stepped up and time is ticking. Emersyn will be helping you fulfill his needs."

"It's her birthday tomorrow! There has to be another way, surely she's not able to handle the-"

The professor snapped the book closed and yelled towards the young wizard,

"Silence! Emersyn is one of the smartest witches I have ever taught. The Dark Lord has been planning this for years now. He has been imprinting his voice into her head since this summer.. I suggest you and Miss. Osborne get on the same page to fulfill the task. Do I make myself clear?"

" Yes, Professor." He needed to see her.

"Now. It was requested by The Osborne's that you escort Emersyn back to campus following the ceremony. Are you capable of doing that?"

He nodded.

"Lovely." his monotone voice dragged on.

"Draco, please keep Miss. Osborne under wraps. I cannot have any more of her shenanigans now that she's one of us." and with that he placed Draco's hand onto the book and apparated him to the Osborne Manor.
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EMERSYN
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When she got to her house, the whole manor was filled with the smell of her favorite foods. She walked into the front door, she loved being home.

"Daddy? Mum?" she called out and no response, she wanted to hug them so badly.

She immediately went up to her room. On her bed was a note with a big clothing box with a bow on it.

Happy 17th Birthday, darling. xx
Daddy & Mum

Opening the box, she found a beautiful long black dress and a dainty diamond necklace. She smiled down at the present her parents got her, she went into her bathroom and started getting ready for supper.

This is all so fucking weird.
She just needed to take her mind off what happened at school.

Draco, the class ranking, the anxiety attacks. Everything.

She made her way back downstairs when she saw her parents.

"Wow. Emersyn, you look darling! I told you, she would look beautiful with the long dress." her mum said to her, noting the mark to her husband. she was wearing a similar dress to hers but it was a dark green. Her mum and dad were both Slytherins when they attended Hogwarts, she was the only Ravenclaw in the family.

"Thank you. I missed you guys so much." She hugged her dad first, she wanted to cry knowing that he would be so disappointed in her class ranking.

He didn't hug her back.

"Shall we?"

They went into the dining hall to eat. It was jsut the three of them at the king sized table. They chatted about school and how hard she was working in her classes. She didn't mention the list. There's no way he would have known, anyways.

Their house elf cleared their table when supper was over and her father cleared his throat.

"Emersyn, tonight you turn 17. Your last year before you turn 18 and become an adult. It's a big responsibility, being an adult and making your own decisions."
Her mum sat there. Hands in her lap, quietly.
He continued,
"We have a gift for you."

Emersyn smiled. She couldn't believe her parents got her a present this year. Usually, it was dinner and then she went back to Hogwarts for classes the next day.

"You guys didn't have to get me anything!"

"Of course we did sweetheart, you're turning 17!"

There was a deep knock on the door
"Come in!" His dad hollered out to the door,
Suddenly, people she didn't not recognize came spilling into the dining hall, taking a seat at the table.

Emersyn awkwardly looked around, "Hi."

"Darling, these are your fathers work friends."
She froze. What is going on.

"Summon him." Her father sneered through his teeth.

"Daddy, what's going on?"

His father muffled a spell and a big Black cauldron appeared on the middle of the table, it was glowing green.

Everyone lifted their sleeves up to reveal a skull, snake tattoo that started moving when his father spell ended. She looked over at her dad, he had the tattoo.

"Mum? Mum? What is going on." she was scared, terrified.

"My lord." everyone stood up and bowed their head, while a tall skeleton figure came floating into the room. His hands spilled out of his cloak with long thin fingers and sharp finger nails.

A flash of white appeared and in the room came their house elf with a person that had a brown bag over their head, Emersyn's dad pulled it off. She recognized the old fragile body. Gran? It was her Gran. What was she doing here? She needed to leave. It was dangerous here.

"Emersyn Osborne. What a beautiful young lady you turned out to be." it was the voice in her head. It finally had a face, a name. A body. Voldemort. He smiled down to her. Revealing sharp shark like teeth.
"Ready to begin?"

"Yes, my lord." Everyone sat down and the attention was on her.

"Daddy! what?" before she could continue another green flash occurred,

Pain.
Blood.
More pain.
More blood.

Her breathing stopped.
Everything turned green.
Her heart felt like it stopped too.
And then it started again.