Days passed and Amelia got into a habit of ignoring everyone she wanted effortlessly, her heart ached on avoiding the twins especially Fred, who approached her many time, but still she had to. She spent more and more time in the slytherin common room, Hermione once told her she was working on something which Amelia might like but Amelia stormed off not hearing her completely. If someone to ask who was putting efforts, Amelia would say Hermione, she put more efforts in those few weeks which Amelia' father never put in her whole life, in her opinion.

Meanwhile Amelia stayed with Draco and his friends who happened to be the inquisitorial squad appointed by Umbridge for some investigation, being a gryffindor, Amelia wasnt allowed to be told the actual reason but she understood what they were trying to do.

Once when Amelia sat with Draco and his friends late at night in the slytherin common room talking about stuffs, as it got late people started leaving, and only Draco and Amelia wete left, Amelia thought she would go a bit later, when everyone in her dorm would be asleep.

"Listen Amelia I want to tell you something" Draco whispered looking around a bit as the room was all clear.

"What? Why are you sounding like you are on a heist?"

"Its about Potter" just three simple words caused all of Amelia's mood to crash down.

"Hm you found the most interested person for that topic" Amelia said dryly.

"Shut up, listen first, its been in suspicion that Potter and his clowns are having a secret association or something, they all meet up and do something illegal, if we catch them red handed, who knows your wish of seeing Potter in Azkaban might come true" Draco said with exciting glint in his eyes. Amelia stayed quite trying not to show any expression at all.

"I saw it myself when Loony passed throw a wall, it looked like there was adoor from far away, but when we got there it was not, Dont tell others I told you, just keep an eye on them when they are around in your common room okay? We have also got that girl Merditha Edgecomb and also her friend Chang, they are easier targets, so lets hope everything goes fine" Draco finished with a huff. Amelia hummed looking down,Draco frowned, how could she be so uninterested after knowing this!?

"Do you know anything about it?" Draco asked squinting his eyes. Amelia stared at him.

"What? No, i dont know, if I knew I would have told you" Amelia lied in one breath without even thinking, Draco hummed.

"Goodnight Draco, see you tomorrow" Amelia said standing up quickly leaving the common room going back to hers passing the black corridors. Uneasy thoughts occupied her mind, she frowned thinking why did she lie about the dumbledore's army, it obviously had nothing to do about Potter.

She shook her head telling to herself that she did right by not telling him, even if she was not on good terms with the whole lot, that doesnt mean she will spill their secret, she could be anything but disloyal. The time when she joined their little club was when they trusted her, so just simply couldnt do this to them. Am i being soft?

"Amelia?" She halted just before the stairs of the gurls dormantry after passing the potrait, on hearing a familiar voice.

"Are you still mad at me?" Letting out an exasperated sigh she stood still, not knowing what to say, how to react.

"I dont know if it will help my case or not- but I am really sorry Amelia" She scrunched her face finally turning around in the dim common room.

"It was not your fault Fred" Amelia said annoyance clear in her voice.

"Then why are you ignoring me too?" Even if light was barely there she could feel, hear, sense he was hurt. She sighed going towards him in one swift moment and wrapping her arms around him. It didnt take another moment for him to follow the action and held on to her finally feeling relieved.

"I am not ignoring you Fred, just.. nothing" Amelia said pulling away slowly. But Fred pulled her back.

"Dont go, sit here and talk with me, plan pranks with me, our shop is gonna come you have to give ideas Am, George and I are dumb, do you even remember the last I spoke to you, twenty six days!!-"

"You kept count!?"

"Well yeah- so now sit here cover up for the whole time" Fred said dismissively pulling her to sit with him on the couch near the fireplace finally both getting to see each other's face, a wide smile forming on Fred's face.

"So what do you wanna talk about?" Amelia asked with a smallest of smile.

"Anything and everything"

Amelia rolled her eyes leaning back on the couch staring in the flames not having anything to talk about. She realised the boy beside her was waiting for a reply and turned to him finding him staring at her with an unreadable look.

"Sorry Fred I zoned ou-"

"I hate to see you like this Amy, you dont talk much- you dont laugh- you dont crack any jokes, there's barely any expression on your face the whole time, you are not yourself, and I dont like this version of you" Fred said with a sad look. Amelia looked away frowning. She felt a hand on hers making her look back to him.

"I dont want to talk, I am tired, can we not just sit quietely, like this?" Amelia said in a small annoyed voice wrapping her one arm around his and resting her head on his shoulder. A all smile crept on Fred's face looking down at her, eyes closed and little nose scrunch, with fire light adorning her face. She breathed our relieved feeling his head on top of hers.

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"I never saw this coming"

"I did, a lot of times"

"She has a thing for older guys"

"But I thought she was mad at him lately"

Both Amelia and Fred groaned hearing whispers and murmers around them. Amelia let out a grunt shifting in her place, due to her stirring Fred was the first one open his eyes groggily and look around to see not so beautiful faces in front of him.

His breath hitched feeling a tight arm fall on his torso, with wide eyes he looked beside him seeing a raven haired girl resting her head on his chest and snuggling into him, while his arm was wrapped around her waist from behind.

"Did ya kiss?" Lee Jordon asked Fred with a mischevious grin.

"Shut up" Fred hissed and felt Amelia groan against him as he moved a bit.

"Amy, wake up, Amy" He whispered to the girl beside him tucking her free falling hair behind her ear.

"Amy.. cute nickname" Another one gushed making a sickly cute face in front of Fred's face which made him almost puke.

"She has a taste" A seventh year girl said amused at the sight passing by in front of the crowd in common room.

"Do you want me to click a pitcha?" George asked winking.

"BLOODY HELL!- HARRY COME HERE!" Amelia groaned really annoyed on hearing a loud irritating voice causing her flutter open her eyes in anger and look around confused and annoyed.

Her eyes roamed until thy fell on a bespectacled wizard who was glaring in her direction with a clenched jaw standing beside a gawking fiery red head. She blinked to clear her vision and instantly scrunched her face in grimace.

"Amelia" she turned to the source of voice which came from beside her and saw Fred sitting close to her, really really close. Her eyes fell on her position and instantly cringed, her one leg was wrapped with his while the other one hanged idiotically, her arm tightly wrapped around him, and literally no space between them.

She jerked up detaching herself from him people backed off a bit, Fred stood up slowly behind her his cheeks flaring up. "I would've rather slept an hour or two more than to wake up to this Ron"

Amelia glared at the messy haired source of the voice who was also glaring back with the same or even more intensity. "How about I make you sleep forever"

"Get lost Potter, and you to Ronniekins" Fred said grumpily to the two bestfriends, who stormed off scowling. Amelia massaged her temples groaning and realised people were still staring at her.

"IS IT A SHOW GOING ON HERE!?" She roared making the crowd flinch and scurry off. She heard Fred sigh behind and turned to him.

"Sorry, I too fell asleep last night" Fred said with a small apologetic smile.

"Its okay" Amelia smiled and left going to her dorm, he stood there watching her go with a smile and cheeks flaring up.

"Seems like weasleys own all the red" George piped in poking Fred's face.

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"I think I'll pass" Amelia said bored walking with her slytherin friends who suggested to come in the small party in the slytherin common room.

"Come on Amelia, it'll be fun" Daphne whined.

"Sorry Daph, I am not in the mood of partying, I just want to sleep" Amelia said uninterested.

"Leave it everyone, there's no way you can convince her" Draco said shaking his head in a playful disappointed way at Amelia.

"Wise Blondie" Amelia said cheekily. After a while she parted with them going to her common room but was interrupted by a voice.

"Ms. Black" She frowned turning around seeing the headmaster approach her. He had been disappearing a lot, and after who knows how many days he made appearance now coming towards her.

"Good morning headmaster" Amelia greeted with a polite small smile.

"Severus informed me that you have not been in the best condition lately" Dumbledore said with an irritating smile in her opinion. Can he just not mind his own business!?

"How about you accompany me to my office?" Dumbledore asked when she stayed quite. Amelia had no choice but to follow him. She sat in front of him on the chair and waited to get even more bored.

"How are your DADA classes going on Ms. Black?" Dumbledore asked, she frowned following his gaze which landed on her arm, her sleeve was slightly shifted up revealing Amelia's own handwriting engraved on her skin. She pulled the sleeve down completely covering it and then turned back to the headmaster.

"Wonderful, there's no one who teaches like Professor Umbridge" She said with a sarcastic smile.

"That is good to know" Dumbledore said chuckling. Amelia never liked the headmaster, most of the things about him made her blood boil.

"Why am I brought here Professor?" Amelia asked hiding her irritation.

"That I will tell you Ms. Black, If you dont mind and wait here for a few moments and I come back, I just remembered something" Dumbledore said standing up already leaving.

"Sure" Amelia muttered watching him go and being left in the office alone- oh not alone, het head jerked behind when she heard a hoot and saw a phoenix sitting there on a stand.

She got up going towards it amazed, she never saw a phoenix in real life, just read about them, and found them really interesting and one of the best magical creatures. The phoenix hooted again seeing her approach as if greeting her. She traced the ted feathers of the bird intrigued. The bird flew going around the office and stopped just beside a penseive.

She rushed towards it herself exploring the whole office, which was amazingly mysterious. Her eyes fell on she fell on the shelf behind the pensieve filled with small glassed vials. She knew what a pensive was and what these vials for. A pensieve was owned by only hugh authorised wizards which could be used for replaying someone's stored memory.

She eyed the large shelf with numerous vials in it, really big and hard to pronounce wizards names her eyes trailed on it until they fell on one name - Ms. Black - what!?

She wasted no moment in picking the vial up and eyeing it bewildered, when did the headmaster steal her memory!? Her head spinning, how is this even possible? She widened her eyes as she heard loud footsteps clearly audible. She thrusted the vial in her pocket and ran back to her seat.

"Sorry to keep you waiting Ms. Black" Dumbledore said with a smile stepping in, her heart drumming wildly, she clutched to the vial in her pocket tightly.

"Its okay Professor, would you mind if I leave if there's nothing important to talk about?" Amelia asked with a hesitant smile.

"Sure, you are free to go, thankyou Ms. Black" Dumbledore said, she stood up leaving after shooting a last weary smile.

"Just one thing Ms. Black–" she stopped at the door as the headmaster called. She turned a bit to look at him. "Remember, life offers different opportunities which may lead us to great things, we might not be sure about them at the beginning, but they can turn out to be great"

Amelia stared at him for a moment absorbing his words and gave a confused nod and left his office.

Dumblredore's eyes darted to the phoenix bird sitting above the penseive, a small smile forming on the headmaster's face seeing an empty space in the shelf.

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