"There you are!" Jade said when Ella and Brad finally got there. Flora had already arrived. Ella went over and stood by her friend. Flora gave her a small smile and they faced Jade. "Come on, they're waiting for us."

"Who?" Ella asked. She just knew that Jade had called them there, she wan't planning on meeting anyone. Probably one of her minions.

"The children," Jade replies with an evil smile. Ella's face paled.

"We're going to go in front of all the children?" Oh no, this could not be happening. She took a deep breath and tried to make her face neutral.

"Yep," Jade said. "We are going to go in front of them all and explaining the rules of this village. Well, I'll be explaining the rules, you'll just be there so they know who you are."

"Did you find Isabelle?" Ella asked suddenly.

"No," Jade said slowly. "I instructed them to bring her to me, and not to harm her, but no one came in under the name of Isabelle. She must be under a fake name."

"Or she might not be here," Ella countered. They couldn't have possibly gotten every student on the train. Some must've escaped.

"She's here,"Jade said confidentaly. "I am sure that none of the kids could have escaped." She looked confident, but Ella disagreed with here. But she knew that arguing with Jade was useless, nothing would change her mind.

"It's time," Jade said. "Let's go." She walked up the stairs and onto a platform. Ella, Brad, and Flora exchanged a look before following her.

Ella stood by Jade silently, with her eyes searching through the crowd of people. Then, she saw her. At the back, next to Lily, who's hair stood out, there was Isabelle with a shocked expression on her face. Ella looked away, she couldn't stand to see that look.

Finally Jade was done talking and Ella could leave. She walked down the stairs and started to leave, but then she thought of something. She waited until everyone was gone, then she faced Jade.

"Jade," she said softly. "Why are you doing this? I thought this part was over. I thought the Death Eaters were gone."

"Maybe the question should be, why aren't you doing this," Jade said with a perfectly calm expression. "You went through the same thing, we all did. But apparently I was the only one who got the message they were trying to brand into our brains." Her voice got angry, and her eyes were on fire.

"When I was six years old I saw my mother die right in front of my eyes. They took me to a different family. I was six, and they treated me like a daughter, I loved them. Then they took me away from them too. Later, when I was sixteen, I fell in love. This time you were the one who took him away from me. But don't worry, I don't blame you, I blame Bellatrix. She's the one who killed him."

"After that, I learned the lesson they were trying to teach. I realized that you can't count on anyone or anything but yourself. If you risk loving someone, they'll leave you."

"Why did you bring the children into this?" Ella asked.

"Because I think they should know it too," Jade said. "If not, then they'll risk loving, and they'll just be disappointed."

"Jade it's not wrong to love," Ella said. "Not everything you love leaves you. I had a mother, and I loved her. I loved Christian, and I loved Isabelle's father."

"And look at how that turned out," Jade snapped. "Christian died, your mom died, and the unknown man who I do not know the name of, he died too!"

"Christian died fighting," Ella said proudly. "He died nobly, defending Hogwarts. My mom died of old age, it happens to everyone. And as for the other man who I will not reveal the identity of, he-" She stopped her self and took a deep breath. "Goodbye Jade." And she left before she could accidentally tell Jade something else private.