Cortney was now sitting at lunch with the Slytherins. She sat in between Pansy and Daphne. Owls came in for mail delivery, Elle dropped an envelope in front of her. Cortney petted her owl and smiled at her. She then gave Elle grapes and a few crackers. Elle happily flew off. Cortney then looked down at the letter addressed to her. She opened it, her eyes observing every word and line. The very first line made her stop reading and catch her breath.

' Dear Cortney Druella Lestrange,

This is a letter from your mother and father. We heard that you are in Slytherin! We are so proud of you! We also hear that you are dating Theodore Nott, we approve. You must know that most of our family has been in Slytherin for generations. Except for a few disgraceful ones. Aunt Nacrissa has sent us a recent picture of you. Oh my, you have grown so much. We are currently here in Azkaban, we probably will not be getting out anytime soon. I am very sorry that we missed out on most of your life, but it was worth it. This is now coming from your mother. I heard you are a pretty good dueler, I am very happy to hear that, the Dark Lord would have liked to hear that too. I hope you grow up to be just as powerful as me. We got this one chance to write to you. So we took it. Love

Mum and Dad'

Cortney looked up wide eye. This was the first letter she ever got from her parents. The first letter written by them was from the orphanage she was from.

" What is it, Cort? " Millicent asked.

" I got a letter from my parents," Cortney replied.

" What? " Kierra asked scooting over to her.

" Yeah, from my parents," Cortney said smiling a little. " I am going to go frame this " She got up, she wasn't paying attention and ran into someone. They both fell over, Cortney fell on top of them, she quickly rolled off. She sat up and saw her letter on the ground, and looked over and saw Seamus just glaring at her.

" Sorry Seamus," Cortney giggled.

" Ma'am I am not having the best day and now I am on the ground," Seamus said angrily as he got up, he then saw the letter. " Who's that from ? " he pointed at it. Cortney quickly snatched the letter into her hand and stood up.

" Oh...Ummm...it's from.....my Aunt and Uncle the Malfoy's Cortney lied. " Sorry for running into you. I uh gotta go". Cortney quickly walked away leaving Seamus feeling weird. Neville and Dean walked up to him with Lavender.

" What's wrong Sea-Sea? " Lavender asked grabbing his hand.

" It's Cortney," Seamus said still looking at where she walked away.

" What about her? " Dean asked.

" She's acting strange," he said. " I think it has something to do with a letter she got. She told me it was from her aunt and uncle, the Malfoys. She seems quite in a hurry for me not to see it".

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Cortney now sat in a perfume-smelling room of Divination. She currently sat next to Pansy. Cortney was staring off into space thinking about whatever was on her mind. 

" Broaden your minds! The art of crystallized gazing is in the clearing of the inner eye! Only then you see! Now what do we have here," Trelawny said making her way over to Hermione's table.

" Do you mind if I try ? " Hermione asked. The professor nodded her head. Hermione looked at it for a few seconds.

" The Grim possibly," Hermione said looking up, with the hope of being right.

" My dear, from the first moment you stepped foot into my class I sense that you didn't possess the proper spirit of the noble art of Divination. Oh see there," Professor Trelawny said examining Hermione's hand. " Oh you may be young in years but in the heartbeats beneath your bosom is as shriveled as an old maid your soul as dry as paper of the books to which you so desperately cleave". Hermione ripped her hand back, knocked over the crystal ball, and stormed out of the classroom. The crystal ball followed her out the door. Cortney snapped out of her daydream at the sound of the crystal ball dropping. Quickly and quietly Pansy explained to her what just happened. " Have I said something ? " After class Cortney stayed behind to ask a few questions. AS the class filed out, Professor Trelawny disappeared. So she just sat on a chair and waited. Soon Harry came in with the crystal ball.

" I thought I should return this," Harry said placing the ball on the table. He was just about to leave when a face appeared on the ball.

" Harry! " Cortney said with urgency walking over to the ball. He too turned back towards it to get a glimpse. He was muttering Harry's name over and over again. A handed landed on Harry's shoulder causing them to jump, it turned out to be Professor Trelawny. She sounded like she just got back from a run.

" Professor Trelawny," Cortney breathed.

" He will return tonight !" she said in a raspy voice.

" Sorry? " Harry asked.

" Tonight. He betrayed his friends-whose heart rots with murder! Innocent blood shall be shed and servant and master shall be reunited once mooooooorreeeeeee ! " She coughed like she had a hairball in her throat. She looked at the two. " Oh, I'm sorry dears. Did you say anything ? " 

" No, nothing," they answered. They two hurried out of the classroom in shock with many questions.

" What do you think that means? " Harry asked.

" I am not so sure,"  Cortney said. " You? " He just shook his head.