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CHAPTER ONE
A Young Girl
A young girl sits at her bedroom window, watching the stately black car pull up the driveway. It circles the grand fountain, flanked by towering walls of hedges. A single albino peacock ruffles its feathers, stepping lightly along the foreboding wrought iron fence. The car makes little noise as it slows to a stop. The driver door opens, and from it emerges a middle aged man. The man is clad in a slim grey suit, shining black shoes, and a sharp tie, which he straightens quickly. His shock of white blonde hair is cropped, with wispy strands falling just to his brow. A heavy cloud drifts in the sky, and rays of weak sunlight bounce off the man's finger, illuminating two rings. One is a simple wedding band, the other a miniscule silver snake, with bright emerald eyes. The man steps around the front of the car, opening the passenger door. A woman who could be none other than his wife emerges. She is wearing a simple grey dress, and dangerously high black stilettos. Her neck and wrists glimmer with various gems and precious metals. Her perfectly filed nails run through her deep brown hair once, and it bounces back into perfect waves. The pair make their way up to the grand front door without speaking. The young girl leaps up from her bed and and runs downstairs to greet them.
I dash down the marble staircase, just beating Dot to the door.
"Miss, opening the door is my job," the old house elf wheezed, "and yet you beat me every time." I flash a haughty smirk in Dot's direction, flinging open the heavy door. My parents' faces instantly switch from a solemn, if not slightly bored look to one of complete joy. "Hello, my sweet Gemini! How was your day?" My mom asks, pulling me into an embrace. My father smiles to me and continues past the foyer, presumably to the office in which much of his time is spent.
"Oh, nothing much happened. How was yours?" I ask calmly, while on the inside itching for information. Today was September first, a famous day among young wizards. It was the first day of school at Hogwarts.
"Oh, your father and I brought your brother to King's Cross station. Then afterwards we went out to lunch at Fiellos with Eleanor's parents, you remember Eleanor, don't you?" Eleanor was a tall, blonde haired girl in my brother's year at Hogwarts. My parents were blatantly unaware of the fact that she had taken a liking to him. I nod my head slowly.
"Why couldn't I have gone with you and Scorpius to the station?" I whine quietly. "You leave me here with Dot every year, all of the other little kids get to go!"
"Gemini, you only have one more year, can't you take a rest? I told you before, you will go when you are ready for Hogwarts. Aren't you excited to go to Hogwarts next year?" She asks excitedly, swiftly changing the subject. I nod dejectedly, knowing the subject must be dropped.
"Is Scorpius going to write this year? Last year he told me he would, but all I got was one terribly short card over Easter."
"Honey, Hogwarts is an eventful place! I'm sure he was very busy with homework and classes." I resist the urge to snort loudly. That would be the day, Scorpius being busy with homework. He was a fine student, but most of his time was spent wooing girls and causing trouble. Mother brushed off the troublemaking by blaming it on the teachers. They 'just didn't understand him' according to my parents. I just nod again and trudge up the stairs.
"Come down for dinner in twenty minutes!" My mother calls to me. Swinging the door open to my room, I flop onto my emerald green bedspread. Closing my eyes and running my hands through my long hair, I think of how next September simply could not come soon enough.
Author's Note: This is my first fan fiction *wrings hands nervously* so I really hope you enjoy it so far! Personally, I dislike really long chapters that I can't peel myself away from, so I will try to keep these short and sweet. I am planning to update around once a week but procrastination might change that . Just to explain the name Gemini: because Gemini is a Black (by her grandmother, Narcissa) I figured she would have a constellation name. I thought Gemini was a pretty cool name, and it was a lot better than most of the ones I found! So I'm not sure how long this is going to be, I am just kind of going with the flow. Thank you so much for reading this!- DraconisMalfoy14
Coming Soon:
Chapter Two: The Letter From Hogwarts
