People look forward to their wedding day. She was dreading hers. But the morning it was to happen on was cold. She awoke to her mother's screams for her get up and get ready.
"Honestly, if you want to pay back this favour and get the Malfoy boy off the hook, then you need to get up and get married"
She presented the coldest look she could muster. "But I don't"
With nothing left to say, Mrs Greengrass left the room.
Astoria, nearly at the age of 20, had hopes and aspirations and they were being put on hold. For a lifetime. Just under a century ago, the Greengrass family had been caught up in a dark art phenomenon. The Ministry worked out that Albert Greengrass had everything to do with it and he was held in Azkaban. With the Malfoy's influence and wealth, Albert was released and had exclaimed that the Greengrass household was forever indebted to Abraxcus Malfoy.
So the day came when young Draco Malfoy was charged with the offence of helping Lord Voldemort in his journey to power. The only way to save him from Azkaban was to get him married and therefore be involved with a family who he needed to support. Remembering that the Greengrass' owed the Malfoys', they asked for Daphne Greengrass. But as she was already engaged to Theodore Nott, the burden fell on Astoria.
She had complained she was too young but did they listen? Absolutely not.
Mr and Mrs Greengrass didn't like Astoria. She was an accident, a waste of space and unworthy of living comfortably. She was prettier than Daphne, who blatantly denied her presence. Astoria was comfortable with being herself. Nobody could deny she was clever. Nearly sorted into Ravenclaw, Astoria's room was covered in bookshelves. All remaining space was covered in pictures and colour unlike the rest of the house.
"Get ready!" shouted Mrs Greengrass.
Her bags were packed and she was ready. She looked beautiful and nobody could deny it except for narrow minded people like the Greengrass'. Her dress was picked by good friend Luna Lovegood:
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Her hair was flowing and wavy and it casacaded below her shoulders towards the middle of her back.
"Let's just get this over with" said Daphne.
"You don't have to come if you don't want to" Astoria replied.
"I just want to see the back of you, finally" she scowled.
With one swift movement, Astoria turned and Disapparated.
