Summary: Hugo Weasley, only son of two of the wizarding world's greatest heroes and Cassiopeia Malfoy, only daughter to one of the oldest aristocratic pure-blooded families in Britain. Both different and on opposite ends of the metaphoric spectrum and yet their fates intertwine due to a simple colour.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Harry Potter, it belongs to J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. All I own is the plot, OC's and the title (which is probably the best part of the fic)
Pairing(s): HW X OC
It was that time of year once more, the mad rush to make sure that one had all their school books, new sets of quills which always seemed to go missing and of course the new robes which Hugo always seemed to be outgrowing. However seeming as it was his seventh and evidently his last year at Hogwarts this would be the last time he would be purchasing such supplies for himself. This was why Hugo was currently making his way through the now busy Diagon Alley with the company of his cousin Lily.
However due to it being only two weeks until school was to once again start the area was flooded with young fresh faced, soon to be first years scouring the shops along with their parents for the coming year's supplies. He remembered when he was once in their position, as he trailed through the shopping district after his parents and older sister, the latter having graduated from Hogwarts two years prior.
Now the rush for school replied just seemed more like the much hated chore as he trailed through the shopping district with his equally bored cousin.
"I don't suppose that we're almost done, Hugh-Man?" Lily asked with as they excited Quality Quidditch Supplies. Hugo gave a half shrug before applying the appropriate shrinking charm to his new keeper gloves and then placing them into the pockets of his muggle jeans.
"Just a stop to Flourish and Blotts…"Hugo said whilst blissfully ignoring the way his cousin glared daggers into the back of his skull.
"Come on, Hugh-Man…I thought we just went there?" Lily asked with an irate tone before folding her arms over her chest with an added pout.
Hugo shrugged once more, he found that the best way to deal with his cousin was to in fact feign ignorance to any of her moods. After all he didn't have the heart or the urge to lose his head so he kept the fact quiet that the pair had in fact visited Obscurus Books, rather than Flourish and Blotts.
It was as his cousin Albus always said 'if you don't add fuel to the fire, it will just die out'
With his lack of answer Lily merely blew her fiery red bangs out of her eyes with a huff before abruptly heading in the direction of their next stop.
With the amount of people in the shopping district, actually getting to the north side of Diagon Alley where Flourish and Blotts was located took a lot longer than anticipated and Hugo was glad that Lily's earlier mood seemed to have been forgotten.
A loud shriek residing from the opposite side of the store alerted the pair of teenagers to a poor third year student who had fallen victim to the rather vicious Monstrous Book of Monsters. The poor boy was trying in vain to removing the snapping book from his face, while a woman who Hugo assumed to be his mother attempted prying the book away by its cover.
Hugo watched in a mixture of shock and surprise, he was somewhat confused as to why none of the bystanders had yet suggested stroking the books spine - though he doubted that anyone would want to get close to such a book.
"Now that is the best thing that's happened all day" Lily commented, a copy of Advanced Potion Theory IV open in her hands and a smile stretched across her lips. It were times like these where Hugo was seriously terrified of his cousin.
Hugo chose to busy himself with purchasing the rest of the books on his list. Rather than taking the minimum of four NEWT subjects during his sixth year, Hugo chose to take five, this meant that during his seventh year he would have an extra workload than the rest of his classmates.
Though he loved taking the combination of Defence against the Dark Arts (or DADA as it was more commonly known amongst the students), Charms, Ancient Runes and Potions. Though he sometimes Hugo felt as if he'd let himself into the seven levels of hell. Of course his parents had been more than supportive with his decision – it was only two years prior that his older sister Rose had decided to take six NEWT subjects!
Placing the copies of The Advanced Book of Spells and Ancient Runes for Mummies into his cauldron Hugo caught sight of the most beautiful woman he had seen. Her long silvery blonde hair was tied into a high ponytail, the tresses falling down to the small of her back. The lilac robes she wore fitted her slender curves nicely as well as allowing Hugo a slight glance of the porcelain skin of her legs.
Hugo noticed how even with her slightly above average height, the blonde was still having slight trouble reaching the stack of books placed on the highest shelf just out of her reach. Though before she could reach into her pocket of her robes and retrieve her wand, Hugo was instantly by her side and the copy of the book she had been attempting to reach held in his outstretched hands.
It took the woman a split second to register the book in his hands, and instantly the smile stretched across her pink lips quickly had Hugo frozen in his place.
"Oh Merlin, thank you!" She exclaimed before eagerly taking the book from his awaiting hands. "I honestly would have just dealt with a summoning charm…" She started, though Hugo was entranced by the way her steel grey orbs seemed to light up and how her smile caused his thoughts to become all jumbled.
He didn't even notice that due to his apparent lapse he was actually staring!
"Um…are you alright?" She asked, her head was slightly cocked to the side in curiosity and a brow was raised in confusion.
Hugo quickly spluttered as if gasping for air and though he was certain he was making a spectacle of himself in front of this beautiful women she was actually laughing.
"Um fine…I mean I'm fine" He quickly answered, though he momentarily scolded himself for sounding so ridiculous. It wasn't that he didn't know how to talk to women, he had dated a grand total of two girls in the past and though both Anna Boot and Josie Macmillan refused to outright acknowledge his presence he liked to think that he had a mediocre set of skills when talking to the opposite sex. However with this women he found that even his basic skills needed brushing up upon.
Before he could make any further plans to cast a disillusionment charm Hugo quickly shook his head which once again had the woman in front of him staring at him in confusion.
"Hugo" He said, his hand outstretched as if for her to take.
The woman raised a pale brow before wrapping her slender fingers around his own hand and gently shaking.
"Cassiopeia…" She answered, her lips once more stretched into a smile.
"Now that's a mouthful" He muttered, though once he saw the surprised look on Cassiopeia's face he suddenly realised that he had said it out loud.
His own embarrassment was short lived, though he was sure that he was currently an unflattering red colour to match his hair his eyes widened at the smile quickly replacing Cassiopeia's initial shock.
"Not the first thing people usually say but you hardly strike me as the 'usual' type" She commented with a slight shake of her head.
Though Hugo was slightly unsure whether to take the statement as compliment or not he was glad that she didn't seem to take his earlier statement to offense.
"Is the usual type…good?" He asked hesitantly.
"Of course not!" Cassiopeia stated as if he had asked her an impossible question "Usual is awfully boring, don't you think?" She asked with a slight grin.
Hugo nodded in agreement his thought drifting to his cousin Lily, she was hardly what a person would describe as usual due to her slightly whacky theories of conspiracy and strange interests yet Hugo thought that if she wasn't the way she was then his life would have been awfully boring.
"Guess I'll take it as a compliment" Hugo stated as he started heading to the cash desk to pay with Cassiopeia falling into step beside him.
He took another glance at her appearance, she didn't appear to be any older than he was which meant that she was between the ages of sixteen to eighteen however Hugo had never before seen her and judging by the book she had attempted to get she was still a student.
"So, you're studying Care of Magical Creatures?" He asked whilst gesturing to the book currently held in her arms.
She glanced down to the book before turning back to him with a nod "Uh huh, I'm taking it for NEWT level and honestly it's fascinating" She stated with childlike awe.
"Oh so you're a sixth year?" He asked with interest.
She giggled lightly before shaking her head a 'no' "So we're playing 'twenty questions'?" She asked with a smile.
"Oh sorry I didn't…" Hugo stuttered suddenly feeling embarrassed for asking so many questions.
Her eyes quickly widened before she shook her head "Oh Merlin, I was having a go at humour- honestly I'm terrible at this sort of thing since I'm about as funny as a flobberworm" She admitted with weak laughter.
Hugo snorted before shaking his head with disbelief "I know some pretty funny flobberworms" He teased.
"Okay now you're being mean" She deadpanned though Hugo noted the slight quirk of her lips. She walked up to the till point and handed quickly paid for her items, and Hugo was left marvelling at her slender form once more.
He couldn't actually believe that he, Hugo Weasley was actually talking to a girl! He wasn't as confident as his cousins, James and Fred for while they attended Hogwarts Hugo remembered how they often had trouble keeping the girls away from them. Even Albus, the slightly quieter of his cousins had his own fair share of the ladies, and though his cousin often preferred the longer relationships to James' frequent one night stands he still managed to easily charm the female population of the school.
Then there was Louis, his part veela cousin who practically had the girls eating out of the palm of his hands. His cousin possessed a natural allure and finesse which the girls fawned over and Hugo remembered on his cousin's graduation, many of the girls actually shed tears.
Once Hugo had purchased his rather large stack of books, he turned to find that Cassiopeia was already heading out of Flourish and Blotts. He quickly walked after and headed out back onto the shopping district.
He quickly caught up to her, lightly tapping her on the shoulder and thus causing her to jump in surprise. She swiftly turned to face him, her hand on her heart and her lips lightly parted.
"Merlin, Hugo…I was that close" She parted her forefinger and thumb slightly "From punching you in the face!"
"Sorry…I" He started however from the grin slowly forming her quickly realised that she was joking.
"I'm sorry. This has been the most fun I've had in ages" She stated with a grin "though I' dreading starting a new school so I'll take this last bit of happiness.
"New school?" Hugo asked with interest.
She nodded before hooking her bangs behind her ear "Oh I'm transferring schools for my last year"
"It wouldn't be Hogwarts?" Hugo asked with slight hope, though he doubted that the universe would grant him such a wish, after all things had been going a little too good for him now.
"Yes that's it!" She exclaimed and Hugo could have thanked his lucky stars there and then for granting him such luck. "I'm guessing that you go there too?" She asked with interest.
"Um yeah…I go there" He said with a voice that feigned coolness. He even through in a hair flip for good measure- though he instantly regretted it due to the attack of hair in his eyes.
"That's great, at least know I'll know more than one person" She said with relief, though Hugo suddenly felt himself stiffen with jealousy.
"You already know people?" Hugo asked quietly. After all she was gorgeous so it was likely that even not going to his school some other guy was bound to know her.
She didn't seem to register his distraught and happily nodded with a wide smile.
"Yes my brother, he goes there so I suppose you'll know him" She stated absently.
Brother…Hugo thought with relief At least I can stop cursing the universe he added with a slight smile.
"Oh brother, what did you say his name was?" He asked quickly, though before Cassiopeia could answer a tall, muscular blonde dressed in an expensive slim fitted tailored suit appeared by placing his hand almost possessively on Cassiopeia's shoulder and had begun sneering down at him.
Hugo quickly registered the sneering man as Altair Malfoy, a right it in his own year who seemed to think he was above everybody else. Though everyone knew that Altair was a metamorphmagus he still kept his hair to that pretentious shade of Malfoy blonde and it was rare to see him sport him with any other colour. Whenever Hugo thought of metamorhpmgi, he thought of his cousin Victoire's husband, Teddy. An easy going man with the tendency to trip over his own two feet and who'd often sported every single unnatural hair colour under the sun and a man who loved to entertain his children with his array of animal features.
Even though Altair's older brother Scorpius and Hugo's older sister Rose had been close friends, the younger of the Malfoy's still went out of his way to make Hugo's life a misery. He was constantly flanked by a band of his house's quidditch team and even if anyone looked at him the wrong way he used it as an excuse to hex them.
"What are you doing talking to Weasley?" Altair hissed whilst not taking any interest in Hugo.
Cassiopeia scoffed before brushing Altair's hand away from her shoulder "His name's Hugo and he was nice enough to accompany me in the book shop, which what you should've been doing" She snapped with a frown.
Hugo frowned, the way the two blondes were talking to each other he could have sworn that they had somehow already been acquainted. However as Hugo took a closer look at their features; their similar silvery blonde hair, sharp grey eyes and angular features he realised that they looked way too similar…
As if reading into Hugo's own thought process Altair draped an arm over Cassiopeia's shoulders and pulled her flush against his own form despite her obvious protests.
"Oh so I'm guessing that you've acquainted yourself with my baby sister, Cassiopeia Malfoy" He stated, his emphasis on the last name making Hugo cringe slightly.
Cassiopeia shoved her brother's arm away from her before glancing between the two men in front of her in shock and confusion.
"I thought the two of you would have been friends?!" She said with disbelief.
Altair snorted whilst Hugo frowned "Friends, with Weasley?" The blonde spat before releasing an icy laugh "Now that's Scorpius' job" He added with distaste. Cassiopeia shook her head before turning to face Hugo with an expression guilt.
"Hugo I'm so sorry about Altair-" Cassiopeia started, though Hugo's cold laughter quickly stopped her apology.
"So the two of you had this little scheme cooked up?" He asked with boiling anger which only continued to rise at the sight of Altair's growing smirk of satisfaction. Though he wasn't exactly the type to initiate arguments in the middle of busy walkways, his current state of mind wasn't willing to think rationally. Therefore Hugo ignored the strange looks of disgust and confusion from the passersby.
"What- no. Hugo We've only just met!" Cassiopeia protested "I generally enjoyed talking with you" She added sadly.
"Save it" He sneered at the blonde, though he ignored the stabbing feeling in his chest at how she instantly deflated and her features had contorted to a scowl identical to her brother's and her silvery blonde locks slowly darkened to a midnight black shade.
"Fine, if you're too stubborn to see that I genuinely enjoyed talking to you then I'll just take my scheming elsewhere" She hissed with a tone that chilled Hugo down to his spine. Before Hugo could even think of apologising Cassiopeia had swiftly turned and was storming through the shopping district with her brother trailing behind her.
"So who's the blonde?" Lily asked as she suddenly appeared beside him. Hugo started blankly at the place Cassiopeia had been and sighed.
"No one"
XOXO
"Why'd you have to be so bloody annoying?-" Cass screeched as both herself and her brother arrived back at their home- Malfoy Manor. At the loudness of her voice the portraits of her Great Grandparents Abraxus and Rochelle Malfoy quickly covered their ears.
Altair shrugged before carelessly using a levitating charm to hang his cloak up on the nearest cloak stand.
"That's a loaded question" He quipped before sauntering towards the manor's main living room "Mother, you home?" He loudly called out.
"You're infuriating!" She exclaimed, the manor's front doors slamming shut due to her outburst.
Cassiopeia loudly exhaled, honestly the first genuine friend she'd made since coming back home and Altair had to ruin it. During her time at Beauxbatons the way to stay 'relevant' was to befriend the right people and of course the children of many equally rich and influential pure blooded families attempted to befriend her.
At first like any teenager, Cassiopeia reveled in the attention, after all she had attended enough of her mothers social gatherings to recognize how important she was. And then there was this boy- Hugo who didn't want to befriend her on the basis of her social status, but actually wanted to know her. However to her surprise once he learnt her last name he didn't attempt to sweeten her up, no...he shunned her. It was then that Cassiopeia started to wonder if being a Malfoy was as great as her family made it out to be.
"Don't scream darling, or you'll end up with a voice like your Aunt Pansy" Her mother Astoria called out from in the living room.
Cassiopeia huffed before walking into the large darkly decorated room, like the rest of the manor it was decorated with to showcase the family's wealth and status in high society. Of course once she entered her prat of a brother was sitting next to their mother on one of the living rooms black stretched couches with his legs lazily propped over the arm rest.
Whilst her mother was busy reading the latest issue of the Prophet, Altair was peering over her shoulder in an attempt to read too.
"Cassiopeia why were you screaming like a banshee?" Astoria asked with her gaze never leaving the paper.
"Mother it was him!" She whined whilst pointing accusingly at her brother who only feigned innocence.
Astoria sighed before placing her paper down, though she loved all her children deeply she had to admit that the twins were much harder to manage than Scorpius was. Whereas Scorpius calm and often drifted in his bubble, the twins were rumbustious and always argued. Her husband had assured her that the disputes would stop once they aged, they only grew worse. However once they made the mutual decision to send Cassiopeia to Beauxbatons rather than to Hogwarts with her brothers, Astoria had hoped that the time apart would have made the twins appreciate each other more. Merlin was she wrong.
Spending the term apart seemed the twins to argue even more once they were reunited for the holidays and it had a poor Astoria counting down the days until the term started once again. However this year her husband had wanted their daughter to graduate closer to home and Astoria had been praying to all the deities that the Hogwarts professor's would be able to handle the two of them.
It was then that she heard the tell all 'CRACK' signifying her husband's arrival home that Astoria quickly rose from her seat and practically ran to the living room's door to great him.
"Thank Merlin you're home" Astoria gasped before pressing a chaste kiss against her surprised husband's lips.
Draco spared a glance to the bickering twins standing a few feet away from him, currently Cassiopeia had Altair in a head lock and despite the situation Draco found himself smirking at the scene.
"Draco!" Astoria scolded and thus causing his smirk to quickly disappear "This isn't a joke"
Draco sighed before pinching the bridge of his nose, he honestly hated when the twins fought and he often found himself wishing that they were more like their older brother Scorpius – now he was easy to deal with and was now off starting a family of his own.
"Of course not, though I'd have to admit that her headlock had gotten a lot better" He quipped with a slight quirk of his lips. Cassiopeia still had her brother and a headlock, however with his stronger build he was able to grab her by the waist and toss her to the stretched couch.
"Draco…" Astoria hissed in warning "Do something or I'll show you just how our daughter's fighting skills improved" She added with a sinister tone which promised the suffering which was to come.
Draco didn't need to be asked twice and he certainly didn't want to suffer under his wife's wrath so with a quick freezing charm both his children were frozen in place and rendered immobile. Draco then administered a levitating charm and placed the twins on opposite ends of the sofa and with a sticking charm managed to keep them in place.
Though both children struggled in vain to free themselves Draco put on his best scowl in order to scold them once more.
"Well?" He asked. He already knew who the initiator of the arguments were, it was always Altair. Ever since birth Altair had riled up his sister, at first it was crying loudly to wake her up, which evolved into taking her toys (despite having the exact same models) and now full on fights for the smallest things.
"He started it, he was being rude!-" Cassiopeia exclaimed whilst pointing at her brother.
"What do you expect, you were talking to Weasley" Altair snapped which quickly caught Draco's attention. Though his oldest son was on speaking terms with one of the many leaves of the Weasley tree, his youngest son seemed to share his distaste.
"Weasley?" Draco asked, his gaze now focused on his daughter.
She shrugged innocently under his gaze before gently curling a strand of silvery blonde hair around her finger.
"Daddy, he was just telling me about school…" She stated before turning to her brother "Because Altair left me all alone and I got lost...I could have died" She added sweetly, her steel grey eye wide with innocence.
"You left her alone in Diagon Alley?" Draco hissed.
Altair gulped slightly "This isn't about me, dad," He pointed at his sister who was still sitting sweetly despite still being stuck to the couch. "She was getting chummy with Weasley"
Draco sighed before shaking his head, he honestly didn't have the energy to deal with this and it seemed that his wife had given up before it had even begun.
"You," He pointed to his son "Don't leave your sister on her own" He stated and then he turned to his daughter who was now gently quivering her bottom lip whilst slowly widening her eyes and administering his one weakness. The puppy-dog eyes. Though he didn't want to admit it, Draco had a bit of a soft spot for his only daughter, though she was able to irritate him on end, her wide silver eyes were always able to soften him. His wife had warned him that she would soon have him wrapped around her tiny fingers and if Draco were honest his daughter had him hook line and sinker the moment he had first laid eyes on her
"Just stay away from Weasley" He said before quickly walking out of the living room in search of something strong to drink. Astoria sighed in disbelief for once again her husband had delivered a weak attempt to discipline the twins, and she too walked to find something to drink – preferable stronger than firewhiskey.
Once the door slammed signifying that both their parents had left them alone, the twins were plunged into silence.
"Cassie…?" Altair loudly whispered.
"We're not in a classroom Tai" Cassiopeia hissed, though Altair was grinning at the use of the nickname that only his twin used – it meant that she wasn't entirely mad at him.
"You know that we're still stuck to the couch…and I don't think that either of us have our wands" He stated.
Cassiopeia blinked, then she blinked again…
"Shit…"
A/N TIME:
OMG the first re-written chapter is up –woohoo!
Those who missed my last A/N this is a rewrite of a story which was currently in progress. I didn't like how it was progressing nor my OC.
However I've changed elements and to those who may have liked the original, I'm sorry for the rewrite but its just something which I had to do.
Anyway enough of that, and onto a poor Hugo who thought the worst of poor Cassiopeia. And then there's Father! Draco trying (and failing) on disciplining the twins much to Astoria's amusement.
Stay tuned for the next chapter where Hugo runs into Cassiopeia once more, Hugo experiences fear and Lily begins meddling.
This is heavensfairy signing off