Hey everyone! So DAMNINEEDANAME and I (ElizavetaLiliya) are collaborating on a story! We bring to you two original characters, Aries and Dahlia Eladorra! They are two spunky twins who seem to get themselves entwined with the infamous Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy.
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"Dahlia!"
The auburn haired girl screamed as she chased her twin sister down the hall, her messy waved hair fluttering behind. Her dark haired counter part, Dahlia, turned around and waved the notebook tauntingly in her face as she chuckled.
"Dahlia!" the girl screamed again, "Give it back! NOW!"
"No way, Aries!" Dahlia yelled back as she rounded the corner at the of the stairs, "You have been in your room all summer scribbling in this stupid thing!"
"Dahlia!" Aries shrieked as she jumped over the last few stairs, "MOM!"
As Dahlia and Aries fought and wrestled for the notebook they could hear their mother groan as she cooked breakfast in the kitchen, and their father chuckling as he read the morning paper.
"Dahlia, give your sister her notebook back," she said out of habit.
Siblings fight, especially sisters, and their mother was not shocked by their outbursts anymore. Claire Eladorra was only shocked once in her life … when the mediwitch told her she was having twins. Claire and her husband, Jasper, took the announcement in stride and have raised their daughters to strive for nothing less than downright success.
Aries angrily ripped the notebook out of her sister's grasp and checked thoroughly to make sure it wasn't damaged as Dahlia laughed at her and gave her a playful punch on the arm. Aries attempted to hit back but Dahlia dodged her.
"Girls, come sit down now, your mother made breakfast!" Jasper exclaimed as he watched his daughters bicker.
As the two sisters walked back with crossed arms, none of them would look at each other during breakfast, not saying a word.
"Dad, can I go meet Luna later? She wrote a letter to me. A random tea party." Said Aries as she nipped on some pumpkin juice.
Dahlia scuffed lowly and turned her face away, murmuring something under her breath that was not audible.
"Hm. I don't know, ask your mother."
"But Mom will say no!" groaned Aries and tried to avoid the stern glance from her mother or the mischievous grin coming from Dahlia.
"Yes, you can go." Declared Claire and Aries threw her sister a victorious smirk when she heard a gasp erupting from her.
"But Mom. What am I supposed to do then? Getting bored out of my mind?" Asked Dahlia with a voice of annoyance as nibbled on a cinnamon roll.
"You could clean up your room. It's a hot mess," said Claire with a large frown.
Aries was the one to grin now, causing Dahlia to bite her bottom lip in attempts to keep calm.
"I like my room the way it is. Besides. Aries's room is a mess, too."
"Yeah! Because you had to roam around for my journal!"
"Enough, girls. Enough." Groaned Jasper and everyone continued eating in silence.
Jasper looked at his daughters as they sat down at the table. Aries was his sweet girl with the bicolored eyes (right blue and left green) and long wavy auburn hair that lay messily upon her head similar to her mother's. Then there was Dahlia, his dark haired and blue-eyed beauty, who was a big troublemaker just like he was at her age.
"Finish your breakfast Aries, and then I'll floo there with you," Claire said before glaring at her other daughter, "and you missy, WILL clean your room up today!"
Dahlia leaned back in her chair and groaned as she crossed her arms over her chest. She mumbled something under her breath.
"Respect your mother Dahlia," her father scolded sternly.
Dahlia rolled her eyes and excused herself from the table as she stomped up the stairs loudly. Aries flinched as her sister slammed the bedroom door, which was a common occurrence in this house.
"Okay … well, can we go now?" Aries asked nervously.
Claire shook her head in agreement at her daughter and both fetched their cloaks and flooed over to the Lovegood's home.
…
As Claire and her daughter stepped out of the fireplace and into the Lovegood household Aries was immediately bombarded with a tight hug from Luna. Claire patted the light haired girl on the shoulder as she walked past the two gossiping girls and into the waiting arms of Xenophilius Lovegood. They embraced and greeted each other.
"Xenophilius! So good to see you!" Claire greeted happily, "I was hoping you could help me with something," she trailed off as the two walked down the spiral staircase into the man's workroom.
"Raxburts …" Luna randomly blurted.
"Yeah, I know. My mom's head is full of them! She's been troubled lately, hopefully your father can help her!" Aries said worriedly.
Nothing more was said on the matter and the girls talked and gossiped excitedly about the new upcoming year. After about an hour Aries's mother emerged back into the living room as she finished her conversation with Xeno.
"I expect you to floo home later tonight, is that clear?" Claire asked without waiting for an answer, "Don't stay too late."
Aries nodded at her mother before running outside, stumbling over her own feet as Luna pulled her along.
…
Back at the Eladorra household Dahlia stomped around her room as she picked up books, threw away random papers, and shoved clothes in drawers; not entirely sure which were dirty or which were clean.
"Seriously..." Dahlia mumbled. "Aries is allowed to have fun outside and I can just sit here and clean up?! That's not fair. That's not fair! Argh...oh I will repay her one of these days...just you wait, Aries..." And the last piece was stuffed into her closet.
Dahlia kept its doors close with her full body weight; with her hands still resting on the wood, she carefully pulled her arms away and exhaled deeply, feeling secure. Then she suddenly gasped and jumped to the side when the doors exploded open, causing all of the clothes to fly out and attack her, followed by her mother's voice coming from inside the closet, screeching "that's what you get from stuffing everything inside!". Dahlia panted heavily as she realized what just happened.
"A chaos-charm! Thanks mother! Thanks a lot!" Dahlia rolled her eyes and kicked a random plush-toy away in anger.
The sisters had not spoken a single word with each other for the rest of the day.
…
A couple of weeks later, the Eladorra twins were listening attentively to their mother's warnings about the upcoming shopping trip.
"Yes, Mom. Other students are doing it on their own, too...and they are fine..." Said Aries.
"I don't care about others! I care about you two. And listen to me. I want you to stay away from any dangerous place. Stay away from Knockturn Alley." She sighed as she handed over the lists for the new year when Aries held out her hand in passive annoyance, "And don't talk to strangers!" she yelled as they left.
When the sisters left, Claire did not notice that Dahlia had not said a single word throughout the whole conversation.
"Let's go." Giggled the raven haired girl, pulling Aries ahead and they disappeared into Diagon Alley.
"Okay. So first we have … a new cauldron, size 14. Copper." Said Aries while she read the list; Dahlia only looked around.
"Hey, did you hear me?!" Grumbled Aries and rolled the list to smack her sister's head with it but Dahlia managed to tilt her head away just in time.
"Yes, how could I not hear your annoying voice? Cauldron, size 14. Copper. There! Let's go." Dahlia pointed at a store and walked on ahead; Aries followed with a hint of pouty lips.
As the two girls walked inside Potage's, Dahlia's eyes trailed out of the windows. She thought she had seen a classmate with whom she always got along with quite well but her attention was dragged back by Aries.
"Got them." Said the amber haired girl and her sister nodded.
"Good, now let's just grab them and pay, then get out. The air in here is horrible..." Groaned Dahlia as she looked around but ignored the frown coming from an elderly man by the counter.
Aries sighed at her sister but did not further comment it while she paid for the cauldrons that would now serve as some sort of bag to store all the other equipment in; it was a common picture in the wizarding world somewhen before term started to see a bunch of Hogwarts students running around with packed cauldrons.
"What's the matter?" Asked Dahlia her ever so quiet sister as they walked ahead towards Madam Malkins shop to get new school robes.
"Do you always have to state what's on your mind? You are too blunt, Dahlia..."
"Pshe! I'm not blunt? It's just the truth, I mean, why don't they simply open a window in that shop?"
Aries just glared at her sister but did not further say anything as they entered the next store.
"Hello my dear girls. How can I help you?" Asked a woman with a hearty voice and walked towards the twins with a bright smile.
"We need new school robes and..." Aries glanced to the list again. "And a gown for a-"
"Huh? A gown for the 'Enchanted Venetian Masked Ball'?" Interrupted Dahlia as she ripped away the list from Aries's hand, then both of them glanced at each other in a puzzled manner.
"Oh yes, you aren't the first ones with that order; sixth year, is it?" Asked Madam Malkins and the twins nodded.
"Okay, follow me." Said the woman.
They walked over to the back of the store where Madam Malkins had a large variety of ball gowns packed neatly in see-through material.
"Uuuh, I love the black one over there!" Squeaked Dahlia in joy while Aries preferred to walk towards lighter, in her opinion friendlier colors.
"A ball gown...doesn't it have to be rather...big?" Asked Aries in a voice that almost sounded worried, she never wanted to stick out too much nor be the center of everyone's attention.
"Yeah, kind of." Responded Dahlia and held different gowns to her body as she checked herself in the mirror.
"But what about the masks?" She asked.
Aries shrugged but answered after reading on.
"It says here that we should not buy any masks, that we will learn how to make some during Transfiguration."
"That's fun." Said Dahlia almost absentmindedly as she flicked her thick and long raven hair over her shoulder to observe the gown she held to her body.
"What do you think about this?" She asked and turned to her sister and Aries nodded.
"It's black, it has about a hundred layers, ruffled, a lot of lace ... about right to have all eyes on you." She said with eyes rolling slightly.
Aries loved her sister but she just could not understand why she was so different, even though they were twins. They did not look the same and barely had the same interests or hobbies, or views. They did not completely notice until the sorting hat put Aries in Ravenclaw and Dahlia in Slytherin.
"Aren't you going to try it on?" Asked Aries but Dahlia shook her head.
"No. It's my size. It will fit. Now come on, choose a gown already."
"Give me a break, okay? I'm trying..." Hissed Aries and walked past her sister, looking through another stand full of ball gowns.
"I am in love with this one..." Said the girl and held up a pastel purple colored gown to her body that had some golden thread embroidery, it did not jump right into one's eye but it was a subtle, yet effective embellishment.
"Hn..yeah it's quite nice." Said Dahlia and pointed ahead.
"Let's pay."
"Pay? No, I have to try it on first." Frowned Aries and walked past her annoyed sister.
Aries walked past her scowling sister and into one of the few dressing rooms to try on the gown.
"Aries! You're taking forever!" Growled Dahlia after having waited for ten minutes in front of the cabins.
She had already paid her dress and it was prepared to be sent to Hogwarts by Malkin's service, pretty convenient, now that she thought of it. Dahlia wanted out of this shop, she didn't want to wait for her sister to keep trying on dresses. The dark haired girl looked around quickly and when she didn't hear a response from her twin she quietly left the shop and headed to the dark path leading to Knockturn Alley.
"I'm not too sure. Will you get me the same in another size please?" Said Aries as she looked at herself in the mirror, frowning at the loose fabric on her body.
A pale haired woman browsing through gowns who had silently watched the twins from afar noticed how the one sister left her counterpart behind.
"Dahlia?" Aries called out again, "Can you get me a smaller size please?"
The older woman walked over to a rack and picked up the dress she saw the younger girl walk into the dressing cabin with and silently tossed the dress up and over the top of the door, letting go when she felt the girl tug on it. After a few minutes the woman heard the meek girl speak again.
"I think this looks really good! Will you tell me what you think?" Aries said excitedly as she made her way out of the changing room.
As Aries stepped out in the flowing floor length gown she stopped in her tracks as she was met with an older woman and not her dark haired sister. Her mouth fell open in both shock and awe, she's so beautiful, Aries thought to herself. She shook her head with a confused look on her face at her previous thought.
The woman watched the girl try to figure out what was happening, and a small smile spread on her face at how cute the girl looked confused. She took this moment to look the girl up and down and really take in her appearance; her slim figure that the dress tightly clung to before it flowed down from her waist. The older woman cocked her head to the side as she took in the girl's soft features , pale and supple lips, and her bi colored eyes; one blue and one green. How endearing, the woman thought to herself as she smirked.
"Um … have you seen my sister?" Aries asked the woman hesitantly, "She kind of looks like me … but black hair …"
"She left a bit ago," The woman chuckled, "The dress is beautiful by the way, but not as beautiful as the person it's on."
The woman winked and Aries felt her mouth go dry; she swallowed loudly and kept smoothing down the dress as she stood there awkwardly.
"Oh," the woman suddenly exclaimed, causing the girl to jump in surprise, "Where are my manners! Narcissa. Narcissa Malfoy," she introduced herself as she stepped forward with her hand extended.
"A-Aries," she stuttered, "Aries Eladorra."
"The pleasure is mine," Narcissa lifted the girl's hand and placed a soft kiss on top, "Aries," she let the name roll seductively off her tongue.
"Ditto …" Aries responded awestruck.
Narcissa dropped the girl's hand and stepped forward even closer to the girl. Aries looked to meet the woman's pale blue eyes. The older woman began fussing with the girl's dress, fixing the skirt, and stepping behind the girl. As she stood behind Aries she grabbed up some hair and let her fingers caress the bare neck that was now getting goosebumps.
"For the ball you ought to wear your hair back," Narcissa whispered into the girl's ear, smirking at the slight shiver it brought.
Aries nodded slightly before turning her head away from the reflection in front of her. She felt like the pit of her stomach was full of fluttering butterflies and she felt like if she watched in the mirror any longer her knees might buckle, she'd never felt anything like that before.
"I should uh probably get changed and go find my sister …" Aries said as she excused herself back to the dressing room to change.
After changing back into her regular clothes she exited the small changing cabin to see Narcissa still standing there. Aries walked past her, taking the dress to the counter to pay and have it packaged.
"It was a pleasure to meet you Miss Eladorra, I hope we run into each other again," Narcissa said smoothly, giving the girl a wink.
Before the Ravenclaw could even respond, the alluring woman turned on her heel and exited the store; disappearing into the sea of people quickly.
Dahlia's eyes twinkled in excitement as she gazed into shops and other locations. Diagon Alley was so boring, she thought. And at Diagon Alley she could never get that one thing she's been wanting to have for so long. Dark hooded figures walked past the raven haired girl, eying her presence up and down curiously but Dahlia merely walked past them as though she knew the place by heart and to some extent, she did. With a sharp turn to the left, she walked around a corner and aimed down through the deserteded place, further into the foggy and dusty darkness of Knockturn Alley.
After another turn, Dahlia was where she wanted to be, she glanced up to a shop's sign and grinned, nodded, reassuring herself, then walked ahead. The small stairs creaked with each step the girl took and she was soon in a room that contained a couple of couches, red curtains and a dark haired man with fringy hair standing behind a counter. He did not seem to have noticed Dahlia yet as she glanced around and looked at the various colorful pictures on the walls but aimed straight ahead towards the man who took a couple of seconds to look up from his magazine in boredom, then threw his head back with a frown once he spotted the beautiful girl standing in his shop.
"Oh … hello pretty. What do you want?"
Dahlia looked at him, her eyes narrowed, her tongue moved to her front teeth where she bit down in an attempt to swallow a comment but was not successful.
"A cookie. I came here for a cookie!" Muttered Dahlia, then rolled her eyes and looked at him.
"A tattoo of course." She added and he laughed.
"What kind of tattoo?" Asked the man with a raspy voice and a grin on his thin lips as Dahlia pointed behind him towards a picture.
"Oh." He frowned. "Sure about that?"
Dahlia nodded with a smirk and the man looked at her for a few more moments but pulled out his wand and nudged his chin ahead.
"Over there, go sit down on the red couch."
Dahlia did without any hesitation and walked on over to the red couch in the back of the room. It was placed towards a window. The couch had no armrests or anything else, it was merely a spot to sit on.
"Where do you want it?"
"Back of my neck." She said. Her mother would not spot it there for a while.
"Alright. It will sting. But it will be done in no time at-"
"Then start." Said Dahlia simply, glancing behind her shoulder over to him.
The man grinned and started disinfecting the spot once he brushed her hair aside and without a warning, he continued with the tip of his wand to Dahlia's skin and it hurt awfully as he traced along; magically burning the upside-down pentagram onto her. Dahlia's pained glances wandered out of the window as she bit the inside of her mouth. There was not a single person walking around this place, it was a rather deserted location.
"You're done." Said the man after a while and leaned away from Dahlia.
He turned the couch away towards a mirror and held up a smaller one to her back so she could see the reflection of her beautiful black pentagram on the back of her neck. Dahlia nodded in agreement.
"Good. Thanks." She said and got up but swallowed a wince when she moved her head too quickly for the irritated skin. "Ngh...how much do you get?"
"Fancy some other type of payment?" He asked with a smirk and the tip of his tongue wandered to the corner of his mouth. Dahlia glared at him as she spoke.
"No, I don't."
"Pity..." He sighed and moved over to the counter. "30 Galleons then."
"30 Galleons?!" Gasped Dahlia and pushed her hands to her hips. "For a simple black tatt-"
"Fancy the other payment instead?" He grinned darkly and Dahlia looked at him curiously, then sighed with a nod.
"Maybe...you're right. Yeah. I am in need for some...physical interaction..." She grinned and bit her bottom lip as she started to play with her black and white striped blouse.
She continued to unbutton it slowly, letting him see the soft red fabric of her bra that held her luscious breasts together firmly as she clutched tightly onto her blouse and asked.
"Are you...into bondage?" She purred into his ear and walked him backwards to the red couch she used to sit on.
The view between his legs answered her question as she sat on his lap with her open blouse and exposed bra facing the window. Dahlia started to grind against him as she pulled his wand away, leaning into him when he wanted to protest.
"It's more fun when I have full control..." She whispered and his pants tightened yet even more.
Dahlia raised her wand and began to bind him to the couch magically as she smirked, kissed his cheek and looked up. At that precise moment, she glanced out of the window and met a pair of black eyes of a woman with dark curly hair and red lips. Dahlia's mouth gapped open slightly, she had seen her before on various newspapers during her fifth year, her eyes widened and those of the woman's narrowed in delight, she winked at Dahlia, her eyes trailed down to the girl's exposed bra before she was out of sight. But not out of Dahlia's mind.
"Hey...continue..." Said the ignorant male voice from below.
Dahlia merely looked at him in amusement and got up, fixed her blouse, leaving him and his proudly standing manhood right in front of the window as she vanished from the shop, not caring about the echoing yells and cussing. Dahlia walked out of the building but she stopped dead in her tracks. Only a few feet in front of her, there was that woman again. She merely leaned against the bricked wall with her wand in her hands and her red lips curled into a smirk. Her black eyes followed Dahlia who, by now terrified, hurried away as fast as she could.
Away from Bellatrix Lestrange.