World's Longest Author's Note:
Good news.
I have finally gotten this to a place where I am going to update. I started this story I think when I was 14 or 15, and now I'm on my way to college. As you can imagine, I have grown as a writer and a person and thus so have my characters. I'm now in a better frame of mind to maturely follow a story from start to finish. So, I am going to begin uploading again.
I currently have 7 finished chapters, which does not sound like a lot until you realize that my "Chapter Four" in my old posting has ended up in the middle of Chapter Three. And, the reason I am not finished through Chapter 12 is because it is hard for me to write about a place I've never been to (you'll learn what that's about soon) and because it's been hard for me to write a year's worth of letters (intrigued yet?).
That being said, I have already written them together, I am just playing catch up at this point to fill in the details. I hope those of you who've added me to alert are still even into reading this. I'm going to post the first four revised chapters, chapters which actually do feature things you've never read, today. After that, I am making a commitment to posting at the very least every other Saturday, and hopefully more frequently. So, if I haven't posted Chapter 5 by the 30th, feel free to mow me over.
Now, here it is
~~~~Delicate~~~~
Introduction
Astoria Greengrass spent her entire life being delicate. Her cousin Daphne was the wild one, hair like fire, eyes like the sky at midnight, and she held herself with the air of one who was going to be a millionaire one day. Daphne was any man's wet dream, untamable enough to be worth the challenge, gentle enough to possess that unmistakable womanly quality, slender enough to seem fragile, but spirited enough to seem fun. Her beauty was boundless, her grace effortless, and everyone saw her as the perfect everything.
You might wonder why Astoria cared so much about Daphne, but the truth is, it was hard not to. Everyone in her family compared them, because they were the closest in age. But it was also more than that. Astoria was born small, very petite, with curly platinum hair, and wide misty grey eyes that changed with her clothing. Daphne was born large but slim, with stick straight red hair and those disturbingly beautiful eyes. Astoria always stayed small. Around her family she always faded into the background, except when relatives questioned why she wasn't more like her cousin. Everyone knew Daphne, she was almost everyone's favorite, and at every family event at least 6 people chose to stand in awe of her. She got to go to Hogwarts, while Astoria was sent to Beauxbatons to learn to be ladylike.
Not to say that Astoria was not beautiful. She was a Greengrass, which comes with flawless skin, perfectly tamable hair, natural grace and charm, a beautiful figure, and that heart melting smile. At Beauxbatons she was almost untouchable, everyone knew and loved her. It would have been perfectly alright except that the Greengrasses don't live in France. And once Astoria was finished at Beauxbatons, as a respectable pureblood the next step was to get married to a respectable pureblood man.
Easier said than done.
