I Won't Give Up
"I won't give up on us even if the skies get rough."
Andromeda Black, of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, in her time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns that sometimes what your heart has to say is far more important than what others have to say. Even if they're your family.
An Andromeda Black & Ted Tonks story
~ Prologue ~
Andromeda Artemis Black was, like the rest of her family, sorted into Slytherin House on September the first, 1964 at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Andromeda tossed her light brown hair over her shoulder in a pompous manner as she gracefully slid off the stool, on which she was Sorted into Slytherin, and walked over to her new House's table to join her sister.
Bellatrix Black, with her wild dark hair and black eyes gave her sister an approving look as she sat down beside her.
Andromeda looked around at her fellow Housemates some of which, were looking back at her with some kind of respect. She assumed that it came with her surname. She watched as the Sorting continued with Thomas Clare who was sorted into Gryffindor.
Beside her Bellatrix huffed.
"Mudblood," she said under her breath.
Andromeda look at her in confusion.
"What does that mean?" She whispered to her sister.
"It means that they were born of a Muggle family and are not of pure blood." Andromeda wrinkled her nose in disgust. "But don't let mother catch you saying that," Bellatrix continued. "It's 'unladylike' and we all know how terrible that is."
"How many of them are there, Bella?" Andromeda asked as if concerned that she would catch a rapidly spreading virus.
"Far too many. Like this next one," her sister nodded to a young boy, Ted Tonks, as he was called up to the stool. "Have you ever heard that name? Tonks?" She shook her head. "Every witch and wizard worth associating with has heard the name of Black!"
Andromeda nodded enthusiastically but she did not realize, that in the years to come, she would discover how truly wrong that statement really was.