Wow, I finally have a new story to put up here, after Lord knows how long of a writer's block. I hope you like it. For those of you that read my Twilight story Inferno for My Broken Heart I apologize for my recent lack of updates…I was hit hard and fast with writer's block and still have absolutely no inspiration for that story. :'(
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Harry Potter or any of the characters or ideas associated with it. I do, however own the original characters Desdemona, Alexandria, and Ramses. Addison is owned by my friend Kimmy-chan and Thorn is based on my friend Rosie but owned by me…do NOT insult any of them seeing as Desdemona is partially based off of me and Alexandria is partially based off of one of my all time best friends known mostly to me as the werewolf girl…you know who you are ;p
Enough of my overly long A/N…enjoy the story and please review with constructive criticism or helpful ideas to stave off any possibility of writer's block.
Against the Odds
A Harry Potter Fanfic by xXPsychoXx
Chapter One
I felt the heavy weight of my reticulated python, Draconis, coiled on top of me as I slowly slipped into consciousness. I groaned. It was the first time I had slept in months.
"Risssse, Draconissss." I hissed in parseltongue. Draconis hissed in reply and slowly uncoiled his thickly muscled twenty-eight foot long frame. He slid to the floor with a loud thump as I threw the blankets from my body and swung my feet over the edge to meet the floor. The hardwood was pleasantly cold against my feet. I yawned widely and rose to my feet, walking swiftly into the bathroom joined to my large bedroom. I stripped out of my black shorts, tank top, and underwear before stepping into the shower. I turned the water on as hot as I could take it, not caring as my skin turned bright red under the assault of the near boiling water. I washed and conditioned my hair thoroughly with my Japanese Cherry Blossom shampoo and conditioner before thoroughly scrubbing my body with my exfoliating Japanese Cherry Blossom body scrub. I shaved quickly before shutting off the water and stepping out of the shower. I wrapped a fluffy black towel around my naked form and walked back into my room to dress. I toweled off quickly and pulled on an emerald green bra and thong set. Next, I selected a pair of black and green Tripp pants that clung to my hips and ass then flared out. They were very long and created pools of black cloth at my feet, completely hiding my shoes from view, the bottom hems were tattered from being walked on for so long. The stitching was emerald green and straps of the same color attached to D-rings on my back pockets and chains attached to them crossed at my knees making an x before looping back to connect to another set of green straps attached to my front pockets. Cargo pockets resided on the outer sides of each leg, chains dangled from each one. Handcuffs hung from the front left belt loop. I slid a black and green studded black leather belt with a snake head belt buckle through the belt loops to hold my pants up. After that I pulled on a tight black ribbed tank top with a skull and crossbones printed across the chest just under the words 'Death is just the beginning' written in the font from 'Blade2' in emerald green. Over that I pulled on a black modified straight jacket with chains and buckles wrapped around and hanging from the arms and midsection. Lastly I pulled on chunky, knee height lace up combat boots with a two inch platform sole. I walked across the room and sat at my desk to rifle through my jewelry box. I pulled out a black leather choker with a silver snake pendant with emeralds for eyes hanging from it. Next I slipped a stainless steel curved barbell with a skull and crossbones dangling from it into my belly button. Then I slid a black curved, cone tipped barbell into my eyebrow and a matching set of round curved spike tipped barbells into my snake bites. I left my usual steel barbell in my tongue, and a thin silver hoop was put in my nose. I placed onyx and emerald studs in the two piercings in my earlobes and silver cone tipped barbells in my two industrials. I searched through my jewelry box some more and found what I was looking for, a steel ring in the shape of a snake that coiled around my finger and had emerald eyes, I slid it onto my right middle finger. I slid another steel ring in the shape of a skull onto my right thumb. Lastly I slid a silver ring set with an onyx stone onto my left middle finger, my mother's wedding ring. I towel dried my short hair as I made my way back to my bathroom. I tossed my towel over the shower curtain rod to dry and stood in front of the recently defogged mirror to do my hair and makeup. I gazed at my reflection, staring indifferently at the dark circles that permanently surrounded my mismatched honey gold and ice blue eyes. I glanced away from the mirror as I heard the pounding footsteps advanced passed my room and down the hall to the only other room on the top floor of our mansion, my twin sister Alexandria's room. It sounded like Lucius was having a bad day. I chuckled as I heard my sisters bedroom door slam into the wall.
"Get up you lazy twit!" Lucius commanded my sister. I hissed under my breath. If he disrespected my sister one more time he'd wish he'd never been born.
"I'm up, Lucius, I'm up. Get the hell outta my room before I set Harpy after you." Lexi threatened. I chuckled, she was learning. Lucius stomped and I heard him slam the door shut and storm back down the hall and continue down the stairs. I returned my attention to my reflection in the mirror. My raven colored hair shined serpentine emerald green under the bathroom lights. I reached up into the cabinet and pulled out my hair gel; filling my palm with the goo I rubbed it into the back of my hair, styling it into messy black spikes. I straightened my bangs so that they angled down from the left to the right, hiding my honey colored eye from view. Then I lined my eyes heavily with black eye liner, hiding the dark circles of insomnia. I quickly brushed my teeth, smirking as the light glinted off of my extra long eye teeth. I heard Lexi's flip flops pad down the hall as I made my way back into my room. She pounded on my door.
"Yeah, yeah, come in Lexi." I called through the cherry wood door as I searched my nightstand for my phone. Finally I gave up on looking for it the Muggle way.
"Accio iPhone!" I called, waving my dark, monterillo wood wand slightly. The core of my wand was a Basilisk fang, very good for charms, hexes, and dark magic; combined with the wood of my wand, it was formidable with hexes and curses. The base of the wand was carved with a pentagram with an emerald inlayed at the center, and twining their way of from that pentagram were two snakes, their heads coming to rest just short of the wand tip, which was as sharp as any blade, and if set at your throat with enough pressure, would draw blood. My black iPhone soared across the room and into my extended hand. I slid it into my pocket. I picked up my wallet and shoved it into my back pocket and shoved my keys into one of my front pockets. My iPod went into one of my other front pockets. I slid a black messenger bag across my body from left shoulder to right hip. A black and green yin yang symbol decorated the front flap of the bag, on one side of the symbol a black dragon rips itself free of the black side of the symbol while a green snake slithers its way from the white side, both hissing at each other. I turned to look at my sister as I pocketed my wand, quite a bit of its thirteen and three quarter inch length stuck out.
"Whaddya want?" I asked as I glanced at her form. She was lithe and thin, like me. Big chested, toned arms, muscular legs, pale skin. We are amazingly pale for having a half Spanish mum. Our faces showed our Spanish heritage though with a squared jaw, full lips, large eyes, thick perfectly arched eyebrows, and dark hair. Her eyes were the exact opposite of mine though. While my right eye was a warm honey gold her's was an icy blue, and where my left eye was icy blue her's was a warm honey gold. I hid my honey gold eye from view with a curtain of my black hair while she hid her blue eye with her own curtain of long black hair. While my hair was short and spiked, hers was long, to about the small of her back and held back in a loose braid with an angled fringe of black hair hiding her blue eye from the world. Ripped and torn faded jeans clung to her hips with the help of a gold and black studded belt with a hawk head for a belt buckle. A tight black t-shirt stretched across her torso, stopping only three inches above the low rising top of her jeans. A red-tailed hawk was printed across the chest of her shirt, looking as if it was flying right at you. Below the hawk 'Harpy' was written in the 'Buffy' font in gold. Black two inch platform flip flops adorned her feet showing off her newly painted black toenails. A black messenger bag, similar to mine hung across her body from right shoulder to left hip. Her's, like mine, bore a yin yang symbol, but her's was black and red with a red tailed hawk and a tiger. I could see the handle of her light wooded wand sticking out from her pocket, thirteen and three quarter inches of white oak with a dragon heartstring core. It was the perfect wand for her kind of magic, exceptional hexes and great defensive spells. Its design was similar to mine, with a pentagram carved into the handle and inlaid with a ruby at its center, but after that the design varied greatly. Instead of having serpents slithering up the length, there was a band of Celtic knot work spanning from the pentagram all the way around and meeting the other side of the pentagram. Then the image of a Celtic hawk with outstretched wings took up most of the wand. Its body began just above the pentagram, its tail feathers almost touching the rim, then it stopped five inches from the tip, with its head angled so one ruby inlaid eye could glare at you. Its outstretched wings wrapped around the wand, overlapping each other, one wing tip ending right at the razor sharp tip of the wand.
"Nothing, just wanted to remind you that dad wants to talk to us about something. I think we're switching schools or something now that he's back. He wants us to do fifth through seventh years somewhere other than the Black Forest Academy of Sorcery. I dunno why though." She said, "Oh, and by the way, you can get in serious trouble for using magic underage."
"Oh, shut it, Cornelius Fudge is a right git and you know it. He wouldn't dare call underage sorcery on me anyway, I'm a Riddle. Not to mention you have absolutely NO room to talk. We've both been using magic since before we could walk. Dad made sure of that." I replied hotly. She chuckled and soon after I joined in as we left my room, shutting my door behind us, and made our way down the hall and stairs. Our dad was waiting for us in the living room, Wormtail and Lucius standing by his sides like sentinels. I held in a scoff.
"You wished to speak with us, Father." Lexi said formally as we inclined our heads slightly in respect.
"Yess, we will be discussing your new school arrangements and the purpose for which you will be switching schools. Next year is your initiation into the Death Eaters, but until then you will be attending Hogwarts to keep an eye on both Dumbledore and your good for nothing cousin, Harry Potter." He spat the name. Yes, Lord Voldemort is indeed our father, and yes he did say that Harry Potter is our cousin. Our mother was his father's older half sister, the product of James' dad and a Spanish witch that he had met sometime when he was away working with the Ministry. When dad killed Uncle James and Aunt Lily, she went mad with grief. She took care of us until we were old enough to go to school, which for us was age nine, before offing herself. Dad had been a spirit since the accident at the Potter's household. We had practically raised ourselves until just last year when dad regained a body.
"You have two weeks to get your supplies and prepare for your journey. Lucius has your tickets and has had Headmaster Alaric Steinhart send Dumbledore your transfer documents. Your brother, Ramses, is already there waiting for you. He has taken up the position of teaching a new class, in order to keep an eye on your progress as well as gather information. I am sure you will be able to find your own way to the train station." Voldemort rasped.
"Yes, Father." We chorused.
"Very good, girls, now Lucius will give you your tickets and your supply lists. I expect you to be finished buying supplies at the end of the day." He said. Lucius handed us the papers.
"Yes, Father." We stated, once again simultaneously. Once we were sure he had finished speaking, we turned and headed towards the kitchen.
"I wonder if Harry remembers us. And I wonder if he'll believe that we aren't really as bad as dad is." Lexi said as we walked into the kitchen. I grabbed an apple and jumped up to sit on the black marble countertop of the island. I took a crunching bite.
"I dunno, which house do you think we'll get, Lexi?" I spoke once I had swallowed. I took another bite.
"I hope I get Gryffindor, not only are the house colors my favorite, but I'll be closer to Harry." She said. I swallowed my bite of apple.
"No way," I said as she munched on a granola bar, "I want to be in Slytherin, I'd fit in better there. And the colors and animal are awesome."
"Don't fool yourself, Dess; you know you just want Slytherin because you've got the hots for a certain pale blonde, blue eyed Malfoy." Lexi taunted around bites of granola.
"Whatever, I despise Lucius, so why would I ever be attracted to his son. Everyone knows that Draco will just be another Lucius." I countered. She frowned. I could tell she didn't believe me, but from the look on her face I knew she would drop it, for now. My sister and I finished our meals rather quickly before setting off to Diagon Alley. I followed my sister over to the large black stone faced fire place in the center of our living room.
"Why must we always travel by floo? I mean really, why can't we just fly, it's so much cleaner?" I asked as Lexi scooped up a palm full of sparkling green powder.
"Because, Dess, you know how much trouble we'd get in if we were caught. You can't just decide to fly right into Diagon Alley on a Firebolt and call it a day. Fudge would have a right field day if you did. It doesn't help that half of the wizarding world hates us just because of daddy dearest." Lexi said exasperatedly.
"Well excuse me Miss Never-breaks-the-rules. Flying is so much better than floo, you don't have to worry about getting stuck in the wrong place because of a sneeze or a mispronunciation." I replied. We had variations of this argument every time we had to travel by floo; it was practically rehearsed by now. She just shook her head and stepped into the fireplace.
"Diagon Alley!" She shouted as she dropped the floo powder to the floor of the fireplace. She disappeared in a swirl of soot and green flames leaving me to follow. I grumbled and scooped up a handful of the powder before stepping into the fireplace.
"Diagon Alley!" I said loudly, dropping the powder. My ears popped as I sped through the fireplace. Opening after opening shot past my vision. Soot swirled around me, choking me. I was enveloped in the heat of the flames that licked my skin but did not burn. Seconds that felt like hours later I tumbled out of the fireplace at the Leaky Cauldron. I coughed up soot as I stood and brushed myself off. Luckily, soot never shows up on black clothes. I fixed my hair and straightened my clothes then looked at my reflection in the women's loo to make sure that I didn't have any soot on my face or anything else. Once I was pleased that I was presentable, I left the loo and joined back up with my sister. We left the Leaky Cauldron, entering Diagon Alley through the doorway hidden in the brick wall.
"Where to first, Dess?" Lexi asked as we stood in the Alley. I pointed at a large, oddly shaped white building.
"Let's head over to Gringotts to pick up some money." I said. She nodded and followed me to the building.
"Hey, you think we might run into Harry and his friends or Draco and his lackeys?" Lexi asked as we stepped into the bank.
"I dunno, maybe." I replied. We fell silent as we walked past the several patrons going in and out of the bank, as well as several goblins going about their business. We stepped up to one of the tellers. He was an average goblin, as average as goblins come anyway, with exceptionally sharply pointed teeth. It looked as if his mouth was full of razorblades.
"We'd like to make a withdrawal." Lexi said.
"Name." The goblin growled.
"Desdemona and Alexandria Riddle." I answered. The goblin's eyes narrowed slightly and he rummaged around for our key. He handed us our key and called over a goblin, Griphook, to escort us to our vault. We followed the goblin to a cart which sped us off into the deep depths of the bank so we could get to our vault. Ours was one of the heavily protected ones, closest to where the dragon was rumored to live. We jolted to a stop in front of our vault.
"Vault six hundred thirteen." Griphook said in a rasping, slightly high pitched voice. We stood behind him as he dragged one, long, claw-like nail down the center of the vault door. We heard several mechanical clicks as the door opened up to reveal a key hole.
"If anyone but a Gringotts Goblin tried that they would've been sucked into the door and trapped there." He said. My sister and I exchanged glances.
"How often do you check the door to see if anyone is in there?" Lexi asked.
"We check every ten years or so," He said with a twisted sort of smirk, "key, please." I handed him the ornate gold key. He slid it in and opened the lock with a metallic click. The door swung wide, revealing mountains of galleons, sickles, and knuts. We each grabbed a large amount of all three of the coins filling both our pockets and our bags. We backed away from the vault, and the goblin closed it behind us. We sped back to the main portion of the bank and requested permission to keep our vault key. The goblin glared slightly but allowed us to keep it, so I slipped it onto a dog tag chain and hung it around my neck. We left the bank quickly in search of our next stop.
"So, sis, where to next?" I asked as we stood out in the morning sunlight. She shrugged.
"I dunno, you're the one with the list. Now come on, let's hear it." She said. I sighed.
"Fine, the list says, 'Students will require: three sets of black work robes, one black pointed hat, one pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar), one black winter cloak. Please note that all students' clothes should carry name tags. All students should have a copy of the following: Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk, A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot, Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling, A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllidia Spore, A Master's Guide to Magical Potions and Brews by Arsenius Jigger, The Monster Book of Monsters by Griffin Karkinos, Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard. Students will also need: a standard size 2 pewter caldron, a set of glass or crystal phials, a telescope, a set of brass scales, and may also bring and owl OR cat OR toad. 'Well then, looks like we can probably get away with cutting this list in half since we have most of this stuff already. Honestly, I think they gave us the first year's list and just changed a few of the books around." I said. Lexi looked at me for a moment.
"I think we should get on to Madam Malkin's for our robes then." Lexi said. I shrugged and followed her down the alley to the store. The store had a simple front, two large glass windows to either side of a cherry wood front door with a stained glass window in the upper half. A beautiful ruby colored set of women's dress robes decorated the window to the right of the door while a simple set of everyday robes of black crushed velvet took up center stage in the window to the left of the door. Madam Malkin could be seen in the store through the open door, her squat frame moving about the store flitting from customer to customer and fitting them for robes. She had mousy brown hair kept back in a bun and a permanent smile etched on her face. She was dressed entirely in mauve.
"Can't say much about her fashion sense, can we? Lexi said as we walked slowly into the store. I laughed and shook my head. Several kids, about eleven were rushing standing about in one side of the store and Madam Malkin had bewitched several measuring tapes to take the measurements of them. I walked up to a harried Madam Malkin.
"Excuse me, could you help us get some robes for Hogwarts?" I asked, trying my hardest to be polite. She nodded slightly and sent us over to stand with a large group of other teenagers. I was sad to recognize a certain head of pale, silvery blonde.
"Ugh, Malfoy's here." I growled. Lexi snickered. Malfoy turned his head at hearing his name.
"Quiet, Lexi, it's not funny." I hissed, turning my head so he wouldn't see my face. I glared hard at her when she didn't shut up, and when she caught sight of my glare she quieted instantly.
"Thank you." I hissed. I turned back around, thankful to notice that Draco too had turned back around. We waited around for quite a while, and I was steadily growing impatient.
"You know, I'm just gonna change the way all of the robes look anyway, so why am I buying standard black robes?" I asked Lexi. She shrugged.
"I could ask myself the same thing." She replied, "I suppose we'll just have to make do with the robes and mess with the rest of the uniform instead."
"I want a crushed black velvet winter cloak, with silver trimming and wide sleeves. And I want the fastenings shaped like serpents. You?" I said.
"I want the same but I want gold trimming and wide sleeves, with talon shaped fastenings." She replied. At that moment Madam Malkin moved swiftly toward us.
"All right, all right, if I've already taken your measurements move on to this side, and if I haven't stay over there so I can get them." She said briskly. Several of the large group shifted over to the other side, while my sister, Malfoy, and I stayed where we were. Malfoy chose that time to look over at us. We hadn't seen him since we were seven, and luckily he had forgotten what we looked like. He turned back around quickly with a scowl when Madam Malkin told him to stand straight. She got our measurements and gave us robes before sending us off after we paid her ten galleons. We left the store in step with Malfoy, but quickly slowed down to let him pass.
"He doesn't remember us." I said.
"Well, he hasn't seen us since we were seven, so it's perfectly possible that he has forgotten. I mean look at his dad, the fucking git, he probably tortures him." Lexi said. I thought for a moment.
"Yeah, you're probably right. He probably only acts like suck a git because he doesn't want Lucius to beat him. I think I'll try to help him out, if he wants help that is." I said. She nodded.
"So, where to next?" She asked. I shrugged.
"How about Flourish and Blotts, we can get our books now, the ones we need at least." I replied. She nodded, and we made our way down the alley and into the large bookstore.
"Now, what do we need to get?" Lexi asked.
"Hold on, let me check." I said, pulling the letter from my back pocket, "We need Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk, A Master's Guide to Magical Potions and Brews by Arsenius Jigger, and Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard." She nodded, and we began to browse through the vast shelves of books, scrolls, and stationery sets.
"I've got two potions books and two of the Goshawk books. Did you find the Slinkhard book?" I asked when I rejoined Lexi at the register.
"Yeah, they were buried underneath some other books. I really wonder what kind of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher picks a book based purely on theory. You can't honestly expect to learn anything if you don't even use the spells." Lexi complained.
"Book's that dull is it?" I asked. She nodded. I sighed.
"Oh well, it's probably some ministry approved bullshit." I said. We paid for our books and set off to get the next items on our list. We were stopped, however, by the loud gurgling coming from our stomachs. Lexi laughed.
"Looks like we should get some lunch before we carry on to the next item on our lists." I said. She nodded and we set off to get a bite to eat at the café in front of Ollivander's Wand Shop.
"I suppose we should get owls, of course I'm bringing Draconis anyway, but we should have our own owls so that we don't have to use the school's owls." I said as we finished up our meal and stood.
"Yeah, but only you need an owl, I'm bringing Harpy." Lexi replied. I nodded.
"All right, I'll meet you at home. I'll pick up some new quills and ink after I pick up an owl." I told her. She nodded and headed back toward the Leaky Cauldron so she could floo home. I made my way through the crowds of witches and wizards and past several shops. Finally I came to a shop with all manner of animals, owls, cats, toads, spiders, bats, any animal you could think of. I walked in and searched through the many different kinds of owls. I stopped at the sight of two bright amber orbs staring intently at me from a dark feathered face. There was an intelligence glowing in those eyes that spoke of something beyond simple animal instinct. I walked over to the curious creature. It was a sleek, black Eagle Owl. It cocked its head slightly to the right as it watched me, clicking its beak. I smirked.
"You're a pretty boy, aren't you?" I cooed softly. The owl let out a low hoot and preened his feathers slightly.
"I knew you were a smart one, you know when you're being complemented." I said quietly. I grabbed the caged he was in and carried him carefully to the register so I could buy him. I smiled slightly to myself as I carried him out of the store with me.
"I'll call you Hades, you like that?" I asked the bird, stroking his glossy feathers slightly through the bars of the cage. He hooted in response. I suppose he liked it. He really did remind me of Hades, with his bright eyes that say they know more than you think they do and the luscious dark feathers. His beak was thin, black, and sharp looking. His talons looked lethal, if used as a weapon; they were large, sharp and, black. The tufts of black feathers near his ears gave him the appearance of having horns, only adding to the king of the underworld persona.
"Okay, now to go buy some new quills." I said to myself. He swiveled his head to look at me, and it almost looked like he had raised an eyebrow at me. I smirked. Hades watched me for a moment longer then he swiveled his head back around to watch a lizard scurry across the path in front of us. I walked down the alley, back towards the Leaky Cauldron and stopped just a few stores ahead of it. There I went in and bought several high quality quills, all black feathers with either gold or silver tips. I also bought some new ink, before leaving the store and returning home to meet my sister.
I coughed as I stepped out of the fireplace and glanced around. It was dark by now, and my dad was probably having some secret meeting with Lucius. Nagini slithered around the corner and into my view.
"Nagini, where isss Lexi?" I hissed in parseltongue. She flicked her head to the side and slightly upwards.
"In her room, mistresss Desdemona." Nagini replied.
"Thanksss." I said then turned. I walked swiftly from the room and sped up the stairs two at a time. I passed by my black door and stopped in front of Lexi's cherry wood door. I used the hand that wasn't occupied with Hades' cage to pound heavily on the door.
"Alright, alright, stop beating down my door!" Lexi yelled, her voice steadily growing louder as she approached the door. She wrenched the door open and stared at me.
"Must you always be so loud?" I asked.
"I could ask you the same question." She replied. I smirked.
"I got you some quills, sis." I said, holding up the bag that contained my newly purchased quills, "I also got an owl, his name's Hades." I lifted the hand that grasped Hades in his cage so she could get a better view.
"He's gorgeous, Dess, I think he'll get on well with Harpy, don't you." She said as she stepped back and let me walk into her room. I nodded. Harpy was a large, black eagle, and she was perched majestically on the top of Lexi's wardrobe. I nodded slightly in his direction.
"Hello, Harpy. Meet Hades, my new owl." I said. Harpy regarded me with his dark eyes then switched his gaze to Hades. Hades hooted in greeting. Harpy let out sort of low screech that meant she was pleased or happy. Hades hooted again as I set his cage down on one end of Lexi's desk.
"Hold on Hades, you're only gonna be there for a minute while I give Lexi her new quills and one of the inkwells." I said quietly. Lexi chuckled. I glared slightly at her as I handed her four black quills tipped with gold and a well of black ink.
"I've left your books and robes on your bed, and Draconis told me to tell you that he heard Daddy and Wormtail talking about Dumbledore and some sort of Order." Lexi said.
"Order, Dumbledore? You mean like an army of some sort?" I asked as I gathered up my quills and inkwell and picked up Hades' cage.
"I dunno, Draconis didn't catch much, Nagini heard him and told Daddy. Wormtail shut the door on him before he could hear anymore. I huffed slightly. I really hate Nagini sometimes.
"Well, we should start packing tonight, the train leaves tomorrow." I said as I turned to leave the room.
"Yeah, I suppose we should. I'll see you in the morning, Dess, night Hades. Tell Draconis I said good night." Lexi said. I nodded.
"Night Lexi, night Harpy, see you in the morning. We should get breakfast on the way to the station; I highly doubt there's anything edible left here." I said at the doorway.
"Okay." Lexi replied, punctuated by a yawn. I stifled a yawn of my own and stomped down the hall to my room. I opened the door and walked in quietly. I set Hades' cage down on my desk and opened it, allowing him to fly up and perch on my wardrobe. Draconis lifted his head at the noise. He was coiled tightly on my pillow.
"Who's the bird?" Draconis hissed.
"This is Hades, my new owl. DO NOT EAT HIM! He's smart and I wouldn't have bought him if I didn't want and or need him. No hurting him either." I hissed back. He nodded his head. Hades hooted in greeting. I yawned and pulled my trunk out and opened it. I pulled my wand out of my pocket and waved it, adding a slight flick of the wrist to the end. My clothes, books, new robes, quills, inkwells, shoes, and several other items that would be needed at school flew into my trunk and packed them neatly, even folding the clothes. I pulled a pair of pajamas, which happened to be on the top, from my trunk. I stripped quickly and pulled on the black and green plaid flannel bottoms on and then pulled on the black ribbed tank top bearing the words "Bad girls have all the fun," in green lettering. I folded the clothes I had just taken off and placed them on my desk chair to wear tomorrow, and then I fell into bed and snuggled into the warm black sheets and comforter. I fell asleep quickly with Draconis' warm body coiled next to me.
That's it for chapter one. Please review and tell me if you think I should continue or not!