A Fight With Destiny Chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic

Name: Arabella Lillian Elliot

Age: 16

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 98 lbs.

Skin Pigment: Very Pale, Almost White

Hair: Red, Shoulder-length, Long bangs

Eye color: Red when angered, Brown otherwise

Personality: Calm and shy, but can have a bad temper

Likes: Candles, Vanilla, Fruits, Drawing, Singing, Rain, Winter, Christmas

Dislikes: Chocolate, Meat, Fights, Summer, Halloween, Make-up

Blood-type: Half-blood

Parents: Maria Abigail Elliot, Tom Marvolo Riddle

Other: She never knew her dad. Her parents split up before she was born. She was born in America and has lived there her whole life. Her power lies in her eyes.

I awoke to the sound of my mother knocking on my bedroom door.

"Bella? May I come in?" My mother asked through the door. I turned to face the door and shouted to my mother, "Yeah! Come in Mom!" She opened the door and slowly stepped inside. I sat up and stretched my arms up above my head and reached for the ceiling.

"Hi Mom." I said to her while yawning. She cautiously walked over to my bed and sat down, all the while chewing on her bottom lip. She always did that when there was bad news.

"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked urgently. Her eyes never met mine as she began to speak.

"Arabella, I know how much you love living here, but we are about to lose the house." She froze to see my reaction. I was shocked. I had always known that we were a bit behind in the payments, but I never thought that we were so far behind that we would lose the house. My mother continued. "We are going to be moving to England. As you know, my parents live there and they are going to have us stay with them until we can afford a new home. Are you alright Bella?" I was still in shock. I had never left America before. I knew that I had grandparents in England, but I had never met them before. I finally regained my posture and answered my mother.

"I-I'm alright. Um, when are we, you know, leaving?" She looked toward my door. Not a good sign. She took a deep breath.

"Tomorrow." I felt my jaw drop. I had one day to gather all of my belongings and say goodbye to my friends. "I am so sorry Bella. Honey, you need to start packing. Before we leave, you can floo to your friend's homes and say goodbye to them. I am so very sorry darling." I forced a smile at her. I knew it wasn't her fault. There was nothing she could do.

"It's alright mom. I can't wait to meet grandmother and grandfather!" I was pretty excited about meeting them. I truly was. I just was nervous. My mother smiled back graciously and stepped out of my room and shut the door behind her. I pulled the covers of my bed and stood up stretching. I looked around my room, looking over everything that have known for my whole life. I guess I had better get dressed before I start packing I walked to my dresser and pulled out a bright blue tank top, a pair of baggy green pants, a pair of orange knee socks, a pain of underwear, a bra, and a pink headband. I walked to the bathroom and sat my clothes down. I stared at them and laughed out loud. My mother knocked on the door and asked if I was alright. I opened the door and showed my mom what I was laughing at. She started laughing as well.

"You never did have a great sense of fashion, honey. Sometimes I wonder about you." She said smiling and gave me a hug. She walked out and left me to my shower. I turned on the water and pulled off my pajamas and stepped into the shower. The hot water stung my skin as it fell down my back. I let out a small yelp and turned the hot water down. It grew cooler and I let out a sigh of relief. After about twenty minutes, I stepped out and dried myself off. I pulled on my clothes and walked back to my room. I felt a tear slide down my cheek as I slowly walked to my bed and pulled my suitcase out from under it. I sat it down on my bed and opened it. I took out all of my clothes and fit them into the suitcase as best as I could. Only about a third of them would fit. I yelled for my mother. She, unlike I, could do magic in our home. I was still in school and it was illegal for me to practice my magic outside of school. My mother walked in with a sad expression.

"Can you fix my suitcase? I can't fit all my clothes in it." I asked. She smiled and brought out her wand. I heard her mutter a spell and the inside of suitcase grew. I smiled and thanked my mother before continuing with my packing.

After almost three hours, I had my entire room packed away in merely three boxes and one suitcase. I was surprised it had taken me that many boxes. I guess I had more stuff than I realized I thought suppressing a chuckle. All of a sudden my door opened and I saw my mother smiling broadly. It was not a normal action for her to do that.

"What?" I asked suspiciously.

"Come with me Arabella." She turned and walked out of my room. I briskly ran to catch up with her. I saw her turn the corner and disappear. I ran around the corner and skidded to a stop. I was shocked to see all five of my closest friends standing there, all yelling 'surprise!' I felt a tear slide down my cheek as my very best friend stepped forward and hugged me.

"What are you all doing here? I thought I was going to floo to your houses later and say goodbye." I said rather confused. I turned to my mother, who was still smiling. I smiled and ran to her and hugged her. I pulled away and looked at her.

"You did this, didn't you mother?" She smiled and nodded.

"Yes. I thought you might like this a bit better than a tearful goodbye." I smiled a larger smile and ran back to my friends. The small party lasted for five hours. It was so much fun, but so sad when I had to see them off. I slowly walked back to my room and glanced at my clock, which I had conveniently left hanging on my wall. It was 6:00 PM. I know we are leaving early tomorrow morning so I should go to bed in about 2 hours

I pulled out my CD player and set it to my favorite song, 'inside your heaven' by Carrie Underwood. I began to sing along while taking out my sketch book and began drawing.

"I've been down, Now I'm blessed, I felt a revelation coming around, I guess its right, it's so amazing, Every time I see you, I'm alive, You're all I've got, You lift me up, The sun and the moonlight, All my dreams are in your eyes"

I drew the outline of a face and eyes in the picture I was drawing. I wasn't sure what it was that I was drawing, but it seemed as though my hand had a mind of it's own.

"I wanna be inside your heaven, Take me to the place you cry from, Where the storm blows your way, I wanna be earth that holds you, Every bit of air you're breathin' in, A soothin' wind, I wanna be inside your heaven"

I drew the nose and the smooth mouth on the character.

"When we touch, when we love, The stars light up, The wrong becomes undone, Naturally, my soul surrenders, The sun and the moonlight, All my dreams are in your eyes"

I began the outline of the neck and shoulders.

"And I wanna be inside your heaven, Take me to the place you cry from, Where the storm blows your way, And I wanna be the earth that holds you, Every bit of air you're breathing in, A soothing wind, I wanna be inside your heaven"

I drew round glasses over the person's eyes and added eyebrows.

"When minutes turn to days and years, When mountains fall, I'll still be here, Holdin you until the day I die, And I wanna be inside your heaven, Take me to the place you cry from, Where the storm blows your way"

I drew shaggy hair above the person's face.

I finished my picture sat my pencil down to look at the person. I couldn't figure out who he was, but whoever he was, he sure was handsome.

I smiled and packed it up in my bag. I quickly ran to the kitchen and grabbed an apple and ate it while sitting down at the table and glanced around the kitchen. I was really going to miss it. It was all I had ever known. I stood up ready to walk back to my room, when my mother walked in. She sat down in front of me. I sat back down and suddenly asked, "Will they like me?" My mother looked over at me. She looked rather confused.

"Will who like you Bella"

"My grandparents. Will they like me?" I asked looking down at the table. I looked up to see her smiling at me.

"Of course they will. Arabella, they will love you." I smiled and started up a conversation about England and what it will be like. When we were done talking, I walked back to my room and lied down on my bed. I noticed that I was extremely tired. I glanced over at the clock and noticed that it was 9:30 at night. wow. I guess I had better go to bed now I yawned as I pulled the covers on me and fell asleep, without changing into my pajamas.

The next morning I woke up at 6:00 in the morning. I took a deep breath and glanced around my room. Then it hit me that we were moving today. I walked to my suitcases and my boxes. I moved them each into the living room. I heard a noise behind me. I turned with a jerk and saw my mother standing behind me. She frowned and quietly said, "We're flooing to England." I walked to the fireplace and grabbed a handful of ashes while my mother shrank my stuff so that they would all fit into my pocket. She handed me the miniature boxes and suitcases. That's when I noticed that I still had on the clothes that I wore yesterday. As if my mother read my thoughts, she told me that it was alright. I put the boxes into my pocket and asked where it is we are going. She smiled and said, "Elliot Manor" I dropped the ashes as I yelled "ELLIOT MANOR!"

I closed my eyes and landed with a thud. I have always hated floo powder. I opened my eyes only to see two very stiff looking people standing I front of me. I slowly walked out and looked up at the two people. I wasn't sure what to say. All of a sudden I heard another thud. I turned to see my mother. She stepped out and smiled. She ran to the two figures in front of me and hugged them. They looked reluctant, but still hugged her back. She stepped back and pulled me to her.

"Maria." The man said as he nodded his head.

"Father." She smiled at him and nodded also. I looked at the old man. this person is my grandfather. I thought to myself. I turned to the woman next to him. That must mean that she is my grandmother

"Mother." My mother said to the woman. She looked down at me and frowned, but she looked right back to my mother.

"Maria." I frowned at them. Why are they so stiff? My mother looked down at me and then back to her parents.

"Mother, Father, this is my daughter, Arabella Lillian Elliot." They smiled when she said my last name. The old woman was the first to speak.

"Oh, Maria! She is so beautiful!" The old man agreed.

"Yes, she is. Maria. We must tell you that we have even more guests. We had already promised them that they could come, so I hope you don't mind. I'm sure you remember them. Narcissa and Lucious Malfoy." My mother's eyes widened.

"They got married!" She asked excitedly. My grandparents smiled and nodded.

"And they have a son, just about Arabella's age. His name is Draco. I'm sure she would love to meet him. They are already here." My grandfather turned to me, "Would you like to meet them?" I looked down at the floor as he tried to make eye contact. I had always had a problem with eye contact. It made me a bit nervous to look into someone's eyes. I slowly nodded. They turned and walked to a door. My mother followed them and I followed her. The open it to reveal a large kitchen. Inside was three people with bleach-blonde hair. My mother smiled and ran to them and hugged two of them. "Narcissa! Lucious! I can't believe that you two actually got married!" She turned to the younger boy and held out her hand, "you must be Draco." He nodded and took her hand and shook it. She turned back to they older people and smiled. The man spoke.

"Maria, It's so nice to see you again

"Yes. I can't believe how well you look. Are you still single?" the woman asked her. I frowned. I hated when someone brought up the fact that my mother was single. She was married before, but the had split up before I was born. My mother looked to the ground.

"I am. I was married, but we just weren't right for each other. The marriage was a mistake. Although, there was one good thing that came out of it. I got a beautiful little girl." My mother turned and motioned for me to come to her. I walked over and looked up, but I kept my gaze on the window beside the family. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the man look proudly at me.

"Well, a new pureblood Elliot. Hello there." He held out his hand. I looked at it and frowned.

"I am not a pureblood, sir. My father was a half-blood, as am I." I kept my hands down. I saw him frown and drop his hand. He turned to my mother.

"You married a half-blood?" My mother nodded.

"You remember Tom. We got married right after school." I noticed the man stiffen when he heard my father's name.

"Do you mean Tom Riddle?" The whole room went silent. My mother nodded. Everyone seemed to be even more stiff. I turned to my mother.

"Mother, I think I would like to see where I will be staying, so I could unpack." I needed to get away from those people. My grandmother spoke before my mother could. "Draco can take her to her room. It's right across the hall from his." My mother frowned slightly. I knew she didn't like the fact that there was a boy who would be right across the hall from her daughter. I turned to her and smiled. I whispered in her ear, "Don't worry mother. He isn't even that cute, so don't worry." My mother laughed and nodded. The boy walked over to me and held out his arm. I looked down at it then to my mother. She nodded at me and I took hold of his arm. We both walked out of the kitchen and up two flights of stairs. Then I finally heard him speak.

"So what's your name?" I forced a weak smile.

"Arabella"

"Arabella. That's a nice name." I nodded.

"My friends call me Bella"

"Bella. I like that." I smiled at him.

"Thank you." I kept my gaze down. He seemed so intimidating.

"So are you going to Hogwarts?"

"Hogwarts? I don't know. Probably"

"Cool. That's where I go"

"Nice. Um, are we almost at my room?" He nodded.

"Here." He opened a door and I walked in slowly. I felt my jaw drop. It was as big as my entire house! I walked over to one of the two doors on opposite sides of the room. I opened it only to find a beautiful silver bathroom. It just hit me.

"I HAVE MY OWN BATHROOM!" I ran to the kings-sized bed and jumped on it. It was just like my dream come true. I just remembered my boxes and suitcase was in my pocket. I pulled them out and sat them on the dresser next to my bed. I sighed and turned to the door only to find Draco standing at the door smirking. I sat up and stared at him.

"What?" I ask, still adverting my eyes.