Aria sat on her bed in Malfoy Manor re-reading the envelope in her hand. It had just come and she hadn't opened it yet because it was weird to her. She never received letters and when she did, Lucius would take them away. She turned the envelope over and started to open it when there was a knock on her door.
"Enter," she said.
"Hello, Aria," a voice said.
"What do you want Draco?" She asked with a sneer.
"Is that a nice way to treat your brother and fellow classmate?" He asked smirking.
Aria turned and walked up to him.
"First of all, you're not my brother. Second, if I was your classmate I would treat you with the respect you deserve which is obviously none!" She said angrily before walking over to her window.
"You should really learn to control your temper. Hey, what's that?" He asked walking over to her bed.
"What's what?" She asked turning around.
"That," he said pointing at the letter on her bed.
"Nothing," Aria said running over her bed to grab it but Draco already had it and opened it.
"Dear Miss Arianna Vanessa Black, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Draco read.
"Aria this is wonderful. I got a letter today too. What's the matter?" Draco asked when he noticed Aria's expression.
"My name," she said.
"What about your name? They have it in here wrong. Your full name is Arianna Narcissa Malfoy," said Draco.
"No, Draco. They have it right," Aria said.
"No they don't," he argued back.
"Yes the do. I was adopted. That's why we look nothing alike," Aria replied as she got up and walked over to the mirror and looked at her reflection.
"She's right you know," said the mirror.
"You're a mirror, what would you know?" Draco asked angrily.
"I see everything that happens in this room, and I see what everyone looks like. Aria has wavy chocolate brown hair at the top of her head and some curls at the bottom. You, Draco, have bleach blonde straight hair. The only similarity between you two is your eyes. Icy blue," the mirror said.
"We get the hint Mirror, that's enough," Aria said walking away from the mirror. "Now what was the actual reason for coming up here?"
"Oh, I almost forgot. Mother wanted me to tell you that dinner is almost ready and that you should dress nicely because we have guests over." Draco said before walking out the door.
Aria walked over to her wardrobe and put on a light blue dress. It was half sleeved with a low neckline. She went in front of the mirror and pinned up her curls and left some loose around her face.
"You look beautiful. You should wear your blue diamond necklace and matching earrings," the mirror said.
"Thank you Mirror, you're right," Aria said putting the jewelry on.
"Fantastic!" The mirror exclaimed.
"I'll see you later," says Aria before rushing from her room.
As she reached the bottom steps she heard Lucius entertaining the guests. She walked in and saw a small family briefly before Lucius hugged her.
"You look beautiful my dear," Lucius said.
"Thank you," Aria said.
"Everyone this is my daughter, Aria. Aria this is Mathew Flint, his wife Marissa and his son Marcus," Lucius said with his hands on her shoulders.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all," Aria said with a curtsy.
"She's charming Lucius," Mr. Flint said.
"Thank you Flint," Lucius replied.
"Dinner is ready," Narcissa called from the dining room.
"We'll discuss business after then," said Lucius walking out of the room.
Aria waited until everyone was gone or so she thought. When she looked up, she saw Marcus standing there smirking at her.
"Can I help you?" Aria asked.
"No. Well not yet anyway," he said walking away.
That was strange. She thought before exiting.
As she entered the room, Lucius looked at her and said "Why don't you sit next to Marcus?" Aria knew it was more of an order than a suggestion. She walked over and sat next to Marcus, who looked too pleased.
"So Aria, Draco told me you two received your Hogwarts letter today," Lucius said.
"Did he?" Aria asked giving Draco an evil glare.
"Yes he did. He also said something about an argument about whether or not you're a real Malfoy," Lucius said putting his goblet down. Aria said nothing. She only looked down at her plate. She could feel his icy blue eyes staring at her. She didn't look up to face him.
"Are you going to look at me and answer or are you just going to sit there?" Lucius asked coldly.
"May I be excused?" Aria asked looking above Lucius's head.
"No you may not, not until you look at me and talk about what happened today," Lucius replied.
"Lucius, not now. We have guests," Narcissa said politely.
"You're right, Cissy. We will discuss this after dinner." Lucius said turning back to entertain the guests.
"Yes sir," Aria said looking down and finishing her food. "May I be excused now?"
"Yes you may. Your Father will call you down when he is ready to talk to you," Narcissa said.
Aria stood up, curtsied to the Flints then walked upstairs to her room. She walked into her room and slammed the door.
"I'm guessing dinner didn't go well," Mirror asked.
"No it didn't, Mirror. Thanks to Draco, I'm in trouble," Aria said walking over to her balcony doors and throwing them open.
"What did he do this time?" Mirror asked.
Aria told Mirror about the conversation downstairs.
"I'm sick of being here. I want to be able to go outside Manor walls and go where I want, whenever I want,"
"You know that isn't possible, dear. At least not until your married," Mirror said.
"I'm not old enough for that, Mirror. I mean I've never been outside the walls of the Manor. I want to know what the world looks like outside here and outside the stories," Aria explained.
"That's won't happen just yet, Aria. Not unless you runaway, which you won't right?" Mirror asked.
"No, I'm not going to runaway," she answered. "At least not yet," she muttered.
Aria stood on her balcony, looking out on the land of Malfoy Manor. She was so lost in her own world that she didn't notice a house elf appear beside her until it tugged on her dress.
"How long have you been standing there?" She asked.
"Long enough to hear how Aria really feels. Miss, Dobby hopes your wish come true. In fact, Dobby has the same wish," said the house elf with a sad look.
"Don't worry, your wish will come true someday."
Dobby nodded gratefully. "Miss Aria, Master Lucius asks that you come downstairs now."
"Thank you Dobby. I'll be down in a moment," Aria replied. The house elf nodded and disappeared.
Aria walked over and looked in the mirror.
"You look fine, dear. Now go before he gets even more mad," Mirror said.
Aria nodded and walked out of the room. She walked down the steps and ran into Draco at the bottom.
"Watch where your going, Draco." Aria said gripping the railing so she wouldn't fall. "Why are you smiling? We both just almost fell down the stairs."
"You'll see," he said walking up the stairs, still smiling.
Aria walked down the last few steps and walked towards Lucius' study room. She knocked on the door and waited.
"Enter," a voice came.
Aria cautiously opened the door and walked in. She turned to close the door and saw Marcus out of the corner of her eye. She said nothing and closed the door. She turned around and looked down at her feet.
"Dear there is no reason to look down. You are not a servant and you are not in trouble," Lucius said.
"But dinner-" Aria started.
"Do you want punishment?"
"No sir. If I'm not in trouble then why did you call me down here?" Aria asked looking up.
"I have some good news," Lucius said smiling.
"What is it?" Aria asked. She had a bad feeling it would involve Marcus.
"Marcus has agreed to marry you in two years time," said Lucius with a smile.
"WHAT?" Aria shouted.
"Don't get to excited. He's perfect for you. You will love him from now until you die,"
"What if I don't want to love him? What if I want to find love on my own?"
"You are forbidden to love anyone but Marcus. That's the end of it," Lucius said raising his voice,
"Who are you telling me that I can love no one but him? I won't marry him I refuse!"
"I am your father and-"
"-you are not my father and you have no right to give me away to someone I will not and cannot love," Aria said her temper showing.
"I am your father and you will love Marcus and marry him I'm two years. End of discussion." Lucius said slamming his hands down on his desk.
"No I will not!" Aria yelled before running out of the room. She ran upstairs and into her room, slamming the door. Then, collapsed on her bed crying.
"What happened?" Mirror asked.
"Lucius is making me get married to Marcus in two years," said Aria with a sob.
Aria hated crying. It proved that she is weak. She couldn't risk being underestimated even though she already was. She wiped her tears to stop her sobs.
"Oh dear,"
" I said I wouldn't and stormed out of the room," said Aria, her tears going away.
"Good for you. If you ask me, it's messed up to force someone to love them,"
"Thanks Mirror but the choice isn't yours."
There was a long pause.
"Run," Mirror said.
"What?" Aria asked.
"Runaway from here. He can't force you to marry someone if your not here," Mirror said.
"What about school?"
"Go to Hogwarts. Lucius can't remove you. Find love, be happy. He can't stop you. You're your own person," said Mirror.
"You're right Mirror. I will run. I'll follow the owl that send me my letter. Lucius won't even know until I show up at school. I'll go tonight,"
"Good girl. Wait until everyone is asleep then take your clothes, your horse and follow the owl to freedom," Mirror said.
"I will, but for now, I need to get some sleep," said Aria.
"Of course," said Mirror.
"Thanks Mirror," said Aria before laying down and falling asleep.