Andromeda Black was used to change. As both a metamorphmagus and an animagus, it was hard not to be.
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Her father was Sirius Black, the supposed murderer and traitor, and her mother was a French Demi-Veela - Lune Delacour - who had died in childbirth.
The metamorphmagus came from the Black side of her family, but the animagus was something she'd worked on. She'd finally completed her transformation fully when she was eight, with a healthy dose of accidental magic, some meditation and a special potion, she'd turned into a tiny black kitten with brilliantly blue eyes.
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Andromeda had been living with her second cousin Draco Malfoy, and his mother Narcissa Malfoy, when she got the acceptance letter for Hogwarts. Every summer, she had travelled to France with the Malfoys to meet with her mothers side of the family, especially her other cousin, Fleur Delacour.
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For a large part of her life, Andromeda hadn't known she was adopted. However, she noticed when Draco called her Cissa and Luc "Mum", and "Dad", and how friends called for their "Mother", or "Father" when something wrong. She confronted Narcissa one day about it. She didn't know what she was expecting, but it wasn't to find out that her Cissa and Luc weren't her real parents. However, she shrugged and continued on with her life. After all, she reasoned, her Cissa and Luc weren't her parents, her real mother was dead and her real father was in Azkaban for something he didn't do. Well, Cissa and Luc loved her, she knew, and she would get her father a trial when she grew up.
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They went to Diagon Alley. Andromeda wore pale blonde hair and shining grey eyes - every bit the Malfoy. She and Draco got robes together, a shy green-eyed boy coming in after. They wandered the Alley together for a while, before finding Narcissa listening to Ollivander about wand lore, and Lucius admiring the latest broom - from a distance of course, they were Malfoys. They got wands - Andromeda's was willow and unicorn hair - the wand of a healer, strong but gentle. She'd also gotten a kitten - a tiny white thing with bright amber eyes - which was part kneazle. It was a gorgeous kitten, and a good hunting companion. She'd named it Artemis, after the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Hunt.
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Andromeda leafed through the journals, blue-grey eyes turning silver as she mused. She had found the Marauder Journals in her vault at Gringotts, and was reading them avidly. Each of the Journals contained the doings of a year - prank details, sketches, potion recipies, spells, anything and everything. She was halfway through Third year when her house-elf, Tilly, popped in to take her to dinner.
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Andromeda had a plan for the year. Stay quiet and soak up information like a sponge, was her intention. And stop Draco from getting into trouble. This should be easy.
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Oh, my dear Andromeda, how wrong you are.
So, I rewrote this because I've changed how I write. I have part of First year done already - up to the troll, and I'll post that tomorrow.
For your knowledge, the Malfoys aren't die-hard Voldie supporters, KiereSolo. They may not necessarily be nice, Lucius is a Death Eater, but they definitely aren't evil.
I don't know if you caught it, but because Andromeda and Draco got their robes done at the same time, together, Draco and Harry didn't have their disastrous first meeting, and Andromeda will definitely get in the way of their canon hatred.
Please, read and review,
~Queen of the Rings.