Chapter 1

Sidra sat in her circle of friends, looking out over the lush property her family owned. It was the annual end of the summer party, the day party anyway, and all of her family and friends were in attendance. She smirked to herself as she looked over at Christina. Last term had been Christina's last at Hogwarts, and Sidra couldn't be happier. Christina had always been in competition with her for the most popular Slytherin girl. Now Sidra had absolutely no one in her way.

"What are you so happy about, Sid?" Marybeth asked.

"Nothing. Just happy that it is my last year at school. I'll be glad when we're done with it all."

"Yeah." Marybeth would have agreed with her if she had said it was a horrible rainy day out, even though the sun was shinning brightly and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Sidra looked around at the boys gathered around the Quidditch pitch. She couldn't say as she liked the game, but she sure liked to watch it played shirtless. She cocked an eyebrow.

"Let's go over there." She stood and walked away, not waiting to see if anyone else was following her.

Sebastian was tossing the Quaffle back and forth with Theodore. Sidra looked at him appreciatively and smiled at her brother.

"Are you guys going to play or what?" She asked.

Sebastian smirked. "Can't yet. The teams would be odd."

"So cut someone."

Sebastian smirked. "Dad says someone is coming who might be able to play."

"Who?" Marybeth asked.

Sebastian winked at her and she blushed. "Remember the Belmount's?"

Sidra wrinkled her nose. She hadn't seen the Belmount's since before she started school. She didn't know exactly what had happened, but they had moved to another country according to her father. Sebastian sneered. His thoughts were on a very clingy girl that was about to show up. He mentally shook himself. Just as he was throwing the ball to Theodore a girl came running up to his sister.

"Sid, Sid. You have to come see this!" He couldn't remember the girls name but he remembered her chest.

D-cup. He smirked at her and watched her blush. Sidra walked away with the girl and he continued tossing the Quaffle with Theodore. Xanthus, who was sitting off to the side watching the others while they waited for another player, sighed and looked around for Drucilla. She had been very secretive lately and he hoped that she wasn't up to something that would get her in too much trouble. They had a performance to do later today, and he was going to be pissed if she got grounded.

Drucilla was off in the maze with her best friends in the world, Lilith and Vincent. They were laughing at the most recent prank they had pulled. It had been cliché but Vincent had always wanted to do it, so they did. Vincent took one last swig off the bottle of vodka and passed it to Lilith. Lilith took a drink and spied the bottom of the bottle.

"Come on Dru, peer pressure and all that."

Dru laughed and grabbed the bottle out of her hands. She looked at it once before letting the last swallow trickle down her throat. She pulled a face and tossed the bottle back to Vincent.

"Vinny, I don't see why you like that stuff. It's awful."

Vinny smiled. "I like it because it works, honey."

Lilith laughed and peered through the bushes. Dru shivered one more time and grabbed her shoes.

"I still can't believe you made us waste that whole bottle on the punch bowl." Lilith commented as she too grabbed her shoes off the ground.

Vinny shrugged. "Who cares? You'll get more at the after hours party, Lith."

Lith grinned. "Yeah. And then we can make wild passionate love in the middle of the dance floor." She grabbed Dru around the waist and spun her in a circle.

"Lith, how many times do I have to tell you? You're not my type." Lith kissed her cheek and put her down.

"I know, but you're so cute."

Vinny rolled his eyes. "You are so gay."

Lith smirked. "Psh. Look who's talking."

Dru grinned and put her arms around Vinny. "Oh, leave him alone." She said as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

Vinny blushed and they all laughed as they made their back to the party.

The Belmount's were greeted in the foyer by the Malfoy's. Lucius Malfoy shook Thomas's hand and Jezabel Malfoy hugged Annette. Behind the elder Belmount's stood their children. Reign and Janessa Belmount had changed much over the years. Janessa Belmount, usually all giggles and pep, was quiet and reserved. She smiled at the Malfoy's and tossed her long hair over her shoulder. Jezzy much approved of the change in her, however, when she looked at Reign she had to stifle a gasp of shock. Gone was the sweet boy with the dark hair and sad eyes. Standing before he was a young man with long hair and a goatee. He smiled briefly at her, but she did not smile back. It had been six years since she had seen the Belmount family, but it seemed as if they had never met before.

Lucius led them all inside and directed the younger Belmount's to the backyard where the rest of the young people were. Reign followed his sister outside and stood at the back door. He watched the people walk by and looked for someone he remotely knew. As he stood there a pretty dark haired girl approached him.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Reign Belmount back from the dead."
Reign narrowed his eyes at her and recognized the sarcastic gleam in her own eyes.

"Hello Sidra." He said, his voice rough and deep.

Sidra raised her eyebrows at him. "You remember me. Good." She smirked. "Do you play Quidditch?"

Reign nodded hesitantly.

"Good, because the boys need one more player." Sidra grabbed his arm and dragged him over to the pitch that was surrounded by guys.

A tall guy with dark hair came up to him and smiled. "You look like a pirate."

Reign snorted out a laugh. "Hey, Xan."

A blond guy turned and hooted. "Shit, you're finally here! Now we can get this game on." Sebastian tossed a broom in Reign's direction. "We can only play for a bit though. Xan and Dru are performing today."

"Okay." Reign mumbled.

Sidra sat back and watched the guys speed around on their brooms with added interest. Reign may be a little rough around the edges, but he would clean up nicely, she thought to herself. She ran her hands through her hair, catching the attention of Theodore instead of Reign. She smiled at him and blew him a kiss. He faltered on his broom and almost fell off. Both Sidra and Marybeth laughed.

Drucilla watched the pitch from the other side of the field. She thought she saw a new face up there, but she wasn't certain because of how far away they were. Lith grabbed her arm and dragged her inside while Vinny ran to keep up with them.

"You need to go get your violin."

"Duh." Dru said, rolling her eyes.

Lith patted her butt as she ran up the stairs the grab her instrument from the music room. When she came back down Vinny and Lilith were pretending to make out.

"You two need to get a room." Dru said as she brushed passed them.

"Haven't had enough to drink yet." Lith called out.

Dru made her way to the pitch to call her brother in. As she approached the game seemed to have come to a close. She heard angry shouts and rolled her eyes, wondering if one of her brothers was involved in this one or not.

"That was a fuckin' foul dickhead!" She heard Sebastian scream.

"Fuck you. You ran into me! Not the other way around." Theo yelled back.

Dru lifted her violin and bow and dragged it across the strings to make the most horrible sound she could think of. Once she had brought it all the way across the strings she looked up and found she had everyone's attention, including the new face. She cleared her throat.

"Honestly, it's a wonder you two are even still friends."

Theo grinned at her and slung his arm over her shoulders. "It's just a friendly game, love."

Dru shrugged his arm off and turned towards Xanthus. "We have to get ready now."

He nodded and followed her back towards the house. A pair of dark eyes followed her as she left.

Xanthus sat behind the piano and cracked his knuckles. It didn't matter how many times he did this, he was always nervous. He laid his hands on the keys and began to play the first notes to his most favorite song. It was The Promise by Michael Nyman and Dru was on the other side of the piano ready to play her part in the background. This was after all his moment.

He pounded the keys and his heart sped up a little when he heard the first notes from his sister. It spurred him on and before he knew it, the song was over. Dru came around the other side of the piano and hugged him before they bowed to the gathered crowd. He kissed Dru's cheek and led her off stage so the rest of the band could set up for her performance.

"You did great!" She said as she sat down next to him and handed him a glass of punch.

Before he could drink it she knocked it out of his hands. Lith and Vinny, who were standing behind her, howled with laughter.

"That's not funny." Dru said as she rose to get him a fresh cup.

"What was wrong with it?" Xanthus asked Lith.

She smiled at him. "It just had a little something extra in it."

"Yeah, like three quarters of a bottle of vodka."

"Oh Dru, you didn't?" Xanthus said and he sipped the ice cold water she had given him.

"I didn't. They did."

Xanthus shook his head as Dru got up to check to progress of the band. "They're almost done. I'm gonna go get ready."

They three nodded to her as she left them in the sun. Dru
walked over to the stage, her dress swirling about her thighs. She saw her mother and father and waved to them. They waved back. She stood before the crowd and brought the violin to her chin. She saw the new face at the back of the crowd and she smiled at him. He seemed taken off guard, but reluctantly smiled back. Dru closed her eyes and brought the bow across the strings in the first cords of Granuaile's Dance.

She swayed to the music as it filled her. She twirled and danced across the stage to her hearts content, picking up speed when the pace of the song picked up. When she was finished she bowed as the crowd cheered, "Encore, encore!"

Dru cast a glance over at the smiling Vinny. He shook his head but she stuck her lip out and watched him sigh. He walked up to the stage and picked up a Bodhran from the band and stood next to her. He leaned over to whisper in her ear.

"I'm gonna kill you for this." He said with a smile.

Dru beamed up at him and kissed his cheek. "You know you love me."

Vinny smiled and shook his head as she put the bow to strings and played the first chords of Reels. Dru began again to sway to the music and the crowd went silent. Vinny joined in and the turned and danced on the stage as if no one were watching them. A little more than halfway through one of the band members joined in with another Bodhran and they finished up the song with a flourish.

The crowed cheered as they hurried off the stage. Dru was laughing so hard she couldn't see where she was going and she bumped right into someone. She would have dropped her violin, but the person she had run into caught it easily for her. She looked up at the new face she had spied earlier and smiled.

"Thank you." She said kindly.

The face smiled. "No problem, Drucilla."

Dru's eyes grew large as she stared at the guy in front of her. She had never thought to see his face again, and here he was, back in her life. Six years had been a very long time and he had changed so much. Dru swallowed and tried to smile.

"Reign. Hi."

He gave her a lopsided smiled and handed her violin back to her.
"I guess you can play well after all." He said before turning and walking away from her.

Vinny put his chin on her shoulder. "He's cute. Kinda rugged
and dirty, like a pirate."

Dru turned and slapped Vinny's shoulder. "Shut up."

Vinny grinned at her and rubbed his now sore arm. "I'm just saying."

Dru crossed her arms and wondered why she was suddenly so angry.

A/N Woot book three begins!