This is it the day I've been waiting for, my eleventh birthday, one of the most important days in a young witch or wizard's life. It's a day for celebration and for us purebloods a day to show of your child to your rich friends and 'try to build connections' which basically marrying your children off. Ya, I know, ridiculous but that's just how things work in pureblood families.

So anyway arranged marriages aside there's lots of great things about being eleven but the one big thing that makes eleven an important age for witches and wizards is hogwarts. This summer is the summer I'll get my Hogwarts letter, I know it's only June but I can't wait.

Now back to what I said about celebration I'm having a birthday party this evening and when I say birthday party I don't mean playing pass-the-parcel and getting your face painted and cake. I mean sure there'll be a cake but think eleven layers each one a different flavour, frosting flowers and glitter so when I say party I really mean ball with all of the 'respectable pureblood families' meaning the Notts, the Malfoys, the Bulstrodes etc. etc.

Even though it's my birthday you'd think my mother would let me sleep in but no because apparently ladies rise with the sun. So right now I'm getting ready for breakfast, my family dress for dinner and wear 'casual' clothes for breakfast although my parents call it casual that's not actually what they mean it means I don't have to wear dress robes but must still look presentable.

So I put on a simple dress and a pair off flats and leave my hair down. I make my way through the endless maze of halls into the dinning room where my parents are already seated "good morning" I greet them politely. Now let me tell you a bit about my parents my father, is a tall muscly man, with short black hair and icy blue eyes. My mother is a gorgeous woman with long black hair and bright green eyes and a much more dainty face then my father's. I look very much like my mother with a dainty nose, high cheekbones, pale complection and long black hair the only feature I inherited from my father were his icy blue eyes.

I sat down at the table and my mother had a rare smile on her face "Viola darling do you know what day it is" I inwardly rolled my eyes "of course mother it's all you've talked about for weeks". "I cant believe it my baby girl is growing up" okay now I know she's definitely in a good mood if she didn't pick up the sarcasm in my voice and scold me because it's unbecoming in young lady. "After your done your breakfast we can go to diagon alley to pick up our dresses" I sighed for the past a few weeks ago I got fitted for my dress robes for the party it's not that I've got anything against the dress robes they're probably the nicest pair I own in comparison to the simple ones I usually wear for dinner, but how many times does a girl have to try on the same pair of robes and not get fed up of them.

Or conversation if you could call it that was interupted by our house elf Nimee "The post is here master" she squeaked out before shuffling away. "Is there anything for me" I asked sounding excited for the first time this morning "I know your excited to get your Hogwarts letter dear but it's only June" "I know" I muttered half heartedly before my mother abruptly stood up "Nimee get Viola a robe we're leaving now" Nimee ran over with my emerald green robe "Here you go miss" "Thank you Nimee" I told the elf before walking towards my mother and holding her arm so we could side along.

I felt the all to familiar tug in my gut and found myself in diagon alley we walked silently into Madam Malkins and my mother rang the bell impatiently. Madam Malkin came out from the back and rushed over to the counter when she saw us "I'm so sorry to keep you waiting Mrs. Rowle " she said looking flustered at the sight og my mother. My mother pursed her lips "Yes, well I'm here to pick up two dress robes, are the ready". "Yes of course miss" she said in a tone that reminded me of Nimee and bustled in to the back and came out with a small bag containing two shrunken dress boxes here my mother handed her a large pile of galleons without even bating an eye.

When we left the store instead of apparating home like I thought we were my mother kept walking "where are we going mother?" "We're getting our nails done won't that be fun". "Ya that sounds great" I said truthfully, I know what your thinking and no I'm not happy about getting my nails done but my mother and I have never been close and the fact that she's going to spend time with me, just me and her before I have to go to that whole party makes my happy.

We walk into the nail place and I can tell by looking around how fancy it is my mother scans the room and sashays towards a woman " Drisella I'm so glad you and pansy could meet us before the party it'll be lovely for Pansy and Viola to get to know each other". Of course typical it's not her wanting to spend time me it's her trying to ' build connections' by getting me and Pansy Parkinson to become friends.

"Viola why don't you go sit beside Pansy until they're ready for you" I walk over and sit down beside Pansy. " Hi Viola" she said giving me a sugary sweet smile. " Hey Pansy" I said giving her a just as sweet but obviously fake smile. "So Viola what colour dress are you wearing tonight" she said her words dripping with that same fake sugary sweet tone "emerald green what colours yours" I said in a polite but bored expression. "Pink, I'm so excited for your party it's going to be so much fun I cant wait for my party.." she went on for a bit about what everything from the cake to the waitress staff are to look like at her party. "So Viola are you excited to be going to Hogwarts". " Ya I've been checking the post each morning for my letter" I replied sounding more interested she let out a girlish giggle " Me too what do you want to be in" we talked about Hogwarts until it was our turns to get our nails done and when she drops the fake tone and talks about something that's actually interesting pansy's not actually that bad.

I had my nails painted a sparkly silver as instructed by my mother to match my dress I noticed that my mother seemed to be picking Slytherin colours for me this evening most likely to impress all of the purebloods there.

We got back home and there we're three hours left until the guests would be arriving my mother left to get dressed and told me to wait for her in my room after about an hour and a half my mother entered my room and she looked gorgeous in a floor length blood red dress with black stiletto heels.

She instructed me to sit down at my vanity table. She cast a straightening charm on my usually wavy hair and tied a small piece of hair at the front of my head into a plait and pinned it back with an emerald green bow the same colour of my dress. She the helped me put on my dress and I slipped on a pair of silver sparkly pumps. I looked in the mirror and I think i managed to look nice for once it was knee-length emerald green dress with what my mother called a bateau neckline and it had a silver sash tied with a bow around my waist.

my mother gasped "Viola you look beautiful absolutely perfect come we have to go downstairs our guests will be arriving any moment" we walked down the stairs and in to the entrance hall " Now dear there will be children hear tonight that will most likely be in Slytherin with you at Hogwarts ; Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, Millicent Bulstrode, Theodore Nott, Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, you met Pansy today and of course you already know Draco so I want you to try and be freinds with all of them.

Let's talk about Draco for a second you see our fathers work together at the ministry and our mothers are friends so we saw each other very often growing up. When we were younger I could not stand him and thought he was a spoilt brat ( which he is I might add ) but after a few years of being forced to play together the hatred grew into tolerance and the tolerance grew into friendship although we still make fun of and annoy each other.

I was cut off from my thoughts by a knock on the door after smiling and greeting all the guests most of whom I do not know even though it was my birthday, the party had begun I walked into the ballroom and scanned the room I could see the boys mentioned in my mothers list Draco included standing over by the horderves I was about to go over and say hello when a shrill voice call out my name I looked to the direction it was coming from and saw Pansy Parkinson standing a little bit away from me standing beside to other girls.

I walked over to her "Hello Pansy you look lovely" " Thank you, Viola these are Daphne Greengrass and Millicent Bulstrode after I was introduced to the two girls we launched into conversation " What do you reckon they're doing over there " Daphne said nodding her head towards Draco and the group of boys who appeared to be playing rock,paper,scissors. "Who knows boys are weird" Daphne laughed "you got that right" we continued talking about nothing in particular until we were cut of by someone clearing their throat I turned around and saw Draco standing with one of the the other boys from the group he was with in tow "Hey Draco come to wish me happy birthday" he rolled his eyes "sure Lola whatever you wanna think" "you know you love me Co Co" "yeah right " he said with a smile playing on his lips.

Our little argument was cut off when the boy beside him snorted "Co Co?" Draco turned and punched him in the arm "Shut up". They boy held his hand out for me to shake "Blaise Zabini" "Viola Rowle". "So Viola do you want to dance" "Sure".

I took Blaise's hand and we joined the adults on the dance floor in a simple waltz. As soon as the song was over Draco rushed over and grabbed my hand for the next song " Never under any circumstance leave me alone with Parkinson ever again" I laughed "She's not that bad". "Yes, yes she is she kept twirling her hair and giggling you need to protect me from her" " I told you, you loved me" I smiled

Well that's it my first chapter done it was probably a tad bit boring but things will get more exciting once the get to Hogwarts.

Next Update: I'm not sure when exactly I'm going to update next but since it's still summer you can expect one soon especially if get some good reviews.

Next Chapter: Is what Viola's been waiting for her Hogwarts letter and maybe a little bit of Draco.

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