I Solemnly Swear

Chapter One

The wind blew through the trees, pulling off a few of the green leaves that had just begun to change colors along with autumn. The almost full moon shone down on a small pond by a small home. Sitting in the grass beside the pond was an even smaller girl, with bright silver eyes and dark brown hair. The girl's arms wrapped around her knees as she stared at her slightly rippled reflection. A cream colored blanket wrapped around her shoulders.

This girl was Solstice Dimitri .

Her fingers curled around a flat rock by her side and she brought her arm back before flicked her wrist, allowing the rock to glide across the surface of the water. Solstice then stood up and walked across the stone path to the house. She reached one of the walls of the house and bent down to pick up a lone broom that was laying on the slightly damp grass. With one quick motion, she swung her leg over the broom and kicked off into the air. The two hovered in the air for a moment before shooting up a few feet to an open window.

Ducking her head, Solstice slipped back into the house, put her broom on a desk, and pulled the window so it was shut. And with a quick yank, she pulled her dark blue curtains in front of the glass panes.

Solstice let the blanket fall to the ground as she slipped silently into her bed and let her eyes flutter shut.

"Solstice!"

The young girl shot up into a sitting position in her bed, her eyes wide with excitement. Solstice quickly jumped out her bed and ran into the hallway.

"I'm going to Hogwarts!" She shouted as if she almost couldn't believe it herself. Her hands steadied herself on the wall before she took of running to the kitchen. Nearly falling down the stairs, Solstice planted her hands on the railing and threw her legs over the wood, landing not-so-gracefully on the ground floor.

"I'm going to Hogwarts!"

Three heads turned to look at Solstice as she stood in the doorway to the kitchen. One was her mother, who stood by the stove making pancakes for her children. The other two were her older brothers, both of which were still in Hogwarts.

"Congratulations squirt," The oldest of the three children said mockingly, "but didn't you already know this?"

"Of course I did!" Solstice stated defensively as her dark locks tumbled in front of her eyes.

"Then why'd you-"

"Why don't we all just eat our breakfast." Xander, the middle child, said, cutting off Dominik.

"You're such a 'Puff, Xander." Dominik said with a sigh as he leaned back in his chair.

"You say that like it's a bad thing." Xander's blue eyes narrowed, challenging Dominik to continue.

"Why don't we all just eat our breakfast." Solstice mocked as she sat down in her chair that faced the two boys.

"What a great idea, Solstice." Their mother said with grin. She placed a stack of pancakes on the middle of the table and made her way back to the stove to finish making her children some bacon.

Although sometimes Cassandra Dimitri gave off the impression of a kind, level headed, normal mother, she was by now means that kind of person. Her children's friends would often call her the 'fun mom' due to her capability to jock and mess around with her kids. But, Cassandra knew when to draw the line. She had to be both the 'fun parent' and strict one due to her position as a single mom.

Both of her past relationships were failed ones. Her first husband, Tyler Everdell, was the perfect man throughout the time that they had dated. Cassandra and Tyler got married at twenty after they had found out that Cassandra was pregnant. The marriage lasted only fifteen months, as Tyler had begun to have affairs with many other witches and muggle women throughout Cassandra's pregnancy. When Dominik, their son, was only five months old Cassandra divorced Tyler after she found out that he was cheating on her. Three weeks later, Tyler was killed by death eaters because he was muggle born.

Only a day after Tyler's death, Cassandra found out that she was pregnant with her second child. The father was once again, Tyler. Her family helped her out throughout both pregnancies, but they seemed even more prone to do anything to help through this one. About nine months later Cassandra's second son, Xander, was born.

By the time Dominik was four and Xander was three, Cassandra began to date once again. She was determined to find the perfect guy this time, and she had. Or, so she thought.

Daniel Brooks was a pureblood warlock only two years older than Cassandra. She remember him from her years at Hogwarts, he had been in Ravenclaw and often hung out with Slytherins. Cassandra thought nothing of the fact that people often had said that Daniel was more of a Slytherin than a Ravenclaw, in her mind it didn't matter what house you had been placed in, as she had been a Hufflepuff, but had friends in almost all the other other house throughout all of her years as a student

So, the two then started dating. Everybody thought that they were perfect for one another, and her family welcome Daniel with open arms to every holiday that they had. After seven months of dating, Cassandra found out that she was five weeks pregnant with her third child. Both were extremely happy when they had found out, but neither felt the need to be married so soon.

Eight months later, Cassandra gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Solstice Dimitri- Brooks.

A week before Solstice's first birthday, Daniel began to only wear long sleeved shirts, even though the weather had begun to warm. At first, Cassandra questioned the sudden change of wardrobe, but eventually thought nothing of it, as her trust in him was very strong.

Then, the day before Solstice's first birthday Cassandra saw his arm. A horrible dark, prominent mark stood their for all to see. Daniel was a Death Eater. Cassandra said nothing to anybody about the mark, but began pestering him with subtle questions that night.

The next morning, Cassandra woke to an empty bed. She ran all around the house, desperate to find him, but all she found was a note laying on the counter, written by Daniel.

But not once, as her children grew older, did she ever mutter one foul word about either of their fathers. She raised them to respect who their other parent was and expected them to never utter one bad thing about them either.

All three children dug into their breakfast eagerly, the oldest challenging the other two to a pancake eating contest. Both accepted with smirks on their faces.

"On three." Dominik said, "One."

"Two." Xander continued.

"Three!" Solstice exclaimed. Xander swiped up his fork and stabbed the pancake, bringing it up to his mouth to bite off pieces. Dominik grabbed it with his hands, and Solstice rolled it up and bit off large bites to quickly chew and swallow it. And as this was all happening, their mother stood to the side with a large grin on her face, her blue eyes sparkling with joy as she stared at her children.

Dominik finished his pancake first, cheering in victory, he lifted Solstice up on to his shoulder and ran around the table as Solstice coughed until a piece of pancake slid down her throat. "Rematch!" She declared, Xander nodding in agreement.

"Or," Cassandra started. " You all could go up to your rooms and get changed." All three children gave her the same exact look of disbelief of the fact that she was stopping their fun.

"Fine." Solstice jumped off of her brother's shoulder on to the wooden floor. "If you insist." She jogged up the stairs and into her room, leaving her plate on the table, knowing that her mother would be putting the bacon on it for once they were all back downstairs.

Solstice carefully shut the door behind her as she walked into her room. Small streams of sunlight leaked through the gaps between her curtains as she walked over to her wardrobe and pulled open the top drawer. She pulled out a light forest green sweater and a pair dark jeans and took off her oversized t-shirt and shorts. Solstice quickly slipped on the sweater and jeans before putting her hair up into a ponytail and pulled on a pair of wool socks. She then ran out of her room and back into the kitchen.

A smile formed on her face as she sat down in her chair and began to eat the three slices of bacon that had been placed on her plate.

Not a minute later, Xander and Dominik came barreling down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Solstice grinned at her brothers as she nibbled on her second piece of bacon. Her head rested on her right hand as she gazed at a picture that stood beside the door. It was of all four of them. They were all smiling straight at the camera, and little Solstice began to wave, but was soon distracted by a butterfly that flew in front of her. Her tiny hands reached out to grab it as her brothers laughed at her and Cassandra smiled fondly at her children.

"Hey kiddo, you ready to go?" Dominik asked her while waving a hand in front of her face.

"Huh," Solstice blinked and shook her head. "Yeah. Yeah."

"Then come on. We're flooing to the the palatform, remember?" Solstice jumped out of her chair and ran into the living room, grabbing her last piece of bacon on the way. Her wand, which was nine inches long, alder wood, dragon heartstring and hard, had been placed on a side table and she easily swiped it into her hands.

"Do you all have your trunks packed?" Their mother asked.

"Yes, mum." Xander, Dominik, and Solstice replied in unison. Solstice sat down on the airs of one of the soft chairs that stood beside her and began to tie her black combat boots. She occasionally glanced up and made eye contact with Dominick's reassuring grin and excited blue eyes.

"Okay then. Remember to speak clearly. We wouldn't want any of you appearing somewhere else." Cassandra spoke lightheartedly, but with a edge of caution. All the children shuddered, remember the one time when Solstice was nine and she misspoke and ended up landing at St. Mugolan's. "Dominik, you first."

He strode up to the fireplace and grabbed a pinch of floo powder before tossing it into the fire. Before he spoke he turned around to give his family a reassuring grin and to grab his trunk.

"Love you, mom! Platform nine and three quarters!" He spoke clearly before stepping into the now green fire. With a swish, he was gone.

Then, Xander stepped up and repeated the same process as his brother. With a goofy, lopsided smile, he too disappeared.

"Are you sure you can do this, sweetie." Cassandra asked nervously.

"I'll be fine mum! I've done this before, besides it was only one time that something bad actually happened." Solstice waved her right hand in the air as she grabbed some floo powder with her left. She quickly turned around to blow a kiss to her mom. "Love you!" She then threw the powder into the fire and spoke loudly,

"Platform nine and three quarters!" In one swift movement, she grabbed her trunk with one hand and her wand with the other before stepping in the fire. And, with a swish her home disappeared and a busy platform replaced it.

Hey there guys! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of, "I Solemnly Swear." I worked really hard on this! I'd also like to say that I am by no means good at grammar or spelling, so I'm terribly sorry for any mistakes throughout the story. Also, I'm type this mostly on my phone so that'll probably add to even more grammar mistakes. If you liked the first chapter please review!

Disclaimer: I, by no means, own Harry Potter, or anything else created by J. K Rowling. I only own the characters that I have created.