A woman's scream was heard throughout the manor, the only sound that could be heard. Covered by the screams, were a man's footsteps. He went unnoticed by everyone rushing through the hallway. Something was more important than a stranger. His blonde hair was almost a white and his eyes could have been a silver/grey color.
"Where is Olivia?" The man stopped a young woman who had wet towels in a pan. "Where the bloody hell is she?" He snapped.
"G-g-giving birth." The young girl stuttered. "I must go help attend to her." She walked hurriedly past him. Smirking, he followed her down the hall. She went into a small room with tons of people surrounding a bed. The woman he had been searching for was on the bed, squeezing a woman's hand. She had been the source of the screaming. Olivia had black hair that was pulled back, her tanned skin was sweaty and her blue eyes had been closed at the moment.
"Congratulations Miss Olivia, you have a baby girl." An elderly woman spoke as she magically cleaned the baby and gave her to her mother. No one was aware of the man until the young servant got Olivia's attention.
"Lucius…" She muttered. "You came." She spoke as Lucius walked closer to her. "This is your daughter." He looked down at the baby in her arms. His own wife had given birth to a son a few months ago. He was proud that he would have an heir but the baby girl in his ex-lover's arms made him forget about Draco.
"What's her name?" He asked quietly.
"Gemma Isabelle." She smiled before the baby was taken out of her arms.
"Miss Olivia is very weak and could die." The elderly woman explained to Lucius before handing him the baby. The little girl was sleeping peacefully, unaware of her mother's possible death. Her hair, what little she had, was already a blondish white color. He was pushed gently out into the hallway before the door was slammed and the room was silent. A few minutes later, a woman came out, wiping her bloody hands on a towel.
"Mr. Malfoy, she didn't make it." She cried. "She's your responsibility now." The dark skinned woman went back in the room sobbing.
"Cissy is going to kill me." He muttered before apparating to his home.
-11 Years Later-
"The letters have come in." Draco pushed down his little sister before he raced into the family dining area. Gemma stood up and followed him. An owl had dropped two letters on the table where their mother was silently eating.
"Calm down Draco. They're not gonna disappear. "Gemma rolled her eyes before picking up her letter.
Miss G. Malfoy, Bedroom 3, Malfoy Manor
She grinned before carefully opening her letter. Pulling out the first slip of paper, she began to read the words.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Malfoy,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
"We're going to Hogwarts." The girl whispered quietly as her mother came up behind her.
"We'll go to Diagon Alley tomorrow." Narcissa Malfoy told her children. "Now, it's time to eat." She forced the children down to eat their breakfast.
Gemma and Draco Malfoy looked alike. They both had white-blonde hair that they inherited from their father. While Draco had his mother's light blue eyes, Gemma had her father's silvery grey ones. Also, Draco seemed to have their mother's favor while Gemma was just….there. They were both of average height and slender.
She pulled out the other paper and read what first years would need. It made Hogwarts that much real.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of glass or crystal phials
1 telescope set
1 brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
The next day, they were surprised when their dad offered to go along with Narcissa to take them to Diagon Alley. They looked around before heading to Madam Malkin's. Draco kept begging their father for a broomstick but Lucius ignored them and told the witch what they needed and said he'd be back.
"Hogwarts, dear?" Madam asked as she fitted Draco for his robes. Gemma looked around the corner and saw a boy their age with wild black hair and green eyes covered by glasses. He started to speak but she interrupted him. "Got the lot here — another young man being fitted up just now, in fact."
Another witch finished Draco and went onto the next boy. Draco decided to befriend the boy, so he didn't seem like a loser when he started at Hogwarts. She was sitting down, since she was already done, watching her brother.
"Hello," said Draco, "Hogwarts, too?"
"Yes." The black haired boy said.
"My father's next door buying my books and mother's up the street looking at wands," Draco spoke. He ignored Gemma who was waiting to be introduced. "Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing brooms." He said boredly. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow." Gemma rolled her eyes at her brother. "Have you got your own broom?" He asked the boy.
"No." He responded.
"Play Quidditch at all?" He continued to ask. The boy looked confused.
"No." He spoke.
"I do — Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree. Know what house you'll be in yet?" He said smugly.
"No." Was his answer again. Gemma was ready to tell her brother to leave the poor boy alone since he was probably half-blood or muggle born.
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been — imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" He ran his mouth and asked the boy.
"Mmm." The boy answered.
"I say, look at that man!" The boy looked at the window along with Draco and Gemma. A half-giant was standing outside with two ice cream cones.
"That's Hagrid." The boy sounded pleased. "He works at Hogwarts." He informed Draco.
"Oh," said Draco "I've heard of him. He's a sort of servant, isn't he?"
"He's the gamekeeper." He explained.
"Yes, exactly. I heard he's a sort of savage — lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed." Draco told him.
"Draco!" Gemma hissed making her presence known.
"I think he's brilliant." The boy spoke coldly.
"Do you?" He pressed for information. "Why is he with you? Where are your parents?"
"Draco, shut it." She glared at him.
"They're dead." He said.
"Sorry." The Malfoy kids said, Draco not meaning it. "But they were our kind, weren't they?" She smacked her brother's arm.
"They were a witch and wizard, if that's what you mean." The boy snapped at Draco.
"I really don't think they should let the other sort in, do you? They're just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families. What's your surname, anyway?" He finally asked for the boy's name.
"You're done my dear." Madam Malkin said, letting the black haired boy step down. He paid for the robes then hurried quickly outside the shop.
"Why'd you smack me Gem?" He asked his sister as they waited for their parents.
"You were being rude." She rolled her eyes.
Their parents showed up a couple of minutes later with all of their books and supplies before they headed over to Ollivanders, the wand shop in Diagon Alley.
"Good afternoon." Ollivander said as the family entered the shop. "Awww Draco and Gemma Malfoy." Gemma went first and he went searching for a wand for her. She ended up with an eight inch willow with a phoenix feather. Draco ended up with an 8 ½ inch hawthorne with unicorn hair.
"Hogwarts here we come…" Gemma whispered.