Behind The Mask
Prologue
A/N: First story, so please don't hate- just let me know if something's wrong, okay?
She was awoken by Scorpio as he shook her shoulders in excitement. "Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake UP!" He yelled in her ear. Groaning, she opened her eyes and squinted as the light hit them. Throwing her legs over the side of the bed, she grumbled,
"Alright, alright, I'm up." Her eyes rested on the calendar on her wall, and the massive red circle on it. Immediately she was wide awake.
Little Scorpio chuckled at her. "So you've finally caught on, have you?" Glaring at him, she got out of bed and stretched.
"Out! OUT!" She shooed him away with her hands. "I need to get ready."
"Calm down Sis, don't you want breakfast?" Despite the fact that she was not actually his sister, he insisted on calling her that, and by now she was so used to it she didn't even blink. Instead she pondered over whether her stomach was important enough to listen to, or whether she should just get ready.
"I can bring something up if you like, but..."
"But, what?" That devil sure did know how to make her curious.
"Oh, nothing. If you don't what to come down, then that's your problem." Dammit that boy was as frustrating as hell.
"I swear that if you don't tell me right now, I'll never owl you from Hogwarts." At the prospect of losing touch with her, Scorpio gasped and went pale, before replying.
"Pancakes! Dad's made pancakes!" In an instant, she was downstairs. Her appearance would have to wait.
The moment she entered the kitchen, her 17-years-older-than-her cousin smiled up from where he was cooking pancakes. His wife was nowhere to be seen. "Hey D-S, I see Scorp told you about the food. Are you ready for today?"
"Oh My God, I can't believe that I'm finally going to Hogwarts. I can't wait to join Slytherin!" At this, Draco's face fell.
"Ah, well, um, I hate to tell you this, but, ah, well the thing is..." She had never seen her cousin at such a loss for words. Suddenly she didn't want to hear it anymore. She had a feeling she knew exactly what he was going to say.
She back away from him, and then she ran upstairs to her room and dived straight for the bed. She could hear him shouting for her, but she ignored him and he took the hint to leave her alone.
A while later, she realised she was crying. Well, it was understandable. She had been brought up to believe Slytherin was the best house, and now she was being told she would never see the green light streaming into the dungeon common room. Although it was something she'd always known deep down, she had failed to come to terms with it. Even now she couldn't come to terms with it, as she wiped her eyes and declared,
"I am Dessilava-Svetlana Alžbeta Malfoy and my father was a Death Eater. I will be in Slytherin."
Hearing his godfather calling him downstairs for breakfast, Teddy Lupin shot out of bed faster than a bullet from a gun. It was his day at Hogwarts, and he had been lying in bed awake for ages. Turning to the mirror, he checked that his hair had changed to his preferred blue. It wasn't that he didn't like the bright green hair he had had yesterday, he just thought blue was more appropriate, considering his mood.
As he entered the kitchen, his three god-siblings (as he liked to think of them), flocked round him, squealing for his attention, but (uncharacteristically), he ignored them, and sat down opposite Harry. "What am I going to do with you, Teddy? If you don't stop using that ability of yours, then I'm going to get jealous! Actually, I already am!" Teddy knew his godfather was trying to ease his nerves, but they wouldn't budge.
When Ginny entered the kitchen, she scooped up Lily and demanded to know why he wasn't having breakfast on a day such as this. Realising that unless she did something he would go to school on an empty stomach, she set down a bowl, a spoon, a box of cereals and the milk. "Here you are, now eat! Oh, and boys, stop bothering Teddy. He's got enough on his mind at the moment." Her gaze turned back to him, and she said sternly, "Eat."
Ginny wasn't normally this strict, but she knew he would regret it if he didn't eat anything. Reluctantly he shovelled cereal down his mouth. When he had finished, they informed him that they would be leaving at 10- so they could be there in plenty of time. Immediately his nerves began to set in again. They had disappeared shortly whilst he was eating, but now they returned faster and harder than ever.
He could distantly hear his godfather saying, "it's okay Teddy, you'll be fine" and the kids making him promise to write to them, even though the youngest, Lily, couldn't read yet. So this is what it feels like to be part of a family, he thought. He had never realised before how much he would miss them.
A/N: Um, yeah, so please review, but not too bad please.
