Chapter One: Astoria Greengrass

You never know where you're going to end up when you're younger; little did she know that she was swapped to a different family at birth.

This is the untold story of Astoria Greengrass.

She was born Lillie Potter to the family who already had one child, the famous Harry Potter. This family knew that they were in grave danger and that they must go into hiding to protect their first child. This is why, against their will, they placed her under the care of the Greengrass family who gave her the name Astoria Greengrass. It might seem weird for me to say that it was against their will, they didn't want to give away their own daughter but they felt it was their only chance of protecting her.

Though Lillie wasn't in Godric's Hollow on the night they gave up their lives to save her brother, the unfortunate event had a dramatic effect on her life. The Greengrass family thought that, even though she had a different name, she was putting the family in danger. So without warning she was moved to the care of the Malfoy's, who are a family of snobs who think they are superior to everyone else just because of their blood status. They are also servants' to Voldemort, the darkest wizard today.

The Malfoy family have a son, Draco Malfoy; he is off to Hogwarts in September. Well Lillie should know he never shuts up about it. He is the same age as her birth brother Harry, Lillie often spent time wondering if he'd be going this year… He also happens to be the same age as her sort of sister Daphne Greengrass; she is defiantly going as Lillie received a letter about it just last week. (Even though she no longer lives with them they still keep in touch as they are the ones her parents trusted to look after her). It's now nearing the end of July and Draco and Mr Malfoy had been planning a trip to Diagon Alley to purchase everything Draco will need to cope at Hogwarts. This means everything on his list, plus a new Nimbus 2000 (a broomstick even though first years aren't allowed to have their own brooms at Hogwarts. They're also not allowed on the Quidditch team either, much to Draco's disappointment.) This last purchase is to celebrate Draco getting into Hogwarts, even though we all new that he would! This trip also means a chance for Malfoy's dad to flounce his superior wealth and power.

Lillie woke up early on the morning on the 31st of July, it was a nice day, the sun shone through the curtain of clouds … who was she kidding, we're in England of course it's raining. As the trip hasn't happened yet it must be today. She decided that she should get up as she was hardly going to get back to sleep and it's better to be ready to go early rather than waiting for the Malfoy's to get up and give a time.

Lillie went down stairs to get her breakfast before getting changed. Mr Malfoy was already out of bed and in his study when she had reached the bottom of the stairs. He was talking in a hushed voice to a man dressed in black with lshoulder lenght, black, greasy looking hair, she was only sorry she didn't get a look at his face. She tried hard to listen to the their conversation but after about a minute of muffled words, greasy haired man hand grasped the door handle as if to leave, so she had to make a quick dash back up the stairs and closed the door. She could only hope that neither man had seen or heard her.

"Astoria, are you ready yet," Narcissa called from the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm coming," she called as she slipped her thin outdoor cloak over her shoulders and raced along the corridor to the stairs where she met Draco who was for some reason taking one last ride on his Cleansweep (another type of broomstick, although it is now too old for him, he's only had it for a year!) around the house to the fireplace that was linked to the floo network. For a fireplace that is linked to the floo it is very elaborate with the Malfoy family crest in the centre panel above the actual fire, but then I guess that as it is the first thing you see when you enter the Manor by floo "it has to make a good impression".

By the time Lillie got there Dobby (the house elf, house elf's are very ugly creatures normally with long noses and big floppy ears) had already prepared the floo powder and Father and son were stood, both dressed in black, waiting for her.

"Ah, there you are. You can go first." As much as that sounded like a polite offering, she was only nine and even she could work out that this is an order which must be obeyed. Taking a hand full if floo powder from the pot, she stepped into the fire place. After clearing her throat she said "Diagon Alley" making sure she had pronounced it as clearly as possible before dropping the powder into a whoosh of green flame.

There is a weird sensation like she was being pushed at lightning speed through the floo network, fast but not fast enough for her to have avoided hearing Mr Malfoy's last comment:

"To make sure it's safe for us to follow."

Landing with a thump in Diagon Alley, she straightened her dress and neatend her hair, braiding it as she went. Lillie knocked the last few specks soot off to make herself look respectable. Draco and Mr Malfoy appeared through the floo they dusted themselves of thoroughly, up keeping their snobby act would be hard if they looked like chimney sweeps.