A/N: Hi! Guess what? I've temporarily discontinued "a Plague a Both Your Houses.", to work on this one.
I hope you like, oh an' I got a beta now! Thanks Sc!
Chapter 1- Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Rudolph Lestrange grinned. "Mum! Mum! I got my letter! Can we go shopping?" he shouted, running up the stairs.
His mother smiled tiredly. It had been a long eleven years, with Rudolph's father dying, and Voldemort rising into power again, she had tried to do everything she could to keep her only son safe. Alas, there were some things that were meant to be, she thought as she gathered her purse. "Come on Mum," Rudolph whined, tugging her sleeve.
"Slow down Rudy," his mother responded. "The shops aren't going to get up and walk away, we have time. Now, how about we go find you a wand?"
Meanwhile in the Folgier house, things weren't as well. "No! I will not have my son going to that school. Never. He's going to become a priest, just like his father."
"But Father, Hogwarts isn't bad. The headmaster is very respected, and generous. Please Father?" Comet pleaded, even though he knew nothing good would come of it.
"Silence!" his father roared, backhanding his son. "How dare you speak to me, your own father, about that school? How dare you? Do you know what I've done for this family? Do you-"
"Dear," Comet's mother whispered, her hand on her husband's shoulder. "Now isn't the time. Just let him go. It can't hurt."
"Very well. But if I find one hint of this 'magic' nonsense, you'll never see that school again, understand me?"
"Yes father." Comet said, his eyes downcast.
In another slightly happier household, Donner Black had also just received his Hogwarts letter. Of course having six older siblings and an enormous group of cousins, this wasn't as much of a big deal. "Do you think I'll be in Slytherin?" he asked his cousin Blitzen Malfoy, who had also received his Hogwarts letter earlier that week.
"Of course. You're a Black remember? An' there's only been one Black who wasn't and he's not around anymore."
"Donner! Blitzen! Come show your Aunt Merope your new wands!"
"Alright Mum!"
"Coming Aunt Dido!"
Donner stopped on the last step. "Who's that?" he whispered, pointing to an elderly man, off to the side near his mum.
"I think that's our uncle, Aeneas."
"Oh, who's he related to?"
"I'm not sure."
The mysterious uncle soon forgotten, the two boys scampered off to join in the festivities.
A/N- First chapter's finished. Yay! Sorry it's so short. Next chapter will probably be either the Diagon Alley trip, or the Hogwarts express, maybe both.
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