Draco almost chocked on his morning tea. "I have a what?" he said once he stopped coughing his lungs up.
His mother watched him patiently. "A sister," she said. "Well, a half sister."
Draco wiped his mouth with a napkin. His mother didn't seem too overly upset or angry. She was...calm. "How the hell do I have a sister?" he asked.
"Draco, language," his mother chastised. "As for the answer to your question. Your father had an affair not too long after you were born. It was with a muggle on a business trip to the Americas. He got a girl pregnant."
Draco stared, unsure of what to say. His mother just told him that his father, her husband, had had an affair with a muggle and that there was a child between them. She wasn't angry. That was what settled weirdly with him. "What are you planning, mother?" he asked.
She smiled. "I think your father should meet his daughter," she said.
He paled. "Does he even know she is alive?" he asked.
Narcissa shook her head. "Lucius is oblivious. But I have been keeping tabs on the girl for some time now. This is her." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a picture. She handed it to Draco.
He took the picture and looked at it. Thankfully, it was a wizard picture (he didn't like the still muggle ones). In it was a girl sitting on a tree limb. She wore a pair of jeans, a black t shirt, a blue zip up sweatshirt, and cowboy boots. Draco stared at her face, though. She was young, probably a year younger than his 19 years, and she had bright blond hair pulled back into a pony tail, a small tendril of hair framing her face. Her blue-hazel eyes smiled at whoever was taking the picture. The girl waved from the photo, laughing and smiling as if she didn't have a care in the world.
"Her name is Marian, but her friends call her Maria," Narcissa said. "She lives on a farm in the Dutch country of Pennsylvania, USA. Some place called East Berlin, I believe. She has been known as Marian Yoder for the entirety of her 18 years of life. She graduated from some school named Bermudian and is attending a community college called HACC. Dreadful name. She's majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Security and Defense.
"She has another half brother by the name of Andrew. His is the son of her mother and her husband. He is older than her by two years. Other than that, she has no siblings or family. Her mother and stepfather have raised her, never telling her who her real father is. This is them." Narcissa, who had sounded like she was reading a report, handed over another photo. This one was a muggle picture.
The woman that looked back had long blond hair that was starting to grey. She had hazel eyes that smiled at the camera. The older man was taller than her, with black hair that was also greying. The younger boy had dark blond hair and a beard forming. He looked slightly bored. All of them were standing in front of a big red truck. There was nothing special or significant about them.
Draco looked up at his mother. "Why bring Marian here now?" he asked. "You've had 18 years to bring her here, but you didn't. Why now?"
Narcissa smirked. "Lucius needs to pay for what he's done to this family. I want to rub his affair in his face."
"And what about Marian?" Draco said, curious about his mother's plan. "Something tells me that convincing Marian to leave her muggle family and come all the way over to England to wound father's pride, isn't going to be an easy task."
Narcissa chuckled. "You leave that to me, dear," she said. "I'm just warning you now."
Draco stared at the photo of his half sister. She looked at a cat on a limb above her and she tossed a leaf at it, laughing as the cat tried to catch it. She looked so...normal. Like she hadn't been in a dysfunctional family. Suddenly, he needed to talk to a friend.
He stood up. "I'm going to go to Blaise's," he said.
Narcissa nodded. "I understand," she said. "Just know that you aren't to say a word to your father when he returns from his trip to France. Then again, if we plan this out, he'll be greeted by his entire family." The way she said it, it sounded like she had some evil plan going. Probably did, though.
Draco nodded and slipped the picture of his sister into his pocket before walking over to the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Floo powder and tossed it into the flames, calling out, "Zabini Mansion."
He appeared in the Zabini Mansion's fireplace. As he stepped out, he was greeted by a disturbing sight. Pansy and Blaise snogging heavily on the couch. Draco let out a dramatic cry and cringed. "Merlin!" he said. "Warn a guy, will you?"
Blaise looked up and Pansy jerked into a sitting position, smoothing her skirt free of wrinkles. Her face was slightly red, but Blaise was calm and cool.
"My house, my rules," he said.
Draco shrugged. "Whatever," he said.
Pansy cleared her throat and took over the role of hostess. "What brings you here, Draco?" she asked.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the picture. He tossed it to his friends and sank into a chair. As they studied the picture, Pansy's brow wrinkled in confusion. "Who is this?" she asked.
Draco watched his friends closely, wondering if they would have the same reaction as he had. "She's my half sister from my father's affair with a muggle."
The two looked at him as if he'd just lost his mind. "Sister!?" Pansy shrieked. Draco winced at the pitch. "You have a sister?"
"Yeah," Draco said. "She's 18. Grew up in a muggle family. Her name's Marian."
Blaise blinked. "How-"
"My mother," Draco said. "She wants to surprise my father when he returns from his trip. She wants Marian there so she can rub it in his face."
"Poor girl," Pansy said. "Being used like that." She looked at the picture, then back up. "When do you go get her?"
Draco shrugged, but the fireplace flashed green and Narcissa walked out, dressed in her best muggle clothes. "Draco," she said. "It's time we collected your sister."
Draco looked at his friends. "Now, I guess," he said.
I wanted to have some fun with this idea. It's going to be in three stories. The first, this one, is going to be Draco getting use to and connecting with his new found sister. The second story, which has yet to be written, will be Draco and finding love. The third, also yet to be written, will be of Marian and finding love. So, just letting you know.
