Chapter 1: Day with the Malfoy's
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A thirty-year-old woman was sitting in a small nursery, swaying gently in a rocking chair while holding an infant girl. She smiled as the infant reached up to grab and play with her mother's hair, dark earth brown and slightly wavy, gargling happily. Her daughter was a beautiful child; wispy black hair was starting to grow long as it framed her crème colored face. And those dark blue eyes! It reminded her of the deep ocean, playful and dangerous. Probably got that from her father. There was a sound and her smile disappeared.
Footsteps.
They were coming from outside the open door. She placed her child in the crib and drew a wand from the sleeve of her robes. Voices could be heard, coming from up the stairs. They entered the hallway, light from the nursery spilling out into the hall, illuminating the four figures. Black masks, black cloaks. Death Eaters.
The woman was outnumbered four-to-one but she stood valiantly in front of the crib, hiding the child from view, wand pointed at the four figures. A male voice spoke from behind the mask.
"Hand over the child." The voice was dripping with loathing and pure hatred. She instantly recognized it as the husband of Sirius' cousin Narcissa.
"You don't frighten me Lucius. Leave now or I'll kill you all." The man, now identified as Lucius, sneered at her and before he could do or say anything, high pitched laughter sounded from behind him.
"She knows how to play. Where's my dear cousin Sirius? Is he off gallivanting around with that Potter and the werewolf?" Her face remained set as her eyes hardened at the mention of her husband and friends.
"That is no business of yours, Bellatrix." Magic exploded from her wand as she cast several silent incantations at the Death Eaters. The four of them scattered as Bellatrix pointed her wand at the woman.
"Crucio!" She screamed in pain as Bellatrix laughed, not stopping as the infant started crying. The other three laughed with her before Bellatrix stopped her curse. She grew angry at the woman on the floor, who had just been tortured, started laughingat her.
"Avada Kedavra!" A jet of green light hit the woman instantly killing her A house elf appeared and seeing his dead mistress and the crying infant, he stood between the child and the Death Eaters.
"You shall not harm her." Bellatrix moved forward but Lucius stopped his sister-in-law from killing the elf.
"Dobby," He began, his voice aired in a way that gave the impression of superiority, "I'll give you a choice: Either you can come with us quietly and bring the child" He paused for effect, "Or I'll kill you and take the child. Which is it?" The elf dropped his hands slowly, levitating the child to him and grabbed a few clothes from a near by dresser,quickly before following the blonde Death Eater out of the house as the Dark Mark appeared over the house and they disappeared.
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Dark blue eyes snapped open, staring into the darkness of the basement from lack of light save a small almost unnoticeable window. A young girl of 10 years old lay on a small cot staring around her as she sat up, clutching a stuffed animal in the shape of a large black dog named Padfoot, that was ragged and torn in several places but was her only comfort in the basement's blanket of black. The door at the top of the stairs opened and foot steps were heard as light flooded down the narrow hallway. A tall, hawk-faced woman with straight blonde hair that fell about her shoulders and sharp ice blue eyes stood at the bottom of the stairs, not desiring to come any closer to the filth down here than she already was. Her shrill voice echoed around the basement,
"Hurry up! You have to make breakfast with the elves and clean out the owlery." The small girl nodded,
"Yes, Aunt Narcissa." She narrowed her eyes at the young girl, who flinched away.
"I thought I told you not to call me that!" She snapped, turning and ascending the stairs, slamming the basement door shut.
Darkness once again engulfed the basement. She fumbled around trying to find the small light orb one of the house elves had snuck in for her, buried under a small pile of books that had also been smuggled to her over the years. She finally found it and giving it a soft squeeze, the orb began to give off a soft light as she placed it in a corner, quickly pulling a large grey t-shirt over her head and slipping on a pair of blue jeans that had holes and rips in them. Both the shirt and pants were two times too big for her and hung on her small skinny frame. She looked at herself in the small mirror that was hidden underneath a large blanket, also courtesy of the elves. Thick, night black hair fell down to her shoulders, framing a rounded face the color of snow. A pair of deep ocean blue eyes looked at her reflection in the mirror as she smiled slightly. Most kids her age considered her a freak but she didn't care. Carefully, she brushed and pulled her black locks back into a ponytail, so it wouldn't get in her way while she cleaned. She had been hoping her aunt, uncle and cousin would leave her alone for the rest of her summer vacation but proved to be a fool's hope. A knock sounded again and she quickly doused the light before climbing the stairs, only to see her uncle standing in the doorway a sneer on his face, looking down his pointed nose at her with all the might that he could muster. Which was quite a lot.
"Well, hurry up! Narcissa gave you a task to do. Move it, you piece of filth." He said impatiently, not happy that he had to actually talk with the filth and hit her on the back with his cane as she hurried off to the kitchens. It was normal for her uncle, Lucius, to insult her at least five times a day, so she mentally gave one check mark to his first degrading remark as the four house elves (Dobby, Mindy, Tink and Orion, respectively) looked up in greeting. She usually was forced to sit down while the elves made the food. They would let her carry it up on trays, with Mindy following her bringing the rest of the food, then they'd return to the kitchen and the elves would give her breakfast as well. Today was no different. Mindy, the pink elf, was making the eggs on one of the five stoves, which she had no idea why there were so many. Tink, an orange elf with green eyes, was working on bacon on a stove to the left of the entrance. Orion, a blue elf, was making sausage in the back corner stove. The aroma was over powering and her stomach gave a growl at the thought of food. She sheepishly grinned at the elves as they all giggled. The fourth and final elf Dobby, a blue-gray elf, was making toast, pouring juice and water into glasses at one of the small tables that barely fit into the small kitchen. The elves refused to let her help make breakfast and once she sat down at another small table that'd been put in the kitchen for her to use, a plate of sausage and eggs was placed in front of her, not having been feed last night after cleaning the upstairs drawing room, she ate it quickly. When she was half way finished with her eggs a bell in the kitchen rang in summons. She hastily wiped her mouth on the back of her hand, picking up several plates of food placing them on a large bulky tray trying to balance it while walking from the kitchen to the dinning room.
She hated the constant green and silver that filled the house as it reminded her too much of a snake, which didn't surprise her in the least. She knew from all the boasting and bragging Draco and his parents did that the entire Malfoy and Black Families had been in Slytherin, all accept Sirius Black who was Narcissa's cousin, which she found odd. She managed to make it to the puke green dinning room without tripping or dropping the food as she carefully set the tray down on a small mahogany stand before giving each person their breakfast. Her cousin, a small pale boy with a pointed face, platinum blonde hair and blue eyes, sneered at her as she placed his birthday breakfast in front of him. He looked at it then at her, sticking his nose high in the air seeing his friends watching him, he made a snide remark.
"I don't appreciate the smell of filth all over my breakfast. Get out of here vermin." She simply shuffled her feet knowing it was useless to argue with anyone. She stooped down to pick up the two trays, hearing laughter at the comment as her aunt spoke,
"Draco, you'd best hurry up and eat if we're going to make the match." Amelia shuffled back to the kitchen with Mindy behind her carrying the trays in silence. Amelia wished she could go with them to the Quidditch match. Draco kept boasting that he'd play Quidditch at Hogwarts on the Slytherin team and that he'd win the House Cup as his birthday had drawn closer and now it was finally here. Lucius and Narcissa had changed their mind at the last minute that the party would be held at the Quidditch pitch which saved Amelia from having to set the party up like she'd done for the past several years. Once she got back to the kitchen she quickly ate the now cold sausage and eggs, scarfing them down with orange juice soon to follow. She helped wash the dishes hearing her uncle call for her. She quickly scurried to the entry way not letting her hopes rise too high. She saw them all dressed weirdly in muggle clothing to head for the Quidditch match. Lucius looked at her with cold steel gray eyes,
"You are not to touch a thing in this house. Do I make myself clear?" She nodded not turning away from him knowing there was more,
"Also, should any owls arrive you are to put them on the entry table. Understood?" Again she nodded before leaving down a side hallway hearing Draco and all of them leave before smiling slightly and skipping to the kitchen to visit the elves. She was unused to her freedom as she wandered the mansion, seeing the wizard pictures that watched her with a sharp eye hoping to get her in trouble as they lined the forest colored walls. The marble floors didn't muffle the sound of her steps as she peered at the looming marble snake columns that had emeralds for eyes as they held up the house. Even after living here for as long as she could remember she always hated how cold and dark the mansion felt from having been a Death Eater hot spot during what Lucius dubbed 'The Golden Days'. She could vaguely remember that there was a library, so she searched for it. She finally found it on the second floor next to Lucius's office and walked through the shelves looking at the different sized books stacked on dark red oak shelves that reached the ceiling and hid the light green walls, as if embarrassed of having light colors in a dark house. Most of the books were old heavy volumes on the Dark Arts ranging from curses and counter curses to lethal potions that could kill an enemy. She ignored those and found a history book that went back to the founders of Hogwarts' time and the many exciting events since then. She quickly looked around to see if anyone was coming, took the book from the shelf, opened it and was about to start reading when she heard a tapping at the window. She saw a tawny owl hovering there holding a letter in its beak. She opened the window as the owl flew inside dropped its letter on the floor then flew away again. She carefully picked up the envelop seeing the crest of Hogwarts on the back and turned it over to see fancy green writing.
Mr. D. Malfoy
Upstairs bedroom in the corner
Malfoy Manor
London
Her heart dropped. She had hoped that it'd been for her. Shaking her head and sighing, she took the history book and the letter, closed the window, and left the library closing the door. She trudged down the stairs placing the letter on the entry table, as she'd been told to do and leaving for the basement. She sighed softly descending the stairs into the bleak and empty basement, losing all hope that she'd ever go to Hogwarts with her cousin.
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Ok everyone there's the first chapter….and yes I know that there's some redundancy to it but it'll all make sense soon.
Henry: Ya know that dream didn't make any sense at all right?
Wolf: -whacks Henry with a baseball bat- Urusai! (shut up)
Henry: -holds head- OW!! OW!! Hey, no need to hit me because I'm sexy -grin-
Wolf:-rolls eyes sighing- oi vei…Anyways don't forget to R&R and I'll get the next chappie up.
Quillander: -apparates into the room- Hey I beta'd for this remember?
Wolf: -grins sheepishly- Oh yeah…Sorry Quill…Thanks for the great job by the way…I'd be in deep trouble without your help, honestly.
Wolf signing off