I'm sorry if this took a little longer than you were hoping. I'm working on two stories right now, so I'll alternate with the chapters. Also, I hit a ruff patch recently and it didn't end so well...but anyway, here's the next chapter!
Chapter 1~Meeting's and Sorting's
~~ ~~ Midnight ~~ ~~
Midnight ran through the hall and burst through Draco's door, jumping onto his bed laughing. "Come on Draco! We're going to start school today! Hurry and get up!" she said giggling.
"Ger off..." Came Draco's muffled reply. The two children had already bought their things at Diagon Alley the other day and today was finally the day they would begin their school career. And since Severus Snape had to head to the school days before to begin preparing for his classes, Midnight had be staying at the Malfoy's.
Midnight laid out her body over his lap. "Draco," she said sweetly "If you don't get up I'll go get Narcissa." Draco bolted upright.
"You wouldn't dare…" he slightly growled. Midnight smirked evilly.
"Remember the first time you said that?" she asked. He shivered. The first time this had happened, he didn't believe that she would follow through with the threat…never again will he make that mistake. One huge thing to remember about Midnight Ignis? She always follows through with her threats. "Now get up slowpoke, I already ate breakfast so I'm going to go take a shower and get dressed. So go eat, I'll be done in the bathroom by the time you're done eating." She said. She rolled off the bed and walked out of the room. Draco rubbed his eyes "That girl is crazy as hell..." he mumbled.
Midnight walked into her room that the Malfoy's had put together just for her. She walked over to her walk in closet and pulled out the cloths she was going to wear, she had already packed so she didn't have all her cloths in the closet. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door, locking it. She stripped off her clothes and walked into the spacy shower. She turned the water on hot, when it began to spray, it only burned her skin for a moment before she adjusted to the pleasant burn. She thoroughly cleaned herself, and when she was done, just stood under the spray to wash off the suds in her hair and covering her body. After she felt the suds completely wash off, she reached over her shoulder and rubbed parts of her back, feeling the abnormal bumps that were etched forever on her body. She reached forward with her other hand to steady herself on the shower wall as she began to cry. The water weighted down her hair and made most of it fall in her face. She slipped down onto the floor, her long hair falling all around her. She hugged herself as she curled up into a ball. She did this every day, it was the reason she didn't scream anymore, she kept all of her emotions she needed to hide bottled up, and then let some of it out so she didn't explode, or worse, loose herself to the darkness. After a few minutes, she washed her face again and turned off the water. She took a deep breath and walked out of the shower, grabbing her towel and drying herself off.
She looked at herself in the large mirror, then she turned around and let the towel fall down most of her back, she looked back and observed the appearance of random scars. But Midnight knew what those scars were saying, and she hated it. She had no idea who her father was, but she knew that he was a blood traitor. How? They had carved it into her back and into her being along with many other harmful words. They had carved them into her body until they sunk into her soul. The only person who knew about her scars was dead, and she wasn't going to tell anyone ever. She relived the nightmares every night, but she would never let anyone know.
She turned back around and dried her hair. Her hair was still the deep black it was when she was little but now it went all the way down her back. She still parted her hair to the right side and she didn't have bangs but now on the left side of her part, she kept a little bit of hair braided. She started doing it when she and Draco first became good friends and she'd kept it ever since. She combed her hair into place and dried off her body again. She put on her undergarments and slipped on her black skinny jeans. Then she put on a sparkly white tank top and wrapped a black studded belt tightly around her middle. Then she slipped on her light-weight black hoodie and left it unzipped. She quickly brushed her teeth, checked her eyes to make sure they weren't red, gathered her stuff and opened the door. There stood Draco about to knock. "Seriously, how the hell do you do that?" He asked lowering his hand. Midnight gave a smile.
"I'm just that cool, Draco." She said. Then she walked past him and headed back to her room. She closed her door behind her and sat down over at her vanity table. She pulled forward her small black jewelry box and opened it pulling out a few things, she then closed the box and walked over to her trunk. She opened it and gently set the box inside, then covering it with a few shirts and closing it back up. She walked back over to the table and looked at the objects in front of her. She started by putting on her black fabric chocker and her black heart locket on first, then she put on the bluish purple black rose earrings and then slowly picked up her clip. She arranged her hair for a second so some of her hair was hanging in front of her right eye and clipped it in place with the rose. She looked at herself in the mirror and gave a nod of approval. She took her locket, the gem stone sparkling brightly, and gently opened it up, inside was a picture of her a Draco smiling together on her tenth birthday. She smiled at the memory. She closed the locket then let the heart fall back down on to her chest. She stood up and pushed the chair back in and then surveyed her room. Everything was neat and in place. She pulled on her black ankle boots and then sighed. She walked over to her trunk on her bed. She pulled it off and pulled it across her floor and then out into the hall. Her bright purple eyes looked around and saw Draco coming out of his room with his own trunk.
"I see you're ready to go." She said. Draco gave a nod and let out a large yawn.
"Well let's head downstairs to the fireplace."
They both dragged their things down the stairs and through a few halls until they arrived, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy were waiting for them.
"Are you both ready to go?" Narcissa asked. The two gave a nod. "Well I see you two have you trunks, did you pack your school things?" they both gave a nod. "Well here are your pets." She said gesturing to the two cages sitting by the fireplace. "Draco, we got you an owl so make sure that both you and Midnight write often. And Midnight, if I remember correctly, when you were younger you always wanted a kitten, so we got you one for school." She said with a smile. Midnight's eyes went wide. She ran over and gave Narcissa a hug.
"Thank you…" she said happily. Then she walked over to Lucius and gave him a hug to, he awkwardly patted her shoulder. "Thank you to Mr. Malfoy. You both have been so kind to me over the years, so I'll say this. You guys have kind of become my second family, so no matter what happens, I will never betray you guys and I will never fight you. If something happened to any of you, I know a part of me would die. So thank you for everything you guys have done." Midnight said. Narcissa walked over and gave Midnight a hug.
"I can't say anything that will compare to that, but I won't betray of fight you either. And if you ever need somewhere to go, you can always come here. You know where to find us." She said. Midnight gave a nod and pulled away. "Well let's head out, or else we'll be late for the train." She said with a smile. She handed Draco his dark grey owl, and she handed Midnight a black kitten with electric blue eyes. The kitten let out a cute little meow as it rubbed its face against Midnights finger that she had poked through the bars.
"He's so cute…" she mumbled "I'll name him…Shadow. Shadow fits him." She said giving a nod. She picked up the handle on her trunk and pulled it beside her, securing the cage onto it. Then she walked into the fireplace and said clearly "Platform Nine and Three- Quarters." She felt her insides twist for a second, and then she felt her feet hit the ground. She quickly exited the fire place and waited for the others. Draco came next, and then Narcissa and Lucius followed together. Draco and Midnight waved goodbye and then took their things over to the train. They set up their things and then boarded the train, quickly finding an empty compartment. Crabbe and Goyle soon joined them. Draco and Midnight sat next to each other while the other two sat across from them. They waved goodbye to their parents one more time as the train started leaving.
The four conversed casually as the train continued on. Crabbe and Goyle had visited every now and then the previous year after their parents had introduced them. They weren't exactly friends, but they weren't exactly followers either. It was more like the two idiots were afraid of the other two, which wasn't surprising. If you didn't know Draco well, but well enough her was scary. And Midnight? Well Midnight was a bit of a sadist. She liked watching people she didn't really like wither in pain and fear. She had proved on multiple occasions that she could fight as well as she would carry out any threat she made. When you fully know both of them, Midnight is actually the scarier of the two.
When they could see the platform in the way distance, they went to change into their robes and uniforms. As Midnight walked by a group of fourth year Hufflepuff's, they let out cat whistles. Midnight just ignored them, she was used to it, she was rather endowed and mature for her age.
"Now come on sweet thing, that's not nice." One of them said while grabbing her shoulder. She took his wrist and twisted his arm, almost breaking it. The guy squeaked.
"Two things, one, I'm a First year so stay the hell away." She twisted the arm a little more. "Two, first and final warning, if anyone of you tries to touch my again, I will break your arm. Understood?" she asked letting go of his arm.
He reached out and grabbed her shoulder again. "Now hang on there you little-AHG!" he ended screaming. Midnight had grabbed his wrist again and had twisted his arm, this time breaking it.
"Did you not hear what I just said? Pass this on. I always carry out my threats." She growled letting go of his arm. He fell to the ground holding his broken arm.
"You…you…BITCH!"
"What's going on here?" a Hufflepuff prefect asked suddenly appearing.
"This group of boys needs to learn manners. They need to understand that when a girl says no, that it means no." Midnight growled, still pissed.
"I need your name, year, and house." The prefect sighed.
"Midnight Ignis, First year, and no house yet. Now do you understand why I broke his arm?"
"Yes, but you shouldn't have been so violent. I'll have to report this to the Head of your House when you're put in one." Midnight gave a nod.
"Can I go change into my robes now?" she asked. He gave a nod and moved to the side. Midnight walked away and went into one of the many bathrooms. She zipped up her jacket and slipped on her robes. She understood that as soon as their house was selected, that they would get the appropriate uniforms. She walked out of the bathroom and back to her compartment. People backed away from her because she still had a dark aura around her. When she sat back down Crabbe and Goyle were shaking.
"Do I want to know what the scream was?" Draco asked carefully. Midnight put on one of her evil cute smiles. "Nope." She said 'cheerfully' and popping the 'P'. Draco gave a small nod and slightly scooted away from her. When she turned what people began to call 'evilly cute' it meant she was extremely pissed off and anyone who messed with her was most likely going to die. There was silence for the rest of the ride. Midnight eventually cooled off and the atmosphere in the car lightened. When the train stopped, they got out and waited for instructions. A very large man appeared with a lantern.
"Firs' years! Firs' years over here please!" he yelled "C'mon, follow me-any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!" the group began heading down a narrow path surrounded by trees.
"Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," the giant man called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."
Everyone gasped as the path suddenly opened onto the edge of a giant black lake. Across the dark water on top of a mountain was a giant castle with windows sparkling in the night sitting on the edge of the cliff. Midnight stared wide eyed.
"So beautiful…" she muttered
"No more'n four to a boat!" the giant said pointing to a group of little boats. Everyone quickly hopped in, Draco dragging Midnight into a boat with him, Crabbe, and Goyle.
"Everyone in?" The man yelled "Right then-FORWARD" the boats began to move on their own to the castle.
The ride in the boats was semi quick, and when they reached the other side of the lake, they quickly got out and followed the giant up towards the castle. The new students walked through the huge front doors. There stood a fairly old lady. She led the group from the front doors to the stairs before the great hall. She introduced herself as Professor McGonagall and gave a brief speech about the four houses; Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin.
"The sorting will begin in a few minutes, I suggest you smarten yourself up before it starts." The Professor said, then she walked away. Draco was leaning against the railing when he suddenly had a realization.
"So it's true what they're saying on the train then, the great Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." He said with a smirk and everyone began murmuring "This is Crabbe, and this is Goyle." He said gesturing to each of the buffoons. "And I'm Malfoy," he said walking over to the raven haired boy with glasses. "Draco Malfoy." The ginger standing next to him snorted. "You think me names funny do you?" he asked "I don't need to ask who you are. Red hair, and a handy-down robe, you must be a Weasley." He turned back to Harry. "You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." He held out his hand.
"I think I can tell the wrong sort on my own, thanks. And you're not going to introduce your girlfriend? That seems rude." Harry said. This time Midnight snorted.
"Draco's smart enough to know not to do that, I'd have his head if he did. My name's Midnight Ignis. Don't piss me off and I won't harm you in anyway shape of form." She said sultrily and walked forward, holding out her hand.
"Not to be rude but I think any normal person would be afraid to shake your hand after that kind of introduction…" the Weasley said quietly.
"That's the point." Midnight said with one of her evil sweet smiles. Suddenly Professor McGonagall appeared, clearing her throat. Draco and Midnight went back to their places.
"You will now be entering the Great Hall." The doors opened as she turned around and she led the students towards the end of the hall. She walked up the steps and stood next to a stool. "I will now call your names. When your name is called, you will come up here and sit on the stool where I will place the sorting hat on your head." She said carefully picking up the old hat. "Now, let's start. Hermione Granger." She said. The girl walked up the steps and sat down. The Professor put the hat on her head, and after a second the hat called out.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the girl smiled and walked over the tabled, shaking hands with a few of her new housemates. Next, Draco was called up. Before the hat even touched his head, it called out.
"SLYTHERIN!" He smirked and walked over to his table. Next, Ron Weasley was called. The hat was a set on his head.
"Another Weasley eh, I know just what to do with you! GRYFFENDOR!" the hat called out. Next the 'great' Harry Potter was called up.
"Hmmm, difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either, There's talent, oh my goodness yes-and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting….So where shall I put you?" silence "Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness, no doubt about that-no? Well if you're sure-better be GEYFFINDOR!" the red and gold table let out the loudest cheer yet.
"Next, Midnight Ignis." The room went silent. Midnight walked up to the stool, before sitting down, she sent a worried glanced over to Draco. He gave a small smile and a thumb's up. She took a breath at sat down.
"Well now. This one has quite a mind. Plenty of courage and a bit feisty as well as a bit sadistic? A mother from Slytherin and a father from Gryffindor, and an adopted father from Slytherin. Many good qualities for each house…what to do, what to do…better be…SLYTHERIN!" Midnight let out a sigh of relief as the hat was taken off her head. The green and silver table cheered. Midnight sent a look over to Severus and he gave her a small smile. She walked over and sat down next to Draco, she smiled. She knew that this year was going to be quite interesting, and she couldn't wait.
So? I hope you guys liked it. Now, to thank all of the people who have done stuff on this story~
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EmeraldStorm7 chapter 1 . Apr 21
This was brilliant! I love the interaction between Draco and Midnight, they are adorable together and you do a great job of writing ten year olds, lots of writers make the mistake of making them too mature but you hit it on the head. Love Snape as a father, probably my favourite thing about this whole story so far. I have a funny feeling that Midnight is Sirius' daughter or something... considering the hints that Snape was leaving but then again I'm happy to just read this wonderful story and find out in time.
Superb job!
Me~*Tears in eyes* Thank you so much! I'm glad you like what I'm doing. And I can't say weather or not he is because that would mean spoiling the story, so you never know ^.^
RoseGranger chapter 1 . Apr 20
This looks great so far :) update soon
Me~Why thank you, and here you go.
readingaddict24 chapter 1 . Apr 20
Good story i am willing to be your beta if you want
Me~Thanks, and that would be totally flipping amazing.
