AN: Another chapter that was written on my IPad. I hope you like it. Please review it makes me smile and it is good to know what you crazy people think. I own nothing of Harry Potter. That all goes to J. K. Rowling.
Meeting the Family
When they finally reached their destination, the minister forced her into a large, dark house. The minister gave a tap at the door, and with a creak a tall woman stood there waiting.
"Mrs. Malfoy! Pleasure to see you. I have some business with your husband if you don't mind telling him we're here." the minister said stepping through the door no waiting for an invitation. Elipsia stared at the huge door with shock written on her face.
She had never seen such a lovely door. In fact everything in the house was fancy just like the door. She felt out of place for the first time in her life. Mrs. Malfoy kept looking back at Elipsia like she expected her to steal something. The door opened to a bright colorful room that had flowered wallpaper. The minister walked in and shut the door on her before she had a look at who was waiting inside. After a few minutes she heard yelling from the room.
"We do not speak of my mother in this house! She died the night she went to Azkaban!" A male voice echoed through the house.
Elipsia put her ear to the door to try and hear the conversation when it flew open. She fell back against the wall staring into the eyes of a bleach blonde headed man that had anger on his pale face. Draco couldn't keep a wand raised to the twelve year old. The scared shock look on her face reminded him to much of his mother. He thought back to when he saw it last. Before the fighting had stared and she took him away from anything that meant to harm him.
"Draco?" the woman asked with a terrified look.
"What is your name girl?" Draco asked quickly.
"E-Elipsia. Elipsia Morte." she said with a slight tremble of fear in her voice.
"I hope you have a wonderful life here with us. After your time in Azkaban, I assume anything is better than there. Make yourself comfortable." he said stashing his wand back in his hiding spot.
"What do you mean staying here? What about my daddy?" Elipsia said worried if she would ever see him again. She tried to stay calm but the look on the minister's face confirmed that she would never see her father again.
"In time you may see him again." the minister said before walking out.
"Let's get you into some new clothes so we can go shopping for your supplies." the woman said dragging Elipsia up the stairs.
Elipsia didn't like the stiffness of her new clothes. They were strange and she didn't like them to well. They walked through the streets of Diagon Alley looking through the stores and buying all the supplies she needed. She was drawn in by the chirping, hissing, and growls of animals. Elipsia walked into the store and was amazed by all the different animals. Her eyes locked with the giant yellow python that hissed quietly as she passed.
"You are beautiful..." she trailed off wanting nothing more than to pet the snake.
"A complement from such a lovely witch is the highest compliment I can receive." the snake replied in a hiss. Elispia quickly looked around.
"You can talk? This is extraordinary!" she said gazing at the snake.
"Elispia!" her so called brother's voice came from the street.
"I'm supposed to buy an owl, but they have plenty of owls at Hogwarts I'm sure." Elispia said turning to the witch and paying for her new found friend.
"Elispia! What on earth is that?" Astoria said gasping at the snake in the cage.
"It's a snake and his name is Iglesias." Elispia said to her sister in law as she turned toward Quality Quidditch Supplies.
She looked through the store smiling at Iglesias' comments that he hissed quietly. Her eyes seemed to always look up no matter what she passed. She ran into someone and dropped the cage that was in her arms causing the snake to escape through the broken door.
"Iglesias!" She shouted at the slithering creature.
"Just exploring." he hissed as he headed for the desk.
"Don't explore! They could hurt you!" She shouted at the invisible snake. She turned back to see a boy rubbing his dark head of hair. "I'm sorry really. I'm...I'm just amazed is all." there was a scream. "Iglesias! Enough exploring!" She shouted waiting for the snake to slither back down the aisle before she continued her chat with the boy.
"Elispia." Draco's voice snapped from behind her. "I wouldn't spend too much time around the Potter's. You might start to notice your head's getting to big." He said with a smirk.
"Not one to talk there, Malfoy. Look at the awful company you're in. She looks dreadful and honestly like she just escaped from Azkaban." Elispia felt the tears sting her eyes at the tall older boy's words.
He didn't look like the other boys she ran into but she could tell they were close. She ran out of the shop before the tears fell down her face. She didn't stop for Astoria or Scorpius. She only stopped when she was far from people hidden in a dark corner that lay lost and forgotten. Iglesias was the first to find her. He finally convinced her to come out so they could go home.
Elispia followed Iglesias to her only remaining family. As they left she watched as the mean bit from the store talked to the family that surrounded him. They locked eyes for a minute and felt no apology in his gaze, just meanness. She would be glad for the time she spent waiting to go to Hogwarts. It meant she didn't have to be around the mean person. She only hoped that she could see her father before she left.
It had been a long two weeks but with Iglesias she had grown to enjoy the time. They pulled into King's Cross station. They family started walking towards a brick pillar when it just gave way. Elispia stared at the wall not sure what to do. With a great deal of effort she forced herself through the wall. She waited for pain but only heard the whistle of a train. She opened her eyes to a train next to a sign that read 'Platform 9 3/4'. She loaded her things onto the train and waved not getting much of a goodbye from her new family. That's when she saw him coming towards the train. She leaped out of the train and ran to her father who looked sad.
"Dear always know I love you." He whispered as she hugged him. "And I am so proud of you. You will do amazing things." she felt the tears fall from his face to her shoulders.
"You have to meet Iglesias! He's a python. One of the great big yellow ones. And guess what," she whispered quietly, "He can talk." she said with joy on her face.
"Why don't we keep that a secret? Just like-" Her father stopped and gave a wink and elbowed her. She knew what it meant. Their oldest secret. How she managed to go from her mother's cell to his.
She motioned crossing over her heart when the trains whistle blew.
She gave him a sad look, when he pushed her towards the train. She started to cry as she waved goodbye to her father. Elispia searched for a seat on the huge train. She found Scorpius in a car filled with evil looking kids around their age. She moved passed quickly avoiding the glances that came through the window. She knew how much she didn't look like the rest of her family that she lived with. Her dark hair contrasted with Draco and Scorpius' near white hair. Her father's dark brown eyes showed in her face while light eyes reflected in her brother's face. It was easy to see why people denied their relationship.
Her thoughts were ripped back to reality when she ran head first into someone. She grabbed her head as she looked to see who she ran into. It was the boy from the quidditch store. Elispia quickly got up wanting to avoid any trouble with the mean boy. She was stopped by someone yelling at her.
"What is bloody wrong with you?" asked the mean kid from the store.
"Sorry but I was doing my best to avoid confrontation with low life scum like you." She said feeling anger for all the things he said and for making her cry.
"Teddy, she's just a first year." an older boy who looked a lot more like the boy she ran into.
"Better to teach her now than later, don't ya think James?" Teddy said in an angry tone. He started coming at her. She wasn't afraid. She was angry. Elispia was ready for him to attack when the lights in the train went off and the train started to slow.
"Teddy!" The boy she ran into screamed when the lights came on and he was inches away from her.
"Be quiet Albus!" Teddy snapped. She couldn't help thinking what an odd name Albus was.
"Enough Teddy." James said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Stupid Malfoy crud." Teddy muttered.
"My name is Morte! Elispia Morte!" She shouted at the retreating figures.
She spent the rest of her time on the train trying to figure out what had made the train slow down. She wandered from car to car never finding a place to sit. The train came to a sudden halt as waves of people came out of their cabins to leave for Hogwarts. Elispia joined the other first years and took a boat ride so they could be sorted in the castle after everyone was in the Great Hall. It didn't take her long to realize that people were avoiding her. She felt their eyes bore into the side of her head but as she tried to meet their gaze they turned and stepped away.
"I know we haven't officially met. My name's Albus Potter." A boy's voice said from behind her. She turned and found the boy she had run into.
"Elispia Morte." she said quietly as a professor lead them into the Great Hall.
They stood waiting in front of a stool that held a torn and worn hat. People's names were called off a list. Each person walked up nervously to the stool. It took some people a matter of seconds to be told their house. Others took some time. Scorpius was called up. He strutted up to the stool. The hat didn't even have to touch his head as it screamed Slytherin. Elispia knew her name would be called next, but she gave a shocked jolt as the professor called her name. The hat fell on her head and was silent.
"Interesting. You are a very talented little witch aren't you?" the hat questioned. "You would fit well in all the houses. I choose..." but Elispia had let her thoughts slip to the hate that filled the Slytherin house. "Don't approve of Slytherin do you? They are quite a nasty bunch. GRYFINDOR!" the hat shouted and just like that her sorting was over. She walked down the table trying to find a place to sit. When there seemed to be an open seat it was almost instantly gone. She had an intense stare down with Teddy as she passed him and his friends. The only seat seemed to be the one at the end of the table where no one wanted to sit. It was quiet and you couldn't hear a thing.
She waited for the food to appear but with everyone refusing to give her ladles or spoons she scooped what she wanted out, which wasn't much since the Azkaban diet was very small. She was about to leave after she had some sweet potato casserole, when an owl swooped down and dropped a letter in front of her. She studied the fancy hand writing and the ministry symbol. Out of the corner of her eye she saw one of the professors leave the table and was heading for her. She ripped open the thick parchment and read slowly.
Dear Ms. Elispia Morte,
It saddens me to bring such terrible news on your first day at Hogwarts. I am sorry to say that your father, Jonathan Morte, received the Dementor's Kiss today at sundown. We, at the Ministry, are deeply sorry for your loss and hope you have a wonderful year at Hogwarts.
Sincerely,
Minister Scrimminger
Elispia had finished the letter just as the teacher came up behind her. She felt cold and empty. She thought she knew what it was like to be sad. This was a new world of pain and happiness, so far with more pain than happiness. She felt the professors' eyes read the letter. He tried to put a hand on her shoulder for comfort but she needed to be away. If she went far enough away her father would be alive and they would be in their cell hiding from Dementors and unwanted visitors. Her heart hurt. Nothing could fix this pain that seemed to grow. No new family that didn't want her but put up with her. No Hogwarts. Nothing could fix it. She didn't know where she was she looked around the giant room she had entered. The door creaked open and there was Albus with the terrified looking professor that had tried to help. They were both wet.
"You kinda made it rain." Albus said in a laugh. "You need to work on control I guess." he said shrugging into the room.
"I need to work on a lot of things I guess. Not really used to this magic stuff yet." She said with a fake smile knowing he didn't believe it. Watching his eyes, she felt herself break.
She crumpled to the floor and sobbed. In a matter of seconds, Albus was there letting her cry on his shoulder. He listened to her slurred babbling and didn't try to tell het it was alright. He had heard from his father what it was like to be near Dementors. He had told Albus the effects of the Dementors Kiss. He knew it wouldn't be ok.
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