Chapter 1: 14 years later
It had been fourteen years since Astoria's sister and brother-in-law had passed, fourteen years since the Malfoy's had adopted their niece as their own and since that day they had never looked back. Amanda was their daughter, maybe not biologically, but that wasn't what made a family. Astoria still remembered the first time Amanda had looked at her with those big blue eyes and called her "mama" she felt as though her heart was going to burst and then break. She sometimes felt guilty that she was raising her sister's child under the pretense that she was her mother, but then that feeling went away when Amanda smiled. She knew that Daphne wouldn't have it any other way.
So now here they were fourteen years later. Amanda was away at school in America at the Salem Witch Academy for Gifted and Talented Witches. It was always so funny when friends would ask how the two children were enjoying Hogwarts and the Malfoy's would laugh explaining that only one child was at Hogwarts. Amanda enjoyed school, no could argue that. She truly enjoyed being away from Scoprius and his over protective ways. She enjoyed being somewhere where no one knew her family and gave her odd looks because she looked nothing like her parents and she really enjoyed being away from her grandparents who had no idea that she had red hair and blue eyes. She hated having to put a glamour charm on every time they came over. She wished she didn't have to act like she wasn't adopted. She knew it and was completely fine with it.
These days Amanda found herself in the headmistress's office more and more. She sighed leaning back in the chair chewing loudly on a piece of Droobles Best Chewing gum. She looked at the headmistress and blew a large bubble watching as she cringed when it popped "So what did I supposedly do now?" she asked twirling a piece of hair around her finger.
"According to Emilie Harper you threatened to blow the Potions lab up." Headmistress Kinkle said looking over the teen.
Amanda looked at her and shrugged "Really? Hmm that's not a bad idea. I mean Madame Linster knows nothing about Potions. Yesterday she tried to brew a love potion and it exploded in her face."
"Really and why did it do that?"
"Because she added eye of newt instead of essence of newt." Amanda said rolling her eyes "The woman is insane!"
"We still have to take Miss Harper's accusation into account."
"Why?" she raised an auburn brow in question.
"Because you have a history…"
She scoffed at the comment. Sure she and Emilie didn't get along, but they did not have a quote on quote history. "No it's because her father is the Minister and you don't want him coming down on your ass for punishing his precious little girl." Amanda said bitterly. "I don't have a history just fyi. You've been here 2 months and have pegged me as a 'problem' because of what that witch told you."
"Miss Oliver I will not take lip from you!" the headmistress snapped.
Amanda was on her feet glaring at the woman "But you'll listen to bold face lies?!" she shouted. "And for the thousandth time my name is not Oliver! It's Malfoy I was adopted 14 years ago!"
"You have left me no choice I'm going to have to call your guardian!"
Amanda's face fell the last thing she needed was her dad getting called out of a meeting to answer a call about her "There is no need to do that. He's a very busy man."
"Yes, well I think his wards education is important."
'This woman is certifiable! How many times do I have to say that they adopted me?!' "My grades are the best in the school!" Amanda said looking at the woman as if she had lost her mind.
"You could do better."
"I have A plus' in everything!" Amanda yelled leaning across the desk, her blue eyes alight with fire. She was losing it very quickly. "Whatever that cow has told you it's a bold face lie and I hope someone does blow up the stupid lab just so you can see it's not me!" and with that she stormed from the office and walked out onto the grounds. She ran across the field to the edge of the grounds breathing heavily trying to remain calm as to not do anything stupid. She sat down in the grass pulling her knees to her chest.
"Look who it is girls little orphan Amanda." Emilie Harper and her gang stepped out from behind a tree.
Amanda groaned inwardly, this was going to end badly "Go away Harper before I hex you."
"Ooooo." the other girls taunted.
"Shut up!" Emilie shouted. "You couldn't hex a fly little Manda."
"Yeah? Watch me." Amanda looked up narrowing her eyes at the girl.
"Oh more threats, tell me do your parents hate you?"
"No." Amanda said through gritted teeth.
"Then why go to a school so far away?"
"None of your business Emilie!" Heather Harper said walking over. "You are such a bitch always picking on people."
"Stay out of this Heather Noelle." Emilie warned.
Heather crossed her arms over her chest "No, you are not the boss of me."
"Don't make me hex you!" Emilie said.
"Yeah right." Heather rolled her eyes.
"I'll do it and blame her!" Emilie raised her wand…."St….."
Amanda had heard enough standing up she pulled her wand from her robes "Avis Oppungo!" she shouted pointing her wand at one girl distracting Emilie from hexing her sister. A flock of yellow canaries flew from her wand and attacked the girl pecking at her head. "Densaugeo!" she pointed her wand at the second girl, immediately the girls perfectly straight white teeth started to grow at an alarming rate. Amanda turned her wand on Emilie.
"You wouldn't." Emilie said.
Amanda raised her wand eyes on fire with hatred for the girl standing before her "You want to continue to taunt me then fine you are going to pay the price! You have made fun of me for 3 freaking years!"
"Can't even bring yourself to curse?!"
"Stupefy!" someone yelled. Amanda turned around to see her best friend looking quite fierce her wand pointed at Emilie. Emilie flew a few feet back "Tarantallegra!" Heather yelled watching as Emilie began to dance uncontrollably her body flailing like mad. By now they had gained quite a large crowd.
"Take this off me." Emilie screamed.
"Stop spreading rumors about everyone!" Heather bellowed.
"Never!" Emilie cried.
Amanda's blue eyes flashed as she muttered the last incantation "Furnunculus!" everyone turned and looked at Emilie. Her body sprouted boils, big ugly red boils.
"AH!" Emilie screamed in pain. Heather laughed and pointed at her sister.
"What is going on here?!" A teacher bellowed.
"Deletrius." Amanda said waving her wand. "Heather wand." Heather looked confused but handed her the wand. "Deletrius."
"Miss Oliver why is Miss Harper covered in boils? And Miss Lyons being chased by birds? And Miss oh goodness Miss Travis please take Miss Rock to the nurse at once!" the teacher turned back to Amanda "Well?!"
"I don't know Professor." Amanda answered through gritted teeth She hated that every teacher at this blasted school called her by her original surname.
"Let me see your wand!" Amanda handed it over. "Prior Incantato." she said pointing her own wand at Amanda's. Nothing happened.
"Is that all ma'm? I do have lots of homework to attend to." Amanda smirked looking at the professor.
"Oh , yes umm yes." the professor said walking away.
"Good job Amanda." Heather said with a bright smile. "My sister so had that coming to her."
"Yeah well, thanks for not ratting me out. Any of you." She said noticing that their friends had joined them.
"Amanda we all hate Emilie Harper." Melanie said smiling. "No offense Heather."
"None taken." Heather laughed.
"What the heck did you cast so you wouldn't get caught?" Jackie asked.
"Delietrius. Transfers the spells to an enemies wand. Made it up myself, Scorpius helped me."
"Wow that's so cool!" Gina said in awe. "Your brother is so smart!"
"Yeah I know." Amanda smiled.
"So, do you think Emilie will retaliate?" Heather asked.
"Not if she knows what's good for her." Amanda said with a smile. "Now come on I have a letter to write." they walked back to their dorms and Amanda pulled her journal out. Scor? she wrote inside a page.
What? I'm sleeping.
And yet you have the notebook.
Yes, because for some reason my sister likes to write to me at weird times! We attend two different schools and you are in a different time zone!
Calm down butt munch!
Are you seriously resulting to childhood name-calling?
Yes.
Fine, twinkle toes!
Amanda glared at the notebook Jerk. Anyways I wanted to tell you I hexed someone today.
There was a long pause before Scorpius wrote anything Why? Wait, is your mirror on you?
Amanda crawled to the end of her bed and pulled her mirror out Yes. The next thing she knew it was vibrating. She waved her hand over the glass and watched as her brothers sleepy face came into view "Hi sleepy."
"Why did you hex someone?" he yawned walking down what looked to be stone stairs.
"I didn't start it I just finished it." Amanda smiled.
Scorpius flopped onto a large leather couch running a hand over his face "Fine let me rephrase that, why did you finish the hexing?"
"Because I was sick and tired of Emilie Harper picking on me and my friends. Heather started the whole thing and I finished it before Heather got hurt."
"Hey!" Heather pouted walking over and sitting beside Amanda "Scorpius don't listen to her. I'm not helpless."
"Ok." Scorpius said with a sleepy shrug.
"Wow you're cute." Heather giggled twirling her blonde hair around her finger.
"I'm taken." Scorpius said with a small smile.
"What? When? Who? Where? How? Why?" Amanda asked.
Scorpius groaned "Amanda it's 2am here. I have classes in the morning. Now back to the issue at hand, as your big brother I am going to give you some advice ok?" he rubbed his eyes and yawned before sitting up and looking at his sister with all the love he could muster. "Ok?" he said again when she didn't answer.
"Ok." She nodded looking at him.
"Manda, I love you. But damnit, you need to stop getting into fights with this girl. Be the bigger person. Walk away. Emilie Harper sounds like a right wench and you just need to get away from her. If she says something shrug it off and walk away."
"But.."
"No buts Amanda, there is no excuse for getting into a fight. What would mum and dad say if they knew? They would tell you to shake it off, so the next time she says something what are you going to do?"
Amanda took a deep breath and looked away for a minute and then back "I'll walk away. I won't let her get to me."
"Good, now then I am exhausted. I am going back to bed and I don't want to hear about you getting into any more fights. Got it?" he said giving her a look that could rival their father.
"Got it." She said with a very small smile "Sorry Scor."
"Hey it's ok. I get it, I really do. I love you kid. Goodnight." And with a wink and a smile he disconnected the call.
A/N: Well hey there again lovely people! Well as you can see this story is back in business! I am so excited to be writing again. I cannot tell you how excited I am. Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me through all of this :) See you next chapter :)
