Author's Note: Here's chapter 3. It's longer than the others, I think. It's also the first chapter that hasn't actually been posted before.

I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters. Elaine Goyle and Selenia are mine, though.

Elaine's POV


My mother wasted no time in sending an owl to the Malfoys to ask them to come for dinner. They had responded that they would, so the Sunday before we were to leave for Hogwarts they came for the evening.

The doorbell rang while I was in the library and I heard my mother answer the door. I decided to go get Selenia from the kitchen where I had left her with instructions to the house-elf to give her any scraps. I was pretty sure my mother would make me stop, and I was right.

"Elaine, come greet our guests," she ordered. I obeyed, knowing it would save my trouble later.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy. Hello Draco," I nodded to them.

"She is very much like you, Helen. I confess I thought Lucius was exaggerating," Narcissa Malfoy declared. She prodded her son a step forward. He nodded to me slightly. I suddenly felt just a bit self-conscious in my navy blouse and pleated grey skirt.

To cover it I turned to my mother and asked, perhaps with a bit of haughtiness in my tone, "Mother, may I get Selenia and take her upstairs?" Her eyes narrowed slightly, and I realized my mistake. "Please?" I begged, with a little more humility.

"You may, and tell your father and Gregory that our guests are here," she insisted. I nodded and walked through the dining room into the kitchen.

There I found Selenia happily lapping at a bowl of milk. Our house-elf appeared to put it away when I picked her up. "Thank you for giving her the milk, Krumin," I told him. I had discovered at a young age that if I was nice to the house-elf, he would be nice in return. I had gotten more than one treat from this knowledge.

"The kitten is likin' the milk very much miss," he explained, bowing low. As usual, he wore a dirty piece of a sheet fastened around him like a toga.

"Is dinner ready?" I asked.

"It is being ready in a few minutes miss," he responded.

"Good, thank you Krumin," I praised as I walked back out.

I saw that my mother had taken the Malfoys into the sitting room. The boy looked bored. He was walking around looking at things as I whisked by.

Upstairs I knocked on Gregory's door. "The Malfoys are here," I called and scurried—my mother would have scolded me—down the hall to my father's study.

It was a tiny room; I couldn't imagine what he did in there. I carefully straightened my skirt and patted my hair. I knocked softly.

"Yes?" he grunted.

"Mother sent me to tell you the Malfoys are here," I answered.

He came out after a minute and grumbled, "Put that cat away."

I slipped down the hall mumbling, "Yes father."

I passed my mother's study and the bathroom, reaching my room and closed the door behind me. "Snuggle up" I told Selenia, putting her on my bed, "You'll be here awhile." I checked my hair and clothes in the mirror. I tucked a piece of stray hair behind my ear, noticing how having my hair pulled back made my eyes look bigger. Then I hurried back downstairs to the sitting room.

I sat down in the window seat to listen to the conversation. They were talking about the Ministry of Magic. I picked up the book I had left there and began to lose myself in another world when my ears tuned in again.

"Speaking of Hogwarts, your daughter is starting this year, is she not?" Narcissa Malfoy confirmed, "She'll be in Slytherin, then?"

"We expect so," my mother admitted," It would be scandalous if she were in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff."

I noticed my brother and the Malfoy boy had stopped talking to listen. When my mother finished, the boy looked at me and grinned wickedly. I dropped my book in surprise, but was saved from embarrassment by Krumin appearing to announce that dinner was ready.

We all went into the dining room and were seated. I looked up to see the boy sitting across from me, but he wasn't looking at me. I listened as the conversation continued.

"What about Ravenclaw?" Mrs. Malfoy inquired.

"I suppose if she isn't in Slytherin then Ravenclaw is acceptable," my mother mused.

The two boys finished quickly, and soon I was done as well. It seemed forever before we were finally excused, but eventually my mother and Mrs. Malfoy went back to the sitting room while my father tood Mr. Malfoy into the library. My brother and the Malfoy boy had disappeared, so I danced upstairs to my room.

As I closed the door behind me, Selenia's head popped up from where she had been napping on my bed. "Shall we go outside?" I greeted, and she meowed in response. I picked her up and flew down the stairs and through the kitchen door. I put Selenia down; she would follow me when she finished under her bush.

I realized I hadn't picked up my book on my way out, so I walked slowly through the rose garden. Selenia reappeared and led the way across the grounds to a place she hadn't been yet.

I heard voices and realized that the boys must have gone to the open field to play Quidditch or catch. My kitten seemed very interested in the noise and the figures flying through the air as they came into view.

"I heard there is an opening on the Slytherin Quidditch team," the boy was saying, "Seeker, I believe. I want to try out. Don't you think I'd be a good Seeker?"

"Yeah," my brother blurted.

"If I make the team maybe my father will buy me a new broom," he mused. The he saw me and touched down. "Look, Goyle. It's your sister. By the way, I didn't even know you had a sister," he added.

I glared at him. "I've for a name, you know," I sneered. He ignored me and took off again.

I sat on a nearby bench to let Selenia explore. I was relieved when I heard my father calling us all in. I whistled softly and Selenia, recognizing the signal to come back, sauntered over and jumped into my lap. I carried her to the front door, where my parents and the Malfoys were standing.

"Now that Lucius is on good terms with the Minister I'm sure there would be nothing suspicious in renewing our friendship," Narcissa Malfoy decided.

"Good," my mother smiled, "We would enjoy seeing you more often."

Mrs. Malfoy nodded, "Come along, Draco."

When they were gone we all went inside. I collected my book and disappeared to my room with Selenia.


So they meet for the first time. Not very nice to each other are they? Here's a sneak peak: the next chapter finds them at Hogwarts. Please review, I really want to know what you think, good or bad as long as you've got an explanation, just no flames. Thanks!