Chapter Three
This just gets better and better… NOT!
Hope still could not believe her newfound luck. Gryffindor! She- a Malfoy had gotten into Gryffindor! She had been so happy and excited that she hadn't slept a wink last night; her eye's showed the lack of sleep too, for it had seemed there was a gigantic party being thrown for Harry and Ron who it seemed, crashed a car into a tree trying to get back to Hogwarts. It wasn't until two AM in the morning that she had fallen asleep- only to wake up what seemed seconds later. I would enjoy sleeping, Hope thought as she put on her Gryffindor colored tie. If I were awake to enjoy it. Hope looked at her self in a pocket-sized mirror; Draco had given it to her on her 6th birthday. Draco… Hope threw the mirror aside, it land on the ground and shattered into thousands of little piece.
"Oh no!" She bent down and started to pick up the pieces of the shattered glass. "What have I done…" it was useless to pick them up, each shard just tried to cut her each time she tried pick it up. Stupid magic! Hope cursed silently and simply walked away from her mess. I'll clean it up later… Ow! One of the shards must have cut my finger. The cursing continued until Hope reached to bottom of the stairs where Ginny sat in a red, plushy, looking sofa. The Weasley girl looked up at her and smiled.
"Ready then?" Ginny asked Hope as she got up from the comfy looking sofa and strode over to Hope.
"Yeah, you?" Ginny nodded and both girls left for the Great Hall. Nether talked the whole way; both were way too excited for words.
The hall was full of wizards and witches, every one sat at their house table, never once turning to have a simple 'hello, how are you?' conversation. It was normal, houses kept to themselves, students kept to the houses, it was just as simple as that- though a few Huffle's and Slytherin's starred at them. They ignored to stars and sat down at their table next to Ron Weasly (Ginny's older brother,) Hermione, and the Boy-Who-Lived- not to mention the Weasley twins, Fred and George.
"Mor'ing!" the twins said as they each took a bite out of bacon.
"Morning Fred and George." The twins glared at Hope.
"I'm George- HE'S Fred!"
Taken back by this Hope apologized. "Er, sorry…"
"Only joking," Fred said. "I'm really Fred!"
"And I'm George!" George said.
Ginny giggled and Hope rolled her eyes. "Must you do this to me EVERY time I see you two?" she asked as she gulped down a pint of Pumpkin Juice. "Yep!" The twins said to her then, much like their younger brother, continued to eat. Well… more of wolf-done then eat. The foster Malfoy gave them one last angry look before turning her attention back to food.
Her first day at Hogwarts was going pretty well so far. The rest of the Gryffindor's had soon expected her once Hermione and Ginny explained every thing to them- though it seemed Ron, Ginny's older brother, did not like her very much but Hope shrugged it off. You win some you lose some. There came aloud screech, every witch and wizard looked up to see hundreds of owls poring into the Great Hall. Brown ones, black ones, a few snowy white ones too, soared down upon the children, letters falling into their grubby hands as the owls let go of their parcel. Hope took notice that Draco's (and her's) owl was perched on top of his arm, brandishing what looked like a big bag of sweets and a red letter. Oh no… Hope thought as she watched her brother leave his seat and head in her directions. If Draco was showing any contempt he had for the Gryffindor's, he was hiding very well, for he only held a small frown on his face.
"For you…" He muttered and handed Hope the bright red letter.
It was also a coincidence that Ron had to received a red letter. Neville Longbottom, a round-faced, accident-prone boy let out a loud gasp at the sight of the pieces of parchment.
"What's the matter?" Harry asked Neville.
"My father/ my mother… sent me a Howler." Hope and Ron said in unison.
"You better open it," Neville told them in a timid whisper "It'll be worse if you don't. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and-" he gulped "it was horrible."
Hope starred at her letter for a bit longer, knowing only to well what would happen if she opened it. Oh god… Here goes… "Er… I'll open mine first…" she muttered. With a loud gulp Hope opened the letter, the next second a deafening shriek filled the hall, shaking bits of dust from the ceiling.
"HOW DARE YOU BRING SUCH FILTH AND DISHONER TO THE MALFOY NAME! GRYFFINDOR, OF ALL THE NERVE! FILTH! SCUM-"
Lucius Malfoy's yell filled the castle, shaking every thing from plates to students. Harry was covering his ears, praying that he would still be able to hear after the rant was over. Hope did her best to sink out of hiding and to make matters worse, half way through her dad's rant Ron's burst into flames and his mothers voice now join in with Mr. Malfoy's yelling.
"STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT UNTILL I GET A HOLD OF YOU-"
"THE SHAME I WILL HAVE TO FACE AT WORK, WHAT WILL I TELL THEM?!? THAT MY DAUGHTERS IN GRYFFINDOR?!? I'LL BE A LUGHING STOCK!-"
"LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT-"
"I'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU NEVER WALK AGAIN- YOU'LL BE IN SO MUCH PAIN! FILTHY MUDBLOOD!!!"
"- STRAIGHT BACK HOME!"
Hope and Ron started at the letters as they ripped themselves to pieces right before their very eyes; the Great Hall was filled with silence then every one burst into laughter at Ron's Howler, the Slytherin's laughing the loudest of them all. Hope glanced over Ron (who was at the time trying to sink as far as he could under the Gryffindor table.) She saw that her brother was not among the 'snakes' laughing at her and (mostly) Ron's Howlers. Draco…. Thankfully the laughter did not last long, as Professor McGonagall told them on very kindly 'to please shut UP!' The head of Gryffindor passed out their first term schedules to every one.
"First years," she told them all in a strict tone "it would seem that this year we, the teachers of Hogwarts, are finding our selves a little over worked so this year are going to try something new-" everyone gave her a questioning look "this goes for the rest of the houses, all 1st and 2nd years will be having classes held tighter- do I make my self clear?" every house nodded their head. "Good……………… well what are you all still doing here? Go to your classes!"
Past lunch later that day, Hope, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were down by the lake, Hermione had decided to spend the day reading and had buried her head within Voyages with Vampires…. Again. Hope's newfound crush and Ron sat behind her talking about Quidditch. This went on for a while, Hope starring at the murky water, drifting of into her own little world- where she and Harry were very much in love. She sighed and suddenly became aware that a very small boy with mousy hair was watching them. He starred at Harry in a very stalker like way- not the sexual stalkers the 'Omg! She a star lefts stalker her until she gives us an auto graph,' kinda way. Harry's right eye twitched slightly.
"Er, can I help you?" he asked the boy now noticing that he was caring a Muggle camera around his neck. There was a bright flash and Harry swore that the whole world had turned red.
"Ok, Harry? I-I'm Colin Creevey," he took a few steps forward and shook Harry's hand vigorously "I'm in Gryffindor, too. D'you think- would it be all right if- can I take your picture... again?" asked hopefully.
Harry starred at his friends with a questing look, Hermione was still reading her book and Ron just shrugged. Potter turned to Hope and she said, "Why not? Could be fun… I've never seen a Muggle camera before…" she added the last bit to herself.
" Could ya sign it too!?!" Creevey was really going over bored on this whole picture thing.
"I.. er…-" Harry started but was cut off by loud and scathing voice.
"Signed photos? You're giving out signed photos, Potter?" Draco Malfoy's voice echoed throughout the courtyard of the school grounds. He pushed Colin to one side, his two cronies, Crabbe and Goyle nearly stepped on the poor kid as the followed their leader. A small crowd had started to gather, wondering what all the commotion was about. Draco… I'm… Going…. TO KILL YOU!!!! Hope screamed in her mind as she watched him near her and Harry.
"Everyone line up!" Draco roared to the crowd. "Harry Potter's giving out signed autographs!"
That was the last straw, the straw that broke the camels back. Hope lost it! She, without warning, stood up and smacked her brother hard across the face. The crowds gasped loudly when he fell to the ground, clutching his newly redden cheek.
"WILL YOU NEVER SHUT UP!?" Hope yelled at him. "YOU PIECE OF FLITH LEAVE ME AND EVERY ONE ELSE ALONE- YOU ROTTEN TO THE CORE PIECE OF SLIM!"
Draco starred at her. Never once in his whole life had she yelled at him like this, it was… uninviting for him to her such thoughts from her.
"I-" he started but Hope cut him off.
"NO! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR ECUSE! JUST GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
Panting for air, Hope calmed down, now realizing what she had just said to the only thing she had for a brother. What did I just say?!? She could fell the crowds piercing gaze stare hard at her. She wished they would stop.
Draco just sat there on the ground; the reality that she had just told him off had not hit him yet. The Hogwarts grounds were silent, no one said anything, and somewhere of in the distance they could hear Hagrid cutting up pieces of wood for his fireplace in his tiny hut.
She hates me now… she… hates… no… I… Nothing seemed to make sense to Draco any more; to him the world had just turned upside down. She hates me… yes… she really does hate me now- good one Malfoy… you just screwed it up with the girl you love. The last word hit Draco like a killing curse. Love I don't…. that was the NEXT realization to hit him hard on. He was in love with his sister. For the next few minuets he tried to tell himself that he was wrong, that he was just shocked by what she had said, that… That I'm in love with her… I'm in love with… my own sister! He thought he might throw-up. The thought of him loving his sister sickened him. Incest! That's incest! He told himself but another half of his mind spoke up now. But she's REALY your sister is she? Draco thought this over for another moment, still no one in the crowd moved or said anything. I'm not in live with my sister then… I'm in love with… Hope! Draco looked up at Hope, she simply starred back at him, her eyes showed no emotion through their bright greenness.
"Draco… I, er…" Hope was stuttering, trying her best to form a sentence- or even a word! "I… I'm…" she couldn't bring herself to say any more.
Draco looked away, now deeply lost in thought.
"Draco…."
"I'm fine…" he muttered, getting to his feet "I'm…. fine…."
Malfoy glanced over his shoulder, Hope looked like she was on the verge of tears. Not knowing what to do he simply turned around and gave her a small hug.
"Sorry about everything…" he murmured. "Crabbe, Goyle… let's go."
Why? He asked himself as he and his cronies walked back up to the castle. Out of all the girls in this school I have to fall in love with and it's the one that just happens to hate me! He felt so…. Sad. Draco had to hide his face from Crabbe and Goyle so they couldn't see the tears forming at the corners of his eyes. Well it could be worse, he thought as the trio approached the Slytherin common room entrance. I could be in love with Granger.
WOOHO! I hoped you all liked this one! And who ever said that Hope was going to get a Howler- you were right! More comming soon!
