Hogwarts Academy
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I might quote 'Yu-Gi-Oh! The abridged series' again, I don't know. In my last chapter I actually quoted it twice lol!
Chapter 4
Isolde
"Miss Granger, Miss Avalon Caine, we have a new student who's had to start slightly late because there's no where else she's being put in with you." He smiled calmly.
"Who is she?" I asked, my curiosity piqued.
The sound of the door opening caught our attention and in walked:
"Aneira!" I gasped.
"Izzy, she looks just like you!" Hermione also gasped when the girl walked in.
"Of course, after all I am her twin sister!" Aneira grinned, walking towards me to give me a hug. Professor Dumbledore sent us back to our cottage to get Aneira settled. I was wearing an outfit similar to when Hermione and I found out about the marriage law only the shirt was red and the lace was black like the skirt and my boots were mock snake skin that were laced up at the back while Aneira was wearing a bright green dress and brown high heels. Originally this was how Hermione told Aneira and I apart but after a few hours she noticed the subtle differences between my sister and me. Aneira's eyes are actually bright green and her hair has a hint of burgundy in it, making it seem a warmer shade than mine.
That evening when Harry and Gruffudd popped round they got the shock of their lives.
"Who's this?" Harry asked, staring at Aneira.
"That would be Aneira Orla Ceirios Eilir Avalon Caine, the current Dragon Princess and sister to Isolde." Gruffudd said in surprise, obviously he wasn't expecting to see her.
"Your highness." He said respectfully, bowing to her in a courtly manner.
"Your Majesty." She smiled back at him. Harry and Hermione looked curiously at Gruffudd. I groaned, this would be an interesting conversation.
"Your Majesty?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I am a king. My people are what you would call elves but we are not like the elves of your human stories. We are the Sidhe or Fae, the race that is descended from the old Celtic gods." Gruffudd replied with a slight smile.
"Well, it seems that there is quite a bit of royalty at Hogwarts this year." A voice said dryly from the door. We turned around and saw Snape standing by the door. Next to him was stood his godson, Draco Malfoy.
"What of it?" I asked dangerously. He paled again slightly, obviously he still hadn't gotten over the shock that I'd given him.
"I was merely commenting your Majesty." He replied carefully.
"Why are you calling her that?" Malfoy asked.
"Because I'm the Dragon Queen." I snapped. Malfoy nodded, wisely not questioning me further. He looked around the room and when his eyes met those of Aneira he stopped suddenly. Both of them seemed locked in one another's gaze, as if they were the only ones in the room. A faint green light that only Grufudd, me and Snape could see surrounded them.
"Well this is an interesting development." I said, looking from Aneira to Malfoy and back again.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked, confused that Aneira and Malfoy were so serious.
"It would seem that Aneira and Malfoy have bonded." Snape drawled.
"Huh?" Harry said still confused.
"Basically they're soul mates and destined for one another." I explained.
After half an hour Aneira and Malfoy were no longer staring at each other.
"Malfoy," I said, he looked at me.
"This is Aneira , my twin sister. Neira, this is Draco Malfoy." I smiled, introducing them. I didn't really mind that Malfoy and my sister had bonded. It would mean that she'd be happy.
"So even more royalty." Snape smirked.
"Why are you here?" Harry growled.
"Why are any of us here Potter? Does anyone really know the meaning of life?" Snape said in a sarcastic and cutting manner.
"What he meant was why did you come here?" I growled, not able to stop myself. My glamour started slipping again and, as it always does when mine does, so did Aneira's. Here eyes are like mine except for the fact that they are emerald green. Malfoy started when he saw them but was not repulsed, which was a very good sign.
"I came to see if Miss Granger is alright now as she was very upset last night." Snape replied immediately.
"I'm fine, just pissed off at Ronald." Hermione said sharply. Snape nodded and let the matter be, Harry and Gruffudd said their goodbyes and went back to their accommodation. Because mine and Aneira's glamours had slipped we ended up having to explain to Malfoy about me and Aneira.
"We're only half human, we're actually half Dragon." Aneira smiled lovingly at him.
"Ok." He nodded, staying calm.
"Why is he so calm?" Snape asked me, I could tell that most people got freaked out when they realised that someone they knew is half Dragon.
"Because Aneira and he have bonded. Also I suspect that he's part Dragon as well, at least a quarter if not half like Aneira, you and myself." I replied. Draco spun around.
"Professor Snape is half Dragon?" He asked.
"Yes, he's done a very good job of hiding it." I replied.
"And you think that I might be part Dragon too." He said.
"Yes." I nodded.
"Why?" He asked curiously.
"Well for a starters there's your smell. Dragons have a sort of metallic tang in their scent and you've got that. Also your name actually means 'Dragon'." I explained.
"You can smell humans?!" Hermione gasped.
"Of course, Dragons have a more sensitive sense of smell than humans." I grinned.
After that Snape forced Malfoy to leave the cottage with him saying "She'll still be here tomorrow." It seemed that Snape himself was reluctant to leave Hermione though. Tentatively I stopped blocking out his thoughts. At the forefront of his mind was how to get Malfoy back to his accommodation but lurking in the back was a single thought about how he thought Hermione looked very beautiful in the firelight. Before Snape could realise what was happening I blocked out his thoughts again. This marriage law was certainly making some interesting matches.