Hello everyone and Happy New Year! We've all made it to the other side and hope you're all ready for another year of rollercoaster ride in 2018. I do have another couple of fics that are in the planning stages and hopefully they will be uploaded soon. I hope you'll continue to read and enjoy my fics. So get ready, here's the first update of 2018! Enjoy!

Lots of love,

LM xxxxx

Hidden Child-Part 7:

Lyra heard a voice that sounded like a giant calling for the First Years and she grabbed her bag securing Annabelle inside it before checking she had her robes on and making her way off the train and onto the chaotic platform. She instantly felt Zenon grab her hand so they wouldn't get separated and they headed over to the booming voice and Lyra's thoughts were confirmed as she realised that it was a giant talking. She realised that the giant was that oaf Hagrid as Draco had called him on numerous occasions at home.

"That's the giant Draco told me about," Lyra whispered, scared that the giant might say something to her. She was rather nervous but was trying not to let it show because she didn't want to seem scared.

"It's ok to be scared," Zenon whispered, "I'm scared too," he added before walking with Lyra over to the boats. The two quickly got in with a sandy haired girl and a dark haired boy that soon noticed who'd got in the boat and were soon whispering.

"That's the secret Malfoy girl," the girl whispered.

"Oh yes. I heard she's only just become public knowledge," the boy whispered, "her hair is exactly the same as her mother's."

"Oi! Don't talk about her like that," Zenon said, "you wouldn't like it if people spoke about you like that so don't talk about Lyra like that," he said before feeling the boat begin to move all by itself.

Lyra looked in the rough direction of the Castle and then suddenly it appeared atop the cliff and she gasped as she finally saw her new school and second home. She knew from her mother's stories that seeing Hogwarts for the first time was magical but seeing it for herself was even more magical. She saw the older students making their way inside and the boat wobbled and Lyra suddenly felt an arm around her to hold her steady.

The boats were soon heading inside a cliff and then the boats came to a stop and Hagrid called to everyone to get out of the boats and he led them inside the Castle to the now empty Entrance Hall where Professor McGonagall was waiting for them.

"Now wait here a minute and I'll see if they're ready for you," she said before walking into the Great Hall. Zenon had kept an arm around Lyra the whole time and only let go when they were led into the Great Hall.

Again there were gasps as the First Years saw the Great Hall for the first time and, of course, when people saw Lyra, there were even more whispers.

"Look at her," Pansy whispered, "she looks pathetic." Draco looked up and saw Lyra and was soon on his feet clearly going to try and get to Lyra but Pansy pulled him back into his seat, "Don't."

"She's my sister and right now she's petrified!" Draco hissed before the Sorting Hat began its song. He wasn't listening; he just kept his eyes on Lyra, actually wanting to be the protective big brother. He knew he couldn't go over to her but he did see that boy from the train near her and that was literally the only thing keeping him from going to his sister's side.

Then the Sorting began and Lyra slipped into her own world, trying to forget about everything as she could still hear the whispers. She hadn't even felt Zenon slip his hand into hers to try and distract her from everything but Lyra really had slipped into her own little world so much so that when she only came out of her thoughts when she felt Zenon's hand slip out of her hand. She watched nervously before Zenon was Sorted into Slytherin. It was in that moment that the nerves started to appear for her. What if she wasn't in Slytherin with Draco and Zenon? What if she was made to be on her own?

"Lyra Malfoy!" came the voice of Professor McGonagall but Lyra hadn't heard it, "Lyra?" the Professor asked again and someone pushed Lyra forwards so she hit the floor causing people to giggle. Lyra quickly got to her feet and hurried over to the stool and sat down on it and the Hat was placed on her.

Lyra could hear the Hat thinking and heard Ravenclaw mentioned. She thought with all her might to be in Slytherin; she felt like she'd be safe there.

"Slytherin!" the Hat finally called and Lyra waited until the Hat was off before hurrying to the Slytherin table. She had tried to make her way to Zenon but Draco had been sitting closer and he pulled his sister down into a chair next to him. She turned and looked at Zenon,

"I'll talk to you later," she said, knowing that Draco wasn't going to let her go and see her new friend. Zenon nodded, knowing that Lyra had no choice in the matter and watched the rest of the Sorting.

"Why is she with us?" Pansy asked, sounding a little jealous.

"Because of what's just happened," Draco said as he looked at Lyra's knees, "Father will hear about this," he said to Lyra.

"I wasn't paying attention Draco," Lyra said, "I was so nervous that I didn't hear my name being called."

"Doesn't matter Lyra. You are a Malfoy and people will learn that sooner rather than later," Draco said as the last student was Sorted into Hufflepuff before Dumbledore got up and did his usual start of term speech with extra information after Voldemort's defeat.

"When will he shut up? I'm getting hungry," Lyra whispered to Draco.

"Did you eat on the train?" Draco whispered.

"A little bit," Lyra said, "but I was rather nervous and people talking about me sort of made not hungry," she said. Draco wrapped an arm around Lyra before the food finally appeared and Lyra gasped before she tried to grab some food but then found Draco putting some onto her plate.

"You're going so soft! Man up Draco!" Pansy said before Draco turned to her,

"I'm just giving her the good stuff," he said before ignoring Lyra and beginning to talk to his friends and eat.

Lyra just began to eat and looked around before looking back at her plate. Now her hunger was being satisfied she was now beginning to feel sleepy and she'd barely noticed the ghost arriving until a transparent sword was being waved in her face. She jumped and dropped her fork on her plate.

"Oi Baron! We don't want to see that while we are eating and you know better than to pick on a Malfoy!" Draco said before the Bloody Baron looked at Lyra,

"A Malfoy? Sorry young lady. Please forgive me," he said before floating off somewhere else and Draco just went back to his friends and forgot about Lyra.

Finally the feast was over and Draco suddenly remembered, but only when prompted by the Headmaster, that he and Pansy had to take the First Years to the dungeons.

"Right First Years follow me and Pansy," he said as he rose from his seat. Lyra instantly found Zenon and the two walked behind Draco and Pansy as they were led down to the dungeons trying to remember their way down to the Common Room.

Eventually they arrived and Draco uttered the password before leading the group into the Common Room and speaking to them before Draco led the boys to their dorms and Pansy led the girls to theirs.

"You dare upset her…" Draco warned Pansy, "whether you like it or not she is my sister." Pansy just scoffed before Lyra quickly put her hands over her ears as the noise level increased.

Lyra followed Pansy, her hands over her ears the whole time, before she and 4 other girls walked into their dorm and the door was closed. She removed her hands and heard the girls whispering so she just drew her curtains and began to get changed and got into bed and cuddled Annabelle, just wanting to be at home with her mother and father. Yes she was a Malfoy, but she was the first in a new stage of the family and that meant that it wasn't going to be easy at all for the hidden Malfoy daughter.