Chapter 10
"You are both fine? What did the ministry there?" Harry asked and looked at Lucius and Draco.
"They were checking the house for dark magic. Didn't you ask?" Draco said and looked down.
"Well yes, but when did we cast dark magic? We are careful" Harry said and looked at girls who were now sitting down on the couch looking at him. Just before he was about to kick them out Lucius said;
"Let them be Harry, they are old enough to listen"
Making his lips a thin line he glared at Lucius but didn't say anything against it.
"You see this Harry. I didn't know that Great Britain has made a new law that make all magic that is not approved of the Ministry, dark and illegal. And my new watch from France had an unapproved spell on it. Therefore the raid and I lost my job. Since the watch isn't dark itself I could have sent a formal appliage to use it, but since I did not do that, I lost my job." Draco sighed.
"What?" Harry asked shocked and sat down in one of the chairs.
"Can they do that?" he asked after a pause.
"Yeah, I suppose they can. I have spoken with Severus; he says that the potion job is free. I just have to send a letter to Dumbledore and ask"
Harry nodded.
"I don't want my daughters going to school here. I will send them to Beauxbatons"
Lucius raised his head in surprised.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because, Great Britain is not ready for us yet"
Draco nodded.
"I won't go back to France"
"I did not expect you to" Harry smiled. "I hope you will stop by sometimes"
"Of course Harry, Father"
A few days later the two girls were attended to Beauxbatons Magic Academy for Witches. The school was good, but it was not Hogwarts. Lucius looked pleased with the decision. He wanted them to go there from the start of. The school with the dark art was of course on high priority. Both of the Witches were good at it, but Faith exceeded at it. She was more than clever, she was a natural. Lucius gloved with pride. Harry was of course proud of his daughter, but the dark art was something he never approved off. He had used it more than once, but he never liked it.
Faith and Lucy meet the Headmistress of the school a couple of days later. Madam Maxine had moved after the war. No one knew where she was. This new headmistress Madam Oyre was around 50 years old and very strict, or so said the rumour. When Harry meat her with the girls, he knew the rumours were true. She had sandy hair and it was put up into a tight braid that fell down her back.
"Nice to meet you" Harry said and took out his hand. She shook it and eyed Faith and Lucy critically.
"Likewise. Are these yours?"
"Yes, the blonde one is Lucy. The dark one is Faith" Harry said and the girls smiled to the headmistress.
"And they are twins?" she asked, now looking at Faith and almost nodded in approve.
"Yes, they are"
"They do not look like each other" Oyre said simply and wrote something down.
Harry started to get annoyed. He really wanted to have Lucius with him. He was such a better speaker than himself.
"Twins not always do"
Oyre nodded.
"We will put them in separated rooms. My experience with twins is that they are best separated. They will not blend with the children otherwise"
Harry was about to protest, but Oyre just continued speaking. Harry let her speak. He did not want to argue with the strict woman, and he thought that McGonagall was horrible.
After the meeting he was left in a room with the two girls to say goodbye.
"Are you okay being separated?" Harry asked them.
"Yes" Faith said and hugged him. "No worries, we'll be okay"
Harry reached out for Lucy and pulled her into the hug too.
"You will be okay with this too?" he looked at her. She was so much more innocent than her sister. So more fragile. He worried about her.
She nodded to him and smiled. Harry doubted it was what she really wanted, but she struggled to be as though as Faith.
"Owl me if you need anything and owl me and tell me what is happening with you here"
They both nodded and Harry gave them a kiss on their cheek and left them there.
The Manor felt empty without the two girls. It was only him and Lucius that lived there. How empty it would be. Sighing he walked up to the living room. Lucius sat at the desk and read a book. He smiled to Harry when he came in.
"How did it go?"
"Oh, fine. Madam Oyre is a real bitch. Did you know?" Harry asked and took of his cloak and sat down in the chair.
"Well, no, but her brother was hard to work with" Lucius said and turned a page.
"Work?" Harry raised en eyebrow.
"Death eater" Lucius said simply without raising his look from the book. It was a sore subject between them. They hardly mentioned it to each other.
"Ah" Harry nodded and it was not mentioned anymore.
"Was they put into the same room?" Lucius asked.
"No" Harry frowned. He did not like that. Lucy needed Faith.
"Good" the dark haired boy looked at him.
"Good? Do you know what that will do to Lucy?"
Lucius put the book down and looked at him.
"It will hopefully harden her. She is too soft"
"How can you say that?" Harry started to get angry.
"She needs to get a bit backbone in her life" Lucius said simply. "She won't get that by living with Faith for 7 years"
Harry nodded and rubbed his temples.
"If you say so"
"Come with me Harry" Lucius took out his arm and showed his hand to Harry.
Harry took it and Lucius led him the bedroom. The night was filled with pleasure.
Lucy looked at her room. She shared sleeping dorm with 3 other girls. The other girls were at breakfast, but she couldn't bring herself to go down and eat. Food was the last thing on her mind. She looked at her uniform. A blue dress with a strange hat. The skirt was too short for her liking. She tried to drag it further down, but it would not go down a centimetre.
"That won't help you dear" a voice said and Lucy spun around.
No one was there. Then she saw the mirror.
"Great a talking mirror" she mumbled and walked over to her desk. The school books and schedule already laid there. First class was charms. She smiled at that. She was good at it. She could already do a lot of thing, but her parents had told her. Not to tell anyone that she or her sister was trained in most of the subjects.
Outside the classroom Faith came over to her.
"Where were you at were breakfast?" she asked and looked at her sister.
"I slept in, I was really tired after last night. We came too late too school"
Faith nodded, but Lucy could see that she did not believe her. She was about to say something when the teacher came down the corridor. The students made way for the teacher into the classroom.
"Come in class" The teacher was a male around 50. He had short dark brown hair. A pair of deep brown eyes that made Lucy feel stupid and unwelcome.
Lucy followed Faith and sat beside her. The sister paid attention from the first time.
"Hello first years. I am Professor Smith. Yes, I am from England, that explain the name and accent. I teach charms. The first one we are going to learn is Wingardium Leviose. Can anyone tell me what charm that is?" The professor said and looked around the classroom.
Lucy raised her hand and saw that her sister was a bit disappointed. She had hoped to learn something new. This spell had they learned already at the age 8.
"Yes, you blonde there. Madamoiselle?"
"Malfoy, sir. The answer is a levitation spell" she said.
"Malfoy?"
"Yes, sir"
"Is your father Draco Malfoy?"
Lucy gulped.
"No, he is my brother" she said in a low voice. Professor Smiths eyebrow shot up under his hair and he looked really surprised.
"That means your father is Lucius Malfoy? The former death eater"
Lucy nodded and she saw that many of the students looked at her strangely. Harry had warned them against this. People would not react positively to her last name.
"I presume your mother is Narcissa Malfoy" he asked and his eyes bore into her.
"No, she is not" The strong voice of Faith carried the words. Lucy felt relived. She was not alone.
"And who are you Miss?" the professor asked.
"I am Faith Malfoy. Our mother is actually a father. His name is Ary Malfoy" Faith stuck her nose in the air and looked at the teacher like the bug he was.
"And you are sisters?"
"Yes, we are" Faith said. "Twins to be exact"
Professor Smith nodded and looked at them both. Both girls saw the look of disgust on his face, the same look he tried to hide. The difference between the two girls were that Faith did not let it hurt her, but Lucy felt the hurt stab her in her chest and she kept her tears down. You could feel the disgust and hate from the teacher. The blonde girl guessed he had been in England during the war. The French people usually did not care about it.
After the class Lucy packed her things and rushed to her next class. Her darker sister ran after her.
"Lucy, wait for me" Faith yelled after her. Lucy stopped and turned around.
"Is something wrong?" Faith asked when she reached her.
"No" Lucy bit her underlip.
"Please don't lie to me Lucy"
"I hate the disgust he had in his voice" Lucy said in a low voice. "Dad warned us, but it was horrible hearing it"
Faith took her into a hug.
"You will eventually make it. It is a reason dad took us away from Hogwarts"
Lucy nodded.
"What do we have next?" she asked and looked at her sister. Her eyes glistened in exitment.
"The dark arts"
Lucy's heart sank. She hated that subject. It made her feel horrible. Faith had once told her she had felt powerful, but Lucy could not understand why. Yes, the feeling was powerful, but it was the spell that was powerful, not her.
"What a horrible class" Faith said after the darks arts. The two twins sat at the dinner table and discussed the classes that day.
"The dark arts you mean?" Lucy looked up from her plate.
"Yes, it was boring. Both of us know all this. Father has told us a million times" Faith said and pushed the food around on the plate.
Lucy nodded.
"Yes, it was, I guess we don't need to work that hard as the rest in the beginning. I think that is an advantage" Faith said and took out her dark arts book.
She looked on a few pages.
"I know all this" She grinned at her sister. "Do you know what that means?"
Lucy shook her head.
"We can study for second year, or third year. I even think that I can study the 4th year material in the dark arts"
"You think?"
"Well, yes. Have you seen how easy this is?"
Lucy nodded. "I am not as good as you are in the dark arts Faith. I thought Father reminded you all the time"
Oh yes, Lucius told her that she should see how Faith did it. She was a natural at the dark arts, not even Draco had been that good at such a young age. Lucy often felt stupid at it. She could not see the point. She would rather use her magic to do good than destroy.
"It's curfew." Faith said and pointed at the watch.
"Lets meet up tomorrow" Lucy said and the two sister went to a dorm each.