Hi, thank you for all the lovely comments. I'm so sorry if you could only veiw the computer syntax, I have tried to fix this. This chapter and the next chapter are just going to be breif overviews of her past lives. The chapters after that, I'm not sure how many yet, are going to be about her childhood present day and her time in the wizarding world. After that Dahlia will meet Tony Stark and the crossover will start properly. Sneeuwvlokje: About the flashbacks I've not written many in so far because I really just want to get through her time in the wizarding world but im thinking of putting them in later in the story or possibly doing a proper prequel going into detail on her past lives at a later date. Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you enjoy. Also, I don't own Harry Potter or any parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Hogwarts castle stood proudly over the black lake, forbidden forest and Hogsmeade town. Silence covered the entire grand castle except for one room where two men and three ladies sat discussing the opening of their school later that year. The castle and surrounding land, including the town, was owned for hundreds of years by the Dragnis family, an infamously ruthless family known for strong magicals and their firm belief of survival of the fittest and that they didn't need to be a large family to be the most powerful. Alongside the Black family they were the most powerful family in the entire magical world. The Dragnis heiress, lady Belladonna Slytherin, offered her castle to her husband, Salazar Slytherin, and their friends, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw, so that they could open a school to educate the magical children of
On the night of the summer solstice, they were celebrating in the great hall of the castle, for they had just finished the final preparations for the opening of their school. As they were saying their goodnights, they felt the wards shift by the entrance to the castle. They found a crying baby and the five founders of Hogwarts adopted her. The baby was named Cassiopeia Belladonna Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Gryffindor Slytherin Dragnis, though she only used her first and last name. She grew up surrounded by magic and learnt everything she could, despite having no friends her own age.
She learnt every subject taught up to what was labelled mastery level including legilimency and occlumency and then read every book in all her parents family libraries and the castle library. She was also taught etiquette, languages, muggle defence, dancing, music and religion. After she was blood adopted by the founders, bloodline magic was added to her extensive lessons.
I grew up with everything I wanted whilst being pushed to learn everything I could and to do the impossible. Every few months my parents would give me a challenge that I would have to complete, one was to create a new set of wards that would protect the castle form muggles, another was to create a potion that would grow back bones. My favourite project was to create a way to fly and after a dream I had of chasing a shaggy black dog around a room on a flying broomstick, I created a flying broomstick. Me and my father, Godric created a game called quidditch to play on broomsticks and it quickly became our school sport and upgrading the brooms for whatever team I'm playing with quickly became a hobby.
I turned 10 this July, so now I finally get to attend classes with students my age, albeit a year early. All my parents have told me it will be too easy, it's just that I want to make friends my age for once. My parents are just excited that I'm finally going to be sorted, they've been arguing over whose house I'm going to be in for years, I'm considering telling the hat to put me in my mother's house, Dragnis, just to shut them all up.
It's September the first so I've apparated myself to the gates where everyone arrives, me and the other first years are guided towards the black lake and into the boats. I climb into a boat with a girl and two other boys and smile and say "hi, I'm Cassiopeia, it's a pleasure to meet you all."
"The girl smiles and shyly says "it's nice to meet you to, I'm Rebekah Longbottom."br /br /The boys share a look as if daring the other to speak first, the blond gives in and says "I'm Percious Malloy but you can call me Percy."
The other boy then buts in and says, "and I am Jacob Greengrass, so did you know about magic before you were visited by professor Slytherin?"
Rebekah giggles and says, "no I didn't know about magic, though I was visited by professor Ravenclaw, it was quite the shock."
We then started moving as Percy says "both my parents have magic but no one else in my family, though neither of them had the option to come here as the school is only about 10 years old, so I was visited by Professor Gryffindor"
I grin and say "well I've known about magic my entire life, I grew up here at Hogwarts, my parents knew about the school, so I just got a letter. Ooo look now, the castles just coming up around the corner."
As soon as they saw the castle their jaws dropped. After they regain their composure, I ask "so what house do you think you'll be sorted into? Personally, I don't care, my parents however have been arguing about it for years and trying to guess which qualities are more prominent in me."
They all laugh at that, and Percy says, "I'm not sure, I mean it's not really that big of a deal, is it?"
I respond and say "well your house is your home in the castle, you have a common room which all the members of the house can use as well as the dormitories which are separated by gender and year group. You also have classes with those of your house and people generally sit at their house tables, it's not a rule but people rarely leave their own table. It's also the colour of your uniform, if we were going on that alone I would choose Slytherin just because the green really brings out my eyes."
Jacob looks thoughtful before saying "I'm not sure, I heard professor Slytherin is good with potions and I want to be a potions master so possibly Slytherin."
Rebekah speaks next saying "I don't mind where I go as long as I make friends."
At that I smile and say "well, no matter what house you're in you already have one friend."
Percious adds on "make that two friends, I think I might go to Slytherin but no matter our houses we should all have breakfast together tomorrow."
Jacob says "yeah us four should stick together if it's in Slytherin or across the school"
I just smile and say "Slytherin could work, I have always been daddy's little girl" at that all three of them turn and face me shocked.
Rebekah speaking first "you're Salazar Slytherins daughter" my smile turns into a smirk, and I say "none of you asked for my last name and I just didn't give it"
Soon we arrive at the docks and mother is waiting for us, she smiles at me before introducing herself as professor Dragnis and then turning and leading us into the great hall before stopping in front of Sebastian who sat on a stool in the front of the hall. Rebekah, Jacob and Percy are sorted into Slytherin and soon I'm the last person standing. My mother fondly calls out "Cassiopeia Belladonna Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Gryffindor Slytherin Dragnis" causing all the first years to start whispering. Sebastian is placed on my head, and I say out loud "this time I actually want sorting Sebastian, and don't let any of my parent affect your decision." He debates the pros and cons of each house in my head for about thirty seconds before saying aloud "my lady you can fit into any of the houses but alas I must choose one, so it better be Slytherin my lady." I smile at him and walk over to my new house table, causing my daddy to uncharacteristically and smugly shout "I told you so" to the other founders. Causing the hall to laugh and cheer.
I sit with my three friends and my mother stands up and says a short welcoming speech before clapping her hands and signalling for the elves to serve dinner. I eat mostly in silence whilst occasionally commenting in the conversation between the 8 first year Slytherins, mostly excitement about potential classes and which teacher they think teaches each subject, I don't say much because I don't want to give them all the answers and ruin their excitement
Shortly after dinner the Slytherin prefects lead us to the common room which is in the dungeons. It's a beautiful regal room with stone walls with green detail, the same shade of green as mine and mother's eyes. The furniture is all dark wood with black dragon hide. There is snake décor around the room highlighting the house animal. The room has a balcony around the whole of the room, which is sectioned of into different year groups, each section is a study area with bookshelves on every wall, full of useful books for that year, and a large table on one side and comfy seating, composed of two three-seater sofas and two large armchairs, on the other, each with area with eight seats.
Downstairs is an area for all year groups, a large open fireplace on one wall with a rug and seating in front, the entrance and portraits on another, floor to ceiling windows on another which lets in slightly green light and shows the bottom of the lake and the last wall holds two large doors with a notice board in the middle, each door leads to either the boys or girls dormitories and the notice board shows any information that needs to be shared with the whole house or a certain year group. The middle contains lots of seating areas where students of all ages can hang out together.
The prefects lead us to our year group area on the balcony, sit us on the sofas and start explaining the school rules. Daddy soon arrives and sends the prefects on their way saying that they don't need to worry about showing us around in the morning.
Once they have left, I get up and daddy sits in my seat and I sit on the floor between his legs, like I have done since I was little, the others look confused. Daddy then explains everything else we need to know, "each and every one of you have been chosen to be part of the noble house of Slytherin, I expect every single one of you to do your best to make it proud. In Slytherin we respect your cunning, your ambition, your sneaky, mischievous side, the only requirement is that when indulging in this side, if you break any rules, you don't get caught or if you do you have a good way of getting out unpunished. We are family here in Slytherin, so I expect you to all be at the very least civil and kind to one another whilst inside Hogwarts and for you to solve any problem with each other here in the common room not out in the open, if only because proper etiquette demands it. Now we have about 20 minutes until curfew, so let us get to know one another a bit, first let's go around and say our names, I am Salazar Slytherin."
He nudges me with his leg, so I go next and say, "I am Cassiopeia belladonna Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Gryffindor Slytherin Dragnis"
The whole room looks at me with their jaws dropped, as if they didn't hear it earlier, and I give a sheepish smile before Percy saves my dignity and speaks, "I'm Percious Malfoy", this prompts Jake who all but declares "I am Jacob Greengrass" and then Bekah who states "I am Rebekah Longbottom", the next person who speaks is a short girl with bushy hair and large front teeth, "I am Lucy Granger", a red headed boy the says "Robert Weasley", an Italian looking girl says, "I'm Bella Zambini" and the last boy quietly states "Philip bones".
Daddy starts speaking again "so we're all introduced, how about we all say an interesting fact about ourselves my fact is that I have a pet basilisk that I bread, sorry Cassy has a pet basilisk that I bread" he quickly corrects after I over dramatically cough.
I go next again "I'm a parselmouth, which means I can speak to any snake and some other reptiles meaning some dragons", this once again gets me a few stares, but Percy continues quite quickly saying, "I'm the first magical in my family for 70 years, everyone thought our magic had died out and we left France because of the embarrassment."
Jake continues "my first piece of accidental magic was turning the queen's hair blue; it was a scandal in court for over a week"
Rebekah then states "my first piece of accidental magic was apparating across town and into the nearby lake." And everyone continues stating random and obscure facts about themselves.
Daddy then speaks "ok it's curfew, this means you have to be inside your dorm room and lights out which is in an hour is when you have to be in bed and going to sleep. That gives you all and hour to find your rooms and beds and start unpacking."
We all get up and daddy leads us down the stairs and to the doors where the dorms are, before speaking again "boys are on the left and girls are on the right" pointing to each door "once you go in there should be seven doors, each door has a year group on it, go in the room marked first year and all your luggage will be in there as well as a door leading to the bathrooms you have access to whilst in the common room. Good night everyone, and if you need me at any point just leave the common room and a door to my chambers is opposite just knock." I then throw my arms around him and whisper "good night daddy" before we all disappear into our rooms.
I say goodnight to the boys and then push open the door into my new dorm. The girl's dorm has pastel green walls with cherry wood furniture. There are four four post beds along one side with bedside tables with draws on either side of the beds and at the end place to put your trunks with cushions to go on top.
The other side of the room is split into three sections with one corner being a dressing area, the middle being a relaxing area and the other corner being a study area. The dressing area has four large wardrobes and four dressing tables, each arranged so every girl has her own dressing area. The living area has two plush two-seater sofas sitting opposite each other next to a large window, with a small coffee table in the middle. The study area is also near a window and has four floor to ceiling bookcases so we can store our own books and a table which seats four people.
The bathroom is green with white marble furnishings and has 4 sinks each with a cupboard underneath on one side and four doors on the other two doors lead to toilets and the other two doors lead to washrooms each with a standalone bath on one side and walk-in shower on the other all the bathrooms have large floor to ceiling windows. All the windows in the dorm and bathroom are fake and just charmed to show the Scottish countryside or the black lake and to bring in lots of natural light.
The other girls each see their trunks at the end of different beds leaving me with a middle bed closest to the bathroom not the entrance. I open the trunk at the end of my bed to see all the personal items I wanted to bring to the dorm I then fill the draws on the bedside tables with my diaries, art supplies and sketch books and place photo frames on each side, with pictures of my parents. I then take my class books and favourite reading books and place them on a bookshelf in alphabetical order for personal books and all on one shelf for my class books.
I then walk over to my wardrobe to see the house elves have already transferred the clothes I wanted and stored them correctly with things like pyjamas, underwear and socks in draws at the bottom and everything else hung up. I use sticking charms to stick some pictures around the mirrors on the inside of the wardrobe doors. I then place all my jewellery and hair accessories in the draws in the dressing table and use my magic to grow flowering vines under statis charms around the oval mirror atop the dressing table. I then place another photo of me and my parents atop my dressing table. I quickly change into my pyjamas and walk into the /br /I move to my sink and place all my toiletries in the cupboard below whilst placing a Rose scented bar of soap on a pretty dish next the tap of my sink. I brush my teeth and walk back to my bed slide into my silky green sheets before looking around at the girls.
Rebekah is in a similar state the I am in except she hasn't prepared her wardrobe or dressing area, Lucy has only unpacked her clothing and is now preparing for bed and Bella has only done her books and bed area and is just visiting the bathroom before bed. I say a quick goodnight to the others before waving my hand to magically shut the curtains around my bed and succumbing into peaceful darkness.
The next morning when I awaken, I cast a quick wandless and silent tempus, the tempus being one the few wandless spells I can do, I find that it's six am. I quickly get up and shower then dress for the day, I pull out my feather light satchel and place some parchment, quills, ink and a few books inside. I then cast another tempus which reveals its 7am, I get up from my seat and slowly wake the girls who now have about 20 minutes to get ready. I tell the girls where I am going and head out to the main common area and see Percy and Jake, I go sit with them. Time passes quickly with excited chatter and soon the rest of the first year Slytherins are here. We all stand and walk out of the common room with me leading the way through corridors and upstairs until we arrive at the great hall, we all go sit at the end of the table and start eating. Timetables are handed out and we leave for our first lesson, transfiguration with Gryffindor.
Us Slytherins arrive first and wait outside, the Gryffindors lead by their sixth year prefects arrived a few minutes later. I smile and say hi to the two prefects who I've hung out with through quidditch, they smile back and one of them asks "so little Cassy are you still playing quidditch this year or are you going to focus on being a firstie, you might need the extra time to practice, they are years older than you." I grin at them and reply "of course Black, if I'm not on the Slytherin team, I'll be on the Hogwarts team. And I don't have to worry about keeping up with the other firsties, I'll be just fine, don't worry about it."
Papa then opens the door and the class enter his classroom, I wink at the two prefects and follow my classmates and smile at papa as I walk past him.
Papa lets us sit where we want, and I end up at the back next to Rebekah with the boys directly in front of us. Papa goes through the curriculum and then starts teaching theory, about half hour into the second hour we finally get to use magic. We must change a matchstick into a needle, it's easy I could do it wordlessly perfectly and very badly wandlessly. I look around and notice every is focusing on their matchstick and start discreetly moving my fingers and doing the
After about ten minutes I've perfected it wandlessly and put my hand up, to show papa. He walks over and looks at Rebekah's attempts before saying she needs to stop trying so hard and then turns to me and pulls out a new matchstick, I move my fingers slightly under the desk and it turns into a perfect needle which papa then examines. "Perfect. But it took you too long, 10 minutes to master this, sweetie that's a record slow, your longest previously being 5 and a half with your first spells. I know there's a different pressure and distraction being surrounded by others, but I expect you to do better next time."
I smile and say, "your right I was slacking sorry papa." He then gives me 10 matchsticks, I know it's a test and I see everyone turn to look at me, this time I pull my hand out and wave it over the sticks instantly turning them into pointy silver needles. Papa smiles and I know I've passed and he's proud, the rest of the class look shocked but after a few minutes staring the finally turn back to their own matches.
The next 7 years go similarly and rush by and soon I'm 18, a pretty young eligible maiden, smart, rich and politically and magically powerful, every magical and most non-magical bachelor in Britain and some of Europe want my hand. However, I fell for my classmate and one of my best friends and we married. As lady Malfoy I have a lot of political power in France but not England, so I build an empire with my Slytherin friends and year mates, other than Percy who I marry, the other 6 were like siblings to me and we became legends in the wizarding world as protectors and leaders and we created an institution we named the Wizards' Council, or as it was quickly became to be called the Ministry of Magic. The 8 of our family's names were written in the original charter as its founders and three copies are created, one being taken to Hogwarts, another to our group manor and the last stayed in our new ministry of magic, the first of its kind.
Hogsmeade and a new place diagon alley have being warded to be strictly magical families only and other places like Godric's hollow a new town named after papa, have been made into mostly magical families only. Percy and I tried for children but it just wasn't possible. Percy, all our friends and I were having a picnic by the black lake when Hogsmeade was attacked, we defended it the best we could, but I was too injured and as I lay dying I whispered to Percy "I love you, remarry, be happy"