Title- "Andromeda Zænidh: From a Slytherin Point of View" (formerly, From a Certain Point of View).
Author- Libbydia. Also, lots of thanks to WildMage42 for letting me borrow characters, and being my beta reader!
Main Character- Andromeda Zænidh, a pureblood witch starting her first year at Hogwarts. Brown eyes, long brown hair, a bit vertically challenged, but very pretty all the same.
Summary- well, read the title! Anyone who can write a better summary will be awarded something cool...a cameo, if you like.
Rated- PG for mild violence and language, the Harry Potter type. Nothing that will make you gouge your eyes out.
Please read and review...I accept suggestions, criticism, praise, and whatever else you can fit into that little text box. I don't suppose chocolate fits? ^^ Well, here's the story...
Chapter One: Impatience
"Andromeda!" my mother yelled from downstairs. "Put on some shoes! I'm going to the grocery store, and you're coming with me!" Lazily dangling my feet out of the hammock, I wondered why my mother needed help in buying food. "I mean it! Get down here right now, young lady, or I swear on my wand I'll..."
"Yes, ma'am," I interrupted, jumping out of my hammock and snatching a pair of sandals off the floor, not anxious to know what she would do when it came to swearing on her wand.
Hopping across the rose-colored tile floor and bounding down the elegant, curved staircase, all while trying to put on my sandals, I groaned inwardly at this turn of events. Why did she have to make me leave the house now, when Hogwarts letters would surely be arriving within the day? It wasn't that I was worried about whether or not I would be accepted...more like, sick of waiting. Once I got the letter, the future would be sealed for me; I would become a remarkable witch, like my mother before me, and her mother before her. My father and grandfather were remarkable also, but of course, they were wizards, not witches. In fact, almost everyone in my extended family possessed the gift of magic.
Curiously, the Zænidh family didn't have a specific House at Hogwarts. While my mother had graduated from Ravenclaw, my father had been a studious Hufflepuff. Various aunts, uncles, and cousins belonged to any of the four houses; but, any immediate family that had a Gryffindor or a Slytherin would have only the former or only the latter. "Well," I thought, "at least it keeps things interesting, not knowing the House you'll be in; not like that Weasley family...Gryffindors, every last one!" Having grown up with a gold Galleon in each fist, I pitied anyone who didn't know how to make money and keep it.
"Well?" asked my mother, tapping her foot and tucking strands of long, dark brown hair out of her face, "Are we ready to leave?" I straightened from tying my sandals, and pushed my thin-framed glasses back up my nose.
"Of course. Although I wish we could take Floo-Powder. Waiting in Muggle traffic is so dull." The look on her face told me to retract this statement. I quickly added, "But I know we can't because it's not safe to just appear in Muggle buildings all covered in soot, because someone would think it was a bit odd, and sometimes Memory charms don't work." She smiled, glad that I had been listening to her many lectures about keeping the wizarding world a secret from those who would be afraid of it.
"All right then, get in the car. I have a long list of things we need to buy, and I don't intend to leave the store without every last one."
To Be Continued...
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, except Andromeda, her family (note: Zænidh is pronounced ZEE-nith, as in "zenith"). And I don't own any of the places except her house, and I don't own any of the poems, songs, specific quotes and events, etc. Basically, if you can find it in Rowling's book, I will admit to not owning it. Any disclaimer updates will be separately listed at the end of each chapter. Also don't own the phrase "From a certain point of view," (the former title), because Obi Wan said it to Luke in the original Star Wars movies, which I do not own, except on video cassette. I just thought it applied to my story nicely. Enjoy.