The Malfoy Manor
They arrived in a very large kitchen, there were two house elves preparing dinner. Turning to the right she could see two people were sitting at a rather fancy table. It seemed there wasn't anything that could be bought in this kitchen at a second hand store, everything was top quality in this house. She then looked over at the table and to a very good looking boy with white blond hair and bright blue eyes who looked up curiously, and across from him sat a women with the same hair and eyes but with a weird smirk on her face. Hello, said the women with an unwelcoming voice as she saw the girl next to her husband.

I thought you were staying to five Lucius.

Well Cornelius let me off early, to get her, urm, get her settled in.

What do you mean dad, is she staying with us, said the boy.

Well yes, she is staying with us until she finishes schooling at Hogwarts.

The smirk on the womens face became even more definite at these words and started turning into a frown.

Well, she said trying to change the evil tone in her voice, my name is Narcissa and this is my son Draco.

Well, she said with a hint of hate in her voice, my name is Cordacey Hope. Draco was looking at her funnny as though none of this made any sense

You look a little too old to be starting Hogwarts this year. The boy seemed to be very interested in the girl. Coredacey could tell he liked her, but he had a certain level of irony about her muggle look, which she hated the muggle look more than he did and couldn't wait to get a cloak of some sort.

Well I am fourteen, but they never did send my Hogwarts letter. She said this looking into his eyes as if trying to stare right through him to his mind and read his thoughts.

Oh I see, he said in a judging voice.

If only I could prove to him how I feel in my heart, she said to herself with a hurt feeling. She had never felt this way about anybody in her life and was not sure what to think.

Well Draco could you show her to the room down the North hallway.

Yes mam, he slured. Come with me Coredacey. She stayed as far behind him as she could to look around at the pictures in the hallways. One picture attracted her attention more than all the others. It was a picture of a witch and a wizard holding a small baby in there arms and in the background was a skull with a green snake coming out of his mouth. She knew she had seen these people somewhere before and that sign looked very familar.

Are you coming, shouted Draco.

She hadn't even noticed that she had stoped to veiw the picture and walked faster to keep up with the boy. They walk down many hallways and passed over twenty girandoles that held beautiful candles, she looked up to see one flicker as they walked passed. Well she thought to herself I her mom, I don't care if you like it or not I am going to become one of the greatest witches of all time no mather what it takes!

Coredacey walked up next to Draco to ask him a question.

Do you have any spell books I could read, she asked slowly? Well there is a small library across from your room, I am sure you can find something there.

What kind of books are in the library Draco?

Well basic spell books, some on the Dark Arts, basically a little bit of everything.

That sounds interesting, said Coredacey. Coredacey was still stuck at the words Dark Arts, she had always wanted to study the Dark Arts. This was one of the many things about herself that she did not understand why she would ever want to even think about or learn. But to her to be a good witch she thought the dark arts would be a good thing to understand and they could be useful. ************************************************************************** Well here it is, said Draco as they stopped in front of a black door; they opened the door the beauty of the room almost made her fall over in shock. It was a very large room with a king size bed in the center. The bed covers were black with a large green snake in the middle. Next to the bed on both sides there were two black lowboys and across the room there was a silver colored wardrobe next to a black dresser.

It's beautiful, she muttered not realizing she had just said it out loud.

Well it's one of the best rooms in the house, gloated Draco. The house elves will come to inform you when dinner is ready, so for right now get umpacked and ready to eat. Draco before you leave do think your parents will mind if I let my snake out in the room. Well I guess they won't mind as long as you don't let him go out of the room. He said this with a look of suprise that she wasn't afraid of snakes and actually had one.

Well see you at dinner, said Draco as he closed the door with a small smile. To Coredacey Draco seemed to be a really nice boy, but he also seemed to be afraid and sickened by the thought of liking a muggle born. This still inraged Coredacey since she hated muggles and she kicked one of the lowboys acrossed the room. She walked and retrieved the piece of furniture placing it back in its place. She stood there wondering why she just did that. Why did her temper always get the best of her and why couldn't she control it? Well I might as well get umpacked she said. Her shoulders were now numb from carrying the backpack around, and she was greatly relieved when she managed to take it off her back and place it gently on the bed. You can come out now Eclipse, she said in parseltongue. The small snake slithered out of the pouch it had been hiding in.

Niccccee room, he hissed. I will bbblendd in gggreat.

Coredacey knew exactly what he ment when she looked down at the carpet, which was a blue-black color simular to Eclipse own color. She unpacked the clothes and put them away along with a few old books which she sat in one of the lowboys drawers. Well I might as well go look at the library before it's time to eat and she went for the door when the snake slithered in front of her as if to keep her from leaving.

Don't youuu thinkkkk youuu ssshoulddd read the lettterr yyyour mmmom gavvve yyyou. I forgot all about it she said in Parseltongue. She move back to the backpack slowly feeling it might eat her whole. Looking in one of the outside pockets she grabed the letter opened it and began to read it...