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Disclaimer: Unfortunately, the last time I checked I was not J.K. Rowling therefore I do not own Harry Potter. I own nothing besides the main character and a few other random characters. Even though I do own a few random characters it does not mean that I am getting any money whatsoever from writing this little story. I am writing this to give myself something to do and challenge myself, considering school is far too easy and does not stimulate my mind as much as having complete power over what I write.
Rated: R – For harsh language, mental and physical child-abuse, references to rape, and violence.
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Enchanting Darkness
Chapter 3: Hogwarts, Here I Come!
The petite blonde girl laid in her big comfortable bed, merely staring up at curtains surrounding her. I am going to Hogwarts, she thought with a smile forming on her pale face. She rarely smiled, she had no reason to, but the thought of actually attending Hogwarts with Draco made her one of the happiest people in the entire Wizarding World. Not only was she going to Hogwarts but also she was going an entire day ahead of everyone else. She rolled over to face her small clock; it was nearly six in the morning, nearly four and a half hours until she would be flooing to Professor Dumbledore's office.
She was ecstatic. She would finally become friends with other witches and even spend more time with Draco. She stretched her arms high up above her body before standing up and wondering toward her wardrobe. She grabbed a knee-length black skirt with dark green pinstripes, a white button-up top, and a dark green robe, all of which were very expensive. Kaida dressed quickly and strolled upstairs to her mother's quarters.
Knocking lightly on the door, she called to her mother, "Mother?" The door flew open and Narcissa ushered the young girl into the room. Kaida noticed tears running down Narcissa's perfect, pale skin and instantly became worried. "What happened?" she asked. Narcissa shook her head, "No sweetie, nothing happened. I'm just going to miss you terribly," she said, the tears flowing out of her eyes faster.
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The little redhead ran a hand through her straight red hair as stared across the table directly at The-Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter. It seemed as if everyone knew the girl had a crush on him, except Harry himself. It bothered her, however, she just was not sure if she even wanted the boy any longer. "Ginny?" a female voice said from behind the sad young girl.
Virginia turned around to find herself face to face with Hermione Granger, the brains behind Hogwart's Infamous Trio. "Are you excited about having a roommate again?" she asked as she took her seat next to Ginny and across from Ron, who was sitting next to Harry. "Yes," Ginny said slowly, poking her scrambled eggs with a fork repeatedly. "Huh, you don't seem very excited," Hermione said, watching the girl attack her breakfast. "I know I'd be just delighted. I'd be able to get a heap of additional summer reading in," she said dreamily, as if envisioning herself being sent to Hogwarts early and rummaging through the library alone.
From across the table Ron snorted quite loudly. Hermione's gaze left Ginny immediately and landed on the redheaded boy. She stared at him shamefully. "How much summer reading did you get to, Ron?" she asked, although she could already guess.
Ron coughed, trying to cover up the word 'none' and stood up from the kitchen table, motioning Harry to follow. Harry looked around nervously, he did not want any of his friends to be mad at him, but stood up and followed Ron anyway. Ginny distinctively heard Hermione sigh cantankerously before standing up and running up the stairs to Ginny's bedroom, where she had been staying for the past week.
Ginny pushed her breakfast plate toward the middle of the table and stood up, brushing the crumbs off of her faded black skirt.
Before Ginny had a chance to leave the kitchen, Mrs. Weasley entered. "Ginny, dear, how would you like to floo to Dumbledore's office a little earlier?" she asked. "How much earlier?" Ginny asked. "Around ten o'clock," she answered before leaving the kitchen. Ginny sighed and walked upstairs to her bedroom to pack to leave even earlier than originally planned.
When she entered her bedroom, she found Hermione reading near the window. Ginny did not want to bother her so she said nothing and began gathering her school things to put into her Hogwart's trunk. Hermione looked up from her Transfiguration book and watched Ginny pack for a few minutes. "Why is this girl just now starting school?" Hermione asked finally.
Ginny stopped packing and sat down on her bed. "I have no clue," she answered. "I do not know a thing about her. I suppose that's why I have to go early to school," she added. "Oh," Hermione said before beginning to read again.
Once Virginia was finished with all of her packing, she pulled her trunk down the stairs. It took the small girl a lot longer than she had expected, the trunk was far too heavy for such a petite girl. By the time she reached the living room, it was a few minutes before ten. Molly was hurrying around the house to make sure Ginny did not forget a thing.
The clock rang ten o'clock in the morning and Mrs. Weasley grabbed a handful of floo-powder and handed it to Ginny. Tears were forming in Mrs. Weasley's old, tired eyes, "I'm going to miss you, Ginny." Ginny smiled and nodded, "I'll miss you too, mum."
Ginny stepped into the fireplace and threw up the floo-powder while yelling, "Professor Dumbledore's office," as clearly as possible.
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Kaida put her last schoolbook into her trunk and closed it tight. "Draco!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. There was no way she would be able to carry her trunk all the way down the stairs of the manor. Draco appeared at her bedroom door, "Yes, Kai?" he asked. She pointed to her trunk with a smile.
Usually Draco would not want to do something like carry her trunk, however, when he saw the smile of her face he could not resist. He rarely saw Kaida smile but when she did it made Draco wish she would smile more often.
Draco grabbed a hold on Kaida's trunk and carried it down the stairs to sitting room, where the fireplace was located, and set it down. Kaida had followed Draco all the way down the stairs and was now standing in front of the fireplace with a look of excitement in her bluish-grey eyes. She eyed the large silver and black brick fireplace, on the mantel were silver and black candles and a beautiful large portrait of Lucius and Narcissa was hanging above. The portrait frightened Kaida. It made her feel as if Lucius was always watching her whenever she was in that room.
Narcissa Malfoy entered the lavish sitting room and immediately pulled Kaida into a hug; one of the few hugs Kaida had ever received. "Have fun at school," she said. Narcissa was not very worried about sending her to Hogwarts; Hogwart's was the safest wizarding school in England. Besides, Kaida had been studying magic since the age of six and she was very much prepared for the start of her fifth year of school.
"It's time, Kai," Narcissa said, grabbing the can of floo-powder from the mantel and handing it to the young girl. Kaida took a handful, "Bye mother; bye Draco," she said before entering the fireplace and throwing up the floo-powder. "Professor Dumbledore's office."
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Virginia Weasley sat in a large red leather chair in front of Professor Dumbledore's desk, where the aged Headmaster was sitting with his hands folded and a twinkle in his eye. "We will get started once she arrives," he told Ginny. She nodded absentmindedly while looking around the office at the many sleeping portraits of the previous Hogwart's Headmasters and Headmistresses.
Suddenly, there was a large crashing noise. Kaida Malfoy found herself lying on her stomach just outside the office's fireplace. She pushed herself up from the floor and began to brush the bits of dust off her clothes.
Headmaster Dumbledore rose from his seat and shook Kaida's hand respectively. Even though Kaida had never left the security of her household, she knew her family was well respected in the Wizarding community and was going to take full advantage of that if anyone wanted to make fun of her or anything such as that for any reason.
"Hello Professor Dumbledore," she said as she shook his hand. He nodded to her. "Miss Virginia Weasley," he said, motioning to Ginny. "Miss Kaida Malfoy," he said, motioning to Kaida. Kaida put her hand out to Ginny's and they shook hands, however, Ginny's face never left the state of shock it had entered once she heard the girl's name.
"Ginny, would you please show Kaida to your rooms? It will be the same place as before, however, we made it a bit bigger to accommodate the two of you. I expect to see you both tonight at dinner, Ginny you know what time. Your things have already been brought to your bedrooms," he said, smiling at the two girls as if signalling the end of the meeting.
The little redhead stood up and began to walk toward the door; Kaida followed.
Once the two petite girls were out of Professor Dumbledore's office and walking down the corridor toward their dormitory, Ginny decided to get to know the Malfoy girl. "So, are you Draco's sister?" she asked. Kaida looked Ginny up and down, watching the way her body moved, her clothes – "Yes," she answered.
"Why didn't you come to Hogwarts before now?" Ginny asked.
Kaida's bluish grey eyes searched the corridor; she looked at the high brick walls and the portraits. Several portraits introduced themselves to her but she ignored each one of them. "I'd rather not talk about it," Kaida answered, after a few minutes of awkward silence. "Oh," Ginny said simply. She turned the corner and began to walk up the stairs with Kaida right by her side.
Ginny eyed the pale blonde carefully. Her hair was perfectly straight and her eyes were gorgeous. Her skin was extremely pale and flawless while her lips were almost red. She was not very tall yet not exceedingly short either. She was also dressed extraordinarily well, just as Draco constantly was. Virginia could not help but be a little jealous of Kaida's utter beauty.
"Quidditch," Ginny said as they reached a portrait of a pale young boy. The portrait swung open and the two girls entered the common room. "You have to say the password to be able to enter but do not tell anyone what it is," Ginny advised. "I have to tell Draco," Kaida told her as she looked around the beautiful common room. "Why?" Ginny spat disgustedly at the thought of Draco in her private dormitory. "He's my brother," she answered, sitting down on the couch in front of the fireplace.
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At six in the evening, Ginny, accompanied by Kaida, walked into the Great Hall for dinner. Kaida looked around the lavish Hall – the candles floating near the ceiling that looked like the night sky, the House streamers along the walls, and the Hogwart's crest above the staff table – it was amazing. Ginny and Kaida joined the teachers at the staff table. Kaida looked the teachers up and down the table with excitement in her eyes. Her eyes landed on Professor Snape and her face turned to shock.
"Severus!" she yelled toward the Potion's master. "Kaida, how lovely to see you again," he said emotionless.
Professor Dumbledore introduced Kaida to the other teachers that she did not know and then clapped his hands together and the food appeared in front of them. They ate in utter silence – only speaking when asking someone to pass something to them.
Kaida thought it was absolutely brilliant. She had never eaten dinner with so many people before. Whenever her parents had company besides Voldemort or Snape, she was sent to her bedroom without anything to eat. While she ate, she watched the other people at the table closely. She just could not believe she was finally at Hogwarts after waiting all summer to be able to leave the Malfoy manor. Although they did not talk during dinner, it was one of the best nights of Kaida's life.
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"You understand this is very important, don't you?" a raspy voice said.
Draco nodded, "Yes, my Lord."
"Make sure nothing goes wrong with Desdemona's mission," the raspy voice said threateningly.
"Yes, my Lord," he said to the cloaked man sitting in front of him as he bowed his head in respect.
Draco's normally pale skin was even paler as he stood in front of Lord Voldemort. His eyes seemed to be glowing with red as dark as blood and his breathing was uneven – he needed to kill. He ran his tongue over his sharp teeth that were yearning to be pressed onto someone's skin, to break it, allowing the blood to pour out into his mouth.
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Author's Notes:
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