Artemis yawned as she stretched out in a large overstuffed chair. After the
little meeting with Lucius Cass and she had gotten their dinner and gone
their separate ways. Artemis has found her way to one of the many libraries
in the manor. She shifted positions again as she opened the book she had
selected, Hogwarts: a History. Artemis quietly nibbled on her roll as she
thumbed through the large tome. It was, amazingly enough, very interesting.
Not as interesting as Durmstrang's history, of course, but that was hardly
expected.
A sharp tap at a nearby window drew the young woman out of her book.
Artemis smiled slightly as she opened the window and let the winged visitor
in. "Hello there," she said softly. The owl landed on her outstretched arm.
"What's this?"
Artemis absent-mindedly held out a crouton for the old as she quickly
scanned the letter. "Bloody kind of them to inform me I am allowed to
attend their school." She snorted softly. "I wonder what Dumbledore wants."
She scanned the list of books and smiled brightly.
Artemis picked up her book and peeked into the hallway. "Narcissa....". She
heard some shuffling down the hall. Narcissa was in the hall. Artemis tried
to sneak past and cursed silently when Narcissa noticed her. Narcissa
smiled happily. Well, not happily in the normal context of the word, but
for Narcissa Malfoy, it was a happy smile.
"Darling! I've been searching all over for you. Whatever are you doing in
this dusty old room?" Artemis looked at Narcissa with a cocked eyebrow,
trying to figure out how many things she could possibly be doing in a
library. "....Reading." she finally answered.. What an imbecile, she
thought to herself.
She stepped out into the hall and brushed off her robes. "Why were you
looking for me?"
"We're going to Diagon Alley in an hour. I believe Draco said you got your
letters today?" Artemis tightened her grip on her book. "Yes, we both
received our letter."
"Wonderful, darling! We can go pick up your books now." At the word books,
Narcissa got a sour look before brightening up. "And we can get you girls
new robes." She shook her head as she surveyed Artemis's dusty pink robes
and frizzy hair. "Heaven knows you need them!"
Artemis bristled slightly but managed to nod and bounce happily, imitating
Narcissa. "Oh, yes what fun!" she said with sarcasm Narcissa didn't catch.
"I knew you would be happy with that. Now be a dear and go tell your
sister. And please go change, darling, you are a Malfoy. Must look you best
in public you know!" She tweaked Artemis on the nose then sauntered off.
"Darling..." Artemis mimicked as she tramped down the hall to Cass's room.
Stopping beside the door, she crossed her arms and drawled out, "Cassandra
dearest..." in a rather good impression of Draco. Cass appeared at the door
with a fire in her eyes. "What do you want?" She blinked at Artemis's
amused face. "Oh, it's only you."
"Only me? That hurts, Cass."
Cass rolled her eyes. "To what to I owe the pleasure, wolf-girl?"
"We're going shopping with Narcissa and Draco in less than an hour."
"Damn."
