Note: Wow! Thank you everyone for the terrific response. I didn't think
you'd all like it that much. I'm glad to see you do because I really wanted
to continue writing this. I hope your all recognizing characters that were
mentioned in the 5th book and other death eaters and older order members
etc. because that's where most of them are from. I got all their
backgrounds from there, but I must admit I had to make a few of them up.
Hope you like this chapter just as much and thanks loads for the great
review.
Voldie on Varsity Track: You've never seen a story like it! Yay! I did something good. I have updated for you as you wished. JUST for you, I might add. so be grateful. Hehehe, thank you for the terrific review . means a lot!
Daintress: I hope its well worth reading, I'm trying to capture Narcissa's life perfectly and just how she became who she was, so yeah it will be deep. And thank you so much for your review and I think I will just check out your fics seeming as though you have been so kind. Hehehe Thank you!
Fairydust125: Snao's??? I hope that's good. Thanks for saying its original, that's two people who have said that . it must be true Yay! Legally Blonde 2 not that good??? Fair enough . I haven't seen it yet! Thanks loads for the review!
Luke-6622427: Thanks for the review hope you like the rest of it too!
GothChic: I love the review thanks heaps I hope to keep up the good work, don't wanna disappoint you all!
Ebony Catastrophic: Yay! You don't just like it . You LOVE it! Hurrah for me! Thanks so much, that was a fantastic review, please keep reading . I got a kiss! Hehehehe, Yay! Again!
GaBrIeLa2: Hello! The guy? Just read this chapter and you'll find out! You love Lucius and Snape hey? Well that's good because there both in this story and will both play pretty important parts. Thank you for reviewing please keep reading!
Peachula: Thanks for reviewing. Keep reading it gets way better.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, places, objects or spells mentioned that you recognize from J.K Rowling's books. I own the general plot though, but that's all I can claim.
Well heres the next chapter..... glad to see your all so enthusiastic about it........ hope you like it..... next one will be way better and may take a little longer to post..... not to long though...... Enjoy...
It all began at Hogwarts!!
Chapter 2!
Once the boats had finally docked, the students made their way up to the castles giant front doors. Slowly the absolutely petrified younger students made their way through them and up the staircase until they faced another set of large double doors.
'Good evening students,' a voice said from just behind them all, making several of them jump.
The voice belonged to a tall, thin, sophisticated looking women who was obviously one of the teachers at the school – Narcissa gathered this by the way she was dressed. She had small glasses placed on the tip of her nose and her long, dark brown hair was pulled up in a tight bun.
'Welcome to Hogwarts, first years, I am Professor McGonagall. In just a few minutes you will make your way through these doors and into the Great Hall, once there you will be sorted into your houses.'
There was a murmur that passed through the crowd of nervous faces and a few students looked as though they were going to faint. Narcissa swallowed hard and glanced over at Heista, who was positioned right behind her. Heista gave her a tense looking smile, as the teacher called McGonagall left them. She was gone for only a few short minutes, far too short for Narcissa's liking.
'Alright, they are ready for you now, please follow me.'
She stepped forward and pushed open the two doors with little difficulty. Narcissa followed the crowd of first years along the space between two of the house tables. There were four houses and each had their own large wooden table and unique students at each, Narcissa could feel every single eye on her and she felt as if she was going to be sick.
Professor McGonagall moved ahead of them and stood in front of the large table containing what looked to be all the other Professors of the school. The first years gathered around in front of her at her command.
'Now I'll call each of you by name and when I do I want you to come and sit on this stool. Then I'll place this hat on your head and you'll be sorted into your house.'
Narcissa let out a small sigh of relief; all she had to do was try on a hat? That would be a lot easier than the extremely difficult test that her older sister promised her she would have to undertake. On a high stool next to McGonagall an old battered hat was resting gently on top. Suddenly the hat came alive, and the small rip in it opened up like a mouth and it began to sing a song. Narcissa was so nervous that she hardly heard any of what the hat had to say. As soon as the song had ended, the sorting began.
'Aarons, Mariah.' A tall girl with red hair and freckles stepped forwards and very gingerly sat on the stool. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head and after only a few minutes it spoke again.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' it called to the hall and Narcissa heard a loud roar of cheers coming from the table behind her, to her far right.
The red-headed girl made her way over to the table with all the other Hufflepuffs, smiling happily whilst people shook her hand and patted her on the back.
McGonagall raced through all the A's and before Narcissa even realized where she was up to, it was her turn.
'Black, Narcissa,' McGonagall called in her stern voice.
Narcissa forced her feet to move her forwards and she slowly sat down on the stool. Professor McGonagall smiled at her kindly before placing the old hat on Narcissa's head, covering her eyes.
'Ah-ha,' the hat blurted out, making Narcissa jump slightly. 'I see great potential ... Yes ...there is tremendous power here and a hunger to prove yourself and to be the best ... but where to put you. Difficult, very difficult – I suppose it better be ... SLYTHERIN!'
Narcissa felt herself melt with happiness. She had done it, she was a Slytherin. She practically leapt of the stool and made her way over to the table filled with the other Slytherins.
'Well done Narcissa, I knew you'd make it,' her eldest sister, Bellatrix said happily as Narcissa flopped in the seat next to her. She tried to thank her sister, but her mouth just wasn't working yet, so she just smiled weakly instead.
'Black, Sirius,' McGonagall continued to call after the noise from the Slytherin table died away.
She watched closely as her older cousin made his way nervously up to the stool. Like most of the Black's he too had dark hair, dark eyes, lightly tanned, clear skin and extremely good looks.
'GRYFFINDOR!' the old hat shouted and the now delighted Sirius made his way happily over to the screaming table that was clearly Gryffindor.
'Ha, should have known,' Bellatrix muttered angrily from Narcissa's side.
In no time at all Narcissa's friend from the train, Heista Jones had her name called out.
'RAVENCLAW!' the hat cried yet again, and a smiling Heista went to join the Ravenclaw table. Narcissa sighed sadly; she should have known that a muggle born had no chance of getting into Slytherin.
'Lestrange, Rabastan,' McGonagall called out after she had finished with both the J's and K's.
'It's your brother, Rodolphus,' Bellatrix said to a boy somewhere to her right.
The handsome boy that Narcissa had seen in the boat made his way up to the stool. If he was at all nervous, then he certainly didn't show it. His arms were folded over his chest and he still wore an expression that told the hall he was bored by this whole experience.
'SLYTHERIN!' yelled the hat, the moment it had touched the boy's spiky black hair.
With his arms still folded and his face still stating it was bored, he made his way over to where Narcissa was and sat opposite her, barely noticing all the hands that were reaching out to pat his back and shake his hand.
When all the names were finally called out, the old man with the half- moon spectacles and long beard and hair, who Narcissa had been told in advance was Albus Dumbledore, the school head master, stood up and said a small speech.
'Welcome everyone to the new school year,' he began in a calm and confident voice. 'I have a few announcements to make, that shouldn't take very long. First of all I have been informed to tell you that the forbidden forest is still out of bounds and magic is still banned from the corridors between classrooms. Quidditch tryouts will begin shortly and anyone who wishes to participate should contact Madame Hooch as soon as they can to arrange team tryouts. Finally I would encourage you all to intermingle with students from different houses and to treat each other with kindness. That is all from me ... please dig in.'
As soon as Dumbledore had said these last few words plates and plates of all kinds of delicious foods sprang up onto the table out of nowhere. Narcissa was impressed and as her stomach let out one long vicious growl she helped herself to as much food as her plate could handle.
'I can't believe you made it into Slytherin,' Bellatrix said, turning to her sister, 'Andromeda won't be happy.'
Andromeda was Narcissa's other older sister. She was in her sixth year at Hogwarts, and unlike Narcissa and Bellatrix, who was now in her fifth year, she was in Ravenclaw. Her parents hadn't minded a terrible lot, because Bellatrix had made up for her mistakes and had therefore made the family much prouder the following year. Andromeda was still popular amongst her parents however as she had excelled greatly in Defense Against the Dark Arts.
'And fancy your brother making it into our house too,' Bellatrix said, speaking again to the boy on her right.
'Did you have any doubts that he wouldn't be?' the boy asked in a firm, deep voice.
Narcissa saw the boy for the first time now and was surprised to see he was almost exactly the same as the younger boy from the boat. He had the same black hair – only his was slightly longer and had a slight curl at the bottom, unlike the other boy's spiky hair – the same striking blue eyes, muscular figure and perfect skin. This boy however was obviously the same age as his sister and of course looked much older.
Bellatrix laughed. 'Narcissa I'd like you to meet Rodolphus Lestrange,' she said cheerfully signaling to the older boy, 'and this is his brother Rabastan, who is in your year.' She pointed at the black haired boy across from her and Narcissa gave him a slight smile. He raised his head at her slightly before returning to his food.
When everyone had finally finished their meals, the prefects of the different houses ordered everyone to follow them. Narcissa followed their prefect, a greasy haired boy, again in her sister's year, with a pock- marked face and a jaded expression, whom her sister said was named Algernon Rookwood.
They followed his tall figure all the way down to the very bottom of the castle and into a small, dank dungeon area where Rookwood paused to examine a stretch of bare damp wall.
'Parsletounge,' Rookwood said to the wall, and suddenly a large chunk of the wall swung fourth to reveal a large, cozy, well furnished room – which was of course the Slytherin common room.
Narcissa was slightly anxious to escape her older sister who was so determined to introduce her to everyone, so she quickly slipped past and ran up the staircase that Rookwood told her led to the first year's girl dormitories.
As soon as she made it up the stairs and into the room, she slammed the door shut behind her and smiled. The room was full of large, four poster beds and was beautifully decorated. She turned to look at the first bed and noticed that her stuff was lying at the bottom. There was plenty of time to meet her sisters friends later; all she wanted to do now was sleep.
Narcissa quickly got changed and than flopped onto her bed. It was the most comfortable thing she had ever felt and it would be all hers for at least a whole year. She smiled again despite herself and thought sleepily about all the new things and people she would meet tomorrow, and with those thoughts in her head she drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Voldie on Varsity Track: You've never seen a story like it! Yay! I did something good. I have updated for you as you wished. JUST for you, I might add. so be grateful. Hehehe, thank you for the terrific review . means a lot!
Daintress: I hope its well worth reading, I'm trying to capture Narcissa's life perfectly and just how she became who she was, so yeah it will be deep. And thank you so much for your review and I think I will just check out your fics seeming as though you have been so kind. Hehehe Thank you!
Fairydust125: Snao's??? I hope that's good. Thanks for saying its original, that's two people who have said that . it must be true Yay! Legally Blonde 2 not that good??? Fair enough . I haven't seen it yet! Thanks loads for the review!
Luke-6622427: Thanks for the review hope you like the rest of it too!
GothChic: I love the review thanks heaps I hope to keep up the good work, don't wanna disappoint you all!
Ebony Catastrophic: Yay! You don't just like it . You LOVE it! Hurrah for me! Thanks so much, that was a fantastic review, please keep reading . I got a kiss! Hehehehe, Yay! Again!
GaBrIeLa2: Hello! The guy? Just read this chapter and you'll find out! You love Lucius and Snape hey? Well that's good because there both in this story and will both play pretty important parts. Thank you for reviewing please keep reading!
Peachula: Thanks for reviewing. Keep reading it gets way better.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, places, objects or spells mentioned that you recognize from J.K Rowling's books. I own the general plot though, but that's all I can claim.
Well heres the next chapter..... glad to see your all so enthusiastic about it........ hope you like it..... next one will be way better and may take a little longer to post..... not to long though...... Enjoy...
It all began at Hogwarts!!
Chapter 2!
Once the boats had finally docked, the students made their way up to the castles giant front doors. Slowly the absolutely petrified younger students made their way through them and up the staircase until they faced another set of large double doors.
'Good evening students,' a voice said from just behind them all, making several of them jump.
The voice belonged to a tall, thin, sophisticated looking women who was obviously one of the teachers at the school – Narcissa gathered this by the way she was dressed. She had small glasses placed on the tip of her nose and her long, dark brown hair was pulled up in a tight bun.
'Welcome to Hogwarts, first years, I am Professor McGonagall. In just a few minutes you will make your way through these doors and into the Great Hall, once there you will be sorted into your houses.'
There was a murmur that passed through the crowd of nervous faces and a few students looked as though they were going to faint. Narcissa swallowed hard and glanced over at Heista, who was positioned right behind her. Heista gave her a tense looking smile, as the teacher called McGonagall left them. She was gone for only a few short minutes, far too short for Narcissa's liking.
'Alright, they are ready for you now, please follow me.'
She stepped forward and pushed open the two doors with little difficulty. Narcissa followed the crowd of first years along the space between two of the house tables. There were four houses and each had their own large wooden table and unique students at each, Narcissa could feel every single eye on her and she felt as if she was going to be sick.
Professor McGonagall moved ahead of them and stood in front of the large table containing what looked to be all the other Professors of the school. The first years gathered around in front of her at her command.
'Now I'll call each of you by name and when I do I want you to come and sit on this stool. Then I'll place this hat on your head and you'll be sorted into your house.'
Narcissa let out a small sigh of relief; all she had to do was try on a hat? That would be a lot easier than the extremely difficult test that her older sister promised her she would have to undertake. On a high stool next to McGonagall an old battered hat was resting gently on top. Suddenly the hat came alive, and the small rip in it opened up like a mouth and it began to sing a song. Narcissa was so nervous that she hardly heard any of what the hat had to say. As soon as the song had ended, the sorting began.
'Aarons, Mariah.' A tall girl with red hair and freckles stepped forwards and very gingerly sat on the stool. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head and after only a few minutes it spoke again.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' it called to the hall and Narcissa heard a loud roar of cheers coming from the table behind her, to her far right.
The red-headed girl made her way over to the table with all the other Hufflepuffs, smiling happily whilst people shook her hand and patted her on the back.
McGonagall raced through all the A's and before Narcissa even realized where she was up to, it was her turn.
'Black, Narcissa,' McGonagall called in her stern voice.
Narcissa forced her feet to move her forwards and she slowly sat down on the stool. Professor McGonagall smiled at her kindly before placing the old hat on Narcissa's head, covering her eyes.
'Ah-ha,' the hat blurted out, making Narcissa jump slightly. 'I see great potential ... Yes ...there is tremendous power here and a hunger to prove yourself and to be the best ... but where to put you. Difficult, very difficult – I suppose it better be ... SLYTHERIN!'
Narcissa felt herself melt with happiness. She had done it, she was a Slytherin. She practically leapt of the stool and made her way over to the table filled with the other Slytherins.
'Well done Narcissa, I knew you'd make it,' her eldest sister, Bellatrix said happily as Narcissa flopped in the seat next to her. She tried to thank her sister, but her mouth just wasn't working yet, so she just smiled weakly instead.
'Black, Sirius,' McGonagall continued to call after the noise from the Slytherin table died away.
She watched closely as her older cousin made his way nervously up to the stool. Like most of the Black's he too had dark hair, dark eyes, lightly tanned, clear skin and extremely good looks.
'GRYFFINDOR!' the old hat shouted and the now delighted Sirius made his way happily over to the screaming table that was clearly Gryffindor.
'Ha, should have known,' Bellatrix muttered angrily from Narcissa's side.
In no time at all Narcissa's friend from the train, Heista Jones had her name called out.
'RAVENCLAW!' the hat cried yet again, and a smiling Heista went to join the Ravenclaw table. Narcissa sighed sadly; she should have known that a muggle born had no chance of getting into Slytherin.
'Lestrange, Rabastan,' McGonagall called out after she had finished with both the J's and K's.
'It's your brother, Rodolphus,' Bellatrix said to a boy somewhere to her right.
The handsome boy that Narcissa had seen in the boat made his way up to the stool. If he was at all nervous, then he certainly didn't show it. His arms were folded over his chest and he still wore an expression that told the hall he was bored by this whole experience.
'SLYTHERIN!' yelled the hat, the moment it had touched the boy's spiky black hair.
With his arms still folded and his face still stating it was bored, he made his way over to where Narcissa was and sat opposite her, barely noticing all the hands that were reaching out to pat his back and shake his hand.
When all the names were finally called out, the old man with the half- moon spectacles and long beard and hair, who Narcissa had been told in advance was Albus Dumbledore, the school head master, stood up and said a small speech.
'Welcome everyone to the new school year,' he began in a calm and confident voice. 'I have a few announcements to make, that shouldn't take very long. First of all I have been informed to tell you that the forbidden forest is still out of bounds and magic is still banned from the corridors between classrooms. Quidditch tryouts will begin shortly and anyone who wishes to participate should contact Madame Hooch as soon as they can to arrange team tryouts. Finally I would encourage you all to intermingle with students from different houses and to treat each other with kindness. That is all from me ... please dig in.'
As soon as Dumbledore had said these last few words plates and plates of all kinds of delicious foods sprang up onto the table out of nowhere. Narcissa was impressed and as her stomach let out one long vicious growl she helped herself to as much food as her plate could handle.
'I can't believe you made it into Slytherin,' Bellatrix said, turning to her sister, 'Andromeda won't be happy.'
Andromeda was Narcissa's other older sister. She was in her sixth year at Hogwarts, and unlike Narcissa and Bellatrix, who was now in her fifth year, she was in Ravenclaw. Her parents hadn't minded a terrible lot, because Bellatrix had made up for her mistakes and had therefore made the family much prouder the following year. Andromeda was still popular amongst her parents however as she had excelled greatly in Defense Against the Dark Arts.
'And fancy your brother making it into our house too,' Bellatrix said, speaking again to the boy on her right.
'Did you have any doubts that he wouldn't be?' the boy asked in a firm, deep voice.
Narcissa saw the boy for the first time now and was surprised to see he was almost exactly the same as the younger boy from the boat. He had the same black hair – only his was slightly longer and had a slight curl at the bottom, unlike the other boy's spiky hair – the same striking blue eyes, muscular figure and perfect skin. This boy however was obviously the same age as his sister and of course looked much older.
Bellatrix laughed. 'Narcissa I'd like you to meet Rodolphus Lestrange,' she said cheerfully signaling to the older boy, 'and this is his brother Rabastan, who is in your year.' She pointed at the black haired boy across from her and Narcissa gave him a slight smile. He raised his head at her slightly before returning to his food.
When everyone had finally finished their meals, the prefects of the different houses ordered everyone to follow them. Narcissa followed their prefect, a greasy haired boy, again in her sister's year, with a pock- marked face and a jaded expression, whom her sister said was named Algernon Rookwood.
They followed his tall figure all the way down to the very bottom of the castle and into a small, dank dungeon area where Rookwood paused to examine a stretch of bare damp wall.
'Parsletounge,' Rookwood said to the wall, and suddenly a large chunk of the wall swung fourth to reveal a large, cozy, well furnished room – which was of course the Slytherin common room.
Narcissa was slightly anxious to escape her older sister who was so determined to introduce her to everyone, so she quickly slipped past and ran up the staircase that Rookwood told her led to the first year's girl dormitories.
As soon as she made it up the stairs and into the room, she slammed the door shut behind her and smiled. The room was full of large, four poster beds and was beautifully decorated. She turned to look at the first bed and noticed that her stuff was lying at the bottom. There was plenty of time to meet her sisters friends later; all she wanted to do now was sleep.
Narcissa quickly got changed and than flopped onto her bed. It was the most comfortable thing she had ever felt and it would be all hers for at least a whole year. She smiled again despite herself and thought sleepily about all the new things and people she would meet tomorrow, and with those thoughts in her head she drifted off into a dreamless sleep.