Ch 12 Unexpected Letters
Clarissa walked into her room in the Cirqueau France Estate and smelt in the fresh air, she had always loved the France Estate, it was so pleasant, especially during summer, but it was twice as lovely during winter. Her room looked exactly as it had when she had left, light blue walls, the same white silk sheets on the bed, and the same antique bureau. Her room was already filled with Christmas presents from her family and friends. She looked around in awe and took out her suitcase, and started unpacking, thinking about the day before, the Yule ball day, when Helena and Brody found Clarissa and Xander in the Slytherin Common room, and Snape coming in, ever so cannily, and giving her two weeks detention, in the trophy room. Clarissa hadn't thought much about it; she quickly shifted the thought aside and refused to let it ruin her holiday, she reminded herself, refuse. Clarissa put her Christmas robes away in her closet and sunk into her bed, glad to be home, for the holidays at least.
Linky, the head house elf at the estate walked into Clarissa's room, wearing light blue robes with the Cirqueau crest on them.
"Ma'am, have you got anything for Linky to wash?" he questioned
"Er...no, well yes, actually Linky, I was wondering if you could do something for me."
"Yes, Ma'am?"
"Er..I was wondering, if you could send up fabric samples for a new cloak, my other one's torn."
"Linky could easily fix that, ma'am."
"Yes, I know you could Linky, but could you send them up anyway?"
"Yes, Linky will, for you Ma'am."
"Also, could you send up a candy plate?"
"I don't think Ma'am's mother would approve, Ma'am."
"Er..well do it anyway."
"Yes, ma'am. Oh, and Mistress wants you in the Drawing room, very soon."
Linky left quickly after that, Clarissa could hear his little feet pattering across the wood flooring, going to the kitchens. Clarissa sat on her bed and noticed an owl tap on her window, she got up from her bed and opened the window, cold air rushing in and took the little parchment from the owl, it read—
Clarissa,
I thought you might like this—
Xander
Another owl tapped on Clarissa's window, and she opened it, and the owl dropped a small parcel at her feet and left. Clarissa opened it surprisingly and smiled, on the box it said
Corringston Jewlers
Diagon Alley, Paris, Salem
Clarissa knew that that place was quite expensive, and was surprised when she got the present, and from Xander of all people. She opened it like she had opened her floating broomstick when she was five, tearing the wrappers away impatiently, waiting to see what it exactly was. It was a small locket, and inside there was a picture of Xander and Clarissa, smiling gleefully. She had recognized the picture from the year before, their fifth year, when they had gone out. She put in around her neck and walked down to the Drawing Room, happier than ever.
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"Welcome home, Miss Danvers, welcome to the Danvers Estate, Miss Clauson." A butler told them as they stepped out of a Carriage, in front of Danver estate. Corin grinned,
"Edwin! I haven't seen you since last Christmas, how is your wife?" Corin asked as she stepped on the road,
"Fine, fine, just had my second child, Miss Danvers." Edwin said proudly
"That is just brilliant, Edwin, give them my hellos." Corin smiled before she ran up the steps to the door, Necia following suit.
"Charles! How're you?" Corin grinned
"I'm great, Miss Danvers." Charles opened up the large door to the Danver Estate and Corin and Necia walked in, greeted by Edward, who took their cloaks, then by Corin's mother.
"Corin! Necia!" Corin's mother was gorgeous, Corin was a mini version of her, except with her father's eyes, Rose Danvers had dark green eyes, as her father had light blue.
"Mother!" Corin had never addressed her mother as 'Mum' when she was around her, even as a child, Rose Danvers was mother. Corin embraced her mother and said,
"Well I want to go see my new room, you and Aunt May redesigned it, right?" Corin questioned
"Yes, we did." Rose Danvers beamed
"Where's Daddy?" Corin asked, Corin was her father's favorite person in the whole world.
"You're father's in England for business, he'll be back tomorrow for Christmas, dear." Mrs. Danvers said matter-of-factly and walked down the stairs, "See you two at supper!"
"Okay Mrs. Danvers," Necia smiled as she followed Corin to her room.
Corin opened up the large oak door to her room and turned on the lights, the Danver's used electricity instead of the bleak candles at Hogwarts. Corin gasped looking around, the walls were a light yellow color, and all the furnishings were white, Corin sighed.
"It's beautiful, much better than the purple ensemble I had earlier." Corin said matter-of-factly and saw that her things were already put away and showed Necia to her room, which was right down the hall to the left.
"I wish it were closer, Ness." Corin said absent-mindedly, and just as Necia had requested, stunned chocolate frogs were on her pillow.
"Nah, it's everything I wanted, Corin," Necia grinned
"Well, I'm going to go see if my Mother has any plans for us today, see you later, make yourself at home, and don't get lost!" Corin grinned and left the room and went down to the sitting room, where Mrs. Danvers was reading the Daily Prophet.
"Mother, do you have any plans for today?" Corin questioned
"Well, I was figuring we could go down to the Town and see if they have any robes for Christmas." Mrs. Danvers replied
"Oh okay." Corin said and turned to leave.
"Necia's changed, hasn't she?" Mrs. Danvers said thoughtfully
"Yes, she has, quite a bit." Corin replied
"Yes, I've noticed, she wears so much black."
"Yes, I suppose so—"Corin started
"Maybe we can show her the partings of her ways,"
"Erm.." Corin started again
"Corin, I told you, 'Erm' is not proper English, now answer properly."
"Maybe we can, Mother." Corin smiled dutifully and left the sitting room, went up to her room, and sat down on her bed looking around. "One thing I didn't miss while I was at Hogwarts—
Mum."
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Necia sat down on the huge bed in the center of the room. It was a large room, larger than her room at her own house. It was painted dark navy blue, and had oak furnishings, the bed had the Danvers Seal on it, and the bed coverings were dark navy blue silk. It wasn't quite as lively as Corin's room, but she appreciated that it was very dramatic. She looked around the room and noticed that she had a letter for her, she wondered who it was from, seeing as how she hadn't given anyone the address, she looked at the seal, and noticed it said Kurskinakov, she opened it up, and it said:
Dear Necia,
Ever since last night I can't stop thinking about you, I was hoping that when you get back to Hogwarts you would do me the honor of becoming my Girlfriend. I know this is quite soon, but I feel like I've known you forever. If you don't want to, I understand.
Tomorrow, expect to see a package from me, I hope you like it, my mother and I picked it out.
Adam
Necia stood there in awe, she knew that she liked Adam, but she wasn't expecting this. And she always had a good idea of what was going to happen. She sat on her bed and lay down, grabbed a chocolate frog, and bit its head off. What have you gotten yourself into, Necia?