Authors Note: I do not own the Harry Potter universe, I do however own anyone and anything you don't recognize.

Chapter 1

Elizabeth rolled over in her new bed and stared at the canopy over her head. She could not believe everything that had happened to her over the past few days. She had gotten home from a friends house to find her mother, stepfather and two younger half brothers dead. Elizabeth had seen no outward sign as to why four completely healthy people would die. She had been even more surprised when Ministry officials had informed her that it had been the killing curse that had been the cause of their deaths. About an hour ago Ministry officials had dropped her off at the home of her biological father.

"So this is my new home." Elizabeth said to herself as she looked around her new room. Her new room was larger than her parents master suite in her old house. Her mahogany king sized bed was centered in the room and rested on a black rug. All of the furniture in her room was mahogany. The rest of the floor was covered in a dark blue carpet that matched her curtains and bed sheets. Elizabeth had just rolled off her new bed and had opened the french doors that led to her balcony when she heard a knock on her bedroom door.

"So you're my half sister." The young man leaning against her door jam said when Elizabeth answered the door.

"I guess." Elizabeth said looking at him.

"You guess." The young man said as he entered her room with a smirk. "Let's get this straight. A Malfoy never guesses."

"Please come in." Elizabeth said sarcastically as she closed the door and turned to face her visitor.

"A Malfoy always knows for certain. My name is Draco." Draco said ignoring her comment. "Your half brother."

"No kidding." Elizabeth said as she raising an eyebrow. "Listen, I don't like people talking down to me. It's a bit annoying and it tends to make me mad."

"Well," Draco replied. "What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing right now." Elizabeth said smiling sweetly as she headed to one of the chairs that was off to the right of her room and took a seat.

Sitting in the chair opposite of her Draco looked at her skeptically, "What do you mean right now?"

"Nothing." Elizabeth replied lifting her right hand and looking at her nails.

"Listen, we are going to have to learn to get along. Father is throwing a dinner party in your honor tomorrow evening and you have a lot to do before then." Draco said as he sat back and eyed her suspiciously.

"A lot to do?" Elizabeth asked. "What do I have to do?"

"We will have to go and get you a formal robe, and show you proper etiquette for the dinner party and get other necessary items." Draco answered.

"All right." Elizabeth said as she stood up. "Let's go get started then."

"By tomorrow you'll be perfect." Draco said as he stood up, took her hand and lead her out of the room.

"I think he's worried." Elizabeth thought to herself as they headed out the door. "Maybe he'll learn to keep his mouth shut. I'm still going to get him back though."

The following evening Elizabeth sat in front of her vanity and stared at her reflection in the mirror. She was not surprised when the mirror voiced its opinion: "You look lovely dear."

"Thanks." Elizabeth answered. Her waist length dark brown hair had been curled and piled elegantly on top of her head. A few pieces of hair had had been curled and left hanging down her back and around her face. The light pink and white eye shadow around her hazel eyes went with her new pink robe perfectly. Although her new robe was not skin tight it hugged her body perfectly until it reached her waist where the material just hung loosely to the floor. The wrists of her robe hung down to her waist and got tighter as they reached her shoulders. The toes of her white heels peeked out from under her robe.

"Come in." Elizabeth said as she turned to her door when she heard a knock.

"Are you ready?" Draco asked as he entered her room with his black robe billowing behind him.

"Of course." Elizabeth said as she stood up and walked towards him with her head held high and her shoulders pulled back just like Narcissa had showed her earlier that morning.

"Good." Draco said as he studied her walk and found it to be perfect. As he offered her his arm he said: "Let's go."

"I had kind of hoped that I would get to meet my father before tonight." Elizabeth said as she and Draco headed downstairs.

"Father is a really busy person. You'll get to meet him right now." Draco said as they headed towards the parlor. "Guests will be arriving in fifteen minutes and father needs to go over a few items with us."

When they entered the parlor Elizabeth stopped just inside the door and starred in shock. Narcissa looked lovely in a deep purple robe that was just as form fitting as Elizabeth's and it showed off Narcissa's body nicely, but that wasn't what surprised her. What had surprised Elizabeth was Lucius. Lucius stood behind the chair his wife sat in and although the black robe he wore looked expensive, that was not what had surprised her. What had surprised her was that with his platinum blond hair and steel gray eyes he looked like an older version of Draco, but she saw nothing of herself in him.

"I had hoped you would inherit something from me." Lucius said as he stepped out from behind his wife. "But you apparently have inherited your looks from you mother."

"I was thinking the same thing." Elizabeth said as she looked up into Lucius's eyes.

"You are to be on your best behavior tonight." Lucius said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure Draco and Narcissa have schooled you on proper behavior and etiquette."

"Yes sir." Elizabeth answered as she unconsciously stood up straighter. "I will try not to disappoint you."

"I'm sure you'll do fine." Lucius said as he turned to look at his wife and son. Draping his arm over Elizabeth's shoulder he continued: "Now, starting off we will greet guests in the entrance hall. I will of course be at the head of line, Narcissa you shall be on my right, Draco you will be next to your mother and Elizabeth you shall be next to Draco.

Elizabeth listened to everything Lucius said and tried to take it all in. When he finished speaking she got in her place in line. As the first guest entered she placed a large smile on her face and greeted them.

"You must have been excited when you found out that Mr. Malfoy was your father." Elizabeth turned with a confused look and faced the young woman that had spoken to her. The young woman extended her hand and continued: "My name is Pansy Parkinson. It's nice to meet you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you also." Elizabeth said as she took the hand offered to her and shook it. "I'm sorry, I've met so many people this evening that I've either completely forgotten peoples names or I've put the wrong name to the wrong face."

"I'll bet it's confusing." Pansy said smiling as they took a seat in a couple of chairs that were in the parlor where everyone had gathered after dinner. "You did great during dinner though."

"Thanks." Elizabeth said smiling as she leaned back into her chair.

"Do you know how to dance?" Pansy asked Elizabeth as Lucius entered the room and tapped his wine glass with Narcissa at his side.

"Yes." Elizabeth replied as she turned towards Lucius.

"That's good." Pansy answered in a whisper as everyone else quieted down. "We're about to be led to the ballroom."

"Oh, okay." Elizabeth said as Lucius made the announcement then took Narcissa's hand and led her out of the parlor.

"Elizabeth." Draco said as he reached the two young women and extended his arm. "Shall we go?"

"Of course." Elizabeth said as she took his arm and they followed the adults out of the room.

"You have to make sure to dance with everyone." Draco said as he led Elizabeth through the first dance. "You can not afford to look like you favor one guy over another unless you intend to date them."

"Your kidding right?" Elizabeth asked as they spun around the dance floor.

"No." Draco answered. "Witches and wizards will do anything to get into the Malfoy family so you have to be careful."

"Got it." Elizabeth said as Draco dipped her. When she had straightened up she asked: "Suppose I get stuck dancing with someone who can't dance and they keep stepping on my toes, how do I get rid of him?"

Draco smirked and said: "Motion to me or father from behind the person's back and we'll try and cut in."

"Okay." Elizabeth said giving Draco her first genuine smile since she had arrived. "I can do the same for you if you like."

"We'll see." Draco said smiling as he escorted her off the dance floor. "I will let father know about our arrangement. Make sure he's not busy when you signal him."

"Thank you Draco." Elizabeth said as he led her to Pansy and the other young women who all sat up straighter as they approached.

"I am entrusting my sister to you ladies." Draco said as Elizabeth took a seat next to Pansy. "Take care of her."

"We'll take care of her Draco." Pansy said as she patted Elizabeth's leg. "Don't worry about a thing she's in good hands."

A few hours later Elizabeth had danced with all the young men and she had even danced with most of the older gentlemen. She learned quickly that Draco would save her from the young men, but Lucius would save her from both the young men and the older gentlemen. If Lucius could not cut in on the older gentlemen then she would have to suffer through the dance since neither Draco or Elizabeth wanted to offend Lucius's friends. At the moment she was sitting in a chair. She had taken off her shoes under her dress and was flexing her toes. She had just finished dancing with Goyle, Lucius and Draco had been dancing with other women so she had to suffer through the dance and her toes were paying the price.

"May I have this dance?" A male voice asked.

Elizabeth looked up and smiled as she slipped her feet back in her shoes. Lucius, Draco, and Narcissa had all drilled into her that she was not to refuse a dance, so she replied: "Of course."

"So your Lucius's daughter." The man said as he led her to the dance floor and put his right arm around her waist and took her right hand in his left.

"Yes." She replied as they began to dance. "May I ask you your name?"

"Severus Snape." He replied as they spun around the dance floor. "I'm the potions professor at Hogwarts."

"Potions." Elizabeth said her eyes lighting up. "I love potions."

"Do you?" Professor Snape asked lifting an eyebrow.

"Yes it was my favorite subject at Beaubaxtons." Elizabeth replied. "I hope I received good enough grades to be accepted into the advanced potions class."

"I'm sure you did. Lucius is excellent at potions and I'm sure you must have inherited your expertise at potions from hi…" Professor Snape screwed up his eyes and stumbled a little.

Elizabeth was about to ask if he was all right when Draco arrived and asked: "May I cut in? Father says he needs to talk to you about something Professor."

"Of course Draco." Professor Snape said. He bowed to Elizabeth before saying: "If you'll excuse me."

"Is he all right?" Elizabeth asked as she watched Lucius and Snape exit the ballroom into the garden.

"He's fine." Draco said as he took her in his arm and begun to spin her around the dance floor. "I think every guy here is jealous of me for being the one that you've danced the most with."

"You're the one that told me to make sure I didn't favor anyone over anyone else." Elizabeth said looking up at Draco as another song started. "Besides, I'm sure the girls feel the same way about me."

"May I have this dance?" A black haired young man asked as he tapped Draco on his shoulder.

"Of course Blaise." Draco said as he placed Elizabeth's hand into Blaise's. "I have to go find Millicent, I promised her this dance."

Elizabeth had danced with Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle and Nott before people began to leave. By the time the last person had left it was a quarter to four in the morning.

A week later Narcissa took Draco and Elizabeth to Diagon Alley to buy their school supplies. They first stopped at Madam Malkins to buy new school robes. After they had received their new robes, they went to Florish and Blott's to purchase their schoolbooks. Their last stop had been Quality Quidditch. When Elizabeth mentioned that she wanted to try out for her house quidditch team Draco bought her a new broom.

"I love my new Firefly." Elizabeth said as she put her arm through Draco's "Thank you so much."

The Firefly was the newest edition to the Firebolt line. The Firefly was smaller, lighter and faster than any other current model. The only downside was that the Firefly had been designed specifically for females and didn't perform nearly as well for males.

"Your welcome." Draco said smiling down at her. "The Holyhead Harpies swear by them."

"Oh a joke shop." Elizabeth said as she stopped in front of a window. "Can we go in? I love joke shops."

"I'm sorry we don't have time." Draco said as he pulled her away from the store.

"If you'll wait here." Draco said as he led her to a table at Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Parlor and motioned for a waitress. "Mother and I have to stop at a store and take care of something for father. We'll be back in about fifteen minutes."

Elizabeth waited for a few minutes before she stood up and headed back to the joke shop. She stopped outside of the window and read the words painted on the glass out loud: "Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes."

"Yup." Elizabeth turned and looked at the young red head. "My brother's own this shop."

"Really." Elizabeth asked smiling.

"Yea, Why don't you come in and look around? I'm Ginny by the way." Ginny said as she opened the door and led Elizabeth in to the store.

"Elizabeth." Elizabeth said as she entered the store and looked around.

"Hey Gin." Elizabeth looked at the two red headed young men headed for Ginny and gave her a hug.

"Hey guys, this is Elizabeth." Ginny answered. Turning to Elizabeth she continued. "Elizabeth these are my older twin brothers Fred and George."

"Wow," Elizabeth said as she shook their hands. "Your young."

"We had financial support from a friend." Fred said.

"What can we help you with?" George asked.

"I have a couple of problems." Elizabeth said smiling. "I haven't played a prank on anyone since I left Beubaxtons. I owe my brother, he should be easy to get. I also want to start my career at Hogwarts with a bang."

"George catch me I'm going to faint." Fred said as he fell into his brother's arms.

"Your perfect." George said as he stood his brother up. "To bad you didn't get transferred to Hogwarts sooner. You would have been the younger sister we never had."

"HEY!" Ginny exclaimed as she placed her hands on her hips a smile twitching at her lips.

"No offense Gin." George said. "We love you, but you were never willing to cause mischief with us just to get on Filch's nerves."

"Just because you will be continuing where we left off," Fred said. "We're willing to give you a thirty percent discount on anything you need."

"Definitely." George said. "And if you don't get caught you get forty percent off your next order."

"Great." Ginny said smiling as she turned to Elizabeth. "Will you let me know when you plan to do whatever your going to do? I don't want to get caught in it."

"Hey," George said smiling. "If you catch Ginny or our younger brother Ron we'll make it fifty percent off."

"Great, here's what I'll need." Elizabeth said laughing as she started to write down a list of items she thought she could use.

"Great." Fred said as he read over the list that Elizabeth gave him. "We carry all of it. Well, our own versions anyway, but they work the same way with similar results."

"Can I pay for them now and can you deliver them to me at Hogwarts?" Elizabeth asked as she pulled out some coins. "I don't think my family will be to happy with me if they find out what I'm doing. Plus I don't want my brother to have any warning. I promised I'd get him and I intend to keep that promise."

"Our mom's the same way." Fred said as he took the coins. "We'll send them with Ginny so you can get them faster."

"Plus if we send it through mail, McGonigall may confiscate it." George said.

"Thanks." Elizabeth said as she looked out the window and saw Draco and Narcissa walk by. "I wish I could see more, but I have to go."

"Okay." George said as they headed to the front door. "If you ever need anything just let us know."

"Bye." All three Weasleys said as she left.

"Bye." Elizabeth said as she headed back towards Quality Quidditch.

When she got to the ice cream parlor ten minutes later she could tell that they were both a little annoyed.

"Where were you?" Draco asked trying to stay calm.

"I went back to Quality Quidditch." Elizabeth said as she held up a bag from Quality Quidditch. "I wanted a kit to take care of my new broom."

"Oh." Draco said as he visibly calmed. Dropping his arm on her shoulder she said: "Let's go home."