A/N: Sorry this chapter has been taking so long… first it accidentally got deleted… and now I've been so busy with school, I have had so many tests lately, and my grades started slipping, and now I've got this stupid biography I've got to read and do a report on for English…grrrr…BUT I'M BACK!(Just thought you deserved an explanation on why I've taken FOREVER to get this chapter done)…I'M REALLY SORRY EVERONE!
Disclaimer: Please take notice that I've changed the Rating to 'R'… this is due to the fact that from here on out the dialog of the characters will become a bit more 'colorful' (or in other words they will start talking more like the teenagers that they are). So just thought that you guys should know!\
Chapter 6; Inside the Ministry:
Elladora walked through the gateway to the muggle world with Theo and Draco, where she nearly ran into her aunt Narcissa, and Theodore's grandmother.
"Oh, Excuse me." said Elladora
"You should be more careful, Elladora, you might hurt some one." said Narcissa a bit snappily. Narcissa had been a bit, well, pissed off ever since her grandmother (Narcissa's mother's) funeral.
Elladora's grandmother had died in late August, and after the funeral, they had the reading of her final will and testament. Narcissa must have been expecting some great inheritance, because Andromeda was disowned, and Bellatrix was no where to be found, because she was on the run from the ministry. But she was greatly shocked when she found out that all she had gotten was some jewelry, and the good china, and that everything else went to Elladora. The house, the furniture, and all of her money. The will explained that Elladora got (almost) everything because Narcissa had a home of her own and everything to go along with it, but Elladora was still young, so she needed it more than Narcissa. But that didn't make Narcissa any less angry. She threw a fit, cursing her mother, and she smashed her china. The whole time Elladora sat, smiled, and just said "You know that you just broke half of your inheritance, right?" after all the plates were smashed. Since then, Narcissa hadn't liked Elladora very much.
"Mum! What are you doing here?" said Draco embarrassed.
"Well, darling, I came to take your trunk home for you, so you didn't have to carry it around London with you, but if you don't want me to…"
"No, that's ok." said Draco handing his trunk over.
"Are we ready to go?" asked Theo who had already handed his trunk over to his grandmother.
"Yes." said Elladora
"OK, bye Mum" said Draco
"Bye."
"Bye-bye"
Then they stepped through the portal to, no doubt, disapparate from the platform, where it was safe from muggles. As they disappeared, Elladora, Theo, and Draco made their way out of the train station, then Draco stopped and stared at his surroundings.
"Do you KNOW where we're going?" Draco asked
"We're going to the Min-is-try of Mag-ic Draco, that's where you go to get you apperation license." said Elladora in a false-sweet voice that made her sound as if she was talking to a two year old.
"I KNOW we're going to the Ministry!" snapped Draco, "But do you know WHERE IT IS?"
"Of course." said Theo calmly, as he started walking off to the left. Elladora followed. And Draco just stood there for a while.
"Wait for me!" yelled Draco jogging to catch up.
They walked for a while, going up and down turning streets, Theodore concentrated on where they were going, Draco was, of course, complaining, and Elladora just watched the muggles, shopping, talking, eating at cafés, enjoying the day, it amazed her that none of these people had any idea that they could soon be murdered for 'fun', and that they wouldn't have even had a chance, not just because they were muggles, but because they didn't know about the danger that lurked about them.
"Filthy muggles, their everywhere!" spat Draco as they turned another corner.
"Well of course, Draco! This is muggle world! I think, that after all these years of being around them, Crabbe and Goyle have rubbed off on you!" said Theo
"That's just sad." said Elladora "Are we nearly there yet? I don't like the looks of this neighborhood."
"What? Are you scared of the muggles?" taunted Draco
"No I just-"
"We're here." said Theo, stopping in front of a shabby looking telephone booth.
"What!" asked Draco, obviously not liking the looks of the phone booth "That's the entrance to the Ministry?"
"Yes, now get your prissy ass in there!" Theo said as he pushed Draco in. Elladora followed laughing her ass off as she did. Then Theodore got in after her.
"Someone needs to dial '62442'." said Theo
"6-2-4-4-2... M-a-g-i-c… how original." said Elladora sarcastically .
Then a female voice echoed in the booth "Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business here."
"Elladora Black, Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy. We're here to get our apparation licenses." answered Elladora.
"Please take your badge and pin it where it is visible." said the voice as three badges dropped from the coin return. Draco took his and gave Elladora and Theo theirs as the booth started to move downwards. Elladora, not wanting to get holes in her clothes, took her badge and pinned it into her hair, after quickly putting it into a bun, with a piece of black ribbon she conjured with her wand. She had just gotten it in when the doors opened and Theo and Draco stepped out into the corridor. There were fire places lining the walls and wizards and witches were stepping in and out of them to get to work. The three teens walked up to a desk where a guard sat.
"Excuse me, where can we find the apperation license office?" asked Elladora.
"And just where is your badge?" asked the guard rather snippily after looking Elladora over and not finding her badge.
"Right here." she said smiling as she pointed to the back of her head and turned around to show the guard her badge.
"Well… you need to have it somewhere on the front of you." he said agitated.
"Fine, fine." Elladora said taking the pin out of her hair and placing it, reluctantly on the bottom edge of her shirt. "That better?"
"Wand please." The guard said holding his hand out. Elladora took out her wand and handed it over. The guard placed it on a scale, then looked at the receipt that came out of the base. "Holly, 13 inches, dragon heartstring core, been in use 7 years…. That right?"
"Yes." Elladora replied.
"You get this back," he said handing over Elladora's wand, "and I keep this." putting the paper on a small brass spike with a bunch of others. "Now for you two…" the guard said to the boys.
Elladora walked away looking her wand over before looking for a place to put it. Finally she decided t just put in in her belt loop because she had no packets, as Theo and Draco walked over to her. Draco pressed the down button for the elevator, then they got n when the doors opened. It would have just been the three of them in the elevator, but just before the doors closed, a woman, about 25 years old with vibrant pink hair ran in.
"Wait! Hold the doors!" The woman yelled, as she dashed in. "Thanks! My boss is going to kill me for being late, again!" She laughed. Then she noticed the teen's badges, and realized who they were. "Are you going to get your apparation licenses?"
"Yesss…." Elladora answered slowly. "Why?"
"Nothing…" answered the woman eying Elladora cautiously.
"Level six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporation the Floo network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Port Key Office, and Apparation Test center." rang a female voice in the elevator
"Let's go." Said Elladora pulling Theodore thought the doors as soon as they opened.
"What was that about?" asked Theo a bit snippily after the doors closed.
"Yeah, why did that woman piss you off so bad?" inquired Draco.
"Nosy bitch… No wonder she's wiped off the family tree…" mumbled Elladora
"What?" said Theo and Draco simultaneously
"That was Nymphadora…. Our COUSIN Draco." she added at Draco's puzzled face.
"Oh for FUCK'S SAKE DRACO! Andromeda, our mothers' sister, the one that got wiped off of the Family tree for marrying a mudblood!… that was her daughter!" Elladora snapped getting many inquiring looks from the people in the hall, looks that she simply ignored.
"Oh, yeah." Draco said stupidly "Well you didn't have to have a shit fit over it!" he whispered.
"Come on." said Theo dragging them over towards the door marked 'Apparation Test center'.
"I'll have a 'shit fit' if I want to." continued Elladora
"That's enough Elladora, try acting your age, or you'll never get your license." said Theo
"Fine." she gave up and walked through the door, after Theo and Draco.
They entered a large circular room filled with chairs, couches and other places to sit. On the tables, that were situated around the room, were copies of old newspapers and magazines. There were about 7-10 other people scattered around the room, some reading some talking, others just sitting there staring at blank walls. Elladora mumbled: "I hate waiting rooms."
The three walked up to the counter where a witch was sitting behind it filing papers.
"How ma I help you?" asked the witch
"We need to get our apparation licenses." answered Draco
"OK, I just need you to fill out these forms." she said handing them three clipboards with paperwork attached.
"Thank you." said Elladora taking the clipboards and she passed them out to Draco and Theo. They all wandered over to a corner and began to fill out the form. Elladora answered the questions mentally as she wrote them down. But she faced a major dilemma as she came to the first question 'NAME'.
"Well, it's obvious, isn't it?" she thought "Elladora Black. But, that's not my birth name. But I can't put down 'Lestrange', that would be a downright lie. Hmmm…"
Elladora walked up to the witch at the counter and whispered to her "Does this mean your birth name, the name you go by, or your legal name?"
The witch chucked "Your legal name dear."
"Oh, thanks." she went back to her seat.
"What? Forgot your birthday?" taunted Draco.
"Screw you." Elladora whispered and wrote down 'Elladora Black' under name, she didn't care if it wasn't right anymore.
The questions that followed were easier: Birthday? 'December 15'; age? '17' ; current address? 6 Learoyd Road, Littlestone England; hair color? 'Dark brown'; eyes? 'Blackish brown (with a bit of red, she thought)'; etc…
But then the questions got weird: If the world was about to end, what kind of candy would you want to save? 'None, the world would be ending, so the candy would be gone as well as your life, and candy is no good to a dead man!'; If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? (She thought: any job that would allow me to kill whoever came up with such stupid questions that have nothing to do with apparating! But she didn't actually write that.) 'I would be an alchemist.'; etc.
When she was done Elladora took her clipboard and gave it to the witch behind the counter. She took the board, and briefly looked over Elladora's answers to make sure she had answered every question. Then said, "Ok, Miss Black, just take a seat, and we'll call your name when we're ready for you."
"Thanks." Elladora said than sat back down next to Theodore. "How ridiculous were some of those questions?" she whispered.
"Who would put those on that form though?" he whispered back
"I have no idea…" she said thoughtfully.
"Elladora Black?" asked a tall man, who looked about 30, with short light brown hair, ad hazel eyes.
"Right here." she answered getting up. She walked over to the man.
"Follow me." he said. Elladora followed him through a door down a long hallway filled with doors. Then he opened the door labeled '24'. The room was large, and had two chairs and a table in it. The man sat down on one side of the table. "Have s seat."
Elladora sat down across from him, and just sat there while he flipped through a file.
"OK, Miss. Black, my name is Sam Randone." He said holding his hand out to Elladora.
"It's nice to meet you." she said politely.
"Likewise. Now, you know the rules of apperation, correct?"
"Yes."
"And you know how to do it?"
"Yes, I've read multiple books on the subject."
"Good, good." he said taking out a piece of parchment. "Here is your written exam, you have 20 minutes. Good luck."
Elladora finished with 5 minutes to spare. "OK, looks good." Randone said. "Now for the physical exam." He took out a map of the country and laid it on the table.
"This is where you will be apparating to." he said pointing to a red dot, which was circled on the map. "There will be ministry personnel on site for when you arrive. And just incase you don't go to where you are supposed to, this port key will go off in 10 minutes, it will bring you back here." He said as he handed Elladora a quill.
"Ok." Elladora took a step back, took a deep breath, focused on where she wanted to go, then disapparated. The next thing she saw was that she was on a Quidditch field, and she instantly knew where se was, the Quidditch World Cup stadium. She looked around and witch in annoyingly bright pink robes came rushing over to her smiling.
"Congratulations! You just passed your apperation test with lying colors!" said the witch when she got closer to Elladora.
"Thanks." Elladora replied. The witch took out a quill and wrote something down on a clip board.
"Here," she said handing a piece of parchment to Elladora. "Give this to whoever is testing you, it says that you landed right on the mark!"
Elladora took the parchment. Then looked down, and saw that under her feet was a red 'X' on the ground. She had apperated right onto the center of it. The next thing she knew the port key had gone off, and she was whisked back to the ministry in the room with Randone.
"Well?" Randone asked. Elladora handed the piece of parchment to him.
"Congratulations. You just earned your apparation license." He pulled out a small card, filled in some information, and put the Ministry of Magic seal on it. Then put a spell in it to keep the card from getting dirty, or wet, or ripped. He handed the card over to Elladora.
"There you go." he said.
"Thanks." Elladora said taking the card, then she walked out of the room, truly happy with herself for the first time in a long while.
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A/N: OK, there you go! This chapter took a while to write, mainly because I kept getting bored with it. I hope you liked it though! I promise the next few chapters will be better! The other reason it took so ling was because I decided that the city, and street that Elladora lives in are real places (but the address and name of her home itself is made up)! Anyways, I really hope you liked this chapter! PLAESE REVIEW! And thanks to everyone who reviewed last time!
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