Disclaimer: I don't own nothing…apart from Amelia Courvette, Michael Courvette, and probably Ginny's eye colour…… oh and Scorpia is from Anthony Horowitz's book
Life isn't always a fairytale. There are no knights in shining armour and on white horses to whisk the helpless maidens away. No walks off into a beautiful sunset. No pumpkins turning into carriages…well maybe the odd ones.
Everyone expects me to have a perfect life; a loving family and more kid's nieces and nephews than a load of bunnies. They all think that just because we are sometimes financially stuck that we don't have enough money to feed ourselves.
But that's not true…..ok so maybe the bit about the bunnies is but that's not the point, the rest is rubbish. None of my family particularly cared about me, apart from Charlie, and even the money rumour is crap! We have enough money it's just that we don't need to buy new clothes every day; we don't need to flaunt around in designer shoes.
I mean all of my 'family' hardly paid attention to me, only when i'm doing something wrong do they realise that I live with them. I felt like a social reject! Charlie always told me that one day ill find something special about me, and that time came the day after my 13th birthday.
"Ginny come on down please!" Mrs. Weasley shouted up the stairs
"Yes mum?" she shouted from the kitchen table
"GINNY!" echoed up the stairs
"Yes" she answered annoyed
"Ron go get Ginny, she's so lazy!" she said
Ron thumped up the stairs and after a few minutes came back down
"She ain't up there." He told his mum in a bored tone
"That could be because I've been sitting here all the time…" Ginny answered sarcastically
"Nevvie…." Charlie said warningly
"Well, it isn't my fault they can't be bothered to look for me!" she replied
"Oh there you are Ginny!" molly said surprised
"Well would you look at that! Here I am after 10 minutes she actually realises it!" thanking Artemis that her mother didn't understand sarcasm
"Nev that's enough!" Charlie said again
"Ginny in the study please" her mother called again
"This is it Nev. Remember Ill always love ya" he said while kissing her forehead, and gave her a gentle shove towards the study door
"Love you too Charlie" she mouthed before shutting the door behind her
The two parents and Nev sat in an awkward silence for a couple of minutes before molly decided that she needed to cough and 'accidentally' nudge Arthur in the ribs.
"Ouch! Er…yes...well Ginny we have something very important to tell you. Now when you hear this it may come as a shock but please don't faint on us. I remember when we told Charlie, he fainted and was out for an hour, it took so lo-"
Molly never one to beat around the bush cut in saying
"What he's trying to say is that you ginny...erm...you aren't a Weasley." She said distractedly
"Huh?" she said
"Well you are no relation to us Ginny" Arthur said
"How so?" her curiosity growing by the minute
"Well to cut a long story short your parents were in danger and Dumbledore was put in charge of you, he gave you to us until it was safe to be reunited with your parents" Arthur explained
"So who are my parents?"
"we're not too sure…but we'll let Dumbledore take care of the rest so I'll go floo him now stay there" and molly bustled out the door knocking Charlie down who was standing outside trying to listen in.
"Well that was unexpected…" Ginny said surprised
About five minutes later Dumbledore came swirling into view of the fireplace and landed with a thump at the bottom of Nev's feet.
"Not one of your best landings sir" she said snickering while waving away the soot in her face
"Ha ha ha very funny" he replied
He got up and dusted himself down and pulled up a chair and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"Now gin-"
"Nev or Nevvie thanks" she cut in while molly tutted
"Right so Nevvie ill start at the start and at the end you can ask questions, yes?" when she nodded he started with the long tale of Ginevra's life.
"Right 10 years ago on September 25th your parents were in grave danger. There was an elite group that was targeting you and your parents so after much decision they made carbon copies of you all and set the cottage they were staying in alight, making it seem as if you were all killed in a house fire. Then fleeing completely from their wizarding world to go live as muggles, they left you in my protection and as molly told you I had to find you a family to live with…which was the Weasley's.
When you arrived here you were only 3 years and 1 month old, and as you looked nothing like them, we had to put a disguising charm on you. Over the 10 years that you were here the ministry had been looking for the men that were trying to kill you, and only last year did they finally capture the last of the Scorpia members. So that means that you are finally able to go back home. Ok? Now for your questions, shoot" Dumbledore finished tiredly.
"Er…right so whats my real name?" Nev asked still in awe
"That would be Evelyn Ginevra Artemis May Courvette" he answered
"Wow I have a funky name! So who are my parents?" she asked
"You mother is Empress Amelia Bethany Courvette, and your father is Emperor Michael Anthony Courvette, emperor and empress of France."
"Oh my friggin god! That means I'm…Princess Evelyn Ginevra Artemis May Courvette of France! That's so bleedin cool!"
Nev jumped around all hyped up for a while until she crashed exhausted into a near by chair.
"So what so I really look like?" she asked her curiosity heightened again
This time it was molly who motioned for her to stand in front of the conjured mirror. She screwed up her eyes in concentration and mumbled a spell, swished her wand and…
"Ewww cant I just stay the same as before?" Nev complained while examining her lanky figure and limp brown hair.
"Oh bugger wrong spell" molly said annoyed as she swished her wand again
"Good lord I look like a frickin dead vampire!" Nev exclaimed while looking at her long tangles black hair and nearly greyish translucent skin
"Definitely the wrong spell" molly said and so swished her wand again and said a spell
"OH MY GOD! Is this what I actually look like?" she asked while looking at Dumbledore for confirmation who nodded his head.
She squealed in excitement so loud that Charlie came rushing in to see what the problem was until he saw Nev
"Good lord Merlin! Nev you look fantastic!" he said while making her spin around
Nev examined herself in the mirror noticing all the changes; her carrot like hair now fell in shiny blonde waves to her middle back, her brown eyes now peered back in a spine tingling greens-light near the pupil and it got darker as it went on until there was a dark green ring around the iris. Her arms and legs were naturally toned and slim and her skin looked like the colour of snow. She still had curves but in her mind all she was thinking was….
"Merlin! I have BOOBS!"
"Well gin- Nevvie would you like to meet your parents?" he saw an eager nod from her and smiled saying
"Give me five minutes and I'll be back"
While he was gone Nevvie was still staring at her reflection until she saw molly and Arthur with tears in their eyes.
"Oh Arthur we forgot the last spell, can you do it i'm too upset"
Arthur nodded at molly and he too mumbled a spell, swished his wand and then he sat down. Nev was staring at them like 'ok then…' so she said
"What the hell?" but instead came out as
"ce qui le enfer?"
"Ahhh i parlent français!" (Ahhh I speak French!)
Arthur said something about wanting to speak either English or French you had to think that you want to speak it and it should work.
"Right so why do I speak French?" Nev asked shocked
"That's because you and your parents and Dumbledore put a spell on you so that while you sleep you are learning the French that you have missed out on and another one so that you sound and speak English so that people cant tell who you are."
Nev looked at the two foster parents standing next to each other, molly silently crying, and she ran at them and flung her arms around their necks sobbing
"Thank you, thank you so much…" as molly started full out crying
"We're so sorry…..we n...n...never paid attention to you…its just that you couldn't get too attached to us…"
Nev drew Charlie into the huge hug and they all stood there embracing until the three Weasley's let go and fell to the floor in a bow. Nev was wondering what on earth they were doing when a voice with a light French accent sounded
"Is this her Dumbledore?"
Hee hee hee! That's all folks, please Review!
So long my lovelies
Alexa