Chapter One: Her Life Upside Down
It was early on a July morning and Shadow was in the kitchen fixing breakfast. The usual eggs, bacon, ham and toast. Daydreaming she forgot she was pouring coffee.
"Ouch! Darn coffee maker! I swear on of these days I am going to kill myself making coffee!"
"What was that Shadow?" It was one of the people she disliked the most in the world, Lucius Malfoy.
"Nothing," she replied quickly, "just burnt my hand making coffee."
"I see."
"Lucius, is she making breakfast yet?" came a hollow and cold voice.
"Yes, my lord. It looks like it is done. The only thing missing is your coffee." Lucius gave Shadow an evil glare.
"Well tell the girl to get making my darn coffee!"
"You heard him Shadow. Hop to!"
"Yes Lucius," Shadow replied dryly. At that instant she began working on making the coffee careful not to let it overflow again.
After breakfast she walked upstairs and changed out of her cooking clothes and put on some jeans and a beige shirt and looked up at herself in the mirror. She noticed that for the first time in years her hair was straight so she pulled it up into a bun, leaving a few caramel streaks and some of her naturally chocolate brown hair down.
Her piercing ocean blue eyes were staring back at her and she shuddered because she didn't look herself today. It was rare for her to be in jeans and a tee shirt for she was normally in white pants and a white shirt because whenever she could she would meditate. She knew with all the Death Eaters coming over she knew she would have no time to meditate even though she knew she would need it.