A/N: This chapter brings in some elements from my "Falling in Love With a Greengrass" fic. For those of you who have not read it, I have invented an older brother for Daphne and Astoria – his name is Alex. And in my fic, he is married to Penelope Greengrass. Keep that in mind while reading this (:
Dominique Marvella Delacour Weasley
1.) Fleur was in painful labor for 36 hours and because of several complications her baby had almost died. But finally, on a Sunday morning, a beautiful baby with bright blue eyes was born. Hence her name – Dominique: belonging to the Lord (given to babies born on the Lord's day) and Marvella: Miracle.
2.) From a young age, it was obvious that she had inherited her mother's beauty. And Molly let out a giant sigh of relief when she realized that Dominique had inherited more of Bill's traits than Fleur's.
3.) Dominique was five when she screamed at her parents for giving her such a long name and told them that she would not talk to them unless they re-named her something shorter. After a week of silence, her parents and her family gave up and started calling her "Dom."
4.) She looked up to Victoire and admired everything that she did. Molly knew that wherever Victoire was, Dom was only a few steps behind. In many ways, she was exactly like Victoire – but she was the laid-back version and often urged her older sister to be more easy-going.
5.) Her curiosity ruled over her and this was a trait that she and her younger cousin, Lucy, shared. The two girls also shared their insecurities of being "second best" to their older, smarter, and prettier sisters.
6.) Her nirvana was the beach. And she was the reason for the Weasley family's vacations to numerous beach cities around the world. During their vacation in Hawaii, she begged her parents to let her take surfing lessons. She fell in love with her ability to glide through the waves and the way the salty breeze ran through her hair.
7.) She is the youngest person in recorded history to achieve apparition. At the age of seven she was ice-skating on the frozen lake behind her house and fell through the ice. She claims that she just pictured her warm living room, and the next thing she knew – she was there. After the ministry got involved, the minister of magic gave her an award and her achievement was gossiped and admired in every wizarding home. Fleur, Molly, and most of her family applauded her. But her father, Uncle Percy, Aunt Hermione, sister, and cousin Molly showed signs of extreme jealousy for gaining this ability that early on in their lives.
8.) Her Hogwarts sorting was as fast as Victoire's and it came to no surprise when the hat shouted "RAVENCLAW!"
9.) At first, other students feared her, thinking that she would be as cold as her sister. But when they learned that their personalities were polar opposites, she became one of the most popular and well-liked students in the castle. Everyone who met Dom instantly fell in love with her.
10.) She had been in trouble with the ministry a few times before she even reached her fourth year. Her first, during second year, was because the Ministry had detected an unauthorized portkey being made in a Hogwarts dorm room. So when ministry officials busted the doors open, they were surprised to come face-to-face with a small blonde haired girl. Her second run in happened during her fourth year. The ministry distributed all Floo powder and no one in magical history had ever been able to replicate the powder – yet they discovered a fourteen-year-old Dom had brewed her own concoction and were surprised when it actually worked. Minister Shacklebott laughed at the discovery and joked to Dom, "You should just drop out of school and come work for the Department of Magical Transportation right now!" To which she replied, "I promise to bring my talents to your team one day!"
11.) Slughorn sent her an invitation to join the Slug Club her sixth year. It was during the first gathering that she talked to Gavin Greengrass for the first time. Gavin Greengrass was the son of Death Eater Alex Greengrass and Penelope Clearwater, her Uncle's ex-girlfriend. He was a prefect and head candidate for head boy next year – he was also a visual perfection.
12.) After months of flirtatious exchanges, she gave him her virtue the night of his seventeenth birthday. A few weeks later, he explained to her that he was too caught up being Slytherin's #1 bachelor and could not be tied down. He suggested being friends with benefits, to which she reluctantly agreed, and their poisonous relationship began.
13.) She shared her Uncle Ron's arachnophobia. The summer going into her seventh year, Teddy had "engorio'd" a spider and her and Ron stood on the table screaming for Molly to kill it.
14.) She was set to graduate Hogwarts as Head Girl, Prefect, 12 O.W.L's and the job offer from Kingsley still stood. But three months shy of graduation day she locked herself inside her private quarters and cried when the test she held in her hand turned blue – she was pregnant.
15.) Victoire and Molly were the first to know about the pregnancy. During Easter holiday Dom arranged a meeting at Victoire's flat and broke down crying. Victoire immediately held Dom in a tight embrace and Molly stroked her back and cried for her grand daughter's bright future and goals would be put on hold. They had taken the news far better than Fleur, who had thrown a shoe out the window and broke down in sobs. After the initial shock the whole family came to terms with the news and fully supported Dom.
16.) On a November afternoon, after an agonizing 48 hours of labor, Wyatt Tristen Weasley Greengrass was born. Much like herself, her baby had almost died during childbirth. So she decided to name him Wyatt: warrior.
17.) Bill had never liked Gavin. And it was during encounters with Gavin that Molly had seen a side of Bill she had never known – he was tense, bitter and scornful towards him. It was not until Andromeda's funeral that Bill had finally accepted Gavin into the family. After the ceremony, Bill witnessed Gavin embrace Teddy and give him words of wisdom and had finally gotten him to eat.
18.) Gavin and Dom were married in a small ceremony a few months later and their wedding was highly publicized. Newspaper articles read, "Britain's top Bachelor is Finally Tied Down by a Weasley!"
19.) One day, Dom received a letter from the Ministry of Magic. Inside was a letter from the personal desk of Kingsley Shacklebott that read:
"Ms. Greengrass, If I remember correctly, you promised me that one day you would be part of my Department of Magical Transportation Team. One should never break a promise. You start next Monday at 8:00 A.M. Sharp.
- Minister Kingsley Shacklebott"
