So, that's the prologue done. Now Ms Zabini just needs to be born =D
Birth of Beauty
Balbina Zabini
The Medi-witch had placed the little pink bundle in my arms. A tiny coffee coloured creature, with wispy dark, a button nose, and the longest eyelashes I'd ever seen on a child. Such a pretty girl. Even then.
So content in my arms. Unaware of the strain of the last nine months. The grief, the tears, the arguments.
We were far too old for another baby. I was far too old to be a mother again. I was used to the daughters I had. Isabella, almost 15 and almost grown up, so she said. Amata-Maria, my sensible one, always her nose in a book, far older than her 13 years. And little Verdette, my pampered baby, about to start her first year at Hogwarts, her first year away from Mama.
So much to buy. Robes, school books, cauldrons, a wand… The list was everlasting. How were we to pay for a new baby on top of that? We barely made ends meet as it was. How could I get pregnant at a time like this? It was a disaster! It was a travesty of justice! It was a-
"Cause for celebration," Aldo firmly told me. "We are being blessed. We couldn't afford any of our children, but we had them, and we are having another and that is that."
The little girl in my arms didn't care that she was a mistake. She didn't care that she was a burden. She didn't care that her poor Mama had had to battle through endless hours of the worst pregnancy I had ever had, to bring her into this world. Cocooned in the warmth of my arms she rested, oblivious to the havoc she had created.
Soon her father and sisters would arrive to coo over her. Then Grandparents, Aunts Uncles, distant relatives from all over England and Italy.
Exhausted I cradled her close and shared a precious few seconds with my youngest daughter.
"You're worth it, Pretty-Girl," I murmured. "I love you Carolina Zabini."
I realise it's a bit short, but chapters will get longer. And shorter. Actually they'll be all over the place length wise =S But I promise the next one's longer.
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