Aquila
being the only Ravenclaw in a house full of Slytherins and Gryffindors is sometimes daunting. my twin Scorpius and I were always together in our younger years. before we started school papa warned us not to be rude to people we just met, and that we had to shake hands.
as the eldest Malfoy child, I have the best memories of Mother. her long willowy hair, flaxen freckles and deep blue eyes, are all i can remember of her. papa says she was an extraordinary witch, and that i have her eyes.
until papa married Daddy Harry as Phi says, papa didn't smile. he smile when Scorp and I were born, and Cassie and Phi too. but after Mother's death, it's like some part of him died with her.
I made in my mission in life to try and make papa laugh. or at least smile. whether it was a funny joke or a warm hug or a cup of French earl grey tea or picking some flowers from Nana's garden and saying they were from me and Mother. he always returned the hugs, told even funnier jokes, kissed me on my forehead for every cup of tea, and every bunch of flowers, papa would always take the biggest one and slot it right behind my ear.
the day we got our letters From Hogwarts papa laughed and smiled. we ordered the required things by owl and I read the books through. papa tells me often that he is proud of my being in Ravenclaw, and i always ask if my not being in Slytherin is a disappointment to him. when i first asked that, he knelt down and said, "if you want to be different, I'll support you". he has never spoken truer word.
until third year, i was teased mercilessly for being a malfoy, and in Ravenclaw. i held my head up high, as i know that people only judge us on the past actions of papa , Grandma, and Grandpa.
Grandma i love very dearly. she makes the best cookies and hot cocoa, and tells the best stories of when papa was little. I miss France, but i cannot imagine attending any other school than Hogwarts.