Chapter Seven

Blaise had not been able to sleep all night. He had lain awake and stared out the window, thinking, until the sun came up and his roommates got out of bed for breakfast. Blaise had yet to get out of the room, yet along the bed, and he didn't see that changing anytime soon.

Today was the day when everything was finally coming out and he was going to meet his sister for the very first time after all these years. It has been pure torture to watch her from a distance and to not have been able to talk to her, to get to know the girl that was such a huge part of who he was, and not to mention having to watch her get bullied and pushed around without being able to do a thing about it. All he wanted to do was to run over and take her away from it all, to protect her. He also knew that Draco felt the same way. He felt awful about how he has treated her, but he just like him didn't have much of a choice.

His family and the Malfoy family had been friends for generations, so close that they were practically family. They have stood by each other through thick and thin. When they had wanted to get out of Voldemort's claws they had done so together. His father, Cassio and Lucius went to the light side along with Severus Snape. Together they became spies to help the Order of the Phoenix take down the dark side. But when his mother, Bianca and Narcissa fell pregnant things became so much more complicated.

When Blaise and his sister was born, the five adults had been astonished of the little girl and the light and powerful magic radiating from her. From the moment they saw her, they all knew that they had to protect her from their lord. Voldemort was collector of valuable and powerful things, but he was also seeking an heir to bring up and to pass on his legacy. Twins were rare in the magical world, and it was especially rare for there to be a twin born as a girl. They were rare and extremely powerful. The adults couldn't risk the little girl to be taken away from them and have the darkness destroying her, so they did what they had to. They hid her away and denied her existence.

But both Blaise and Draco had been brought up with the knowledge of the missing piece of their family, their precious Aria. And they were all hopeful that Aria would one day return to them, and that day was today.

Today was their birthday and the glamour charm they had put on the girl nineteen years ago would come undone. His sister would come into her heritage and Blaise could finally drop the act and reunite with his sister and get to know her like he's always wanted.

"Mate, you need to get out of bed!" that was Draco's greeting as he walked back into the room. "I know it's your birthday but this is getting downright pathetic."

Blaise grumbled something incoherent to his friend and reluctantly got out of bed. He walked over to the closet where he pulled on some clothes before he sat back down on his bed and watched Draco sitting on his own bed across the room.

"She is out there right now with her friends. When is it time?"

"Noon."

They sat in silence for a while and just stared blankly at each other, bot lost in their own thoughts. But it was not a comfortable silence. The air was filled with tension and anticipation.

"How do you think she will react?" Blaise snorted at his friend's question.

"She will freak out. Her whole life will be turned upside down in a matter of seconds Draco. Hopefully these past few weeks will make things a little easier for her."

Blaise would bet all the money owned that his sister would in some way, better or worse, freak out when she found out who she really was. From the little he did manage to snap up during the years he knew that Aria was so intelligent and fast thinking, but she also had one hell of a temper. If you angered or hurt her it was like poking a sleeping bear. And Blaise could only just imagine that pain and hurt she must feel when she finds out the truth, he certainly had.

He had been so angry at first. He demanded to know why they had sent away Aria instead of him, what made her so special compared to him? He had lacked out on anyone trying to talk to him about it and he had grown to despise his sister. But as he grew older he saw his parents and the other adults around him saw. In the environment they lived in, men had status in a way that women didn't. He was safe while Aria risked becoming someone's trophy. Then there was that thing about her magic.

Twins were always more powerful and talented in one way or another, but Aria had been out of this world. There was something so good about her, so light, that it would be a crime to let her be tainted by the darkness that surrounded them. Uncle Severus had sat down with both him and Draco one night after supper and told them all about his goddaughter. He had spoken of her with such wonder in her voice and told the boys that one day she would come to do great things. And he had been right.

Not a day went by that he did not think about his sister and if she was doing alright. She had no idea who she was or who she was to him, but Blaise has always felt strongly about his twin sister.

Blaise was pulled out of his musings by loud voices traveling up from the common room. Both he and Draco looked at each other pointedly before they ran out the door and down the stairs where they were met by the most wonderful sight. Aria.