Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own any of the characters in this story. I own a few, but any from the world of Harry Potter, are from the wonderful imagination of JK Rowling. I bow at her feet.

Chapter 7

I fell to my knees and screamed in pain. It felt like all of my bones were breaking and I was on fire. I looked down at my hands and saw that, indeed, I was on fire. I closed my eyes hoping that this wasn't happening. Then, as soon as it started, the pain was gone. The flames were still surrounding me and as I looked up at my family, I saw that I didn't have to move my head too far. My head was above them. I looked down to see what magical creature I had become and what I saw was nothing like what I was expecting.

I looked to everyone on the porch, and they looked as shocked as I felt. I instinctively flexed out my wings. Yes, you heard correctly, wings. I was a dragon! I looked myself over as well as I could and saw that my scales were silver, but when I moved, they had a red tint to them. I wasn't too big of a dragon. My head at full height came to the second floor windows. At least, I don't think many dragons are smaller than me. I started flapping my wings and I lifted in the air. It was a little scary, so I didn't go up far.

After hovering for a minute, I landed back on the ground and looked at my mom. She never told me how her sister changed back into a human! I swear to God I better not stay a dragon forever. I thought. As I was thinking this, I heard a whine leave my mouth.

Mom looked up at me and smiled. "All you have to do, dear is calm down and imagine yourself back in your human form and you should be able to transform back," she explained.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. As I exhaled, I could feel my body tingle and when I opened my eyes, I was human again. I fell to my knees in shock, trying to process everything.

Marcus and Blaise could sense that I needed comfort, so they came down from the porch and wrapped me in their arms. We just sat there. When we finally got up, I wasn't exactly 100% ok with everything, but I was coping. Hell, I'm sure most people if they were in my situation would have had a mental break. We walked into the sitting room and everyone took a seat.

Daddy turned to me and asked, "How are you feeling sweetheart?"

"I'm feeling ok now. Before I was in too much shock. Will it always hurt like that?" I asked.

Mom was the one to answer this time. "No it won't. It only hurts on the initial transformation," she answered. "You do, however, need to transform at least once per day."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"It's to keep your inner animal happy. If you don't, the pressure will build and you will transform at a time when you don't want to. It can be very dangerous," she explained to me.

"How will I transform at school?"

"I'm sure the headmaster will allow you to transform in the forest, or we have the Room of Requirement. It turns into anything you want it to," Blaise replied.

"I think that would work. Do you think the headmaster will be accepting of this?" I asked.

"I'm sure he will. We have a new headmaster this year. Last year, our previous headmaster was killed. This allowed the Dark Lord, who most say is the enemy side of the war we're in right now, to take over the school. Many of the teachers and the headmaster are his supporters. Since we're Slytherins, the headmaster will probably allow us to get away with anything," Draco explained.

"Why is that?" I questioned.

"He was the head of Slytherin House when he previously taught there. Most of the older students are followers of the Dark Lord and those who aren't have family that are followers," he answered.

"Are we followers?" I asked my parents.

"We aren't followers in the way most are. The Dark Lord allowed us to not take active part in the war. In return we help finance his cause," Daddy explained.

"What exactly does he do? Why do many oppose him?"

"He believes in blood purity and does not think that Muggles and Muggleborns should live. He especially doesn't think Muggleborns should be able to attend Hogwarts or any other magical schools," Daddy explained.

"That's mean. If you are able to do magic, shouldn't you be able to get your education and learn more about who you are?"

"That's what many on the side of the light say. You want to be very careful about who you say that around. Anyone at the birthday party tonight would turn you over to the Dark Lord for punishment," Marcus warned.

"That's just great," I said. "It's my birthday and not only will everyone hate me for being raised by Muggles, I have to watch what I say because if I say the wrong thing, I could die for it. What kind of world do you live in?!"

"We live in a world of fear and war," Brian said. I had completely forgotten they were here. They haven't said one word since band practice. At least they haven't around me.

I heard the grandfather clock in the corner chime and looked at the time. It was six o'clock! "Oh my, gosh! It's six already! I have to get ready for the party! Allie, I'll need your help, please," I said as I ran out the door to go to my room. I could hear everyone laugh as I ran up the stairs.

By the time Allie got into my room, I was in my closet looking through all of my clothes. "I thought we already decided what you were going to wear," Allie said.

"That's my stage outfit," I explained. "I need something to wear to party in. I don't want everyone to think I'm a complete slag. I need something that will impress them. What I will do is I will keep my stage clothes under the sink in the downstairs bathroom and right before we perform, I will go change. Then, when we are finished performing, I will go change back."

"That's actually a good idea. We picked out the cutest dress yesterday. Let me find it." She started going through all my dresses and finally found the one she was looking for. It was a cute dark red cocktail dress that went to mid thigh. It had ruffles on the bottom and a black tie around the middle. She went over to my shoes and picked out a pair of black peep-toe pumps. "Do you think you will be able to wear these?" she asked.

"Of course! How many pairs of flats did you see in there?"

"One pair of ballet flats and a pair of trainers."

"Exactly. I live in heels." Allie sat me down at my vanity and started doing my hair. She first curled it into ringlets and then started putting it up into an up-do on the top of my head. She did leave strands hanging on the side of my face and from the bun on the top of my head, so it did look a little messy. She also had added the red highlights to my hair. Then, I started on my make up.

I started with a liquid foundation, even though my skin was flawless. I then went onto my eyes making them smoky black with some red highlights. I added mascara and cat eye eyeliner with blood red lipstick. I slipped on my dress and heels and headed downstairs. Allie had taken my clothes down to the bathroom for me. She, Michael and Casey did not need to stand with the rest of the family to greet the guests, as it was not their party. Blaise, Marcus, mom, dad, and I, however, had to greet everyone since it was our birthday and mom and dad owned the house.

It seemed like we were standing there forever. Finally, the line of guests ended, and we were able to join the party. Brian, Kyle, and David were being the dolls they are and were setting up the band equipment. We would be playing after dinner and the opening dance. I was dancing with Draco, Blaise was dancing with his intended, Pansy, and Marcus was dancing with David.

We entered the ballroom and everyone parted for us. In the middle of the dance floor stood Draco, Pansy, and David. We all went to our perspective partners and a waltz started.

"I don't know how to waltz," I whispered to Draco.

"Don't worry. Just follow my lead," Draco replied. He took one step forward, so my leg went back. It was a little clumsy at first, but after a few measures, I had it down. Once Draco saw that I was getting the hang of it, he started doing a couple more complicated moves and spun me around. We started laughing. It was really fun. When the song was over, many more people joined us on the dance floor and we danced to a few more songs.

When the fourth song was over, mom and daddy announced that dinner was ready. We all entered the grand dining room and found our place cards. Blaise, Marcus, and I were all dispersed throughout the table so everyone could talk to one of the birthday kids. Luckily, they put me next to Draco. I think I would have died if I didn't have someone I knew near me. Across from me was Allie. The three of us talked throughout the meal as I got to know them better and vice versa.

After dinner, there was more dancing. That's when I snuck away into the bathroom to change. Luckily, no one was in there otherwise I would have had to wait. When I was finished changing into my black corset with red stitching and red spider webs, black, mid-thigh skirt, black fingerless gloves, and thigh high black boots. I walked back into the ballroom and went over to where the stage was. No one seemed to be paying me any attention.

I walked over to the guys and said, "So I was thinking. We should do a confetti cannon at the very end of our first song. I know mom and dad will probably get pissed, but I don't care. Daddy said it was my birthday and I could do what I want. I think it fits because Ke$ha spends like millions of dollars on glitter a month."

"That works. The spell for a confetti cannon is fulgendum tormento," David said.

"Ok, so we just point our wands in the air and say that?" I asked.

"Yes. It's quite simple," Brian said.

"Ok, let's do this."

We all took our places on stage and started the song. I was a little nervous because I was singing a majority of the songs. We had also added Michael on stage to work the synthesizer for some of our songs. Even though he didn't know much about music, he did know technology and so could work it. The band started playing "Blow" by Ke$ha, and I spoke into the microphone, "Dance." The song went on from there. The kids in the crowd seemed to really get into it and they came up to the stage. They were dancing and cheering and when we got to the final line of the song, we all raised our wands and confetti came shooting out of them. The crowd went wild. "Thank you everyone!" I yelled over the crowd. "I have to say, I didn't know how you would react, but I'm so glad you enjoyed our first song. I'm Lyla."

"I'm Brian," Brian said.

"I'm Kyle," Kyle drawled.

"I'm David," David said.

"And with us tonight is my brother, Michael, and we are," I announced.

"The Whomping Wizards!" we all yelled together.

The crowd cheered louder and we got into our next song, which I was singing as well. We went through "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk, "Fuck You" by Cee Lo Green, which Kyle sang, "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People (Kyle sang the verses and we both sang the chorus), "Airplanes" by B.O.B (Kyle sang verses and I sang the chorus), and "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem. I sang "Raise Your Glass" and we both sang "Pumped Up Kicks", "Airplanes", and "Love the Way You Lie" while Kyle sang "Fuck You" solo. Even though they were all Muggle songs, everyone went wild.

"Thank you, everyone! We are going to take a short break, but we will be back with another set in a half hour," I announced. We got off the stage and went over to my brothers, Pansy and Draco.

Draco leaned in and kissed my cheek. "You did great," he said. "You are crazy to think you have anything less than a fantastic voice."

"Thanks," I said blushing. "I'm just glad that the next set, I only open and close. I don't sing most of them."

"You know, you could sing Grenade," Kyle said. "I've heard it sung by a woman. She did a pretty good job."

"I think I'll stick to the plan, thank you," I said. I turned to Draco. "Do you want to go outside? I'm really warm and could use a cool down."

"I'd love to," he replied. He held his arm out and I took it as we walked out to the garden outside the ballroom. There were lights in the bushes and a fountain in the middle.

"This is beautiful," I said.

"It's not as beautiful as you," Draco replied.

"That's a cheesy line, Draco," I laughed.

"It may be cheesy, but it's true. You are beautiful." He leaned in and kissed me.

AN: First, I do not own any of the songs used in this chapter and Chapter 3. I mentioned the artists near the songs. Second, I want to thank my friend, Christy for helping me out in this chapter and with this story. She gave me the idea for the dragon. Don't worry, there is a reason for this. It will come in a chapter or two. Not sure yet. I just got finished writing this chapter.

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