Hyacinth was having the worst summer holiday since she started Hogwarts. Granted, she was about to start her third year at Hogwarts, but her relatives have been terrible. More so than usual. They seem to have taken every opportunity to talk trash about her parents. Two wonderful people gave their lives so that Cin could have a chance at life. She was getting tired of holding her tongue, and her magic was getting harder to control. She was thinking about leaving when a familiar black owl flew inside the room landing next to Hedwig. Chaos belonged to Leo Malfoy, the older twin brother to her schoolyard enemy Draco Malfoy.

They have been friends since Yule in their first year when he saw her break down in tears after viewing her parents inside a mirror. Many people assume Cin's best friends were Hermione and Ron, but after they like many others decided to believe that she was a dark witch because of a talent she has, the role of her best friend was Heir Leo Nicholas Malfoy. He was the most important person in her life, and that wasn't something she was going to change. Hyacinth could really care less about what family he came from or his magic affliction. Hell, she herself was a grey witch, as she got herself tested when she went to Gringotts because she wanted to know why she was having trouble with performing light spells. Aside from that, her wand felt off. It was like she connected with part of it, but couldn't bond with the entire wand.

She just hasn't had the time to get another wand that suited her just yet.

Cin was brought out of her thoughts when Chaos gently pecked her hand. Chaos knew his wizard wouldn't like it if he pecked her hard enough to leave a mark. He held out his leg, and as soon as she freed her letter and package, Chaos flew over to his lovely mate Hedwig. It was rare when two familiars of a witch or wizard mated especially if the witch or wizard in question were soul-bonded like Leo and Hyacinth, but it wasn't unheard of. Cin shook her head at the two lovesick owls and opened her letter.

Dearest Hyacinth,

Happy birthday, Nixie. Now, I know you don't like it when anyone purchases anything extravagant for you, but since you are now a witch of thirteen years of age, it is time for you to receive your birthright. Now, it is a tradition going back hundreds of years that wizards and witches get a top-of-the-line school truck, so you cannot argue against it. It is a seven-compartment trunk. It has the three basic compartments, like the normal school trunk. Then it has a fourth compartment, which is a potion lab, I know you are fantastic with potion-making without Snape breathing down your neck, so now you have all of the equipment you'll ever need to brew and create to your heart's content. The fifth compartment is a library that holds up to 100,000 books, and the sixth compartment is an apartment, it has a living/dining room, a kitchen, a bedroom, an office, and a bathroom. You can change anything about it. The last compartment is a three-acre garden with both magical and mundane plants and trees. I know you love being outside, so now you have that option anytime you like. It is powered by runes so you don't have to worry about being without sunshine, and you don't have to worry about if your plants will die if they don't get the water they need.

The Ministry will not be able to detect any magic, so feel free to use as much magic as you'd like. The truck is charmed against elemental damage, theft, and feather-light, and no one will be able to move it when you are inside, and no one will be able to open it, as I know you don't like the fact that Granger and Weasley help themselves to your belongings without your knowledge or permission, so this will stop that. Now, the second gift is from my mother, so you will have to open it yourself because she would not tell me what it was. Onto serious matters.

Sirius Black broke out of Azkaban, and everyone seems to think that he is after you and that he betrayed your family all those years ago, but please, don't jump to conclusions. There is something not right about that story. Write to the DMLE and request the trial transcripts, and you'll find something surprising. I will not tell you more than that because you need to make this decision on your own without outside influences.

I know you do not like living with your muggle relatives, so call the Knight Bus, and book a room at the Leaky Cauldron. I do not like the fact that you are stuck in the muggle world when you belong in our world.

Well, I will see you on the train, Nixie. Until then.

Sincerely,

Heir Leo Nicholas Malfoy

The Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy

"Chaos, are you waiting on a response?" she asked after she got done reading the letter. He shook his head before nuzzling Hedwig and flew off into the night. "Hedwig, we will leave as soon as I open the packages, and get everything together," she spoke gently to Hedwig, knowing that her dearest familiar was missing her mate, but she refuses to leave Cin for any length of time.

Cin resized the trunk to its normal size and placed her belongings inside leaving the cut-off rags from the Dursleys, as she was planning on getting everything she needed herself as soon as she knew what was in her vault. She wasn't going to be one of those brainless twits who spent everything she had in her vault and hoped for the best. She wanted to organize the beautiful. The truck was made of walnut, the color of Mahogany with soft yellow golden clasps marking each compartment. It was gorgeous.

Cin beamed ear to ear when she opened the last package, and two large items resized. She knew Cissy had been planning something for a while now since she had learned of Hyacinth's unfortunate living situation.

The first was a large and narrow soft yellow golden-colored wooden box. She opened the lid, which slid to the side, and discovered several layers of compartments, all full of beautiful and expensive-looking makeup, hair, manicure, and pedicure tools.

She carefully slid aside different compartments until she found seven in total. Blushers and liquid and powder foundations as well as concealers, primers, and base powders and liquids in one compartment, while another was filled with eye shadows in cream, powder, matt, and shimmer format in every color imaginable, some not even found in muggle brands. There was a selection of different colored mascara, with different-sized brushes to allow for different lash lengths and volumes. She even found eye pencils, liquid eyeliners, and false eyelashes in another compartment.

She shook her head at the sight of a third compartment filled with brushes and applicators in every shape and size. A fourth compartment had lipsticks, and glosses, with liquid and pencil liners of every color imaginable. A fifth compartment had nail polishes, nail files, buffers, clippers, and other manicure and pedicure tools, along with Acrylic nails in all lengths, sizes, and shapes. A sixth compartment held hair tools, such as hair dryers, and irons to provide every curl imaginable, along with removable applicators to crimp and straighten hair. The final and seventh compartments held hairbrushes and combs, dividers, and grips in all shapes and sizes.

At the sight of all this, Cin knew magic held the box together, an extension charm for example to make it bigger, deeper, and wider on the inside than the outside led one to believe. Makeup, manicure, pedicure, and hair set for all beauty needs any witch could ever possibly need or even want right at her fingertips.

The other box was the same, except it was large and wide, and it was a royal purple with soft yellow golden lilies engraved on it. It was filled with perfumes, moisturizers, bubble baths, luffas, towels, washcloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoos, conditioners, body washes, razors, shaving creams, bath oils, bath bombs, bath pillows, face cleansers and scrubs, toners and steamers, masks, and lip scrubs and balms.

The last package had an outfit and heels. Cin had confided in Cissy, letting her know that she enjoyed the more conservative clothing, yet beautiful and stylish, and thankfully, she kept to that style. The outfit was a gorgeous black and white casual outfit. The top was a stunning sleeveless patterned top, gorgeous blue jeans, a beautiful necklace, greyish white high heels, and a stylish black handbag. Cin knew the handbag was charmed with a weightless charm and an extension charm as witches carried everything on them because they never knew if they would need something or not.

She dressed and did her hair in a fishtail braid with her bangs framing her face. After she was ready, Cin put Cissy's gifts inside her new and improved trunk, and she put Hedwig's cage inside, along with her old school trunk, grabbed her wand, placed the now shrunken trunk inside her purse, and walked downstairs, and out the door.

Hyacinth didn't know where she would be if she hadn't made such a great friend in her first year but she was very thankful.