𝐀 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 ; 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫.

𝟏.

A Gardens Beloved-

Ellse Malfoy, boarded the train along with her friends, Pansy, Blaise, Alexander, Asher, and her brother Draco. She sat next to Pansy, leaning back and crossing her arms.

" Alexander- do you always have to put on so much cologne?" Draco's face turned to Alex awaiting for an answer.

He smirked fixing his hair before answering,    " It's how I get all the ladies" he emphasized the last word. Pansy and Ellse let out a laugh, being joined by Blaise and Asher. " Please- I don't think you snagged a girl with just your cologne"

" I don't think you snagged any girl at all" Pansy added. He rolled his eyes, giving us a smile, and a small chuckle. " No- no really- have you ever dated someone?" Alexanders eyes went up to Blaise's meeting his, " Er-" His smile grew bigger. " I don't think I have!"

" Say- didn't that girl in Hufflepuff like you?" His eyes moved from Blaise to Pansy, " I think she just wanted the damn answers to the transfiguration homework" Pansy pressed her lips into a thin line— attempting to hold in her laugh.

" That- That's really fucking sad" Draco added burying his face in his hands.

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Ellse pulled her hair into a ponytail, sighing as she saw someone walk past their cart. She peaked her head out the cart door, looking for the girl she just saw. She felt an arm pull her back. " What the hell do you think you're doing? You haven't even arrived at Hogwarts and you're already snooping around?" Draco gave her an annoyed sigh. " Do. Not. Touch. Me" She pulled her arm towards her chest getting out of Draco's grasp.

" Besides- the person who just passed us is Hermione Granger-- don't go near her she's a- a- she's filthy" Ellse huffed sitting back in her seat, giving Draco a glare.

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The train went to a halt making everyone shift in their seats slightly, Alexander helped Ellse up out of her seat as she spotted the light brown haired girl once again. She walked towards here once again seeing a glimpse of her face. Her perfect curls sat on her shoulder, she had freckles that scattered her her face like stars, they were light-- barely noticeable.             " Ellse! Where the hell are you?" " Right! Coming"

They entered Hogwarts Draco keeping a close eye on his sister most of the time, " What house do you think I'll be in?" Ellse nudged him, " Malfoy's are Slytherins, none the less" he whispered to her. Ellse pressed her lips into a thin line,  straightening her shoulders as she walked with the first years, getting ready to be sorted.

"Ellse Malfoy" Mcgonagall called as she pushed past the small first years. El sat on the chair looking straight forward as the hat was placed on her head. " A Malfoy? Interesting-- very interesting. Hufflepuff could be a nice fit" Ellse swallowed the lump in her throat, ' Anything but Hufflepuff- please' she begged the hat in her mind. She couldn't be in Hufflepuff, father would kill her. Quite literally, " Hufflepuff, are you sure?" The hat questioned.

" Best be.. SLYTHERIN" Ellse let out a relived sigh, the table in cheered as they welcomed her to the house. She sat next to Draco fiddling with the ring on her pointer finger. Everyone watched the rest of the first years, El stayed quiet not paying attention to the ceremony. When she heard a gasp among the students, and the first year crying as they sat down next to Ellse. " Ellse get away from such a-" he gulped "vile creature" Draco said as he scooted to the side making more room for El. She raised her eyebrows, " I- why? It's only a first year" She let out a laugh but it was quickly shut off. " It's a Mudblood" Ellse gave the child a disgusted look, " Mudblood, filthy little Mudblood." A smirk grew on her lips, " There's not many Mudblood's that are in Slytherin"

Alexander taunted, " We'll go easy on you" He sigh continuing eating his chicken- poking the leg with his fork. " I'll be going, Pansy can you show me to our dorm?" Ellse gave her pleading smile. She stood up patting her skirt, Ellse scratched the back of her neck licking her bottom lip as she walked towards the dorms.

HERMIONE GRANGER-

I boarded the train as usual, seeing a glimpse of Draco, how I bloody hated that twat. But then I saw someone closely follow him. I heard rumors his sister would be going to school here but I didn't believe them, was she a close friend? Did his father order him to be kind to her? Was this for his father's business? Was she the daughter of someone he would marry? He couldn't possibly be siblings they looked nothing alike.

" Hermione- come sit with us" Ron offered, he was about across the train as I walked past Draco's cart. The woman had brown straight hair, freckles, eyeliner, and lump pink lips. I nodded sitting next to Harry, but I could still see the woman through the class of the compartment. She never made eye contact with me, I didn't mind.

Ron was talking about a new restaurant in the muggle world his girlfriend, Lavender Brown took him too. " Hermione-" Harry snapped in my face making me come back to reality, " Were you even listening?" I grinned turning my head from side to side.

                                         ~

We arrived at Hogwarts, I sat down next to Fred and George— waiting, watching the first years get sorted. And there I saw her again, her bright eyes hit mine for a second before turning hearing her name be called. " Ellse Malfoy" she smirked before stepping forward.

Ellse.

Such a pretty name.

" Malfoy? That's Draco's twin sister" Harry nudged me, " They look nothing alike" I whispered back. " They aren't identical" Fred and George said in unison. I sighed as I watched her approach the chair sitting on it before the hat was placed on her head. " A Malfoy?" The hat said, as she took a deep breath. " Interesting, very— interesting. Hufflepuff seems like a nice fit" I saw as Ellse's body tensed, her mouth slightly hung open but quickly shut. " Are you sure?" The hat questioned.

" Best be... SLYTHERIN" the table across from us cheered and clapped as a bright smile went on her face. She walked over sitting next to her brother, as they all welcomed her. I had never seen the table so utterly excited for someone to join the Slytherin house.

Was it because she was a Malfoy?

Hm. More then likely.

I looked at her, she was fiddling with something under the table. Her hair was in a loose bun, but Pansy was braiding it into two braids. She sat quietly, I only saw her lip moving a tiny bit as she stared into the ground still fiddling with whatever it was under the table.

" SLYTHERIN" I heard the hat shout, louder then ever making my body jolt up. It was a child, a boy in first hear, as quiet whispers went around me. " Wh- what the hell happened?" Harry asked as Ron swallowed thickly.

" A muggle born got sorted into Slytherin" My face turned a bright red. " Muggle born- Slytherin?" Ron nodded, I sighed feeling nothing but sadness for the poor first year. Most people in Slytherin aren't very fond of muggle- borns. " Bloody. Fucking. Hell"  I whispered under my breath.

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