The House of Gaunt

Chapter 21

"But what exactly did you do?"

"Ivy Greengrass! It has been two weeks, we've been over this a thousand times!" I tell her as I pack.

"Madelyn, this is big! Just tell me one more time!" Ivy says and dramatically throws herself on my bed.

"Fine. William and I bumped into each other, then he asked me if I wanted to go have a snack with him on the Great Hall. I said yes, we went, ate, and talked a lot. That is it, Ivy."

"That is so romantic!" Ivy says and puts her hands on her chest, I completely roll my eyes. "It is not."

"Ugh, Mads! You are trying to convince yourself that it isn't romantic! It is romantic, you cannot tell me otherwise."

"Ivy, darling, I am telling you it wasn't romantic! We talked like friends, and you know, I think he might fancy the Chang girl." I say as I tuck my last pair of robes into my suitcase.

"Cho Chang, the Ravenclaw?" She asks and sits up. "Yup, I am pretty sure he likes her. I was telling him about the bloody annoying cat of Maxi and she passed by. I mean this boy couldn't make it more obvious! He completely stared at her, he stopped paying attention to what I was saying!" I throw my arms on the air and start zipping up the suit case.

Today my brothers and I get to meet my dad's family. I am extremely nervous, and I am not particularly excited. They disowned him! For not being a crazy pureblood. I wonder if they'll even like us. They are totally hating us in secret, there is no way they don't think we are blood traitors. Well, I think they are bloody idiots.

"This week is going to be boring without you!" Ivy dramatically plops herself on my bed again. She and Amelia are fighting. Again. For some reason they always fight, they always makeup as well.

"I'll be back before you know it, Ive. I'll miss you though."

"Me too. Have fun with your loving family!" She sarcastically says and I chuckle. I shut the door and head to my brother's room.

-°-

"We were supposed to be here at 10 sharp!" Matthew is currently screaming at us. In reality, we're late because of him. The three of us were in his room at 9:30. He got back at 9:55 and why? He was having breakfast with Rose. I get that he won't see her for a week, but that was a long goodbye breakfast.

"but no! All of you are twats who apparently do not know hot read a clock!"

"Matthew!" Michael and I scream in unison. I was getting tired of his screaming. "You need to stop screaming at us. We are all stressed, and tired! So, shut up for a second and listen to me. We were late because of your fault. You just had to have a three-hour breakfast with your precious girlfriend. You won't see her for a week. Just a week, don't be tragic! You will write to her and nothing will happen. So, relax, and wait quietly for the next train, which by the way will be here in fifteen bloody minutes." I scream directly at him.

"Madelyn I am so proud of you right now." Says Michael with a smirk which makes me roll my eyes, but that doesn't stop the corner of my lips from lifting a bit.

I turn back to Matthew. "I'm sorry for yelling. Thank you for finding out when the next train is her, and don't ever speak like that to me again, I am the oldest here." I still smirk, because I won.

-°-

"Princess." I hear a whisper.

"Hey, princess, wake up." Somebody shakes me but I cannot wake up.

"Madelyn let's go!" A scream goes directly into my ear and I wake right up. I open my eyes and see Michael. I scoff. "You're mean, Michael. One of these days I'm gonna hit you." I say while grabbing my bag.

"As if that will hurt." He says and gets out of the compartment, I roll my eyes.

We get out of the train and immediately see Mum.

"Mooom!" I run up to her and hug her. I saw her two weeks ago, but I missed her a lot.

"Oh, hello, dears! I've missed you all!"

"We missed you too! Are they here yet?" I go straight to it. I see her tense a bit. "Yes, they're here."

"How many are there?" Matt asks.

"Well, your Dad's older sister, his younger brother, his Mother, and his nieces and nephews." Mum says. We are all nervous.

-°-

The five of us are standing at the door of the Gaunt manor. Ready to meet seven people.

"You ready?" Maxi whispers.

"No, are you?" I whisper back.

"Hell no."

And the door opens.