A Malfoy's Potter // Draco Malfoy

Chapter 1

A soft ringing noise roused the young girl as she sat up with a start. Quickly shutting off the alarm with one hand, she rubbed both of her turquoise bluish green eyes with her other. The braid that she had put into her hair the night before was now a tangled mess at the nape of her neck and there were wisps of black raven hair falling about her freckled nose. A loud pounding sounded on her bedroom door to announce the arrival of the boys.

"GIRLS!" a voice yelled from the other side of the door. "Wake up! Breakfast is in ten minutes! You need to use the bathroom! Lily! I know you're awake in there!"

Lily smiled. She looked over at the other four beds in the bedroom she shared with the other female wards to see that none of the girls had even shifted. Two of the girls had pulled their pillows over their heads to hold out the voices of the boys. The rule in the ward house was that the boys couldn't use the bathroom to change or shower until the girls did.

The ward house was really a five-story house out in the middle of nowhere in Romania where five girls and five boys stayed. They honestly were better off than most orphans for there were only ten kids and they were treated like they were the very children of the owners. The owners of the ward house were an old married couple: Nathan Belton and his wife Ophelia. They called the two Papa Nate and Arma Opie, on suggestion from the elderly couple. They were a jolly old couple who loved to dote on the ten children and encouraged education and extracurricular activities of every kind. Some of the older boys were learning fencing, two of the girls learning dance and singing while all the others including Lily were perceived as the: Rowdy Bunch.

Lily, along with her close ward mate: Alex Hicks who was 12, David Monahan who was 8 and his older brother Damien, age 16 were of that particular group. They would spend their rainy days running around the house, discovering hidden worlds in the old dusty attic or they would fill jars with water, colored by berry juice and fruit to decorate the house's windowsills. On days that were even the slightest bit clear, they would all hop on the back of Alex and Damien's bikes and ride to the Romania Dragon Sanctuary about five miles down the road. 5

Lily switched on her bedside light before grabbing her slippers and pulling them on. Hurrying across the room, she jumped onto Alex's bed, "Rise and shine sleeping beauty!"

Alex yawned and stretched like a cat before sitting up. Lily had always seen Alex as a beauty wither rich auburn hair that fell in ripples to her middle back, slightly sun kissed ace with adorable freckles dusting her nose, dented top lip and deep brown eyes. Compared to the other three girls with their perfect blond or brown hair and blue eyes, Alex wasn't perceived as a beauty, but Lily saw her as an angel. Next to Damien, Alex was the best friend Lily could ever want. Once the two girls roused the others: Tiffany, Rose and Margo, Alex and Lily rushed to the bathroom. While Alex worked at the tangles in Lily's hair, Lily washed her face and brushed her teeth before they swapped places. Just like lily, Alex had horrible bed head but her's always came out in lovely shining waves while Lily's remained straight and untamed. The slightest heat made it curl and the cold made it poofy.

Soon the two girls came barreling down the stairs in their PJ's and slippers. They found the boys already waiting in the living room for Papa Nate to call them to breakfast. David barreled into the two girls, rubbing his chubby cheek against their arms. The twins: Stefan and Jacques were as different as night and day: Stefan with blond hair and blue eyes, Jacques with brown hair and brown eyes. Both had recently turned twelve just like Rose while Tiffany, Margo and Shawn had turned 14.

David was torn gently from Alex and Lily by his brother Damien. The oldest of the kids and the tallest standing almost 5'6", he was seen as the leader. A soft, gentle soul with kind amber eyes, loving smile and thick black hair, Damien was all the girls' favorite. To Tiffany, Margo and Rose, he was a catch yet to be won while to Lily, he was the best big brother ever. Damien smiled at the two girls, saving his especially sweet smile for Lily. Removing his beige sweater, he draped it over Lily's shoulders, noticing that unlike Alex, she forgot her sweater.