A Potter and a Malfoy ✔️

1| The Bedroom Under the Stairs

I woke up to loud thumping noise above me. I groaned and sat up to see my twin brother, Harry waking up next to me in our twin sized bed.

Ever since our parents died when we were babies, we've lived here, with our Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. And of course, their incredibly annoying son, our cousin, Dudley.

"What is that noise Nataile?" Harry asked me putting on his glasses.

"I don't know. Probably Dudley." I stood up.

We heard some yelling above us and realized it was Dudley's birthday and we had to go to the zoo.

I didn't really like the zoo for many reasons mostly because it smelled bad and they treated the animals poorly.

Suddenly, Uncle Vernon opened the door and told us to go make breakfast so we did. They treated us like slaves.

Me more than Harry. I've never told him this but whenever he's not around, they will hurt me. It was mostly Uncle Vernon but I guess I'm just embarrassed about it.

Harry got some eggs out of the fridge while I started some bacon. While that was cooking, I poured coffee for the adults and orange juice for Dudley being careful not to spill anything.

I went back to finish the bacon and once that was all done, we plated it and took the extras.

"You two! Go get dressed we are leaving in 10 minutes!" Uncle Vernon yelled at us.

"Yes Uncle Vernon." Harry said as we walked back into the small bedroom.

We grabbed our clothes and he changed first while I put my face against the door. We had been doing this system for years now and it has worked pretty well. It was now my turn to change so we switched places and I got dressed.

When I finished that, I brushed my hair in the tiny mirror we had. There was a small crack on the side of it which drove my OCD crazy.

I wanted to get some makeup. I've always been fond of beauty. Makeup, skincare, all of it. But of course, that stuff is all too expensive for Aunt Petunia to spend on me.

We exited our room and got into the car. I don't know why we had to be dragged out here. We would just "ruin the day" as anyways.

After about 15 minutes, we pulled up to the zoo and went in. We passed the lions and tigers, the marine animals, and ended up in the reptile room. I've always been interested in reptiles specifically snakes. They were just so interesting.

Harry and I walked over to a boa constrictor snake enclosure. Dudley was just over here banging on the sleeping snake's glass.

"Why does he have to be so bloody obnoxious?" I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know. I'm sorry about him by the way." Harry said to the snake who had woken up.

It seemed as if we could both understand the snake saying something. The glass suddenly vanished and the snake crawled out. I thought I heard him say thank you for some reason. Dudley ran over and fell into the snake's enclosure.

Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia were yelling as the snake slithered away. Dudley stood up from the water and tried to get out but the glass was back.

"What did you two do?" Unclear Vernon yelled at us.

"We didn't do anything!" Harry said back sternly.

"Then how did this happen?" He yelled at us again.

"We don't know!" I answered.

"Dudley? Oh my god Dudley!" Aunt Petunia came running over banging on the glass. They drew attention to themselves and before long, half the staff was over there helping to get Dudley out.