The Broken Ones

Chapter One

Salems Pov

Walking up to the Gates, Hogwarts looks so different from how it was 25 years ago. Suddenly, I'm back in that god-awful place I was in for 25 years, stuck in place, never aging, never having emotions. It sends chills down my spine to think of that place, so I try to forget it as I walk into the great hall. not seeing a single familiar face, probably their children, which is just Creepy. I was a student here 25 years ago, I was a death eater because my mother was. The infamous Bellatrix Lestrange. I know what people say about her, and most of it is true, but she wasn't always like this, not when she met my dad anyway. I'm a Scamander and a Lestrange, they were in love once but then my mom felt pressure from her family and became a death eater... they broke up when she was 7 months pregnant with me, and my twin brother Loki, Loki got tortured, and killed when we were 13 by Mattheo Riddle, his best friend. Mattheo's face is the only one I recognize as I walk into the great hall, and I sit at the Slytherin table right across from him. "Funny seeing you here, Lestrange." Mattheo smugly says. I roll my eyes. "It's Scamander now." We watch the first years get sorted, then we eat. While eating, a blonde-haired girl walks up to me, She has blue clothes on, so I assume she is a Ravenclaw. She holds her hand out and says, "Hello! I'm Cassiopeia Malfoy." "Hi, I'm Salem Scamander," I say, trying not to sound as uninterested as I am. It's not because of anything she has done, it's simply because no matter what I do, people close to me always leave, I'm too much according to everyone. She must have believed my attempt to sound interested because she pushed a random Slytherin away from me and sat down. "I've heard about you from my brother, You're the daughter of Bellatrix. Is it true you brought her back from the dead?" "Mhm, I also brought back Sirius, although I have no clue what happened to either of them." "Well, your mom is in Azkaban." She looked at me apologetically. "What about Sirius?" I asked hopefully, "It was rough for him at first, but he had Prof. Lupin to help him, and he helped Lupin with the death of Nymphadora. They became quite close, and they got married a few years back." I smile "Fucking finally!" I say, I remember the stories I used to hear about how they always liked each other, but never acted on it. Cassiopeia giggles and then abruptly gasps and says, "omg, you should come to the party tonight, it's for all the new 5th years!" I think about it, then decide it's not a bad idea, so I agree. She jumps up and down, "Thank you, I can't wait!" She kisses my cheek and then walks off back to the Ravenclaw table. After dinner, I go to the common room and read. I hear a group of boys enter, and I feel them staring. "If you're going to stare, at least introduce yourselves." I look up. I see a group of dangerous-looking Slytherin boys, Mattheo among them. I look at the shortest boy in the group. Although he's the shortest, he is still a few inches taller than me, he has pretty brown eyes, fluffy milk chocolate brown hair, and so many freckles that you would be counting until the day you die, I want to count them all. As soon as I looked at him, he said "I'm Enzo Berkshire." he held eye contact with me for what seemed like an eternity. I turned away and came face to face with a guy who was slightly taller than Enzo. If Enzo's hair is milk chocolate and fluffy, then this other guy's hair is dark chocolate and looks smooth as silk. He has this certain look on his face like he couldn't care less, but his eyes flash with heat when our gazes collide, but as fast as the look was there, it was gone. "Are you going to stare at me some more, or are you going to introduce yourself?" I say smugly, he looks at me up and down, then says, "I'm Theodore Nott." I nod, looking at the next guy. I recognize him simply because he looks so much like Cassiopeia. "I'm Scorpius Malfoy," he says. He seems sweet but also deadly. I look at Mattheo, our eyes meet, and we stare at each other for far too long. Theodore clears his throat. "Do you know each other?" Enzo says, curiosity and possibly jealousy lacing his voice, I roll my eyes. "Yeah, he used to be close to my brother." I said, Malice dripping from my tone. I focus back on my book, hoping they'll get the hint and leave. They don't, they sit down and start talking about the party. I can finally drown out the noise and focus on reading my book. "Salem? Are you even listening?" Theodore says, annoyed. "I was trying not to," I say starting to get pissed off. I sigh, "What do you want?" rolling my eyes. "Are you coming to the party tonight?" Enzo says, lightly trying to calm me down a little. "I was, but if y'all are going to be there, then I might not go," I say jokingly, giggling a little. I get hit in the face with a pillow. Theodore obviously threw it he bursts into laughter, and I join him. While he's distracted, I throw the pillow back and take off running. I ran out of the Slytherin common room and into the halls, running as far and as fast as I could. I run into Cassiopeia. I grab her arm. "What's going on? Why are we running?" she says while giggling, dragging her down the hall. I quickly explain. "YOU THREW A PILLOW AT THEODORE NOTT?!?" I giggle, "Yep, so we have to go, plus he started it." We ran and ran until we reached the Ravenclaw common room. out of breath, I said, "Well, that was enough cardio for a lifetime." We started giggling. We walked up to Cassiopeia's dorm, and I realized I needed clothes for the party tonight. "Can I borrow one of your dresses?" I asked Cassiopeia, "You could if I had anything green, but I don't," she said. "What does it matter?" I say laughing "don't you know? you have to wear your house colors; some people find it dumb but I think it's better than the robes they used to have to wear," she says I laugh and then realize "I have to go back to the Slytherin dorms so I can find something to wear" I grumble.

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Authors note

so... what do we think?

who do we think she's going to end up with and what angst is going to get her there.

Any thoughts or comments are highly appreciated

ps. I know the timeline of everything is a bit weird but just roll with it.

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