MY LONG WAY TO HEAVEN

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My name is Isabelle. Isabelle Wilton. Well, at least that was my last name before I got adopted. You won't believe me when I tell you that I have magic powers. I had them since I was born. My biological parents were wizards, so are my adoptive parents, Draco and Astoria Malfoy. I actually want to start at the beginning, where everything started.

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" Isabelle! Wake up!" My best friend leaned forward to reach me. "Not that close!!" I hate it when somebody hugs me or gets that close. Actually she isn't my best friend. She is a girl that lives in the orphanage, like me. And she is so annoying. Everyone in here is annoying. It is not a normal orphanage. It's one for wizards and witches.

Sometimes I think about my parents and ask myself why they didn't want me anymore. Or even if they are maybe dead. Molly, the owner and leader of the orphanage, told me about deatheaters, and what they did to me. Nobody knows my story, exept of Molly. She is the only person who is nice to me. No wonder, she rescued me from the deatheaters when I was a newborn baby. Even now I am still shaking when I think about the few memories I have of the deatheaters. I remember our destroyed house and a deatheater picking me up. That doesn't sound horrible, but it became a horror. When Molly walked by ( her part of the story) she heard a strange noise coming out of my house. She went in and saw 10 deatheaters around me torturing me! I was a newborn and only 2 months old! The idea of me being dead is terrible. Enough of that. Now it's been 10 years and next year I'm going to Hogwarts, a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I will learn how to protect myself and care for me.

But back to the part where Sophia, my so-called best friend woke me up. "I can't believe it!" I told you, loud and annoying." What?" I was a bit angry. And still had not changed!! " The families are coming today and looking for a child. I wated for this day soooo long!"
" Yeah, right. The families." I knew that they won't pick me. I always wear dark clothes and I seem to be depressive. " Do you think they will pick me?" Not if you don't stop talking! Of course I didn't say that oud loud. " Maybe." " Aren't you exited?" " Not really." I really like positive people, but she is too positive. It didn't get better when they came after our breakfast was finished. " They're here, they're here!!!" Shut up! Didn't say that loud as well. " You have to see them. There are so many families." Okay, now I was interested. Normally there are only one or two, maybe three families. I looked around. I couln't even count them! " Wow." The woman in the coat looked so nice and friendly. Or the man with the beard. Or..." Everyone, please come here!" Molly's voice. And then the entire Molly came into view. " Alright, you see, there are many friendly people, please behave." Nodding from 40 kids and teenagers. " You are going to spend the evening with them. We can play some games and have dinner together." Nodding again.

The evening wasn't that good. Well, at least for me. Some people talked to me and asked me some questions. But it did not feel right. The time passed by quickly and I had a bad feeling. I told you. They won't pick me... Most of the kids went happily to their new homes with the families. Even Sophia. But this time I was happy for her. Although that means I was comletley alone now.

But suddenly a young couple walked by. And looked at me! That's nothing big, I know, but it felt so warm in my heart. And, I could not believe it, they entered the orphanage. I heard them speaking to Molly. If they were too late or if they could look around and search for a young girl wearing dark clothes. They were talking about ME! I was so happy when I heard that.

Normally I would go straight into my room after these family days, but this time I waited for them. And... They came! "Hi, young lady, my name is Draco and this is my wife Astoria. Can you tell us your name?" "I..... I, I,um.... My name is Isabelle." Yeah, I know, a stupid sentence, but that did not matter. "Nice to meet you, Isabelle."

As you surely can tell, they took me to their home. I had REAL family now! I could not stop smiling, but still asked myself, why they had chosen me. My new dad, Draco Malfoy, told me that they had seen me and and knew that they wanted me. They could feel that I was someone special. Not the powers, something different. Something that they could not descibe. They took me to their house, no, Manor. It was ginormous! We went in and I did not realize anything. That came later. I was so stupid. It was a big, dark house with people walking around with masks. I could only think of how lucky I was, to be part of the family now. Now I now who they are. Of course. But those days, I didn't. My thought was interrupt by Astoria's voice. "Welcome to your new home!" My new home, it was unbelievable. And for the first time I felt happy again.