Adopted by the Malfoy's {Harry Potter fanfic}

13. Christmas

A/N: Well the secret of her  parentage finally comes out! I did say those who had read the series may recognize her surname, but is her father a surprise? You tell me! I own nothing, everything but the characters I myself have created belongs to J.K. Rowling.

Lexie began to love Hogwarts; it was becoming a home to her. She didn’t love, however, the rivalry and prejudice amongst the houses. Gryffindor and Slytherin were the worst, they hurled insults around and were always getting riled up. It was all so pointless! What did it matter who had been rude first? What did it matter what house they were in? She firmly believed in not judging a book by its cover.

It was for this reason that she found herself sitting beside her brother in Potions one afternoon, something that had caused his fellow housemates to glare at her. Draco only arched an eyebrow and gave the others who dared to say anything menacing looks. While he wasn’t rude specifically to her, he wouldn’t tolerate anyone else to be. She was a Malfoy, and Malfoy’s looked after their own.

The only other problem with this action was when some of the braver Gryffindor students whispered about her being a traitor under their breaths. Hermione was surprised by her friend’s bold move but didn’t think any of it. If she had a brother, she’d have done the same. Ron was in between, while he liked Lexie well enough, he hated Draco. Harry felt much the same but had bigger problems to deal with in the form of a certain Potions Professor. Snape had been particularly cruel to the raven-haired boy and whenever the man made a snide comment, the Slytherin’s jeered at him.

“I’m Blaise,” the boy on Draco’s other side said quietly to her as class began.

“Lexie,” she replied with a hesitant expression.

The class went by with only the sound of quills scratching as they all took notes and read from their books. Once it was over, she stood and accompanied the two boys to the door, listening to them discuss the assignment.

“Do me a favor next time Lex?” Draco drawled and she waited, “warn me when you decide to pull a stunt like that. My house isn’t exactly welcoming of a Gryffindor suddenly sitting on our side.”

“Why do there have to be sides?” She countered with a frown.

“Alexis, you must stop this. Not everything is so simple; it can’t all be one way or the other.” Draco lectured exasperatedly. He genuinely liked his sister but the girl just couldn’t understand that some things just had to be the way they were, no explanation necessary.

The girl frowned but he just tweaked her nose and walked off again with Blaise. She refused to give up in her mission though. She firmly believed that not all of the Slytherins were as bad as they made themselves out to be.

Her second attempt was thwarted a few days later when she wandered down to the Slytherin dormitory in the dungeons aimlessly. She was met with a lot of scowls but she kept to herself, careful not to start any arguments.

“You lost Gryffindor?” A chilly voice asked and she turned to see the girl she’d watched get sorted into Slytherin their first night.

“I was hoping my brother, Draco Malfoy was here.” She answered back, and the girl looked her over without saying anything. “I suppose I’ll catch him later…”

Disgruntled, she made her way back to the Great Hall, her initial reason for seeking Draco out forgotten. It would be Christmas holiday soon and she still didn’t know what she would do with her free time while everyone was gone. While it bothered her what Narcissa’s letter said, Draco had kept his word.

Her afternoon was spent in the library, looking through books with Harry, Ron and Hermione. The three were obsessed with finding a man named Nicholas Flamel, but none of them would explain why. Truthfully she didn’t really mind, it was a reason to look through the many books at Hogwarts and to be with friends, even if she didn’t understand their seriousness on the matter.