A New Beginning (Harry Potter X OC)

Hades Shut Up

It was now Christmas and boy was I ready for it. Even though I knew I wouldn't get any presents, I was going to have the Slytherin common room all to myself as well as some peace from schoolwork. Me, Ron and Harry were currently sat inn the great hall which was decorated in beautiful Christmas decorations from fake snow falling from the ceiling to sparkling baubles on the Christmas trees.

Harry and Ron were playing wizards chess while I sat on the table sketching the scene. "Knight to E-5." Harry said making the piece move across the board. Ron thought for a moment. "Queen to E-5." Ron said. The queen moved across only to pick up her chair and smashing the knight with it. "That's totally barbaric!" Hermione said from behind me making me jump.

"Fucking hell Hermione!" I shouted clutching my chest making all of them laugh. "That's wizard's chess. I see you've packed." Ron said putting the broken pieces to the side before looking down at her suitcase. "See you haven't" Hermione shot back at him. "Change of plans. My parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother, Charlie. He's studying dragons there!" Ron said cheerily.

"That's epic." I said before looking back down at my sketch. "Good. You can help Harry, then. He's going to go the library for information on Nicholas Flamel." Hermione said crossing her arms. "We've looked a hundred times!" Ron shouted fling his arms into the air. "Not in the restricted section...Happy Christmas." She said before walking away to catch the train.

"I think we've had a bad influence on her." Ron said watching her walk away. "I know, I'm so proud." I said wiping a fake tear away from my eye. Making them both laugh. "Wow Mia that sketch is really good." Harry said looking at my cheap sketch pad. "Thanks." I said as Ron looked at it. "Woah you actually did it well." He said looking at the sketch of the chess board with the Christmas scene behind it.

"Don't sound too surprised." I laughed before putting it back into my satchel. "Well I now have Slytherin common room all to myself, I'm gonna be bored as hell." I said laying back onto the table. "Well we would invite you up to our common room, but Percy would have an actual fit." Ron said and he tool down one of Harry's pieces again.

"It's fine honestly. The Slytherin common room actually has a pretty extensive range of books, I might find something on Nicholas Flamel in there." I said to them. They both just gave me not very interested looks. "By the way, here are your Christmas gifts." I said passing them the wrapped presents out of my bag. "You have to open them tomorrow though." I said before Ron ripped the paper off his.

"Thank you." Harry said looking down at his present in glee. "Your very welcome. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go have a warm bath without Pansy banging on the door." I said before grabbing my things and heading down towards the Slytherin common room.

The moment I got into the common room I collapsed onto the leather sofa. "Take that 7th years!" I shouted thinking of how they always get the sofa before we can. I looked over to the ceiling high bookshelf. There has to be something about Nicolas Flamel over there. I thought before walking over. I traced my finger over every spine trying to find something to do with the man. I only stopped when I found a book called 'pure-blood family's and how they died out'. "Fuck it. I said before grabbing the book and taking it straight to my dorm.

I tied my hair in a bun and started to run the bath while pouring in the bubbles. I opened the book to it's first stage and started reading.

Pure-bloods were of course the first wizards on the planet, but eventually they started to die out. People started to marry their second cousins or next relatives. Of course, there were muggleborns, but they wasn't really excepted to later times. This meant Pure-bloods started to marry muggles. A lot of people were not okay with this. However, a lot of people have managed to carry on being pure-bloods. For example, the Malfoys or the Blacks (page 45). Some became so contorted because of inbreeding they died out like the Gaunts (page 81).

Wait what!? I quickly flipped to page 81 and stopped running my bath. My family are inbred, what the actual fuck.

The Gaunts were one of the most ancient families of the wizarding world. That was until they became so blood crazy, they were shut out of the wizarding world. The last known people of the Gaunt family were Morvaldo Gaunt, Malvin Gaunt, Morfin Gaunt, and Merope Gaunt. That is all that is known.

For fucks sake. I guess it was going to be harder then I thought to find out about my family. I thought as I put the book back onto my bed. After my bath and got changed into my pyjamas before drifting off to sleep, ready for Christmas morning.

I woke up to Hades hooting loudly. "Hades shut up; I want a lie in." I said pulling my pillow over my head. I heard him screech before he flew over and pulled the pillow out of my hands. "What the hell Hades!" I shouted sitting up only to see a large pile of presents at the end of my bed. "Sorry Hades." I said looking at him as he perched on my bed side table.

He nibbled my ear affectionately before I moved towards the presents. "I've never had a present before." I said as I hesitantly picked on of them up. I looked at the label to see that it was from Pansy. I carefully opened the box to find a small bracelet that had a charm with a snake wrapped around it the was constantly moving. Engraved on the charm was 'BFF'. I smiled clipping it onto my wrist before moving through the rest of them.

I had two more present left. So far, I had a green leather sketch book from Draco, some quidditch team pins from Blaise, chocolates from Theo, a book called simple but powerful potions from Hermione, rock cakes and a stuffed Cerberus from Hagrid, and finally a snitch pin.

What was left was a large wooden box and a small velvet one. I opened the larger one and quickly read the note. 'Hello Mia, Ron told me that he had become friends with you in his letters so I thought I would send you a present from us. It's not much but I hope you like it. Mrs Weasley xxx.'

I looked past the note to see a knitted woollen jumper that had a silver M knitted on the front. I picked it up and felt the soft fabric between my fingers. I quickly slipped it over my pyjamas only to see that there was something else at the bottom of the box. I moved things away only to find a whole set of brownies. Mrs Weasley is a god. I thought picking one up and biting into it my eyes rolling back into my head.

I finally had the last box. I wiped my hands on my jeans before picking it up with the note. 'Your mother wanted me to give this to you when you were old enough. She said it would help you find the truth. A very merry Christmas to you.' That's all it said. No name at all. I shrugged before lifting up the lid of the box. Inside was a phoenix necklace but it wasn't red, orange and yellow. It was black, purple and silver. Like a dark phoenix. It had beautiful dark gems for the eyes and its wings were majestic as ever.

I smiled as I put it on. The note said it was from my mother, some how I felt closer to her. I looked at the clock next to my bed and realised I should probably go down to lunch. I pulled on some old ripped jeans and a top that was way too big for me. I pulled on my new jumper as well as the necklace and the bracelet. I pinned all the pins onto my satchel and put in the sketch book along with the chocolates. 

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It be Christmas time kiddies

-M

ps- this corona virus this is poop