𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐍

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑
𝐎     𝐍     𝐄

HER DREAMS WERE DRESSED in stars, loved by the infinite universe as they danced among the supernova dust in rays of glory. You could feel the heat that radiated from the burning balls of hydrogen flames off of her pale skin as she closed her eyes. The students of Hogwarts didn't understand the astral goddess. She was one of them, yet so different, so foreign.

Between the paleness of her complexion, to the combination of her white hair and stunning blue eyes, many claimed she resembled the Malfoy's too much not to be related to them, even Lucius Malfoy himself had believed her to be a distant cousin at one point. She had the allure, the looks, but not the ambition.

So who was Esta Novic?

Ellen Anthony, the former Slytherin Princess, would tell you her best friend was a gifted girl born with a tremendous burden. That she was someone who grieved every person she had already met by their next encounter because even though she could see the stars, she could see them die too.

Aneurin Walker would smile at you brightly if you mentioned his best friend, tell you that she the highest in his entire year for Astronomy and Divination, about her kindness towards animals. What he wouldn't tell you, though, was the fact that her blood was as blue as her house-crest, her bedsheets, her stockings, and her tie. The inhuman color that pulsed from her ancient alien heart, that had the glimmer of diamond dust as it reflected in the light of the sun, was what made her truly different.

But, they loved her. Her smile was sent from the heart of a galaxy so pretty no one could ever forget it. And her laugh— Merlin, her laugh was so rare and beautiful it made you feel like melting into a puddle of goo at her feet.

The corridors of Hogwarts weren't ready for Esta to take her first steps through them, or any of them. Her first year was hell in so many forms. War was coming, she knew it, the adults knew it, Dumbledore knew it, and her mother knew it- But what she wasn't expecting in her childish youth was to lock eyes with her first potential friend and see the future of them laying dead and cold at the feet of a dozen Death Eaters. Tragedy was going to bleed into the walls and floors of the Castle's heart sooner than later, and it was starting with its students.

So she was laying there, her one knee popped out to make half a triangle as the other laid straight, staring off at the newborn planet as its surface rushed with molten lava, smiling softly as she tried to name it. It wasn't quite the size of Earth, but it was comparable. And with its distance towards the sun, she wouldn't be surprised if within the planet's lifetime it had life take foot.

"Esta," The voice was soft, familiar. "Esta, you don't want to be late, breakfast will end if you don't get up now and get ready." It was Annie.  Annie was, much like her older brother, a bit off her rocker. But Esta liked that about her. Annie Lovegood was a bright girl, extremely kind, never not a gentle soul. In all truth, Esta quite adored her. But her fate—