Unknown: Lies

Platform 9 3/4

Today was the day. September 1. Today three mothers would have answers. Bella was at home, being an escaped Death Eater, she couldn't walk as freely as the others. Narcissa Malfoy walks with her regal grace followed by her son, Draco, and three unfamiliar women and an 11 year old girl with a Snowy owl, and a large trunk. The young girl looked up to one of the women and said "Mummy, what House will I be in?" Her mother, an young brunette with curly hair and brown eyes smiled at the question her daughter had been asking ever since she had gotten her Hogwarts letter.  

"You will be in the House that fits you best Isabella" Mary Drake said with a smile causing Isabella to huff and sigh. Isabella was a half-blood, her mum had gone to Hogwarts, she'd been in Ravenclaw, her Aunt Gwen had been a Slytherin like her Uncle Severus, and her Aunt Cissy. Isabella wanted to be like her mum, but also wanted to be close to her Uncle Sev, so her mother, being the Seer she is, always refused to give her a solid answer about anything she saw. Isabella ran up to her Aunt Gwen who was wearing a large hat and big shades that hid her face.

"Aunt Gwen, do you think I'll be in Slytherin or Ravenclaw?" Isabella asked

"I agree with your mother, Bella, you will be in the House the best suits you. Don't worry about being like me or your mum, just be yourself. We'll love you wither way." Gwen said 

Soon they came upon the barrier Gwen and Penelope walked right through,  Narcissa and Mary walked through next pushing their kids trolley, and Draco grabbed Isabella's arm and waited until the Muggles were not paying attention and escorted her onto Platform 9 3/4. As soon as they were back with their mothers, Draco gathered his trunk and got on the train to locate a specific friend. Isabella quickly found a compartment, and put her trunk and owl on the shelf and went back out to say goodbye to her family. She gave her mum and Aunts a hug and quickly returned to her compartment to see a red head girl sitting there.

"Um hello." Isabella said

"Who are you?" the girl asked rudely

"Isabella Drake. Why are you messing with my owl? She doesn't like those kinds of treats" Isabella said 

"I don't know what you are talking about, this is my boyfriend's owl, Hedwig" the red head replied still trying to feed the owl a treat. Isabella scoffed and pulled a dead rat out of her trunk just as the compartment door opened again to two more teens, another red head, and a blonde haired girl. 

"Ginny, who is this? And why is she bothering Hedwig?" the boy said

"My name is Isabella Drake and this owl isn't named Hedwig. Her name is Athena. And as i was saying to this girl, she hates owl treats." Isabella replied while giving Athena the rat. Athena happily ate it and hooted her thanks. Ginny looked cross

"Well how was I supposed to know this wasn't Hedwig? All Snowy owls look alike" Ginny said just as the door opened for a third time revealing two more boys, one with green eyes and glasses and the other had a chubby baby face but it was clear her was growing out of it.

"Actually Ginny, if you look close, Athena and Hedwig have very clear differences. Hedwig's wings have more brown spots on them, whereas Athena's wings are almost pure white." the girl with the blonde hair said. The boy with the glasses walked in and sat down next to Isabella who looked incredulous. 

"Sorry but who are all of you?" Isabella said

"Ginny and Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood and Harry" The boy with the glasses said pointing to each one in turn as they all sit down, just as the door opened once more to reveal a dark skinned boy with short hair. He walked up to Ginny and sat her on his lap, which confused Isabella, since she recalled Ginny saying she was dating Harry. 

"And you are?"

"Dean Thomas. Nice to meet you" Dean said. Isabella  just shrugged and fed another rat to Athena much to the disgust of Ron

"Do you have to do that" he demanded

"She likes them and this was my compartment before you came barging in here. I'll do as I please with MY owl" Isabella shot back making the girl, Luna, and the boy named Neville laugh. From then it was silence until Harry asked the important question,

"So Isabella, who is your family?"

"Oh, my mum is Mary Drake nee' Green. She's a Magizoololgist. She's writing a book on them now. Nargles and Wrackspurts  and the like. My dad was a Muggle. he died when I was 9, hit by a car, internal bleeding, nothing anyone could do." Isabella says softly, leaving almost everyone quiet, except Luna who jumped at the chance to talk about her creatures.

"Oh that's so sad. My mum died when i was 9. An experiment gone badly wrong. But dad and I are quite close. Dad would love to meet your mum, he loves Wrackspurts, I'm more partial to Crumple-Horned Snorkacks." Luna said dreamily causing Isabella to start

"Really most people think mum and I are crazy when we talk about them. Some of her coworkers call her "Mad Mary" behind her back, and their kids call me "Insane Isabella"" Isabella says

"Oh don't worry, people call me Loony Lovegood, Ron does it the most. Though I pretend I don't hear it." Luna says which makes Isabella upset. She doesn't like people who bully others. She glares at Ron who is sitting with his mouth agape but doesn't defend his self. Isabella goes to say something when Harry interjects,

"What House do you think you'll be in Bella?"

"No idea, mum knows, but didn't tell me when i kept asking. Just kept saying the House that fits me best. Which is obvious"

"Well what House was she in?" Neville asks

"Ravenclaw, but my Aunt, and Godmother were both in Slytherin, so I can't go by family like most kids.Like i know Weasleys' have always been in Gryffindor, Almost all Blacks have been in Slytherin, but my family has been in every House, even Hufflepuff, my Great Grand-mum is a proud Hufflepuff. Her house is like an exact replica of Helga Hufflepuff's cottage. Cozy, bright, and always smells so good." Isabella said with a huge smile of remembrance. Then Harry looked out the window and saw how dark it was getting, 

"Well we might want to get in our robes. We're almost there" he said just as he walked out the compartment followed by Neville, Dean and Ron. Leaving the girls to change together. Ginny looked at her company and walked out soon after the boys. Luna closed the blinds and got her black robes with blue and bronze trimmings, while Isabella got on her solid black robes. Then the announcement came on fort them to leave their belongings and to exit the train. 

"Come on, I'll walk you out" Luna says to Isabella. Bella smiles and gives one last rat to Athena before walking off the train. 

"So, is Ginny with Harry or Dean?" Bella asks Luna

"She is with Dean. Why? Did she say otherwise?" Luna asked with an almost possessive tone in her voice

"Well she said she was Harry's girlfriend, when I saw her trying to give Athena an owl treat." Bella said. Luna said nothing but looked straight ahead at the red head who was standing next to a carriage. Bella stared at the Thestral in front of the carriage and gave it a sad smile. Then there was the shout,

"First years, first years over here. First years this way" a big, huge man said so Bella said goodbye to Luna and walked over to where she knew there would be boats to take all first years across the lake. 

"Four to a boat. No  more than four." The man said so Bella got into a boat with three others and they made their way across the Black Lake. 

"Watch your heads. Duck down." the man said. Bella and her boat mates ducked their heads as they passed under the bridge. Then Bella heard a gasp and turned around to see the castle. Hogwarts. It looked even better than her mum's pictures. Isabella 'oohed and ahhed' with the rest of them until the boats stopped and they walked up to the doors where the giant man knocked.