Andromeda Malfoy

I'm Andromeda, though you can call me Andie. 5th year, Hufflepuff, 15. There's a 90% chance I might actually be a princess.

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

The cold night had turned into a cold morning and Andie had hours before transfigured her scarf into a blanket. She sat leaning against the wall of the astronomy tower, watching the sky shift colors with the sunrise. She didn’t remember having cried, but the feeling in her eyes and tightness in her throat was suggesting she had. Sunrise had passed when she heard someone coming out onto the tower. “I’m sorry, Happy New Year and all, not really feeling like people right now.” Her voice was tight and hollow and she spoke without looking up to see who it was.

[acquor]

“Why do you even have a bottle of wine in your truck? You know what, I don’t want to know.” Soleil held up her hands in defeat and let out a sigh. “Alright, alright.” She walked over to her truck and grabbed the bottle as she told her to and then sat on the bed. “You go first. Since you’re the one who brought it up you must have some juicy stuff to tell.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“A better question,” she said, returning to more of her usual smile, “is why on earth don’t you?” She opened the bottle, summoned a couple glasses and poured herself one then passed the other to her. She bit her lip and frowned for a moment, trying to figure out what to say. “I did a very dumb thing, Soleil, and worse than that I did it sober.” She knocked back some of her wine. “Well, there was a little bit of firewhiskey involved,” she admitted, “But not enough to give me any excuse.” She swirled around her wine in her glass for a moment. “Let’s say theoretically, some nice girl got swept up in a very nice romantic evening complete with midnight kiss with a guy she’s supposed to hate but isn’t that bad, before promptly getting into a huge fight over her his opinions of her family among other things.” She took another drink. “And on top of that he shagged a random girl on the same night. Theoretically her brother might also be out for blood.”

[acquor]

“Is that really necessary?”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“Very necessary, Soleil. I refuse to get out of my pajamas or leave this bed for the rest of the day. Now are you going to grab that bottle of wine from my trunk and join me so we tell each other about our nights? I was too busy being an idiot to drink last night and I’d like to do it now.”

[el-moriauhuffhtng]

“Hopefully, you have a good reason for storming here in like this” 

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“You bet I do,” Andie came barging in ranting passionately. “It’s the New Year and I know its been snowing but how on earth can we not have had practice for two weeks?! I mean sure its the off season but if we don’t work hard now we won’t be winning on season.” She looked up from her rant to notice Eleanor’s pantsless state. “Sorry, should I have knocked?”

[louisweasly]

Louis ducked his head away from Andie as he felt a smile tug at his lips. He wasn’t about to admit out loud that he was also starting to think talking to her was a good idea, but hearing her reaffirm his thoughts made him think that this night wouldn’t be so bad after all. “It’s been nice,” Louis nodded, staring into the darkness. “You’re a real surprise, Malfoy.” For the first time in a while he hadn’t said that name with disgust, but more teasing behind it than rudeness. It felt weird in his mouth, but a good strange.

The last time he had danced was a dare from Dominique at a Christmas party and he might be out of practice. It seemed like a good idea when he thought about it, but now Andromeda was accepting his hand. Louis shut out his negative thoughts about dancing and tried to remember what he did know. It was weird to dance without music and wasn’t sure what dances that Andie knew. “Here,” Louis said, guiding one of her hands to his shoulder and the other held in his other hand. He put his other hand on his waist and looked down at her. Louis was closer to her than he had been the whole night and seeing the wind play with her hair and the moon highlighting her face made him concentrate on not letting how attractive she looked on his face. Al though the more he looked the more she would think that so hoping for a distraction he started to move with a casual waltz that he hoped that she knew.

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

She wasn’t quite sure what to make of any of it yet, but as her smile continued to grow at his words she was fairly certain that it was something good. “You’ve been a pretty nice surprise too, Weasley.” She expected that dancing with Louis would have been strange, especially with no music. Yet they seemed to easily find rhythm in a simple waltz, and even if he wasn’t the most graceful of partners he was able to move through the steps with a certain amount of easy charm. 

She was very aware of his hand in hers and his hand on her waist. She’d always loved dancing, ballroom dancing at least. She loved the steps, the swell of the music,  how close it brought the partners. There was no music playing right then, but she found she didn’t mind as she looked up at Louis. “We’re not so bad Louis,” she said softly. “Not so bad at all.” She let the music play in her head as the pair swept around the astronomy tower, lost in the moment. She was almost unaware as she heard the fireworks begin to crackle over head. She looked up to see the exploding colors, house animals glowing as they ran past each other in the sky. She looked back at hm, eyes glowing with happiness. “Happy New Year, Louis.”

[harrypotterhousequotes]

[louisweasly]

Louis listened to her and leaned forward a bit over the rail. “Ballroom dance, really? My mother taught my sisters and I how to dance when we were younger. Like classes and everything. Wow, that’s embarrassing,” He groaned playfully as he put his head in his hands flushing. He looked back up at the night sky and back at her. “I’m sure it will be soon. I would say in the next few minutes actually. It was an hour before midnight when we left I think.”

Louis stiffened when he took his hand again and squeezed it. The last times she had taken his hand was for him to follow her, but he smiled at her knowing that it was genuine. “Oh have I been knighted into your court?” Louis grinned at her. He looked back down and the small flicker of light was the bonfire and it was weird that it was ten feet taller down there. He sighed and rubbed his hands together from the cold. Louis thought for a moment and then nudged her. “It’s almost midnight,” he said. He held out his hand and gave her a small bow. “Would the Galaxy Princess care to dance with me?”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“Really?” She tried to imagine a young Louis learning to dance with his sisters and the idea brought a soft grin to her face. Somehow it seemed to fit the image she was formed of him. “It’s not embarrassing,” she promised. “Any girl is already half in love with a guy if he can waltz with her.” She looked up at the stars again. “It’s strange, I feel like this night is moving so quickly. In a good way. I’m glad I get to spend it with you.” She turned to him and returned his smile with her own.

“Of course, she assured him with sparkling eyes. “Although it might be quite a lot of responsibility as I’ve yet to knight anyone else. I suppose for now our court is just you and me.” Standing alongside him, she was looking out over the grounds until she felt his nudge. She turned, beginning to smile when she saw him bow. She returned his bow with a curtsy, and felt her stomach flip. “I’d be honored, Sir Knight,” and she placed her hand in his as they began to dance. Before they had hardly begun she felt breathless, a feeling she couldn’t name rising up.

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

rose dom vic

That’s just rude, they’re all awesome. Marry Rose I guess, since we’ve already planned out our marriage and it will be a beautiful love affair. Fuck Dominique. And for Victoire I guess ki - kindle a friendship with her!

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

Albus, Lysander, Duncan

You know, I’m not sure I’ve ever actually spoken to any of them? Duncan is cute and sweet but he dated one of my friends once so we’re killing him. Lysander is definitely easy on the eyes so fuck him. Albus seems like a sweetheart so we can get married.

Send my muse 3 names and they’ll say who they’d fuck, marry, and kill

[thevioletraine]

“Good! Don’t abandon be without practical cause. And if you do bring back one of his friends so that I can enjoy the traditional kiss,” Violet giggled as she laid a kiss on her cheek. “Louis? You really think he was judging your gardening skills and not your gorgeous looks? Or maybe he was doing that veela charm thing. Are you under his spell or whatever?” Violet teased. “That’s what I like to hear. Like the spirit. Some of these girls are rather…ambitious with how they’re getting their kiss tonight. I swear it’s like one of those reality shows my mother watches when I’m home from break. And I share classes with a lot of them tomorrow! How can I look at them knowing that they were grinding and sloshing their drinks all over the place?” Violet frowned as she looked around. She looked up at her hat and smiled. “That’s more like it. Now everyone will know where I am. As if they were looking for me in the first place.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“Practical cause being attractive males with more attractive friends for you? I’m happy to assist.” She snorted. “Yes, every male falls in love with me with I’m potting plants and elbow deep in manure. Can you imagine? Scorpius would kill him. And then Lyra would kill me. And then put our bodies on opposite sides of the planet. And his spell, Violet, really?” she giggled. “Have you been reading those witch’s romance novels again?” She nudged her with her shoulder. “Well . . . at least they’re going after what they want, I guess?” She burst out in giggles. “Oh, I can’t ait? Can you imagine! I can’t wait to tell them all the things they did tonight!” Andie grinned and twirled, watching as the colorful sparks went off. “It’s important for you to be properly festive after all.”

[louisweasly]

Louis watched her face change as she changed the conversation. He noted to talk about it later then stopped himself and wasn’t sure if there would be a later for them. He didn’t know how Andie felt about him and Louis wasn’t entirely sure how he felt about her either. Louis nudged her slightly as he tried to brighten the mood.“I wouldn’t expect anything less. A Malfoy holiday party sounds so prestige. Dress robes? Really? I would have thought you would be hiding in your room like your other sister would be for occasions like that. Al though seeing you in dress robes might be interesting to see,” Louis said, hiding his smile. “Yeah the professors enchant them to move. Imagine a dragon breathing fire, but it’s just a firework. That’s usually how it is.”

Louis followed her up the stairs and instantly felt the cold air hit his face. It was much more windier than he thought it would be tonight and when he looked up at Andie he stopped near the stairs. “Oh,” he said, looking away. “No, I don’t. Not drunk anyway. Amaya and I…this was where we last talked.” Louis wanted to kick him for bringing up his ex girlfriend at a moment like this. He ran his fingers through his hair nervously as he walked over to her. He opened his mouth to apologize, but instead Andie stopped him and followed her gaze. “Meda, the Galaxy Princess?” Louis smiled, looking back down to her. “I’d say the name fits you. I’m not named after anything. Not something like a constellation or a galaxy. You got me there,” Louis rested his hands against the railing as he looked down. “It’s so quiet up here. It’s almost like there’s not a party with extreme drunken idiots everywhere.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

She smiled as she felt his nudge, her fingers tracing patterns on the stone. “I’m sure you can imagine,” she nodded and took a drink ffrom the bottle. “It’s no summer garden party,” she nodded. “So many dress robes. I’m actually quite good at being a Malfoy, outside of being a blood traitor and Hufflepuff,” she said casually. “I can ballroom dance, know the important languages of good purebloods, play the piano, and know which fork to use at dinner parties. It isn’t so bad usually. Grandfather always saves a dance for me,” she said fondly. She was grateful for the dark as she felt her faint blush. She decided he must have meant how different a sight it would have been, rather than anything else. She wasn’t sure she wanted it to be anything else. She looked up at the stars and where she thought the fireworks would be. “How long do you think until midnight?” She asked.

She listened to his words as he came up to stand by her. She considered her response, but decided he didn’t need her to say anything. Instead she just took his hand in hers and squeezed, meeting his eyes with a soft smile hoping he knew she didn’t mind. He could talk about it. She turned back to the stars. “Meda, the Galaxy Princess!” She laughed. “Sounds like one of those muggle films, I like it.” She thought for a moment. “I believe Louis means ‘famous warrior’, doesn’t it? Then that fits. You can be the great warrior of Princess Meda’s galaxy kingdom.” She rested on her elbows and looked out over the grounds. She could see the light of the bonfire by the lake, the distance making it looked like it could fit in the palm of her hand. “It seems peaceful from up here,” she agreed. 

[louisweasly]

Louis followed her up the stairs with anxiety running through him. He was glad her back was turned to him as she led him up the stairs because his face was flushed when she took his hand again. Everyone was down at the lake, he knew that, but he was in another house’s territory and about to be in another Malfoy’s room who he was on bad terms with at the moment. Added that they were about to steal Scorpius’s secret stash of drinks for their own party. The night so far had been unexpected in many way and being alone with one of the Malfoys could easily take the cherry on top. When Andromeda opened up the door to the dorm he lingered by the door for a few seconds before hesitantly stepping in. He knew the other dormmates fairly well and knew they wouldn’t be mad that he was in here. It was who he was in here with that would raise eyebrows. Louis’s eyes followed her as she knelt down beside the bed and moved some items out of the way to get to the drinks. Louis caught a glimpse of some poetry books that Louis had become fond of and if Andie hadn’t told him that he only possessed them to make him look better then Louis would have already made the conclusion. He couldn’t see Scorpius picking up one of those books for the hell of it. 

He leaned against the doorframe and watched as she dug through the trunk. “I typically go home every other year. I leave for Christmas, but come back in time for New Years. I’m glad it’s not the same thing every year. This one should be just as good as the last. I’m sure you’ll look it.” He took the drinks she gave him and started walking backwards towards the door as Andie put away the things back into the trunk. There wasn’t any way they could hide the drinks so Louis decided to trust his instinct that they wouldn’t get caught. Al though he was going back and forth with that one. When Andie pushed him forward towards the door he took a few steps into the small corridor for her to shut the door. “So,” he began, clearing his throat. “The astronomy tower?”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

She smiled up at him from where he stood in the doorway. “Oh that must be wonderful, those big family Christmases? It sounds just incredible. Usually its just my parents, my siblings, and Grandmother and Grandfather Malfoy. I love my family but . . .” her voice trailed off with her brows knit together. “Besides, my parents usually through a New Years party for their friends. We have to wear dress robes and the only food is finger food on platters and my biggest job is figuring out who I’m best off not being seen by.” She brightened considerably with her next sentence. “Nothing boring or stuffy about this. I can’t wait for the fireworks. Are they incredible? They always seemed so back when I was 12.” She stood up with him. “Astronomy tower,” she agreed and led the way down the steps. 

She was grateful for the short walk to the astronomy tower - much quicker than were she coming from her own common room. She took the bottle from Louis as they climbed the stairs and opened it. “So, Louis,” she began and took a drink and passed it back to him, “do you usually end up in the astronomy tower getting drunk with pretty girls or is this a new New Years tradition for you?” She stepped out onto the top of the tower and tilted her head back, a soft smile playing on her lips and the breeze playing with her hair. “Look,”she said quietly - unsure why she was whispering but it felt right for the moment - and pointed up towards the stars. “There’s me! A whole galaxy all of my own. When I was very little I decided that made me the princess of that galaxy. Princess Meda. Doesn’t that sound nice?” she smiled over at him.

[louisweasly]

“I might take you up on that,” he smiled at her. He was about to say it’s a date, but caught himself before the words came out of his mouth. Louis bit down on his lip as he looked around. As the staircases moved he looked at the portraits on the wall who were staring right back at them with curious looks. Louis looked away quickly and found Andie looking back at him. “Yeah,” he nodded. “That whole thing…we shouldn’t discuss it any further.”

Louis looked at her, waiting for her to say she was joking, but instead smiled back in return. “Meda? Is that short for Andromeda? I would have thought Andie would be short for-” Louis stopped himself from rambling any more than he already was. “Meda it is.” Louis wondered if this was all an act and if it really was nice to see him. “Um, yeah you too,” he admitted. He hadn’t expected to laugh or smile like he was with her tonight. “Oh, um,” Louis looked around. “Might be better if I go in. There might be professors roaming around and it would look bad if I was standing outside by myself,” he nodded. “Yeah, the fireworks are always the best part so I want a good view of that.” Louis followed her inside after she said the password. It had been a while since he had entered into the Gryffindor common room, but looking around nothing had changed much. “What sort of stuff does he have? And how are you planning on bringing it to the astronomy tower without anyone noticing? I mean supposing there are professors in the castle.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

Andie couldn’t help the smile that broke across her face. “It’s settled then.” Shouldn’t remember the last time she had really smiled like this - not that she didn’t smile plenty on her own. She noticed his gaze and followed it, and felt the first hesitant rise of nerves. The portraits were notorious gossips and between them and the castle ghosts it likely wasn’t Vi or Soleil or an empty bottle she needed to worry would give her away. She quickly chastised herself again. It wasn’t as if she was doing anything. It was just a drink, it didn’t make them friends or anything else. And it wasn’t as if Scorpius could complain about her drinking what with his own habits. Glancing up at the curious expressions of the portraits, she admitted that it likely looked like more and she could hear Violet cheering in her head. She pushed those thoughts away, recognizing there was nothing she could do about it now.

Her grin widened in response to his and she found herself taking his hand to pull him through the portrait hole - greeting the Fat Lady warmly who was used to seeing her come and go. “Yeah, short for Andromeda. Its what my parents always called me until Sc - my siblings started calling me Andie since they couldn’t pronounce Andromeda.” She smiled softly at him and then out the windows as she led the way towards the boys staircase. “I’m really excited. I haven’t seen them since second year - I was always at the Manor for New Years. And before then I always watched them from up here in Gryffindor Tower. This will be my first time really able to see them.” She continued up the stairs confidently, going right to the door of his dorm room and stepping inside. “Nothing exciting, I’m afraid,” she told him, going to his bed and kneeling down to pull Scorpius’ trunk out. “Normal teenage boy things. Quidditch posters, alcohol, hipster books he’s never read to impress girls.” She pulled out an unopened bottle of firewhiskey and passed it to Louis, before closing the trunk, pushing it back under the bed, and gesturing for them to go.

[louisweasly]

Louis watched the back of Andromeda’s head as they maneuvered through the crowd. He startled slightly when she pulled her into a faster stride in the opposite direction of where the drink stand was. Louis grinned as he held her hand tighter as they ran, hoping he didn’t fall over since he was mildly tipsy. When she stopped he quickly stopped himself from slamming into her back. The castle was vacant since everyone else was down at the lake. “Well anytime you feel like sharing let me know,” he said, following her. Louis hadn’t noticed they were still holding hands either and felt his face get hot when they both dropped it. He buried his hands into his pockets to try and get warm. “I didn’t mean I wanted to talk about him. I don’t want to talk about him,” he dismissed quickly. Louis’s eyes widened when she said they were going to Gryffindor Tower. He didn’t question her, but instead followed her down the corridor. When she slowed down he stopped at the mention of his name. He stared down at the ground and continued walking behind her. He knew the same feeling, but kept his mouth shut knowing she wasn’t expecting a reply. “Do you think we’ll get in trouble?” He asked from behind her. “I mean won’t your brother notice that his bottles weren’t as full as they were?”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

Andie’s hands felt the absence of warmth when she dropped his hand and she crossed her arms so she could bury her hands. Her eyes kept their teasing glint. “Find me tomorrow, I’ve got all sorts of spells that are great for siblings,” she laughed, but it felt strange as she looked down to try to fend off her blush. She was suddenly grateful for the emptiness of the castle, knowing how angry Scorpius would be at Louis for this and angry Lyra would be at her for being seen with a Weasley - not that anything was happening. “I know you didn’t. It’s just a bit of an elephant in the room, in the room I suppose.” She brightened. 

“How about tonight I won’t be Andie Malfoy and you don’t have to be a Weasley? You can just be Louis and I can just be . . . “ she considered it for a moment. “My mum used to call me Meda when I was very little. That’s it. Tonight I’m just Meda.” She gave him her warmest smile. “I’m happy to see you tonight, Louis.” They neared the portrait of the Gryffindor common room. “Would you like to come in with me, or wait out here? Maybe we could go up to the astronomy tower to see the fireworks?” She couldn’t help but smile at his concerns. “No, I really don’t. Even supposing he notices, I’ll just tell him I borrowed it and will get him another in the New Year. He’ll just assume I was with Soleil and Vi. There’s not much I can do to get in trouble with him.” 

[thevioletraine]

“Oh, at this point I wouldn’t say no to an owl. Or a cat. Unless a boy decides to swoop in and peck me exactly at midnight then I don’t see a midnight kiss happening for me either,” Violet explained, giggling. “It was a long enough look to mean something! As for Baudelaire he is attractive, but I see your point. He just always looks confused. Fine, you don’t have to kiss anyone. But if you see the chance take it. I doubt I’ll have any luck, but you do so go out there and enjoy it for me,” she said, nudging her. “You’re right…I wish these hats would light up. Or glow in the dark or something. But they’re muggle hats.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

“Don’t worry, I’ll always be here to be your midnight kiss,” she said, planting another comically loud kiss on her cheek. She elbowed her and rolled her eyes. “Yes, it means how much he has already stated he hates my family. He was probably thinking about how terrible my methods of planting my scargaluff pods were.” She joined Violet’s giggles. “I don’t want to be mean, but I don’t know how he’s in the top of our year. I swear every class he drifts away and then jumps like he’s realizing he’s in the wrong class.” She sighed dramatically. “Fine, I suppose if some handsome, romantic gent just can’t resist declaring his love for me, I’ll give him a good and proper New Year’s kiss so you can live vicariously through me.” She looked at her incredulously before she started laughing. “Darling, have you forgotten that we’re witches?” She pulled out her wand and tapped first Violet’s hat then her own. They both promptly began glowing and shooting off multi colored sparks. 

[louisweasly]

Louis had fixated his attention on the ground and when she said for him to follow her he looked up quickly. “Wh-What?” Louis asked. He looked around before he got up and followed her. Something told him he would regret it later. Every instinct was telling him not go with her and just leave her alone, but it seemed she was actually interested in what he was saying which he hadn’t expected. “I don’t think those count. McNamara doesn’t know how to run a proper detention,” Louis glanced over at her, and smiled softly. “That’s a good charm haven’t heard of it. I would love to do something like that to Dom just to see her reaction.” There were many things out here that were stronger than butterbeer and Louis had a theory that’s not how the professors set up the drink stand in the first place. “Well, your brother probably deserves those nasty spells anyway.”

[badgerprincessandie-blog]

She grinned at him, checking back over her shoulders to see if he was following. “Come on, Weasley.” When she she saw him moving slower, she reached back and grabbed his hand, pulling him at a run towards the castle, only slowing when they reached the front steps. “I think the fact that I wasn’t really in detention, just at it strikes that instance out too. I can imagine you haven’t. I tweeked a spell a bit to fit my needs, but I’m happy to share. I am always in support of helping other people torment their older siblings,” she was laughing as they ascended the steps until she realized she was still holding his hand. She quickly dropped it and busied herself rubbing her hands together as if they were cold, before she opened the doors to the entry hall. “We could fight about my brother. We could, but I can fight about Scorpius any night and that isn’t how I wish to end out the year. Instead we’re going to go up to Gryffindor Tower because I know the password and where he hides his liquor.” She started leading the way in silence, before her walk slowed. “I’m not as oblivious as I seem, Louis,” she said in a quieter tone. “But sometimes its more important to let the people I love be happy than it is to be right.”