HOME SWEET HOME

Grey, mould-ridden walls had been the first thing Eva smith woke up to on the morning of the 23rd, that and an extremely stiff neck from the uncomfortable matress she had slept on the night prior but Eva didn't mind, it was finally the day she agreed to meet Narcissa.

Eva was nervous but she was aware how long she spent searching for this one little breakthrough and if nothing came out of it then so be it, at least Eva could say she tried. The Malfoy's had money, lots of it so Jeans and a hoodie weren't going to cut it.

Eventually Eva stared at the pile of limited clothing she owned, Eva was absolutely horrific when it came to fashion and style. How was she  going to choose something appropriate? that had always been Jessie's job..

On the topic of Jessie, she couldn't understand why the brunette wasn't speaking to her but it deeply hurt her, Eva couldn't bring herself to think about it any longer.

Hours seemed to have passed staring at the same two shades of dresses. There was green or there was green, Eva ended up choosing the green one, who knew the Slytherin would pick a dress of that particular shade.

Eva knew it was the perfect outfit when she looked at herself in the mirror and absolutely loathed the fabric adorning her body, that's how the girl knew it was fancy enough.

Thankfully the purple was nearly out of her hair, only a few strands remaining with the colour. The Malfoys didn't like anything that looked 'cheap' , although Eva thought that statement was highly hypocritical.

Because Lucius Malfoy's hair looked cheap and fake.. box dye perhaps.

Subconsciously Eva reached for her eyeliner, the girl practically had to stab herself to release the tube and not impulsively apply it. She obviously wanted to bring the photo of the two girls along for some sort of proof but Eva couldn't help but feel enchanted by it.

It was like looking at yourself from another's perspective, it was mind-baffling.

She carefully tucked the photo into her bra, realising there were no pockets on the dress, her floo powder collection was running low and that could potentially be a future problem, maybe the troll that runs this place eats it for dessert, she smirked to herself.

Picking up a handful she spoke very clearly.

"Malfoy manour!"

Unsteadily landing in what looked to be the Malfoy's kitchen area, Eva couldn't help but feel amazed. It was obvious the house was absolutely huge, how the three blondes lived alone she didn't know.

Clearly the noise of the impact had startled the younger boy she attended hogwarts with. He hastily bursted through the double doors, with his wand pointed upwards.

"Careful Draco, you're still underage" she commented cheekily regaining her stature. The blonde's eyes widened, never had he seen her in such provocative clothing.

"Eva you're here, in my house?" He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Indeed I am, your mother is expecting me"

"Oh I see, i'll go fetch her" with a confused expression on his face, he left to inform his mother of the guest.

Eva stood patiently observing the dining room, one thing that stood out to her was that there wasn't a single photo frame or colour for that matter. When Draco returned, a slightly older version of the woman from the photo had come along.

"Lovely to see you again, Mrs Malfoy.." Eva greeted stepping towards the two politely.

"You too Eva but please call me Narcissa, Draco if you could leave us to it that would be appreciated"

"What, oh yes! goodbye Eva" He mumbled coming out of his dazed state.

For a moment Eva didn't have a notion of what to say, Narcissa had ushered the brunette to take a seat while she fetched one of their many house-elves.

"Tea?"

"Oh yes please.." Eva replied, discreetly removing the picture from her cleavage.

"Thank you for inviting me over, it means so much!" Eva smiled at the older woman, who seemed so perfect-looking from head to toe.

"It's no trouble, I just haven't heard that name- Narcissa stumbled a bit, "her name in a very long time".

Eva frowned, Narcissa looked a bit upset.

"I'm sorry to have sprung this on you"

"No dear, you're curious I can understand why"

Now Eva was interested in what the woman had to say. The small looking creature crawled into the dining room holding a silver platter holding the women's tea, the creature almost gave Eva an approving smile.

As Eva sipped her tea she couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable.

"You have a lovely home" Eva commented with great confidence slurping her herbal tea. Narcissa smiled at the young girl, she noted how much Eva reminded her of her once bestfriend.

"So kind of you, I do suppose we should get down to business don't you?"

Eva gulped at the woman's bluntness, shyly nodding. Eva pulled out the photograph she had stolen from the yearbook and handed it to the woman facing her. A look of recognition graced the Malfoy woman's face.

"She was so pretty, Evangeline" Narcissa sighed. Eva looked at her in surprise.

"So you knew her well did you?"

"Well.. we used to be the best of friends"

"Used to be?" Eva enquired confused. Narcissa began to recite how the two had met in their younger years.

[FLASHBACK] 1971

An eleven year old Narcissa Black was forced to wear an entirely outrageous dress for yet another gathering held by her parents for societies 'wealthiest and most pure'. Naturally the young girl hated them.

She hated how her cousin Sirius teased her and how her older sister Bellatrix paraded the young girl around with her. Narcissa wanted an escape from the party in question and her answer came in the form of Evangeline Mayweather.

The Mayweathers were a pure-blooded family although their ideals were not very clear, the Blacks thought it best to invite them nonetheless. Tom and Rita Mayweather certainly looked the part that night but the same couldn't be said for their daughter.

Druella had dragged Narcissa and Andromeda along with her to greet the family of three. Immediately the jeans wearing child took Narcissa's interest, never had she seen such clothing on a girl before.

As the minutes past the two eleven years olds seemed to have been left together, maybe their parents had hoped for a new-budding friendship to form.

"You look stupid, far too fancy if you ask me" the stranger bluntly commented. Narcissa attempted to look outraged but she sighed knowing the girl was right.

"I know I was forced, i'm Narcissa" she smiled shyly at the brunette extending her small hand. The girl eyed Narcissa's hand scoping out whether it would be a good decision to shake it or not but decided to in the end.

"Evangeline Mayweather. Mouthful I know don't mention it" the girl blurted out.

"Oh my and you said I was fancy" Narcissa laughed, Evangeline looked unimpressed but giggled nonetheless.

"Don't push it blondie" she commented and that had been the start of their friendship.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

"She sounds.. interesting" Eva commented noticing certain similarities between herself and the described woman.

"Oh she really was something.. never a dull moment with her" Narcissa sighed reminiscing on the past.

"So what happened?" Eva questioned.

"We became too different I believed in certain things, she didn't want to and Evangeline began to hang around my cousin and his friends" Narcissa simply tried to explain it without saying what these views she believed in were.

Eva wasn't stupid, she knew exactly what Narcissa was talking about.

"But wait didn't you say your cousin was Sirius.. that wouldn't be Sirius Black would it?"

"Yes and she became quite fond of that Remus boy and the famous James Potter" Narcissa commented bitterly, there was clearly some bad energy around the whole thing.

"James Potter?!" Eva gasped out in shock, now that was a surprise.

"Unfortunately" she sighed trying to cover her distaste.