Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

you see him?" Draco guffawed, bringing his broom to her. "He looked like a toad. Haha!" Darcie didn't like her brother's hurting their house-elf. But she had learned that confronting Draco about this would only make it worse. So, she had left it to time, like many other things, before.

Now, it seemed she couldn't anymore.

"Did you do it?" Darcie asked her brother, landing on the lawn. A ray of sunlight landed on the pale fog along with her, making it look golden, just like the snitch in her brother's hand.

Draco had convinced her father to get a practice snitch for them. And before he would show his skills to his friends, he had asked her to practice along with him. In return, and though she loved to ride the broom herself, Darcie had asked him to summarize their etiquette lessons from the last month for her.

"No," Draco said, looking away from her. "I didn't get the time."

Darcie said nothing as they walked to the manor and then up the stairs to the first floor. But just as Darcie and Draco turned towards their rooms, she said, "You did have the time to kick Dobby."

...

After freshening up, they had their breakfast in the Dining Room with Narcissa on the other side of the table. A copy of today's Daily Prophet was sprawled open in front of her as she drank her tea noiselessly.

Darcie's stomach felt like a pit. There were fried eggs, sausages, bacon, tomatoes, fried bread, and, yes, freshly baked cupcakes. She tasted a bite of everything before sliding the tray of cupcakes towards her. When she caught a sulky Draco spying on the cupcakes from the corner of his eyes, Darcie put one of them onto his plate.

The brother and sister looked at each other, and Draco grinned. Darcie had to permit herself a smile as well.