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A/N: This is extremely long for a pt. 1. Please do read though. I'm especially excited about this idea!
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First Person (Your) POV:
I sit cross-legged on top of a hunk of space rock and look down at earth, my mind drawing a bit of a blank as I watch the white clouds move slowly over the mess of green and blue.
"How can so many of them coexist on one planet, Father?" I ask, looking up at the stars.
"They don't, y/n," he whispers back.
"Then, how do they sustain their existence?" I reply. He is silent. "What did you say you wanted me to do?"
"Go down there. Pose as one of them. Do not interfere with their natural lifestyle or any of the vital happenings of their society. Just observe, y/n," he says calmly. "Us being Us, it is important for Us to watch them and how they function to add to our understanding of the universe our Elders created. You must stay there for many years, y/n. You will pose as a young adult woman. You, of course, will need to change your appearance to look human. Understand? They have never seen the likes of Us before."
I nod. I look down at my translucent presence. I sigh. I'll miss this form.
"You will be a part of a certain type of human. You will be a witch, those who possess what they call magic," my father says.
"Do you mean those who possess fragments of the powers of Creators through interbreeding?" I ask.
"Yes. Since you are one of Us, you will very easily be able to pose as one of them and simulate their powers. Try not to use the Database too much. It's a learning experience for you, too. Now go. We will see you again very soon."
I wave up at my father in the nebula. By "soon" he means at least 60 earth years. My father and I are part of a species of beings unknown to humans. We are called Creators by those who know of us throughout space because that is what we are. We were there before the start of everything. We made the planets, the galaxies, the black holes, the asteroids, everything. Ever few thousand years, we exercise an evaluation of everything we've ever made. I am an extremely new Creator. My father and mother made me just 897 earth years ago. That's nothing compared to the Elders. They've been around since before the dinosaurs, literally. This is my first real evaluation assignment: The Human Race, more specifically the Wizarding World. I gently kick off from the asteroid I sit on and float down toward earth, the gem on my forehead glowing, leading me through the emptiness. I approach the atmosphere and stare into the clouds. A satellite whizzes by. This must be created by the non-wizards of this world... I brace myself for a second and then shoot myself down onto the sky towards a land mass. I'm not sure which one it is, I just go. I spin around, disguising myself from the eyes of the living beings below and feel the air make my wisps of hair flow behind me as they do when I fly. I smile as I begin to see the cities below. Where to land... where to land... I spy a large, grey looking clock tower and touch down carefully. I look around to make sure nobody is watching. I spin around and turn change appearance swiftly into that of a young woman.
"So this is Earth," I say to myself. I look up and see a sign. "London" it reads. Nodding, I close my eyes. "Creator 701, Log 1."
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I sit down on a bench and address the Database of Knowledge we Creators have access to through our powers. I know my father said not to use it too much, but I have to start somewhere. The Database holds all of our accumulated knowledge. What would a female such as myself who is a witch be doing at this age? I shuffle through the documents from the last time one of Us came to the wizarding world. Information flashes in and out of my mind. Hogwarts... Diagon Alley... Houses... wands.... 7 years.... Magical Education.... Ministry Of Magic. I blink and get up. I know what I need to do now. I let my senses guide me through the streets. I head down a dark and wet one. I listen as the gutters leak. I spot a sigh reading "The Leaky Cauldron". That's where it is. I rush in and continue back to a brick wall. I press down on the bricks and a wall opens. I go through the passage way and dash towards the wand shop. That's the first thing I need. I go inside and a lovely man helps me find my wand. After multiple tries, we finally find the right one. "Ten galleons," He says. I nod and rub my fingers together under the table out of his view and produce golden coins in my hands. I hand them over to him and he accepts them. I wave goodbye and exit the shop door with my new wand in hand. Continuing into the crowd, I accidentally bump into someone.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" I say. They look up. They appear to be male. They have short, platinum blonde hair and are much taller than me in this form. They're wearing an all black cloak with a silvery broachish looking object.
"It's alright," the human replies. "I'm Draco Malfoy. What's your name?"
"Y/n," I reply.
"You seem a bit lost, y/n," Draco says.
"I just came here from far away and I'm not sure what to do with myself. I need to find a place to stay and a place to work...," I say. "I am very confused and out of sorts if I am honest with you, Draco."
He nods.
"So everything is new to you?" He asks. "Have you ever been here before?"
I shake my head nervously.
"And you have no job and nowhere to stay? Do you have any money?"
I keep shaking my head. I can make money, but I really should be training real money instead of producing counterfeit coins.
"Well, seems like you're in quite the situation, y/n," He says. "How about you stay with me? I have plenty of room. You can live at my manor until you get back on your feet."
"Really?" I gasp, thoroughly surprised at his generosity. He smiles.
"Of course," he replies. Take my hand. Well apparate to the manor and I can show you around my home. I reach out for his arm. With a flash, we start to twist and spin. It's a bit stomach churning, but after a split second, we land in front of a large wooden door.
"Welcome to Malfoy Manor, y/n," he says, showing me in. Inside the doors is a large entrance hall. The room is all stone and finely decorated.
"Thank you, Draco," I say, admiring his home. "I'm very grateful. Not many people would take in a complete stranger upon meeting them and hearing they have no money or place to go."
"It was nothing, y/n. You seemed like a lovely person. I just wanted to help," he explains. "You seem like someone I can trust. He leads me upstairs and into a large room. Light pours in through gigantic panels of glass in the wall, displaying a vast deciduous forest in the distance. Below us are tall, green hedges, enclosing the gardens of his home.
"Wow...," I say wig a breathy voice. "Your home is amazing."
He looks down and smiles. He's flattered.
"Thank you. It's been in my family for generations. It's none of my own doing. I didn't earn this," he admits. "Oh. It's 5:45. Dinner is nearly ready. Come to the dining hall. I'm sure the maids have prepared enough food for four," he says.
"Four?" I ask. He nods.
"My parents live here, too. It's the family home," he explains, leading me out of the room and into a second one that houses a large, long table. Pillars connect the ceiling to the wall and there are multiple fireplaces along the walls. There are four straight back chairs that match the table and he sits down at one of them. He gestures for me to sit at the one next to him and I do. The maids come and bring the food out and Draco's parents are nowhere in sight. He picks up his fork and begins to eat.
"It's alright to start eating, y/n," he says. "My parents are usually late and they don't mind."
I nod and look down at my plate. What is this? I don't recognize any of this. There's something that's thin and light green. It's also white in some areas and there are weird red balls scattered in it. It seems to be covered in some sort of shiny dark brown sauce and there also some other... things in it. Draco senses my confusion and speaks up.
"Are you okay? Do you not eat salad?" he asks. I snap sharply of my daydream of confusion.
"What? Oh! I just got lost in thought...," I reply. That was a close one... I sigh and stab one of the red round things with the eating utensil. I admire it for a second. It really is a funny thing to eat with. The red ball squeezes out some liquid when I punch into it with my fork. I bring it up to my mouth. It tastes pretty good. It doesn't compare to stardust, though. I keep eating slowly, eating all of each type of item on my plate one at a time in order. I hear a noise I the background and I look up. Two people have just come in. They must be Draco's parents.
"Draco," one of them says.
"Father," Draco replies. "Mother."
The man and woman take their seats across from us and begin to eat.
"Who has joined us today, Draco?" His father asks.
"This is y/n, Father," Draco says. "She will be staying with us. She has just come here and has nowhere to stay. Since we have so much room, I thought she could stay with us until she gets back on her feet."
Draco's father nods and we eat dinner mostly in silence. Only the clink of forks and glasses can be heard. Draco's parents later disappear upstairs once they have finished their food. The maids come and clear the plates. Draco comes and guides me up another set of stairs that lead to a hallway. He leads me into a large room with a bed and a dresser with a connected bathroom.
"This is where you can stay," he says. He gives his wand a flick and the bed makes itself. "I'm right across the hall. I'll be there if you need me."
"Thank you again, Draco," I say with a smile in his direction. "See you tomorrow."
"Goodnight," he replies.
"Hey, Draco?" I ask a bit suddenly.
"Yes, y/n?"
"I think I'm going to try to get a job tomorrow."
"Great, y/n. Where?"
"Maybe the Ministry?"
He nods.
"Sounds like a plan. I'll show you where it is tomorrow."
With that, he closes the door on me. I lie down on the bed and sigh. It's really comfy. It's really a lovely place to live. I exhale and melt into the mattress. This new form will need some getting used to. I open my mouth and start to whisper.
"Creator 701, Log 2."
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I get up in the morning when the light shines in my eyes. I spring out of bed and into the bathroom. Using my powers, I create a new set of clothes and tidy up my appearance. I head down the flight of stairs to the large room Draco showed me yesterday and I wait for him there. After a few minutes, I hear footsteps. Moments later, I see Draco coming down and adjusting his tie. He's wearing a clean cut black suit and looks super fancy. He smiles.
"Ready to get a job?" He asks. I nod. I take his hand and we apparate away to the streets of London. He takes my hand again and we head into a bright red telephone booth. He turns his back to the outside world and punches in a few numbers and we start to slowly descend down into darkness. When I can see again, were floating down in a large room. The walls and floor are all tiles and there are various people walking about with packages and folders. Fireplaces line the walls and wizards come and go as they please. We exit the telephone booth and it floats back up towards the ceiling.
"Come with me, y/n," Draco says. He leads me over to a line of doors past various fountains and stands. We enter the door in the centre and end up in a small compartment. Other people try to squeeze their way inside and Draco and I move back to allow them to get it. The door closes. The small compartment takes off and jerks all of us side to side. I nearly fall over, but Draco catches me in his arms.
"Hold on, y/n," he says with a small laugh, putting me back on my feet. I reach up and hold one of the straps. Once we come to a stop, Draco and I get off. We approach a large desk where a grumpy looking old man sits.
"Hey, Leroy," Draco says.
"Mister Malfoy! Finally, come to get a job or are you still too proud to work?" He asks with a snarl. Draco shakes his head.
"Nah. I'm still working with my Alchemy things. Maybe another time. I was wondering, though, if the ministry could hire y/n?" Draco says confidently. The named Leroy frowns but shrugs and waves me back to another room.
"I'll be back to get you, y/n. Meet me here, okay?" Draco calls. I nod and wave back to him. Leroy leads me back to an interview room and sits me down.
"State your name," he grunts.
"Y/n y/l/n."
"Nationality?"
I pause. I hadn't thought about his part. I sigh. I gotta use my powers... I focus and freeze everything in the room. I begin to slowly unfreeze everything and look into his eyes, beginning to alter his memory. I expand my thought and begin to alter governmental documents. I make files appear where they were not, marking my birth and nationality and other important items like that. I create a copy for myself and it appears in my hand with a flourish. I unfreeze everything and hand Leroy the papers.
"Very well. These are copies, correct?" he asks. I nod. He scans the file with his eyes looking for any discrepancies. Once satisfied, he takes out a stamp and pounds it down on top of his notes and my papers. "You're hired, Miss y/l/n"
He brings out a new bright purple file with a large "M" on it and takes my fingerprints, my picture, and makes me a Ministry Worker's Card.
"You'll start working in the archives for now and you'll eventually make your way up. You'll be paid one galleon and seven sickles an hour for your work for now."
I nod and he sets me off to work. I meet my boss. His name's Greg. He's not very friendly, but it didn't bother me at all. It's all part of the observation process. My job today was to alphabetize the files in some boxes. Technically, it was supposed to take all day, but being a Creator, I couldn't sit around and do it as slowly as most wizards do it. I was done in half the time and I think I may have scared Greg a bit. He dismissed me early with a dumbfounded face because there want anything else to do for me. I walked back to Leroy's desk and waved at him. He grunted at me and ignored me. I look over to the other side of the room to see Draco. He smiles.
"How was the first day on the job?" He asks.
"Good. I think my boss is frightened of me now...," I admit. "I did the work too fast and I did it right. He may be a bit intimidated."
Draco laughs.
"That's great, y/n. How about we ditch my parents tonight and I take you out for a celebratory dinner?" He asks. I smile.
"Sure. That sounds great, Draco," I reply. We both take the elevator back to the entrance hall of the ministry. We walk into a fireplace and apparate away. I open my eyes to find myself on the streets of London again. Draco takes my hand and leads miniver to a restaurant. We go mad and the hostess seats us at a table for two. It's a very nice place. It looks high class. The ceilings are high and there are many fancy gold and crystal chandeliers hanging from it. The silverware is shiny and unscratched. There's a small candle lit in the centre of our table. Draco looks over to me and I tell him all about what happened at work. He listens patiently and laughs when I tell him about how Greg's face contorted when I asked if there were more boxes of files to sort after only a few hours.
"Anyway, enough about me," I say finally. "How was your day, Draco?"
He sighs.
"Boring, to be honest," he laughs. Not much happened at home. Your day was more exciting than mine. I worked with my Alchemy materials but I go nowhere. Maybe Leroy's right. Maybe I should get a job."
I laugh and smile over at him. Our food comes and is absolutely delicious. I'm not exactly sure what it was... but it was good... I think. I'm still not sure how to judge human food. We both retire back to the manor and we go our separate ways once we get to the hallway. I collapse on the bed and flip myself over to look at the ceiling once I'm alone.
"Creator 701, Log 3," I sigh sleepily. I yawn. "Today was the day I got a job..."
I'm not even sure I finished recording that one, I was so tired...
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It's been about three and a half months since I've arrived on earth. Draco and I have become close. He always takes me to work and is there patiently waiting when I finish my shift. We go out to dinner or walk around London at night together and we have nice long chats together. He's very sweet to me. He always laughs and smiles with me. His company is wonderful to have, especially if you're a Creator like me who's lost in an unknown world.
I don't have my own place yet and I feel bad about that. I was about to buy a small flat because I got a raise at the Ministry. Leroy and Greg are still astonished by my efficiency so I got a small promotion thanks to the two of them. For some reason, Draco didn't seem to want me to leave the manor and move out. He was a bit stubborn, in fact. In the end, he and I made a deal where I rent the room I'm staying in currently. So I guess it's sorta like I'm more responsible for myself, but I'm not entirely sure why he wants me to stay. The deal was that I would stay until I could be self-sufficient and I have. I can potentially live on my own, but I'm still living with Draco. It puzzles me. I guess it's alright, but I feel as if I'm overstaying my Welcome in a way. He doesn't seem to mind, though. I I'll just stay until he and I agree to have me leave.
"Good morning, y/n," Draco says, opening the doors to my room. I sit up in bed and look over to him. "I got a message from the Ministry for you via owl. Greg's retiring so you got promoted. You're taking his job because he said you're the most competent if his workers."
"Really? I got promoted again?!" I gasp excitedly. He hands me the slip of paper. "I got a huge raise, Draco! I could get an even better place than I was looking at before! Isn't this amazing? I can really be independent with this sort of money!"
"Yeah...!" He says reluctantly, forcing a faint grin. "It is..."
I look up to find Draco avoiding my gaze.
"Is everything okay?" I ask, using my hand to gently tilt his head to him look at me. He sighs.
"No, y/n. It's not."
"What is it, Draco?"
"It's just... every time we talk you seem to want to talk about how you're going to move out so soon and be alone..." he says quietly.
"Wasn't that the whole point of this, Draco? Me staying until I got on my feet? I got a raise so I make enough to be self-sufficient one month ago and I just got another raise now! I can go now and get out of your hair! I don't have to be a burden on you anymore after this!" I say. "I'm so grateful to you and your family for letting me stay. It's been a wonderful experience! I'll be forever grateful, but I've overstayed by a lot. This'll be a good thing for both of us, me moving out."
He bows his head and exhales sharply. His voice begins to shake a bit. He looks up into my eyes. Something's wrong. It looks like he's going to cry.
"Y/n! Can't you tell that's not what I want?!" he cries suddenly. I step back. Why's he doing this? "I don't want you to go! I like you. I really, really like you! The last few months we've shared have been some of the most amazing I've ever had in my life! When we first met I thought that you were just a normal girl who needed a bit of a helping hand, but now that we've known each other, I realize you're so much more. You're super relaxed and you love to laugh and talk. You're a great listener, y/n, and I love the conversations we share. You say the greatest things and you're sweet and kind... I know this may sound crazy, but I want to be more than just housemates. Okay, y/n... Please. Stay."
He reaches out and takes my hands in his. I suddenly have a realization. Draco must care for me. This is why he acts like this towards me right now. I'm my brain wanders for a moment and I imagine a time when I am on my own with no Draco. No Draco seeing me after work, no Draco and me taking walks in the garden, no Draco laughing and smiling with me... Not even being able to hear his voice regularly. Why does this make me feel hopelessly sad and unhappy? When I look into Draco's eyes I see something wonderful and beautiful. I see his personality. I see his quirks and I remember the times we've shared. I see the connection we have. It's unexplainable, our bond. Is this what the I've heard the Elders talk about behind closed doors? Is it that untamable and unfathomable concept that unique to life on earth and only life on earth? Is this love?
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A/N: There will be a part two released tomorrow (Dec 30)! It will be fluffy and more interesting than part 1!Thanks for reading! See you in part 2!
3,961 words long! Wow!
- Soiea