The Cray Manor

[Alaizabel]

Alaizabel opened her eyes, another day, another morning, "and still that wretched sun gleamed in the sky." Alaizabel said in a grumpy voice. Yes, Alaizabel hated the sun, she wasn't one to spend a day in it, tanning. She liked her pale complexion, and intended to keep it. After all, that is how the Cray's looked. Pale, stunningly pretty, and stern. Well that was the how the female's in the Cray family looked.

Alaizabel got out of bed. In an elegant matter, she did almost everything elegantly. Eating, walking, sleeping, talking, smiling... basically everything. She left her bed a mess, of course she didn't have to worry, it would be done as soon as she was out of the bathroom. She walked towards her bathroom and closed the double white doors, and stepped in the marble bathroom. Alaizabel shivered, it was rather cold, but the bathroom was beautiful. She ran steaming warm water from the shower and stepped inside after removing her clothes. She let the warm water jet onto her long black hair and sighed deeply. It felt good.

After her shower, she stepped into her wardrobe and looked at the long racks of clothes, "As so many clothes... only one day at a time." She said glumly and picked out a pair od black jeans, and black spagetthi strapped tanktop, with a pink transparent tanktop on the top. She then toyed with her hair, and finally placed a hairband in her black wavy hair. After that, she put on a pair of black sneakers with pink striped. She looked in her mirror and checked her every side. "Perfection at it's fullest." She said in a conceited voice. Alaizabel was VERy concieted, and if someone pointed out that she was wrong, well they were in for a beating.

Alaizabel walked out of her bedroom, it's black walls begining to brighten up from the sun. The black carpet that lay on the floor was clean, nothing even a speck of dirt lay on it. Alaizabel smiled and looked at her bed, it's black and striped pink covers still unmade. Alaizabel fumed.

"ANGUS!!!!" She screamed with a shrill voice echoing throughout the house. If anyone wanted to continue their sleeping now, well they had no choice but to wake up. "[bold]ANGUS!!![/bold]" She screamed even louder. A few minutes later, a small house-elf came trembling. He shivered violently. "Y-y-yes Mistress Al-Alaizabel. What can A-Angus d-do t-t-to as-asisst?" He said with a frightened voice.

"WHY, why is my BED still a MESS?!" She said in a high voice. "Explain yourself, elf!"

"So-so-soRry mistress Alaizabel, Angus was busy with breakfast, Angus knows mistress likes her breakfast ready when she comes down." She said smiling a weak, but hopeful smile.

"Angus, don't sweet talk me!" She said slapping the elf. "Make the bed NOW!!" She screamed, at the elf who had flown across the room, rubbing he's face.

"Y-yes Mistress Alaizabel." Angus said and walked towards her bed.

Alaizabel glared at him and walked out of the room, into the long corridor. The many portraits of the Cray family hanging from the walls, their faces fixed in cold expressions. She smiled at them and made her way to the dining room, knowing breakfast would be ready.

[allista]

Allista was siting in the large dining room, on a cushioned seat and long marble table. Allista grunted to herself, Alaizabel and her family sure loved marble. she had just arrived to visit her cousin's manor to greet her, and brag about her trip to New York, she loved bragging to alaizabel watching her squirm in jealousy was pleasing. of course, Allista was the only perosn that could get away with this.

She was smiling to herself when she heard the enraged screams of her cousin. "Ah so the princess has finally emerged." She said, as she thought of her cousin looking in the mirror and muttering something about herself being perfect. Sometimes she hated Alaizabel's cocky attitude, but then again she couldn't help but love her. Allista heard the shouts of alaizabel as she yelled something to angua about her bed not being made. "Honestly, sometimes she is just TOO spoiled" Allista said scornfully. "15 she is, and she complains about a messy bed." she said shaking her head.

Allista was starving, and her cousin was talking to long, she was about to dig in, when she heard the dining room door slam. She looked up and saw that Alaizabel had just entered, with her usual proud elegant stride. "Alaizabel, Alaizabel, here is my dear cousin, kept me waiting did you, and what's this about you, dear cousin, sometimes, I think you are just too darn spoiled." She said with a truthful tone in her voice

[Alaizabel]

Alaizabel was a bit disgruntled about what had just happened, but she shook it out, though it really pained her. She stormed down the stairs, but with elegance. She smoothed out her hair, and her clothes, making sure that everything was in place. The marble staircase was smooth and cold. She smiled at it, Her family proved their with, by making their house mostly out of marble. Afterall marble was elegant.

She reached the bottom landing, and walked towards the dining room, her mind cooling down, she waled across a carpeted floor. Her sour mood still lingering, she slammed the diningg room door open and strode in.

She stopped when she heard an all too familiar voice. She turned and saw that her cousin was sitting across the table. "Allista! What, when did you get here?" She said happily, her sour mood was completely gone. She sat down and looked up at her cousin. She was quite pretty. With reddish brown hair, and aqua like eyes. her skin wasn't as pale as Alaizabel's but it was fair. "Do cousin, what brings you down here, so early too?" she said as she began placing food onto her plate. "Well come on Allista eat, god you look starved."

[allista]

Allista smiled inside, here it came. She straightened her position, not that it was straight enough already. She blinked her green eyes and took her share of breakfast from the table, Placing it on her plate. She lookde to pick up a fork and saw that there was more than just one, "Ugh Alaizabel, you only put these many silverware on the table when your having dinner." Allista said hotly. She picked up any fork disregarding it's rules.

"Anyway, I just got back from New York." She said grinning, "Oh it was lovely Alaizabel, so many lights, and shops, it's a same you didn't go." She said slighlly, yes heer cousin was squirming out of jealousy. "Ugh and the food, so many different culture's in one place. Mind you, we stayed in a lovely hotel. But that's only the muggle part, the magical part of New York was just ever so splendid." She added as her smiled widened. She took one final look at her cousin and started on her food.

[Alaizabel]

"well I'm glad you had a wonderful time at New York." Alaizabel said dryly. She wasn't fond of this conversation, so she quickly changed the subject. "Dear cousin, school will be starting again, ah are you ready." She said smiling, as she ate her breakfast.

She knew that her cousin's abscence from england meant that she hadn't had time to socalize, and she was a new exchange student, so she had not much friends, only Alaizabel. She couldn't wait to hear her response

[allista]

Allista laughed inside, oh she got her cousin jealous and good, she could tell by her dry voice. She took a sip of tea and returned to Alaizabel's question. "Alaizabel, dear, of course I am ready, honestly why wouldn't I be, I'm coming from beautaux do you think that I cannot make friends? Is that what you're saying?" She said with a smile. Allista was always full of confidence. "Because I shall warn you, you are very wrong." She said smiling slyly. Alaizabel and her shared a special, but complicated relatiohship. Sometimes they acted like competitive purebloods, but the kept their cool abotu it.