[Harry Potter] Chilia, Your Secret Identity Is Showing Again

This book is dedicated to every little wizard who has ever dreamed of magic.

(This is mostly a sweet story, with a focus on Draco. There will be a little angst later on, only to show the protagonists' growth.)

(I'm also updating a Marauders-era story, [Harry Potter] The Law of Rebellion. Check my author page to read it.)

Silly blurb:

You are Chilia Prince, a Chinese-British girl with a whole collection of secret identities. While everyone else only needs to focus on studying magic at Hogwarts, you have to study magic while making sure none of your secret identities are exposed. Although your surname is Prince, you grew up in the Xiao family, and you have no idea who your father is. All you care about is earning money and getting enough to eat.

Eleven-year-old Chilia received her letter of acceptance from Hogwarts, and from then on, her life was full of new troubles.

Chilia: How am I supposed to explain to people that Professor Snape is my dear father?

What's with my childhood friend Draco's inexplicable possessiveness?

Can I still keep the secret that I'm going to be the wizarding world's future richest person?+

And why does everyone think I can fly on a sword? Is it just because I'm descended from an ancient Eastern dragon??

OMG, Merlin above, please stop making me expose my secret identities!

Serious blurb:

Chilia, Chilia, what a lovely name. Chilia has black eyes and black hair. Courage isn't her defining trait, and cleverness alone can't fully describe her personality. She's sweet, but she can also be cold; she's principled, but she's also shrewd; she's brave, but she also knows when to protect herself. Who could ever put our Chilia in a box?

In their first year, Draco called Chilia Miss Thistle. By their sixth year, they had each found concern for themselves in the other's eyes. Before they knew it, they had become the most important person in each other's lives. They seemed to realize it a little late, but not too late.

Five years after the war, many people received invitations to Chilia and Draco's wedding. Their silhouettes appeared on the invitations, along with a line of gold-embossed cursive English:

the coming days would be long

(P.S. Snape secretly cried at Chilia's wedding. The stubbornness of a father to the very end.)

Nineteen years after the war, at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters,

Draco and Chilia came to see their little daughter, Eileen Malfoy, off at the station. It was just as crowded as it had been when they first started school, with many familiar faces seeing their children off to Hogwarts.

As they watched Eileen skip onto the train, Chilia rested her head on Draco's shoulder and said, "Father said I was too young back then. Was I really that young? I don't know the answer, because the years we missed will never come back. I'll never forget those feelings."

The train let out a whistle. Its rumbling sound marked the start of that summer.

"The more I tried to run from you, the closer I came. The more I turned away, the more I saw you. Maybe it's too soon to say 'I love you,' but I know this for sure, Chilia: I love you."

the coming days would be long

(The heroine is a Slytherin, Snape's daughter, a true snake of Slytherin who fiercely stands up for her fellow snakes and her dad. One-on-one romance. Secondary pairing: Bletchley and Pansy.)

This is the story of a little witch's growth and studies at Hogwarts, where she finds family, love, and friendship.

Theme: Chilia and Draco's sweet romance