Luthor Manor
The Luthor’s were one of the wealthiest and well-known families in the wizarding world. They had a reputation for their ruthless business dealings and had quite a lot of control at the Ministry of Magic. Everyone had their suspicions that Lillian and Lionel Luthor had been Death Eaters when you know who rose to power, however, when all was said and done no evidence ever surfaced of their actual involvement.
They had two children, Lex and Lena Luthor, curiously enough there were rumors that the youngest Luthor was actually the product of an affair Lionel Luthor had, but that was one of those family secrets they never talked of.
Lena Luthor was only a baby and living with her birth mother during the reign of he who shall not be named. It wasn’t until her mother had died at age 4 that she went to live with the Luthor’s and Lillian finally found out about her existence. Lex had taken to her rather quickly; he was only 4 years older than her and had tried to be a good big brother to her. Some of Lena’s earliest memories with the Luthor’s were playing Chess with Lex and them growing up always competing to see who would become the best witch/wizard.
Lillian Luthor was less welcoming, she merely tolerated her presence and it was no secret that Lionel preferred the young girl, only adding to her dislike. To say Lena was a black sheep was an understatement, as she grew into herself, she quickly learned she did not share her family’s views about the wizarding world. The Luthor family line had always been Slytherins, so it was no surprise when Lex went to Hogwarts he carried on the legacy.
After Lex had finished school last year and joined the ministry Lena counted down the days until she could finally rid herself of her Step mother and escape from Luthor Manor. When her owl finally came for her, Lillian didn’t even spare Lena a second glance.
Lillian and Lionel were too busy to be bothered with taking Lena to Kings cross station that morning. As Lena entered the platform 9 3⁄4, Lillian’s last words before she left echoed into her mind.
“Lena dear, don’t forget what family you come from and try not to embarrass us.” She tells Lena with an eerily dark tone. Secretly, Lena was thankful she didn’t have to endure any more cold stares and breathed a sigh of relief as she entered the platform and she saw all the other kids bidding their families farewell as the train whistle blew in the background. She was finally free.
The train ride was bearable, she found a nearly empty car in the back and read most of the time, keeping to herself.
When they finally arrived at Hogwarts, Lena made sure she was one of the last students to exit the train.
As the boats rode over the Black Lake and the cool night air blew through Lena’s Hair, she was hit with a sense of calm. In this moment no one knew who she was, there was no Lillian lurking around and no expectations. She couldn’t remember the last time she felt this at ease.
That feeling of calm quickly vanished however once they arrived into the castle and Professor Grant had come out to greet them.
Lena remembered that she still had to go through the house sorting.
It was a no brainer; she would be sorted into Slytherin just like all the Luthor’s before her had. That wasn’t the terrifying part, what scared her the most was once the hat sorted her, everyone would know who she was and there was no way she could hide that. One by one the students before her walked up and took a seat at the stool and one by one they were given their houses. Somewhere in the middle a blonde with stunning blue eyes had been called to take a seat at the sorting hat.
Kara Danvers.
Lena will never forget the look of pure happiness as the girl was sorted into Hufflepuff. If she actually took time to think about the emotion she was feeling right then, it was jealousy. Not because of the girl herself, but because she longed to have something that could make her smile that easy.
She watches as the girl stands up and is greeted with applause and cheers from her fellow Hufflepuffs, she joins in as if she’s belonged there all along. It's at this point Lena starts to panic, there are fewer students left so inevitably her name would be called soon. What she hadn’t expected was to be dead last. Since she was the last one to be sorted, all eyes were on her.
“Lena Luthor!”
Lillian’s voice echoed again in her head “For god's sake Lena, can you at least fake confidence? Your dread is written all over your face, it doesn’t suit you.” She wanted to get this over as fast as she could, her name was out there now and there was no going back. The Sorting hat tells her what she already knew, and she goes to join her classmates at the Slytherin table. She keeps her head down until she sits down.
“Welcome to Slytherin Luthor, we’ve been expecting you.”
The following morning Lena woke up before the sun. She wanted to go over her notes for the first day and made an early start to the library. She sat at a quiet table and watched as the sun rose over the Lake casting yellow and orange shades across the water.
She hadn’t meant to stay as long as she did, she got too wrapped up in her history of magic books and realized she only had about half an hour to grab breakfast before class.
Rushing out of the library she could see the great hall entrance ahead and picked up her pace. Suddenly out of the right corner she collided with something hard and was knocked off her feet straight onto the floor followed by an array of books. Momentarily stunned all she registered was a hand extended out to help her up.
“Oh. My gosh. I am so sorry!!! Are you okay!” an unfamiliar voice asked while she grabbed the hand and was firmly lifted up?
Kara Danvers.
Kara Danvers had knocked her over and was standing before her with flushed cheeks.
Moments pass and neither girl knows what to say, and finally Lena breaks the silence as she’s painfully aware that the blonde still has a firm hold on her.
“Do you usually knock people over this early in the morning? Or am I just lucky?”
“No!...ummmm.. No! I really am so sorry; I’m running late and wasn’t paying attention. Are you okay?”
Oddly, instead of her going into a reaction of anger, Lena could only laugh.
“I’m fine, but I can’t say the same for your books” Lena brushes herself off and kneels to help the blonde pick up her belongings.
“What a way to start my first day huh? I’m. I’m. Umm Kara. Kara Danvers!”
Once again Lena found herself jealous of the blonde, she said her name so naturally and with no worry that it was going to cast judgment.
Kara extends her hand out with a dopey grin as Lena would call it.
“Lena Luthor, it’s a pleasure to meet you Kara.”
She waited for the accusing glare... but it never came. Kara simply shakes her hand and does a playful curtsy.
“Well Lena Luthor it is a pleasure to meet you. Oh shoot. I’m going to be late. Lena I am very sorry again and I hope that this isn’t the last time we run into each other!” She says to Lena before turning to continue her mad dash to the Great Hall.
“As long as you mean in the figurative sense and not the literal Miss Danvers.” She says while managing to play it cool.
“No guarantees!” she hears her call over her shoulder as she disappears into the dining hall.
Lena goes about the rest of her morning. Her first class is History of Magic followed by Herbology, both of which she enjoyed.
She eats lunch by herself, taking the time to prepare for her Charms class later. It didn’t bother Lena that she sat alone, there were other people at the table they just didn’t bother talking to her. The rest of her afternoon flew by, before she knew it, she was headed to her charms class. She may have gotten a bit lost but in the nick of time found the auditorium. Most of the students were mid conversation when she walked in but took quick note that all conversation had died when she entered.
“Fantastic” she thought to herself.
Accepting defeat, she was just going to hurry and find a seat when a familiar blonde waving her over to an empty chair caught her attention.
“If it isn’t Kara Danvers. Fancy meeting you here and without being toppled over no less.” She tells her as she gathers her books from her bags and gets situated for class.
“Okay that was one time and I told you how sorry I am!” “Relax Kara, I’m only joking.” She chuckles as she notices the girl is pouting at her.
“You’re never going to let me live that down, are you?”
“Not a chance.” She responds in a playful tone.
“See Lena it’s not that hard to talk to people, you got this” she mentally hypes herself up. Class starts and the charm they are working on isn’t too difficult for Lena, she masters it in no time.
“Wingardium Leviosar!” she hears beside her as she can see Kara out of the corner of her eye flicking her wand.
She allows Kara to continue shouting the wrong charm until she decides to put the girl out of her misery and help her. “Look Kara, it's Wingardium Leviosa not Wingardium Leviosar.” She says as her feather effortlessly floats in front of her. Lena struggles hard to keep in a laugh as she notices the Blonde blushing again.
“Wingardium Leviosa!” Kara says again and finally has success. After many failed attempts Kara finally relaxed a bit when she got the hang of it. Something about Kara being at ease put Lena more at ease as well. Ease was an unfamiliar feeling for her; one of many she would have with Kara Danvers.
“How long were you going to let me keep making a fool of myself? What is this, the second time today right?’’
“You could never be a fool Kara” Lena thinks to herself before she responds “You seemed very focused, I didn’t want to come in between you and your ‘’foolishness’’ as you put it.”
“Well next time please stop me. I can only bear so much embarrassment in one day.”
Lena Smiles a genuine smile.
When class was dismissed, she loaded her books into her bag, and turned to Kara. She’s mid conversation with the boys on the other side of her and Lena decides not to take up any more of her time and proceeds to walk out of the auditorium and to the Slytherin Common room. She planned on studying a bit before dinner and then heading to the library to finish her homework. Before she makes it too far someone grabs her hand forcing her to turn around.
She’s not entirely surprised it's Kara, but is confused as to what the girl wanted. She notices Kara fidgeting with her glasses just like she had that morning.
“Hey, I just wanted to say thank you for your help there.”
“Of course, Kara, any time” Surely, that would be the end of their pleasantries and Kara would catch up to her friends leaving Lena alone again. She had been mistaken as Kara continued to speak.
“I noticed you sitting by yourself during Lunch and I wanted to see if maybe you wanted to eat dinner with me and my friends?” Lena was taken aback by the simple statement, had she really been that obvious? She froze. People didn’t want to just sit and eat dinner with the Luthor, there had to be another motive, right? “I’m sorry. Gosh, I keep saying that to you a lot today. I didn’t mean anything about you eating by yourself, I just noticed and thought if you didn’t already have plans you could eat with us and...”
Before she let Kara ramble on anymore, she decided to make a simple exit.
“Kara. Thank you for the offer, that’s very sweet of you but I do have plans this evening, but I’ll see you around?”
“Yeah of course.”
Kara’s face dropped into what looked like, sadness? Before she let the guilt hit her any longer, she smiled and turned and walked away. She knew what she had just told Kara was a lie and she hated being the reason Kara looked so dejected. She makes it back to her room and finds comfort in laying in her bed the rest of the evening, she hardly noticed that she had skipped dinner.
God this girl is going to be the death of her.