Mummy Dearest (Gabriella/open)

[malfoy]

"All right then." said Isaac, grinning. "Here is the entrance hall." It was a beautiful place. The large staircase to the upper floors was made of marble, the floor of stone. The handrails of the stairs were held up by statues of angels carved from white marble. Overhead, there was a silver chandelier with never-ending candles. There were several moving portraits like the ones at Hogwarts, only they were of the Malfoy ancestors.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella just gaped at the staircase for the longest time. It was truly beautiful, but she couldn't even imagine placing her hand on it once, let alone walking down on it everyday. But she supposed Isaac and Bella were used to it. "Wow, that's amazing," Gabriella said, having a feeling she would be doing that a lot.

[malfoy]

Isaac shrugged, he was sort of used to living in a grand house, but he would much rather live in a seaside cottage, nice and simple with hardwood floors and one fireplace, instead of fifteen around the Malfoy Manor. "All right then, the west wing has less to look at than the east, so here we go." Isaac said, then flicked his wand at the double doors. In the east wing there was a ballroom, library, study and several sitting rooms that all looked the same.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella was still in awe over the various rooms that she was looking out. How the Malfoys had been able to live like this for generations was behind her, but this had to be a nice life if you weren't getting pressured to be a Death Eater. Still, Gabriella felt Isaac was acting a bit odd, not really saying much.

[malfoy]

"All right," said Isaac, resting his hand on the door knob, smiling. Behind the elaborately painted door was the library. It was the easiest place to evade his parents, other than his room of course. "This is my favourite room in the whole place." Isaac said, then turned the knob and pushed open the door. The library had a spiral staircase in the centre, and on both levels, the walls were floor-to-ceiling bookshelves carved from white marble. There was a studying area on the upper level, but on the lower, there were three leather armchairs before a fireplace. Isaac had no idea how many books there were in here, but he knew it rivaled the collection at Hogwarts.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella gaped at the huge library that had managed to fit itself inside Isaac's house. Yes, it would certainly be her favorite room too. Besides having a whole bunch of books, the place was pretty, and Gabriella's eyes kept darting around. "This is definitely my favorite so far," Gabriella said with a smile.