“All students under seventeen must evacuate Hogwarts now!” The Ravenclaw Head Girl shouts. Her eyes are red-rimmed and her hands are trembling‚ yet her voice remains as clear and strong as ever. “Seventeen-year-olds‚ you may choose to stay and fight or evacuate with the rest of us.” I see a steely determination in her eyes‚ and her hand goes to her wand pocket. She’s going to stay. I’m only in second-year‚ which means I have to go. Now. But. . . Hogwarts. Oh my Rowena Ravenclaw‚ Hogwarts has
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“Diana‚ the explanation is quite simple. Like you‚ I was unaware that I had family. Yours was never mentioned to me‚ so I had no knowledge of your existence. But as an adult‚ I became intrigued with my genealogy. Mother did extensive research. Upon its completion‚ it was bequeathed to myself. Soon after‚ my own life embarked in a new direction and for a time‚ it was forgotten. Then‚ as is prone to occur‚ education and work filled my every waking moment. Purchasing my home was next on my time-line
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This was Diana‚ walking home with a large pile of piano books‚ novels‚ plays‚ performance preparations and a worrisome look on her face. This was her life and her character. Committing to every opportunity to perform piano or a play she wrote and tackling it well at last minute. It was the usual and the usual would last. Diana looked out the window watching the first snowfall gently land on the window sill outside. The snowflakes were big and fluffy as marshmallows. Sadly‚ it was very likely the
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"I should have appreciated my life while i had it." Emma thought. It had all happened so fast..........one day and that’s all it took. "Why" Emma pleaded remembering what had happened. It all started when Emma got home from a gruesome school day‚having gotten her B down to a C and her mom and dad telling her she has to get braces. Getting off the school bus and inside; Emma immediately went for the food.She went up the stairs hands full of food and homework ‚and stubbing her toe toe in
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“They say‚” the woman next to me whispers as she looks around the room‚ addressing the dozen or so women surrounding us‚ “that he is a descendent of the dragons.” She pauses for a moment‚ taking in the petrified faces staring back at her. “I have also heard that he is just as violent and bloodthirsty as one.” The women grab for one another‚ clutching each other’s arms as they listen to Tamiko speak. Though their faces are painted‚ I know that they are pale with fear. Their eyes‚ wide and filled with
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y nightfall the familiar trees and rocks of the daytime took on a new ominous form. It was as if by stealing their colours the night also stole their friendly spirits and replaced them with malicious demons. The stars and the moon could not make them seem any less threatening. Even the shadows now were swallowed by the invading darkness. In the gathering gloom the stars and the moon shone brighter in the sky‚ as if to remind them that even in the darkness there is light. Silently‚ Irene limped alongside
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“I don’t want to leave here.” It was the quietest of whispers‚ a mere breath of sound. As the housekeeper bustled behind her‚ humming tunelessly‚ Marilla gazed out of her bedroom window and down onto the street in the city she had called home for the whole of her eight years‚ trying to come to terms with the imminent move. Beautiful Tertia One; its pentagonal houses stuccoed in white‚ yellow‚ umbra and orange. Perfect Teria One; flower boxes in every window and designs pointed under every eave
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It had been three days since the foursome had left Arkney for the town of Farfoss‚ also known as Armina’s Domain. Lunabelle and Claude sung a song that they made up as they walked along the path to their destination. “♪ We are the Knights of Garthram‚ brave and strong and true. There’s Ori‚ Luna‚ Claude‚ and there’s Lydia too! And soon there will be more! ♪” Lydia’s eye twitched with annoyance as she listened; she didn’t like their singing one bit‚ but she had to put up with it. She looked over at
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Once upon a time there lived a prosperous kingdom called Amornthia. A noble born son was conceived. After many years the child grew up to become handsome and talented‚ he was all that his parents could wish for and more. Now even though he was amazing‚ his parent’s relationship grew strained as his mother started to fall in love with someone else. She became distant from her family‚ came home later‚ seemed more distracted‚ and uninterested in things that he and his father told her. Eventually they
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Tom Weylin and his wife‚ Margaret‚ both resent Dana because she is an educated black woman with proper dialect. The wife even goes as far as throwing coffee on her and slapping her‚ while the husband sends flirtatious signs her way and even tries to buy her‚ but Dana refuses. Dana tells Kevin of these experiences on the plantation‚ and he tells her she needs to leave‚ but she only agrees to leave when Rufus’s leg has fully healed. Nigel‚ who is a thirteen year old slave on Weylin’s plantation asks
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