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Originally Posted by Callie  It was as if a weight had been lifted from the girl's shoulders. Haddie nodded. "Good. Thank you." She turned away and wiped her eyes. By the time she turned back, the mask was already starting to rebuild itself, covering up the sadness once again. She turned and browsed the shelves absently for a moment, as if she wanted to avoid the topic of next year for as long as possible.
"I was," Haddie said finally. "Put in the wrong house, I mean. I should be in Gryffindor." Oh look, topic avoided. "Even went to Moxxy to see about being resorted, but all she did was tell me to give Ravenclaw a chance." Haddie shrugged, almost defiantly. "Whatever." After a moment, the Eaglet sighed, turned around and leaned back against the shelves.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but nothing came out. Her eyes drifted to the floor. "Next year... I'll be back in Muggle school." Probably. The girl still had all summer to try and convince her Dad to let her return to Hogwarts, but even she didn't have much hope. "At first it was just Dad that didn't want me going back. But he found out about us being poisoned in Potion class, somehow..." Like he somehow found out about the Hag. "And now Natalie says that Mom is starting to agree with him on it. So..." She shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal, but she wasn't fooling anyone. "That's why you need to protect Rachel for me. I won't be here."
Haddie turned back to the shelves, her interest in finding a book detailing how to get into the Chamber of Secrets renewed. "So the Chamber has to be opened or something? How do you open it?" With a small smile Esme nodded and watched as Haddie looked away. Clearly the younger girl wanted to hide her emotions and that was totally understandable. Being vulnerable was not a nice feeling; she herself did not like letting anyone see that side of her - only her twin sister got to. Despite thinking that she had been wrong in judging Haddie to be a bad friend she did have to wonder... Why draw on Rachel's face with marker or resent the crush on David? Tempted to voice these thoughts aloud, she managed to hold her tongue. This wasn't the time.
"Maybe you have some Ravenclaw in you as well but you haven't realized it yet. Neville Longbottom didn't feel like he fit into Gryffindor until he was older." One of the few things she had actually remembered when it came to Wizarding history and that was only because her mom had mentioned it in passing once a while back. "That does sound like something Professor Moxley would say." Esme would have said the same thing if she had been in the same position but then she was the kind of person who believed in giving chances. "I think that you should just be yourself even if it doesn't fit into the standard Ravenclaw mold." Too much was placed on House traits. It was pretty silly honestly. A lot of people shared traits with more than one House.
...Though did it really matter if Haddie wasn't coming back next term? It was understandable why her father would feel that way but she should be able to stay at Hogwarts if she really wanted to. "Could anything change his mind? My mom didn't want me and Juno back at Hogwarts after First Year but she and my dad managed to convince her to let us stay." At the time she hadn't wanted return to school but Hag aside she was pleased to be here. Besides she would have missed her sister too much. "Rachel will be perfectly fine." She gave a reassuring smile though it faltered a bit as the Chamber of Secrets was mentioned again.
Why anyone would want to go down into an ancient chamber that probably contained monsters was beyond her. "I'm not sure. I just know that the entrance is in Moaning Myrtle's washroom. I think that you need to speak Parseltongue to get in?" Not exactly a language that many people were fluent in... |