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Ronnie had nothing else to do, so might as well listen to the whole thing. "You can tell me the whole thing if you want. I'm not going anywhere." she said shrugging. It was also pretty nice to have someone to talk to when you were feeling down.
Ameliah let out a long draw of breath.
"I'll just give you a shorter version. When I was like 6 or 7, my parents died in an explosion resulting from a Charms experiment. No matter how much I begged to go to an orphanage, I was dumped into the hands of my Aunt Lucretia. I hated her, she hated me. So life was pretty much hell for quite a few years." She fought against the cold memories trying to break the dam in her brain.
"So... when I was eight, I ran away. I was pretty much a little adult untill that letter for Hogwarts came...worked to pay for my own room at the Leaky as well as food. It was weird when I finally did go to Hogwarts in my first year, having most things done for you." she added thoughtfully.
"And, so, pretty much from there. Tay and Trinity's Aunt adopted me, and I did my best to forget Lucretia. So... that pretty much leads to today. She sent me a letter, saying she was just afraid of me or something stupid like that, and that she was sorry." Ameliah took a deep breath to try and control her temper. She was probably the only person in her year who still got carried away in her emotions, most of the time resulting in fire.
"But, I guess, when you've been through all that crap in your life, sorry doesn't really cut it." She knew she sounded really cold-hearted, but that's how she was on the inside. Most days, she could put it in a warm casing and feel emotions besides contempt, but her Aunt's letter brought it all rushing foward.