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The air here was thick. With pain, suffering, etc. Whatever. Ash did not want to be here anymore. But what was she going to do? She could not stay home and run from the wizarding world. If she wanted, her bodyguards would make it so. Make her hidden where nobody could find her. But after all this suffering, she felt like she had to stay. She wanted the last laugh. Clearly people would do anything to keep her out of the wizarding world, so she would prove them wrong. She may have hated Hogwarts and the cruelty that ran through it, but she hated Rosier and his crew more. Her mind was set. I am going... to... stay. A sad and happy sentence. A sentence that would lead to more pain, but maybe victory later. She looked over to the other tables and then down at hers. She rested her head on the table. Why was everything so hard? Painful? Why? Ashley Fox rested her head on the table, wondering if she made the right choice and if she had ever done anything to deserve this. Could they start the speech already? She wanted to eat and ignore her problems. Or cry. Whatever.
Kaira was lost in her train of thoughts when she came across this girl. She didn't know what to ask her. Asking her whether she was okay seemed like a stretch, cos after this year's events, who really was? This year had been a trainwreck. The good side had won, however the price they had to pay had been heavy All the deaths and injuries were more than she could take. She was sure that this was the case with all the students who had endured this, regardless of age or gender.
The air did seem to heavy to talk. However, she didn't want to ignore the girl either.
'Hey..you wanna talk?,' she asked her gently.
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AlwaysSnapesGirl Her mum had given her the choice of whether to stay or to go home with her, and Ivy had chosen to stay. As much as she wanted to go home, she also refused to let the Alliance take the rest of her third year from her.
Her dad hadn't been happy about it at all, but at least with the lines of communication open again, her parents had been able to send her a new two-way mirror. She'd talked to them every day since. They'd sent her sleeping potions too, but she...wasn't always good about taking them. She wasn't sure why she was so reluctant about using them...
Even with the improved sleeping conditions of her dorm compared to that room, it wasn't always easy to get a good night's sleep. It hadn't been even before the room, but now... Well, it wasn't always a sleepless night without the potions. Sometimes there were a few days where she was just so exhausted that she passed out as soon as her head hit the pillow. It wasn't always a restful sleep, but at least it was dreamless. And maybe that made her overconfident, thinking that she was fine and didn't need the sleeping potions. But then the nightmares would return in full force, and she would use them for the next few nights. And then she'd stop, and the cycle would repeat.
Studying for the end of term exams had been a useful distraction too, and so she'd decided to go ahead with hers. She wasn't expecting high marks, but she was certain she'd at least passed. And then she'd have the whole summer to...well, she knew what her parents had scheduled for her.
But for now...the End of Term Feast. It was finally the end of her third year, and all that stood between her and home was one more night and then the train ride. She could hardly wait.
"Hey guys," she greeted those already at the table, offering a small smile to Kaira, Ashley, and Claudine.
Kaira turned to see someone greeting her.
'Hey!,' she waved and smiled back.