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Aster Owena Cardell - 1st Year; No House

Professor Carynn Marie Shields, Ghoul and Ghost Studies

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“You feel so lonely and ragged, you lay here broken and naked...

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Carynn walked with Levera up to the station. Levera had spent the summer with her and Zeb in the Three Broomsticks, she had walked in on the last day of the school year and demanded a room. Carynn didn't get the chance to know Levera well as she had spent most of the summer recovering from the severe internal Damage that she had suffered in the fight with the Tribunal....and she was still mourning the loss of her unborn child, but she HAD to press on. Life had to continue, she couldn't give up, especially not with the kind of evil that was lurking around every corner since the Tribunal had been let free. The ministry had been alerted, but the Department of Magical Law Enforcement seemed to be keeping things under wraps and Carynn was scared that this whole situation was going to blow up the way Voldemort's return did....but this time it would be ten times worse.

She bit her lip and shook all the negative thoughts out of her head. Carynn had a lot to be thankful for; she had a man who loved her, a steady job that didn't require her to whore herself out, and she had a pseudo daughter in Levera. Carynn couldn't imagine what would have happened if she hadn't had such a strong emotional foundation to fall back on.

Carynn still remembered the woman who had done this to her in vivid detail. Her jet black hair...her piercing green eyes...the woman exuded the aura of a predator...One of the men had called her Raven. This Raven had tried to attack Levera, but Carynn had run up just in time to shove Levera to the side. SECTUMINCORPUS! the curse had torn through Carynn, forcing her to experience agony like no other as her insides had been ripped out...Carynn's life was saved only because of the unborn child in her. The Sectumincorpus curse had ripped the fetus apart killing the child and destroying any chance Carynn had of having a child...but her life had been spared....though Carynn didn't like what that had cost.

She glanced up at the second year student who was walking at a very fast pace, “ Levera! Wait up, I can't jog yet to catch up.”



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...my love is just waiting to turn your tears to roses..."


Second Year Slytherin Student: SaLevera Sykes



Levera's mind was racing at a million miles an hour. Walking up to the station had caused her to launch into memories of her first year at Hogwarts. How she had made friends with Nott and Charlotte....how they had unleashed a great evil upon the world....and even Ferreus.
Levera shivered at the thought of Ferreus, the Leader of the Tribunal, her tongue sparked at the mark he had left there at the end of last year. He had kissed her, he had touched her mind, he had violated her without actually laying much of a physical touch on her. The first chance she got at the end of the fight she had looked in a mirror...on her tongue was a dancing tribal like tattoo that shifted in shape. One moment it was a dragon and then a cougar and then a thestral....It was his mark, the tribunal's. And she hated it being there.

Her mind had been plagued throughout the summer with horrible and seductive visions. Ferreus had visited her in her dreams and forced her to see images of her slaughtering Charlotte....then the next night he would cuddle up to her and whisper promises of ultimate power if she joined him. Every morning she woke up and ran at least five miles in one direction through Hogsmeade and then five miles back....sometimes the owner of the Three Broomsticks, where she lived all summer, would join her.

Zebulon Adolphus, former chaser for the Chudley Cannons had been a lifeline for her all summer. He had helped her pick out a broomstick, the latest iteration of firebolt., then he had tried to work her butt into the ground training her in Quidditch. Levera had spent at least six hours a day flying, practicing her reflexes and her strength training. She was going to be the keeper for the Slytherin team.

She had also practiced sparing daily, sometimes with her sword and sometimes using a nearby tree as a punching bag, often she came home with her knuckles ripped to shreds, her hands bloody. Zeb had given up trying to nurse her back to health and instead had just given her some of his ointments, remedies and bandages and told her not to kill herself.

But there were nights when Ferreus was violating her dreams when she had wanted to take her sword and give herself an honorable death. One night she had sat in a kneeling position for eight hours, her sword poised to rip through her stomach and end her life. But something had stopped her...she suspected Ferreus, that disgusting man had something planned for her, but she would never served him.

Levera was shaken out of her thoughts as Carynn called out to her. “ Sorry, Carynn, I was lost in my thoughts,” she apologized and slowed down so Carynn could catch up to her at her own pace.

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“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”

A small smile formed on the girl's lips. Cœur clasped her hands in front of her, wondering what to say next. Just as she was about to say something else, an upperclassman shoved her, and she fell onto the ground. The girl narrowed her eyes, noting the boy who pushed her down.

Jerkface. I'll have to watch for that one this year. I wonder who he is.

Cœur quickly put on her emotionless face, getting off of the ground, and dusting her robes. She peered down at her robes, worried that her appearance was unruly.

Cœur stifles a giggle as Aster offered her hand.

" I'm all right, thank you for asking."

She brushes at her robes again.

"I remember reading that book some time ago, but I did think the ending was terrible. I mean – Oh! Did you finish the book? I'm sorry I almost spoiled it for you...and if you haven't finished, I was curious about where you stopped at in the novel..."

Blushing, the girl stopped herself from talking. It was rare enough that she spoke to someone else...at least a person in her age group, let alone this much.


Mum would be happy that you made a friend in the same grade as you, but I doubt she would want to scare her with your ranting.


"Sorry...it's just...I usually never find someone who reads that type of literary work who's around the same age as me..."

Dante stepped off the train and smiled when he spotted Rose with the other first years. He felt much better that she was away from the home now. Instead of proceeding to where instructed he waited for Charon. His mind went back to the previous year and everything that had happened. A faint pink filled his cheeks at a few events but he tried to push that back. Those thoughts made him look around. He wondered where Xenos was at that moment. "Where issss Charon at." he hissed in parsel tongue as he waited impatiently.

Nevin got off the train and took a deep breath. It was new year and he felt great. His confidence grew with each new year and he couldn't wait to see what this year brought. His sister had been struggling a bit with her things so he waited outside for her to join him. Over break Nevin had kept some contact with Cyrus. They talked about random nonsense things during that time. He couldn't wait to see him and hang out again.