[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Seluna

[Liz Trumitch]

> > > > > > > > > > > > "Oh no, young lady. You're not leaving, it's too dangerous. You're not
> > > > > > > > > > > > going to that witch  school.  We discussed this!" Her mother yelled
> > > > > > > > > > > > through the door, and then pounded on it with a frustrated fist.
> > > > > > > > > > > > "Seluna, please, listen to me.  I know you think magic is your legacy,
> > > > > > > > > > > > but it's dangerous.  It has proven far too dangerous."
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > There was noise in the hall, and her mother quietly saying,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "Sebastian, talk to her."
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > "Seluna.  Damn it, we don't want you to die, or worse.  Too many of
> > > > > > > > > > > > them are bad, Seluna.  Evil.  They're *evil*.  You can have a
> > > > > > > > > > > > perfectly happy, and much safer, life without Hogwarts.  Now open the
> > > > > > > > > > > > damn door!" her father demanded.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > "I'll only open the door if you let me go!"she said. "I need to go.
> > > > > > > > > > What if 'he' comes back? I need to be prepared!"
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > "Backwards thinking, Seluna!" her mother insisted.  "There is no way
> > > > > > > > > we are sending you into that school.  They've already proven they
> > > > > > > > > produce murderers from their student body.  And you'd be in classes
> > > > > > > > > with people whose parents served He Who Must Not Be Named!  We're
> > > > > > > > > lucky your brother survived."
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > "Enough of this, I'm going to get a screw-driver," Sebastian grumbled.
> > > > > > > > >  "I know how these bl**dy doors work!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > "Then  I won't come out at all!" She said.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Seluna could hear her mother making worried noises on the other side
> > > > > > of the door, and her father dropping something and swearing more in
> > > > > > the basement.  Lucky looked from Seluna to the letter, and bored,
> > > > > > climbed up to sit on the window sill.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In the silence of the house she could hear her father begin back up
> > > > > > the stairs toward her room.
> > > > > >
>
> > > > >"Come on Lucky." she whispered, climbing out the window. "We'll
> > > > > get my bag later."
> > > > >
> She lived at the entrance to a cul-de-sac. She hung from the
> window-sill and jumped, landing on her feet, catching Lucky when it
> jumped.

A little boy chased a dog down the street, screaming after it, but
failed to notice Seluna.  She could hear her father swearing from
inside the house again, as he had difficulty trying to unlock her door
without using magic.