[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Seluna

[Fiona Trumitch]

On 9/27/07, Liz Trumitch <liz.trumitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "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.

Seluna started running down the block. She only had one friend from
school. She would go there.