The pain was worse than I expected. The horrible thing about the Cruciatus Curse is that it's very hard to get used to. This was the eleventh time of my life it had been used on me. I was five.
I started to disagree with my parents' beliefs ever since I could think for myself. And ever since I could talk, I had been arguing with every belief they cherished. That earned abuse. My sister Kayla never argued or disagreed with my parents, leaving her as the 'perfect daughter'. She was a year younger than me.
When I tell myself my story, I can't help but realize how classic it is. Abused, with a perfect sibling, fighting for what they think is right, not cowering in the face of a fist. The thing is, this life is harder than you think. And I have kept going, because of a silly thing called hope.
Hope can really be just a distraction, a distraction from the cold, hard truth standing right before the naked eye. I don't know why I kept hoping for anything good to happen, my life before seemed to be just one painful path, impossible to stray from. It's amazing what one small thing can do to your life, and that was when I decided that hope was there for the better. Sometimes things will be impossible to complete or win without hope. Though in a lot of situations, you should really just embrace the truth, but keep hope with you, because if what you hoped for came true, then you wouldn't be as surprised.
Everyone has their own symbol of hope, and mine is the time that I opened my Hogwarts letter, the time I ran away, the time that I arrived at Hogwarts, and the time I had my first kiss. It became so much of a symbol that I even had my wedding at the time of my symbol of hope.
"No Amelia, our dinner is only in a few minutes."
"Mom, I'm hungry!"
"Then get something that is not filled with sugar."
She smiled. "Okay, Mom."
"Now, go ask your father if he wants to come with us to Diagon Alley tomorrow."
"Okay. Wait, Mom? Can we have our dinner outside, in the sunset?"
"Of course, darling."
My name is Jacelyn Loveless, and this is my story.
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A/N: Yes! I have published the prologue for my first story on Wattpad! Don't worry, the chapters will be longer, I just couldn't write much on the prologue. And the rest of the story will be told in P.O.V's, and not just Jace's. Please comment, I love hearing from readers. I hope this gets a few reads at least, even though I don't expect much. Thanks for reading!
-Annabeth
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Sunset (*Marauders' Era*)
FanfictionJacelyn Loveless, a pureblood witch coming from a long line of Slytherins. She doesn't have the same beliefs as her parents, which gives her more pain than it should. Her parents always have a little hope that she'll come to have the same beliefs, o...
