The next two weeks has passed, Yamin Patrova wasn't present at the Malfoy Manor. It wasn't the first time the older woman has left without informing
Ellena Black was packing her trunk for Hogwarts. In less then 4 weeks she would be back at for her 5th year.
"Isn't it too early to pack?" Daphne Greengrass asked. She was sitting in Ellena's room, filing her nails
"It's never early to pack for Hogwarts" Ellena replied as she folded her dress and put inside the trunk
Daphne smiled at her nails in satisfaction "Hey!" Ellena had thrown a piece of cloth in full force at her best friend "give me a hand Dep!"
"You could have asked nicely" Daphne said as she sat down on the floor like Ellena was and picked a crop top to fold
"How many skirts you have?"
"Many" Ellena replied chuckling. She did had lots of skirts "I just lik'em"
"It suits you" said Daphne
"Yea?"
"Yea" she giggled "according to Theo 'your legs are hot'"
"What" she let out a laugh
"For real! You should've seen the way he was talking about you" Daphne started "it's like you're his happy thought"
"Happy thought? Merlin Dep!" Ellena kept on laughing.
"I'm not kidding!" Daphne stopped laughing but was still smiling "it's like...he has a thing for you"
"Sure he does" Ellena nodded "I haven't laughed on silly things for a while, thanks Dep"
Daphne didn't pushed the topic further but kept smiling at her best friend.
"I can't find my white pants. Can you check the closet" Daphne nodded and walked towards the closet which was closer to her
She opened the closet but was confused "er...where should I start looking exactly?"
Ellena's closet was huge and filled with clothes "bottom left, where the pants are" she answered while folding more cloths and putting inside the trunk
"Got it!" Daphne threw the pant on the floor near Ellena so she can put it inside. Before closing the closet she picked up a top which was lying at the bottom "cute crop top"
"That top is from when I was eight" Ellena answered lightly "I still have most of my childhood T-shirts, wear'em as crop tops"
"My mother has thrown all my childhood clothes" Daphne complained, she kept looking for more tops
"Well, I don't have anyone to do that job"
"Strange style. Something you would wear" Daphne giggled "it looks like dry blood"
Ellena looked up at the tshirt Daphne was holding. It was white with dark dried red stain on the shoulder area. The white T-shirt looked like it was of a seven or eight year old girl.
Her grey eyes were stuck on the T-shirt and her heart skipped a beat.
It wasn't just a white T-shirt.
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Flashback
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The window of the room was open, welcoming the cold breeze. While playing in her room, seven year old Ellena Black had forgotten to close the window and now was asleep.
She pulled the blanket closer to her face and turn to her side. She kept switching the position which made her awake
Little Ellena got out of her bed and closed the window. She was very sleepy and her eyes were half shut.
She wasn't in her pajamas. While playing she had fallen asleep in the cloths she was already wearing. A plain white T-shirt and blue shorts
As she was about to step in her bed, she heard a noise coming from outside.
Ignoring it, Ellena walked towards the bathroom so she don't have to be waken up again. When she came out, the noise has gotten louder and she heard something which made her stop for a second
"I want to know where Regulus Black has hidden it!" The voice sounded like her mother's, Yamin Patrova.
Ellena opened the door of her room and slowly walked towards the end of the hallway where the voice was coming from
The room in the end of the third floor at the manor was open half, letting the light escape
She stopped near the door and eavesdropped.
"He never told me anything! You know he was a very secretive person Barty" her mother said. The anger and frustration in her voice was very clear
"You must have observed something?" A male voice replied. Maybe it was Barty like her mother just mentioned
"If I had then I'd have never came to you" she hissed "you're of no use"
"What have you done?" Barty said sarcastically "we both know it has something to do with his daughter but you failed to find out"
With the last words the figure disappeared. Ellena heard something fallen on the floor and it broke. The seven year old ran back to her room, closed the door and stepped in her bed, hiding under her blanket
After few seconds she heard her door open and closed, someone walked in.
"I know you're awake Ellena" Yamin said
Ellena's heart started beating fast and she felt fear take over her body. Her mother was never present to look after her but when she was, she would always do something which frightened the little girl
"I'll count to three and you know the rest don't you sweetheart"
"One...Two...
Ellena removed the blanket from her face and looked at her mother, trying not to show that she was scared
"Good girl" she walked to the left side of the room "come here" Ellena didn't move for a second but did when she repeated. She was now standing right in front of her mother
Yamin took a step forward and grabbed her daughter's face with her right hand and squeezed it tightly
"How just did you heard?" She asked. Ellena didn't said anything "How must DID YOU HEARD??"
"N-n-nothing. I just—heard the-the g-glass shatter" Yamin tighten her grip
"Did you now?" She let go of her face "well, then I should tell you"
"Your 'lovely' father had this rather precious jewel" the sarcasm in her voice was very clear "powerful. Which had...hidden somewhere"
Ellena didn't said anything.
Yamin touched Ellena's face with her index finger "I think it has something to do with you" Ellena paid no attention
She yawn as she was extremely sleepy and rubbed her eyes.
"Listen to me!" Yamin had pulled her hand which made her body shake from head to toe
"What did I do?" Ellena has finally spoken.
"What did you do?" Yamin mocked "you have ruined my chance in getting what I want!"
Ellena had no idea of what the women was talking about "I don't even know what you mean" she said a bit louder. Fear was still inside her
The next thing Ellena knew was the pain she felt on her cheeks. Yamin had slapped her really hard and the seven year old couldn't control her tears
"Never Raise Your Voice Infront Of Me" there was pause between every word
Ellena wiped her tears "Cissy has never treated Draco the way you treat me mother"
"Because Draco is a good boy. You're ungrateful"
"I'm not!"
Yamin pulled her closer "don't talk back to me" and hit her again.
This time it was way harder then before. The heavy rings Yamin was wearing had a pointed edge, slightly cutting the corner of Ellena's bottom lip.
More tears began to fall down. She felt a burn on lips. Ellena touched it and looked at her hand to see blood. Her watery eyes met her mother's unbothered one.
"Next time it will be something else which would bleed" she said to her and walked out of the room.
Ellena moved her shoulder toward her mouth and wiped the blood, making the blood stain on the white T-shirt
She cried in her blanket for hours after that. Not because of the slap but the way her mother treats her. It wasn't the first time something like this had happened
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Flashback Ends
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Fifteen year old Ellena looked at the white T-shirt her best friend was holding and told her to put it back as it wasn't useful
Back when she was younger, she didn't knew what her mother meant when she told her about the thing her father had hidden.
It's not like now she does. But she do know that it's something she wasn't badly and Ellena would do anything in her power to keep it away from her
The never liked her mother.
When she was young, her mother was never around and when she was, it was a torture.
Ellena had though that if she saw her mother now, she would know how to handle the situation and will not be scared as she wasn't a child anymore but when she saw her two weeks ago everything went downhill. She was still like her younger else.
And she hated that
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Author's note
Here's the chapter.
Some question for you if you like to answer.
• Drop your crush's name and tell me about them (you don't know me I don't know you nor your crush so it's ok)
• something you absolutely hate about today's generation
Kinsweasley ~