It didn't take her long to decide to go. The only thing that was stopping her, was her job; however, this was the perfect opportunity to leave. She didn't enjoy it, she never did. She also saved up enough money from living with her mother for the last two years, so a few months not working didn't hurt so bad for her wallet.She wasn't expecting to stay in England for months. Eleanor figures that she would be lucky if Harry-Harry Potter-was nice enough to give her at least an hour of his time. She didn't fully understand the relationship between him and her father and didn't even know how much information he had on him. After Celeste told him his name, she went to one of the local libraries by the Congress building to try and look more up on Harry and Sirius. She remembers vaguely learning about the Wizarding War in her World History lessons at Ilvermorny and the infamous boy with the lightning scar, but Eleanor found History quite boring and she spent most of the time reading her own books under the desk or cracking jokes with her friends to pass the time.
That's how she ended up at the library, and she was able to figure more about Harry rather than Sirius. He was an enigma. The only thing she could find is that he was wrongfully prisoned for a few years and then joined the Order of the Phoenix after his escape. Order of the Phoenix was a secret society that fought the dark wizard, Voldemort, who Eleanor also remembered from school. She mostly remembered because she could not take the wizard seriously with that god awful name he had given himself. She could have spent more time researching both of them, but part of her wanted to know less and have Harry fill in the blanks for her. If he did know him like her mother suggests then he would give her the real story about him, not this basic history book. She didn't want any biased re-telling of history to cloud her judgment of her father.
After going to the library, she promptly went to the Congress building, marched into her boss' office and quit on the spot. Her boss didn't seem too broken up over the news, as he would easily find someone to replace her job filing paperwork. She could have asked for a leave of absence, seeing as she would eventually return to the states, but the thought of have to face that man again made Eleanor physically ill.
Now, she paces her room while her packed suitcase sits on her bed. No going back now. Her mother helped her arrange a portkey through the government to send her to London. From London she would apparate herself to Godric's Hollow.
Ever since Celeste told her about her father, Eleanor has begun to write more. Mostly train of thoughts pertaining to Sirius Black as well as a running list of questions she would like to ask Harry. But the longer the list became and later in the night she stayed up writing, the questions soon turned into ones that she would want to ask her father herself. If she could. But she can't, and she knows that.
Eleanor shakes her head and then her entire body as if she wants to repel the anxiety that is coursing through her bloodstream. This is what you wanted, you idiot.
"How's the packing going," Celeste yells from the kitchen ripping Eleanor from her thoughts.
"All done! Just have to pack my backpack with some books and my journal," Eleanor replies picking up her dusty leather backpack her mother gave to her years ago.
"You know, when I was over there, the best stories I had were from Amsterdam...you ever heard of the red-light district?" Celeste had been helping Eleanor make an itinerary for herself of places to travel to when she was over there.
You have to go to Germany for the pierogis alone, Eleanor.
Oh Elle, the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna...the most beautiful place in the world you could spend all day there!
Make sure you hike the highlands in Scotland!
"Mom, I am aware of the red-light district, please I beg of you do not go further into detail. I would not like to know what my poor innocent mother has seen...or done for that matter," Eleanor groaned as she slung her backpack over her shoulder and grabbed her suitcase from her bed. As she walked out of her room, she saw her mother leaning against the counter with her arms crossed.
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Ladder to the Stars
FanfictionEleanor Aries finished school at Ilvermorny two years ago and was feeling unfilled with her life. She grew up with just her mother and no information about her father except that he died soon after she was born; not even his name. She needed to know...