ADHARA, the second
brightest star in the
Canis Major constellation,
right after sirius. It
was as if her father had
named her after a murderer
A few neighbourhoods away from Number 4, Privet Drive, there was a tall...
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The door to Matron's office was offensive in some sort. On one hand, it stood as a protective barrier that kept the woman on one side of the orphanage and the children on another. As long as she was in there, they could pretend like she didn't exist and that Aleyne, the place that was meant to be their home, wasn't so bad after all.
On the other hand, however, the very sight of the thing made the scars on Adhara Black's hands sting. She's been summoned to the room only so many times, and none of the meetings were pleasant.
Though, this was the first time Adhara showed up voluntarily. She clung onto the metal ring right above the handle, already aware of the resonating sound it made when knocked against the wood.
Her eyes were stuck to the floor. She watched her right shoe meet the door, scratching the bottom with her toe where the floor met the door. It was heavy and wide enough to not let the sound reach the other side. She knew this. She's done it before. Every time she stood in front of it actually, when she hesitated to walk in.
Someone calling her name broke her out of her thoughts.
Adhara turned towards the voice and found her roommate.
"Yaritza."
Yaritza Shafiq first showed to Aleyne at the age of seven, when her pureblood family figured she was a squib and decided they didn't want her anymore. Adhara and she have been sharing a room ever since.
She was two years older and also a lot taller than her, but they got along just fine. They looked out for each other at the Aleyne, but never got in each other's way. Leaving the other to do as they pleased as long as they didn't bring the trouble back in their shared bedroom.
The other girl pushed her long dark locks away from her face before nodding in acknowledgment. Yaritza gave her roommate a one-over before glancing back at the door.
"What did she call in for this time?" she asked, her accent coming out at the end. Being out of contact with her Egyptian family for so long, most of it was almost gone, her accent only showing for certain letters. She taught Adhara the language, in an attempt to keep speaking it with someone. But Adhara thought the real reason might have been to annoy Matron.
Adhara gently set the metal ring back in its place before shaking her head. She tried to wipe her sweaty hands on her jeans before remembering she had her grey mittens on.
"Nothing. I need to ask her something."
She watched Yaritza blink a few times before the words finally settled.
"...what?" She waited for her to clarify but Adhara didn't know what else to say. Yaritza was used to her silence anyway. "You need to ask something?"
