Faithfully Yours

Chapter 22

Word count:1001

Ebony closed her eyes with a smile and joy in her heart. She officially has someone to call her very own. Her parents know the lifestyle themselves, even though they kept it under wraps around the house, they would go to friends' parties and come back late wearing fetish gear. She stayed up one night to find out when they would get home so she could know exactly how much time she had without her little party being witnessed. She started with her best friend from a private school. She no doubt had a crush on but covered it up with truth or dare, as it was an all-girl school so she knew at a young age she loved the same sex over boys. pretty soon she was the talk of the school for being one of the elites in class and respected by those who knew her and quickly learned to defend herself against the girl bullies of the school.

She was often judged, she was used to that being in the household she was raised in, they expected great things from her, and they were happy when she was placed in Slytherin as it was her family's tradition,  who were also Slytherin in their time at Hogwarts, it was a long-standing tradition. Sometimes the stress of withholding the meaning of her last name caused her to be snarky to others, and in the wizarding world, she was met with hushed whispers and snide comments. One day she wants to have her name uttered in admiration instead of fear. 

As she woke up by her obnoxious alarm clock and her fist instantly smashed it, but then it reassembled itself again only to start its annoying cheery tone again. It wouldn't stop until the actual button was pushed, which made it stop, and the magic reset. Sitting up she groaned even tho her body screamed to lay back down, she got up and began her morning ritual of working out, taking a shower, and getting dressed for the day. She even put on a special oil that reacted with the natural ph in her skin making a unique smell that was all her own. She decided to wear it for Violet, as they had a study session later that day. 

She practically skipped the whole way to the main hall where she saw her love waiting by the opening and ran up to her and hugged her tightly, her head coming just under her chin. Ebony lightly squeezed Violet as she smiled ear to ear, and as Violet moved to look up at her, the smile made her belly do flip flops. " Hey gorgeous, how did you sleep?" Ebony asked and Violet said something but her sweater muffled the sound. " I can't hear you through my sweater." Ebony chuckled as Violet moved her face up with a smile. "I slept like a rock, I didn't want to get up this morning." 

Chuckling at her and she nodded " same, no wonder your hair looks like a cute mess. here let me brush it real quick." Setting down her leather messenger bag she pulled out a brush and began to brush her hair making sure the tangles didn't pull too hard on her head. After that was sorted she smiled at Violet and shouldered her bag and they kissed before parting to their own respective tables.

Some people who were nosey decided to make a comment on how ridiculous they were being and before she could do anything her necklace shot out a spark at them making them stunned and become silent. " next time I will make sure your mouth will no longer speak right. If you doubt me, ask around. I'm sure I have a reputation to hold, and I am not weak. So choose carefully before you go making comments on what you do not know." the second year nodded as she mumbled under her breath, " You don't have to tell me, I have already heard quite a few things from the elder classman but I will not apologize. I have my own reputation to withhold." the girl replied.

Ebony shrugged not really caring whether she got an apology or not as long as her message was clear. Violet may have melted her heart, but she is not one to be called soft, if anything she was a bit edgy with people and brutally honest, to the point where some people thought she was cruel or mean when all she was trying to do was set things straight. She doesn't let that get to her head all that much, though, as she made it to prefect on her own, which is something to be immensely proud of. 

Everyone was buzzing about something in the great hall there were hushed whispers and as The headmaster came to the podium they cleared their throat and put their wand up to their neck so that their voice could be heard clearly as they began to speak someone passed Ebony a note. It said to meet behind the bleachers at free hour with a little heart on it. It made her smile as she looked back to Violet who was intently looking at the headmaster, making her focus on what was being said.

"I know we have had a rough school year with some really hard things to process, We have counseling for those who need it, and the exams will proceed as normal. Can't fall behind academically. Please enjoy your breakfast that is all." The headmaster stepped down and returned to the staff table to start breakfast. There were slight grumbles from the different houses about the exams continuing as normal. 

Violet made eye contact with Ebony across the tables and sent her a note that flew from her table to Ebony saying [ will you be my study partner for the exams?  I promise to make it special.] there was a check box for yes and one for not tonight raincheck.