A Legacy of Pain: Rising from the Ashes

Chapter 17: Flying Towards the Sun

Last Time: Elizabeth spent Sunday morning visiting with her friend Agatha at her home in the highlands. Later that day Elizabeth and Poppy met up to go and visit the Hospital wing as planned. After Blainey finished up with tending to Nellie, she took the young couple into her office to speak privately. There Elizabeth revealed some of what she had been suffering from with her deteriorating mental health, though she left out many details such as the murders she had been committing. When Blainey recommended she visit St. Mungos, Elizabeth blew up and started to leave, only being stopped by a comforting Poppy. After Blainey explained she had no intent of committing Lizzy to the hospital, Lizzy agreed to see a specialist if they came to visit her at the school. That evening after discover Professor Onai saw the same flickering eyes of Callista's that she did; Lizzy entered her name for the Founders Festival as she had promised Callista she would to keep the woman from harming her sister.

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Sunday and her visit to Madam Blainey still weighed on Elizabeth's mind as she ate breakfast with Annie and Poppy on Tuesday morning at the Hufflepuff table. According to the matron it would likely be a couple of weeks before they could bring in a specialist. The ravenclaw was apprehensive about speaking with a stranger about her fragile mind, but she was willing to give it a chance if it meant potentially getting better. The potion of dreamless sleep the nurse had given her worked well, though she had first taken it while Poppy was by her side Sunday night as planned just in case her fears over the potion simply trapping her in her night terrors had come true. Luckily it hadn't.

Unfortunately Annie hadn't taken it well when she had told the golden blonde that she would need to start sleeping in her own bed more often. Even with the younger girl's protests; the elder sister felt guilty for using her little sundrop to keep her dreams peaceful before, as well as making her roommates allow the first year to sleep in their room. That said; seeing how disappointed Annie was to be sent back to her own dorm, Elizabeth had convinced Samantha to allow her younger sister to sleep in her bed at least twice a week. Truthfully the two sisters were so used to sleeping together again that neither of them fully wanted to stop immediately since it was something they had often done at home practically forever.

Elizabeth was soon brought out of her thoughts, having been inattentively poking at her porridge for the past several minutes, by Arthur Plummly calling out to her from across the table where he sat near Lenora. "Ah, it seems I have your attention now." The bespectacled sixth year chuckled with a grin as he held up a piece of parchment. "After how quickly you found the solution to that map last year; I thought you might be interested in one of the new ones I found. What do you say? Want to look for it together this time? You have the first period free today as well don't you?"

The ravenclaw chewed her lip a bit, noticing how Annie's eyes had lit up at the question out of the corner of her eye. "That is tempting... you know how much I love solving a good puzzle..." Elizabeth grinned slightly before sighing and waving a hand dismissively as she shook her head. "Unfortunately I shall have to decline. I already have plans for this morning." She really did want to explore the castle again for whatever treasure was hidden on the map; but her morning was unfortunately not free enough for it. "However, if you haven't found it by the end of class today then I would be thrilled to look for it with you." She grinned.

"Me too! I want to go on a treasure hunt!" Annie exclaimed from her side, making the auburn and purple haired witch giggle at the little witch's exuberance. "Can I come Lizzy?! Please!?" The small blonde practically jumped up and down in her seat while clinging onto her older sister's sleeve.

While Lizzy giggled at her sister, Arthur spoke up from the other side of the table. "A couple fresh pairs of eyes would be helpful. I don't mind waiting until after classes." The hufflepuff grinned. "Plus it is our duty as the older students to pass on knowledge of the castle to the younger generation is it not?" He playfully winked at Lizzy while Annie stared up at her with big round emerald eyes.