Faithfully Yours

Chapter 33

Word count:1037

During the ride to the townhouse, Ebony lightly laced her fingers with Violet's as they watched the countryside vanish and be replaced by cobblestone streets and brick buildings of shops, stores, and houses, as well as more animals scouring the city. " we shall be arriving at the townhouse in five minutes Miss, I shall check on you once a week for groceries and make a list of things you need after you make your assessment of the house. We have kept it as it was since your family last was there. I have written down the numbers to reach me at on this index card. He pulled out a card that had his neat scrawl on it making a list of three places to reach him at, the estate, the morgue and his personal residence. 

It had been awhile since she needed the numbers but she knew she would need them because she knew there were already a few things she wanted to change. The house was made of brick and stone, so it would be cool in the summer and warm in the winter when the fireplaces were lit. She would keep the brick but change up the wall paper that covered the entire inside of the house to a more welcoming color. She was thinking of and red backdrop and gold serpents. It would still hold onto the traditional idea but hopefully this would bring in good luck to the place as in some cultures those were to be noted as royalty. 

She and her family were a sort of royalty that went back generations. Pure bloods, hence why she figured she was caught in between what happened at the school and her own personal view based on her family's dictation of history. Only this year was different , she went outside of her norm and fell for someone who wasn't pure blooded which in time her parents would find out she was sure. There was nothing they could do now that she was eighteen and considered a young adult now, so who she chose to remain close to was entirely up to her. 

She fulfilled her duty and worked hard at school to get to where she was today, and she would be damned if someone were to mess with Violet simply because of her lineage. Family or no Violet was part of her crew now and she would do anything to keep her by her side. If anyone knew how stubborn Ebony was it was her immediate family, once something was in her head she stuck to it like super glue, there was no way to persuade her once her mind was made up.

As the butler pulled to the front gate he punched in a code into the little silver call box that was at the base of the driveway making the electric gate open and he drove up into the circle driveway with a fountain in the center of it, the statue was a huge snake in a striking pose the water cascading out of its open mouth.

Violet was amazed by the beauty in the manor or town house as Ebony called it, it was three stories and looked gothic in style, she wondered what it looked like on the inside. Violet and Ebony walked up the house hand in hand as the door opened and a few maids walked out and lined up outside of the house to welcome them home. Violet leaned in and whispered " wow I didn't know you were that rich to have your own maids and butlers, you sure you want to change the inside since it has been the same since your great uncle's stay at the town house?

Ebony smiled and leaned in to whisper back " this place has been stoic for far to long, its depressing and I want to liven it up , maybe put all four houses decorations up in the main living room and around the house for guests and since we wont be in my room but where my parents were I definitely want to change it."

she smiled and squeezed Ebony's hand. " Alright, time to get analyzing and decorative mode." she put her hair up and as they entered the house they began to discuss how and what they wanted to change, it was a group effort since even the maids had a say. Ebony used her magic to enchant an old family shield so its face would change to the different houses and put it on the mantle by the fireplace.

Soon the house was bustling with vibrant energy and they all clapped for Ebony when she finally decided on the interior of the rooms and how the guest rooms should be made to entertain instead along with her own bed room, all of them needed to be remodeled and the head maid took notes as Ebony explained and even went to show her how it should look with magic. They could just enchant it but she wanted to paint the rooms according to her plan, that way it had her personal touch and she was thrilled to try a new muggle way of painting. She had four waiting rooms all of them had a wooden plague that stated a Hogwarts house and decorated with color themed decorations.

collapsing on the couch in the foyer and wiping the sweat off her face with a handkerchief she smiled and Violet sat next to her putting her head on Ebony's shoulder. " I think we did good for our first day decorating, I know things are looking odd with furniture being covered in plastic so the paint doesn't mess up the nice antique wood. The wooden plague thing was brilliant, even without having weaver around to dictate what should go where you still have a great vision for home décor. 

"We haven't even started on your parents old room , so maybe we should sleep in your old room for now till you make it how you want it." Violet mused and lightly squeezed her Akra's hand. " Now its time for food, lets see what they have prepared for us, I know it smells amazing whatever it is."