Dark Beauty /Sirius Black/ [2]

Dark Beauty - 7.

Chapter 7

"Morning," Adria says hurriedly, hanging up her coat on the small rack near the door whilst the girl behind the counter beamed, recognising her as the new girl starting with them. Adria shuffled over to the counter, failing to recognise that her tears that she still couldn't stop where very evidently rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh my, are you alright?" the girl asked, gasping in an accent Adria hadn't ever heard before, it was a very strong American accent, and Adria couldn't deny that she absolutely loved it, "do you not want to work? Oh, I completely get it, I was terrified to start here but now I love it!"

"Oh no, no, no it's not that," Adria laughed softly, "my baby started nursery today and he didn't exactly take it well."

"Oh no," the girl gasped, patting Adria's shoulder and quickly handing her one of the bakery's aprons, "you know I can't believe she's went and hired another Scottish "lass" as she'd say, can barely understand her as it is!"

Adria couldn't help but laugh, tying her hair up atop of her head and quickly following the girls lead in washing her hands, "don't worry, I'm used to toning down my accent for my friends, so I'm sure you'll be able to understand me...better than May anyway. I'm Adria."

The girl grabbed Adria's hand, shaking it enthusiastically with a wide smile across her lips, "Mildred, Mildred Armstrong!"

"So American, huh?" asked Adria, leaning against the counter, she wasn't exactly sure what she had to do, and the shop hadn't open just yet, she noticed from the small hanging sign turned to closed, "where abouts?"

"Oh, I lived in the city," she smiled, "New York, I had to move quickly with my family before of this guy," her face was evidently struck with fear at the thought of her old life back in New York, "he terrorised me...and my parents for being something he didn't like."

"Oh my god," Adria gasped, wide eyed, clasping a hand over her mouth, "you're not talking about Voldemort-"

"Don't say his name!" Mildred screeched, clasping his hand over Adria's mouth who almost stumbled back, "he killed my mother, but me and dad got out."

"Merlin," Adria whispered, unable to help herself as she threw her arms around the girl who reluctantly hugged her back. Adria couldn't possibly imagine the pain that Mildred was in at the thought of her mother being murdered with so much sick and vile hatred.

"He was trying to get followers, fighters in America. My dad is a well-known wizard there, very high up - very powerful, so he targeted my family," she mumbled, glancing around for anyone around them, "my dad wouldn't join him, he's powerful but he isn't evil, he fights for muggleborn's, so do I.

I got this job because it's a muggle job, it's out of the way, we came here to stay hidden. We only realised when we got here that this was the main source of his war but moving around would only make us an easier target.

My dad had to get a muggle job too, he had to learn quickly about how to act around muggles. My mum was a muggle so it wasn't too much but she let his oddness slide, most muggles don't do that. it's easy for me to work her, be surrounded by muggles cause of mum, but my dad - he's a well-known wizarding having to give his life away because of this vile, cruel mam trying to kill us," she shook her head, running a hand through her hair whilst Adria stared at her in shock.

"Last year or so," Adria whispered, "one of my best friends...Gully - his name, his family were killed by his followers...death eaters they're called. My best friend Lily, she had this friend who has basically joined the death eaters. My boyfriend's brother, and his family, are all death eaters, he's called a blood traitor because he doesn't believe in the beliefs.