Love and Black Magic

Chapter twenty: A New Home

That night Druella had given them a condition to go to Hogwarts, one that would keep Lily worried throughout the course but that she had accepted for the desire of the new school: Lily could not return to live in Calynn's house what it meant she had to find a new home.

"Don't worry about me now," Lily suggested to her friend after she expressed concern. "It will be until summer vacations when I take care of that." Calynn didn't answer because she couldn't help worrying about her friend, they needed to find a place in just a few months. "Besides, tomorrow is the first day of school and we must sleep," Lily added after a moment.

"You're right, we have to sleep," said Little Black and then fell asleep, as did the redhead.

"If you want to get to school, you have to get up now!" Shouted Druella's voice. The girls rose from a start and headed for the dishes that Calynn's mother had left for breakfast, then changed into clothes they had left and began to chat.

"I'm nervous," Calynn said, looking at Lily. "I just hope we get to Hogwarts safe and sound."

"I'm nervous too, but don't worry, it's only this time," the redhead comforted her trying to hide the fear from her voice.

Druella returned to the room as if she had heard them speak and, in her hands, she had three wands.

"It's time to go," the woman said, pushing them as they left the room where they had lived for a month. Outside the room was Cygnus waiting.

The woman took the girls' hands with great force and turned to them showing the wands, Calynn wanted to back away because of her fear, but it was useless. "I warn you," Druella began, "one strange thing to do when we leave the house and you can never see that castle, did you understand?" The Death Eater finished.

The little girls nodded slightly while Druella kept the wands under her clothes. Cygnus opened the door and gave way to his wife and girls. Both little girls advanced behind their mother until sunlight illuminated their faces giving them warmth and the breeze stirred their hair, the girls smiled as they enjoyed the nature they had not seen long ago, with great joy.

Calynn turned to the left and could see the garden where they always met and the majestic tall tree that gave a great shadow where they used to sit; she turned her head a little to the right and looked at the house where she had lived for four months and what she saw next surprised her. Mrs. Evans was outside her home watering a few flowers that were in her garden, little Black turned to see Lily who was also observing the same as she with a sad expression. The woman looked up and greeted Calynn's parents who returned the greeting with hypocrisy while the girls looked at each other.

"Get in the car," Druella whispered to the little girls' ears, pointing to the car in front of them.

They went to the car and climbed to the back and watched Cygnus take out their things for Hogwarts, including their owls that were still alive.

"We're finally going to Hogwarts, I'm glad to know that for at least three months I shouldn't come back here," Calynn said under her breath to make sure her mother didn't listen to her.

"It's a relief to get out of that place," the redhead replied in the same tone with a slight smile on her lips; the sadness of seeing her former mother had not been completely removed from her face.

Cygnus had finished storing everything in the car and climbed into the driver's place followed by Druella who slammed the door on entering.

"I hate Muggle transport," Druella said after failed attempts by Cygnus to start the car.

After a long time and countless complaints from Calynn's mother, the car started to move.

"Calynn, I hope you stay in Slytherin," the woman said to her daughter, "it's a decent house for a Black like you," she commented with a smile on her face. Calynn didn't answer since she preferred any house except Slytherin. "I warn you both," Druella began, "if someone asks you something about us, say we work for the ministry and nothing else. If anyone reveals something about our identity you will have worse luck than your Muggle parents," the woman finished referring to Lily's parents, both of them nodded to avoid problems.