𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 // 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 [𝟏]

Chapter 11

"When you can't
look on the bright side,
I will sit with you
in the dark."

As the days got colder, Kira and Ava limited the time they spent outside, rather choosing to spend their days in front of the warm fireplace in the Ravenclaw common room.

They spent their time reading or studying. Other times they would spend it messing about.

"Kira." Ava called for the fifth time.

Kira ignored her and continued writing her essay.

"Kira."

Kira huffed and turned to face her friend who was about to poke her in the shoulder.

Ava retracted her hand at the glare she received.

"What do you want Ava?" Kira sighed, placing down her quill.

"We've been doing homework all day. Let's go do something. Even if it's just walking around." Ava begged. Sure she loved learning but working was a whole different story.

Kira rolled her eyes and sighed, "Fine, Ava, let's go."

The two left the common room and began wandering around the halls, not really caring where they were going.

"You know Ava, you'd do a lot better at school if you actually put effort into the homework." Kira remarked.

"Well, I do well enough on the tests and exams to pass." Ava said.

Kira chuckled, "Maybe, but you could be getting O's instead of E's and A's."

"Well I happen to like E's and A's." She huffed.

They both laughed and continued their walk.

Soon enough Dinner started and they made their way to the Great Hall. The entered through the large oak doors and sat down at the Ravenclaw table.

They began filling up their plates when Ava broke the silence.

"What are you doing for Christmas break?" She asked.

"I'm not sure." That was a lie. Kira always knew exactly what she wanted, and she didn't want to go back home.

Usually her mother would force her to come home, but now she wasn't here to do that, so she was free to spend Christmas here at Hogwarts.

"Don't you want to go home? I'm sure your sister has missed you."

"I think I'm going to stay here, Irene can manage on her own."

Kira just needed time away from her family. She loved them, she really did, but sometimes family could be too overwhelming and she was still trying to accept that Charles had been taken by her cruel father. Seeing the rest of her family minus her mother and Charles would be too much for her.

It was all her father's fault.

She wanted nothing more than to kill him.

She wouldn't though. She knew she couldn't, one reason was that it was illegal.

The second reason, she would rather have him suffer in Azkaban.