"The First Test"
It was a breezy spring day. The wind carried leaves to & fro & the wind chimes could be heard for miles. A young boy was jumping in numerous piles of leaves. The boy's mother was very frustrated though, having to continue to re-rake the leaves. the boy's sister was playing jump-rope on the sidewalk,"Cinderella dressed in yella went upstairs to kiss a fella made a mistake and kissed a snake how many anti-poison healing charms will it take?" Now although this was normal to the girl, her neighbors were very skeptical. Most of the people living in her neighborhood thought the family was, how you say, less than normal. When the girl got tired of giving Cinderella anti-poison healing charms, she went inside to wash up for supper Meanwhile in the backyard, the boy had mistaken a large puddle of mud for some leaves. " Made a huge mess, you did! cried the boy's mother. "Take me a week to get it all off the walls! Upstairs to take a bath, now!" she yelled." And scrub behind your ears!"She called up to him. She went to the kitchen & began to chop vegetables for supper & then poured them into a large black pot. the girl walked into the room & opened her book {"So you want to be a Magizoologist?" by Newt Scamander} Now why this might puzzle some of the neighbors, it was perfectly normal for her. " Supper in ten!" Yelled the mother. The young boy waltzed down the stairs 5 minutes later. He was squeky clean & his hair shone in the light. " Brilliant! You look dazzling dear!" Said the mother. " Ya, if he was the disco ball at don carter's." Piped the girl. Her mother turned on her & started shouting obscenities to vulgar for this story. The boy ran upstairs to his room & locked the door. Downstairs he could hear his mother yelling. Luckily he would be free of her for a while because he had just been accepted at " Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry." The best place in the world compared to home. His sister was a sixth year. She was in Gryffindor house. He hoped to be in Gryffindor with her but he had his doubts.He wasn't very brave or witty. He was quite smart though & very trustworthy. He had kept every secret anyone had ever told him up to this day. Snapping back into reality he realized his mother had stopped yelling. He heard footsteps in the hall & then his door knob rattled. He became frightened, He thought his mother had come to yell at him now. He heard some one say " Alohamora!" & then the door opened. He hid his face before realizing it was only his sister. She turned around & locked the door behind her & stomped over to her desk. The boy watched in horror as she took a knife from her drawer & proceeded to drag it along her wrists. { he had hidden in the closet}. She then took out some parchment & began to write. She let her blood dribble on the parchment before wrapping her wound in some gauze. She flopped on her bed & was asleep before she hit the pillow. The boy slowly crept out of his hiding place & walked over to the desk. He picked up the parchment & read the poem that had been scribbled on it.
" Numb the Pain"
With your words
That drip with cruelty
That I let your poison
Tear through me
But in my room
I have a cure
Through your words
I must endure. I hate your lies
Your voice, Your face
If I had a choice there would be no
Crueler fate
But in my room
Hidden in shame
I have a way
To numb the pain.
He put the parchment down & walked over to his own bed in the corner of the room. That night, He cried himself to sleep.