Melody POV
Sitting by the lake I contemplated my life. I was 15 and in my 5th year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. I have a few great friends, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Lily Evans. I have an amazing boyfriend Regulus Black. I am a triple threat and good at it. Yet I can't stand it anymore. You are probably thinking why? Her life seems great. It looks that way on paper, but I have only mentioned the good bits. I haven't mentioned how everyone at school hates me. Or how my parents won't let me do anything but study, both magical and muggle, and practice my dancing, music and acting. They don't know when my birthday is, they never send me anything for Christmas and before Hogwarts I had never celebrated it. Not looking so great now huh?
"Hey," Regulus said sitting on the grass next to me looking defeated.
"Slytherins still being horrible?" I asked, Regulus had been getting a lot of hassle from the other Slytherins for not supporting Voldemort and for dating a Gryffindor.
"Yeah." He said laying back on the grass.
"Do you ever think about running away?" I asked him. It had been on my mind for a while. He nodded looking at me as I lay next to him.
"Do you?" He asked back. I simply nodded. "Maybe we should do it?" I looked at him.
"What run away?" I asked.
"Yeah, I love you. I hate us being treated like this and neither of our parents care about us." He said carefully. "I don't see why we shouldn't."
"Are you sure I'm the Gryffindor?" I asked grinning. "Let's do it then. We have to wait until Christmas though."
"Of course. We can leave with the students going home and then when we get to the station go then." Regulus said.
"Yep. We need to plan where we are going, our cover story and stuff. I think we should definitely leave the UK and maybe Europe too." I said slightly nervous.
"What about America? Voldemort has tried several times to take it but has failed every time. I doubt that will change any time soon." Regulus said logically. I had an idea.
"What about Mystic Falls, it's a small town in Virginia. It would sort our cover story too. I have an uncle there. He had a fight with my parents about how they treat me. He told me where he was going and gave me his number in case I wanted out. He is a squib so knows about us, he would never tell my parents where we are. What do you think?" I asked suddenly less confident as I finished.
"It's perfect." Regulus said kissing me softly. "If he agrees we can say you are his niece from England that after your parents died, came to live with him. I can be your boyfriend who is also an orphan and I am emancipated but live with you."
"That sounds great. I will text him later." I said. I had cast a spell on my phone that meant I could use it in Hogwarts.
We talked for a little bit longer before we went our separate ways to our separate common rooms.
"Mandrake." I said to the portrait.
"Mel!" James said waving me over to where he, Sirius, Remus and Lily sat.
"Hey Jamie." I said sitting on his lap as Sirius was taking up two seats, which happened to be the last one.
"Okay you're really light, but I would rather you not sit on me." James said from beneath me.
"Aww sorry Jamesybear, am I blocking your view of Lilykins? It's Siri's fault. He's taking up the only spare seat." I said pouting for good measure. "Don't worry. I'm going upstairs anyway." I said, kissing his cheek and walking towards the stairs.
Reaching the 5th year girls dorm I sat on my bed, and pulled out my phone. "Hi Uncle Ric, sorry I haven't texted in a while. I was wondering if I could ask a massive favour. Me and my boyfriend were wondering if we could come stay with you. We're having a hard time here and mum and dad don't care as usual. Text me back and I will explain further. Love Melody. Xx" I spoke as I typed out the text before clicking send. It was only a few minutes before I got a reply.
"Hi Mel. Are you okay? Of course you can come stay with me, I told you years ago that I would be here if you needed me. Your boyfriend however... What about his parents? Surely they would mind?" My uncle sent back.
"His parents are almost as bad as mine. They want him to join Voldemort but he doesn't want to. Please we have thought this through and have even thought of a cover story! Love your favourite niece." I replied.
"Oh. I'm sure that will be fine then. What's your plan and what's your cover story?" I got back a few minutes later.
"I'm your niece from England who has come to live with you since my parents died. Regulus is my boyfriend who is also an orphan and is emancipated who came to live with us. We would stay at Hogwarts until Christmas and come from there. If you could book us some flights and we will pay you back when we get there. If you wouldn't mind also signing us up for school? Reg hasn't been before but I have kept him up to date. X"
"Okay that sounds good. Of course I will sign you both up for school. I work there anyway. I need Regulus' information though to fill the forms in. I will book you flights but for what time? We might have a problem with living arrangements though as my flats not very big."
"If when you get the forms you text me what you need, I will tell you. Probably about 8:00pm? We need to go to Gringotts first and it would probably be wise to eat before we fly. We will sort out a new house. Between us we have more than enough money."
"Okay flights booked and I will get the forms when I get to work and will text you as I fill them in. You don't need to buy a house, I will sort something out."
"Don't be silly. We have more than enough money trust me. Besides its more than you deserve, agreeing to take us in and all. Thanks again."
"I know how stubborn you are so I will just say I don't like you buying a house for us but there is no use arguing with you. You're my niece, how could I not?"
"Okay. I would love to talk all day but I need to go to sleep. Love you M xxx."
"Okay. Love you too X"
