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"No. I suppose not," her voice was dull, almost bored. Gloved hands went to open the book she held in her hands. "Do you have any others?"

The owner of the shop looked to the woman, and shook her head. She looked to the woman buying the book as she went to look for money...she, by far had been the strangest person to come and purchase something. Just her apperance was erie, from her pale white skin, to her pin straight black hair...she looked like one of the moarning mothers in town.

"Here." The woman placed enough money for the book in the shop keep's open hand, then bowed her head slightly and left. She was in a hurry...she had a train to catch.

Once she was out of the shop, she started walking quickly towards the train station she knew was a few miles away, her hands moving to pull the hood of her cloak over her head. She wasn't a fan of attention, and even if she knew no one among the humans of the town she traveled through would know her, she still hated the stares they gave.

She began to walk faster, for a wind had begun to pick up and such a thing would probably mean rain. Her cloak moved up in the wind, revealing the oddly layered black dress she wore beneath it. All she wore was black, from the light black slip on shoes, to the black choker around her neck...she indeed was in moarning...but not for someone and their death, but rather for someone and their life.

Suddenly something caught her attention and her dark green eyes moved at once to it. It was the station. She was back home. Her thin lips curled into a smirk as she pulled a letter from her pocket and went inside, heading straight for the barrier. No students were around yet, she was too early, she had planned it so to have herself the later gossip.

She got close to the wall everyone went through to reach the train, took a deep breath, and went through. No sooner she was on the other side, Ministry officials and Aurors were all over her, some holding her still, while others went through her clothes and belongings in search of hidden dangers. She spoke to one of them, her voice as dull and emotionless as it was in the shop, though her eyes focused on the eye that rolled, the magical one. She knew he would be able to see her for who she really was.

"Moody...I am so glad the Ministry sent me a welcome back party...be a doll and take the letter from my hand?"

Mad Eye Moody nodded and did as she requested, getting only stares and looks of surprise from the others. Once he read it, he told everyone to get off of her and go back to their posts.

"Sorry we had to meet again this way. Maybe next time it wont be so formal."

She watched him a bit, her hands straighening her dress.

"Yes. Maybe next time will be better. I suppose I will be seeing you soon, then. Keep safe Moody..."

Without hesitation, she boarded the train that would take her home. She went inside the first compartment and placed her bag down on the seat across from where she plopped down. She wondered what would be said when she was seen sitting beside Hagrid at the teacher's table. Would the students accept her, as most had accepted Remus Lupin? Or would they find her to be the same scum the Ministry classified her as? These thoughts kept worrying her, until she heard the first students begin to come onto the train. The time had come, there was no turning back.

It wasn't long before everyone was on board and the train began moving. She watched as things passed by in blurs out her window, and the nerves and tenseness she had felt only a few minutes began to fade as she fell into sleep. He was there, waiting for her to revisit what the train provoked.