Chapter 2
I wandered the halls hoping my aimless walking would take me farther away from the Room of Requirements. I was so tired of working on the bloody vanishing cabinet. I was hardly getting any sleep and now while everyone was happily relaxing in the Great Hall having dinner, I was unhappy and tired. Why must everything be inconvenient to me now? Potter cursing me put me off schedule and my dreams were now being haunted by grey eyes. I shivered remembering yesterdays dream: Screaming everywhere bodies being Crucio-d… My mother being beaten. It was enough the make me get up and start working on the cabinet even though I had only an hour of rest.
I got to the big entrance of the hidden room. It didn't open. 'That's strange' I pressed my ears against the door and heard music playing very softly before the door creaked open. I slipped in and saw a slim figure, which I presumed to be a girl, standing in front of the mirror, her face hidden in the shadows. I checked to see if I was being reflected, luckily she hadn't noticed she was no longer alone. She flicked her long black hair into a ponytail as the instruments started to fade and a familiar tune began to play. I realized the girl was a ballerina and the tune was from Swan Lake, the first pas de deux of Siegfried and Odette, which I realized was the first pas de deux I learned in ballet class, back when I was 10… Oh how I wish I was 10 again.
The girl did a graceful curtsy before doing a pas de basque and an arabesque. I realized how empty the dance was without a partner. I wanted to join in, her variation of the dance wasn't so different from mine, I could easily adjust. Again I was back in my childhood. The Christmas before I got my Hogwarts letter. Mother and Father dancing around the room joyously to the 'A socky Celeste Christmas'.
I toke a deep breath willing myself not to cry. I think I was too loud because the girl heard me and stopped, looking around the room before gathering her stuff quickly. I wanted so badly to see her face. See if her face was as beautiful as her dancing. Merlin's pants! This girl does not even know what she's doing to me…
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