She awoke to the sound of dishes falling and crashing. Shooting up in bed, she felt her heart picking up speed at the fear that someone had entered the home but when she heard her father curse it was clear that there was no danger near.
Falling back onto her bed, she let out a sigh at the fact that she was still alive and had not passed away through her sleep. If only she could kill herself by singing. Sadly it only worked on others and that sucked.
Staring over to the cage the held her latest victim, a pang of sadness rang through her at the thought that she hadn't even named the poor bird before he had met his demise. Her father insisted on buying her pets to keep her company while he went to work but they all died and to her, it was more of a hassle than a gift. The only animal that she had kept long was her cat, Abas and that was because she was deaf.
Sighing she threw her blanket off of her and threw her legs over the bed. Getting up she dragged her feet as she walked down the hallway. It was clear that she was in a bad mood that morning and when Robert saw her into the kitchen his smile seemed to put her in an even worse mood.
He set the plate of food he had spent all morning making in front of her before sitting in the chair across from her.
"Are you excited?"
"About what?" Diona took a bite out of the bacon and couldn't help but smile at how good it was. Her father had a gift when it came to cooking that her mother and herself could never reach.
"You're going back to Hogwarts!" It was clear he was excited but it was well hidden that he was worried, like every year. Diona had done well past years but a little hum and the girl could end up killing children and he didn't know if he could protect his little girl if it happened.
He was distracted by arms being wrapped around him. While the girl was tiny she had a grip that could rival a giant's.
He hugged her back and could feel her bouncing with excitement. Just as quickly as she had hugged him did she let go. He looked to her before she ran back to her room a smile on her face. He laughed before he grabbed her unfinished plate, knowing that she wouldn't be able to eat anymore today.
Hastily she pulled apart the braid her hair was in, wrapping the hair tie on her wrist, while she opened her trunk. Making sure everything she needed was neatly packed.
Diona didn't like feeling rushed so she had gotten her trunk ready a week in advance and now she was just making sure she had everything ready. Before closing her trunk she threw in all kinds of hair ties. Her thick hair ripped so many hair ties that it was a necessity that she bring many so when one ripped she had a backup.
Her mother had loved it when her hair was made that when she had died, Diona had made it her goal to always do her hair only letting it down when she was in a hurry or really lazy. Finally closing her trunk after throwing in a brush she walked over to her vanity. Grabbing her brush that she kept on the desk, she looked into the mirror to see the face that always greeted her.
Grabbing a chunk of her ash-blonde hair she began brushing to get the tangles out the whole time watching her eyes.
A couple days before her death, Courtney had read to her a story about a man who each time he stared into a mirror his eyes would change color, from a brown to a blue and sometimes colors like red and yellow. Diona had asked why and she was told that the man was losing his sanity after killing his wife and children.
It was her fear that one day when she looked into the mirror instead of seeing blue eyes she would see a different color because she like the man in the story was a killer. Both afraid of being caught.
Quickly bringing her hair into a ponytail she fought to wrap the hair tie around the third time but before she could get all of her hair through the hair tie gave away and ripped. Groaning she let her hair drop and examined the damage. The black hair tie was stretched and the part where it had broken she could see the yellow elastic that should have been hidden by the fabric. Throwing it into the trashcan she grabbed another one from her wrist and could feel that the new one had yet to be stretched out.
Going for a safer choose she separated her hair into two parts down the middle and wrapped one of the sides into a loose ponytail grabbing another hair tie she grabbed the other half of her hair and did the same.
Examining her hair she deemed it okay before grabbing two more hair ties from her basket to replace the ones she had wasted on her hair.
Pushing the chair back she was startled with a loud meow but as she saw the familiar face of Abas she smiled at the cat. Abas was a cat with an attitude that when she caught eyes with her, the cat walked out of the room without a second meow meaning that she was hungry.
Jumping out of her chair she ran over to her closet where she had set aside her clothes she was going to wear to the station. Dressing as quick as she could she grabbed her trunk and made her way down the hallway again.
Robert stood by the door knowing that if they spent any longer at the house, the girl was going to be bothering him telling him that they would be late because god forbid that they arrive twenty minutes before eleven.
Diona walked into the kitchen surprising Robert until he noticed that a certain cat was waiting by her bowl. Laughing at the cat that wouldn't let them leave until she was fed, he decided to sit down on the couch while his daughter freaked out about the time even though they had an hour to spare before they were considered late.
Finally arriving at the station, Diona let out a sigh that caused her father to laugh at her.
"What's so funny?" She asked her father, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Nothing, dear. Just laughing at something in my head. " He grabbed one of her ponytails twisting it around before she pulled away, fixing her hair with a fake glare at her father.
"I wasn't sure if anything went on in that head of yours." She said in confusion and when he went to grab her she took off running through the portal leaving the poor man to carry her trunk. Following the girl's footsteps, he stepped through the wall only to be met with the same busy station.
Spotting the girl he walked over to her while she smiled. While she could have just stepped onto the train she had to say goodbye to her father. Holding out her arms, Robert quickly brought her into a hug. While he had Abas at home to keep him company it would be quite lonely without the girl making her usual fuss over him taking care of himself.
"If I asked you to stay home you wouldn't would you."
"Nope! Not even your cooking can convince me to stay."
"What if I made you a huge marble cake?"
She hesitated for a bit as she loved marble cake but her response was the same. "You'll be fine without me besides I'll see you during Christmas break and I expect to see a marble cake when I come home." She pointed a finger at him before she was grabbed in another hug.
"Be safe will you?"
"Of course I'll be safe. I know how to stay silent." To those around those words wouldn't mean anything but to the two they knew exactly what she was talking about and Robert nodded.
"I love you."
"Love you."
He planted a kiss on his daughter's cheek before she walked to the train, catching one last look at her father before searching for an empty compartment.
Diona walked and was surprised by the lack of empty compartments before she found a familiar face. Sliding open the door she found all Lagura siblings.
The three kids all looked the same sharing the same features; black hair and green eyes. Daniel, the oldest being a fifth year, waved at her before she waved back. Sitting next to her friend, Josephine, she smiled at her before she was met with the familiar loudness that followed the three.
