Broken
We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
H. L. Mencken
She was always the concerned one of the family. The naive one that didn't see why purebloods were better.
"Mother, why do mudbloods 'belong under our boots?' "
In return she received a sharp glare and a curt reply. "Don't ask stupid questions girl !"
She didn't ask again.
After 11 years of living in pureblood society, Andy expected them to have devil fangs, evil natures and rude manners. A few did have bad manners, but she wouldn't hold that against them seeing as Jeremiah and Hercules Flint behave the same way and they were pure.
She met him in her 2nd year, she was late for Transfiguration and was rushing down the halls when she crashed into a sandy haired boy. They fell to the ground in one big heap.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching which way I was going." She told him as they picked up their things.
"No it's my fault I wasn't watching either." The first thing she noticed was his Hufflepuff tie and it made her nervous, Slytherins didn't talk to Hufflepuffs. Nonetheless she held out her hand. "Andromeda Black", "Ted Tonks". That gave her a new load of nervousness, Tonks was not a pureblood name, he might be a halfblood but she had a bad feeling that it wasn't the case.
"I-I have to go." On that she turned and ran, not daring to look back.
In 5th year she was assigned to tutor Ted Tonks in Charms. In her 6th year she started seeing him secretly, away from her family's prejudice. It was only in late June when her parents had news of an arranged marriage to Antonin Dolohov that they made the decision to run.
"Blood-traitor !"
"Scum !"
"Filth !"
Even after these 18 years, she still had the little hope that her family would always accept her, guess not.
For a long time she had her freedom, her liberty. Then Ted was killed, Dora and Remus were murdered by Bellatrix and Dolohov, he never forgave her for ruining the arranged
marriage. And she was alone with Teddy, only a month old.
She may have been burned off the family tree, but even that cannot free her from the Black family curse.
I disclaim.
Check my poll.
