Amy jumped as the letter suddenly exploded, it proceeded to start shouting at Cara who was by this point in complete hysterics.
"CARA ZABINI! You are a pureblood, you are NOT a Gryffindor, how dare you betray our family like this? You are now going to be sleeping in the same room as mudbloods, filth like them , people who don't even deserve to be alive, let alone in Hogwarts. I refuse to talk to you again."
Amy watched as the letter crumpled up and dropped to the floor in ashes. She was shocked, how could a father say that to his daughter?
Her father was no angel but she was positive that he would never disown her. Amy snapped out of her own thoughts and gazed down at the little girl sobbing on the floor. She had crumpled like the letter and was not much more than a pile of ashes on the floor.
Amy bent her knees and hugged the girl tightly, feeling her wince as she did so, she presumed that she was not a person who liked physical contact but carried on hugging her nonetheless.
"Want to go see a professor or something?" She asked Cara kindly.
Cara shook her head, still sobbing and stayed on the floor as her body was racked with sobs. Amy carried on hugging her tightly as the girl clung to her.
Ellie ran down to the common rooms to get some help, she returned with a tall girl, with mousy brown hair and an abundance of freckles, she had a shiny prefect badge pinned to her chest and looked clever.
"Ellie has filled me in on what's happened," She said kindly, touching Cara's forehead. "I've bought a calming draught, would you like it?"
Cara nodded, Amy wondered what a calming draught was, but presumed it would help Cara. She was glad that the older girl had come up, she wasn't sure how to deal with the situation on her own.
"Now," Said the older girl. "Cara I think it would be best if you got to bed, try to get some sleep, it should be easy now I have given you the calming draught, I will come and check on you in the morning."
Cara gave the girl a weak smile. She started to get undressed, turning her back to the rest of the girls, as she pulled her shirt off Amy saw the bruises on her back, as if she had been hit, she felt bile rise in her throat and thought that maybe Cara's father disowning her was a good thing.
Cara put her night dress on and climbed slowly into bed, lying down slowly. She was asleep within minutes, these calming draughts did wonders.
Ellie and Amy gave each other covert looks and Amy sighed heavily and climbed into her own bed. She thought about her first day at Hogwarts, it had certainly been interesting first day at Hogwarts. If not a shocking one.
The wizarding world was so different from her own, there were so many prejudices, yes the muggle world had these but they were not so clearly defined, and people had not been disowned since the 17th century.
She lay back and slowly dropped to sleep, her eyelids felt heavy and she dropped to sleep quickly. Dreaming of magic and lessons, exciting adventures that she would proceed on when her lessons started the next day.
Sorry that it's so short, what do you guys think of the whole story so far? Please tell me, thanks.