Deeper Magic
Tai Yang stared at the tombstone, face expressionless. It read:
1 Hual Yang
2 Mother of Tai Yang
Disappeared…
Tai turned away. She couldn't look at it any longer. Couldn't read the words. She didn't remember her mother. She had disappeared when Tai was only a baby and presumed dead. She hadn't even known who her father was. Her mother hadn't told anyone. Her mother had no relatives to speak of either. Her mother had left her stranded. Alone.
Tai suddenly got up and kicked savagely at the tombstone. She ignored the throbbing pain in her toes.
How could you do this to me? You were y mother! How could you leave me? She thought angrily. She gave the tombstone one last dejected kick then crumpled into a sobbing heap on the ground. Stop it! She told herself. Stop crying! She wiped at her tears angrily and stood up. She trudged across the graveyard and out the gate.
She looked at the ugly red brick building across the road and sighed wearily. The orphanage. It was a strange and depressing place for an orphanage, across the road from a graveyard. But it was strangely fitting. Orphanages were depressing anyway. The graveyard just added a little extra morbidity. Most girls in the orphanages had been in the same one since their parents died but Tai had been to plenty. She had got along with the girls alright, but the teachers and carers or whatever they wanted to call themselves always thought she was strange and never felt comfortable with her. She'd been to a foster home before but they had just put her in an orphanage again, describing her as an enigma, which was just their polite way of saying she was strange. They just didn't understand her.
Tai had reached the old, wooden doors of the orphanage and leaned up against them, ear hard up against the wood. She strained to hear if anyone was inside. She put her hands on the door as well and strained harder. She closed her eyes and didn't notice the green aura surround her hands. Suddenly the voices on the other side of the door became clear. Damn! She pulled away from the door. There was someone in the entrance hall. She was of the mind to sneak back into bed before the sun rose fully, But either someone woke up early and noticed she was gone or they were being a busy body!
She crept around the side of the building to find an open window that wasn't too high up. She found one and scaled the drainpipe. She was reaching for the when a huge barn owl dropped a letter in her face and she lost her grip and fell the short distance to the ground. The fall winded her and she lay there for a second gasping for air. When she finally caught her breath she noticed a head poking out of the window. She groaned.
"Go away Rosie or you'll get in trouble for being out of bed too." The girl looked like she was about to argue then she shook her head and disappeared back inside.
Tai sat up and winced with pain. She clutched her side and looking down, she noticed the letter lying in the dirt. It was a thick parchment envelope with curling green writing. It read:
3 To Miss Tai Yang
3.1 Dormitory No. 6…
Dormitory number six? Who would know her dorm number besides the girls in the orphanage? And they wouldn't write a letter to her. She looked on the back. It said Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Tai Yang stared at the tombstone, face expressionless. It read:
1 Hual Yang
2 Mother of Tai Yang
Disappeared…
Tai turned away. She couldn't look at it any longer. Couldn't read the words. She didn't remember her mother. She had disappeared when Tai was only a baby and presumed dead. She hadn't even known who her father was. Her mother hadn't told anyone. Her mother had no relatives to speak of either. Her mother had left her stranded. Alone.
Tai suddenly got up and kicked savagely at the tombstone. She ignored the throbbing pain in her toes.
How could you do this to me? You were y mother! How could you leave me? She thought angrily. She gave the tombstone one last dejected kick then crumpled into a sobbing heap on the ground. Stop it! She told herself. Stop crying! She wiped at her tears angrily and stood up. She trudged across the graveyard and out the gate.
She looked at the ugly red brick building across the road and sighed wearily. The orphanage. It was a strange and depressing place for an orphanage, across the road from a graveyard. But it was strangely fitting. Orphanages were depressing anyway. The graveyard just added a little extra morbidity. Most girls in the orphanages had been in the same one since their parents died but Tai had been to plenty. She had got along with the girls alright, but the teachers and carers or whatever they wanted to call themselves always thought she was strange and never felt comfortable with her. She'd been to a foster home before but they had just put her in an orphanage again, describing her as an enigma, which was just their polite way of saying she was strange. They just didn't understand her.
Tai had reached the old, wooden doors of the orphanage and leaned up against them, ear hard up against the wood. She strained to hear if anyone was inside. She put her hands on the door as well and strained harder. She closed her eyes and didn't notice the green aura surround her hands. Suddenly the voices on the other side of the door became clear. Damn! She pulled away from the door. There was someone in the entrance hall. She was of the mind to sneak back into bed before the sun rose fully, But either someone woke up early and noticed she was gone or they were being a busy body!
She crept around the side of the building to find an open window that wasn't too high up. She found one and scaled the drainpipe. She was reaching for the when a huge barn owl dropped a letter in her face and she lost her grip and fell the short distance to the ground. The fall winded her and she lay there for a second gasping for air. When she finally caught her breath she noticed a head poking out of the window. She groaned.
"Go away Rosie or you'll get in trouble for being out of bed too." The girl looked like she was about to argue then she shook her head and disappeared back inside.
Tai sat up and winced with pain. She clutched her side and looking down, she noticed the letter lying in the dirt. It was a thick parchment envelope with curling green writing. It read:
3 To Miss Tai Yang
3.1 Dormitory No. 6…
Dormitory number six? Who would know her dorm number besides the girls in the orphanage? And they wouldn't write a letter to her. She looked on the back. It said Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.