Title: Pen Pals pt 5
Subtitle: Quiet Reflection
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The next morning Faith woke up to the sounds of the breakfast bell and tiredly got out of bed. Even though she appeared to have slept well, her dreams were what kept her from a restful sleep. She looked at Draco's letter and decided after breakfast and a trip to the gym she'd write him.
"Hey Faith, what's the problem?" Ronda asked.
"Nothin' much." Faith replied.
"Yeah, right." Ronda said.
Faith looked at the only true friend she had in the joint and sighed, "I had a lot of dreams. Can't remember most of them, but it just kept me from sleeping well."
Ronda looked at the younger girl and replied, "You should see a shrink about them dreams."
Faith laughed and then replied, "Yeah, like I need anyone thinkin' I'm crazy." They walked off laughing but stopped abruptly when the guards gave them a stern look.
"Aww, poor Faithy. Having bad dreams." Sue mocked from behind them.
"That's enough Sue!" Barked one of the guards.
The relatively short walk ended and they all piled into the cafeteria. Once inside and out of range of the guards, Sue and her pals surrounded Faith blocking Ronda out of the circle.
Faith just looked at them waiting for them to make a move. She hoped they weren't stupid enough to try anything with guards less than 10 feet away watching them with a careful eye. Faith had enough of them looking at her and asked, "Is there a problem Sue?"
"Yeah, there's a problem. You! You're the problem." Sue sneered.
Faith spoke before thinking and replied, "Yea, like I haven't heard that before." Faith was knocked to the ground and the group of women there started pounding on her. She'd learned long ago not to do anything back, so she just lay there and got pummeled.
After a few minutes of women taking a hit at Faith the guards slowly started pulling them off of her. Once all the women were off of Faith, Ronda was at her side and helping her up. She noticed the look in her eye and took her straight to the gym.
While Faith was hitting the punching bag like she hated it, Ronda watched her and started noticing different things about her. The first thing she noticed was that she was stronger than the entire group of Sue's lackeys and yet she let them pummel her. She also noticed that Faith had a few broken ribs and probably more broken bones but yet she still had the edge over the punching bag.
"Fai?" Ronda asked.
"Yea?" Faith replied not taking her eyes off the punching bag. She knew what Ronda was going to ask her, she didn't know how to explain it.
"What are you?" Ronda asked and then took it back when Faith stopped hitting the bag. "I didn't mean it like that." She hurried.
"It's okay Ron." Faith reassured the older friend. "It's hard to explain, but just believe that I wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone."
Ronda saw the look of truth in her eye but had to ask, "How are you okay after a beating like that?"
Faith chuckled, "I'm not okay. I just have a higher pain tolerance than most do. I also heal a lot faster."
Just as that was said five guards walked in and forcefully grabbed Faith away from Ronda and the punching bag.
One of the guards, known as Henry, spoke first with, "Fighting is a serious offence and you have to spend time in the quiet room." Before anyone could say anything they were down the hall and at the quiet door. Henry unlocked the door and the other four guards threw Faith inside. Quickly shutting the door they walked towards Ronda and replied, "If you know what's good for you, you'll head back to the cafeteria."
Ronda's head fell with defeat as she turned back down the hallway to head to the cafeteria. Once around the corner she was seething with anger at Sue and her friends, but she knew Faith wouldn't want her to get in trouble because of her and she forced herself to calm down.
Faith sat in the dimly lit room and began the healing of her broken bones. She looked at her left hand and knew it was shattered because Angela, one of Sue's lackeys, stepped on it repeatedly. She also knew because she was kicked in the stomach that at least 5 ribs that were broken. Her shoulder had been dislocated and her right ankle was severely twisted, any more so and it would have been broken.
So deep in thought finding all her aches and pains she didn't hear someone enter the quiet room. Mediating had silently pulled her from herself as she mentally repaired her body. She'd learned this technique from her first watcher. Once finished she opened her eyes to see a man that shimmered like he wasn't really there. "Who are you?"
"A friend." Was his reply.
Snorting softly she replied, "I don't have many friends. Especially ones that are here." She looked around and decided they were relatively safe. He didn't say much, so she just watched him and his movements. He looked nervous, but had an air around him that told her that he was powerful. Raising her eyebrow she finally asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Don't really know."
Before Faith could ask anything the door opened and Matthew ran in. "Faith, are you okay??"
"Five by five." She replied noticing that the man had disappeared. "What are you doing here?"
"Your time in court's here. Come on." He reached out to help her up and was surprised to see that after what he'd heard that she'd be walking as good as she was.
Faith noticed a bag at his feet and questioned it. He answered, "It's for you. It's clothing for you to wear in front of the judge."
A few minutes later Faith and Matthew walked up the steps to the courthouse. Matthew gave Faith a couple of minutes to get changed into the outfit he found for her. When she exited the bathroom her eyes showed nervousness.
"It'll be okay, Faith." Matthew replied blue eyes shining.
Smiling back Faith watched as a man in the shadows watched them. * It's him. I wonder who he is. *
"Everything okay?" Matthew asked his eyes holding concern just in the depth of them.
"Five by."
"I know five." He replied laughing.
Later at the Prison
"I can't believe yer leavin' us." Cassie slur to the other brunette that was busy packing what stuff she had in her cell.
"Me neither." Faith replied as she put the last of her things in the duffle bag. * I've still got to write Draco. I'll have to do that when I get to the new apartment. * Standing up straight, she looked at what friends she had. "I'll miss you all." Faith said but then continued, "Except you." She was looking at Sue.
"Well I wont miss you neither." She replied glaring at Faith.
"I'm sure you will. 'cuz who else are you going to beat up on and not get into trouble for?" Faith retorted watching her face turn into full sneer mode.
At the Apartment
"You can sleep in here. I purchased some clothing that I hope you'll like." Matthew told Faith after he showed her around the nice sized apartment.
"Thanks." She replied putting her things on the bed. "I'm gonna write a letter to a friend and then I'll be out for dinner."
"Okay." Matthew replied shutting the door behind him as he walked down the hallway.
Faith wrote for what seemed like hours before she was called for dinner. Smiling she folded the letter, and set it down on her desk. She watched as it slowly disappeared. * Cool. * Was her thought as she walked out of her room.
'Dear Draco,
I'm not sure if you've noticed it's taken me a lot longer than usual to reply to you. So much has happened since I received your letter yesterday. First off, my godfather showed up. Turns out he's been watching out for me since my parents split up. He's really nice, that's one clue that he's not part of my family. We ended up talking until I was taken back to my cell for the night.
This morning I had planned on writing you after breakfast and a short workout at the gym, but that was turn upside down as I was jumped in the cafeteria getting food. The guards took long enough to pull everyone off of me. My friend, Ronda, asked me why I don't fight back, and it was hard for me not to tell her the truth. Anyways, I got sent to the "quiet" room because, I quote, "Fighting is a serious offence". Funny thing was there were five guards there to escort me. Like I would fight back as injured as I was. Anyways, this is gonna sound really strange but I saw a man in the room with me. I was meditating trying to heal myself when I see this man standing before me he wasn't there there, he was just there. I sort of had a feeling that I knew him. I know I've seen him around the jail, the last couple of days so maybe that's it.
I didn't get to talk to him long, because right at that moment my godfather, Matthew, ran in. I had a date at the courthouse. Well to make a long story less long, I was set free. I'm free! I haven't gotten used to that yet. I never thought I'd see the day when the gates would open to let me out. I'm still not sure that I deserve to be free, but perhaps this way I can begin my healing.
Well dinner's ready and I'm starved. Haven't eaten since breakfast yesterday. I hope that I keep hearing from you. I know that I've only received a handful of letters from you but they are truly my lifeline that keeps me going. ( Faith'
He would have never believed it unless he'd read it himself. * Wow, she's truly lucky to have been released from prison. * Looking up from the letter he noticed Snape watching him with careful eyes.
"Mr. Malfoy, are you quite finished reading that note?" Snape sneered bring everyone's attention to Draco who was trying to hide the letter from Faith.
"Yes sir." Draco answered thinking * busted * to himself.
TBC
Subtitle: Quiet Reflection
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The next morning Faith woke up to the sounds of the breakfast bell and tiredly got out of bed. Even though she appeared to have slept well, her dreams were what kept her from a restful sleep. She looked at Draco's letter and decided after breakfast and a trip to the gym she'd write him.
"Hey Faith, what's the problem?" Ronda asked.
"Nothin' much." Faith replied.
"Yeah, right." Ronda said.
Faith looked at the only true friend she had in the joint and sighed, "I had a lot of dreams. Can't remember most of them, but it just kept me from sleeping well."
Ronda looked at the younger girl and replied, "You should see a shrink about them dreams."
Faith laughed and then replied, "Yeah, like I need anyone thinkin' I'm crazy." They walked off laughing but stopped abruptly when the guards gave them a stern look.
"Aww, poor Faithy. Having bad dreams." Sue mocked from behind them.
"That's enough Sue!" Barked one of the guards.
The relatively short walk ended and they all piled into the cafeteria. Once inside and out of range of the guards, Sue and her pals surrounded Faith blocking Ronda out of the circle.
Faith just looked at them waiting for them to make a move. She hoped they weren't stupid enough to try anything with guards less than 10 feet away watching them with a careful eye. Faith had enough of them looking at her and asked, "Is there a problem Sue?"
"Yeah, there's a problem. You! You're the problem." Sue sneered.
Faith spoke before thinking and replied, "Yea, like I haven't heard that before." Faith was knocked to the ground and the group of women there started pounding on her. She'd learned long ago not to do anything back, so she just lay there and got pummeled.
After a few minutes of women taking a hit at Faith the guards slowly started pulling them off of her. Once all the women were off of Faith, Ronda was at her side and helping her up. She noticed the look in her eye and took her straight to the gym.
While Faith was hitting the punching bag like she hated it, Ronda watched her and started noticing different things about her. The first thing she noticed was that she was stronger than the entire group of Sue's lackeys and yet she let them pummel her. She also noticed that Faith had a few broken ribs and probably more broken bones but yet she still had the edge over the punching bag.
"Fai?" Ronda asked.
"Yea?" Faith replied not taking her eyes off the punching bag. She knew what Ronda was going to ask her, she didn't know how to explain it.
"What are you?" Ronda asked and then took it back when Faith stopped hitting the bag. "I didn't mean it like that." She hurried.
"It's okay Ron." Faith reassured the older friend. "It's hard to explain, but just believe that I wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone."
Ronda saw the look of truth in her eye but had to ask, "How are you okay after a beating like that?"
Faith chuckled, "I'm not okay. I just have a higher pain tolerance than most do. I also heal a lot faster."
Just as that was said five guards walked in and forcefully grabbed Faith away from Ronda and the punching bag.
One of the guards, known as Henry, spoke first with, "Fighting is a serious offence and you have to spend time in the quiet room." Before anyone could say anything they were down the hall and at the quiet door. Henry unlocked the door and the other four guards threw Faith inside. Quickly shutting the door they walked towards Ronda and replied, "If you know what's good for you, you'll head back to the cafeteria."
Ronda's head fell with defeat as she turned back down the hallway to head to the cafeteria. Once around the corner she was seething with anger at Sue and her friends, but she knew Faith wouldn't want her to get in trouble because of her and she forced herself to calm down.
Faith sat in the dimly lit room and began the healing of her broken bones. She looked at her left hand and knew it was shattered because Angela, one of Sue's lackeys, stepped on it repeatedly. She also knew because she was kicked in the stomach that at least 5 ribs that were broken. Her shoulder had been dislocated and her right ankle was severely twisted, any more so and it would have been broken.
So deep in thought finding all her aches and pains she didn't hear someone enter the quiet room. Mediating had silently pulled her from herself as she mentally repaired her body. She'd learned this technique from her first watcher. Once finished she opened her eyes to see a man that shimmered like he wasn't really there. "Who are you?"
"A friend." Was his reply.
Snorting softly she replied, "I don't have many friends. Especially ones that are here." She looked around and decided they were relatively safe. He didn't say much, so she just watched him and his movements. He looked nervous, but had an air around him that told her that he was powerful. Raising her eyebrow she finally asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Don't really know."
Before Faith could ask anything the door opened and Matthew ran in. "Faith, are you okay??"
"Five by five." She replied noticing that the man had disappeared. "What are you doing here?"
"Your time in court's here. Come on." He reached out to help her up and was surprised to see that after what he'd heard that she'd be walking as good as she was.
Faith noticed a bag at his feet and questioned it. He answered, "It's for you. It's clothing for you to wear in front of the judge."
A few minutes later Faith and Matthew walked up the steps to the courthouse. Matthew gave Faith a couple of minutes to get changed into the outfit he found for her. When she exited the bathroom her eyes showed nervousness.
"It'll be okay, Faith." Matthew replied blue eyes shining.
Smiling back Faith watched as a man in the shadows watched them. * It's him. I wonder who he is. *
"Everything okay?" Matthew asked his eyes holding concern just in the depth of them.
"Five by."
"I know five." He replied laughing.
Later at the Prison
"I can't believe yer leavin' us." Cassie slur to the other brunette that was busy packing what stuff she had in her cell.
"Me neither." Faith replied as she put the last of her things in the duffle bag. * I've still got to write Draco. I'll have to do that when I get to the new apartment. * Standing up straight, she looked at what friends she had. "I'll miss you all." Faith said but then continued, "Except you." She was looking at Sue.
"Well I wont miss you neither." She replied glaring at Faith.
"I'm sure you will. 'cuz who else are you going to beat up on and not get into trouble for?" Faith retorted watching her face turn into full sneer mode.
At the Apartment
"You can sleep in here. I purchased some clothing that I hope you'll like." Matthew told Faith after he showed her around the nice sized apartment.
"Thanks." She replied putting her things on the bed. "I'm gonna write a letter to a friend and then I'll be out for dinner."
"Okay." Matthew replied shutting the door behind him as he walked down the hallway.
Faith wrote for what seemed like hours before she was called for dinner. Smiling she folded the letter, and set it down on her desk. She watched as it slowly disappeared. * Cool. * Was her thought as she walked out of her room.
'Dear Draco,
I'm not sure if you've noticed it's taken me a lot longer than usual to reply to you. So much has happened since I received your letter yesterday. First off, my godfather showed up. Turns out he's been watching out for me since my parents split up. He's really nice, that's one clue that he's not part of my family. We ended up talking until I was taken back to my cell for the night.
This morning I had planned on writing you after breakfast and a short workout at the gym, but that was turn upside down as I was jumped in the cafeteria getting food. The guards took long enough to pull everyone off of me. My friend, Ronda, asked me why I don't fight back, and it was hard for me not to tell her the truth. Anyways, I got sent to the "quiet" room because, I quote, "Fighting is a serious offence". Funny thing was there were five guards there to escort me. Like I would fight back as injured as I was. Anyways, this is gonna sound really strange but I saw a man in the room with me. I was meditating trying to heal myself when I see this man standing before me he wasn't there there, he was just there. I sort of had a feeling that I knew him. I know I've seen him around the jail, the last couple of days so maybe that's it.
I didn't get to talk to him long, because right at that moment my godfather, Matthew, ran in. I had a date at the courthouse. Well to make a long story less long, I was set free. I'm free! I haven't gotten used to that yet. I never thought I'd see the day when the gates would open to let me out. I'm still not sure that I deserve to be free, but perhaps this way I can begin my healing.
Well dinner's ready and I'm starved. Haven't eaten since breakfast yesterday. I hope that I keep hearing from you. I know that I've only received a handful of letters from you but they are truly my lifeline that keeps me going. ( Faith'
He would have never believed it unless he'd read it himself. * Wow, she's truly lucky to have been released from prison. * Looking up from the letter he noticed Snape watching him with careful eyes.
"Mr. Malfoy, are you quite finished reading that note?" Snape sneered bring everyone's attention to Draco who was trying to hide the letter from Faith.
"Yes sir." Draco answered thinking * busted * to himself.
TBC