Unknown Secret
Chapter 15, A Merry Christmas
'Wow, Christmas morning already' Skyla thought as she sat up to an empty dormitory. So much had happened since that fateful night when Draco stabbed her. She got to put the Sorting Hat on again, this time for real sorting. She happened to be put into Ravenclaw. So now she had her own bed again this time in a different and somewhat nicer atmosphere, but the dormitory was empty these couple of weeks because almost everyone was home for the holidays. Skyla was staying at Hogwarts because the Christmases at the orphanage were always so boring.
She wasn't expecting presents, but as she looked down at the foot of her bed, she found a few of them. "Who could have sent me these" she wondered. They were all in colorful wrappings. Skyla leaned over and picked up the top one. It was addressed to Skyla from Saerenna Avaeran. She quickly opened it and inside she found a matching set of blue sparkly gloves, scarf and a hat. There was a note too. It said 'I know teachers aren't supposed to have favorites, so I'm giving this to you as a friend. Merry Christmas Skyla.'
Skyla smiled at it then picked up the next package. This one was from Kaira and contained a bunch of chocolates. It too had a note. 'Hope you're having fun in your new house. My mom makes chocolates so I thought I'd send you some, they're delicious. Merry Christmas, Kaira Wood.'
Skyla picked up one of the chocolates and bit into it. 'Kaira was right, these are delicious.' she thought and grabbed the next one. The tag said 'To Skyla, From Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Merry Christmas.' 'That was nice of them' she thought as she opened the packaging. Inside were an assortment of candies from Honeydukes. She set those aside and picked up the last present.
It was small and taped onto it was a note; 'Skyla, Your parents asked me to give these to you If anything happened to them. I think they belong to you now. Have a happy Christmas. -Amoran Magesmith' Skyla hastily tore open the wrappings and found inside a small, silver, heart-shaped locket. Underneath that was a picture. She picked up the locket first and opened it. Inside were two pictures. The first was of a handsome man with brown hair and grey eyes. Underneath the picture was written Jeroc Auren. The second was a women with long, straight blonde hair and icy blue eyes. Skyla gasped, it was like looking at a mirror. It was amazing how much her mother looked like her. She read the name under the picture; Lydessa Black. Skyla gasped again. 'My mother was a Black?' she asked herself. She picked up the picture and looked again on her smiling parents, this time they looked somewhat older and her mother was holding a small baby with blond hair and blue eyes; Skyla. The picture felt oddly thick, as if it was more than just a picture, but Skyla had another question in her mind. 'If my mother was a Black, does that mean I'm related to Professor Avaeran?'
She thought about the question all the way through breakfast, and afterwards she headed up to Professor Avaeran's office. As usual, the Professor was sitting behind her desk. Skyla came right out with her question, "Did you know my mother was a Black?"
Professor Avaeran smiled at Skyla and said, "I was wondering when this question would come up. Yes, I did. Your Great-Grandmother was my Great-Aunt."
"So we are related. That would make us…" Skyla asked.
"Distant cousins." Professor Avaeran finished. "Your Great-Grandmother was quite attached to her name and insisted her son keep it. How did you find out?"
"Mr. Magesmith sent me these." Skyla answered and held out the locket and picture.
"You can call him Amoran, he won't mind." The Professor said still smiling. "So he did keep those. I thought he had gotten rid of them after everyone thought you were all dead. I guess he kept some hope."
The Professor had a sort of dreamy quality to her voice when Skyla mentioned Amoran. 'I bet she has a crush on him.' She thought to herself and tried not to giggle. Still, some amusement must have showed on her face because the Professor asked, "What's so funny."
"Nothing." Skyla replied and straightened her face. "I'd better be going. Merry Christmas, and thank you for the present" She said and walked out of the office towards the common room, thinking that this was one of her better Christmases.
Chapter 15, A Merry Christmas
'Wow, Christmas morning already' Skyla thought as she sat up to an empty dormitory. So much had happened since that fateful night when Draco stabbed her. She got to put the Sorting Hat on again, this time for real sorting. She happened to be put into Ravenclaw. So now she had her own bed again this time in a different and somewhat nicer atmosphere, but the dormitory was empty these couple of weeks because almost everyone was home for the holidays. Skyla was staying at Hogwarts because the Christmases at the orphanage were always so boring.
She wasn't expecting presents, but as she looked down at the foot of her bed, she found a few of them. "Who could have sent me these" she wondered. They were all in colorful wrappings. Skyla leaned over and picked up the top one. It was addressed to Skyla from Saerenna Avaeran. She quickly opened it and inside she found a matching set of blue sparkly gloves, scarf and a hat. There was a note too. It said 'I know teachers aren't supposed to have favorites, so I'm giving this to you as a friend. Merry Christmas Skyla.'
Skyla smiled at it then picked up the next package. This one was from Kaira and contained a bunch of chocolates. It too had a note. 'Hope you're having fun in your new house. My mom makes chocolates so I thought I'd send you some, they're delicious. Merry Christmas, Kaira Wood.'
Skyla picked up one of the chocolates and bit into it. 'Kaira was right, these are delicious.' she thought and grabbed the next one. The tag said 'To Skyla, From Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Merry Christmas.' 'That was nice of them' she thought as she opened the packaging. Inside were an assortment of candies from Honeydukes. She set those aside and picked up the last present.
It was small and taped onto it was a note; 'Skyla, Your parents asked me to give these to you If anything happened to them. I think they belong to you now. Have a happy Christmas. -Amoran Magesmith' Skyla hastily tore open the wrappings and found inside a small, silver, heart-shaped locket. Underneath that was a picture. She picked up the locket first and opened it. Inside were two pictures. The first was of a handsome man with brown hair and grey eyes. Underneath the picture was written Jeroc Auren. The second was a women with long, straight blonde hair and icy blue eyes. Skyla gasped, it was like looking at a mirror. It was amazing how much her mother looked like her. She read the name under the picture; Lydessa Black. Skyla gasped again. 'My mother was a Black?' she asked herself. She picked up the picture and looked again on her smiling parents, this time they looked somewhat older and her mother was holding a small baby with blond hair and blue eyes; Skyla. The picture felt oddly thick, as if it was more than just a picture, but Skyla had another question in her mind. 'If my mother was a Black, does that mean I'm related to Professor Avaeran?'
She thought about the question all the way through breakfast, and afterwards she headed up to Professor Avaeran's office. As usual, the Professor was sitting behind her desk. Skyla came right out with her question, "Did you know my mother was a Black?"
Professor Avaeran smiled at Skyla and said, "I was wondering when this question would come up. Yes, I did. Your Great-Grandmother was my Great-Aunt."
"So we are related. That would make us…" Skyla asked.
"Distant cousins." Professor Avaeran finished. "Your Great-Grandmother was quite attached to her name and insisted her son keep it. How did you find out?"
"Mr. Magesmith sent me these." Skyla answered and held out the locket and picture.
"You can call him Amoran, he won't mind." The Professor said still smiling. "So he did keep those. I thought he had gotten rid of them after everyone thought you were all dead. I guess he kept some hope."
The Professor had a sort of dreamy quality to her voice when Skyla mentioned Amoran. 'I bet she has a crush on him.' She thought to herself and tried not to giggle. Still, some amusement must have showed on her face because the Professor asked, "What's so funny."
"Nothing." Skyla replied and straightened her face. "I'd better be going. Merry Christmas, and thank you for the present" She said and walked out of the office towards the common room, thinking that this was one of her better Christmases.