Robyn woke up early the next morning as she always does. Her heart skipped a beat as she remembered what had happened the night before. It was one of the happiest nights of her life.
The clock on her bedside table read 7:34, so she decided to get up and have breakfast. When she was walking down the steps to the Girl's Dorms, she saw that Ron and Harry were about to leave the Common Room to get breakfast.
"Hey guys!" Robyn said waving and smiling, butterflies beginning to form in her stomach.
Their faces lit up.
"Hey Robyn.. good morning!" Harry greeted, stifling a yawn.
"You too," she said, trying not to show her happiness on her face.
"Shall we go then?" Ron said, gesturing to the portrait hole.
When they went down into the The Great Hall, they saw that there was barely any students there and they were just arriving.
Robyn sat down with Harry and Ron and began to eat her eggs and bacon. However, her breakfast was disturbed by a large, feathery owl.
Ron and Harry gasped in horror at the letter that was dropped on her plate.
"What's wrong?" Robyn asked. Since it was still her 1st year there at Hogwarts, she was still learning about the wonderful new mysterious of magic.
"That," Ron gulped, "... is a Howler."
Harry stared at Robyn with a look of sorriness on his face and warned her, "You'd better open it before it explodes, but brace yourself... you may want to plug your ears."
A rush of embarrassment and fear went through her body as she opened the scarlet letter with trembling fingers.
"ROBYN NARCISSA MALFOY! HOW DARE YOU DISCRACE THE FAMILY NAME?! THE MALFOY BLOOD-LINE HAS BEEN IN SLYTHERIN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND YOU'VE JUST RUINED IT! YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTED IN YOU! WHY COULDN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR BROTHER, DRACO? WE'RE COMING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO KICKING YOU TO THE CURB! DON'T EXPECT TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!"
Lucious cold and booming voice echoed in Robyn's ears as her eyes welled up with tears.
"Excuse me," she choked out, running out of the Great Hall and knocking over her goblet doing so.
Ron got up to run after her but Harry stopped him.
"I think it's best for her to be alone right now," Harry said gravely.
Ron and Harry shot daggers at Draco and his friends as they doubled over with laughter.
At 9 o'clock the first bell rang for Transfiguration as Harry and Ron sat at the front of the classroom, looking around for Robyn.
By this point, they started to get worried.
"Man, I hope she's ok... my howler wasn't nearly as bad as that..." Ron said, with a worried glance at Harry.
That class was extremely uncomfortable for the both of them as they couldn't get their minds off Robyn. The whole day was like that; they couldn't find her either when they searched the school for her at lunch.
At 6 o'clock that afternoon, however, when Harry and Ron were completing their homework in the common room, they looked up to find a red-nosed, puffy-eyed Robyn.
"Oh dear, Robyn... are you ok?" Ron gasped, relieved she finally showed up but scared at the same time. He got up and walked over to her, staring hard at her.
"Yeah.. I'll be fine... don't worry about me," Robyn sniffed, forcing a smile.
Ron couldn't help but smile back.
"Are you seriously ok? That Howler was pretty harsh," Harry said, appearing behind Ron and putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Thanks for caring, but seriously I'm ok," she laughed uncomfortably, trying not to cry again since they brought it up.
Robyn rested her head on Ron's shoulder. She had been crying for 3 straight hours and spent the rest of the day with Moaning Myrtle (it was someone she could trust talking to) and was really tired. He patted her back.
"Alright... well, we'll show you your homework for you," Harry said.
That night, Robyn lay awake, the loud and terribly cold voice of her father still ringing in her ears as she rolled down her sleeves...
She didn't sleep at all that night.
The clock on her bedside table read 7:34, so she decided to get up and have breakfast. When she was walking down the steps to the Girl's Dorms, she saw that Ron and Harry were about to leave the Common Room to get breakfast.
"Hey guys!" Robyn said waving and smiling, butterflies beginning to form in her stomach.
Their faces lit up.
"Hey Robyn.. good morning!" Harry greeted, stifling a yawn.
"You too," she said, trying not to show her happiness on her face.
"Shall we go then?" Ron said, gesturing to the portrait hole.
When they went down into the The Great Hall, they saw that there was barely any students there and they were just arriving.
Robyn sat down with Harry and Ron and began to eat her eggs and bacon. However, her breakfast was disturbed by a large, feathery owl.
Ron and Harry gasped in horror at the letter that was dropped on her plate.
"What's wrong?" Robyn asked. Since it was still her 1st year there at Hogwarts, she was still learning about the wonderful new mysterious of magic.
"That," Ron gulped, "... is a Howler."
Harry stared at Robyn with a look of sorriness on his face and warned her, "You'd better open it before it explodes, but brace yourself... you may want to plug your ears."
A rush of embarrassment and fear went through her body as she opened the scarlet letter with trembling fingers.
"ROBYN NARCISSA MALFOY! HOW DARE YOU DISCRACE THE FAMILY NAME?! THE MALFOY BLOOD-LINE HAS BEEN IN SLYTHERIN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND YOU'VE JUST RUINED IT! YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTED IN YOU! WHY COULDN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR BROTHER, DRACO? WE'RE COMING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO KICKING YOU TO THE CURB! DON'T EXPECT TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!"
Lucious cold and booming voice echoed in Robyn's ears as her eyes welled up with tears.
"Excuse me," she choked out, running out of the Great Hall and knocking over her goblet doing so.
Ron got up to run after her but Harry stopped him.
"I think it's best for her to be alone right now," Harry said gravely.
Ron and Harry shot daggers at Draco and his friends as they doubled over with laughter.
At 9 o'clock the first bell rang for Transfiguration as Harry and Ron sat at the front of the classroom, looking around for Robyn.
By this point, they started to get worried.
"Man, I hope she's ok... my howler wasn't nearly as bad as that..." Ron said, with a worried glance at Harry.
That class was extremely uncomfortable for the both of them as they couldn't get their minds off Robyn. The whole day was like that; they couldn't find her either when they searched the school for her at lunch.
At 6 o'clock that afternoon, however, when Harry and Ron were completing their homework in the common room, they looked up to find a red-nosed, puffy-eyed Robyn.
"Oh dear, Robyn... are you ok?" Ron gasped, relieved she finally showed up but scared at the same time. He got up and walked over to her, staring hard at her.
"Yeah.. I'll be fine... don't worry about me," Robyn sniffed, forcing a smile.
Ron couldn't help but smile back.
"Are you seriously ok? That Howler was pretty harsh," Harry said, appearing behind Ron and putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Thanks for caring, but seriously I'm ok," she laughed uncomfortably, trying not to cry again since they brought it up.
Robyn rested her head on Ron's shoulder. She had been crying for 3 straight hours and spent the rest of the day with Moaning Myrtle (it was someone she could trust talking to) and was really tired. He patted her back.
"Alright... well, we'll show you your homework for you," Harry said.
That night, Robyn lay awake, the loud and terribly cold voice of her father still ringing in her ears as she rolled down her sleeves...
She didn't sleep at all that night.