Before Ethie and Sybie - Esmerelda's First Years Chapter 8, a worst witch fanfic

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Chapter Eight

Esmerelda was for the first time grateful for Miss Cackle forcing her to join the flying club as she was pretty much perfect at flying now from all her practise. She flew away from her school, giddy with excitement about very soon being able to hold Ethie and Sybie in her arms. Morgana meowed, still a kitten and not happy about being locked in her cage.

"It is alright Morgana, as soon as we are at home I will let you out" Esmerelda told her kitten as she flew further away.

The journey was uneventful to say the least, apart from the fact Morgana kept meowing. The cat's cries grew louder as she was not let out of her carrier but that was not the thing Esmerelda was focused on, she could see something getting nearer between the clouds as she looked back and was horrified to see Miss Drill appear flying. She was not sure if the woman had just gone flying or she had been told to find her but Esmerelda did not want to be caught.

"Esmerelda no wait" Miss Drill said as the girl saw her teacher and flew faster into the clouds, trying to get away from the woman but unfortunately for her Miss Drill was a pro flyer who had won all sorts of awards for her flying ability so she was able to catch up with her.

Esmerelda was so concerned about trying to get away from the sports teacher she didn't notice the tree and was still looking back when she hit it. She grabbed Morgana's cage as the broom tipped and she started to fall, she was quite high up in the air so she knew she was in trouble.

Miss Drill though luckily saw what happened and flew towards the girl and grabbed her before she had a chance to think to much about what was going on, she pulled the girl onto the broomstick behind her. Esmerelda was tempted to try get off the broomstick but in all honestly she was to scared to fall, she wanted to live to see Ethel and Sybil again.

"Are you okay?" Miss Drill asked as she slowed down and turned around to fly them back towards the castle. She knew the girl could have hurt herself even if she didn't fall because of the way she fell of the broomstick, Esmerelda didn't reply but cried gently to herself. Knowing she had to go back to school. Miss Drill seemed to pick up on the fact she was crying more from the shock and couldn't really do anything in the air anyway so neither of them said anything else as she flew them back towards the castle.

Landing on the grass, Esmerelda jumped of the broomstick and held Morgana's cage to her chest as soon as her feet touched ground. She looked away from her teacher, expecting a telling off but instead she felt the woman touch her shoulder.

"Why don't we have a chat?" she suggested and Esmerelda was about to say it was not needed but the woman led her away to the back of the gardens. No-one really went around there, especially in this weather as it was cold. She sat on a bench and Esmerelda sat next to her, not knowing what to say.

"I know you are upset Esmerelda but running away from your problems never solves them, sometimes you need to face them head on" Miss Drill told her and Esmerelda sniffled before speaking quietly.

"Miss Cackle has stopped my mirror calls" Esmerelda said wiping a stray tear from the corner of her eye. "I didn't even do anything" Esmerelda went on, hurt and upset and overwhelmed in that moment.

"I know you didn't" Miss Drill said and Esmie looked at her confused, she had expected her to think she was lying like everyone else.

"Esmerelda you are way to smart to think of a prank like that, it was childish and stupid, if you were going to prank someone it would be done in a smart way" the woman told her as she had known Esmerelda was not guilty. Esmerelda's pranks would be much better than painting a room and drawing a moustache on a photo of a teacher.

"Yes well Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom think I did it, I hate being here" Esmerelda admitted not caring if it upset the woman talking badly about her co-workers or her workplace.

"I know, just because others are blind doest mean I am, you are having a hard time" Miss Drill said and Esmerelda sighed.

"Yes, I just want to see my sisters, it is hard being away from them but I could cope when I got to mirror them, it was what I looked forward to" Esmie told her teacher and this time it was Dimity's turn to sigh.

"I can't overturn Miss Cackle, she is in charge but I promise you it will be alright, your sisters will be coming to school with you in a few years and then it will be better" Miss Drill told the girl trying to help her even if she couldn't really do anything.

"It is to long away, I want to go home" Esmerelda said, she didn't see why she couldn't just leave, it was only affecting her if she missed her education.

"You need your education Esmerelda" the woman told her knowing it wasn't an option.

"Then maybe I can day school, I don't have to board do I? If I go home at the end of the day, then I can see my sisters and be happy" Esmerelda smiled as she looked at her teacher.

"I wish we could make that happen but the Great Wizard will not accept it" Miss Drill replied before she sighed again.

The thing was the wizard would not accept it because then it would not be fair on the rest of the pupils but Miss Drill was still trying to figure out why it was so important for witching schools to be boarding schools. Magical people believed it helped the youngsters become independent, as they had to do things for themselves and they achieved better because they didn't go home and forget everything they learn that day when they started playing games or 'chilling out' because they were still under the rules of a school. Miss Drill knew there was advantages but there was disadvantages too, homesickness made it so pupils would be to upset to concentrate and it was just a matter of fact some did better in day school. She thought it should at least be an option because one thing did not work for all pupils, and in Esmerelda's case it wasn't working at all.

"But I still miss my sisters" Esmerelda said as she started crying again, still so homesick and having no friends or support was making it so she was not settling in at all.

"I know it is difficult but you can't do anything about it Esmerelda, you will see them at half-term, it isn't that long away" Miss Drill told the young girl as she touched her back but the girl just cried more.

"Listen Esmerelda I know it is hard for you but you will be alright, if you are upset or need to talk you can always come to find me okay?" Miss Drill told her.

"Thank you Miss Drill" Esmerelda said as she kept sniffling. "Am I in trouble?" Esmie asked as she knew Miss Cackle was probably looking for her but the woman shook her head.

"I noticed you were gone when I went to do the room inspections, I had a feeling you had ran when I saw there was nothing in your room so I went to follow you, no-one knows but me" the woman said and with this Esmerelda became angry.

"I wanted to go home! Why did you bring me back!?" Esmerelda asked wondering why the woman had not just let her leave.

"Because I don't want you to give up your education so soon" Miss Drill told her calmly and Esmie glared at her annoyed.

"And because I knew you wouldn't get far, someone was bound to notice sooner or later and then you would be in a lot of trouble and even if you did happen to make it home you know that you would have being sent back to school" Miss Drill told her logically.

Esmerelda looked down then knowing the woman was right. Her parents would have had her carted back of to Cackles and she thought it might have broke her more, being with her sisters then having to say goodbye again. Esmerelda nodded then telling her teacher she understood what she meant.

"Thank you Miss" Esmerelda said and Miss Drill nodded, just hoping she had made the right decision.

"Why don't you go to your room before you are missed?" Miss Drill told her and Esmerelda nodded before standing up and walking towards the entrance.

Miss Drill watched her sadly go, she had a feeling things were not going to get easier for the girl, and she didn't have ways to help her. She could only do so much without getting into trouble herself.