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Chapter Forty-Three
Esmerelda looked at her parents as she stood up and left the room with her sisters, knowing they were about to have a go at her, she hated the fact they only cared about their reputation but she learned that fact years ago. The three daughters left the room with their parents and once they were out of earshot Triton and Ursulla started.
"Esmerelda this behaviour is unacceptable" Triton told his daughter, and the eldest looked at him, wondering which part of it he deemed unacceptable.
"Why what did I do?" Esmerelda asked, wondering if they were annoyed at her for allowing herself to be trapped and attacked by Lily or trying to attack her in the office.
"You trying to fight with the bully, you are a Hallow, we don't start getting into silly fights with people, imagine this got out, it is unladylike like to fight" Ursulla replied and Esmerelda sighed, wondering why they were making such a big deal of this.
"She insulted Ethel" Esmerelda replied, explaining what had made her so mad.
"If you attack someone everytime someone says a bad word about your sisters you will be fighting everyone" Triton told her logically.
"And remember Esmerelda the family reputation is what we always have to maintain, it is important to remember who we are" Ursulla told her daughter who sighed, she wished they would care less about the Hallow name, she honestly thought most people would not care about her having a disagreement with some other pupil, only her parents seemed to care so much.
"I am sorry mother, father, it won't happen again" Esmerelda told her parents, knowing full well it was better to just apologise, even if she thought she was in the right, dealing with her parents angry was a nightmare.
"I am glad you have realised your mistake" Triton said, glad he did not have to argue with her more about this, he knew Esmerelda was stubborn and would sometimes try to fight them.
"Right, I think we are done here, work calls, you two come" Mrs Hallow told Ethel and Sybil, the youngest two faces dropped, not wanting to go yet, they had being with Esmie under an hour.
"Aww mum can't we stay a little longer?" Sybil asked
"Yes we want to see Esmerelda's room, and Morgana" Ethel replied, holding onto her sister's arm to try and prove her point.
"No we have to get home to drop you two off and then go back to work" Triton told them, his eyes darkening in anger at his daughters answering him back.
"Well we can stay for a bit and then get someone to transport us home" Sybil suggested, wanting to see Cackles and wanting to spend time with her oldest sister.
"We said no! We are going home now, I don't want anymore of this silly behaviour" Ursulla told them, becoming angey. The three sisters sighed, knowing they had lost this battle. They hugged each other and their parents waited impatiently.
"That is long enough, we don't have all day" Triton told them and Ethel and Sybil sighed as Esmerelda kissed their heads and then they walked towards their parents and only had a split second to wave before their parents transferred.
Esmerelda felt her anger boil over in that moment because she was angry at her parents for taking Ethel and Sybil, they had not seen each other in months, they wanted to all be together just for a bit, but they were more concerned with their stupid jobs than they were about their children's feelings, and that was the moment Esmerelda promised herself not to get so caught up in her work when she was older and had a job, she took the steps two at a time, not sure if Lily had gone yet, and not caring, she went into her bedroom and slammed the door, sitting on her bed, stressed out.
"Why do they ruin everything?" Esmerelda asked Morgana who looked at her timidly, able to tell she was in a bad mood, the cat let her owner stroke her head though, wanting to help her relax.
"I wish gran still lived here, at least she doesn't ignore us and skip of to work, they irritate me so much" Esmerelda told her little cat who only looked at her sadly.
"I miss Ethel and Sybil so much it hurts, it is going to be ages until I see them again" Esmerelda said before something entered her head and she gasped out loud, making her poor familiar jump and the cat meowed angrily at her.
"Sorry Morgana, I just remembered, Lily took my mirror" Esmerelda said, looking in her pillowcase to make sure it actually had being her one and this was not another one of her tricks, she saw that it was indeed true, her mirror was not there. Esmerelda ran out of her bedroom and next door without knocking, she opened the door and looked around.
"NO NO!" Esmerelda shouted as she looked at the room.
It was completely bare, there was no possessions or bedding on the bed. Lily had clearly already left which made sense, the girls were not given long to pack their things when they were expelled. In a panic, Esmerelda started throwing open the drawers and the wardrobe.
She knew it was silly. It was after all only a mirror. But it was more than that, none of the girls had a phone, she couldn't just text her sisters and ask if they were okay, being able to talk to them every evening had kept her sane, she sometimes only spoke to them for a few minutes but knowing they were okay had calmed her and stopped her panicking over them. Without the mirror she was going to lose her mind with fear something had happened to them.
"No she has taken it" Esmerelda said as she looked around the room and could not find the mirror anywhere, she started to shake with frustration and hurt as she realised Lily had taken the mirror with her and then a flashback came back to her head and she was shocked by what she realised.
"I need to take something of yours" Lily has said repeatedly, she would never say what she meant, all the stuff she had done to Esmerelda was evil but she had taken nothing from her with it, her face was going to heal, Ethel and Sybil were not injured and it was Lily who had lost out because she had being the one to get expelled, that was when it clicked with Esmerelda.
Lily was crafty and Esmerelda came to the conclusion the plan, Lily's whole revenge plan had of course being to teach her a lesson by tormenting her and scaring her but that was not everything, she wanted to do something that would have a permanent affect on the girl and that is why she had decided to take the mirror from Esmerelda, she knew how much it meant to her and how the girl was way to over attached to her sisters, Lily knew what made Esmerelda anxious and she knew the girl having no way to communicate with her sisters was what would make her panic and anxious, and Lily had being right because Esmerelda had come to rely on the mirror as a form of safety. She didn't always have a long talk with Ethel and Sybil, but being able to tell they were okay was what kept her sane and made her able to deal with being away from them.
Esmerelda sat on the bare bed, feeling defeated. She knew she shouldn't be getting upset over something so stupid but she couldn't help it, she felt on edge not being able to talk to Ethel and Sybil whenever she wanted, she would be able to talk to them on mirror days sure but it wasn't the same thing. Esmerelda sighed and walked into her own bedroom.
"It is gone Morgana" Esmerelda said sadly and Morgana went over to her, to comfort her again, able to tell she was no longer angry but just sad, the bullies always seemed to get one over on her and Lily had taken the mirror out of spite, she had taken the head girl status from Lily so Lily took her only solid way of communicating with her sisters. Esmerelda cuddled her cat and just hoped the year went quickly, she was going to struggle with going back to only speaking to Ethel and Sybil weekly.