Family Can Come As If By Magic

Chapter 14

Sofia gets out of the carriage that brought her home from school, but she wasn't smiling or laughing as she walks with gloomy air about her, which baffled staff as the cheerful girl was happy to greet them with a smile and a wave as she walked towards the Sorcerer's tower.

But Sofia had alot on her mind as she tried to come up with a quick reason for her Papa not wanting to see her grades for the term.

When she saw them, she knew that her Papa was not going to please with her and would want an explaination for it as she was studying so hard all the time.

But Sofia had a secret that she kept from her Papa while she was in school and that is the reason why she is basically failing in school.

Cedric was working in his shop when he heard the door to his quarter open and close, which meant that Sofia was home, but when she didn't come running into his workshop, it had him both concern and curious at the same time.

So he went to go and check in on Sofia to see if she was alright and when he saw no sign of her in the enterance, he went up to her room and knocks, coming in and saw that she was busy doing her homework.

"Sofia?"

She jumped so high that it almost made her ripped the paper in half that she was writing on, but then she turns to look at her father, blushing alittle as she greets him.

"Hi Papa, how are you?" Sofia said with a forced cheerfullness

Cedric could feel something was off with his little girl and he might have a pretty good guess as to what it might be.

"I heard that today was the day you got your report card."

Sofia looked at him in confusion, which he could tell was fake but he would not let her know that.

"Report Card? Oh! I must have forget it at school, silly me."

Cedric raises an eyebrow at that lie, but decided to give her one more chance to come clean.

"No matter, I can get a copy of your report card from the teacher by sending her a letter."
Cedric turns as if to leave and stops when Sofia shouts.

"Wait! I-I- the teacher doesn't have copys of the reports cards."

Cedric sighs inwardly as he heard the lies coming out of his normally, truthfull daughter's mouth, and decided that enough was enough.

"Lying is not your strong suit my dear, so I would suggest coming clean. now."

Sofia looks as if she is ready to cry so she slowly opens her bag and pulls out the report card, giving it to him.

When Cedric reads the report card, he was shocked by what he was reading.

Report Card

Sofia - Grade 1st

Math - C-

English - C+

Writing - D -

Science - F

Always forgetting to bring homework in and fails to explains why.

When Cedric looks up from the report, he was so disappointed that he could not find the words to express it so he went for it said.

"What happened?"

Sofia stayed silent as she was terrifed to reveal the reason behind her bad grades.

"Sofia, tell me the truth, are you have trouble in school?"

He was still met with silence and frustrated and concerned him to no end.

"Until you can tell me what is going on, you are to remain in your room, with exceptation of meals and the bathroom."

Cedric goes to leave and decided to express his deep disappointment.

"I am very disappointed in you, Sofia."

With that he left and did not look back, even though his heart was breaking as he wanted to take it back, but it was said and there was nothing he could do.

Sofia was sobbing her heart out, when she heard what her Papa had said and left without a backwards glance.

After while she had no more tears to shed and decided that she had to come clean to her Papa, so that he won't be disappointed in her anymore and maybe he can help her as well.

Leaving her room, she makes her way up the stairs to the workshop and when she opens the door she is greeted to heartbreaking sight of her Papa crying his eyes out and was quick to get on his lap, hugging him tightly in the hopes of bringing him comfort.

"Papa, I am so sorry, I promise to tell you the truth, please don't be sad anymore."
Cedric rubs his eyes quickly to rid his face of the tears as he returns the hug.

"Speak." Cedric ordered softly as he hugs Sofia close.

"There's this group of kids at my school that decided to pick on me because I am "bastard daughter of a royal sorcerer" and they would steal my homework and assignments, passing it off as their own and it would get me in trouble with the teacher and than they would threaten to beat me up if I told anyone, oh Papa, I was so scared!"

Sofia was sobbing once more as she tightens her grip onto Cedric's robes.

Cedric was seething with rage at the fact that anyone would want to harm his sweet child, but he had to put that aside for now to help comfort his terrifed child.

"Thank you for telling me, my sweet child and I want you to know that you are not that horrid word that those heeths use to decribe you as it is not true."

Sofia looks at up into her Papa's eyes and saw nothing but love for her.

"I am going to come with you to school tomorrow to talk with your teacher and hopefully put an end to this, but if not, then I am going to pull you out and homeschool you until you are old enough to go to Hexley Hall, I don't care if you hate me, I will keep you safe even if you don't like it."

Sofia just snuggles into her Papa's robes, finally feeling free of her burdens, she was so tired that she fell asleep in her Papa's arms.

Cedric just sighs and pulls her closer and goes into the living room and falls asleep on the couch with a sleeping Sofia laying on top of him.