Closed I’ll Stay Here

[Eurydice Nightray]

Eurydice’s whole weekend has gone down the drain. If someone were to ask her to pinpoint the exact moment it did, she would say that it was when she’d signed up for Heta Omega last semester. She kinds of regrets it really. She’d been looking forward to joining it ever since finding out her mum had been a past president of the club. And when she did, she’d had high hopes. And they all came tumbling down quickly. Eury had never had any friends before Hogwarts so her cousins were the closest thing. Which is why she hadn’t taken kindly to Vanity just dismissing Rose so callously. And it just went downhill from there. How was she even going to cheer for girls over boys that were her friends and family. Sisters before misters they said. But Jonah was her cousin. And Elio-nii was apparently her brother-in-law. She wasn’t even friends with any of the girls. And why would she cheer on such horrid people. People who set snakes on people. She hadn’t even been able to sleep or function well since yesterday. She kept checking the floors in the dorm whenever something made the smallest sound. And she kept seeing the snake fangs of that bright red snake. She couldn’t even focus on schoolwork because she couldn’t stand to be anywhere quiet or free of people right now. And because she didn’t want to be caught alone while walking, she hadn’t even bothered showing up to the Great Hall for breakfast. Or lunch. So she’d parked herself on the student lounge, just staring blankly at her book. Maybe if she read about Astronomy enough, she’d start thinking of stars instead of snakes.

@William Potter-Cade ​