Today was a fairytale

[Lea Mauven]

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L ea lay under the vast branches of the willow tree and
tried to think of a reason to smile. Life was becoming
harder and harder for the twelve year old and she had
already experienced death more times than most adults
had in their lifetime. Living at the halfway house was
supposed to give Lea a friend to lean on, a shoulder to
cry on. But it had only brought her more heartache. After
befriending another girl who's parents had died she
thought she had found solace., but yesterday had been
another day Lea had pleaded for something to go right,
pleaded for a miracle. But it never came, Pebbles was
dead, and it was the fourth death Lea had witnessed in
her life, and every one was still imprinted in her mind,
and nothing could remove those images. Lea sighed and
found her fingers stroking across a small plaited bracelet,
worn and tattered many would wonder why she hadn't
thrown it away yet.

T hreaded into the worn earthy colored thread were four
beads, together spelling out L-O-V-E. Lea let a little smile
spread across her face and remembered when she had
plaited the bracelet for her mother, even though it looked
a mess and wasn't nearly as good as a bought one her
mother had loved it and worn it every day. It was the last
possesion Lea had, her mother had been wearing it in the
car crash. And now Lea wore it. They hadn't let her take
anything to the foster home, another placement that hadn't
worked out. Aparantly keeping things only kept the memories
alive, something the social workers strived to kill. As Lea
looked across the garden she saw somebody familiar
approaching. "Hey" she managed to muster up a reply
and even a small smile towards the boy.

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[Elijah Tine]

Elijah Tine, was a boy who against all odds found happiness in the oddest of places. He had spent the summer at an unders hostel. Clutching his belongings every night that hebslept so that he knew that nonone could steal anything and apart from that Eli had met such a variety of people he saw past the freezing close to sleepless night which and filled his winter break. At times he wondered if He had made the wrong decision in leaving home. But that wasn't his home. He was a fostered child. Made to live with two people who hadnMt much about him in anyway. The only thing that made that home different from the hostel was the mass amount of other people of all ages. All with there own stories. Each with a made up lie about what they were doing alone during the Cold winter months. Eli couldnMt say that his experiences had put him off the place. It was quite fun. He had learned a lot of things and a lot of the people he'd met played the guitar. So he'd learned a lot of new chrods and ways to play the guitar.

Elijah was very happy to be back at school. He really was. There was somebing about school no matter how boring it was, it still was better than a hostel. Eli had unpacked hisnthijgs and gotten back into the swing of he'd done things before the summer. He played his guitar into the early hours and slept until lunch. Eli today however had decided on a different approach. He had gone to bed as early as he could manage and gotten up at an ungodly early hour and actually gone to breakfast at the right time. Now of course Eli had no idea what to do with himself for the rest of the day. He could go back to his room and just sit inside it playing his guitar and making up a song. It seemed like a fun thing to do. But since he done that since he'd gotten back to school. Elijah decided that it was time for a change. Elijah still went up to his room, and took his guitar, along with hisntrusty wand and then went fir a wander. To wonder about what to do wih his day. Elijah walked around the school for a bit. Careful of his steps to make sure that he wouldn't getnlost. It was a small glance out one of the windows which looked out to the gardens, that Eli had decided on what he would do.

Elijah walked out onto the grounds. He had put the guitar on to his back and was making his way to the gardens. Eli was deciding on a song that his head couldnplay. It turned out to play Ridin Solo by Jason Derulo. Eli liked the song and it was definitely one to dance to but what Elijah really hated about the song was the way the guy pronounced the word Solo. It was such a silly thing To be annoyed by, but as Elijah danced his way to the gardens he could only cringe each time his mind said the word Solo. But at least dancing got him to where henwas meant to be. Or wanted to be. Elijah started to do the moon walked as he walked along the gravel of the garden. His now shorter brown hair was out the way of his eyes so he didn't need to push his hair from his eyes, and yet more than once he did it without even thinking. Elijah looked up from the ground he stared intently at whenever he danced and spotted a girl who was familiar. Elijah, decided to gonover to her. He waved when she spotted him. He, not too sure why then did a cartwheel before taking a seat beside the girl who he was sure was called Lea.

"Hey there Lea. How are you?" Eli said with a smile. Henliked to meet new people. It was always nice. And while Lea wasn't new. He could hardly claim to know her that well either.

 

[Lea Mauven]

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I mmediately Lea began to smile as Eli cartwheeled towards her
and greeted her. The small girl tucked her legs under her skirt.
Lea had only met Elijah once or twice but it didn't take long for
her to realise how kind and genuine he was. He always seemed
to be able to brighten the room and have fun. Lately thats what
Lea needed to learn to do, she had been a real downer lately
it was a wonder people even wanted to be around her anymore.
"How have you been?" she asked sweetly and rather quietly. She
had always been shy and quiet, especially after moving to
Hogwarts, as it was such a big school ans it was so daunting to her.
But she reminded herself that they were no longer the babies of
the school, they had gained a little respect and knowledge and now
they were second years, things were going to be different. Lea
fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist again and looked out onto the
beautiful garden, this was quickly becoming Lea's favourite place in
the school, it was a peaceful place to think and read, even sketch.

L ea smiled again and smelt the aroma coming from the flowers, even
though it was winter the smell was beautiful and it didn't seem to be
too cold that day, in fact it was rather nice weather considering the
season. "What were you playing?" Lea asked Elijah, she knew he was
obsessed with music, but she had a feeling that was a muggle song.
She knew a bit about music but she didn't know nearly as much as her
fellow Hufflepuff. She liked to write poetry though, and all good poetry
could become a song with the right tune. As a few leaves fluttered down
from the tree above Lea caught one in her palm and smiled, admiring
each crease in the soft green leaf. She wondered where her parents
were now. She never found out where their bodies had been laid. She
didn't really know anything, she had been carted off by a social worker so
fast she barely had time to say goodbye.

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