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Abathyn Dalmoir

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Abathyn silently apparated from outside the Hogwarts gates, clutching the arm of her younger cousin as she did so. The meeting with the headmaster had gone well, and she was pleased to be able to take Sia to visit Melodie. As they arrived into the reception, Abathyn began to walk quickly to the room where Melodie was wasting away, no-one knew just how well she was, but Abby hoped that her cousin was having a good day. Pausing outside the door, she looked down at an obviously anxious Sia. "Remember, she probably won't recognise you." Abby muttered, before pushing open the door.

They entered the white room and Abathyn stood back a little, allowing Sia space to see the broken figure on the bed. This was hard for her, but Abby was happy to see that Melodie seemed quiet, if not strained and pale.
 
Sia followed Abathyn without a word. The last few minutes since leaving the headmaster's office had passed in a blur for her. Sia knew her sister had been tortured, but not why, and she didn't really understand all this. She felt too young, and like there was something she should know, but kept missing. Why do the tragedies always happen to Melodie? It's like there's some part of her life that makes it destined to go wrong. And I'm caught up in it . . . Sia wished desperately for her life to go back to whatever passed for normal. She wished that her parents were here. She wished she could stop discovering long-lost relatives. It was all too confusing.

Then the door to the hospital room opened, and she stopped wishing at the sight of Melodie.Her sister lay on the bed, looking paler than Sia had ever seen her, and the young girl felt a rush of fury at the man who had done this. She ran to Melodie's side,and stared at her face, consious of Abathyn standing behind her.
"Oh, Melodie!" she whispered, searching for a hint of recognition in that pale, pale face.
 
It had been yet another long and unproductive day. There had been no change in Melodie's vitals, she was still on a ventilator and had various machines and drips connected to her pale and lifeless body. Her auburn hair was spread across the starch white pillow, fanning out from the bandages on her head it almost looked like a halo. A fallen angel was what Melodie was. And she had fallen hard. Her crumpled body lay still in the bed, she was sedated for now, in hopes that it would prevent another outburst from taking place. For the first time since she had been admitted to St Mungo's Izaak had left Melodie's side, Abathyn had demanded he leave, have a coffee and a shower, get away from the place. Melodie's head moved slightly as he left, she mumbled slightly and her eyes began to open, her hand feeling the cool breeze now that Izaak's hand wasn't clutching it so desperately anymore. What had happened to Melodie had almost killed her, had left her relying on machines to keep her breathing and functioning. Melodie didn't fully understand or remember anything that had happened, but all night she had listened to Izaak's mumbles of what he was going to do if he ever found who was responsible.

Barely a minute after Izaak had left, two more visitors arrived to see the broken soul. They entered quietly and Melodie saw them out of the corner of her eye. She was too tired to call out or make a scene, the sedatives were already taking effect. Mumbling again, Melodie looked up at the small blonde girl who had latched onto her, and seemed to be saying her name. Melodie tried to move her arm, but the girl clung to her as if it was the last time she was going to see her. Melodie blinked her eyes, and looked over at Abathyn, the woman she had seen before, but didn't recognise at all. Her head ached from the blows it had taken the night before, and there was a faint sight of blood underneath the bandages wrapped around her frail head. Melodie reached her stick like arm up to her face and let her bruised finger gently touch a large scar across her cheek. It had been stitched up but still bled ever so slightly at her touch. "Ouch" she said looking at the small blonde girl.

Who was this? It was so confusing for Melodie, so many people had come in that past day to greive over her, yet she didn't have a clue who any of them were. It frustrated her beyond belief and usually resulted in her causng another scene with one of her outbursts. She couldn't control them and once it had happened she couldn't remember what she had done, said, or who she had hurt. Many people who came to visit her said nothing, they simply sat in the cold room and cried for hours. That was the most awkward for Melodie, her speech had been seriously limited, at the moment the young woman could barely say two words together, let alone string a coherent sentance together. Melodie coughed lightly and looked at the strange girl once more "Who?" was all she managed to say, her throat dry and sore.
 
'Oh Melodie.' Abathyn's heart broke in two at the sound of her sweet younger cousin. It was hard on them all, Abathyn knew that. She was simply relieved that Sia would be able to see her cousin, before it was too late. The last two words of that resounded around Abathyn's brain, she cringed slightly and wrapped her long arms around herself, retracting away into her own form of safety. Sanity was becoming a chore for Abathyn, as much as she wanted to avoid going down the path that fate had chosen for Mel, some days it was easier to simply hide in bed and try not to pay attention to current events. But Abathyn had no choice, trying to find a way to contact her girls was completely time-consuming, and between that and her continual visits to the hospital to spend long nights with Melodie in the sterile hospital room, Abathyn didn't have time to mooch about being miserable and depressed.

Her now-kind voice cracked a little as Abby watched Melodie raise her frail hand to her face. "Melodie, you shouldn't poke it, it needs to get better." Abathyn hurried forward to the sisters, praying that the older one would remain in her slightly less insane state. "Does your throat still hurt? I'll pour you some more water." Busying herself with the jug of cool, plain water, Abathyn's loose wisps of hair hung around her face, hiding the tear that dropped onto the table. Abathyn was becoming one of the sad pieces in the puzzle of misery, another miserable statistic.

She turned around after spending an abnormal amount of time at the jug, and moved cautiously to the other side of Melodie's bed, wiping away another tear and kneeling down with the glass. She put on a brave face and tipped a little water into her mouth, just enough for the girl to swallow without choking. She set the cup back down on the table and stood up again, resuming her place by the wall to give the sisters a little space, something near impossible in this cramped hospital room.

"It's Sia, Melodie. Remember? Your sister. Izaak told you earlier when I left." Abathyn looked up at her voice, the sign of Melodie maybe turning to the worst again. "It's okay Mel," she added softly. I am going to kill him for doing this to her, Abby thought, face giving up her fury.
 
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Melodie flinched at Abathyn's words. But she was right it needed to heal. That was the problem though, the scars on the outside would heal in time. But the ones on the inside would never heal. Melodie was insecure beyond belief, she would never feel safe again in the world. She would never fully trust another person. The way that Abathyn cared for her was somewhat comforting to Melodie, despite the fact that Melodie had no idea who she was. She sipped gently from the glass of cool water the woman held up for her, trying to spare herself more pain, as the cold stung the cut across her lips. Every part of her frail body ached as she moved, she even ached as she tried to breathe. She hadn't been able to eat since the attack, and despite the healers feeding her through a drip, her body now seemed to be only skin and bones. The young woman was so fragile, it looked as though with just one touch she could break into a million tiny pieces.

As the light shone through onto Melodie's pillow, she gently closed her eyes. The sun coming around meant yet another day, another day in which Melodie wouldn't get better, and wouldn't live a normal life. She didn't like to try and think too much, but when she did, the young girl liked to try and imagine her family, she had been told about it, but hadn't been able to remember most of it. She had been told she had two sons, but she didn't believe that. She thought she would at least remember her own children if she had any. She would remember if she had a husband, the father to her children. Speaking of a husband, why wasn't he here? Come to think of it, Izaak, he was the only man who had statyed by her the whole time, held her hand through it all. He had never mentioned them being together, but he told her he loved her enough times that night for her to assume. Melodie was brought back into reality as Abathyn explained who the girl next to her was.
Melodie shook her head in disbelief. "I no sister" she said, trying to get her words right, what she meant to say was 'I don't have a sister' at least not that she knew of.

This frustrated Melodie. "No" she said shaking her head. She didn't have a sister. She didn't have a family. What about parents? Why hadn't they come to visit her? They must have been dead, she came to a conclusion. The young woman quickly got flustered at all this thinking. Her cheeks began to flush with color. Her hands tensed, knuckles turning a frightening shade of white. It was happening again. She was turning, and poor Sia was there to witness it. The only thing that would calm her down was usually Izaak kindly reassuring her, but he was probably at home by now, taking a long shower. He deserved some time to himself after all he had done for Melodie. Melodie grew redder and redder, he arm moved violently as she shook Sia off of it. "Get. Off....me" she managed to say. Why was this crazy person clinging to her, saying she was her sister. She had no family, she had Izaak, that was all. No sons, no cousins, and NO SISTERS. This visit had rather quickly gone down hill and Sia would probably never want to visit again.

Abathyn tried to tell her it was okay, but it wasn't. This was crazy, there were so many things Melodie didn't know, couldn't remember, couldn't comprehend. It wasn't at all fair that this had happened to her. The family had been through enough without all of this on their plate. It was too much for anyone to take, especially such a fragile woman. Melodie's arms tried to remove the wires and needles from her skin, hands clambering and pulling at the machine taped to her chest "Off!" she cried, tears pricking at her eyes. Why couldn't she get better? All that was running through her mind was that she had a whole bunch of machines stuck to her, they were holding her hostage, he was coming back wasn't he? He wasn't satisfied until she was killed. She tugged at the cords again, this time sucessfully yanking them from her body, causing crimson red to splash against the white sheets. She lurched from the bed, her frail body nimble enough to escape the clutches of those around her.

As she leapt from the bed Melodie was caught by Abathyn, her arms struggled against her, but they simply weren't strong enough to release her from this stranger.
This was something you see in nightmares, something you would never wish on your worst enemy. But for Melodie it was the reality and it wasn't going away anytime soon. They could only hope she would get better in time.
 
"Melodie!" Sia flinched as her sister pulled away. "Melodie, please." Sia didn't know what she was pleading for, but something in Melodie's eyes told her it was best to stay away. Abathyn had told her that the older girl sometimes had bouts of violent madness, but nothing could have prepared her for the rage on her sister's face. Sia backed away a few steps, and watched as Melodie pulled furiously at the machines around her. The machines keeping her alive.

Abathyn was looking shocked, but trying to calm Melodie down. Sia guessed she must look shocked too, and she wasn't even aware of the tears coursing down her face. Sia had been warned that her sister wouldn't recognise her, but she wasn't sure she could handle this barefaced denial. Actually, she couldn't handle any of this. Having met Melodie so recently, and now for her to be replaced by this struggling stranger, was far more than Sia could deal with.

Suddenly aware that her eyes were leaking, Sia sat down heavily on the chair beside Melodie's bed. Absently, she observed her family members grappling for control, through a haze of tears.
"Oh my god," she whispered, and hid her face in her hands.
 

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