Once upon a midnight Dreary

Indie Supernatural OC Eboni Hollow|Natural Witch|Low Activity| Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.  

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Eboni’s anxiety and fear were forgotten in an instant with that enquiry. She turned to glare at the stranger, though all of her hatred and anger was aimed towards the coven who had imprisoned her for years. “No. My parents are nice people, and they never would have hurt me!”

The air started to crackle with raw, arcane energy as her emotions started to overwhelm her. “I don’t know how they’d take knowing what I am, but I know they wouldn’t lie to me! Lock me up like some freak and forbid me from going outside! Threatening to hurt the only friend I’ve had in five goddamn years, just to control me!” The glass around them started to vibrate, threatening to shatter any second, but Eboni was not willingly causing the effect.

Careful. You’re losing control.

Hearing her familiar’s warning resonating in her mind, Eboni willed herself to calm down with a few deep breaths. The vibrating stopped, and the crackle faded. Though this man was a stranger to her, Eboni did not wish to get him hurt just for being the first person in so long to treat her kindly.

All right, that was definitely not the question to ask. Bobby opened his mouth to apologise, but before he could get a single word out, an eldritch sensation swept over him and the truck started to vibrate as she vented at him.

“Okay - easy, easy!” he said, raising a hand instinctively to shield himself, though there was no defending against magic that easily. “It’s okay.”

As she calmed down, he let out a shaky breath, coming to a few conclusions as to what the hell was going on here, and managed a brief smile. “I get it, these folks weren’t good to ya,” he said gently. “Just be careful, okay? This old junker o’ mine ain’t that tough. Like I said, we’ll eat an’ then you can explain. What d’you want me to order?”

They were just about to pull into the empty drive-thru.

This man, this stranger was kind and Edgar seemed to think he was safe. Those raven instincts had never failed her before, so why stop trusting them now? “I’m sorry,” she muttered, then bowed her head which caused her long, black hair to fall down and hide her face.  But as she asked what she wanted, she slowly peeked out from behind her long locks and looked to her familiar for guidance. Edgar just nodded in encouragement. “I-I don’t know...I haven’t been to one of these places for a while.” She hugged her knees to her chest as tightly as she could and stared out of her window. “Could I get a burger and fries, please?” she asked timidly. “Any burger...” 

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Eboni had been anxiously gazing around the room at all the people as she wandered around. Too many people, she had to get out. But as she darted towards the exit, she came close to one man as he extended his arm that held his drink, causing him to spill some of it on her. “Oh no,” she exclaimed, feeling so stupid and embarrassed. “I’m so so sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going…” She dropped her gaze to the floor and tucked a piece of her long dark hair behind her ear.

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Ahh, she wasn’t a big fan of Apparation. That much was obvious from the face she made when he mentioned it. There were plenty of witches and wizards who never bothered with it; it was risky, after all, unless you were absolutely confident in it.

“Hang on tight then, chook,” he said with an easy smile, offering his arm. “I can do Side-Along easy enough, we don’t want to be out in t’streets too long these days.”

Once she’d got a firm grip, it was only a few moments before he’d whisked them to just outside her front door. “This the spot?”

Eboni did hang on tightly, maybe a little too tightly unless that was all in her mind. Even apparating with someone else, it was one of the scarier things in the Wizarding world. At least to her. To the rest of them, it was a perfectly safe and normal way to travel. “Yes, this is it,” she nodded, and even managed a small smile of gratitude. “Thank you for bringing me home.”  She averted her gaze to the ground as her anxiety started to build up again, one dainty finger brushing her dark hair behind her ear. “I did have fun, too... A little. I just...” She fidgeted awkwardly, hoping she wouldn’t offend him in any way. “I get nervous around people, even those I kinda know pretty well. It’s a curse.

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Shooting James an angry Now look what you’ve done glare, Remus moved to pat her shoulder. “It’s all right,” he said quietly, so nobody else heard him under the noise of students moving through the corridors. “Come and find me in the library later?”

“Okay.” Her voice was barley above a whisper, gaze downcast and her small arms silently hugging her chest for comfort. She almost didn’t go, too. Almost just went about her classes and retired to her room to cry.

But something, she wasn’t sure what, but something made her brave the library. She did have a book with her just in case he didn’t show or something, but she was looking out for him. Those friends of his too... Lest she experience a repeat of earlier. She wasn’t sure if she could take that.

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Okay, family was a bad topic right now. Bobby didn’t need to be a psychiatrist to figure that one out given the way she crumpled in on herself. Guess he’d have to coax that out of her once she’d eaten and maybe rested. “Take your time, sugar, we can deal with that after,” he reassured her gently.

True to his word, he didn’t ask any more questions until they’d picked up some food and were on the highway to find a motel to crash for the night. He was still pretty beat-up from the fight, after all.

“So, uh, these folks who were keepin’ ya locked up,” he began, “they weren’t your parents, right?”

Eboni’s anxiety and fear were forgotten in an instant with that enquiry. She turned to glare at the stranger, though all of her hatred and anger was aimed towards the coven who had imprisoned her for years. “No. My parents are nice people, and they never would have hurt me!”

The air started to crackle with raw, arcane energy as he emotions started to overwhelm her. “I don’t know how they’d take knowing what I am, but I know they wouldn’t lie to me! Lock me up like some freak and forbid me from going outside! Threatening to hurt the only friend I’ve had in five goddamn years, just to control me!” The glass around them started to vibrate, threatening to shatter any second, but Eboni was not willingly causing the effect.

Careful. You’re losing control.

Hearing her familiar’s warning resonating in her mind, Eboni willed herself to calm down with a few deep breaths. The vibrating stopped, and the crackle faded. Though this man was a stranger to her, Eboni did not wish to get him hurt just for being the first person in so long to treat her kindly.

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Eboni had been anxiously gazing around the room at all the people as she wandered around. Too many people, she had to get out. But as she darted towards the exit, she came close to one man as he extended his arm that held his drink, causing him to spill some of it on her. “Oh no,” she exclaimed, feeling so stupid and embarrassed. “I’m so so sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going…” She dropped her gaze to the floor and tucked a piece of her long dark hair behind her ear.

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“All right then, stop with me,” Frank said. “I won’t be long, just gonna let a few people know I’m off and then we can get cracking.” And true to his word, he did get it all done as quickly as possible, farewelling the friends who’d be most worried if he just disappeared from a party without a trace before finding his travellign cloak and making sure Eboni had her things.

As they stepped back outside, he flashed her a grin. “Well, that’s done with. Where are we off to, then? I forget if you said you can Apparate.”

Apparating... The witchling couldn’t help but grimace at the word, because she’d never had the stomach to try anything that had such horrific consequenses should you fail at it. Most wizards mastered it and used it for travel as oftena s possible, but dear Eboni stuck to the safer alternatives for travel, at least when travelling alone. She still felt rather embarrassed to admit the reason behind it, so just said, “Um, no. I can’t. But I can give you my address.” And she did so, trying to mask her nerves.

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Hearing his name being called out in the corridor by a girl, Remus turned with a frown, slightly confused. It didn’t help that James let out a quiet wolf-whistle as everyone turned to look, earning himself a smack from Remus’s book bag and a quiet, “Sod off, you twat!”

He recognised Eboni and gave her a warm smile as she came up to him, turning away from his friends. “I’m sure you would’ve been fine,” he reassured her, “but I’m glad I was able to help out. If you need a hand with anything else, just let me know, okay?”

Just like that, the bright smile faded and the young witch shrunk into herself. Her small arms hugged her waist and she cast her gaze to the floor, suddenly feeling embarrassed and foolish for attracting attention to heself like that. She had been so excited to see Remus that she hadn’t thought about anyone else around him...

“I will,” she whispered with a nod. But she was subtly glancing around now, depserate for a way out of this situtation now her confidence had been compromised.

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She sometimes forgot that others didn’t have the upbringing that she had (thankfully for them) and didn’t have the advantage of learning magic as they grew up. “It’s okay!” Fi shouts waving from behind the table she’d ducked behind, “I’m okay!” The witch finally stands looking around at the destruction about them both, “Just do me a favour and don’t do anything without warning me!”

Relief washed over Eboni upopn hearing that the older witch was unharmed. That could have been much more disastorus “I won’t,” she promised, her gaze now trailing to the floor as she anixiously fiddled with the pendant she wore around her neck. “I was just so nervous and um... M-my emotions... They um... They sometimes make my magic a little...Unpredicatble.”

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Oh yes, and breasts, and a sweet pear hidden in my body. Whenever there’s talk of demons these come in handy.

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Eboni had been anxiously gazing around the room at all the people as she wandered around. Too many people, she had to get out. But as she darted towards the exit, she came close to one man as he extended his arm that held his drink, causing him to spill some of it on her. “Oh no,” she exclaimed, feeling so stupid and embarrassed. “I’m so so sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going…” She dropped her gaze to the floor and tucked a piece of her long dark hair behind her ear.

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He frowned slightly. “It’s up to you, chook, but if the noise’s a bit much for you anyway I won’t mind if you stop out here and wait…” He wasn’t quite sure what was making her so anxious, but he didn’t want to upset her by pushing her either way.

The young witch lightly chewed on her lip as she weighed up the options in her head. It was very loud and crowded inside, most parties were. That wasn’t her environment at all, and it was probably a wonder to everyon why she’d turned up. Mostly, it was politeness. If she hadn’t, they might assume instead she was rude and cold.

“Um, I think I can manage now,” she quietly responded. “Coming outside for a little fresh air has really helped.”

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Listening to all this with a grim expression, Bobby nodded as he took it in. She was being pretty damn vague about the details of who these people were, which wasn’t a great sign, but the way she spoke convinced him she was telling the truth about the events themselves.

“Doesn’t look like the house helped you hide from anythin’ else, though,” he said mildly. “You ain’t got any family or nothin’ who’d help you out, sugar? No-one we can try an’ reach for you?”

A drive-thru appeared in the distance, and he headed for it. On top of everything else, she looked half-starved. “Let’s grab some food an’ then you can tell me a bit more, huh?”

The mention of her parents made Eboni shrink in her seat, so much guilt and pining for her family engufling her that it made her chest tight. She had to pull back the tears, too. She’d cried enough over her parents. Instead, she just nodded at the suggestion of getting something to eat. She hadn’t had a proper meal in so very long.

She didn’t speak another word, though, afriad if she tried to speak right now she would start crying and not stop for a long time.

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“Think nothing of it,” he said lightly. “We all need to help each other out from time to time, right? It’s just one of those things. I’m glad I happened to be here.”

It was no big deal to him, really - all she’d needed was a pointer on something fairly minor she’d misunderstood. Remus was used to much more exhaustive and time-consuming effort when it came to helping people with their homework… Peter, for example, really tended to struggle with a lot of it.

“Tell you what,” he added with a grin, “come and find me after McGonagall’s had a chance to mark it and you can tell me what she thought.”

Still overwhelmed by the older boy’s kindness, Eboni gave a nod of acknowledgment. “Thank you again,” was the last thing she said before gathering her things and leaving the table.

The next time she saw Remus,  Eboni had a big smile on her face. “Remus,” she excitedly called to him. However, as soon as she caught everyone looking at her for the very out of character otuburst, she soon reverted back to the shy, anxous girl everyone knew her as.

So, once they were closer to eachother, she dropped her voice to almost a whipser. “I just... I just wanted to um... Tell you my essay went very well and I honestly could not have done it without you. So,thank you.” She bowed her head, internally convincing herself he was throughly embbarssed by her behaviour and probably wanted her to leave him alone now.