Here’s how Parvati envisioned her last day at Hogwarts: big balloons and lots of laughter and a tear or two as she had to say goodbye to Trelawney, proudly graduating with her best friend on her side and perhaps her twin on her other ( in an ideal world, they’d be close again ), leaving with both excitement and sadness in her stomach.
Here’s how it went in stead: her headmaster was murdered and the morning after, she was taken home by worried parents. No balloons or grandiose goodbyes, just a quick hug shared with Lavender and waving at those who were up.
PART ONE OF SUMMER BREAK: BEFORE AUG 1.
The first half of break was spent furious at her parents. How could they take her away, when all this was happening? How could they do that, unannounced and without proper reason? If they were unsafe at Hogwarts, they would not be safe at home, either. She didn’t understand their logic, not at all, and only felt more anger when she realised she was not allowed to go back next semester..
And with that in the back of her mind, Parvati spent most of her time with Lavender. They went to the beach and they went shopping and even went to a museum. With the thought of them not being able to see each other every day coming school year, they made sure they had the best summer they could. It was also spent tiptoeing around Padma, feeling heavy when she thought of having to spend a year with just her and her parents. It could be a chance to reconcile, as well as a way for things to get worse between them.
PART TWO OF SUMMER BREAK: AFTER AUG 1.
August 1 marked the second half of her summer break. The world took a turn for the worst as everything was taken by Voldemort and his followers. Parvati felt powerless, sitting in her bedroom reading Witch Weekly’s that talked of bikinis and Quidditch players; her interest for that faded in comparison of the worry she felt for her friends and the world in general.
It also came to light that Hogwarts attendance was mandatory purebloods. The idea of returning now seemed much less appealing than it had before, when Hogwarts was under the rule of Minerva McGonagall and not of Snape. Still, Parvati did not hesitate when her parents fought over it: she would not endanger those she loved if it meant not returning. Besides, she would not let her friends deal with all that without her there: Parvati was not rooted that way, not at all.
And so the rest of summer was spent leaving home a lot less and feeling sick with anticipation of the year that was to come. The newspapers were filled with bad news and Parvati didn’t dare read her tea-leaves, afraid that they would bring bad news. In stead, she drank coffee and did her summer homework, sent letters to those she missed and prepared herself for a schoolyear she expected would not be as fun as usual.
