Or : “The Life Of Andromeda Tonks : Part Two”

• andromeda’s first months in hogwarts were extremely difficult
• first of all, she realized her sister didn’t always want to hang out with her like they used to
• she was always with her own friends, telling andromeda to just go and make some on our own, but andromeda didn’t know how to do that
• she had never talked to any other children than her sisters
• she spent a lot of time alone in the park or in the dorm, both avoiding other kids and hoping they’ll talk to her
• her other issue was classes
• she was good in charms, but was pretty bad in any other subject
• because she still couldn’t read a book
• if she focused enough, she could read a page in five minutes, but it left her exhausted and on the verge of tears
• she barely slept at night when she had an assignement, and her final results were always poor
• her parents weren’t glad about this
• in her three first months, she received  four howlers
• she was constantly stressed out and sometimes cried herself to sleep
• bella tried to make her feel better the first times, but eventually grew tired of it and told her sister to just make efforts
• so andromeda pushed herself to her limits to make her family happy
• she started to sleep and eat less
• even when she hadn’t any homeworks, she still read her notes again and again
• but her grades still weren’t good enough
• and andromeda was so scared of what would happen when she’ll go back to her parents for the holidays
• they were going to kill her
• she dreaded her return so much she had nightmares about it
• but someone noticed her state
• it wasn’t a teacher or the school healer – andromeda still knew how to act okay in front of other people, thanks to her parents
• it was another terrified young slytherin girl
• her name was ayleth, and she was in the same dorm as andromeda
• she heard the cry, she noticed all the signs of andromeda’s problems
• so she did what andromeda both wanted and avoided
• she talked to her
• at first of casual things
• like the quidditch team, or the boys in their year
• and andromeda grew attached to the girl
• she was sweet, but she could make the meanest comments when she disliked something
• she loved to read, and told andromeda stories from what she read
• always adding her personnal elements
• so after a month or so, andromeda started to open up to her
• telling her everything about her problems with homeworks and her sister
• but something kept her from telling her about how things were at home
• ayleth immediatly seemed understanding and compassionate
• once she saw by herself that andromeda simply could not read, she took the matter in her own hands and read to her the pages they needed for their assignements
• she would help andromeda to write too, and congratulated her everytime she made progresses
• andromeda, after years of idealizing bella, discovered ayleth was actually her favorite person in the world
• whenever she got an okay grade, she immediatly went to show her friend
• and when she found out she was pretty okay at flying, ayleth helped her to practice and to get better
• ayleth was also the one who introduced andromeda to physical touch
• althrough andromeda didn’t like hugs that much, she found them comforting when she received an howler
• whenever they split up for the holidays, they wrote each other one letter a day
• andromeda talked about her friend to bella
• but most of the time bella ignored her to talk about her own friends and life
• andromeda didn’t understand what was going on with her sister
• but it was okay, because she had ayleth
• this is how andromeda survived her first year
• despite her low grades, her parents, bella and everything, she was happy
• but at the beginning of her second year, she noticed something was off with ayleth
• she tried to make her talk about it, but ayleth always found a way to change the subject
• until one day andromeda found her crying in the bathroom
• and ayleth finally confessed her secret
• she wasn’t a pureblood
• her dad was a muggleborn and her mum was a muggle
• her father had warned her about the racism in the wizarding world, so she told everyone her family was foreign and pureblood, so that was why no one knew them
• but she couldn’t lie to andromeda
• andromeda didnt know what to do
• her parents never mentionned the possibility of a mudblood in slytherin
• from what she understood, mudbloods could immediatly be recognized
• and they weren’t supposed to be as sweet and clever than ayleth
• andromeda had no idea what to do
• she wanted to ask a thousand questions about how and why
• but she knew questions were better unasked
• so she didn’t say anything
• and she left
• and as she shut er best friend out of her life, she thought her parents would be proud of her
• hadn’t  she done everything they wanted her to do ?
• and if she heard sobs from ayleth’s bed at night, well, no one could prove she had actually heard them
• things were better this way for everyone, she knew
• she had a great family, and the black were so noble she could probably make other friends along the other pureblood kids
• she knew she had a perfect life
• she knew there was nothing to complain about
• she knew she did the right thing
• she knew she was on the good way for her parents to love her one day
• she knew there was nothing wrong with her
• and if from times to times, she felt as if she was wrong, well, she brushed away the thought and shut up, like she learned to do