Post by lara on Oct 28, 2007 21:26:48 GMT -5
Long electric blonde hair blew softly as the breeze swept by, it was quite windy on this day. Lara stood proudly, her past left behind her as she stared up at the castle ahead. The sun was just peeking out from beyond the trees behind her, casting it’s golden rays across the grounds and glittering against the castle walls. Two years ago would have been the year Lara Rookwood would have graduated, but due to her own battles between evil and herself, she’d somehow managed to set herself back some terms. A fifth year for the third time. She was determined to graduate, because she knew that she needed to have that satisfaction.
Emerald eyes scanned her surroundings. The grounds were completely silent, the only sound came from the wind that had blown trails of leaves across the lawns. The lake, the castle, it was completely strange to her. And for two years of despair, it all seemed like a dream. Lara took in the scene before venturing toward the castle as though she were walking to Trio’s like she had years ago. Flashbacks. Lara turned her head slightly, staring at the oak tree that sat fairly close to the lake, it had been the very place she’d been so many times. The one her and Ethan would sit under, talking for hours. Stopping, she closed her eyes, remembering Ethan. She missed him. And missing him made it that much harder to go back to this place, the place that brought back so much pain. But she was tolerant now. He was gone now, as she realized time and time again. But it was hard, facing this reality, that someone she held so dear to her was actually gone.
Lara was dressed in a fancy white tea dress, her hair up elegantly as she waited for Ethan out in the corridor. She had been gone for a week or so and he promised to meet her there. He finally made it. Something was different about him. He hugged her and gave her a kiss. “I’ve missed you.” He said to her as he walked with her, hand in hand. They were happy for a while until Lara stopped walking and looked into his eyes. “Why are you so different?” She asked him. “I didn’t want it to be like this. Not now.” Ethan had reassured her. Lara looked down at the floor and he lifted her chin with his fingers. “What are you talking about?” Lara asked him as her eyes glowed in that same loving glow they usually did. “I-I’m in love with someone else.” He mustered, his eyes dropping. Lara collapsed against the wall as tears fell down her cheeks. “Who?” Lara managed to ask as she glared up at him. Ethan placed his hands on the side of his head. “Jessica Dumott.” “THE TEACHER’S ASSISTANT?” Lara shouted, nearly in tears. “Look I’m sorr-” he started to say before Lara shouted at him again, “GO AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME!”
That was how they ended. Lara walked across the hall and to the ballroom wearing her red dress. This was the dance that Ethan and her were supposed to attend. As she came to the entrance she spotted Ethan dancing with her brother Robert’s ‘girlfriend’ Eva Storm. Lara watched them, looking rather sad and finally he spotted her too and left the dance rather in a hurry. Lara took one last look at the ballroom before following him. She found him sitting on the steps of the main stairwell. She talked to him for hours and hours about how she still loved him and they tried to work everything out but then somehow he just got up and left, leaving Lara crying on the steps.
Lara was in the room of requirements enjoying her 17th birthday party with her friends. She suddenly saw a familiar figure walk past the door. Telling Kelly Locend she’d be back, she walked out into the corridor and looked around, and there he was Ethan Walker. “Happy Birthday Lara.” He said and then turning, he walked away, leaving her standing there. “thanks..” She whispered. That was the last time she saw him..
Ethan had died. A fatal quidditch accident. He had been dating Shesshy at the time, and that made it that much harder to deal with. Ethan wasn’t the only one she had missed. There were so many people. So many memories. Findecáno Séregon, RJ Dunker, Joe Moon, Alexander Black, Lillian Ann, Rainne Fall, she remembered everyone. In fact she even remembered the first days she’d spent at Trio’s. It wasn’t a lie to say Lara had a long track record. But that was all behind her now. It was now about the future and all of her friends were gone.
Lara made her way towards the tree, feeling the need to come at terms with this past she once had.
Finally she came to rest against the tree, her shoulder leaning against the bark as she stared on. The breeze had swept across the lake’s surface, causing ripples that distorted the sun’s reflection. She had stood in this very spot, hundreds of times and still, it all felt new. Trio’s. She was home. She was back, forever. A smile came to her lips as she watched the silence unfold before her. This was beautiful, and somehow she knew that her new life here would be just as perfect as this moment.
Emerald eyes scanned her surroundings. The grounds were completely silent, the only sound came from the wind that had blown trails of leaves across the lawns. The lake, the castle, it was completely strange to her. And for two years of despair, it all seemed like a dream. Lara took in the scene before venturing toward the castle as though she were walking to Trio’s like she had years ago. Flashbacks. Lara turned her head slightly, staring at the oak tree that sat fairly close to the lake, it had been the very place she’d been so many times. The one her and Ethan would sit under, talking for hours. Stopping, she closed her eyes, remembering Ethan. She missed him. And missing him made it that much harder to go back to this place, the place that brought back so much pain. But she was tolerant now. He was gone now, as she realized time and time again. But it was hard, facing this reality, that someone she held so dear to her was actually gone.
Lara was dressed in a fancy white tea dress, her hair up elegantly as she waited for Ethan out in the corridor. She had been gone for a week or so and he promised to meet her there. He finally made it. Something was different about him. He hugged her and gave her a kiss. “I’ve missed you.” He said to her as he walked with her, hand in hand. They were happy for a while until Lara stopped walking and looked into his eyes. “Why are you so different?” She asked him. “I didn’t want it to be like this. Not now.” Ethan had reassured her. Lara looked down at the floor and he lifted her chin with his fingers. “What are you talking about?” Lara asked him as her eyes glowed in that same loving glow they usually did. “I-I’m in love with someone else.” He mustered, his eyes dropping. Lara collapsed against the wall as tears fell down her cheeks. “Who?” Lara managed to ask as she glared up at him. Ethan placed his hands on the side of his head. “Jessica Dumott.” “THE TEACHER’S ASSISTANT?” Lara shouted, nearly in tears. “Look I’m sorr-” he started to say before Lara shouted at him again, “GO AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME!”
That was how they ended. Lara walked across the hall and to the ballroom wearing her red dress. This was the dance that Ethan and her were supposed to attend. As she came to the entrance she spotted Ethan dancing with her brother Robert’s ‘girlfriend’ Eva Storm. Lara watched them, looking rather sad and finally he spotted her too and left the dance rather in a hurry. Lara took one last look at the ballroom before following him. She found him sitting on the steps of the main stairwell. She talked to him for hours and hours about how she still loved him and they tried to work everything out but then somehow he just got up and left, leaving Lara crying on the steps.
Lara was in the room of requirements enjoying her 17th birthday party with her friends. She suddenly saw a familiar figure walk past the door. Telling Kelly Locend she’d be back, she walked out into the corridor and looked around, and there he was Ethan Walker. “Happy Birthday Lara.” He said and then turning, he walked away, leaving her standing there. “thanks..” She whispered. That was the last time she saw him..
Ethan had died. A fatal quidditch accident. He had been dating Shesshy at the time, and that made it that much harder to deal with. Ethan wasn’t the only one she had missed. There were so many people. So many memories. Findecáno Séregon, RJ Dunker, Joe Moon, Alexander Black, Lillian Ann, Rainne Fall, she remembered everyone. In fact she even remembered the first days she’d spent at Trio’s. It wasn’t a lie to say Lara had a long track record. But that was all behind her now. It was now about the future and all of her friends were gone.
Lara made her way towards the tree, feeling the need to come at terms with this past she once had.
Finally she came to rest against the tree, her shoulder leaning against the bark as she stared on. The breeze had swept across the lake’s surface, causing ripples that distorted the sun’s reflection. She had stood in this very spot, hundreds of times and still, it all felt new. Trio’s. She was home. She was back, forever. A smile came to her lips as she watched the silence unfold before her. This was beautiful, and somehow she knew that her new life here would be just as perfect as this moment.