"𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞. 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫."
Elladora Hargreaves, a Slytherin who sits alone and never speaks. Most believe that she has some kind of...
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Trigger Warning: Suicide attempt / Mentions of Suicide
"Hush little baby, don't you cry." Elladora sang to herself in a whisper, shaking as she looked down to the ground from the astronomy tower. "Grandmas going to be there when you die." She continued. "Whether it's when your big or small, just one move will end it all."
This was a lullaby that her grandmother used to sing to her before she died, Elladora was only five-years-old back then but the song had remained in her head all her life. Grandma Alicia knew, she knew that one day, it would come down to this. She knew that her son had chosen the wrong path in life and she knew that he would force his child to do the same.
Only five years ago, her first year at Hogwarts, did she realise the meaning.
"Hush little, ba-by." She choked, putting a foot on one of the fences that stopped people from topping of the edge. "Don't you, c-c-ry." Her hands grasped the pillar next to her so she didn't fall sooner than preferred. Using her strength, she pushed her other foot off the ground and placed it next to her right on the banister.
"Grandmas going to be there when you d-ie." she looked up to the sky and saw a bright shining star that seemed to glitter more brightly than the others. Now, the only thing she knew in astronomy was the moon cycle, so stars weren't really her thing. "Whether you're big or whether you're small." The first tear of the night dripped down her face as the breeze blew her hair backwards.
"Just one move will end it all."
Her foot slightly came off of the banister, hovering in the air, if she let go of the pillar then it will all be over. She'd be dead and she wouldn't have to take the lives of anyone the Dark Lord deemed not worthy. If she didn't do this then horrible things would happen, it was either this or endanger the lives of everybody in the school because she didn't want to go home. How selfish. They would say. Her life can't be that bad. They would say. Just because she didn't want to go home for Easter, what a monster. They would say.
A leap of faith. Her grip on the pillar beside her loosened as more tears dropped down her face and she prepared to let go. Everything would be okay, her grandmother is up there, waiting. Waiting for her, they could be reunited once more if she just let go. One simple move of the hand and she'd be gone.
"Stop!"
A voice from behind her called, making her lose her balance, she nearly fell off if it wasn't for her arms also moving around the pillar, hugging it tightly whilst her foot that was in the air came back to the metal bar. "Go away!" She screamed, still facing the night sky. "Go away!"
"Just...just stop, please come down it's not worth it."
"It is worth it! I'm saving your stupid life." She cried, more and more hot tears going down her cheeks. It sounded like the figure behind her was coming closer so she turned her head to see who it was. Just as she suspected, the person was about 1 metre away from her now, holding out his hand carefully.
