Ever since Rowans death, you’d been distancing yourself from the others. It was fair to say you wanted revenge but you know that was only anger in the name of another person. So you isolated yourself. The professors hadn’t seen you, your friends hadn’t seen you, you had missed so many classes but Dumbledore was letting it slide.. Everyone grieves in their own way afterall.

The others tried to push eachother to unlock your door and talk to you, even the professors tried to push Snape to sit down with you, but the door remained closed. Occasionally you’d hear Talbott in his Animagus form knock at your window.. you had left the Magical creatures reserve abandoned, the quidditch team was missing their player, their captain, everything just felt empty without you.

That was until one day, Merula had enough, she kicked a hole through your dorm’s door and opened it from the outside Penny: “Merula, you could have just used a charm!-“ Merula ignored Penny, as usual Merula: “Get up! I miss Rowan too, but you’re getting up now!” She grabbed your arm and tried to drag you out of your bed. Each of your animals staring at her. Everyone else was standing behind Merula, even some of your housemates who were just curious