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Marcia didn't often cry, but there were a few exceptions.

She didn't know how they found out where she was. They were in prison, she was happily living with a lovely older couple in London, attending Hogwarts. She didn't know the rumors surrounding Slytherin house, and she was rather excited to be sorted into a house known for it's cunning, ambition and resourcefulness. In fact, she was still proud as any Slytherin should be. Still, the creeping and looming feeling of her dark parents festered inside her on occasion, and that's when she needed a break. 

She wrote a letter to her adoptive parents, that always cheered her up, and made her way to the owlery. What she found there was... less than pleasant. Her owl was missing. She hadn't sent her off for anything. She leaned against the wall, deciding to wait a moment, maybe she was just out for a little flight. She waited a half hour, two hours, nothing.

Finally, she decided to give up and come back later, but the worry was getting worse.

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The next day Marcia went up to the Owlery early in the morning and, thankfully, Cassia was back. "Cass! Where have you be-" she stopped, noticing a letter attached to the owls leg. She took a step forward, then another, until Cass came to her, landing on her arm. "Thanks..." she muttered absentmindedly as she took the letter, letting Cass fly off before looking at the front. 

It simply said her name. No return address or otherwise. She opened it, not even reading the words before her eyes landed on who it was from. Choked as she saw the signatures.

Richard and Annalie Sagebrush

Her eyes widened and started to feel moist. Not with love, not with excitement, but with horror. Her parents had written her from wizard prison.

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Marci had been so used to her hair reacting to her emotions, that she didn't even realize what Moreta was talking about at first. She jolted as the bright haired Eagle sped in, clutching the letter to her chest as if to hide it. She didn't answer Moreta at first, which gave her time to swoop in and ask if Marcia was okay, offering to do 'beat Cains teeth in' if he had done anything to her.

Marci quickly shook her head, keeping the letter close to her chest. "No, no. Cains fine," in fact, she kind of wanted to be with Cain at this moment. She hadn't even told him all the details of her childhood yet, however. What would he say if he knew everything they had done? Well, he was a vampire... he had seen just as bad if not worse things.

"I'm fine," Marcia said, but her ability to keep her cool was almost spent today. She took in a deep breath, but the realize came out as a sob. She turned her face blinking a few times before facing Moreta once more. "It's this letter I... I can't read it," she admitted.

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Marcia knew that it was incredibly strange for her to be on the verge of tears. She didn't want to share her personal information with anyone, not even Moreta. But, she decided it was worth it in order to get her brain running again. "It's from my parents, Moreta. My parents who are in Wizard Prison back in America," she didn't really keep their antics a secret. If someone asked, she was honest. But she didn't go around flaunting it either. Even though that was tempting in the Slytherin Common Room.

"How they heck did they know where I was? And who gave them permission to write me a letter!?" her voice was raising now, her hair igniting in it's more angered fashion, quick and sparatic flames danced around her head. "There's no way I'm reading this no way. In fact. I'm destroying it." She set the letter down on the ground and pulled out her wand, aiming at the envelope beneath her.

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"Incendio,"[/b] Marcia fired a shot at the letter but Moretas shielding charm had worked all too well. Marcia turned to glare at her only raise an eyebrow at the words Moreta was saying. Good parent? She thinks that her parents were trying to contact her to be good parents? Granted, it was possible. Marcias parents did show great care for her. They had her turn away when they did horrible things.

She stopped thinking positively when Moreta brought up her estate back home. Now that was a terrifying thought. Marcia didn't want that house, no way. Use the inheritance to get farther away? Marcias head was starting to hurt. She let a hand fly to her forehead, but wait- royally screw them over? "Okay, okay. I'm listening," she finally muttered.

Maybe there was some could that could come out of this letter. But, she wasn't read to pick it up. "I-erh-I'm not sure about reading it just yet. But, I guess I'll consider it but... how exactly can I screw them over?"

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Marcia kept her arms folded over her chest. It made sense, even though it was explained with some horrible legal jargon. Marcia chewed on the inside of her lip, raising an eyebrow in thought as she glanced to the letter in Moretas hand. "I... selling the house isn't a bad idea," but she wouldn't want anyone else to have to live in it. Still... she liked the idea of removing it from her life. From theirs, "I don't think they're ever leaving. Its a life sentence," she wasn't entirely sure about that, but why else would the authorities send her off to be adopted instead of just fostered? They tried to give her details, but she was so young she didn't want to listen.

"I'm sure they would be... disappointed," Marcia wasn't a cruel person, but her parents had been. They had been horrible people, and wasn't it up to her to right all their wrongs? To fix their mistakes? Really, it wasn't her responsibility at all, but she saw it as such. "Okay, hand it over." She held a hand out for the letter, determined to actually read it now, even though the thought still made her stomach churn in disgust.

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