Little Bird

Starling comes from an 'odd' sort of family. There is a running joke in the Wizarding World: that just about the only thing a Blackthorn didn't screw was a Centaur, which, if you saw a portrait of Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle Ó Broin, even that is called into question. In truth, a more accurate joke would include the impossibility of screwing a Ghost. At least, that much should be thoroughly outside of a Blackthorn's capabilities.Well...Starling discovers it's not so impossible after all.Tom's Diary crossed her path. But, he's dead now. The Basilisk is a pile of bones.So, why is his ghost now stuck in the Chamber of Secrets, calling to her?

(just another one of my fics languishing in my hard drive, so I'm putting it here before Apple updates and company greed finally fizzle my laptop out of working existence)