Closed I'll Get You My Pretty, And Your Little Goblin Too!

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Niklaus savored the moment like a fine dish, with all delicacies and new and addictive flavors. The expression in his cousin's face was more then satisfying, was precious and tasted like victory. The conclusion of everything he always knew, that he was better...better then that pathetic figure now holding his wand aimed to his chest, better then that boy...no...that animalistic creature that was showing nothing but fear in those pitiful tears that now were falling from his dark eyes.

"What?" Niklaus mimicked Lucian with a malicious smirk spreading in his handsome features, "Have you lost your hearing? I supposed it had improve since..." He made a pause to look the other boy in his eyes, "Since you are no longer one of us." the words well pronounced with the right amount of poison were intended to wound more then any spell.

A low laugh escaped from the young boy's lips as soon as his cousin reply came to him. “You can’t say anything, if you say something… I- I will end you!” Klaus started to slowly walk closer to Lucian, in a compassed rhythm with the intention to prolong the other boy's anguish. "Oh!" Klaus exclaimed with irony and with fake worried expression, "You?" He asked frowning slightly, worry being replaced with amusement, "You," Klaus started pointing a finger at Lucian and then to himself, "Will end me? With what? Lumos? Is not what you have been told here to do? Pretty. little. lights..." He said with sarcasm, a smirk with disdain appearing in his lips while he looked up to Hogwarts' walls, "Such an hypocrisy living in here. I could feel it first time I arrived...pretty spells...and such a horde of nasty creatures!" when the last words came out of his mouth, his eyes fell again into his cousin's gaze. "Nasty creature" that's what he was, the miscreant little liar. Did his parents knew? Of course they must know...that makes everything even better.

“Maybe I should give you a warning?” Lucian kept threatening him like if he could possibly win a fight between the two of them. How delusional he must have become...was is it all a reaction made of fear? Was he even able to be rational? Second thought he never was really able to act that way...he and Alaric shared that amount of childish and impulsive behavior.

Klaus never had the chance to keep replying to Lucian. A strong but soft voice came calling Lucian's name and a girl with long dark hair appeared getting closer to his cousin. She looked genuinely concerned with the boy, probably she was one of his friends, would she also know his secret?

“Cousin, eh? Lucian’s not told me much about you.” Klaus has been so focused in his new discovery about Lucian's secret that momentarily had forgotten that more people was gathered there. The blond boys silver eyes looked from the other's boy hand to his handsome features, evaluating the boy's manners and the way he presented himself. The way that "You" sounded leaving the other boy's lips made him feel somehow uneasy. Niklaus finally decided to politely shake the boy's hand back with a strong and confident grip, "Niklaus Havertz." He introduced, "I'm sure he wished I didn't exist! Worry not, the sentiment is mutual" He finished letting go of their handshake.

"Pleased to meet you, Lucian, Odi, Beatrice Dupont, and I suppose, Lucian`s cousin. I suppose that is not very good occasion to meet someone for the first time." The other girl there spoke. Dark hair, short features and she claimed herself to be the Hufflepuff beater...perhaps there was an inner strength hidden behind her fragile appearance. Klaus had to agree with her at some point, yes all of that temperamental responses were not worthy the name Lucian was carrying. Just one more thing...a small detail now the real truth came to surface. But still... getting himself into trouble for others mess was really not Niklaus favorite style. So he also decided his time there had come to an end. The most important message was passed on, Lucian now knew with who his was dealing with and that he now was in his hands. Another conversations would roll for certain, but those moments could wait a while longer. "Was a pleasure to meet you all." Klaus stated not looking back at his cousin again, "See you soon." He said nodding his head politely with a devilish smirk. And that way he walked confident towards the stairs and went out through the archway entrance.

Niklaus left this thread.

Interacting with: @Clark Baird | @Lucian Mornstern | @Odilon Wilde | @Rita Su | @Beatrice Dupont

"Shut. Up. I am more of a man than you ever will be you sociopath! You’re the one that needs help!" I hissed. I held back a gulp as Klaus got closer to me, I watched as he mocked me, pretending to be worried, he started pointing fingers and I batted them away. "It’s rude to point," I sneered. Pretty little lights? Is he for real? "Who says I need a wand," I told him quietly, my face morphing to blankness as I forgot about the world around me. "The only nasty creature here is you," I pointed my wand at him, "Maybe I should give you a warning? Show you that I know more than ‘pretty little lights’,"

Just then, I heard someone call my name and I flinched away from the firm grip that encased my shoulder. "Who-" I stared to say, it was Kas. "Not much to tell— he’s a massive git," I muttered when Odi said I hadn’t really told him much of Klaus. I clenched my fists as Klaus carried on talking. Kas pulled me away and in the end I let her, emotions swirling around my body as I cast my gaze to the floor. My life was over. "Yeah, the sentiment is mutual," everyone was talking and she still had my arm in her strong, yet comforting, grip. "Get off of me" I murmured, still not fully clicking who it was. "Get off of me," I said a little firmer. But I didn't want her to. I gazed into her eyes.

gulp

My eyes watered as she asked her question. She had seen it. "I- he-…" I tried to hold back my tears as I looked at this amazing girl in front of me. How could I tell her? That I attacked someone without valid reason. But it was valid. Sort of. I looked at Clark. Klaus. Back at Bea. She looked at me, her face going soft and I felt like I could just breakdown then and there but I couldn’t. Not now. Not in front of them. Klaus already knows my secret, can’t let him see me be a baby again. "He knows, Bea. He knows," I whispered, a scared look taking over as I locked eyes with my cousin.

Worry.
Sadness.
Anger.

All emotions that I felt right now… I felt like exploding. I had to do something. I wanted to cry until I had no tears left. I wanted… I needed my friend to hold me and tell me it will all be okay. I’ve been through so much these past few months and it’s slowly crippling me. Slowly drowning me and I feel like I can’t talk to anyone about it.

And Rita wasn’t making it all that much better. I could feel the rage as she yapped on. It was becoming overwhelming. The fact that I had casted a spell on another student. My cousin knowing my issue. Kas running in as I was threatening someone - much less family - and now Rita calling for a teacher. My parents would have my head if they got another owl from school-- even if I wasn't exactly in trouble. "Not even a full year in, Lucian, and already I'm getting no end of bleedin' owls! You are lucky I didn't pull you out of that school the moment that muggleborn student was caught!" and it almost made me shudder to imagine that voice in a howler. "Just shut up! Literally. Shut your bloody mouth for a minuet at least. We don’t need staff. The green house is fine. He is fine. We don’t need a teacher. Stop being a sanctimonious prig," I spat— like, I actually think that in my rage some saliva come out of my mouth.

Ew

This was it. This was where I went mad. I could myself losing as it. The only thing that was circulating my brain was the fact that he knew and that’s all I could think of. I forgot about what got us into this mess in the first place. It was pathetic. I know that. I really wish I hadn’t casted the spell. I wish I just turned and walked away.

And it killed me that I didn’t.

"Yeah! You better leave!" I called to him, only thing holding me back was the knowledge that Kas was here. I couldn’t attack him with her here. I couldn’t do that to her. Couldn’t have another person hate me. With Klaus gone, and thus imminent danger away for now, I felt my whole body…. relax.

I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes. Blocking out the world.

Klaus knew.

Klaus knew and that wasn’t a good thing; he doesn’t care about me, heck he tried to make his own brother disappear— granted they were like 6, but that’s even worse! I opened my eyes and cleared my throat, time to not have a breakdown in front of random people.

"Ahem," I cleared my throat. "It was uh, wonderful to meet you all. I, urm, I- I think I am going to leave now. Urm, soz for spelling you," I directed to Clark. I was going to demand an apology from what he said but I am too worn and anxious and sick to my stomach to care anymore. He knows what is coming his way should I catch him doing it again. I turned to Rita, "There's a mud— a uh, a gryffindork called Izzie. You two would get along splendid," stuck up gits. Be quiet this, teacher that.

I sent a pleading look to Kas. I needed to leave. I… I would talk to her about everything. I would. But that will require tears and uh mental breakdowns as I get to the where my pollock of a cousin comes in.

What a day.

English | French Word Count: 490

Interacting with: @Lucian Mornstern Mentioning: • @Clark Baird • Klaus Havertz @Fang Hui-Ying • @Odilon Wilde •@Rita Su •

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Lucian told Beatrice to get off but yet she held on. Her eyes were focused on him and only him, drowning the world around them out completely. He was visibly upset and Merlin knew they already had enough happen to them this year to see when the other needed a helping hand and Lucian did. It almost seemed as if he wasn't fully seeing who was holding onto his arm, as if he was so burned up in his emotions that he didn't recognize her even after he looked at her. He told her to let go again and she almost did but then he finally looked at her and his gaze finally changed. His expressions loosened just a bit and tears shimmered in his eyes. Beatrice's gaze softened at the picture he was painting in front of her, taking a deep breath as to say 'it's okay'. Only that she didn't know what had happened and therefore she could not just say that everything was okay.

He knows. Lucian had said that with such fear in his eyes, Beatrice could physically feel it. Her eyes widened in shock. She knew what he meant. Of course she did. There wasn't anything else that he could mean. Her head turned to the boy that her friend was looking at. Her left hand squeezed Lucian's. A devilish smirk was spread across the other boys lips and the amount of protection that bubbled up in Beatrice at this moment felt unreal. Her features hardened as she looked at this boy. Her heart hammered in her chest. Knowing something like this could ruin someones entire reputation. Not only Lucian's but his Family's too. It was unfair that it was this way but there was nothing Beatrice could really change about it other than try and not let her parents press these believes into her.

As Lucian almost screamed his words and Niklaus left, Beatrice could only look at her friend, silently pulling on his arm, begging him to stop before there would really be a Professor coming for them. She wanted to say so much, yet she remained silent. This was not the right time and not the right place to start a conversation like this and as Lucian visibly relaxed and leaned against the wall, she hoped the others would just leave too. She slowly let go of him and crossed her arms over her stomach, turning to the others surrounding them. She had already opened her mouth to speak but suprisingly Lucian was faster. His words weren't particularly genuine or nice but she didn't mind at this point. Beatrice didn't even know these other people here.

„I'll also leave.” Beatrice muttered, catching Lucian's pleading look. She fastly went over to her bag, picking up everything and fixing the broken ink bottle before hurrying back to Lucian, taking him by his hand and just pulling him along. Who cared what this looked like.

^{Beatrice leaves Thread}
Slight godmod of Lucian was agreed beforehand by his writer.

It all seemed to have happened so fast, Odi thought to himself. One moment he was having fun ragging on some punk with Lucian, now this new fellow seemed to have Lucian sweating like a diricawl in a dragons den. Odi tried to wrap his brain around the speed that the politics of this conversation were going, but it seemed there were happenings beyond his knowledge that steered this exchange. He made a mental note to find these out later.

In any event, there was no way Odi was going to allow someone to bully his closest friend here. Cousin or not. He maintained the handshake just long enough for it to get uncomfortable, prolonging that inky, abyssal stare the whole time. "Niklaus Havertz." The Durmstrang boy introduced. "I'm sure he wished I didn't exist! Worry not, the sentiment is mutual."
"Hm." Odi hummed. "I wonder why." His eyes darted to Klaus' shoes incredibly quickly, but just long enough for him to notice. It was a dirty trick his mother had taught him that made people question their fashion choices, and it seemed to work for Odi nine times out of ten. He slipped his hands out of Klaus' and retracted it, still holding eye contact.

All of a sudden, Odi noticed Rita, the Hufflepuff girl, piping up about the greenhouses. "...-Absolutely not fine, far from being fine. Seriously,what is going on here with all of that mess? You are lucky that you haven`t attract any attention for the nearby prefects or other adults on patrol."
Odi interrupted her. "And we're not going to." He bit out in an extremely pointed tone. He gave her a look that he hoped she interpreted correctly, as he was trying to convey just how sorry he'd make her if a prefect did find out about this.

Klaus seemed to have got the message and stalked off, but now Lucian too was looking about ready to dart off at any moment. He cleared his throat. "It was uh, wonderful to meet you all. I, urm, I- I think I am going to leave now. Urm, soz for spelling you,"
"Wha-!?" Odi spluttered. They were just getting started and now Lucian was ready to leave? He hadn't even managed to form a coherent thought in his mind before Lucian was being pulled away by Beatrice down the corridor at a furious pace. "Where are you-?! Ugh!" Odi stomped his foot in frustration. I never get to have any fun round here, he thought to himself. He looked back down at Clark with a disdainful expression. "Don't make me have to come back and finish this." He sighed, plunging his wand back into his pocket and strolling off in the direction he had come from, looking entirely unperturbed by the encounter.

OOC: Odi leaves the thread.

@Clark Baird|@Lucian Mornstern|@Rita Su|@Fang Hui-Ying(In the role of Klaus Haverts)|@Beatrice Dupont