10 Sep 2021, 21:08
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Keen Eye / Lovely Creature
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After Classes, Before Dinner
Wearing Casual Clothes=================== ===================
Henry didn't seem to take her joke. He really wanted her to be serious about this. Aldor, however, became anxious and a little defensive. "It's okay, Aldor," she said softly to the ginger. She didn't mind Henry being serious about it.
Even though Aldor said he trusted her, Rose wasn't even sure she trusted herself. A flash of herself on the floor of the bathroom intruded her thoughts, her chest heaving, her body seeming to try to kill itself- No, if she was Henry, she wouldn't trust herself either. Not with anything. But Henry apparently held her in much higher status than she held herself.
She then looked Henry in the eye, saying, "I promise, I won't tell anybody." Her voice was serious and sincere. She was not going to tell anybody.
He reminded her that she couldn't tell anybody. Nobody at all. Not her family. Not anybody except Logan and Aldor and Henry could know. Rose could do that. She had kept secrets from her family before, about a lot of things. Her family didn't need to know everything that happened. They didn't need to know about everything. And they wouldn't know about the Knights. The only person Rose would really feel bad about keeping this from would be Scarlett, but she could keep it to herself anyway. Scarlett didn't need to know if Henry didn't want her to know. Rose kept most things to herself anyway. Sometimes she wanted to tell people but didn't, for their own sake. Nobody really cared if she was proud of her O on a test. Nobody really cared what she was reading and what she thought about it. Nobody cared that she thought that guy was cute or that she didn't like that girl.
"Nobody."
Nobody else would know, if Rose had anything to say about it. This would be a secret, kept only between those Henry entrusted with it. Rose remembered when he told her that he was a werewolf, back in February. It had taken him a long time to trust her with the information, and she hadn't told anybody, not even Chaska. Chaska probably could smell it on him or something anyway. Nobody would know. Not even Aldor. Not even her family. Not her close friends. She hadn't told anybody at all. She wouldn't tell anybody about this, either. Whatever it turned out to be.
Henry spilled. Anna. Logan. Aldor. Restricted Section. Rose nodded. Then he asked if she had any questions. She had lots of questions. Like what did they think they were going to find in the Restricted Section of Hogwarts about Henry's family? Was he researching the address? Because how were tey going to get information about an address out of the Restricted Section? And how did Anna find out about the Knights, if Henry couldn't? He had so much more access to the magical world here. Anna barely had any contact with magical people in Liverpool. Was Aldor's family related to the Knights? Were they somehow cousins or something? There was so much mystery shrouding all this. But most of all, Rose wanted to know-
"Are you trying to find Anna?"
Maybe she should have said, "Thanks for telling me," or "Wow, that's wicked cool," or "I wish you luck on your journey to find your family" or something, but she was just overwhelmed in that moment. Because what if...
10 Sep 2021, 23:18
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Interacting: @Rose Moon | @Aldor Humbleglow
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Languages: English | French | Italian | Arabic | Russian
Outfit
Before Hogwarts the young lad spent most days alone, most information was kept to himself and his siblings. After the attack,
Henry became a private person, letting other know less and less about him. Keeping most things to himself, not knowing who to trust or who not to.
Before Hogwarts as a child, he didn't talk to many and kept most things about himself and his family a secret between his siblings, father, and him. After all, the only people who knew about his fury secret before Hogwarts was Scarlett and her aunt. No one else.
As the years past, Henry started to become distant from others. He started to question their motives and emotions, if they could be trusted or if they were hiding their true self. The young lad experienced bullies and liars before Hogwarts, those experiences have spiraled in his memory so at Hogwarts and years later the lad would question who to trust and how much to trust that person with.
In a way, you could say that Henry was similar to Loki in these situation. The feline suffered from pretty bad trust issues after being returned to the the pet shop located in diagon alley multiple times. Unsure who to trust and who will throw him out, the orange feline takes a long and good examination of someone to see if he should trust them or not...
Henry experienced bullies taunting him at a young age, children and even adults lying to him then talking about him when they thought he wasn't there or when he was there. The lad experienced friends and even family leaving, he knew how it felt to be alone and empty..... abandoned... the teen after a while did develope a form of trust issues around other people the only thing was he didn't know or notice it.
Which is when things usually went bad for the young werewolf.
"I don't."
Was Henry's reply to Aldor saying he trusted Rose. The teen didn't mean for it to happen, it sort of slipped out without warning or thought. That usually happened, his anxiety and stutter and trust issues arrived in either the good or bad times then would mess everything up for him. When they would reveal themselves, others tended to get angry with him or yell at him or rebuttal or walk away.
The teen grown use to this. He was use to be misunderstood. Different. Odd. A freak. A outsider. Even a monster even through he couldn't admit it or say it out loud or in his mind... he was use to being alone and doing things on his own.
Rose replied. Promising not to tell anyone. Nobody.
The blue eyed teen looked up at her. Did he trust her? Did he trust Aldor? Who did he even trust? How did he know he was even capable at trust?
Henry brushed a few strands of hair from his face, looking at Rose's green eyes. All emotion hidden away behind the 'barrier', not even the smile was present when he spoke" uh- before I didn't- What I meant was, I do trust you," nodding slightly toward the girl no emotions or smile could be seen on his face. The teen didn't mean the words that slipped out, he did trust Rose. After all he did tell her about his fury secret, one that only a few students at the school knew about.
However trust wasn't a single word or one sided definition for him. It was different, it was different ever seen that nights years ago. Ever since the attack....
When Henry Knight was starched and became a werewolf, when the wolf within first grabbed hold of his body and clawed it's way inside of him that then caused the lad to question and find it hard to trust others... specifically human. Especially after the prejudice and rumors and hate toward werewolves and other half breeds.
I do trust you, Rose and Aldor to... it's just- if only you could understand...
If only you knew how difficult it is for me to trust, what I went through for being a werewolf and my childhood to know why trust is important to me... if only you knew...
'But they don't know and can't understand'
If I could explain everything in great detail then I would, I would! I would do it because I do trust you both...
'But how could they trust a monster, such as yourself'
They do... they do trust me... right? They- they have to! I know they do! Because if they didn't then why would they be here, why would they help me, why would they be talking with me or be seen with me...
'Their lying to you, after all who could lessen to befriend a monster'
Thier- their not.... their not! Are they? No! They won't do that, Rose... he won't! That's not even a question right? Or maybe... what if she's lying, what if she doesn't trust me and I just made a mistake about telling her that am a werewolf and about the Knight investigate... but I didn't right? Or did I...
Aldor... Al... he wouldn't! I- I know- I know he wouldn't... no! He's my friend, were studying partners and we read in the library and senior classes together and he's my research partner. He wouldn't be lying, he does trust me... right? I didn't make a mistake telling him but what if... what if he does judge me or has prejudices against werewolves? Aldor thinks of human so what if I tell him about my fury problem and he leaves me or has prejudices or... or... or...
'Your destined to be alone'
I am, aren't I.... how do I even know they trust me or that Rose and the others who knew about my fury secret see me the same as them or if they see me as something else... a half breed... a monster... a freak...
'A failure and a freak, who would want to be around you'
They- they won't lie to me... their not! Are they? Maybe they are... maybe I made a mistake made all of this is wrong! Maybe I just ruined the investigation and friendships... maybe I messed everything up again as usual....
Emotions hidden behind his 'barrier' so the other can't see. A small, soft smile now present on his lips. Bright Blue eyes looking between Rose and Aldor. Handing sliding into his black jacket pockets, the teen appearance was normal or around it. Tan skin, his body lean and skinny, but there was something else about him. He could be described as tried, light bags underneath his eyes from lack of sleep could be seen probably crated by all the nights he stayed awake listening to the cassette tape and reading the last letter he received from his twin sister.
Slow down? I already told her everything that I told you, Al... except neither of you know everything... you can't... I can't...
For example, the letter from his twin sister. The teen might have told them about it but he didn't show them. The only person he could bring himself to show was Logan, she was his best friend but if he could then he would show Rose and Aldor the letter.... but he couldn't... be couldn't bare showing them or anyone else...
Rose spoke. A question. Henry would look into her eyes. Blue meeting green. The teen smile softly toward her as he softly spoke"yes," that was the main reason he was doing this, the twin wanted to find his twin, his other half. However that wasn't the only reason, he spent years hearing vague words about them and now he wants to know about them. To know about his brith mum.
"She sent me a owl. On the night of our birthday and said that she was with the Knights, our mother's family. I don't care how long it takes or how impossible or ridiculous it may sound but I am looking for her and the the Knights, I want to find her and I want- need information on the Knights. You don't know what's it like to lose someone and then be made to forget about them and their history, I have to do this for my mum and I will find Anna. No matter how long it takes or with who, I will. I have to," Henry spoke softly keeping his hands tucked in his jacket pockets as he looked over at both Rose and Aldor.
Meanwhile, Loki seemed to want to attention and affection from another. The orange feline would slipped through Aldor's arms and nimbly jump to the ground, walking over toward Rose and rubbing against her legs. Giving short meows to the girl, not purring as he was asking for attention.
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"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
13 Sep 2021, 16:29
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Aldor placed his hands back in his pockets as soon as Loki walked towards Rose. He wasn't here to judge anyone, he wasn't here to make fun of anyone's fears, he wasn't trying to make a team, he was here because he cared for his friends, Aldor himself was a mess, even when he looked calm, his mind was always racing with worry, any moment was the perfect moment for the kid to break down into tears.
Aldor frowned when Henry mentioned not knowing how it felt to lose someone and having to forget about them, but it didn't last long, he didn't want to make a scene, but he felt a little hurt by those words, he wasn't quite sure why.
He thought about saying something, but he wasn't going to, he simply stood there, with a serious face. He knew that he didn't mean to offend Aldor, in fact, he never told Henry about how chaotic his whole childhood had been, he couldn't expect any special treatment just because he wasn't part of a normal family. In reality, he didn't really deserve anything.
''Maybe I do-''
He muttered, but he was pretty sure that at the very least one of them heard him partially.
Aldor placed his letter back in his pocket. Was he really even helping at this point? He was sure about what he was saying, finding the Knights would be a task for more than just a pair of teens, he was sure that the Opaleye was going to be a key part of trying to find these people but the more that he looked back at it, it seemed like all he gathered was for naught. Like it was all an empty effort.
Was he actually trustworthy? Aldor didn't know what to think anymore, he was tired of being worried. He hated feeling like he was an obstacle, and right now, he felt like one.
Why couldn't any reunion he had with his friends normal, he liked spending time with them, in fact he loved it, but every time it all ended up being a big display of worries and pain, the last encounters he had with Henry were at the library, spending all the time they could in finding and planning for the right time and place to find the Knights, and the other one was in the lavatory, when he found Henry having a panic attack.
With Rose things were a little different, usually Aldor was the one that cried over everything, but he was just feeling so overwhelmed lately, his family, Henry's problems, growing up, it was all awful, he should've explained that maybe he needed some time to think about all of this, but instead he kept all of this feelings trapped, growing, making him feel disgusting, making him feel like he wasn't a good person.
Maybe he wasn't a good kid after all.
''What do you suggest then?-''
@Henry Knight @Rose Moon
Aldor frowned when Henry mentioned not knowing how it felt to lose someone and having to forget about them, but it didn't last long, he didn't want to make a scene, but he felt a little hurt by those words, he wasn't quite sure why.
He thought about saying something, but he wasn't going to, he simply stood there, with a serious face. He knew that he didn't mean to offend Aldor, in fact, he never told Henry about how chaotic his whole childhood had been, he couldn't expect any special treatment just because he wasn't part of a normal family. In reality, he didn't really deserve anything.
''Maybe I do-''
He muttered, but he was pretty sure that at the very least one of them heard him partially.
Aldor placed his letter back in his pocket. Was he really even helping at this point? He was sure about what he was saying, finding the Knights would be a task for more than just a pair of teens, he was sure that the Opaleye was going to be a key part of trying to find these people but the more that he looked back at it, it seemed like all he gathered was for naught. Like it was all an empty effort.
Was he actually trustworthy? Aldor didn't know what to think anymore, he was tired of being worried. He hated feeling like he was an obstacle, and right now, he felt like one.
Why couldn't any reunion he had with his friends normal, he liked spending time with them, in fact he loved it, but every time it all ended up being a big display of worries and pain, the last encounters he had with Henry were at the library, spending all the time they could in finding and planning for the right time and place to find the Knights, and the other one was in the lavatory, when he found Henry having a panic attack.
With Rose things were a little different, usually Aldor was the one that cried over everything, but he was just feeling so overwhelmed lately, his family, Henry's problems, growing up, it was all awful, he should've explained that maybe he needed some time to think about all of this, but instead he kept all of this feelings trapped, growing, making him feel disgusting, making him feel like he wasn't a good person.
Maybe he wasn't a good kid after all.
''What do you suggest then?-''
@Henry Knight @Rose Moon
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."
27 Sep 2021, 12:25
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Keen Eye / Lovely Creature
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After Classes, Before Dinner
Casual Clothes=================== =======================
Despite the warm weather, Rose shivered a little bit on the inside as Henry admitted that he didn't trust her. Her heart fell. She had thought that they had built something special, something important between the two of them. She needed him more than anyone else in her life, and trusted him more than anybody. More than her dormmates. More than her siblings, even. She didn't trust him with everything, of course, she didn't trust anybody with everything. But she trusted him with a lot more than she trusted everybody else. She told him things and showed him little snippets of herself, her raw feelings. She didn't tell anyone the stuff that Henry knew.
She knew the same wasn't always true by Henry. He had a best friend and an older brother that he confided in. He didn't need her. Realizing this was scary. It was terrifying. It's a horrifying thought to think that you need somebody more than they'll ever need you. Not that he would, but Henry could just drift away from her at any time and it wouldn't make much difference to him. It might crush Rose. He didn't need her. He would put others before her.
Could she really trust anybody? Did she even want to trust anybody? Maybe if she just kept to herself, things would be so much less complicated. Then she could figure things out on her own and she wouldn't need to worry about other people telling her secrets, or other people leaving her behind.
What if he didn't even want her in his life? What if she was just that annoying that he wished she would just disappear? What if she was being clingy and he wished she'd stop? What if she was just being a horrible friend? What if he dreaded the thought of being her brother? What if she was just weighing him down and making his life harder? Rose felt like curling up in a ball and crying like she was three, overwhelmed by the thought of Henry not liking her. Hating her, even. What if... what if...
While all of that was raging on the inside, on the outside Rose kept hold of a calm look on her face as she watched both of her friends. Chills ran down her back, but she ignored them.
Henry tried to fix his mistake, stuttering that when he said that he didn't trust her, that he meant that he did trust her. Rose paused. "Okay," she said. You know, because that makes so much sense. She didn't believe him at all. Him blurting out might have been an accident, but she didn't think that his first words were insincere. Rose didn't know what she was supposed to say in response to that.
She crouched down to pet Loki on the head when he meowed up at her, asking for her attention.
Rose listened to him as he explained about the Knights and Anna.
Henry said something about her not knowing about what it felt like to loose someone and to be forced to forget about them. Rose furrowed her brow a little, but only for a second. Well. What about her entire half of the family? She had wanted to know her cousins, her aunts, her grandparents, but she didn't know them at all. Her mother had told her, on several occasions, to just forget about them. She had asked her several times, but had been met with the same answer. Half of her entire heritage was forced from her house, from any conversation. She didn't know? As for Aldor, his entire family didn't even want him anymore. He didn't know?
Rose glanced to Aldor as he murmured something about how maybe he did know. She felt her heart sink a little bit.
Softly, she asked, "Do you think she wants to be found?" Henry and Aldor would probably barely hear her. She didn't make eye contact with Henry for this question, looking at Loki instead as she pet him gently around his neck.
Anna had, after all, run away. And she must have done it for a reason. She didn't like her father or the life she had been living. If she was found, Luke might be even harder on her. Rose had seen the howler that Henry had gotten, and he wasn't even the one who had run away from home. Life for Anna once she came back home might be a nightmare. Even if Henry didn't bring her home, Anna left because she wanted to be hidden. She would have told Henry where she was if she wanted him to know. From what she'd heard about her, she would find a way. All of her actions seemed to point to the conclusion that she didn't want to be found.
9 Nov 2021, 17:55
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Warning: talks about anxiety and panic attacks
Permission given by the amazing creator to godmode Rose Moon supporting then leaving with Henry
Interacting: @Rose Moon | @Aldor Humbleglow
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Languages: English | French | Italian | Arabic | Russian
Outfit
Henry hid his emotions behind the 'barrier' but drifting his gaze between Aldor and Rose there was something clear between them.
The two seemed to be keeping- hiding something from him. He didn't want to believe or think that the two had secrets, that the two kept things from him. But watching the galance at each other, view him in a way that he was different. A outsider.
Henry took a shaky breath, taking a step back as his head started to reel and flashes from his past appeared crystal clear in his mind's eye. The bullying, name calling, prejudice, out casted, and the years he spent alone... all came rushing back to him in that single moment.
Loki caught onto his owner's hidden emotions and inner panic attack, the feline ran to his side. Loki rubbed aginest his legs and gave a short meow, clawing up his leg to Henry's right shoulder where he sat. Loki nibbled a bit on the top of his earlobe, hoping to distract Henry.
However, the lad wasn't distraction. Memories flashed by his eyes sending shivers down his spine, a cold chil ran up his spine making his heart pound irrationally and ears ring loud from his mind reeling, spriling with past memories and present thoughts combining- cashing all at once in his mind threatening to spill out.
''Maybe I do-''
Aldor's words flooded his mind. Others belittling his problems and issues. Taking him for granted. Not seeing who he was and not caring to know either. Turning aginest him, believing that he is wrong and opinions don't matter.
His own self doubt and panic rose within him, a storm is brewing fueled by his anxiety and that little voice who whispered in his mind ear.
The other voices and words couldn't be heard. Another step back, Henry felt his breath becoming quicker and chest tightening. Ears booming from the sound within, from the shouting and screaming of the memories and that voice going off within his mind.
Two situations. Two were happening simultaneously.
One in his mind threatening to spill out and one outside, surrounded by Rose, Aldor, and Loki. Soon the two will meet... for better or worse...
Henry felt his mind spinning and memories flashed by his eyes, voices and the voice whispering and shouting in his ears. Distracting him and increasing his anxiety...
With all this emotion and reaction, the teen couldn't hide it any longer and he let his emotions out. He let his anxiety win. He let the wolf out.
Henry stood in front of the two, Loki on his right shoulder nibbling at his ear. Blue eyes wide filled with panic, fear, and anger. Smile gone and face neutral, no emotion could be seen. His voice higher then original and filled with a crisp of panic and fear and emotion.... a first for the lad.
"Don't say that."
Henry looked at Aldor, meeting his eyes as he took heavy breaths and spoke "you don't know how it feels. You have no idea how it feels or what my life contains," the teen stared at the boy taking a step closer, his voice getting higher as he continued " so don't say that, don't take my problems and life for granted or stare at me like I'm doing something wrong because you have no idea what I been through, what I lost. What horrors I go through everyday." Staring at the two in front of him as his anxiety enclosed around him and the wolf growled with contempt.
"You have no idea how I feel or what I been through, I don't tell you because that's my life- my horrors so don't stare at each other sharing secrets and out casting me, yeah I noticed and saw so if you want to then leave. Leave! I know and see how you two act, neither of you really care about me then you keep secrets and judge me so if you don't want to be here then leave. I'm used to it, I'm used to people leaving me, judging me, out casting me, that's the story of my life."
Henry choked back tears as he took a breath, his chest tighten and breathing quicken causing the boy to pant. Not a single tear could be seen, he hadn't cried since the attack so many years ago. Henry stared at the two, taking a step back as he spoke " you life is so perfect, so normal that anyone would want it. I would..." Henry looked at the two, not trying to control his emotions or anxiety. Not trying to contain the wolf within.
"Do you know what it feels like to have a broken family, never been ripped from everything you know multiple times, to live through horror every day, to feel prejudice and rumours about you daily, to live with a monster and struggle each morining with the simple act of waking up. Do you know what it feels like to know that you aren't going to live beyond the age of 21, do you? Well I do and a lot more to."
Henry stared at the two, taking steps back as he stared at the two. Feeling his breath heavily and readying himself for the two to scream at him and outcast him since what else would they do.... they seemed like the close ones, like the ones who cared for each other and Henry wasn't apart of the group.
Rose spoke
Her words not expected. The teen looked up at her, meeting her eyes as he listened to her. She was supporting him.
Maybe he was wrong.... maybe the close ones are Rose and Henry. Maybe they are the two that care for each other and tell each other their raw emotions.
Perhaps they are the ones that share that special bond.
Henry smiled a little at Rose and knew that they did as he took a step closer to her and spoke " uh- you understood what I was referring to right?" as he looked at the girl in her eyes, silently telling her 'sorry' if he upset her.
A beat
The teen placed his hand on hers, squeezing it a bit as he spoke " I want to show you something, sister."
The letter from his twin that only Logan and him knew about and saw, Henry would started to walk toward the exit of the courtyard still holding Rose's hand ready to show her the letter and feeling different. Almost enlighten. Smiling at his sister.
Henry Knight has left the thread with Rose Moon and Loki
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"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
11 Nov 2021, 00:05
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Aldor's heart felt like it sank to the bottom of the ocean, in years, he didn't feel as harmed as this very moment, sure, he kew that Henry was simply saying things because of the heat of the moment and that he probably didn't really mean it, right? He didn't know any better, they were all just a bunch of kids with problems, but to Aldor they were his family, even if Aldor sometimes doubted Henry's ideas, he cared about him as much as he cared for Rose, was he bad for not telling Henry about his own disfunctional family?
Aldor thought he was protecting Henry, he didn't want him to worry about even more things knowing that things always went bad for him.
But now it was all going down again it was all worthless, this wasn't the first time that Henry and Aldor disagreed in something, but for the Irish kid, this was possibly the worst that had happened to him in a long time.
Aldor didn't go out complaining about his problems because he knew they weren't worth it, he was here because he wanted to help his friend with HIS problems, he was here because he cared for Henry, but he couldn't help Henry, could he? He was powerless, he couldn't cure his father's sickness, he couldn't go back to his home and be with his siblings, he couldn't fix the fact that soon, his mother would dissapear and that would lead to his father passing away.
He had no control over anything, and now he was just like the day he came to Hogwarts.
Alone.
Aldor sat on his own for a long time, even after they left, he didn't even count the hours that he spent on his own in complete silence. He was thinking, he wasn't feeling any better and somehow he managed to not let a single tear out.
Soon enough it started to get dark, and he decided to go back inside, and he spent a long time without talking to his friends from then but eventually they would find each other again, but he wasn't sure it was for better.
@Henry Knight @Rose Mooon
Aldor thought he was protecting Henry, he didn't want him to worry about even more things knowing that things always went bad for him.
But now it was all going down again it was all worthless, this wasn't the first time that Henry and Aldor disagreed in something, but for the Irish kid, this was possibly the worst that had happened to him in a long time.
Aldor didn't go out complaining about his problems because he knew they weren't worth it, he was here because he wanted to help his friend with HIS problems, he was here because he cared for Henry, but he couldn't help Henry, could he? He was powerless, he couldn't cure his father's sickness, he couldn't go back to his home and be with his siblings, he couldn't fix the fact that soon, his mother would dissapear and that would lead to his father passing away.
He had no control over anything, and now he was just like the day he came to Hogwarts.
Alone.
Aldor sat on his own for a long time, even after they left, he didn't even count the hours that he spent on his own in complete silence. He was thinking, he wasn't feeling any better and somehow he managed to not let a single tear out.
Soon enough it started to get dark, and he decided to go back inside, and he spent a long time without talking to his friends from then but eventually they would find each other again, but he wasn't sure it was for better.
Reducio
Aldor left the thread
@Henry Knight @Rose Mooon
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."
14 Dec 2021, 12:30
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Keen Eye / Lovely Creature / Healing Sage
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After Classes, Before Dinner
Casual clothes=================== ===================
Henry seemed to break. He seemed frustrated. She watched him as he told them about how they didn't know about his life. How could they? Henry watched his mother die. Henry turned into a wolf once a month. Henry's father didn't even try to be around. His sister was a squib and his father treated her differently because of it. He barely even got to see his brother at all.
Rose didn't deserve to complain at all compared to him. She was just being selfish, wasn't she? Something in her turned. If anybody knew about Henry's experiences, it wasn't Aldor, right? Rose had been the one he had told about his status as a werewolf. Arthur had been the one he confided in and trusted. Logan had been his best friend through everything. Rose respected the fact that Henry had a hard life, much harder than hers in many areas, and knew that there was pain in his heart. She couldn't even guess or imagine how much because she wasn't in his shoes. She didn't know how this felt at all, and it was unfair for her to compare herself to him.
The emotion in his voice surprised her. He was definitely serious about this. But he was right. They didn't know what he had to do to survive every day. They didn't have to take a potion to stop themselves from killing people. They didn't have to see images of their mom being mauled in their sleep.
He told them to leave. He said he was used to it, to people leaving him and not caring. Never coming back. He told them that he didn't think they cared.
Oh, Henry. Didn't he know that she cared more than anybody?
She wanted to tell him that she wouldn't leave, that she would never leave. But she couldn't bring herself to say it right then. She had a feeling that he had to do this. He had to let this out.
Rose's family had fallen apart when her father had died, and it was barely pulling itself together. But she didn't have to watch her mother die. She didn't have to watch as her father faded into a shell of a man. She didn't have to just stand around doing nothing when her sister ran away. She never had to do any of that. Life had never been nice to her, but it hadn't been vicious and relentless like it had been with Henry.
She felt like a knife had been driven into her stomach as he mentioned that he didn't think he would live past twenty-one. The Slytherin would see her eyes widen with grief. No, he couldn't die then. She needed him so much longer than that. He believed that about himself?
Once he finished, he stepped back. As if scared they were going to retaliate. Slap him across the face and tell him to never come back, now that they saw the real him.
"I know," Rose said quietly, almost solemnly. "I know I don't know. I know I'll never know, because it's not something that can be explained with words. You've been through so much, Henry. It's a miracle you're alive still. It's a miracle that you're still an amazing person after all that you've gone through." She looked Henry straight in the eye. The eyes are the windows to the soul. And if Henry looked, he would see only sincerity. He would know that Rose was not kidding around with this. She was serious. "But I do know that I'm not gonna leave you. I don't care about your condition. I don't care that everybody else has left you. I don't care if it's just me and you in the end. I'm not leaving you for anything."
Rose, deep down in her heart, knew that at this moment, what Henry needed was not a complaining sister. Rose could complain all day if she wanted to, as could most people of the human race. But when it came down to it, what Henry needed right now was her being there for him. And right now, she was there. She was there and she would always be there, forever and ever and ever.
He took a step back towards her and asked her if she understood what he meant. She nodded, a soft smile in her eyes. She saw the apology in his eyes. But she wasn't upset, not anymore. For a half second she had been, defiant and sure that he couldn't claim to have a worse life than her. But what she had realized was what was important. It wasn't about comparing whose life was worse. It was about being there for each other when life got tough.
She smiled as he took her hand. "Okay," she said, taking his hand in hers. Her brother. Her friend until the end.
With one last glance at Aldor, she said, "See you later, Aldor." She did hope that her younger friend was alright, even if he didn't understand. She then walked away with her brother as he showed her the letter. Little did she know that she was slowly and surely coming into Henry's circle of people that he did trust, at least a little bit.
And she smiled to herself, knowing that even though their lives were hard, and even though a lot of things weren't alright, and weren't acceptable, and were difficult, that she could have Henry, and he could have her.
Rose Moon has left the thread.