The Wolf's Fairy [Hogwarts Setting]

Selwyn Family

After a week, Elios was finally discharged from the hospital. It was a hard week. He went between shouting and crying, to quietly hating himself and starving. He hated every second of his existence, knowing that when the full moon started next month, he will spend each night as a monster. He felt like a parasite.

His mother and brother tried to help him. Orion would come everyday, telling him how he can be perfectly normal despite this problem, or otherwise just sit there besides him.
His mother brought him his favourite food, trying to encourage him.

Elios wondered why his father never came to visit him, but he guessed the reason was disappointment.
They were in their manor. Orion followed Elios to his room. His shoulder had recovered, but he was weakened as well.

When Orion entered his room, he looked around in confusion.

"Did you redecorate?" He asked. His room was now painted green and silver; the slytherin colors, "I don't see any of those muggle fairytale books."

"Not me." Elios stiffly replied, "dad did it while I was away in my first year."

Orion's eyes widened. There was a silence in which Elios glared at him. Orion then muttered, "I'm sorry."

"Why did you come back?"

"I just wanted to have another row with father." He sarcastically said, "oh, and I heard my brother was hospitalised."

Elios scoffed.

"Well he isn't anymore." He snarled, "You can go now."

"Remember when we were little, you begged me to role-play any muggle fairytale I liked?" Orion dreamily asked, eyes twinkling, "And I chose king Arthur, so you became my merlin?"

Elios did not respond. He busied himself with fixing his bed.

"I've been a horrible brother, Eli. I know that. I left you in the chaos I created...but I couldn't stay. Like you, I'd spent my life trying to satisfy dad's narcissism, until it became too much. I had to choose sides, and I chose the one I wanted to be on."

Elios momentarily imagined himself standing up to dad, rebelling. He then realised why there was a pained look on Orion's face.

"I chose sides too." Elios quietly said, "but it was with my family."

"Yeah..." Orion said, "you were always such a dork."
Elios glared at him, but this time it wasn't hateful.

"Atleast I didn't annoy the hell out of everyone." He said.

"Oh please," Orion rolled his eyes, "I was more popular than you probably are in school. Everyone wanted to be friends with me."

"Really?" Elios savagely said, "but I don't remember wetting myself in bed when I was ten."

Thung. Orion threw a metal cup at his head.

"Ouch!" Elios shrieked. He then gave him an angry look, and then yelled, "MOM, ORION'S HITTING ME!"

"AM NOT!" He yelled back. He held up a fist at him as if meaning to punch him, while Elios laughed.

The door swung open. His father, who looked much like Elios but with long hair, entered the room. Orion sat down in a chair, glaring at his father, who determinedly fixed his eyes on Elios. He brought an air of tension with himself.

"I'm assuming your shoulder is back to normal?" He asked slowly in a deep voice.

"Yes." Elios obediently replied, staring at the floor. He looked up at his father, who gave a small nod in acknowledgement.

"Things will continue as usual then. You will take the wolfsbane potion during full moon while you're home." He ordered.

"Yes."

"I will make arrangements for you at hogwarts. All you need to do is continue your studies as usual, and keep all of this a secret." He said, and then leaned in closer to him (Elios flinched).
"if anyone finds out, you will spend the rest of your life closed in your room." He warned.

"You're scaring him." Orion said.

"I am talking to my son," He snapped, "not you."

"Fathers don't scare their children when they're distressed." Orion fired back.

His father narrowed his eyes at Orion.

"You're only here because of your mother. Don't test my patience, for I will have very little of it for you." He said with an obvious tone of dislike.

Orion opened his mouth to say something, but stopped. He stood up  and marched towards the door.

"You'll come back, mark my words." His father said as he passed by him.
Orion slammed the door shut so hard, a vase nearby fell and shattered.
Elios glanced at his father, who looked back at him. He turned, black robes sweeping behind him, and left.
He spent rest of the day glumly doing his summer work from Hogwarts, taking breaks when his mother would bring him food.

Everyone was suffering because of him, he feebly thought.
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We met big bro! Anyways do comment your thoughts on these characters.