The Wolf's Fairy [Hogwarts Setting]

Secrets

*Elios' perspective*

He was walking in hogsmeade with Melinda in silence. He lead the way to a lonely place he used to come to with Sullivan.

While memory of his bestfriend still ached his heart, he wanted a place unknown enough to the rest of the students yet not too far away, and this place was exactly that. He'd asked Melinda if he could have a private word with her.

She was particularly bouncy in her steps and smiled serenly. He stopped when he was ready to.
He turned towards her, feeling rather heavy.

"Uhm..listen Melinda I..." he started, but didn't know what he was going to say. She giggled at his nervousness.

"You asked me why I keep leaving for home a few days ago, right?"
He started again.

She looked at him, perplexed. Elios had a feeling she didn't expect this question.

"Yeah, you said you're mum's ill, right?"

Elios gulped. He wanted to be honest with her. He didn't know how she would react, and he did not want to think about it, but he felt that before asking anyone out, one should clear out any lies and misunderstandings.

"No. She wasn't ill." He replied. "I never even left Hogwarts. I was taken into the room of requirements, where I spent my day. The house elves would bring me food from the kitchens."

She looked even more confused.

"Why were you there?"

"Because..." he balled his fists, trying to steel himself. He had gone against his father's order, but he did not want to decieve Melinda.

"Because I'm a werewolf."

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*Elena's perspective*

Elena froze. Up until now, she was only listening out of curiosity, the latest words she'd heard had gripped her into the conversation.

She'd wandered into that place looking for some mud (Felicia had asked her to find some). When she heard approaching footsteps, she instinctively hid behind a tree.
When she realised that this was a conversation between Selwyn and Nott, she tried to wait for them to leave, listening to their conversation meanwhile.

She thought this was a love confession, so she was only interested in the drama, planning to share it with Soleil and Felicia. Now, however, she doubted sharing this with anyone.

There was a silence. Elena did not dare glimpse, so she could not tell what was going on, but she had a feeling that this sudden drop was a danger sign.

"You're joking right?" Elena heard Nott say.

There was a sigh.
"Before fourth-year started, I left home to go to Simon's. On the way, I don't exactly remember who grabbed me, but I was taken to some forest...Where there was a werewolf." He said. His voice was shaky and heavy.
"It was dark." He continued, as if each word took him tons of energy to utter, "I was alone. I ran...I kept running." He said, and his voice finally cracked. Elena could hear sobs, which were Selwyn'.
"And the werewolf caught me."

Elena couldn't understand how he was even continuing. It ached her heart to hear him miserably speak. Despite how much she disliked him, what happened to him was sad.

Nott's silence continued for a minute.

"Nott?" Selwyn asked, and Elena broke at the pitiful tone. It sounded as if he'd just said 'please' while he was sinking in dispair.

There was another silence, followed by a sob that wasn't Selwyn's.

"Stay away from me." She hissed through a shaky voice, "how dare you."

Elena then heard footsteps.

"Wait!" Selwyn yelled, following her.

"STAY AWAY!" She shrieked.

Elena finally looked at the scene. Selwyn stopped following her, walked back to where he was, and fell to the floor. He sat there, looking at the grass.

Elena sat down next to the tree that she was hiding behind. She knew that Selwyn was going to stay there for quite some time, and she couldn't dare leave infront of him. All she could do was stay as quiet as possible, and wait for him to leave.

He was silent. Elena felt heavy, both with the weight of his secret, and the weight of what she'd just heard. She felt sorry for him, despite the immense pain she'd felt because of him last year.

She knew there was no way of comforting him, but she felt like she was doing it anyways.
He might not know it, but someone was sitting there, listening to his silence.

Eventually, Selwyn stood up and left. His footsteps were slow, as if he wanted to stay, but couldn't.

Long afterwards, Elena silently crept out of the place to the familiar streets of hogsmeade as well.

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Sed.

Please vote and comment! U Don't know how much i had to cringe to write Nott 😅