The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 42

I need to do 3 Harry POVs for this so uhm...enjoy

"Why'd you fake your death...?" I ask, a few drops hit the windows.
"I did die back then, but Azula managed to save me and I was luckily still in a state where I could come back from death." he answers. "Though there's a huge scar on my back now."
"That's good..." I smile.
"I wanted to contact you but I was too scared of Weller finding out, the reason for the fight was why I didn't contact you." he explains.

I never learned why the fight happened in the first place, so I wanna know now. I need to know why my mom was killed, she never did anything wrong. Whatever the reason was, it better be enough to hopefully calm my nerves trying to punch Asher even though he says he's in the wrong here. He's a good person, the one who is the reason why I didn't go insane.

To be honest, though my nerves want to punch something, I don't. I'll forgive him for whatever reason he has though I won't forget but I'm thankful for him. His fun facts is the reason why I probably can read Liza so easily, though I did observe people around me when I was younger, his fun facts actually had s lot of helpful advice to it. He's the reason I'm the way I am.

"Me and Weller are related by blood...I always knew we were but he found out about it just a few hours before the fight...he's my great great uncle but let's just great uncle for short." Asher states, now this was something I was not expecting. "He wanted answers out of me and let's just say I reminded of someone to him before, this person I reminded him of was his wife who died a 100 years ago, we have similar appearances."

This is a lot...Weller had a wife and he's related to Asher.? I'm not sure that I can say that it's reason enough for me to understand why he faked his death as my nerves are getting more and more pissed off. Not a single part of me wants to stay mad against my former teacher, I just wanna be happy he's alive so why the hell are my nerves so pissed off? I guess it's because I still feel betrayed somehow.

"Though I don't know much about his wife, she was shot dead and I look pretty alike to her so I guess it must be something about that where him finding out that we're related was the final straw and so after that, I took no contact with you simply to avoid accidentally having Weller find out and then triggering something like that again." Asher explains. "He's a dangerous man, he knows everyone's weaknesses and you were my weakness as I view you like family."

I can honestly see where he is coming from, the fight was pretty brutal and it must've done some kind of impact, that reasoning calms my nerves but now I'm trying to process this information. Maybe I should learn about the vampire's past. Though I'm not too sure about it since it isn't an excuse for the way he is.

"And how'd you know I was gonna commit arson?" I ask, feeling curiosity take over.
"I was still worried about you, considering how many things could've gone wrong so I asked someone from a powerful family of witches to show me how you were doing which is how I found out." he answers. "It was my idea to assist the fire."
"Alright...why was my mom killed then?" I question.

Asher seems to be completely caught off guard by the question as if he didn't she was killed. Did he not know?

"Evelyn was killed!?" Asher coughs.
"By his puppet just before the fight." I answer, clenching my fist.
"She was a very sweet woman, I don't understand how she would have a reason to be killed." he states. "I figured that something must've happened but killing is just..."
"You really didn't know?" I whisper, then why did Weller...

Asher nods, his expression seeming shocked, this is a lot of information I'm processing, I've barely managed to process that Asher is alive. Though, I feel a lot more relaxed now, just glad he's alive. I didn't have patience to wait this time, I really needed answers.

"Well, I want to think about it first." I state. "It's almost too much, I don't think I can take so much more."
"It's fine, whatever your response is, it is completely justifiable." Asher replies.
"I'm happy you're alive and safe..." I smile.

Asher smiles aswell. We both shake hands and I walk away to call Azula, explaining everything that happened with the Vira girl though I'm not to sure what to say about my former teacher, a great fucking teacher. She'll find out sooner or later, I wouldn't mind if Liza or Asher told her, I'm just feeling weak right now.

"Oh and I'm proud of you!" I hear behind me. "Got yourself a wonderful girlfriend now, you're way stronger than I remember, hope you and her can get engaged someday." he says, though I can't see him, I can tell it's genuine. My eyes start burning, just when I had calmed down he really has to add that, but I'm glad he thinks so.

"Thanks." I say before walking away completely. The day sure took a turn, hopefully I can forgive him truly. He really hasn't changed, though I heard him swear for the first time. He must've been really surprised and felt guilty then for him to swear...that feels alien.

*20 minutes later*

"That fucking vampire can go fuck himself." Azula say through the phone. "Honestly, I'm aware of his manipulation game, Vira was a great member but I think death was the only way...the manipulation is really twisted."

I told Azula about Weller and what happened but not about Asher. I wanna just give myself time to think before telling anyone else other than Liza. She is probably visiting Anna at the hospital, we had found out she lost the ability to speak from trauma due to the fact she had witnessed a few things...

I found out Anna can shift into hydra recently, she had shifted into one while trying to protect Peter and Catorce but it didn't help. Peter and Catorce were luckily safe and ok though there had to be multiple check ups on them. I found out Catorce was inlove with Anna, I learned quite a bit from the aftermaths of that.

"...For now, we'll just continue checking on Anna." Azula states.
"Yeah, that's good." I reply.
"And last thing, please tell me about you encounters with the vampire because from the looks of it, he may be a foe or friend though it's unclear." Azula says before hanging up.

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Hmmm, opinions on Asher?

Personally, my comfort character and same goes for Weller, both are comfort characters to me

Future me: I'm emotional from this chapter (it's cause it's awful, I'd rewrite this if I had motivation.)