The Catastrophe (Credence x Reader)

Chapter Three

"Want me to show you to your room?" She smiled at him getting up and walking to one of her guest rooms she had for her older brothers.

"Usually my brother takes up this room but I left him. So he won't be using it anymore, feel free to use any of the clothes you see however he doesn't wear them anymore. They're mostly mine now." She laughed a tiny bit and walked out of the room.

____ sat down on her bed and took off her long sleeved sweater.  Normally she would be uneasy about taking off her long sleeves but Credence had similar pain to her so it didn't matter.

She had been attacked back at Hogwarts by people she had thought to be friends. They casted a bunch of spells, like 'sectumsempra' to make multiple gashes in her skin. There were scars all over her arms and back. She didn't know the cure for them, so she hid them from everyone including her brothers.

She laid down and sighed. After an hour of contemplation she fell asleep.

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____ woke up with a jolt when someone sat down beside her on the bed. "Sorry... I came in to ask you something but I saw your arms and I wasn't sure i was believing it all that well." Credence mumbled quickly getting up

"Its okay. Come sit down. What did you need?" ____ said sitting up to look at him. He looked at her arms. "If I tell you why i left my home, can you tell me why you left yours?" He asked taking a small hold on her left arm.

"I don't see why not.." she murmured looking at his hand on her arm. "My... my adopted mother.  She abuses me. I... I" credence looked down trying not to cry. "Hey. Hey. If you need to cry, don't keep it in, it'll only make it worse" ____ said putting a hand on credences face .  A couple tears fell from his eyes "I didn't want to put up with it.  So I ran. I can't go back or it's just going to get worse " he said crying more. She pulled Credence into her shoulder hugging onto him until he calmed down.

"I won't let her hurt you when you're here. She can't get to you. She can't stand up against a witch. Don't worry Credence" she said rubbing his back.

After a couple minutes of just sitting there crying Credence started calming down more. "Sorry.. sorry." He said in between sobs. He moved back out of her hug and looked back at her arms. "If you can heal my scars... why do you have yours...?" He asked.

She looked at her scars and sighed. "There's this school for Wizards and witches down in Europe. I went there for a couple years. You get sorted into 1 of 4 houses that suit personality traits you have. I was put into one that people would consider bad. (Any house) people from that house would say I didn't belong there so they would attack me.  You can fix certain wounds and injuries with magic but if it's magic injuries. They're more difficult to fix. I was hit with a curse, day after day after day. I didn't want to seem weak so i haven't told my brothers. I ran from them. I left Hogwarts. I ended up here. " ____ said tearing up a bit.

Credence put a hand on her shoulder. "You don't seem weak. You should've told your brothers." He said quietly and sleepily. "Get some sleep Credence, you look absolutely tired. " she laughed and smiled at him lying down. "If you want to sleep here you can. But you need rest."

His lip twitched into a faint smile and lied down falling asleep almost instantly.