Silver Eyes

Chapter 3- Through the Window

It was the next day and Aurelius was looking out the window to the courtyard. He was watching the comings and goings of everyday life in Numengard  Castle. There was an almost constant stream of new faces, people from all over the Wizarding community were joining Grindlewald's movement. The majority of witches and wizards wore black cloaks to keep warm from the cold mountain air. All but her. 

Yet again she was clad all in white. SH wasn't wearing her cloche hat, today she wore nothing on he head. She simply let her wild hair billow in the wind. She wore an all-white slicker to keep out the wind, her traditional white gloves peeking out from her sleeves. A white skirt when to her ankles and swirled in the wind.

It was then that Aurelius noticed that everyone gave her a wide berth. Every other witch or wizard brushed against each other, everyone but her. Not only was she the only one clothed in white, she was also the only one walking alone.

Its was then that her crown of white hair tuned upwards. Standing in the center of the courtyard, as everyone veered to avoid her; she stopped. They were now staring at each other. Her face showed a small look of surprise to see him, then a shy smile. She waved a gloved hand in greeting.

Aurelius fought to keep his face neutral as he felt too many emotions rise to the surface. He vividly remembered the events of the day before; nearly making his first friend here at the castle and her look of fear when she shouted at him.

"Don't touch me!"

Those three words had haunted him for the rest of the day. She was yet another person simply pretending to be nice to him, she was a friend of him just like everyone else.

he turned from he window, fists clenched at his side as he struggled to keep his Obscurus in check. It had become much harder to control since the events in New York; letting it and himself loose so completely.

Over the next several days whenever Aurelius would catch sight of Siva coming his way (she was hard to miss) he would immediately change directions and veer off a different path. He did this even if it meant it look him twice as long to get where he was going. This inadvertently caused him to get to know the castle grounds intimately, as he was often stuck learning new pathways in his avoidance of Siva. It became a chore that consumed his days entirely;  evade Siva at all costs. He kept away from the part of the castle that Siva had shown him on that day like the plague; he didn't want to chance meeting her there. Even if it was a lovely place to hide.

Any time Siva wound up finding him in the halls or deserted rooms he never allowed her to speak, refused to listen if she did. One day when he had finally had enough of the nonsense he spun around as she was chasing him through yet another deserted corridor. She had to skid to a halt to avid crashing in to him.

A look of pure sadness and melancholy was etched across his face.

"Please leave me alone..." He said in his low deep voice.

She could see he was struggling to remain calm, she could sense a hidden fury buried deep within his eyes.

Her own eyes welled up with tears as she nodded, and quickly moved around him and down the corridor.

It was several days before Aurelius saw Siva again.