A kiss from the moon

Creep

Spending the full moon with another werewolf seemed to have done wonders for Sofia's health. She wasn't feverish or anything like that, mostly she was just tired. Even Professor Lupin himself looked a bit more perky then usual. He had given her another cup of tea and then sent her of to her dorm to sleep the rest of the day. Sofia had done as he said and was now on her way down to the common room.

She still had a lot on her mind, the transition had taken her mind of the conversation she had with Lupin but now that was all she could think about really. The image of her dad would not leave her mind. They had the same hair color and the same eyes said Lupin. Had he always had the grey hair? Or had it come when he was older like it had been for Sofia? Had he pulled on it and wondered if he was aging prematurely the way Sofia had done when she saw those first grey strands?

The questions were endless she didn't have nearly enough information to answer them. She wanted answers though. She wanted to know all about her dad and all of their similarities and differences. Sofia would never dare to ask her mum about him, every trace of her dad had been eliminated from their house which had led to Sofia growing up thinking that she simply did not have a dad. It wasn't until she was 8 that she had found that wedding picture. It had slipped behind a large bookshelf which Sofia had managed to get behind once when she playing hide and seek with their house elf.

"Amelia and Matisse wedding, bones manor 1978."

The picture had been of a large group of people standing outside their house. They had fancy clothes on and all of them had broad smiles on their faces. Sofia had recognized her grandparents in the picture since she had seen pictures of them and of course her mum. Amelia had looked happier and healthier then Sofia had ever seen her. Her hair had hung down her back in golden curls and she had a smile on her face different to any smile that Sofia had ever seen her mum smile. Sofia remembered think that her mum was the most beautiful person she had ever seen then.

But to young Sofia's dismay, she had never figured out which one of the guys in the picture was her dad. There was no man standing particularly close to Amelia expected for her two brothers. At least she knew his name now had Sofia thought. Matisse. The name had always felt sweet on her tongue when she thought of it. Like she had discovered a hidden secret that was just for her. Now she knew that the name was French as well. Seeing that her dad apparently had a heavy French accent.

A Ravenclaw with a French accent that had grey hair and dark brown eyes. His name was Matisse. That was all Sofia knew about her father.

She sighed as she now entered the Hufflepuff common room. She was too tired to think about these things right now. Her brain felt mushier and mushier the more she was thinking. To her luck, the Hufflepuff common room was mostly empty. A few older students were sitting in small groups and it looked like they were revising. OWLS probably, thought Sofia as she passed by them on her way to her dorm room. Cedric Diggory was one of the students, he didn't look like he was studying but he did have his broom in his lap and was polishing it carefully. He had been made captain since Poppy, their previous captain had dropped from the position. She had been an easily stressed girl, with very frail nerves that had just entered her 7th year so nobody had really blamed her when she decided to focus on her studies instead. Maybe Cedric had done good for himself in his first game, though Sofia. She didn't have the energy to ask him or anyone else right now about how the game had went. She just wanted to sleep and her perfectly made bed was looking very inviting right now.

Sofia flopped down on the soft bed and pulled the covers up to her chin. She curled up in a ball, trying to make herself as small as possible.

Her head was still clouded with thoughts about her dad and the full moon but after a while her beak gave up on trying to think coherent thoughts and she fell in to a deep sleep.

It wasn't until a couple hours later that Sofia woke up to the low sounds of music playing and the muffled sounds of people speaking.

"Now the dark days are gone
And the bright days are here
I can finally see the sun appear
Look at how far we've come
Everything is so clear
Can't believe it's been another year"

Sofia was still laying with her eyes close but she recognized that they were playing Tlc on the stereo now.

"She's moving a bit maybe we should lower the volume" Could Sofia hear Marja say with a low voice.

"But it's basically at it's lowest already" Said Nicola, sounding a bit sour.

"Never mind that, I'm up now" Said Sofia and sat up in her bed. "What are you all doing?"

The four other girls had squeezed in to Nicolas bed, they had a stereo at the bottom of the bed and Anika was carefully painting her nails a light blue color.

"Not much really" Said Marja who had a magazine in her lap. "We just came back from the library and didn't want to wake you up from your nap." The other three girls nodded at this.

"Yeah you looked so peaceful" Said Bonnie cheerfully.

"Snoring a bit as well" continued Anika with a grin.

"Could have woken me up really, what time is it? How did the game go?" Asked Sofia with a yawn, the other girls had perked up at her question.

"We won! It was unbelievable"

"Yeah Potter fell of his broom!"

"And there was dementors in the skye!"

"Wood was totally of his game, we scored a bunch!"

All four of the girls were speaking over each other now and Sofia smiled at them. The Hufflepuffs hadn't had that much on the quidditch pitch the past years so this was a nice surprise.

"Brilliant! Is it late enough for dinner? I'm absolutely starving!" Said Sofia, her stomach rumbling as if it wanted to make a point.

"Yeah I think so! Just let me finish my nails real quick" Said Anika.

And so the girls sat in their dorm for a little while, waiting for Anikas nails to dry and chatting about quidditch and other things. Talking to the girls were a great distraction for Sofia who was a bit tired and still didn't want to think properly about her dad. So she threw herself in to conversations, she joked, laughed loudly and did her best to distract her brain.