Pairing: Xavier Thorpe (Wednesday) x f!Witch Reader (Harry Potterâs universe)
Plot: After traumatic events at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Y/N Y/L/N joins Nevermore Academy to start a new chapter. She didnât expect to become certain long haired boyâs enemy.
Warnings: enemies to lovers, wizardry, use of magic, mentions of death, crying, mention of Harry Potter characters, cursing, traumatic experiences, grammar errors, let me know if I forgot about something.
A/N: Remember that Xavier is Xavier and Percy is
Percy. Character â actor.
Iâll also be very thankful for letting me know what you think. Honestly, Iâm sobbing especially because of the ending
After all those incidents at Hogwarts, after Who Must Not Be Named came back to his powers and our castle collapsed, we, wizards had no place for ourselves. We were left alone, with no teachers to help us with magic and no relatives to support us. But itâs not important now. We (those who survived) had to find a new place to continue our education - if no magical by any means, then just a muggle one. I myself found a school for outcasts. United States, far away from my home, far away from everything and everyone I loved. I had no other option than just start attending Nevermore and start new, unknown chapter in my quite young life.
âI canât believe it! I always thought that wizards donât exist!â A blonde girl screamed while holding my wand. Phoenix feather core, apple wood, 11 žâ. I remember the day of buying it as if it was yesterday. âIâm so excited! You have no idea how many things and places I want to show you and-â
âIt really is nice to meet you too, Enid but can we please slow down a little bit? I just came here and I feel like I really donât belong here so I would be thankful if you gave me about an hour to get used to this place, please.â I said sending her a shy smile and she only nodded, still smiling widely.
âWhat exactly happened? Why are you here? Arenât there any magical schools?â She asked sitting on my bed while I was focusing on unpacking my suitcase.
âWell, not anymore.â I whispered. I was about to start crying. What happened in my life was very bad and I couldnât agree with it. âYou see, wizards can be good or bad. I think itâs quite clear. Like any other no-maj, we want a normal yet successful life. But unfortunately those dark wizards want to control the world. And thatâs why my beloved school doesnât exist anymore. Itâs pretty heartbreaking for me now but I promise to tell you everything about it when Iâll feel a bit better.â
âHoney, you donât have to push yourself into doing so. I understand and I get that everyone is going though many difficulties. I only want to assure you that Iâm here and you can count on me even if we only just met. I feel like we can become very good friends if you only want to.â She added, hugging me tightly and after a while I hugged her back.
âSo this is the last place and we call it a Quad.â
âIsnât it a pentagon?â I asked and she only giggled. âSo, what kind of outcasts are here? I know about werewolves already.â
âPsychics are the most predominant species at Nevermore. They have different abilities from visions to telekinesis. Then we have Vampires or Fangs, whatever you want to call them. Of course Werewolves like me. Shapeshifters, Gorgons, Sirens, Faceless students and a Witch of course. Youâre the first of your kind which makes you very special and I believe youâll have a huge group of admirers anytime soon.â
âIâve never been new at school. Being the first one of a specific specie isnât good either. I donât even know how I feel about it.â
âDonât worry, Y/N. Youâll soon find out that Nevermore is wonderful and you are gonna love it.â
âHope so. So is there any head girl or or head boy or someone I just should avoid?â
âWell, letâs start from Fangs, shall we? You should definitely keep as far as possible from Simon and his group. He always is unbelievably dumb and horny.â
âI said horny, not thirsty.â
âThen Bianca. The so called Queen bee. She used to date our Academy Turtured Artist Xavier but they broke up in September. Reason unknown.â
âWhy tortured?â I half-whispered.
âHis works are usually sick. Bloody and mysterious. But continuing, there also is Wednesday Addams. She came here about a month ago and is spooky. I mean I like her and sheâs my dorm mate but you may be a little shocked. Next, a werewolf Lita Greyback. Sheâs-â
âGreyback?!â I screamed with my eyes widening. Happily I didnât catch too much of attention.
âYou know her?â Enid asked a bit surprised.
âHer surname sounds familiar. You see, I knew a werewolf back there in Scotland. He was on a dark side and I believe he could have a child. I have no idea if he ever had someone but if he actually has a child and itâs Lita, then weâre all in a danger.â
âOkay, Iâm starting to freak out. You must tell me what actually happened before you came here.â
âHey, but it may be my mistake. Itâs just a surname, isnât it? I only-â
âWe should definitely go and have some mellisa. You know, to calm you down a little bit. Youâre literally shaking.â
âI donât need melissa. Iâm just trying to tell you that-â
âAnother newbie?â A tall boy asked. Considering the fact that Enid became red all the way, I assumed she liked him. Or maybe even more than just like.
âHi Ajax!â She screamed with pure excitement. âThis is Y/N and yes, sheâs new. And this is Ajax. A gorgon, thatâs why heâs wearing a beanie.â The blonde explained and the both of us only smiled to each other.
âSo youâre a siren or-â
âEven better! Sheâs a witch. Like a real witch. She can do magic and-â
âI know what a which means, Enid.â He added offering her a friendly smile and then his attention was back on me. âI hope youâre not going to jinx us, are you? I promise to never piss you off.â Ajax laughed.
âDark magic isnât something I work with. Of course there are many letâs call them friendly jinxes for example tickle jinx but I rarely use any of them honestly.â I said.
âWow, impressive. You seem very interesting. What about hanging out sometime?â He asked and I felt a sudden change of Enidâs humour.
âWell, thatâs very nice of you but I must say no. I still havenât agreed with what happened in my previous school and I really donât want to bond to anyone yet. But I think you may hang out with Enid, wouldnât it be wonderful? Sheâs much more cheerful than I am.â I said and when he blushed I knew exactly what game he was trying to play. Asking me out to make the blonde jealous. That was so obvious.
âUhm.. Yeah. Actually it would be even better than just wonderful. How about that, Enid?â
Nobody could imagine her happiness. She couldnât even speak and only shook her head and then Ajax left as happy as her.
âYou really set us for a date, did you? Oh Y/N, I canât believe it! Iâve been trying to get his attention for AGES and he never noticed me and now-â
âI get it. And personally I think you two will be a perfect match. Can we come back to our little trip, please? I would love to come back to my dorm and take a nap.â
âRight. You asked about Xavier, didnât you? Here he is. The one painting the mural right there. Come on, letâs say hello. Heâs gonna be amazed.â
I was trying to recall memories from Hogwarts to find a person similar to Enid but it was useless. I swear Iâve never met anyone as energetic and joyful as her. She was a pure happiness, sunshine, she was smiling almost all the time and was so honest.
âXavier!â She said proudly, catching his attention.
Once he looked at us I got a feeling that he must be a very nice person. But unfortunately I couldnât be more mistaken.
âThis is Y/N and sheâs our new student. And guess what specie she is.â She added giggling while the long haired boy was looking me up and down.
âA nymph?â He said almost with no emotions.
âSilly you! Sheâs a witch!â
âI would say a hag but what you prefer.â
âExcuse me, what did you say?â I asked, yanking his brush from his paint covered wrist.
âI believe she said youâre a witch, not a deaf.â
âXavier! What has gotten into you!â Enid shrieked with her arms resting on her hips.
âDo you really trust her? I remember my grannyâs stories about witches. They are bad and untrustworthy. One spell and youâre dead. I prefer to stand face to face with a skin walker than with her. I think she should spend time with her own wrong sort.â
âI think I can tell the wrong sort by myself but thanks for a wonderful speech.â
âCould you give my brush back, witch?â He added with a bored expression, watching me scoff.
âAport if you need it.â I said then throwing it away only to leave the both of them after that.
Enid was screaming at him like a psycho and then she joined me during my way back to my dorm.
âIâm so very sorry. You see, he usually is a sweetheart and I donât know what-â
âI believe he can excuse himself well enough. He doesnât need you to do that for him.â
âI thought people get excited when they meet a real witch. Thatâs amazing and your ability to cast spells is just out of world.â
âYou see, Enid. Some people dream about being magical. Some still live in the Middle Ages. Some are afraid and some just hate us with all their might. Some may even think that their relatives have been killed by wizards. Youâll never predict what the reaction is going to be.â
âThatâs so unfair.â
âI need to take a nap. I knew it would be difficult to fit here but I never thought about this kind of difficulty. Have a good day, En and Iâm sorry but I donât want to see anyone today.â
I woke up the next day, almost late for my first class. Back then at Hogwarts, our house prefects used to scream and wake us up but here at Nevermore we had no prefects. I had so many new stuff to learn and what was the worst for me? No magical classes. Only muggle ones like Maths, English, Biology etc. The only subject which was kinda similar to my previous classes was botany with Mrs. Thornhill. I used to learn herbology so I was ready for whatever was about to happen there. I arrived at the greenhouse punctually at 8 am only to be welcomed by Xavierâs unpleasant expression. He truly looked like he hated me with all his might. Unfortunately for the both of us only one seat beside him was free and we knew perfectly well, itâs not going to end up happily.
âRight. Could we switch places, please? He doesnât seem to like me and I really donât want to fight with him.â I said looking at the black haired girl with a deadly pale skin and zero emotion on her face.
âJust ignore him. Heâs going to get bored and wonât hurt you. Youâre the witch here. You always can jinx him.â She responded and believe me, Iâve never felt so disappointed in my life.
âYeah, right. Thanks for helping.â I whispered and took the free place after that. I tried very hard to avoid Xavier even though I felt his deadly glare all the time.
âAnd what exactly is that?â He asked pointing at my scroll of parchment and a quill.
âI have to make notes, right?â
âCanât you just use a notebook and a pen instead of these funny objects? Youâre no longer in your damn magic school.â
âYou have a problem, not me so I would be damn thankful if you shut your mouth.â
The whole class laughed. Thank you all.
âYouâre the newbie and yet youâre in the centre of studentsâ attention. What if you lost your lovely magic stick?â He laughed pulling my wand out of my uniform pocket.
âGive it back.â I hissed when he stood up spinning the wand between his fingers.
âAport if you need it.â He added wanting to throw it.
âXavier, give it back to Y/N.â Mrs. Thornhill said harshly, entering the classroom. âAre you mad? Itâs a very powerful magical object. You have no idea what kind of consequences youâd pay for throwing it. Our whole school might even explode if youâve done it. I donât want the two of you to cause such of a problem. Hand it back to Y/N and may you please stop arguing for god knows what?â
âSorry, professor. Itâs not going to happen anymore.â He said and gave me my wand back. Then he sat next to me and leaned closer before whispering. âDonât be too happy too soon.â
âOh fuck you, Thorpe.â
âMiss Y/L/N, I will not accept speaking this way.â
âI hope so. So maybe if youâre here with us today, what about saying something about your previous school and subjects?â
I took a deep breath before standing up and feeling many pairs of eyes on me.
âI used to attend Hogwarts. A truly magical place which felt like home from the very first day. Every magical person belongs to this school after being born and thereâs no way to change it. Or at least if you donât have enough Galleons, our wizarding currency. You have no idea how amazing if feels to get an acceptance letter. I remember if as if it was yesterday. I still keep it. If you want to do shopping for the school year or just any magical ones you have to go to a certain place full of all kinds of shops from clothes to wands. Then, on the 1st of September you have a train from London to Merlin knows where. Probably some part of Scotland but our location is unknown even to us. Any electronic stuff like your smartphones would not work there due to the whole lot of energy going on there. Thatâs why I donât own a phone. I use my owl, Snow, to send letters so donât be afraid if one day my winged friend will visit you.â I laughed and all of my classmates did the same. Well, maybe not all. Xavier looked unbothered. âThere were better and worse days. I had many enemies but also the best of best friends I could wish for. Weâve gone through the worst together and⌠Well, letâs just not talk about that. However, I had many exciting classes. One of them was pretty similar to botany. Iâm talking about herbology. You have no idea how many wonderful plants surround us. Have you ever heard of a mandrake? A baby like plant whose screams may even kill if you donât use earplugs while replanting it. Its juice is used to cure petrified people.
Thatâs scary.â Enid said almost pale.
âWe also used to learn potions. That was my favourite subject. Brewing luck, love, death or pollyjuice potion is amazing even though itâs very difficult.â
âDo you have any spare death potion?â
âJoking. Iâll find out myself.â
âDonât worry about Wednesday, honey. Sheâs specific.â The teacher giggled.
âWell, okay. Continuing, we were also studying care of magical creatures, charms, history of magic, flying, defence against the dark arts, transfiguration and we could choose any extra classes from the list but thereâs too much of them to talk about each one.â
âWait, you can actually fly?â
âYes, I even have a broom.â
âLike all those hags from scary stories. Do you eat children as well or maybe youâre a vegetarian?â
âI donât eat people, you fool. But I may eat you if you wonât stop offending me.â
âStop this nonsense. Y/N, why are you here instead of your previous school?â
âItâs not existing anymore. A dark wizard ruled our world. Thatâs why I had to find another place for myself.â
âI hope youâll accommodate here quickly and that Xavier will help you with it instead of arguing. Itâs is very nice to have you here, Y/N. Shall we begin our todayâs class? I believe youâre all very excited about the test which I was talking about previously.â
The look of utter disappointment was noticeable on each face. Even mine. I had no idea about a test coming. Starting a new school with a negative grade, how wonderful?
âDonât worry, Y/N. I know you werenât able to prepare for it so just read through questions and maybe youâll know the answer, who knows? I wonât grade it if itâs negative, I promise.â
âThank you, Mrs. Thornhill. I really appreciate it and I promise to catch up with your subject asap.â
Merlin only knew, that I was to get the best grade. Happily every question was about plants which I was studying at Hogwarts. Maybe my time at Nevermore wasnât going to be fail at all?
Well, not exactly. Maths was my personal hell. I had no idea what was going on and nothing made sense. Xavier was making fun of me all the time especially when I made a mistake. And that happened plenty of times. But happily I beaten him in other subjects and that got on his nerves.
He then started trying to make my life a real hell.
The day of the Poe Cup came pretty quickly and I was absolutely terrified yet excited. I had my wand so we were to win. I knew it. Thatâs why other teams were kind of worried. Bianca was plotting against us but I knew that whatever she wanted to do, wouldnât work. And I was right. Just before the official beginning, my team and I took a sip of Felix Felicis, luck potion. No rules meant no rules so we gladly used this opportunity and thanks to that, we came as second ones to the island and there I sprinted as fast as I could to the Crackstoneâs crypt.
But where the hell our flag was?
âLooking for something, Y/L/N?â Xavierâs drawling voice echoed from behind. I turned around immediately to be met with his smiley yet ridiculous expression.
âTurned into what you really are, didnât you Thorpe? I always knew youâre a clown.â I said sarcastically and he scoffed.
âI may be or not be a clown but I for sure will be the one holding the cup.â Xav laughed.
âWhereâs my teamsâ flag?â
âYou said you can fly?â
I looked up and there it was. Hanging on a branch.
âHow could you do that? What Iâm going to do now?â I asked playing hurt. At this moment he was no longer happy at all. He knew too well that I had something on my mind. I reached for my wand which had a special place in the inner corner of my costume and then I pointed at the flag, whispering quiet âaccio flagâ. It sprang to my hand with a light speed which took Thorpe by surprise and just when he was almost ready to come back to his boat, I decided to slow him down a little bit. Thatâs why I pointed my wand at him and used a reduction spell so in a matter of seconds he became tiny.
âWhat the hell Y/L/N! Change me back, itâs not fair!â
âWhat are you squeaking about? I almost canât hear you, doll.â I laughed lifting him by his costume collar. He was kinda cute with his arms crossed against his chest, legs dangling and furious expression. âThatâs exactly what you get for offending me.â
âThe only thing you could do now would be biting the tip of my finger which I believe wonât happen because I would have to let go of you and that might cause and unpleasant injury. Let me take you to your boat so you wonât get lost in here, what about that?â
âYouâre unbelievable.â
And I did what I said. His friends were shocked seeing him in that state and I even heard some mocks towards him which made me burst out laughing but we won after all.
He was absolutely furious and I swear that Iâve never seen anyone this mad in my life.
Then the outreach day came and to my unhappiness the both of us were assigned at the Weathervane. He only rolled his eyes on me so I kept talking with this cute barista, Tyler.
âWould you mind to stop your silly conversations and help me maybe? I want to remind you that we were assigned here to work not gossip or even flirt.â Xav said.
âFine. So Tay, whatâs my job considering the fact that this poor artist is wiping dirty tables?â
Xavierâs scoff almost made me laugh. I truly loved getting on his nerves. He deserved it.
Tyler quickly showed me how to use this weird machine which was professionally called a coffee express and I only hoped to remember everything. My face expression was for sure worried as hell.
âI think itâs not the best idea to let her work with it. You see, she used to live under the rock for the past few years and she doesnât even have a smartphone which means she may not get well with this yet shitty express.â
Well, he was kind of right at that point.
âI propose to let her wipe the tables and collect orders and Iâll be working with electronics. Are you into it, Y/L/N?â
âDo whatever you want. Just please donât destroy anything and try not to kill each other since I feel the unpleasant pressure between you two.â
âYou should talk to her. Sheâs a hag here. But be careful with her or sheâll change you into a doll.â
I could say that this day was really good and even cooperating with this brat was successful. He tried to make me a fool many times yet he never succeeded. We spent many hours in the cafeteria but unfortunately right before closing Xavier spilled his hot coffee on me and that was indescribably painful.
âXavier!â I shrieked wiping as much of a black liquid out of myself as possible. With my bare hands which resulted in burning them too.
And yet he was only standing in front of me with and unbothered face expression. How could someone be this emotionless?
âDonât shriek. Just use your wand.â
âAre you serious? Do you really think that there is an uncountable amount of spells? Iâm not a healer for Merlinâs sake, I didnât study healing spells!â
âWhat kind of a witch you are then? I thought that with your help, all orders will be floating around the local and yet you had to walk around to give them to the customers. Itâs-â
âYou donât understand anything.â
âSo maybe enlighten me?â
âHonestly Xavier, I really donât have any interest in explaining anything to you. Tell Tyler that I left.â
But what happened some time later, was absolutely unforgivable. Imagine that Kent invited me to the RaveN Dance and for some reason Xavier wasnât too happy about that. He himself came with Bianca, his ex which was just as much prejudiced against me as he was. I had a truly the best time ever since the muggle music was fantastic. Even too fantastic because after about three hours due to a huge headache I needed to left the party. I was met with Bianca furiously looking at me with her shoulders crossed over her chest.
âKitten got on your tongue?â She said burning holes in my head.
âWhatâs your problem? I just need to rest. Besides I have no reason talking to you, do I?â
Her scoff was so venomous that I thought Iâm no longer talking with a siren. More like with a snake. She would for sure join Slytherin if it only still existed.
âXavierâs talking about you all the time. He seems to be fucking mad at you and hate you, yet he canât stop eyeing you.â
âThere is a true hatred between us and I believe whatever he says is not too nice. Thereâs nothing you should be afraid of. If you still want him take him. I donât care about him neither about you.â
With that I turned around and wanted to leave, but
âHe asked me to use my amulet to make him forget about you.â
I looked at her again shocked.
âAnd did you do that?â
âAre you mental? My power was the main reason of our break up. He never trusted me and thought I was manipulating him. Yet he wants me to use it so he can no longer have feelings towards you.â
âWoah, slow down a little bit, okay? Firstly thereâs no point in being mad and secondly he doesnât have any feelings towards me, you get it? He hates me and I hate him and the only thing he may want to forget is all that hatred. I saw his expression while looking at me and believe, he is not interested and-â
âYouâre so dumb girl. Go and have a rest now. Maybe youâll understand everything better after few hours of sleeping because your brain clearly isnât working. Have a good night.â
That was weird, saying delicately. What kind of feelings might he had towards me? Come on, he would destroy me if he could. I remember when he put a dogâs shit into my bag. Everything was smelly as fuck but happily I knew a cleaning spell which helped me with it. Do you think this kind of action means liking me?
âLeave me alone, Thorpe.â I heard from behind. Itâs was Xavier and Bianca of course. He probably wanted to apologise to her yet she didnât want to talk with him and came back to the Dance. Xavierâs and mine eyes met but when he wanted to say something, I left. And that was a huge mistake.
On the very next day, loud banging to my dorm room woke me up. I had got up and then opened the door. It was sheriff and probably his coworker.
âMiss Y/L/N, you have to go with us.â
âIâm sorry Y/N.â Wednesday spoke with her usual emotionless expression. ââŚbut I know it was you who attacked Eugene yesterday night.â
I had no time to discuss yet to fight against them. I was taken to the sheriffâs office and I spent several (or more) long days in prison with chains hanging from my wrists. In officersâ eyes, I was a monster which was haunting the woods in the area. A real hag which was looking for a revenge for her death relatives which were burnt alive for doing magic. It made no sense however they had a point. Eugene was attacked on the RaveN Dance night at the time when I left to take a rest. Bianca and Xavier saw me and I was sure it was Thorpe who framed me. At last he was the one who welcomed me with his unhealthy fright of witch monsters from his grandmotherâs stories. Nobody could defend me at that moment and possibly prove that I came back to my dorm that night. I had no roommate. Besides I was horrifically worried about Eugene yet I had no clue how to contact with anyone. Sheriff had confiscated my wand before I hid it. To say more I had no visitors since I was considered dangerous and everyone was afraid of me. Wednesday was sure of me being the monster. Enid as her good friend for sure believed her. Xavier probably was happy as ever that he doesnât have to look at me anymore and that he was right judging my witchy roots. After spending a few days there I broke down completely. I was sitting there in the corner, not wanting to speak or eat. My whole attention was focused on this one little window in the office and at my lovely owl Snow which was sitting behind windowsâ glass, observing me. I donât know how much time passed. It might have been two or three weeks but honestly I donât know because I lost the track of time.
âHey, Y/N!â Somebody hissed. My eyes widened seeing Lita Greyback herself, kneeling behind bars. She was the last person I could have expected to see.
âWhat are you doing here?â
âI came here to help you. You see, I know itâs not you who attacked Eugene.â She said. âWe may not have met officially but I overheard Enidâs conversation about you and she said that you know my father.â
Hearing it, I came closer to her, wanting to know more. I sat right in front of her while she reached her hand to me.
âIâm Lita Greyback, nice to meet you officially.â
âY/N Y/L/N. Nice to meet you too.â I said shaking her hand.
âLook, sheriff doesnât know that Iâm here. I gave his coworker certain something to put him to sleep and I sneaked in. But I have a proof that youâre innocent. You see, since Iâve overheard Enid speaking about you, I kept observing you and saw you coming back to your dorm. I even thought about talking to you that night but then this whole incident happened and I was just shocked to say the least.â
âWhatâs your proof?â
âItâs my conversation with Sienna about you. I wrote her that I was hesitant about knocking your door and she wrote about the attack. She then sent me a voice message that Xavier thinks itâs your fault and I wrote that itâs impossible because youâre in your dorm. And if itâs not enough which I believe wonât be in this case, I also have a-â
âSo you say sheâs innocent?â Sheriff Galpin spoke and Lita immediately stood up.
âYes, sheriff. Iâm sure of that.â
âAnd your only evidence is a stupid conversation?â
âYou may call it stupid but it actually is important. You see, Y/N and I arenât friends. I mean not yet so I have no reason to help her. To say more I heard that Eugeneâs scratches were nothing like injuries which could be made by a spell. Whatever attacked him it wasnât Y/N. Maybe a bear or another monster?â
âWhat can you say about it, miss Y/L/N?â
âIâm innocent as I said plenty of times. You know, I wish Dumbledore- I mean a principal of Hogwarts could be here with his pensive. I could show you my memories and that would be the best proof yet it canât happen without him.â
âOr maybe it was a werewolf? Maybe thatâs why you want to free her? You feel guilty so you came here and-â
âNo, sheriff. Itâs not me neither her. Please, show mercy. She spent almost 3 weeks here being innocent.â
âWhy did you show up now, not those 3 weeks ago?â
âI knew I should have done it sooner but I was said by others that itâs not my business and-â
âCould you do something for me, Lita?â I asked and she only nodded. âYou have to go to my dorm room and find a truth potion. Itâs called a veritaserum and I keep it in a trunk under my bed. Youâll find it quickly because itâs the only transparent potion and it looks like water.â
âYou think Iâll believe in it?â Sheriff laughed sarcastically.
âIf you think I want to trick you, youâll be the first one using it and youâll see yourself that this potion can make you reveal the darkest secret of yours. Itâs very powerful and if it wonât prove my innocence, nothing will.â
âFine. Let me give you a ride to your school of freaks and weâll both go to the damned room to find it. Iâll call the backup to have more witnesses.â He said to Lita and then turned to me. âIs that fine enough or maybe miss witchy wants something more?â
âI want to be free again. Thatâs it. And could you free me from those chains, please? Theyâre so heavy.â
âYou really expect too much, lady.â
Happily it didnât take too much time until they were back. The bottle of veritaserum was halfway empty so I had to be very careful with it because it was the only way to prove them wrong. As I said I wanted to use it on sheriff first however he didnât agree and instead one of his workers took a sip of tea with the potion. After that he was brutally honest and I was sure that heâs to lose his job. Yet, everyone believed that the potion works and to their dismay they had to free me after I told them everything what happened on that certain night.
âItâs true then. Fenrir Greyback is your father?â I said during the way back to Nevermore.
âYes, yet Iâve never met him. My mum is a normie or a muggle, whatever you call them. They met by an accident and had a short affair. Short because when she discovered what he was, she left UK and moved to the USA. She was really afraid of and unfortunately she found out that she was pregnant. With me obviously. So Iâm a half-werewolf. Kind of cool yet itâs really painful to change during every full moon.â
âHeâs a bad person, your father. Heâs on the dark side fighting against the good one. He also killed many people.â
âIâm so ashamed of having such a father.â
âYou shouldnât be. Youâre not him.â
âDo you think he would want to meet me if he knew he has a child?â
âI donât know, honestly. I didnât have an opportunity to meet him officially. Happily to me. But I think itâs better for you that he doesnât know about your existence. Donât get me wrong but Who Must Not Be Named would kill you and your mother in a matter of seconds. Thatâs what he did to most of people I knew.â
âI can see you suffering. You lost someone you loved, didnât you?â
I only nodded not being able to talk about that. Once at Nevermore, we said our goodbyes and I came back to my dorm room. The next day was supposed to be quite chaotic due to the family weekend but I didnât expect anyone. Thatâs very complicated and I thought I will never have to talk about that with anyone however it happened very soon. You seeâŚ
Saturday, the first day of family weekend. Everyone was over the moon and no one noticed my coming back. Happily for me actually. I felt betrayed for some reason so I didnât want to talk to anyone anyway. I decided to spend my day in the school library which was totally empty this day. I had my fave spot there from which I could observe what was going on on the quad and in the academy park the same time. I sat there cross legged with my spell book which I was studying in the free time. Once I tried to flip to the next page, several pictures fell from it and made a small mess on the floor. I loved keeping photos in every book I owned. But once I saw all those smiling people waving to me from the pictures my eyes started to water. I felt my heart breaking once again. I donât know when I bursted out crying. What happened was still unbelievable and I couldnât agree with it. I donât know how much time I spent there crying my eyes out, yet somebody joined me.
âYouâre sad because nobody came to see you?â Xavier spoke leaning against the book shelf. He wasnât sarcastic like always. I saw a guilt in his expression. âJust joking. My father left me alone too. Doesnât have time for his crazy son again. But thereâs no need to cry, believe me.â He said eyeing me. I swear that I saw a glimpse of tears in his eyes too. âI wanted to apologise for framing you. I was just mad and-â
âI donât care about that anymore.â I said coldly. Once he noticed many photographs on my lap, he sat beside me, reaching for them. He was visibly confused seeing them moving like a video.
âWow, thatâs crazy.â He whispered. âWho are all these people? I can see you on this one but the rest?â
âMy friends.â I replied not bothering to look at him.
âWhere are they?â He kept asking.
âI get it. Itâs pretty difficult to keep in touch if you donât have phones.â
âThatâs not it, Xavier!â
I swear I never used to raise my voice at anyone and I was as shocked as he was. Yet I couldnât stand being silent and left alone with my thoughts.
âThey may be dead, you get it? Back then, when the Dark Lord tried to come back to ruling the wizarding world, my friends and I used to have a lovely life full of silly adventures. We had no idea about Vold- Dark Lordâs raising strength and power and then suddenly the wizarding war happened. He had one serious enemy. The boy who lived even though a death spell hit him. The Dark Lord lost his powers and tried everything to kill him what happened exactly a year ago during the war. I lost everyone I loved. The lovely golden trio is dead. Additionally my lover boy was kidnapped because he failed his mission and I donât know if heâs still alive or not. And I may never know. The Dark Lord killed every muggleborn due to their filthy blood, he also started killing muggles and thatâs why I had to run away and clean my parentsâ memory. They have no idea that they have a daughter. They live somewhere in Africa or Merlin knows where and Iâm here now.â I sobbed.
âThatâs sickâŚâ Xav whispered visibly flabbergasted.
âSick? Thatâs what you think?â
âI mean, Iâm very sorry. I canât even imagine how it could be to lose everyone. But arenât you afraid about this Dark freak finding you here?â
âCan I help you somehow?â
âYou? Youâre no use. I donât trust you and I never will. You see, I used to have many enemies back there yet anyone had ever hurt me the way you did. I truly wish I could go back to the UK and fight against the dark wizards even though I know Iâd collapse dead before I had a chance to reach for my wand. Yet I prefer to be dead than looking at you. And everything because you believe in those silly stories of your grandmother.â
âI know I made a huge mistake and Iâd do anything to repair it-â
âJust leave me alone.â
âI want to start once again. Please, at least try to give me a second chance. Iâll prove you that Iâm worth it.â
âI donât know about that, Thorpe. I-â
If youâve never seen Xavierâs pleading eyes, believe me, it was almost impossible to say no to them. I was sitting there, in front of him with watery eyes and tears ready to spill and I wasnât able to say a word. I couldnât believe I actually showed him how weak I was. He was the last person who shouldâve seen it.
âOne last chance and donât you dare ever asking me for anything.â I said with a breaking voice and after that I came back to looking at the photographs. I started crying once again. The pain which I was going through was unbearable.
The next days were grey and almost lifeless. I got many apologies from Enid and even Wednesday said she was sorry for accusing me. She told me about Crackstone and some shit about it but I wasnât really paying attention. My mind was wholly focused on my experiment which was going successfully and I expected positive results soon. Of course Iâm talking about creating a time turner. I said I loved potions, didnât I? I was bloody interested in alchemy and thatâs why I knew what substances Iâm supposed to use to make it. It took a lot of time however I made it. And after trying I found out it worked so I was able to repair everything and destroy the Dark Lord.
âSo what exactly are you planning to do now?â Xavier asked looking at the golden object in my hand.
âIt happened about 11 months ago so I have to turn it⌠8000 times. Quite a lot.â
âOne turn for one hour. I donât plan to do it actually. I know a dark spell which makes a magical object do exactly what I want. Confundus. Very advanced magic it is but I know exactly how to use it.â
âAnd whatâs going to happen after that?â
âIâll be back at Hogwarts. Me from the past and me from the present. Iâll have to be very careful. You know, I donât want my past myself to see me. I would freak out. I think I have to go and talk with the principal and prepare a plan. Heâs the only one being able to help.â
âAnd what if it works and the dark freak will be destroyed?â
âI donât know. I probably will be in the UK with the ones I love. And youâll never meet me.â
His eyes widened immediately.
âThatâs it, Xavier. Are you aware of the fact that every little change in the past makes a huge difference in the present?â I asked a bit worried. âItâs very complicated actually. Playing with time isnât funny. Itâs a serious thing and considering a fact of Dark Lordâs possible death-â
âWhat if youâll die during the war?â He hesitated fidgeting with his fingers.
âWell, I donât know if the warâs going to take place if I tell Dumbledore about Voldy coming back to his powers. Thereâs nobody more powerful than Hogwarts principal.â
âBut potentially if something happens to you? Doesnât matter during the war or not.â
âI have to take the risk. Itâs the only way to save my world and those who I love.â
âAnd if everything goes the way you want to where could you possibly be now? You know, so I could find you.â
âThereâs no need to worry. You wonât remember me.â
The purest shock appeared on his face. Iâve never seen him this speechless.
âYou want to tell me that for the whole time I was supporting you and you try to run away from us? From Nevermore? And I wonât even remember you?â He said looking straight into my eyes.
âWe both know this school is not a place for me. Why do you care actually? As I said you wonât remember me. Once I disappear everything will change. Youâll forget about me immediately and-â
âI thought you wanted to come back after saving everything.â
âIt doesnât make sense. Iâm trying to repair my world so I could stay there forever. Why would I come back here if itâs not my place to be?â
âThatâs your revenge, isnât it?â
âWhat the fuck are you talking about now?â
âNothing. You know what, keep doing what you do. I donât care about that anymore. Have a great time with your âHog-twatsâ.â
And I did. Just as he wished.
She said I would forget her immediately yet I didnât. And I had no idea why. Did her plan work out? Or maybe she failed? My heart broke just at the thought. The truth is I fell for her not so long ago and my silly actions werenât supposed to hurt her. I just wanted her attention, thatâs all. And she chose being a hero only to have her lover boy back.
I had no time to think about that at all because there were some complications with Wednesday and Crackstone. Y/N was probably starting her new life in the UK and I was to fight with a dead man. Everything happened very quickly. Bianca, Yoko and I escorted students from the academy while Addams was in the quad. I could not let her face him all alone so I came back to her and-
âPetrificus totalus!â Y/N shrieked pointing her wand at this dead bastard and throwing a silver sword to Wednesday. Crackstone went totally stiff and then Wednesday stabbed him with it. He started turning into the dust and then disappeared. I was pale as fuck not knowing what the hell was going on. Why Y/N was there? Did she fail? Without thinking I pulled her behind a wooden pillar to talk, however suddenly Thornhill spoke. She pointed a gun at Addams and just when I wanted to go and save her, Y/N stopped me.
âStay quiet. Everything is under control.â She whispered. Wednesday looked scared. Probably for the first time since she arrived at Nevermore.
Thornhillâs gun flew away leaving her shocked.
âWho we have here. Miss Y/L/N, I see youâre getting better.â
âThereâs no need to worry about me.â Y/N said still pointing her wand at the red haired woman. âIncarcerousâ.
The tip of Y/Nâs wand sparked and then Thornhill was tightly bonded by many thick ropes. Impressive.
âSoon someone will come to collect you, professor.â Y/L/N said before leaving. I ran after her but she was nowhere to be seen. She probably came back to Hogwarts and I felt bad again.
The last few days were crazy to say the least. Everything was going perfectly, then I failed and then I succeeded again. Due to the last events at Nevermore, students were sent home earlier. I believe everyone was tired after what actually happened. You donât fight with a dead man everyday, do you? Anyway, I appeared at academy too, to collect my belongings before leaving Jericho for the next few months. To my happiness I was welcomed by Enidâs shrieks and a tight hug. She was covered in bruises and scratches yet she still looked ravishing.
âIt was amazing! Wednesday told me about your help with this dead freak and you became a school hero. Would you mind if I wrote about you on my blog?â She laughed with pure excitement.
âYou have a free hand, Enid. Iâm glad youâre okay. What about Ajax?â
âI think weâve never been this close with each other. You have no idea how caring he is, especially after my first ever wolfing out.â
âIâm glad. What are your plans for the break?â I asked biting my lower lip.
âOh, Iâm coming back home to San Francisco. You have to visit me. I donât think Iâll be able to bear few months without contacting you.â She said.
âSure. Thank you, En. Sorry but I have to go to my dorm. Iâm still not packed.â I added with a smile.
âI believe someone wants to see you too.â
With that she looked up at the balcony and Xavier leaning against the railing. He sent me a shy smile and a delicate wave. I knew I had to face the truth. I had taken a deep breath before heading up to him.
âSo youâre back.â He said calmly with a slight smile.
âYeah.â I whispered not daring to look at him.
âYou donât want me here?â
âOf course I want you here. But I just donât understand. You said that Iâll forget about your existence. Yet you disappeared and I didnât forget.â
âLetâs go talk to my dorm, shall we? I donât feel comfortable getting all those curious looks from other students.â
We headed to my room without exchanging any word. I was unsuccessfully trying to collect my thought but for some reason I wasnât able to. The chaos which happened lately was just unbelievable.
âSoâ I began after sitting on my bed. The long haired boy followed and once we were sat facing each other I knew I had to explain everything. âLetâs say that I failed.â
âYou fucked it up even more?â
âNot exactly. You see, right after arriving at the castle, I decided to spend some time with my friends. Merlin, I love them so much and-â I sighed. âI knew I had to go to the principal and tell him about everything that was about to happen. However before I got a chance to do so, my lovely transfiguration teacher stopped me. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately she noticed the past version of myself behind the corner and knew exactly what Iâve done. She invited me to her office and forbade to say a word about the future. I could only tell her that the Dark Lord is back and rules the world but⌠She told me that I mustnât change anything. You get it? She was aware of her possible death yet she didnât let me do what I had to do. She said that the consequences might be too serious and I should give up if I donât want to wreck the present even more. I also heard that what I wanted to do was selfish and I only thought about myself because I wanted to give myself another chance to be happy without thinking about how othersâ life would be after that. And she was right. I was doing it go get them all back because I couldnât stand my life without them but I havenât been caring about their possible future. Itâs our destiny which decided whether we should be alive or not. I only got a chance to speak to them one last time before coming back here and-â
You know that the tears of sadness are different than those of happiness? I almost coughed feeling the unbelievably salty taste on my lips.
âShh. Donât cry, Y/N. You canât change anything with your cries.â Xav spoke, wiping my tears with his thumb. âI know itâs difficult and Iâm very sorry that you have to go through this but youâre very strong and I believe youâll feel better soon. Try to think positively. It was meant to be like that for some reason. What if you saved them and then they died in even worse way? Would you want them to suffer?â
âAnd thatâs it. You have to believe that wherever they are theyâre probably happy and they wouldnât want to see you crying over something that you canât fight with. Grief is awful, I know it but I promise that I will be here for you all the time if you need anything.â He added grabbing my hand gently.
âThank you, Xavier. And Iâm sorry that I wanted to leave you even though you gave me so much support. I truly was thinking only about mys-â
âIt doesnât matter. I was thinking only about myself too. I knew how much you loved them yet I got mad because I didnât want to let you go. I like you. Quite a lot actually. I know youâre in pain now but Iâd love to try and give you as much happiness as possible. Once again Iâm very sorry for everything that happened at the beginning. I shouldâve known you before judging.â
âItâs fine, really. I wasnât too friendly myself.â
âIâve never noticed.â He joked containing a laugh and I smiled delicately. âI have something for you.â
A bottle green box came to my view. It had a big ribbon on it and was not too heavy. I opened the lid slowly, expecting something to jump out of it however what I saw was a phone.
âIâll show you everything. Living among so called muggles have its own rules. One of them is having a cellphone so you can keep in touch with people. Donât get me wrong but Snow is way too slow so she may feel free from now on. She deserves it, doesnât she?â
âThank you. Very much. Itâs so new to me and.. I think it will take me half of my life to catch up with all those technologies surrounding me.â
âYou have me, remember? Besides, I still donât understand what actually happened during yesterdayâs night. How did you know how to destroy Crackstone?â
âI told the transfiguration teacher about him. She couldnât help me with fighting for Hogwarts so she told me all about him. Thatâs it.â
âYouâre a hero.â He laughed, playing with my fingers. Wait, I havenât even noticed him still holding my hand. âAnd where do you plan to spend the break?â
âWhat about staying at my place? My father rarely is at home so he wouldnât mind. And I could keep my eye on you in case you needed help.â
He was so soft and adorable at that moment. I couldnât believe it was the same boy who used to tease me and put a dogâs shit in my bag. It may sound funny but I swear I wanted to murder him for doing it.
âThat would be lovely if itâs not a problem.â
âSilly you, of course itâs not.â He laughed then eyeing my lips. âI know itâs probably too soon but can I⌠you know.â
Oh boy, what now? He was attractive but did I want it?
âOkay.â I said quietly and then he pecked my lips delicately. It felt like a sweep of butterflyâs wings against my skin. So quick and soft yet so satisfying.
âLet me help you packing your things and then Iâll buy us train tickets.â He said kissing my knuckles and I laughed at him which confused him a bit. Pulling wand out of my jacketâs pocket, I pointed its tip at my belongings and said âpackâ. Xavierâs expression was worth every Galleon. He was so focused on all floating objects that I felt better immediately.
âIntriguing. So if it comes to the tickets-â
âWe donât need them. Hold my hand and and close your eyes.â
I forgot to inform that the teleportation may be rough for those who had never experienced it before. His head was spinning for the rest of the day so our smartphone classes ended up with his head resting on my chest during his unexpected slumber. Happily his sofa was pretty comfortable and I fell asleep as well. There we were, both calmly snoring in each otherâs embrace.
And in my dream, my lovely friends from Hogwarts were waving at me happily, saying their goodbyes. I knew, they were in the better place and didnât want me to suffer anymore.