I don’t know

You stood up tired physically and emotionally who were you? To the people you were just a reminder of the trouble your family had caused. To the school you were the pariah someone no one wanted to touch with a ten foot pole, to your peers you were the son of a monster, To the world you were no better than the serial killer and war criminal Ambrose BlackThorn.

You were sad it wasn’t easy to say it but it hurt to struggle and claw your way to this point and even now you are reminded your only family is the same bastard who torments you even now laughing in your ear. You could hear him laughing you covered your ears, your eyes watered, even now you could feel the crack of nightsticks cracking against your body once more, phantom stabbing pains from your torn body back in the days before the academy when you wandered the street begging for food to survive. You could see and smell it blood everywhere in sight dead bodies and gore all around.

You could feel it everything every stab, punch, every horrible insult, and their stares as they watched you struggle laughing at your pain your suffering. You fell to your knees sobbing silently as your tears began hitting the ground as you tried to suppress the pain once again reaching underneath your shirt you traced a scar before it lit up a blood red sigil. Taking your right hand tears in your eyes you muttered a few incantations.

Before you could do anything however you felt arms hug you from behind. You froze you thought you were alone. Looking up through your tears and suffering you saw a blond mop of hair hugging you fiercely. Turning back you turned the sigil on your stomach clockwise before it tightened becoming smaller. Slowly the pain and the mental torment ended the laughing, the pain and suffering ended, the voices and smell of blood disappeared. You took a shaky breath before tucking your shirt into your pants.

Looking behind you could see Harmony quietly weeping as she held onto you for dear life. Placing your hands onto her you removed her from you before hugging her allowing her to cry into your shoulder as you rubbed her back in a circular motion.

The two of you stood still as you held her in your arms as she cried and cried. You closed your eyes kissing her head as her tears ended and she began taking deep breaths to calm herself.

You held onto her like you were holding onto life itself. Eventually she was quiet having cried herself to sleep standing up it appeared you would have to carry her.

Lifting her up bridal style you walked through the snow before making your way to the Phoenix house dormitory. Using your wand you easily picked the magical lock on the door before quietly making your way inside. Quickly you found her room and picked the magical lock as well before entering her room.

Harmony’s room was filled with notes, textbooks, and other academic supplies from encyclopedias to magical tomes. You smiled before placing Harmony on her bed. Just as you were about to leave she spoke. “Please don’t go.” She said in the most heartbreaking tone of voice you had ever heard. Nodding you used your wand to shut and lock the door before holding Harmony tightly in your arms. “I am not going anywhere.” You said as you kissed the top of her head. This was going to be along night.