Secrets Lie Within: Year 1

Secrets Lie Within: Year 1 Part 8

Chapter 8:

Sunrays appear through the snow. The young wolf still sleeps peacefully in her warm, cozy bed with a smile on her face. She's having a good dream about what Christmas Day would be like with Daddy.

Qurriell gently opens the door, still in his sleepover, and sees his little girl still sleeping with a smile. He walks over and gently shakes the small body. "Roselia, Merry Christmas," the familiar gentle tone echos through the darkness.

The young girl's grey ear perks when she hears that. The smile on her face curls up more, waking from her slumber. "Merry Christmas, Daddy," Roselia greets, mumbling under her breath.

"Come n-now, I believe I-I saw presents under the tree," he tells her with an exciting smile.

"Don't we n-need to get ready?" Roselia asked, a bit confused.

"Christmas Day is one of the few days we can stay in our pajamas for a little while," Quirrell says.

"O-Okay!"

Roselia gets out of bed, excited for presents, revealing pink footie pajamas with tiny wolf designs scattered everywhere with her grey wolf tail sticking out. She goes to her private washroom to change herself into a new diaper.

Her daddy waits patiently, respectfully giving the young girl the decision not to be ready for him to change her diaper.

Soon later, she reemerges still in her pajamas and a new diaper. "Shall we go, Daddy?" Roselia asked with an excited smile.

"Let's go!" he smiles back big.

Qurriell takes his little wolf down the stairs towards the living room, where a new sight greets them. The dull Christmas tree that was there has been magically transformed into a beautiful tree. It's now a beautiful shade of pink, the wolf girl's favorite shade, covered in purple ornaments, looking like a unicorn just like her daddy. Underneath the tree lays a lot of presents in their favorite colours as well!

"Oh, my gosh!" Roselia grins happily, gleaming at sight.

"Merry Christmas, my little wolf," Qurriell fakes a happy smile. "Let's go open presents!"

Roselia hurries over, so excited looking at the presents, don't know where to start. She gets on her knees and begins with the first one close to her. Her claws unwrap the pink-coloured wrapping paper to reveal a small box where inside shows a pink wolf necklace, making her dark eyes sparkle at its beauty.

The professor clad in purple continues watching Roselia open more presents while giving him a "thank you" for each gift. Each present she got has a theme of her favorite colour, wolves, and unicorns. Unicorns remind the young girl about her daddy very much because he's gentle and kind, and his favorite colour is purple, so together makes it a unicorn!

"Daddy," she smiles shyly, picking up a present wrapped in purple wrapping paper, "Merry Christmas." Roselia gives him the gift that she got for him.

He was surprised to see such a kind gesture but smiled back shyly while accepting the gift. Qurriell unwraps it to see a purple, sleeping unicorn stuffie. His light-coloured eyes widen at the sight, feeling his heart skip a beat. "I-I, uh, I'll be right back," he says, standing up from his couch and leaving the room.

Roselia's stunned. Did she do something wrong? She lowers her head with tears filling her eyes as she stays on her knees and hands on the ground.

Meanwhile, Quirrell lowers himself down to the floor in another room. A painful feeling in his heart makes him cling to his chest. No one has ever given the young man a thoughtful gift before, let alone from someone who is a part of his master's plan. "She's nothing more than your plan, master, but why does the wolf make me feel like I want to protect her forever?" he thinks to himself, confused and lost of the strange feeling.

A snake slithers towards the man with a thought in mind. "What's wrong, Quirrell?" she asked, noticing his weak moment.

"Roselia is different from we originally thought," he tells her while raising his head with a glare. "She's nothing like her kind."

"Ssssssseemssssssss like we are going to keep her around longer than planned," the snake says, taking the information to heart. "Maybe Masssssster will enjoy the wolf girl asssssss a pet."

"Hopefully, he won't physically hurt her," he feels concerned while holding his turbit. "Have you located her parents?"

"Yessssss," she nods her head. "They're sssssssome of Masssssster's followerssssss assssss well."

"Good, that makes things easier. Thanks, Nagini," Quirrell thanked her while standing back on his feet. "Whatever happens, make sure that she lives to see Master's reign," was the last he said before walking back to the living room.

"Of coursssssssse," Nagini says before slithers away.

Quirrell returns to see a wolf girl in pink crying softly on the ground of the living room, revealing her claws more. She looks like she's about to do something terrible. He can sense it. "Roselia?" he speaks softly, kneeling to her level and placing a hand on her shoulder.

She looks up through the fallen tears. "I-I'm s-s-s-s-so so-so-sorry, D-Daddy, i-if I-I-"

"Shh, shh, shh," he pulls her into a tight hug. "I wasn't excepting a gift for Christmas, little one. My mommy and daddy never gave me a gift so thoughtful as yours did."

"Thoughtful?" the young wolf asked from his shoulder.

"Yes," he nods, holding her closer. "Only you can see me as a unicorn because of our favorite colours of pink and purple."

"You're also so kind and nice," Roselia smiles at her daddy, feeling calmer. "You're the greatest daddy ever!" she hugs him back.

"Oh, you're the greatest little girl ever," he smiles back, hugging her tightly before pulling away. "Come on, let's finish up presents and get some breakfast."

"Could you continue telling me the story of your master, please?" Roselia asked cutely.

He chuckles. "You know it's a bedtime story to tell stories about Master."

She pouts.

"How about this, if you be a good little wolf before dinner, then I will tell you more about Master at dinner time?" he makes a compromise.

Hearing that makes her tail swang side to side happily.