Secrets Lie Within: Year 1

Secrets Lie Within: Year 1 Part 9

Chapter 9:

Holidays are over and it's time to return to Hogwarts. Roselia rides the Hogwarts Express back with the other students returning from home.

This ride feels much better than when her birth givers brought her to the station. Qurriell's among the family members disguised in different clothes, but still wearing the turbit, for whatever reason. He smiles happily at the wolf girl before disappearing into the crowds.

She smiles softly, feeling happier. Also, no one else is with the quiet Hufflepuff, so Roselia can feel comfortable with her thoughts - mainly reflecting on the past couple of months.

Someone actually cares for the little wolf as a being and not just as an animal. Within a short amount of time, her daddy figure has Roselia feel different emotions than her birth givers ever did. Happiness, excitement, joy, and positivity, actually kinda.... scare her.

Heart begins skipping a beat. Sweat beats down the white hair from her gray wolf ears. Everything around sways side to side before slowly spinning. The heart pounds in her chest. Her eyes widen in fear as memories appear before her.

"Shut up!" a woman's voice screams in the darkness along with a loud slap across the face. "You're like this because of a curse!!!"

"We never loved you!!!!!" a man's voice screams as he kicks and beats the small wolf.

"Pl-Please, st-stop," Roselia pleads with her birth givers, but no words are returned, just physical hit by hit.

Roselia's small body curls into a ball, feeling the hits, and her ears begin to bleed from their screaming. "St-Stop!" she tries screaming, but the abuse gets more brutal.

Hermione senses something. It feels like her heart stopped for a few seconds, but she's very much alive.

"Hermione? Is something wrong?" Harry first notices her strange behavior.

"I, uh, I need to go." She stands up and leaves the compartment in a hurry.

"Must need a toilet," Ron shrugs, not really paying attention.

Potter nods his head, kinda agreeing with his best friend.

Granger looks through the compartments in a frantic. She continues to look through to find the strange white-haired little girl, but couldn't find her. Finally, the last one has who she's looking for. "Roselia!" she freaks out.

Softpaw lays on the floor in a ball and holds her head in serious pain. Tears stain her cheeks as more hot tears run down from her cringing closed eyes.

"Roselia! Roselia, wake up!" Granger kneels and shakes her awaken. Without any help, she does another method. "Shh, shh, it's okay," the brunette muggle-born smooths her white as snow hair. "Everything's okay, I am here," she repeats the words she remembers her mother always when the young witch was having a bad day.

It seems to work. Roselia slowly relaxes under the touch and soothing voice. Cries soften. Soon later, she falls asleep.

A smile curls on Hermione's face, happy to see the peace. Her fingers continue running themselves in the snowy locks until they brush against something else. Two grayish-white pointed wolf ears appear on top of Roselia's head, surprising the muggle-born and even more when a matching tail appears from the skirt. The tail lifts the skirt a little to also reveal that Softpaw's wearing a diaper.

After a few moments, Hermione doesn't feel surprised. She lays on her side to wrap an arm around her friend, bringing her close for comfort.