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Chapter 7: Horrible flashbacks, and Nightmares
We all retired to the living room after dinner, Valken and Selena chatting away contently finding out what each other's favorite colour was and stuff like that. Valken also happily introduced her to his teddy Mr. Lucas, which I made a mental note to bug Luke about. Selena then ran up to her room and brought down her own teddy, a wolf, which she introduced as Mr. Loopy. I was shocked to hear that, as it was the same shade of grey as Remus had been, and the name was very close to Lupin his last name.
I shook my head, and gently sat myself by Sal who moved closer to me in his sleep. "Samuel, Jane, we had stopped at the ministry and picked up an instant transferal of guardianship paper and I was wondering if you would sign it?"
Jane looked said but nodded nonetheless and grabbed a pen, I handed her the paper, which she read and signed, tears running down her face. Samuel hugged her before he too signed the page. There was a small flash of yellow and then the page had an approved stamp across it.
The flash had gotten Selene and Valken's attention, and they looked over. Selena rushed over to Jane and hugged her, "why Mommy kying?"
Samuel replied for his wife who was holding on to Selena for dear life, "Your mom's crying because she is happy that you get to go and live with you real da-Tatko and brother."
"Brothers," I said gently. Everyone except Luke and Sal turned to look at me, "What? Both Valken and Salazar are my sons. I was named Salazar's father when his dad died."
"We all gonna live togetter?" Selena looked at me with big eyes.
"Yep, and your uncle Luke," I waved at Luke, "is going to come over sometimes and he might even bring your cousin Draco who is the same age as you." Luke nodded.
"I got cosins?" Selena asked getting excited.
"Yep, we got Draco, Salazar but now he's our brother and Gwen-n-near!" Valken said with a chirp.
I nodded to him, "Yes, you have three cousins Draco, Salazar and Guinevere. But like Valken said Salazar is now your brother."
"How old is Gwen-n-near? Is she same age as me?" Selena asked.
"She was a year younger than you and Valken so she is 5. Speaking of Guinevere I wonder where she is. Do you think Remus is raising her after Lilium's death?" Luke asked me.
That was a good question, and we should find out as soon as possible. If Dumbledore took Selena and Valken then he could have taken Guinevere too. I looked over at Valken and watched him cover a yawn. "I think it is time for us to get home, and get the kids to bed. They have a full day ahead of them." I smiled, "Samuel, Jane it was nice to meet you. I will leave my address with you and feel free to drop in. I would prefer if you sent me a letter letting me know when you plan to come. And if you would show me to Selena's room I will pack up her clothes and toys to take with us."
Samuel nodded and led me up the stairs and into my daughter's room, I cast the packing spell and then called "Toffee," who came with a pop and bowed to me.
"What's can I be doing for yous?"
"I would like you to take all of this back to Yah-colia, Je Rennesc Saldor. I would like you to set up the stuff in the room directly across from Valken. Make sure it is suitable for a young almost six year old girl." I said dismissing Toffee.
"Of course I will's Master Sev'us," he said with a low bow before he disappeared with all of the stuff I had packed up.
I turned and looked at Samuel, I could see tears that were building. I felt bad about taking Selena, but I knew that I couldn't willingly leave her again, I sighed, "Samuel I feel horrible about taking your only child away from you, I know how it feels to loose her."
He nodded, "I know, and knowing that makes it a little easier to bare. But it still hurts all the same, knowing that tomorrow morning I wouldn't be waking up to her jumping on my bed. She is your daughter and she should never have been taken from you." He sighed and wiped the tears that were beginning to fall, "I think it is time for Jane and I to try and adopt again. We will take you up on the offer to come and visit though."
I nodded in understanding and we both turned to the stairs and walked slowly down them, allowing him time to recompose himself. Selena was bouncing up and down with excitement, being too little to understand the implications that she wouldn't be seeing her adoptive parents as often.
I turned to Luke, "do you want to carry Valken and I can carry both Selena and Salazar or do you want to carry Selena and I will carry the boys?"
Luke looked down at Valken and Selena who were waiting patiently for him to decide. He smiled at Valken and then suddenly swept Selena into his arms, "I'll carry Selena and you can deal with trying to juggle the boys."
Samuel looked confused, "Um, do you need help to take the kids to the car? Carrying both of the boys will probably be a strain for you."
I laughed, "First of all we don't have a car and secondly I probably won't even feel the boys' weight. I am a quarter Synthican and as such am much stronger than I look and much stronger that the average wizard or above average muggle." Luke snorted, probably remembering the time that I swept both James and Lily into my arms and then proceeded to run up the stairs beating him into the house. "Honestly, I'll be fine."
Samuel looked skeptical, but his mind changed when I lifted first Salazar, who settled against my hip still asleep, and then Valken into my arms not for once acting like they weighted anything. We all said our goodbyes before apparating to the Yah-colia, Je Rennesc Saldor.
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I smiled down at the two sleeping boys in my arms, to think just yesterday I was alone and now I had three kids and a step-son. I chuckled to think that I was now Draco's step-father due to Lucius being Salazar's father like me. Blood-Hell, I had four kids. Remus better be alive, because I don't know what I would do if I had to raise his daughter also. I made my way up the stairs to the bedrooms and gently laid Sal down in his bed before going to Valken's room and lying him down. As I exited his room, I had to smother a laugh at the huffing Luke that was standing at the top of the stairs.
"Blood-hell Sev, I will never understand why Vadko made it so that you couldn't apparate in this blasted house." He was breathing heavy, but was cradling the sleeping form of my daughter to his chest.
"Maybe it has to do with the fact that, it doesn't bother any of us Synthicans." I said teasingly as I approached him, "here hand me your step-daughter before you both go tumbling down the stairs." It was after I said it that I realize I called Selena his step-daughter.
He handed her to me gently before freezing and looking up at me sharply, "what do you mean, my step-daughter?"
I sighed and gestured to her room and started to walk to it, "Well, Jamie is dead and as such you and Siri could take up his place as father. And you and I are both parents to Salazar which makes my kids your step-kids and Draco my step-son." I laid her gently onto her pink bed and covered her gently up. "Our family is just getting bigger and weirder as time goes on."
"Indeed, my niece and nephew are now also my daughter and son, not to mention my son now gained another father, or wait make that two new fathers." Luke collapsed into the couch beside the fireplace.
"What do you mean that Draco gained two new fathers? James is dead incase you forgot," I said bitterly as I handed my empty beer bottle to my elf and grabbed another.
"I know that James is dead, but according to your logic since both me and Siri are now step-fathers to your kids, then you and Siri are step-fathers to mine." Luke said running his hand threw his hair.
"Poor kids, to think three of them went from having no parents to having, three fathers and a mother. Think about the strangeness, and the difficulties they will go threw when they are older. Anubis, they have an interesting family. I wonder if legally they are yours, Siri's and Cissa's kids." I asked as I drained my second bottle of beer that evening and grabbed a third, "Poor Remmy, he's the only one left out of this Great family."
Luke looked over at me and laughed, "Or not, since Lillum died doesn't that make you Guinevere's father also?"
I groaned drained the bottle of beer in my hand and grabbed the four last bottles from my house-elf and downed the rest of the liquid, Luke gave a large chuckle before summoning his own elf and informing it to tell Cissa that he was spending the night with me and to bring some more liquor over.
His elf, Doggy or something like that returned with more beer and some other types of liquor, "What do you want Sev? Beer again?"
"Nopes-ease Lukie, I think its time to switch to whiskey I've been drinking beer all night, We're all half dead and them that's left is spoilin' for a fight, Well who'da thunk we'd get jackass drunk, The boys don't spare the rye, It's time to switch to whiskey we've been drinkin beer all night!" I giggled at the thought of Lukie being jackass drunk, it was so funny!
"Okay now I know you've had too much to drink when you start singing those muggle drinking songs." Luke said as he swept the whiskey out of my reach and instead put it in my liquor cabinet that wouldn't open to me after a certain level of intoxication.
I tried to glare at Lukie but I ended up falling off the chair and landing on the floor, which caused me to laugh uncontrollably. "Lukie, you look sooo biggg from down here!"
He shook his head and ordered my house-elf to put away the liquor and not touch it or give me any more until I was sober.
I was hurt, did he really think that little of me? "I'll have you know that I am perfectly sober, and can handle my liquor very well thank you!" I tried to stand but found the floor to be unhelpful, "Damn Lukie, when did we get on the ship or is there an earthquake happening?"
"You my dear friend are completely smashed and really should get to bed," Lukie said as he reached down and pulled me to my feet. He then steered me to my bed room and pushed me down on my bed. He then proceeded to pull my shirt off and then spelled my shoes and socks off. "Now you are going to lie down and go to sleep, you'll thank me tomorrow morning."
He pushed me down so that I was lying down, "But Lukie, I am supposed to sleep with Jamie." I giggled thinking about the things that I could do with him after Lukie left.
"I know Sev, I know," he sounded sad.
"What's wrong Lukie?"
"Oh nothing Sev, just that James is otherwise indisposed tonight." He said as he pulled my covers over me.
"Why's that? Is Jamie working late tonight?" I asked wondering why he was so sad.
"Yah Sev, he's working late with Lily tonight," he said with a sad smile.
"Oh, why didn't you just say that earlier? Looks like I will be the one that will have to wake up tonight to feed the babies if they wake up tonight." I snuggled into my covers.
"Don't worry about Valken and Selena tonight, I'll watch over them. I'm spending the night," Lukie said as he shut the lights off and shut my door behind him.
Luke's POV
I sighed and leaned against the wall beside Sev's room, God in his intoxicated stupor he believed that it was five years ago when James was still alive. It was painful for me to pretend that James was going to be coming home to him tomorrow, but a sad Sev is worse then a mad one. I know I'd get yelled at tomorrow if Sev remembers tonight. I sighed again and then pushed away from the wall; I then cast a locking spell on his door that would stop him from wandering the halls while he is still drunk. Shaking my head gently I made my way to the kids bedrooms to check on them.
I entered Selena's room first and found most of her covers thrown on the floor. I reached down and was about to recover her when I noticed that we hadn't changed her for bed. I made my way to the dresser and pulled a small night gown not much different then Cissa wore to bed. I spelled Selena's clothes away and then gently dressed her in the gown before re-covering her and using a spell that would keep her covers on her bed. I then left and walked across the hall to Valken's room. The first thing I noticed was that I couldn't see him, and so I quietly cast Lumos. I was happy to notice him curled up in the corner of his bed, covers still on him but I could also notice that Sev didn't change him either, I sighed and summoned a pair of my son's pajamas and proceeded to change him and pull him gently back into the center of the bed.
I then made a detour to my room to change into a pair of pajama bottoms before I went to Salazar's room. I found him thrashing against an unseen foe, from the look of his bed he had been doing this for quite a while now. I shut the door behind me and walked slowly to the bed.
"No please, Master I'll be good. No I promise I'll listen to you. I'll do anything, Please! Not the belt, please..." He was pleading silently for his life.
I stood in shock not knowing what do, I remember Sev doing the exact same things when we were in school where his father couldn't get him. I gently reached out and touched his shoulder. As soon as he was touched, he woke, launching himself away from me. He didn't seem to notice when he sprawled backward onto the floor. Pushing himself into a corner in the room, he was begging as if it were for his very life.
"I'm sorry, Master! I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to cause a stir! I won't do it again, Master!" Then he stopped, and an eerie calm took over his slight form. Faintly, lacking the urgency and desperation from the previous moment, he spoke at a barely audible volume. "I am sorry, Master." Each word was pronounced carefully, as though it had been rehearsed monotonously. He sounded resigned, if any seven-year-old could.
I sighed and thought about the poor child in front of me, my son. To think of the horrors he has seen already in his short life to cause such traumatizing actions. And for them to have been rehearsed so well that he did them without conscious thought gave me insight into the way he had been treated.
"Sal, Kitten look at me." I said as gently as I could as I crouched down a few feet from where he sat shaking, I hope I didn't look intimidating. His body shook; He wouldn't, or couldn't look at me. I tried again "Kitten won't you look at me? You know I wouldn't hurt you."
I heard him sniffling, "I'm sorry for waking you Senko," he yelled and then cupped his hands against his mouth before turning in the corner and started banging his head against the bloody wall. It took a moment to sink in that that was, indeed, what he was doing. I picked him up and sat him on my lap as I sat on the bed, and I turned him to face me.
"Why were you hitting your head, foolish Kitten?" I asked jokingly, until I noticed that he still had his hands clasped against his mouth, "You're not in trouble for yelling Kitten."
"I'm sorry Senko, I didn't mean to cause a stir and I shouldn't have woken you. I was bad and crying and hitting my head makes me stop but I won't do it again if you don't want me to and I'm ready for my punishment, sir." His voice was barely over a whisper.
I sighed wondering if he ever thought he did something that wouldn't surmise to punishment in his mind.
Sev's POV
I cringed wondering if he was going to punish me or if he was going to go get Uncle Sev to do it. "I'm sorry Sir, for making you sad," I said when I saw that I had made him sad and sigh. I bowed my head, waiting for a reprimand, at the least. 'He won't strike me, he won't strike me,' I tried to tell myself.
"All right there, boy?" There was that word, 'boy.' It hadn't bothered me so much before I started having these good feeling and feeling safe. But like a bewitched cinema projector my previous life slid back into the forefront of my mind. I was once again in the dungeons of my third Master, as he approached me. I could feel him getting closer and I scrambled back, my subconscious thought told me that I had just hit the floor but I didn't have time to consider it. Master was approaching me; I curled up in a ball, protecting what I could of me hoping he would forget about me. I could hear him yelling at me;
"Blasted, Fucking Cunt. I'll teach you to run from me!" His viciously grabbed me and pulled me to the hanging shackles, and thrust me into them his magic locking me into them.
I shook in fear as he left to get something, idly I wondered if I was about to get caned or whipped. I gasped in pain as I felt something tear into the skin of the back of my legs. I struggled against his invertible punishment from first punching him and then trying to run away. Both of my legs were killing me and I could feel the wet, sticky feeling of blood running down them. I then felt the stinging pain that came always when I was whipped. I lost count after fifty, and slowly I could tell that Master was getting tired. I gasped in pain as I crumpled to the floor when his magic released me from the shackles.
Master reached down and grabbed a fistful of my hair, and proceeded to pull me down the hall back to his room that he fucked me in. I was thrown upon the bed and my limbs were stretched taunt as shackles were magically applied to them from the four bedposts.
I cried: from the feeling of being torn apart from the shackles and from the pain in my legs. Master laughed cruelly, as he stripped and then proceeded to spell my clothes from my small frame. I knew that that was going to be my last time I was allowed to wear clothing; I had to earn the privilege again.
I could hear someone muttering my name as Master forced his way into me, causing me to cry out again. I could hear someone calling Salazar, my name! It couldn't be Master, he didn't know that name.
Luke's POV
I watched in horror, as Sal's eyes grew distant and glazed. He seemed to be seeing someone else in the room and proceeded to back up until he fell from my arms. The contact to the floor he didn't seem to feel, and then he went rigid. He started to scream and thrash upon the floor, his body reacting as though he was getting hit. It continued on for what seemed like forever, and then he stopped trashing and screaming. I watched as his limbs seemed to be pulled from his small form and then I watched as a hoarse scream tore through his mouth.
The scream shocked me from my horror filled stupor and I rushed to his side, careful not to touch him. "Salazar, Kitten its okay. Salazar." I gently called, remembering when Sev went into a flashback after settling in at Hogwarts. Something would trigger a far-off, torturous memory and he'd be in it again, oblivious to the here and now.
Salazar blinked as if sunlight was assaulting him looking at me weirdly trying to remember who I was. Then the next moment he did the most endearing thing by reached out toward me. I pulled him gently into my lab and rubbed circles into his back. He was still shaking and his breath was coming in, in little gasps. We sat there for a while as he tried to get awareness back into his body and to where he was.
"Kitten," I said gently and was thankful when he looked up at me, "how about we lay down in the bed?"
"You, you won't leaf me?" He asked panic creeping into his voice.
"No, Kitten. I'll stay here all night if you want me too." I said gently as I lifted him from the floor. I briefly wondered how Sev could lift him as if he weighted nothing. He nodded his thanks and then his thumb found its way to his mouth, I then wondered if I should reprimand him for it. He was after all seven, but then thought better, he needed comfort. I walked slowly hoping not to scare or jolt him, and placed him on the bed. As soon as I laid down with him I found arms full of his shaking body.
I spent the rest of the night watching over him, and was shocked when a disheveled Sev enter the room at 7:00 in the morning.
I could almost laugh out loud at the image Sev made, in his disheveled pants and messy hairstyle. And to make matters better he had left his room without a shirt on. He looked at me blinkingly, and then glared. I couldn't help it when a heartfelt laugh tore through me. Sal stirred in sleep but didn't wake up.
"I can't believe you fucking let me get so drunk last night! Who knows what I could have done, or did." He snarled quietly at me.
I chuckled quietly, "do you think so little of me? You drank four bottles in one go, before I could even consider what you did. And I refused you any more liquor when you started to call me Lukie and sing muggle drinking songs. Then I took you to your bed and got you mostly undressed much as I had when we were still in school. I then was about to leave you when you started to insist that you had to sleep with James. I didn't know what to say but you were adamant that he was just working late and so I let you believe it. I then left your room and spelled it so that you couldn't leave if you were still intoxicated." By the end I had stopped laughing and looked at Sev with pity.
He had gone ridged when I mentioned to him that he had thought that James was still alive, "well then, I guess you're more responsible then I thought. But why are you sleeping with Sal? I thought we agreed that he had to get used to sleeping on his own."
I sighed remembering why I was laying down with my son in the first place; I looked up knowing I wouldn't be able to voice what happened. I caught Sev's eye and called up the memory of the night before allowing him to view it.
By: Draghen and edited by Dragen
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