Slytherin Night Ch.8

The next morning Roxas woke up extra early and got dressed; tight grey skinny jeans, form fitting black graphic t-shirt with a wand on the front of it, several bracelets and a necklace with his favorite 'X' pendant. He opened up his suitcase in his shared closet, knowing that Sora could have looked inside the zippered pouch at any time before and seen his Durmstrang uniform.

Not anymore though, with a deep breath Roxas pulled out the red over jacket and Black pants, topped with the belt that would go around his waist. He was getting rid of these pieces for sure, but it was the cape that was hard for him to get rid of. The soft fabric and fur combination was by no means inexpensive, but the sign behind keeping something so meaningful at his new school felt so wrong to him.

Roxas pulled the fur cape out of the suitcase and took a deep breath as he set it down on the floor with the other stuff, trying as hard as he could not to think of the now perceived bad memories. His mind was set to destroy the garments in fire, and pay his father back if it was required.

Quickly zipping his suitcase back up Roxas stooped low and scooped up the soft and warm fabric, holding it to his chest as he turned towards the only door in the room he shared with Sora. He didn't want Sora to even know that he brought the uniform to Hogwarts, so he was determined to vanish from the room before he woke.

He rushed out of the room in his socks, holding his shoes in his hand so his shoes wouldn't make any noise to disturb Sora's sleep. Despite all of Roxas' attempts and precautions to not wake his brother, as the door silently closed Sora pushed himself up so he was sitting up in his bed with the blankets pooled around his waist. He rubbed the lingering sleep out of his eyes, he'd been awake since Roxas had woken. Sora had kept himself silent until Roxas had left. "Well, at least the dumb-bell is getting somewhere with his attachment issues," Sora flopped back down onto his back and let out a heavy sigh, looking up at the green draping of his bed "heh, like I'm one to talk. Attachment issues, Merlin I need more help then him."

Roxas came to a stop outside, ten feet inside the forbidden forest beside Barbosa's cabin so he wouldn't be in too much danger if something were to hate the fact he was going to burn something.

The red and fur uniform was folded into a neat pile, on the ground, touching as little of it as possible as Roxas set a couple dried leaves atop the pile to ensure they caught. He pulled out his wand and took a deep breath, his vocal cords vibrating oddly in his throat as he prepared for the first spell of what he was considering his new life.

With his pointed wand Roxas stood up and took a few breaths, the emotional attachment he had to that uniform was a heavy one for him, it was so hard for him to think of never going back. "Incendio." The sparks of fire that consumed Roxas' old Durmstrang uniform made the blonde take in a deep breath, the smell of burning fabric and fur was an unpleasant one so Roxas moved upwind and covered his mouth for good measure.

The red fabric was quick to turn black and shrivel as it withered away, turning into a crispy crust of what he'd once worn with pride to be a Durmstrang student. His remorse for burning the infernal clothing was quickly dwindling as the fames ate away at the remains before moving onto the fur cloak's remaining pieces.

"Aquamentie." Roxas' voice was smaller then it'd been a few minutes before, when he'd cast the fire spell his voice had been strong and his hand unwavering. His hand was shaking slightly now, but his voice had gone through a huge change. The last piece of the boy who'd thought he was befriended when those people only hurt him was gone, he refused to be that boy again. There were people that didn't care now, there were some that would encourage him, he was positive that there were even some who would help him build back up the way he wanted.

The last remains of the uniform were small dap pieces of black fabric that looked like they'd gone through a werewolf transformation by the time Roxas could see them through the steam. He let out a sigh as he took a step towards the castle, allowing his shoes to squish the remnants into the mud as he head up to find Axel.

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Not knowing where the Gryffindor common room was made finding Axel exceedingly difficult, it was already seven thirty, they were supposed to be in Hogsmead by eight and it was a half hour walk! "Ugh, this was probably his way of standing me up. What kind of fool doesn't make a meeting location Roxas?" Roxas let out a sigh and leaned against one of the staircase railings, flinching slightly as the entire flat of stairs he was on started moving. "Fuck me, this school just doesn't like me."

Raising his hands to his temples, not daring to move until the stairs moved back to a path he knew would take him somewhere his body jerked towards the top of the stairs, to a landing Roxas had never been on. His heart start to beat rapidly as the tugging persisted, like an invisible wench was tied around his waist and it was pulling him off his feet.

"H-Hey! What's going on¾ ow!" Roxas grappled for hand purchase as his foot caught on a stair and he started to fall, however as soon as he'd lost his footing the tugging had persisted until Roxas was skidding up the stairs and along the new hallway he didn't know.

Every chance he got the feverent blonde would reach for something to grab onto with either his legs or hands. It didn't matter to him so long as he stopped his body from moving against his will. "Common, give me something!" His body jerked down another hallway just slightly too close to the corner so Roxas reached out and gripped the edge making the stone cut into his fingers. "I don't wanna go!"

As soon as he was done yelling his fingers gave way and he went barreling down the hallway again, his toes the only thing capable of touching the ground and doing a horrible job of stopping him. Roxas closed his eyes and held his hands out in front of him, hoping that he'd be able to cushion an impact if it happened.

His arms did little good since he didn't see the object coming, he slammed into something harshly and both he and it went toppling to the ground in a mass of limbs and groans of pain. "Dammit! That spell wasn't supposed to do this!" Roxas opened one eye as he felt something cradling his head and tapping his cheek at the same time.

"I'm sorry Roxie¾ Roxas, sorry. Stupid Pan told me that spell. It wasn't exactly supposed to make you come flying into anything. I guess I don't have the hang of it yet." Axel's smile was wide despite it's apologetic quirk.

"Did you just Accio me?" Roxas was shocked, that was a spell that was more commonly used on inanimate objects, and Axel just said he was just told that spell! What was he thinking using Accio on a person right off the bat!

"Y-yeah, I'm sorry. Again, it really wasn't supposed to make you fly into me."

"How about twist my ankle on the stairs, or rush around corners with no idea what's around them. I didn't have any control over my body Axel!"

"Well you didn't get hurt, that's a bonus." Roxas couldn't help but scoff and relax himself in defeat, there was no way Axel could take back the past.

"Whatever, but I'm not moving for a minute or two, I hurt too much." Roxas' arm was scraped and his fingers were bleeding slightly from grabbing onto that wall.

"Alright, mind if I enjoy the view?" Roxas wasn't aware that Axel was looking down at him, so he just nod his head with a bit of a shrug. Of course he wouldn't care what Axel looked at while he was resting up a bit.

With a bit of a smirk Axel crossed his legs down beside Roxas on the ground and looked over the blondes slightly squinting face, the blonde locks did little to protect his eyes from the harsh morning sunlight. Seeing the blonde in muggle clothes struck a chord with Axel, he looked like he didn't care about his appearance at all. However with the addition of the necklace on his tanned skin showed Axel that it was a normal thing for the blonde to wear, the slight web-effect in his hair from the gel he'd used and the small cross earring in his right ear showed Axel that the boy had cared much about his appearance.

Axel himself was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans with a few professionally added rips in addition to a few of his own rips in the fabric. The shirt coupled with his jeans was a black t-shirt with splattered designs that evidentially made up a roman numeral eight across his chest and upper back. The added accessories being a red belt, a few black and red wrist bands and his ear tag that he had out on normal days to correspond to the dress code.

"What happened to your hands?" Axel's eyes had fallen down to the boys folded hands over his stomach, seeing right away the small amount of blood on the delicate fingers. He gingerly grabbed Roxas' hands and held them up so he could see.

"I grabbed onto a wall when I was being dragged here and it killed my fingers." Axel hissed in mock pain as he examined the cuts.

"Damn, I'm sorry Roxie¾ Roxa¾"

"You can call me Roxie, I don't really mind. It's grown on me." Roxas refused to open his eyes, knowing that if he could see Axel holding his hands up to the red heads face. Roxas could feel Axel's breath on his finger tips before he actually felt Axel's lips against his fingers and the cuts.

The pain that shot through his hands made Roxas hiss and pull his hands back a bit until Axel tightened his grip. "Sorry Roxie, does it hurt that badly?" Roxas nod his head, not opening his eyes but closing his fists. Axel brushed his lips against Roxas' closed fingers, the guilt that his spell had done it indirectly making him want to take the pain away. "Can you forgive me?"

"It's fine Axel, common. The tone is too docile for a date." Roxas pulled himself into a sitting position, trying his hardest not to blush and failing as a light dusting of pink covered his cheeks. He straightened out his clothes with a few pats and swats to his legs and chest, Axel stood and did the same.

Roxas took a second to look at Axel, appreciating the way he was dressed before turning towards the path to Hogsmeade, littered with a couple early rising students, several times before just turning away and slowly walking. Axel's smirk widened to a smile as Roxas turned away and started walking, obviously walking slow enough so he wouldn't have to rush to catch up. Roxas was however putting enough distance between he and Axel to make himself comfortable.

Three strides were all it took for Axel to catch up with the blonde, with his smirk in place he reached out and gripped Roxas' hand lightly, tugging him a little faster so they could have as much time in Hogsmeade as they wanted and not just walking there. "So, would you like to join me for a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks?" Roxas nod his head, hating the fact that Axel was making him blush with simple gestures.

"I guess, so long as we can go to a store so I can get a souvenir for my dad¾ at least so I can window shop until Sora meets up with us later." Axel felt a bit of a pang when Roxas mentioned Sora, simply because the blondes attention wasn't completely and singularly on him.

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By the time Roxas had bought his dad the souvenir and they were calmly enjoying an ice-cream in the small parlor Axel had introduced Roxas to, the sun was shining outside the windows, making the shops name shine in gold on the floor because of the plane muggle paint on the window that they could both tell was washed away and repainted to match the season.

"So Axel, care to tell me a bit more about yourself?"

"Heh, you seem to know enough. Lets see," Axel raised his stature a bit, sitting back in his seat more instead of leaning over the small table towards Roxas. "I'm muggle born, terrorized my entire block until the ministry stepped in when I was ten, apparently I was an early bloomer kind of thing or whatever. I'm gay, hate Iago and Larxine. I cant make a potion to save my life and I have the uncanny ability to spit out fire spells when they come to me." Roxas nod his head a bit and took another lick of his ice-cream.

"Alright, how about you answer some mundane questions now; where did you grow up, are you happy that you've come to Hogwarts. What was your summer like?"

"How about you answering a few first Roxie." Axel's smile only grew as Roxas tried to hide his blush with another few licks of ice-cream. "What nationality are you, how was your summer, and what are your thoughts of coming to Hogwarts?"

"I grew up in the Northern edge of England, bordering Scotland, my summer was pretty much moving to London. And as for my thoughts on coming to Hogwarts; I hated it. Until I started to actually see what was around me and what had been around me, it feels better here though." Roxas gave Axel his kind smile and the red head just returned it.

"That's odd I've never seen you before, I live on the border between Scotland and England too, why haven't you come to Hogwarts before this year¾ and don't tell me you've been here this whole time, because that cant be true."

"I was going to Durmstrang. It's the school my dad and his brother had gone to as children and he wanted us to see it. However, mom wanted us to come to Hogwarts. Us moving and everything was because of her." Roxas looked down at the tabletop, moving his finger over the surface, finding the magically enchanted surface to be breathtaking.

"What do you mean 'because of her'? Did she convince your dad to move or something, I'm guessing there was a lot of nagging in the process."

"You could say that, we didn't want to stay in our old house after she was gone, it was like a kick in the ass for our dad. Sora and I were trying to convince him to move to Hungary so we didn't have to take such a long trip to Durmstrang. But he enrolled us here and moved us into a London flat before Sora and I even got our feet under us from what happened."

"Did your mom leave, or…" Axel trailed off, not liking the turn his question had taken. "I'm sorry if I've brought up a bad¾"

"Topic? Nah, it's fine. Mom died in her sleep one night, she had really bad cancer and put off treatment while she was pregnant with Sora and I. It was astonishing that she lived as long as she did, she was a really strong person." Roxas looked up to Axel with a bit of a bright smile, trying not to make Axel feel uncomfortable about the awkward topic.

"So, Axle, what's your home like?"

"It's pretty cool, my parents are astonished that their kid is a wizard, we're waiting to find out if my little brother is going to be the same. I'd love for you to see it, the rolling green hills, the lake by my house. It's not like we're rich or anything, it was as confusing as heck when we had to get ready for my first year. My parents still don't know much about the magical world, like about dark magic and stuff."

"Really? That sounds kind of harsh, I don't think I'd be able to live without much magic."

"What about the seventeen law?"

"Me and Sora don't break it, but our summers aside from last have been spent in a spell camp, learning different kinds of spells they don't teach in schools¾ Do you know that I've never had a butter beer before?" Roxas was hoping his quick change of topic wouldn't be thought of as rude by Axel, but he didn't want to talk much about the school.

"Really? We'll have to go there once Sora and the others get down here."

"Well, you see, I know I should want to share my first butter beer with Sora. But I kind of want to share one with you." Roxas turned away from Axel, trying to hide the blush on his face.

"Mmm, I'll have to make sure your wish is granted then, wont I?" Axel stood up, his ice-cream done and Roxas quickly finishing off the last bit of the delicious sea-salt treat. Axel's long slender fingers wrapped around Roxas' hand, shivering slightly because it was exceedingly cold.

Their pace was fairly slow and relaxed as they head towards the Three Broomsticks, trying as hard as they could to prolong the walk so they'd have the excuse of holding each others hands. Axel was glad that the date was going so well, he hadn't gotten a 'kiss me' vibe from Roxas, but he was fine since it was their first date and the blonde still wasn't sure if he wanted to be in a relationship.

Once inside the Three Broomsticks Axel and Roxas walked up to the bar, the red head had to let go of Roxas' warmed up hand in order to pay for the order of one butter beer. As Roxas watched Axel he couldn't help but wish he was standing in front of Axel and the red heads arms were going around his shoulders and waist to move, his mind turning to how warm it'd be to be wrapped up in Axel's arms.

He hadn't noticed until Axel turned back to him with his classic smirk on his face that he'd been biting his bottom lip nervously. Pulling himself out of the mini fantasy of Axel's warmth, Roxas grabbed the red heads hand and lead him towards a booth in the back of the place. It was almost ten and their friends would be coming to join them soon as it was.

Axel was going to sit across from Roxas, but the blonde pulled him into the side that was facing the door so they could see when the others came in. The butter beer arrived a few moments later, Axel saying nothing as Roxas looked around for the second cup.

"You said you wanted to share some butter beer, right?" His smirk was devilish as he pushed the glass towards Roxas "It's great, I promise." encouraging the blonde to drink some.

Roxas grabbed the sturdy handle of the mug and raised it to his mouth, glad that it wasn't cold to the touch. The blonde raised the glass to his lips but quickly set it back down on the table top once a large dark body slid into the other side of the table, his eyes went wide as his uncle did nothing but smile at him and Axel.

"S-Sepheroth?! What in the bloody¾ go away."

"Awe, Roxas, is that any way to treat your uncle?"

"When that uncle is you, yes. Get lost, now." Roxas clenched his jaw shut tightly, anger filling his veins as Sepheroth reached across the table and took their drink.

"You're buying me another one." Axel's glare was more warning then anything else as he crossed his right leg over his left, purposefully kicking Roxas' silver haired uncle in the process.

"Gladly, I just love butter beer."

"Good, then go buy your own and fu¾"

"Don't swear Roxas, it's unbecoming of a young man ready for courtship."

"I'll bloody well swear if I want to!" Roxas mentally cursed himself as he refrained from swearing on instinct because of his uncle's comment, it was one of those things Sepheroth had made him terrified of during those two weeks; disobeying the man.

"Much better. So, how's your day going?"

"Go away. You have no right being here."

"Why not? This is public property, it's an open building to whoever pays for something." Axel rolled his eyes and got up, making sure that his foot hit Sepheroth under the table again on his way.

'Fuck this old bat! He just made Axel leave! We're in the middle of a mother fucking date and¾"

"How's your day been Roxas?"

"Much fucking better before you bloody fucking walked in you old twat! Now get out of my fucking sight, do you have any idea how much you've fucked up my¾"

"I'm sorry sir, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave. I don't take too kindly to men coming in here and terrorizing my customers, I cant believe a grown man stole a butter beer." Roxas looked up with shocked eyes, Axel was sliding back into his seat from beside the tall black haired woman wearing a black vest and gloves. Sepheroth only smirked at Roxas and finished off the butter beer before standing and walking out past the woman who just smiled at the two teens and head back for the bar.

"Tifa, she packs a fucking punch when you mess up her place. She likes the fact I give fire shows outside in the winter so she generally likes me." Axel's smile was slightly strained, he had no idea what to do in that situation so he just got the owner.

"Sepheroth is going to kill me."

"I think you were on your way to starting a duel when we got back. You'd have been fine. Want another butter beer."

"No, the mood for butter beer is ruined." 'He's think I'd have been fine!? Fuck, if only he knew what shit that dick's put me through. He's going to freaking butcher me in my sleep now, then what'll dad and Sora do? Oh well, at least Sora would finally figure out that I'm not lying, that would be the only real¾'

Roxas' mind was instantly set back on itself when he felt a pair of warm lips pressed tenderly against his cheek, directly beside his ear. "You're so cold Roxie." 'Well, not as cold now.' Axel's lips could feel the blondes skin warming up exponentially as he trailed his lips around his cheek and jaw line in light kisses.

"I-I-I¾ I'm f-fine." 'Holly shit! What do I do? What do I do? He's kissing me, he's kissing my jaw, h-his lips are so warm.' Roxas found his head tilting to the side slightly, giving Axel more room to move his lips wherever he'd like as he took to biting on his lower lip.

Axel raised his head slightly, looking at Roxas' lip being crushed by his teeth. He raised his hand and gently brushed the blondes cheek, coaxing the reddening lip from between his teeth so he did no damage to the soft looking pedal. He wanted to kiss the blonde, but he didn't want to on the first date.

As the door opened and he saw Rikku hopping inside with a bright smile he pulled away fully and sat Roxas up straighter. "S-sorry." He hated not knowing what Roxas wanted out of him, and not knowing what Roxas wanted the rest of the world to know.

"U-Um, what are you sorry fo¾"

"Roxas! Axel! There you two are! You didn't have to come so early and leave us out on the fun!" Rikku slid in opposite both of them, taking up the seat that Sepheroth had been. "You're both so mean!"

"S-sorry, I-I thought we were allowed to be on a date without you lot up our asses." Axel's eyes went slightly wide as he turned to Roxas 'He doesn't care? Since when, I thought he was worried about people finding out about him¾'

"Roxas? You and Axel, wait, what?! I thought you were totally into me!" Rikku didn't look like she was being serious, but it made Roxas sputter anyhow.

"W-what? I-I'm so sorry, I-I really wasn't¾"

"She's playing with you Roxas, Rikku's had more guys thinking she's their girlfriend while being 'just friends' she knows how to lead a guy on." Riku and Mushu slid in beside Rikku, Mushu smirking at Axel since he'd known the red heads concerns about Roxas since the night before when Axel had divulged most of the happenings concerning Roxas.

"O-oh." Roxas looked down, his blush still in place as he started fiddling with his wrist bands. Axel smirked and reached to the side, grabbing one of Roxas' hands and scooting closer as Pan pushed him towards the blonde.

"Roxas, I'm so proud of you! And believe me if Axel wasn't between us I'd be giving you the biggest hug ever!"

"No you wouldn't. You're hugs hurt Sora, and it was just a date, a trial run really. To see if we're compatible." Axel's heart sunk ten feet and he loosened his hand, intent on pulling it back before Roxas tightened his grip, keeping their clasped hands on his thigh.

"And, how would that be turning out?"

"So far it's fine."

"Great! Because I want a butter beer!" Sora raised his hand for a waitress, smiling brightly as she came over and ordering butter beer's for everyone at the table.

"S-Sora, I don't really feel like having one right now." Roxas was ignored by his brother who was quick to start up a conversation about the upcoming post of who would make the school and house Quiddich teams.

"Don't worry Roxie, I'll drink yours if you really don't want it. The dumb ass drank mine as it was." Axel let Roxas' hand go and gently put his arm around the blondes waist.

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The minute that school classes started again Roxas had had the best weekend of his life since his mother had passed away. Axel was being such a nice guy, he was helping Roxas incredibly with his charms and spells homework he'd gotten for the weekend, and he'd even done a bit of practicing to control fire spells while just talking with Roxas about their favorite books and movies written by muggles.

"I really don't want to be here first thing." Roxas slumped down in his seat, Defense against the Dart Arts wasn't something he was looking forward to since the Three Broomsticks incident.

"Well don't worry about it. Me and Pan are here."

"Yeah, you don't need to worry about a grumpy teacher for no reason! Axel and I are here to stick up for¾"

"Mr. Fenrir, detention after school. Your test scores are atrocious." Sepheroth wasn't even two feet into the room before he gave the blonde detention that he didn't deserve. "You got nothing on a test out of a hundred, you're knowledge of dark arts is worse then a three year old muggle."

"What?! You've got to be kidding me! I got a hundred percent on that test, who would be stupid enough to get the darkest wizard of all time wrong?! I demand to see that¾"

"You're only making your detention longer."

"I don't care! I want to see that test!" Axel pulled Roxas back down into his seat, knowing that the blonde stood up to threaten the silver haired man with a powerful hex.

Sora had been switched out of the class to take muggle studies instead, insisting that he didn't need to know anything else against dark arts. "It's fine Roxas, you can talk to Xemnas after or even before detention."

"I want silence in my class! If you are not quiet you shall be joining Scar in the dungeon's for detention!" Sepheroth slammed down a text before quickly going into his lesson, uncaring of Roxas swearing every second word as he pulled out his note supplies and set to work.

That night while Roxas was storming to Xemnas' office, Axel quick at his heels trying to talk the blonde out of it, both didn't know what to say to the head of Slytherin house about the blondes predicament.

"Roxas, I don't like Xemnas, I doubt he'll really listen to a word you say if I'm there."

"Then don't come. I refuse to have my uncle treat me like this. There is no way I got zero on that test and he cant hold me for it! I was answering those questions when I was eight!" Roxas rapped on the office door several times, his breath coming in heavy pants of annoyance from Xemnas' office being on the lowest floor the castle had to offer, not even the ghosts went that deep down.

"Yes?" Xemnas opened the door calmly as Axel was pressing a kiss to Roxas' head.

"I'll see you tomorrow Roxas. Bye sir." Axel gave a quick and tentative wave before rushing back up the hallway towards the library.

"I need to speak with you about Sepheroth." Xemnas raised an eyebrow before letting out a sigh and stepping out into the hallway with the blonde.

"I'm sorry, but I'm aware of the situation about your Defense against the Dark Arts grade, I was the one who suggested the detention to help you study one on one with him. I cant have a student failing a class just because they don't find the subject needed."

"But I didn't fail! I would know those answers in my sleep. He failed me because he just wants to torture me!"

"Yes, every student who gets detention thinks the teacher has it out for them Roxas."

"No, he really wants to torture me! He's¾"

"Xemnas, I see you've found my charge for the night. Roxas, you were supposed to be in the class room ten minutes ago. What's happened, is everything fine?"

"He was just giving the usual; it's unjust, I don't deserve it. You know the kind. Anyhow, I'll hand him over to you Sepheroth. I have my own tests to grade tonight."

"No wait, Xemnas you cant¾"

"Common Roxas, there's a bit more that brain of yours needs to soak up." Sepheroth gave Roxas a wide smile before ushering the blonde towards one of the further dungeon rooms for his learning.

AN: I'm so sorry this took forever to update! I have the rest of the story written, I've had it written for about three weeks now. But my computer died and I didn't have the opportunity to update. The rest of the story should be up extremely soon!

Alright everyone! I've planned this story out for having just a few more chapters, no fewer then ten chapters in total though.

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