ALONE

by CreativePunk77

Harvey Hunter thought his brother's school was strange. Every single person there was strange, and his brother wasn't the same since he started there. When Harvey begins his school life at St Champions, he finds himself an outcast, the only Immune child in the school and struggles to come to grips with being on his own. AU.

10. Chapter 10

CHAPTER TEN

Harvey considered by the time he was twelve, he was world weary. This was his third year at St Champions and his treatment had remained the same. After his initial stint in isolation, he had been forced to attend more isolation for his little run from school and been whacked on the palm of his hands by the Headmaster's cane a fair few times. Never did he reveal where he had ventured to on 2nd November two years ago, but that meeting stuck with him and he sometimes tried to imagine Dinah Glass at St Champions, his ally and friend who wasn't a robot like the others and thought the Headmaster was crazy and evil.

After his time spent in isolation, Harvey had dared not misbehave anymore and become a shell of himself. When it was time for Assembly, he had to have one on one sessions with Rose, who mustered up enough energy to attempt to teach him what was being taught in Assemblies. More than once, Harvey had raised the question of why he was not allowed in the Hall at that specific time, but the answers were never given and he ended up in trouble, so after a while, he stopped.

The Headmaster and Harvey had a fiery hatred for each other and every time Harvey saw the man, coldness wrapped his heart and he glared daggers at the man. Whatever the Headmaster was doing, he was continuing to make Harvey's life a misery.

His parents and Lloyd continued to not believe his stories and Harvey was sick to his back teeth of Lloyd coming home and fabricating a wonderful story when the truth was far from being 'wonderful'. He'd made peace with being alone, but when news broke that his parents were considering fostering a child, not only that but a girl, Harvey thought that things may be going his way.

He was surprised as surely Mum and Dad would have had another baby if they'd wanted a girl, but having a ally and a friend would be brilliant and he would no longer be alone. He didn't care what Lloyd said about the news of the arrival, he was looking forward to it.

So when the car pulled up and the front door was opened to reveal the girl he had met fourteen months ago, Harvey's jaw dropped.

"Boys, this is Dinah. She'll be staying with us for awhile."

Lloyd didn't bother greeting Dinah or even mustering up a smile, but as Dinah's gaze slid to Harvey's, her mouth tweaking in acknowledgment, Harvey found his eyes lighting up in happiness.

Finally, there was hope.