Transfiguration: Task: Write an AU where a person has left the wizarding world and

i. One day returns again out of the blue.

Word count: 508

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Coming Home

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Lysander was never expecting that to happen. Any of it. He was never expecting Rolf to act the way he did to Isolde's news. Lysander had thought the man was more accepting than that, but instead Rolf just left their world with only a note saying that he had gone to a Muggle jungle. It was unbelievable! How could he leave his daughter in the time where she needed him the most?

And Lysander was never expecting him to come back, looking tanner than ever. His mother walked up to him and asked, "Why did you leave me?"

"I... had to. I had heard news that there were creatures in the jungle that needed saving, so I went with someone to help save them."

" Why not take me?"

Rolf winced at the sad look on her face. "I thought you needed to look after the twins."

One of the twins walked around him, bringing her best friend with her. "I needed you, Rolf," Isolde said, briefly glancing at him before turning back to Lily Luna. "And you just left. For five years! Who does that?"

"I didn't realise it was so long, Isolde." At least he knew her name. He wasn't there to see her decide it, though, so Lysander didn't know how he did know it.

"Obviously. Come on, Lily Luna, I want to leave. Rolf is ever so annoying and I cannot deal with his bullshit."

It was the first (and last) time Lysander ever saw his twin control the girl, as Lily Luna willing left with her, although Lysander could tell she was itching to listen to the rest of the conversation. "What about you, Lys?" his mother asked, taking his hand. "How do you feel about this? Do you think he has been near the Nargles too long now?"

Lysander looked into his mothers eyes, saying, "I don't know how to feel about this. He left out of nowhere and now thinks he can just come back into our lives, with a rubbish explanation as to why he had left. I mean, he could have contacted us at some point or something, and not just left us hanging by a bit of thread or whatever."

She nodded, dropping the hand to glance at Rolf. "I can't trust you. You're contaminated by creatures I don't even know. You need to cleanse yourself."

Rolf looked down at his feet. "That's fair enough, Luna. I'm sorry for hurting you."

Lysander thought he sounded a bit flat. Rolf made his way to leave the house again. "Are you going to be gone for five years again?" Lysander asked, wringing his hands together.

"No! Of course not. Just a few days so you can think this over."

"Okay," Lysander's mother replied, the barest of grins reaching her face. "I have missed you. You need to tell me all about your trip and the creatures you have seen."

Rolf grinned at her, lighting up his darkened face. "I would like that a lot, thank you. I will see you latwr