Clearing Up Lose Ends

Christy listened to him as he told her what she had said. She was glad that he was able to tell her because it was helping her piece things together. “I’m honestly not sure if something is wrong.” She replied calmly. “I’m still trying to piece it together…not an exact thing you know?” Christy bit her lip in vexation as she started to piece together the entire thing.

She was quiet for a moment. She knew at some point they would have to get down to the fact they really didn’t know each other but she knew right this second wasn’t the time to do so. “Felix, I really think Sophia is going to betray you.” She said looking at him. “Not turn you in as far as I can see but I did see her no longer helping you. But don’t worry, there are those in power who I see coming to your aid in replacement. People who could better help you.”

She looked up at him waiting for him to respond. “I don’t really tell many people that I have that ability honestly. It’s hard enough when people learn I’m half-veela to maintain friends.” She laughed a little nervously; half afraid that he was going to take off thinking her entirely crazy for everything she was telling him. She bit her lip harder as she looked at him and then back towards the floor. She wasn’t ashamed of who she was by any means but she was a little ashamed of looking so crazy in front of him.

Though in all honesty you are crazy. she thought to herself, Look at who you are sitting next to after all. Who you have feelings for. A criminal that you barely know and have offered your forgiveness to.

Felix nodded at her words, almost feeling calm after she said them. Then again her next words made him even more happy. So Sophia was going to betray him.. stop helping him.. well hadn't he sensed that for a while now? Wasn't that why he had stopped living at her house? Wasn't that why he had decided maybe tonight would be a good night to see Christy again. Felix shivered slightly at the words, but besides that he shrugged and even smiled slightly. "I figured that would happen honestly.. she's been growing distant, about time she realized I'm a complete ass and don't deserve forgiveness.." he said lightly, waving his hand.

But this his heart stopped.

Well not literally, but close enough. She was half-veela? Since when was that a thing? Felix had met full Veela, of course he had, he had traveled all over, and veela were around, but he could feel his mind reeling as he found out the news. She was half-veela... Which meant..

Felix really did have a thing for non-humans...

Naomi the werewolf, Christy the Half-veela, Sophia the Vampire.. all non-human, all he had at the very least kissed. One he had married, another he had taken to bed on multiple occasions. He couldn't help but place his hand on his head and stare at her in utter disbelief. "Ha-Half veela? You're... half-veela?" He asked, his voice light and almost cracking as he stared at her. "Are you kidding me.. I mean it's not a bad thing! I Just.. wow.." he said lightly, staring at her in disbelief. "I'm obviously messed up in the head." He said with resignation and put his head down on the couch, his body relaxed and resigned.

She had chosen to ignore the comment about Sophia. In all honesty, after the other night at the Leaky she had figured as much herself. This had just confirmed it for her. "And I wouldn't say you are a complete ass." She watched the look on his face change.

Christy stared at home in disbelief. He was saying her being a half-veela wasn't a bad thing but he was acting like it was. She couldn't help but feel a little hurt and insulted. She wrapped the sheet around her tighter, hugging it to herself as if for some sort of comfort.

"Well if you're messed up in the head then what the hell does that make me?" She asked, the hurt from his words dripping in her voice. "I mean was it not obvious? Not many girls have hair this color naturally you know. I'll have you know I'm very proud of where I come from. That somewhere down the line I descended from a siren. "

She got up off the couch and made her way to the window. It was starting to storm now. Lightening slowly flashed across the sky, making it as bright as day for a few seconds. She sighed staring out the window. She knew she had to find a bigger place to stay and sooner rather than later for her own sanity.

Felix heard his own voice stammering as he watched her get hurt from his comment. "Christy! Oh.. shit.. I didn't mean.." He gasped, watching her hug herself with the sheet and get up away from him. "Christy, I'm so sorry.. my mind was a million miles away.. I just.. You see.. every person I've ever been with, or even so much as kissed... they've been.. well... not fully human.. I guess." He said and shivered, knowing this sounded bad.

"I worry... I thought you were human, and I was hoping that maybe that would mean I wouldn't hurt you so bad... seeing as the people I've cared for always end up getting hurt. But I hoped that maybe if you were human... you'd be spared from that fate... now I'm.. concerned you'll give up on me too... turn away from me eventually." He was shaking again as he slowly sat up on the couch and stared at her back. Blinking as a flash of lightning illuminated her figure for a brief second.

"I don't want to hurt you.. but my luck says the people who get close to me... and further then that.. the people who I've been near who weren't full human, just... end up destroyed by my actions." He watched her sadly, before shaking his head. "I'm so happy you're proud of who you are, and I'm proud of it too, I just... was so hoping you might be spared by... me." He finished weakly, his mind a million miles away. "Naomi was a werewolf... I kissed Sophia.. she's a vampire.. And now.. half-veela.. Honestly it was your personality that attracted me.. and you're beautiful.." He sighed, realizing how deep of a hole he was digging himself.

"Sorry I'll stop.. I sound like a F*** idiot."

She listened to him as she watched the rain trickle down her window beating onto the street outside. She looked at him and smiled weakly. It was almost adorable watching him try to explain things to her. His was stumbling over words in a way she had never seen.

Making her way over to him, "For the most part I can defend myself." She said smiling,  "And maybe it's kinda cute seeing you try to dig yourself out of that hole you dug without realizing it." She sat down on the floor in front of him looking up at him. "if I wanted to be spared by you in anyway you wouldn't be here Felix."

She sighed and looked around the room. "I was going to suggest that if you were planning on staying here that I might want to find some place a tad bit bigger. You might be used to living in small spaces but I'm not." She was trying to change the subject as quickly as she knew how. She wasn't sure if it would work but she knew it was worth a try. Anything to keep from discussing how much danger he put her in because she wasn't fully human.

Because in all honesty, she thought that was the silliest reason to believe that he would ruin her life. She sighed inwardly. She wasn't a person to shrug off her problems like that, but she also wasn't a person to really get angry over little things like that either. She liked the fact she was fairly neutral in her choices...except she knew she couldn't keep neutral on the subject of Felix. She had chosen to stay by his side and help and she wouldn't back out of it even if it landed her in Azkaban for helping him.

Felix looked up to see her smiling and he couldn't help but feel slightly relieved. She wasn't going to kick him out.. he had just made an ass of himself in front of her, and she still didn't think him unworthy of help. So many others had, but here was this woman.. this half-veela, charming, beautiful woman, who was willing to stick by his side and help him out.

She changed the subject so quickly that Felix found himself trying to realize what she was talking about. After a moment his eyes widened and he looked around the room. "I er.. I don't want to inconvenience you.. I mean.. if it's because I'm here that you want that, I mean.. I can go sleep anywhere else.. you know me, not been in a house for some time anyway." He smiled at her lightly and shrugged.

"My last lodgings before Sophia was a cave.. it was pretty open, had it's own water feature, I had caught a bunch of animals around the area, and made a nice bed of fur to sleep on.. I had a pot for food, and a village near it, occasionally I'd get things like eggs and vegetables, there was a little girl.." Felix trailed off for a moment, a smile on his lips.

"There was this little girl who used to think I was a fairy.. she had blonde hair and the most gorgeous blue eyes... if I had had a daughter, that's how I wanted her to look.. so sweet and innocent and happy. She'd wrap up some bread, or make cookies, her family thought it was funny. They'd make her things to give the fairy, and assumed she slept walked and ate them herself.." He smiled and shook his head.

"They were a normal happy family, sometimes I'd sit under her window and listen as her father tucked her in, and then she'd get up and come to the window.. and she'd talk... she thought the fairy was listening.. and I guess I was.. I was in a bush under the window, so she couldn't see me even if she had looked down. She'd talk about.. how her parents were fighting, but her mom was going to have a baby... she'd talk about how they were gonna get a puppy, but she wanted a kitten." Felix felt tears sting his eyes at the memory.

"I'd leave her little things... I'd go on hunts for weeks to find things I thought she'd like... pretty feathers and shiny rocks.. once I found a Unicorn hair up near my cave, I put it in a vial and gave it to her..." Felix smiled again and looked at Christy, unsure of what had caused this sudden swing of emotion. "I was found one day.. I thought they had all gone to bed, so when I sat up to put down a pretty ribbon I had found in exchange for a loaf of bread.. well.. her father was there. He must have seen tracks I had left and waited to see if there really was someone there visiting his daughter.. I meant no harm, but he saw me, and I disapparated."

Felix shuddered and looked away. "After that I left that area for town.. it wasn't safe there anymore and that's when I decided I needed help.." Felix trailed off and shook his head. "Hope that doesn't make me out to be a creep or anything... I've just... always wanted a daughter.."

Christy was going to reply but Felix had delved into his story. She watched him looking up at him like a child might as he told his story. It was really touching to hear. She smiled remembering a different but same little girl. The girl she once was that was as sweet and innocent as the little girl he spoke of. She could remember making Godric walk with her out into the gardens of the castle they grew up in for her own little faerie hunts. The way she was before all the cruelty in her life started to take place, tainting the innocence of her life.

Christy laughed at the fact that the little girl was going to get a puppy when she wanted a kitten. That had been her childhood. She ran a hand through her hair and continued to listen hugging her knees to her chest and leaning her head on her knees. She was actually quite happy to sit here and listen to his story. He talked about being an ass who didn’t deserve to live but this story proved he actually had a heart. "I've always wanted a kitten..but I was told I couldn't because I wanted an ocelot kitten." she smiled brightly at this. "I was always confused because Godric was allowed to have an Egyptian Asp."

She could feel her own heart sinking as he shuddered. She moved closer towards him and got up on her knees to bring her face closer, “I don’t think that makes you weird at all.” She replied smiling slightly. “Its kind of sweet honestly. It also proves you have a heart. Something that’s going to take some people much convincing in all actuality.”

She went back to finally address the question she had posed, “And it’s not so much as you being here as I don’t like the limited space available for my use here anyway. It’s not even my apartment, its my brother’s and while he might like being able to sit in the living room and walk two feet into a kitchen I do not. If you saw the castle we grew up in you’d understand I think.”

“Its so beautiful.” She said smiling as she started thinking about her home. She was the heiress to her family and her father had left almost everything including the castle to her in his will. “Its actually in the mountains. Most muggles know it as Neuschwanstein. Of course however, my family has placed massive amounts of spells to be able for us to still live there. My father descended from Ludwig II and over the years the family actually finished the construction of the castle as Ludwig died before the construction could be finished. For a recluse he had ordered a castle built that measures over 6,000 square meters and has over two hundred rooms. I could take you there one day if you like.”

Felix listened to her speak about wanting an ocelot kitten. And he couldn't help but grin as he realized that's exactly what he wanted to do for her. She had wanted a kitten, so he would get her one. He knew they were probably expensive, off a breeder most likely, and even then it would be difficult to find one and get away with them not knowing who he was. He'd have to disguise himself pretty heavily, and get some money as well. But he knew he was going to do it.

She spoke of getting a bigger place and he couldn't help but nod along with her, imagining a castle with hundreds of rooms. Plenty of area to run around in and explore. Dusty rooms long forgotten filled with old furniture and hidden passageways to towers, and servants corridors. He felt a grin flicker over his features and he looked at her nodding. "I'd love that Christy.. I'd love to see your home, and I would love to get a larger space... I just don't want to be a burden.." He said lightly, shrugging.

"I don't exactly have any.. personal belongings.. I have Hyde though.. You've not met Hyde have you? Since we got kicked out of Sophia's place, well.. he's gone off on his own for a bit, and honestly it's a bit small in here anyway to let him visit... he's a big dog." He laughed and shook his head, reaching forward to gently push aside a strand of her hair, tucking it behind her ear.

The lightning flashed outside and Felix glanced towards the window, his expression hardening slightly. He was used to Thunderstorms, in fact he had spent many a night curled up in the back of an alley with nothing more then a Disillusionment Charm to hide him from the public eye. Hyde had always been able to find great hide-outs, Felix even followed him to a few, since they were well out of the way and protected. Though the dog usually took care of himself.

"It's nice.." He noted, still staring at the window. "Being inside.."

The hidden passageways were her favorite place to hide growing up. She figured that Felix would be fascinated by this and if he was as interested in history as she was he would fall in love with the place. “You wouldn’t be a burden and I can take you there anytime you want to go.” She replied smiling, “I really should go back there more often than I do now. I wanted time to become…what’s the right word?” she bit her lip for a moment, “Established? Yes established, that’s it. I wanted to become established as to living on my own for a moment before I started to go home on visits a lot. I actually think I’ve gotten that down quite nicely.”

She listened to him talk about not having any personal belongings. It was something she had a habit of taking for granted at the best of times. She had never wanted for anything in life. If it could be given to her as a child it was and she rarely had to ask for something or was told no to something that she wanted. She wasn’t stupid by any means, she realized once she began attending school that not everyone was that case. At first it was an enigma to her at first, but she quickly learned that not everyone was raised and privileged as she was. “Well we shall have to change that.”

“No I haven’t met Hyde yet.” She smiled as she stood up hearing footsteps coming towards the door. They were so light that only someone who recognized the footsteps would have even heard. “I would love to meet him sometime. I love animals.” She made her way towards the bedroom and quickly moved inside the door and grabbed a nightgown out of her dresser and threw it on. She walked out of the room and looked over at Felix noticing a letter that had been slid under the door. “Did you hear anyone walking by the door?” she asked as she made her way to pick up the letter. She was probably she was even lucky enough to hear it with all the thunder that had been going on the last few minutes.

She picked up the letter and saw a familiar seal on it. Opening it up she read it and laughed a little. It read: What the bloody hell is there a stranger doing in my house? Why have you desecrated my bed and why are you only using three rooms? I’m following the lead of Faygen. My phoenix has sprouted a few new feathers.
-Jack Dawkins

At the bottom right hand corner of the letter was sprawled so tiny that it was almost off the page itself was a tiny phoenix that consisted of the letters GDM. She sat down and laughed, handing the letter to Felix. She knew her cousin well enough to pick up on the book references and names. “My brother’s favorite book character is the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist. I should have known he would have known I was here by now. He keeps his things charmed to know when someone enters his ‘domain’.” She sighed and looked at Felix. “I have an idea!”

Felix nodded as she spoke. To have such a house as that, he could figure her childhood for himself. Most likely like the people he had wanted to be. Those with so much much they didn't know what to do with it. People who could get what they wanted, when they wanted, and anyone would give it to them. He felt a stab of envy flow through him as he thought about it. To have anything he wanted.. would have been worth the beatings his father had given him. Instead his father had wasted their paychecks on alcohol and whores.

Felix prided himself in knowing that even when he had had money, he hadn't spent it all on that type of thing. A long time ago he had more money then he could handle, but when he went on the run his gringotts account had been shut down, as well as any muggle bank accounts frozen. Which had forced him into even further hiding then he had originally wanted. The Ministry had recognized the potential for more secretive hideouts, and done everything they could to prevent him from having them.

He shook his head when she mentioned changing that. "Not until after I'm free to move on my own.. just.. you learn that you can go without everything... you learn how much a sickle means.. you learn that privacy doesn't exist and shelter isn't a right. Food... is something you learn to live without for days until you manage to find some.." He sighed and looked at his hands. "I used to wear gloves made out of rabbit fur.. from rabbits I caught myself. Did you know there are spells to do that? Invisible traps, anything runs through it and gets caught and can't leave, for people living on their own.. very useful.."

He smirked and suddenly froze, his entire body on alert when he heard footsteps coming near the door. His hearing was still more practiced then others, having spent so much time on his own and in the woods, he knew what a footstep sounded like, he knew how the brush of something like fabric sounded at a distance. It was almost like he could hear what the person looked like. And he wasn't happy with it.

He immediately jumped to his feet and went into the kitchen, pulling his wand and looking at the door. Waiting for someone to jump in on them. Instead there was a little rustle near the ground and a letter was pushed under the opening. Christy had disappeared off into the bedroom to get clothes on, he assumed, and Felix stood, his wand at his chest, his breathing nearly stopped as he listened to the footsteps walk away again.

When Christy came back and read the letter, Felix felt a rush of relief fly through him as she laughed at what it said. Felix summoned his pants from the other room and pulled them on before sitting down next to her on the couch. Felix looked her over as she spoke. She seemed pretty okay with the fact that her brother had turned up out of the blue and left again.

Her exclamation made him jump slightly and he looked her over with narrowed eyes. "An idea?" He asked carefully, his eyes flickering towards the door repeatedly, his worry evident on his face. "You sure no one is gonna come barging in here? I mean..." He was shivering slightly as he stared at the door, uncertain as to whether he should put his wand away or not. Instead, he was just holding it, sitting straight up and staring at the door with a look of concentration.