sorrows and shadows

Ashborn looked at the leaving figures with a sigh. He can't go as the diatnace is too much, not to mention even if he goes it'll take more time for him to return. He plans to go when the year ends. Ashborn looked at lonely figures in the great Hall.

He gazed at ron who is playing chess alone. Harry is also going to Christmas since he James and Lily Potter are alive. So most of the school is gone and only a few are left. Ashborn and Ron are one of them.

Meanwhile in Potter manor, Lily who is waiting for her child looked ag Harry and asked," Harry did you see your twin brother in Hogwarts? ", Harry frowned and shook his head while Lily felt sad in her heart.

She is torn between thinking it's her child she gave birth to and at the same time thought it's a devil's spawn. She don't know what to believe anymore. She wanted to meet adrian one last time to get rid of this once and for all.

Lily shook her head and hugged harry while a little girl trotted and hugged Harry's leg. Harry smiled widely and hugged his sister before kissing her cheek wuike isabella said," Hmm, you stinky brother. You'll ruin your sister's cheeks with that smelly mouth. Don't kiss me unless you have gifts for isabell or else isabell won't talk to you".

Harry laughed and took some toys for isabell. Isabell jumped in joy and hugged Harry before kissing his cheek. James meanwhile looked at Lily who is smiling at her children and asked in a low voice," Why do you care about that devil anymore? Let's forget him like a nightmare. It's just an ancient contract or something that surfaced here. We're humans Lily. He is a devil, don't trust him easily", Lily didn't say anything and just nodded, but in her heart she is keep calling her second born son, Adrian. Her heart isn't calming down, it keeps on teeling her that she made a mistake while half of her mind is teeling her she did it right and the other half is arguing he is her son and how can she be so heartless.

At this time however Ashborn suddenly felt someone is calling him and turned around. But he didn't see anyone, he frowned and get back to reading his book. Then the call appeared again. He thought he is hallucinating and ignored it completely.

He is focussed on reading the book. But then he stopped because he didn't hear someone calling him Ashborn, they called him Adrian. He trembled as his mother's harsh words and being treated like trash in Potter manor resurfaced in his memory.

This is the disadvantage of having a photographic memory. They can't forget anything they saw or hear. Especially the dark parts of their past. Ashborn is now experiencing it. In the past it's not that big since he is surrounded by people of live stone.

But now he is alone it's starting act again. He shook his head off and get back to reading the book, but then he heard the calling Adrian again and stood up taking deep breath anger clearly evident on his face. Even after trying kill him, this woman is still persistent in her own efforts.

This voice although rised a hidden love for mother within is covered deeply by a sea of hatred, disgust and sorrow. Who won't be sad when a mother said you shouldn't have born and you're waste of space just a burden on earth, along with words like it should have been better if you died at the birth.

His mind raced as all those painful memories sealed deep inside resurfaced again and again. He goes outside and activated a protego as the twins tried to throw snow balls at him. He then started a snow ball fight with them and calmed down for a while.

But then he keep on hearing the voice calling Adrian the entire day and the memories keep on repeating themselves both sweet memories and nightmares. For the first time after he is born Ashborn shed a tear from his eyes. Even after escaping from the order of Phoenix and knowing his mother fed him poison he didn't cry.