Not the Best Homecoming... -Bella-

[Sylvester Salazar Gaunt]

Continued from A.R.K Returns

Isabella looked up as she had seen her brother in front of her. Her eyes widen as he had been a dragon? Isabella didn’t care though that he hadn’t told her about it but, just the fact Sylvester had been their even though the two haven’t really talked since she had been pregnant. She was proud of Syl the face that he had his animagus form now since he had the longest time. She just laid there until everything had been over. She was shivering because it had been so cold and her side had been burning. She felt like she had been alive again with the pain. It felt good to her but, the worse pain she had ever felt. Especially from when she had her babies too worse pain than that.

She let out a light scream as she laid there and turned over again holding her side. She just wanted to go home, her actual home right now instead of back at school. She had heard Adonis walking away and realized Alexander had been gone as well. She was just alone with her brother and it had been the longest time since she was. She winced in pain again looking up at him. “Syl?” She groaned out. She couldn’t really move. “I wanna go home.” She mumbled crying out in pain.

Sylvester watched the werewolf run away into the woods. Letting loose a low roar at the fleeing animal, Sylvester changed his throat back to normal so that he could use verbal spells - while he could breathe fire with his animagus' throat, he couldn't talk and couldn't use verbal spells - and shouted out "Crucio!" after the wolf. The curse missed and instead splintered a tree not even five feet from the werewolf. Sylvester desperately wanted to give chase to the wolf, but knew that doing so would cause him to lose the precious little time he had to help Bella. Her being a vampire already made a werewolf bite very deadly to her and Sy had only a short amount of time before the bite would prove lethal.

The former Slytherin turned to his sister and leaned down to her. He heard her say that she wanted to go home, and all he did was nod and whisper the word "Okay." He picked her up in his arms and walked quickly towards the gate. As soon as they were outside of the charms, the Gaunts disappeared with a slight pop. Sylvester apperated directly in Bella's room. He layed her down on her bed and looked her over, stroking her hair and moving a strand out of her face. "You'll be okay, Bells. Just hold on." Sylvester called out to Silver and Emerald and gave them orders to fetch Bella some water and bandages before running to his own room. He pulled open his closet and grabbed his cauldron and as many ingredients as he could hold at once. He tossed them on his desk and fetched the rest that he would need. In a few minutes, he had as the best version of the needed antidote that he could craft in so little time. It was a variation of the Wolfsbane Potion that was designed to stop werewolfism if given to a victim soon enough after the infection and, in vampires, it could save their life.

Sylvester ran back to Bella's room to see that the elves had managed to bandage her up while he had been gone. He placed a hand behind her head and helped her sit up and drink the potion. "This is our best hope to keep you alive, Bella. Drink this." He helped her drink then laid her back down. It wasn't until now that he realized how fast his heart was beating or how scared he was. He had faced dark wizards and deadly beasts and not broken a sweat and here he was now, holding back a panic attack simply because a girl was attacked by a werewolf. Summoning a seat for himself, he sat down next to her, trying his best to relax.

[Isabella Gaunt]

Isabella had felt Sylvester pick her up in his arms. It was good being that close to him. Not in that way but, a brother sister way. She loved her brother so much and he meant everything to her. She would do anything for him now. She missed being around him a lot. It was a horrible past couple of months even when he wasn’t their when the babies were born which she wished he would have been. Sylvester hadn’t been too much of a baby person. She was going to get him to try and be though. She wanted him to be in their life even though he screwed up with Anabelle. She realized now that is why he probably had been so protective of Isabella when he had found out that she had been pregnant. She remembered that very day. She wished she would have taken it back in a way but, she was glad she had been with Zeke now to and they had a house and their babies.

She had blanked out for a while until they had gotten home. She had memories of her brother and her when they were little fighting over a stupid toy. Playing games around the house and keeping themselves busy while their parents weren’t around. They weren’t ever around either. Isabella had been kind of glad that they were gone but, in a way she hated the fact that Syl used to be so fatherly like to her and treat her like a little kid. But, hopefully that will change now. She was going to try to change him. Isabella always knew how to get to his soft side. She was the only one that could. Other’s had tried but, failed.

Sylvester’s other girls you could say that would always fall for his stupid charm tricks. But, the girl that he was sort of seeing now Isabella liked and didn’t mind her one bit. She had been friends with her when she had first came here same thing with Candi. The two were different but, Isabella was glad the one that had stuck around was Alyssa. She had been the Minister’s daughter which was an extra plus even for The Gaunts and their evil ways. Alyssa could get the two almost out of everything. Even though Isabella wanted to kill Adonis at this point.

The blue haired girl had opened up her eyes lightly as he had laid her in her bed. She surprised he hadn’t changed it into one of his own rooms and had gotten rid of any of her stuff. She missed her nice warm comfy bed. She watched Syl slowly as he had been so soft and genuine towards Isabella. She smiled up at him as he had moved a strand of hair out of her face. She had winced in pain and it was growing stronger. She held onto her side. She watched as Emerald and Silver had come over to help Isabella put bandages on her. “Damn it! Silver, be careful. It fucking hurts.” She had snapped punching her bed a little. She had taken a sip of water as Emerald had brought her over a bottle of water and she took a few sips of it. “Thanks.” She said laying back down.

She watched as Syl had rushed around for potions. She had made a weird face as he had brought it back. “You’re going to make me drink that?” She had asked sitting up slightly as Sylvester tried to help her sit up. She hated taking potions but, I guess if this would help. She had took it in her hand and drank the whole thing and handing it back to him. She laid back down and rested herself on her back since her side had hurt her and couldn’t really lay on her side. She turned her head towards her brother as he had been looking all panicky. He was worried about her and she could see it in his. ”I’m sorry Syl. When I get my hands on Adonis after I’m better I’m going to kill him.” She had told him.

[Sylvester Salazar Gaunt]

It was true that Sylvester wasn't the warmest person in the world. He was cold and bitter to many people, had kicked his sister out of the house, and had even gotten into a rather potentially harmful duel with his - now ex - girlfriend. Even Alyssa who was the closest thing to a girlfriend he had now had witnessed the bad side of him once or twice, but the blue-haired girl laying in front of him had almost infinite access to his heart. Even when Sy tried to push Bella away, she always found a way to soften him up. He looked at her, inspecting the bandage job. Silver had done a good job. The rags were already rather red, but he could tell simply from that that the wound wasn't as bad as it could have been. He let out a sigh of relief at that knowledge.

Sylvester got up and walked to the other side of the room, picking up a picture of Bella and Zeke that was on her dresser. Her hair was still blonde in it. It was from before she was pregnant; before the two had even been dating. Back when they were just friends. Sylvester felt a bit of anger flare up a bit. Ever since the boy had impregnated his baby sister, Sy had had a hard time being completely cordial to the Gage boy. He put the picture down and turned back to Bella just in time to hear Adonis' name come out of her mouth.

It took a second for him to register what she had said as the shock of this whole situation still made his mind work slower than usual. Then it struck him. Adonis was the werewolf. He didn't know why he hadn't figured it out sooner. He had heard Knox was a wolf and he knew how his anger often made him strike out. Even though Sylvester had been able to hold in his anger towards Zeke, there was no chance of him holding back this time. "It was Knox??" he asked. His eyes flashed yellow and smoke came from his nostrils before he turned and punched the wall, causing Silver and Emerald to pop into the room and ask if their assistance was needed again. Sylvester took a deep breath and turned to them. "No... No... Thank you for checking, though..." he said, slowing his breath.

Sylvester turned back to Bella just as the elves bowed and disappeared with two pops. Running a hand through his hair, he returned to his seat next to her. He sat there for almost a minute without speaking before looking up at her. "I want you to stay here while you heal. I know vampires usually heal quickly, but that wound could take several days since it came from a werewolf bite." He paused for a second to let her take in the information before continuing. "I'll get you out of your classes while you heal. I'll say you have contracted a rather serious virus and need to stay at home. It's true enough. Zeke will be able to visit from ten in the morning until ten at night. Not a minute more. The twins can stay here though, if you wish. I'll let you and Zekey work that one out between yourselves. Got it?" He reached up and stroked her cheek, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "I know you hate when I baby you and act like father, but I need you to get better. You're my sister. My freaky, blue-haired, teenage mom, vampire of a sister." He laughed a little and smiled at her to let her know that his statement wasn't an attack on her. He sighed slightly and softened his smile, looking at her. "I love ya, Bells. Even if I don't always show it. I was ready to skin Adonis when I saw you hurt. I still am."

[Isabella Gaunt]

Isabella had looked up at her brother as he had checked the bandages. She had winced a little whenever he had touched them a bit. It hurt her so bad, she was almost in tears but, only one single strand of tear rolled down her face. It had been a long time ever since Isabella became human she was able to cry. It was weird that she had been able to now. She had touched one tear drop with her finger and pulled it away looking at it oddly and wiping the rest away. She hated when she had let her brother seen her cry. Because, it only made him even more angry. She could feel a little bit now too. “Hey I thought vampires weren’t supposed to be able to feel or cry?... What’s happening to me?” Isabella asked him quietly laying back down in her bed looking over to him.

She had watched him walk over towards the picture of her and Zeke. She had smiled softly and wondered what was going on in his head for a few seconds, whenever he was looking at that picture. He was never to fond of Zeke she knew he had his reasons but, she hoped he would actually soften up to him a bit as well. But, she knew she was the only real girl who could actually do that with her brother. The two were an odd pair of Siblings they had been so close. When Sylvester tried to push Isabella away she wouldn’t let him. He was the only thing close to family she had left besides Zeke and her babies. But, blood related wise too she needed her brother. She was glad they were talking now.

Isabella frowned a bit when she had watched her brother punch a wall. It had made her jump. Maybe she should have left out that part but, she didn’t like lying to him anymore. Isabella shook her head. “Yes, it was Adonis.” She said and looked down. “I kind of perhaps pissed him off a little. He saw I was a vampire and snapped at me.” She had told him and shrugged. She stayed quiet for a bit waiting for him to respond. “More like bit me anyways. Hey chill ok.. You better fix that wall it took me a long time to choose what color I wanted in here.” She said looking around her room being completely blue and black.

She watched as Emerald and Silver had popped in. “Wait.” She had told them. “Bring me something to eat when you two get a chance.... Thanks...” She had told the two house elf’s and smiled at them. She looked back at Sy as she had totally just missed the whole smoke thing.. “You’re a dragon?” She said weakly proud smiling at him. She knew he hadn’t had his animagus form yet surprised he had finally gotten it. She listened to him as he had spoken at the rest of it. “Yes I understand and I got it this time, I promise I won’t run away either.” She had told him laughing a little when he had called her his freaky blue haired sister...“It’s okay, I know you can be a bit over protective sometimes and other people don’t understand that.” She explain. She winced in pain for a second. “Oh don’t worry I’m going to skin him to when I get a chance. You were always right about him.” She said with anger and her eyes turning black without her even noticing she had done it.

[Sylvester Salazar Gaunt]

Sylvester watched the tear roll down Bella's cheek before she wiped it off. Frowning slightly, his mind started racing. This definitely meant she wasn't a vampire anymore, at least not your typical one, but he didn't think she was fully human either. Getting up, re returned to his room and returned with a couple of books: "Vampires and How to Spot Them," "The Symptoms of Werewolfism," "Werepires: Do They Exist?" and "How to Save Your Vampire Friend From the Wolves." Allowing a small smile to come to his mouth, he set the books on Bella's bed. "I wanted to make sure I knew everything about you being a vampire and how to keep you safe. It's how I knew to make that potion I gave you," he explained, motioning to the fourth book as he finished his statement.

Sylvester grabbed the werepire book and cracked it open. "Apparently, werepires are very rare. Few vampires actually survive a bite from a werewolf, but most of the few that do become werepires. The fact that you seem to be changing and not, you know, dead, is promising though. This bite may isn't looking fatal." He looked up at his sister just in time to see her eyes change color. Looking confused, he grabbed the book on werewolfism and flipped through it. He didn't think eye color changes were part of the typical symptoms, but he wasn't sure. Then it hit him. "Knox is part veela, isn't he?" he asked. "He's not a typical werewolf, so it makes sense that you wouldn't have a typical reaction to the bite." Closing both books, the Gaunt boy looked at his sister. "I don't know what changes you're going to go through, but I need you to promise me you'll stay in bed or at least won't leave the house until we know what's going on. I don't want you to spontaneously combust or start sparkling like a vampire fairy if we can't anticipate it." Laughing slightly at the idea of Bella sparkling, Sylvester took her hand. "I want you to be safe. To be okay. I need you to be okay."

[Isabella Gaunt]

Isabella couldn’t help but, smile at the fact that her brother was helping her. He was so sweet. People never had gotten to see this side of him. He had only showed it to a few close people and that was their family really and only a few others that were chosen. Isabella had watched her brother run back to his room and back in. She was glad she had been this close to him now. She snuggled underneath her black furry blanket more and watched as he had brought the books back. “Oh nice title their Syl. “How to save your friend from the wolves. Don’t you think that’s a little bit too late right now?” She had asked him curiously and just joking around. She wasn’t serious or anything. “You should have read this before you came to my rescue.” She said laughing slightly holding her side where it had hurt her. “Damn it.” She said again. “He bit me deep. I know he had been a werewolf and a veela before we know everything about each other basically.” Isabella said and covered her mouth.

Stupid, why did you have to go and say that. Now he’ll want to know. She had thought to herself and sighed quietly. She continued to listen to the rest of what he had been saying about the bite. “A werepire?” She had asked and laughed a little. “Great... Just great all I need is to be some sort of freak.” Isabella had said and looked down facing her head the other way. She nodded at the last thing he had said. “I promise you I will stay in bed. You can even have Silver watch over me or Emerald I don’t care. I actually don’t really want to go back to school right now anyways. Maybe missing a while will be okay.” She had said smiling back over to him. She turned towards him now and looked up. “Please don’t go anywhere. Stay here with me now?” Isabella asked him. “I mean I haven’t had and actually conversation with you in a long time it seems. I want you to help keep me sage too.” She had told him and missed his protectiveness. She had patted on the space next to her for him to sit at.

[Sylvester Salazar Gaunt]

When Bella said that it was too late for the books to be any good, he looked at her, then nodded to the empty phial that now set on her bedside table. "Only reason I knew about that potion was this book," he said. "Without it, I'd be the last Gaunt left alive.. Well, unless you count the twins or Seth.." Sylvester shrugged and went back to his book. He had never counted Seth as his own child, and the only time he even acknowledged any kind of relation to the boy was when he was trying to annoy Anabelle. As for the twins, Sylvester considered them more Gaunts than he did Seth, but still not as much as he could. Part of him wished he had taken Bella up on her attempts to get close to the twins, but Sy wasn't a baby person. At all. He hadn't even liked Bella too much before she turned five.

"Great... Just great all I need is to be some sort of freak.”

Smirking at his sister, Sylvester laughed slightly. "You already are a freak, Bells. Vampire. Blue hair... a Gaunt. Yeah, you're freaky as it is, sis." He laughed and sat on the bed next to her, making sure not to pull the blankets any tighter around her side where she was bandaged up. "I was actually going to go contact Zeke for you, but I guess I can bear to keep you two apart a little longer." He winked at Bella, smirking. It wasn't really a secret to anyone that Sy would keep his sister and her boyfriend apart as much as he could. It's not like he never wanted them to see each other, but when given the chance to prolong their separation, he would take it. Looking Bella over, he grabbed a strand of her hair and looked it over in his hand. "What made you go blue, anyway? Personally, I prefer blonde on you, Bells," he said, making an attempt to have the first casual conversation the two had had in many months.

[Isabella Gaunt]

Isabella loved family and everything that family meant. They were always their for each other no matter what, and they would always end up back in your life if you didn't talk to each other for months. Sylvester was the best big brother anyone could ask for and she wouldn't trade him for the world. The two were totally two different people. Sometimes they didn't understand each other but, they did in the end with each others decisions that they made. Isabella could see why Syl was trying to be her father figure in her life. She was still sixteen and young and still in school. She had no parents anymore thanks to her accidently killing them which she didn't mean too. It still had made her feel really guilty about it. Every time she had thought about it. Even though they had never been around for her and Syl and the house elves had taken care of Sylvester and Isabella Gaunt every since the two had been babies.

Isabella looked at the empty vial that she had taken a moment after the two had gotten back home. "True, your right as usual Syl." She had said and smiled at him. Her brother had always been right about everything. It had gotten on her nerves because, all of those times she had just had to be as good as him and make sure, that she was always his favorite sister/ girl. "Thanks for saving me also... Have I ever told you, your the best big brother ever?" She had said tried sucking up a little. "Oh very funny... hah-aha ." She said smirking trying to tempt to hit him jokingly in the shoulder after he had called her a freak. She stuck her tongue back out at him.

She snuggled up against her brother as he had sat up on the bed moving from the chair. "No, not yet. I don't really want him to worry. Plus I want to be with just you right now. He could come over later with the kids. Awe my babies." She said and frowned missing them already. Could you go get them for me later?" Isabella asked him curiously wondering what he would say. She knew he wasn't too much of a baby person. Isabella jumped a little bit as he had grabbed a strand of hair and looked at it. She glanced over and looked at her own blue hair. "I just wanted to be different Syl... I know everyone likes the blonde but, I wanted to go wit the blue. I'd rather stand out than fit in." She had explained to him.

[Sylvester Salazar Gaunt]

Sylvester leaned back on Bella's bed, making himself as comfortable as he could without hurting or discomforting his sister. He looked around the room, taking it in. He had never really looked at what all she had on her walls and how she decorated her room. His room had banners of the Gaunt family crest as well as the Slytherin crest hanging on either side of a fireplace, the mantle of which supported his awards he had received: his prefect badge, head boy badge, an award for services to the school (which he hadn't deserved at all. It was that snot-nosed Hufflepuff that had thought to use Lumos Solem on the vampires in the forest that night in detention. Sylvester had hung back, hoping the annoying prick would get bitten), and the award the ministry gave out to those that obtained straight O's on their NEWTs (again, Sylvester had cheated and forged every single result on that exam). Aside from that, his desk sat against one wall, cluttered with various documents, scrolls, and tomes; and his king sized bed sat against the far wall.

It was then that Silver and Emerald entered with two small platters of food. Bowing to the Gaunts, the elves placed a platter on either side of the bed, one for Isabella and the other for Sylvester. Thanking the two, Sylvester dismissed them before taking the top off his own platter and looking down at a simple turkey sandwich and chips. Popping a chip into his mouth, he looked over at his sister and asked, "You need help there? Here, let me help you. Don't want you over working yourself until you heal up some." Getting up, he moved over to her side of the bed to help the Gaunt girl.

((Sorry it's not great. I'm a bit zapped after today. Long and busy day, Christmas.))

[Isabella Gaunt]

(Bella with blonde hair same pb)

Isabella leaned up against her brothers side as she had snuggled up against her brother. It wasn't inscest at all she just wanted comfort from him. She missed her brother so freaking much and it was killing her inside. She should have never left the house in the first place. That seemed so long ago it felt like it had been month's. Which technically it had been. He wasn't even their for the birth of her children. She was kind of angry about that and how he wouldn't really be their for her kids but, she was going to try to make him soft about it and actually care. She was manipulative in that sort of way, where she could make him do stuff like that. I mean it was Isabella and she still had her ways to get to him and make him say yes.

But, now after the attack she didn't know it was going to be a lot harder than she thought. But, maybe with her being hurt and having him to help her take care of her kids while they had been there and Zeke not being at the Gaunt house while she was getting better. The blue haired girl that was relaxing next to her brother was happy she had finally been home. She was going to be closer to her brother than ever and was so hoped he never leave her side again.

The blue haired girl had changed and for the best. Ever since Adonis, she had gone through her depressing stage and while she was semi with Matthew. Having kids meant everything to her and changed her life for-ever. She never regretted anything she did. Even cheating on Adonis was probably the bestthing that had ever happened.. She should have listened to her brother in the first place. She knew he had been right. She hated that and always had to prove he was wrong when he really wasn't.

When she realized Sylvester didn't really like the blue hair, she changed it back to blonde her natural hair color. She would only really do it for him and Zeke. It was different the hair, other people weren't used to seeing her like that and she didn't mind. She shook out her hair using her magic. She was rather good at it with being a Gaunt and all and she learned all of the hair coloring tricks learned by Candi. She changed her hair color back to blonde. She looked up at her brother and smiled. "There all fixed. Just for you." She had said.

Isabella watched Emerald and Silver bring back their plates of food. Isabella had gotten a steak and was starving. She tried sitting up slowly watching her brother run over to help. "It's okay Syl I am fine." She had told him. She had gotten up and pulled her tray towards her and started eating taking little bite's at a time. "Hey, after we eat can you go and get my kids for me I miss them?"She had asked him nervously looking up at him.