Disappear

By Moony and Clare

(do you remember that time when
Daddy brought Addy home for the first time?)

They used to think that I was crazy, when I mentioned it to them.

“They don’t exist, honey. There’s no werewolf in your room.”

(do you remember when you used to
scream every night?)

Eventually, though, they began to forget me, so I left. What’s the point in having a family who’ve forgotten that you exist? Who can’t even see you any more?

(do you remember me?
ever?)

‘Leave me alone,’ I said tearfully, before I realised the significance of Addy talking to me.

‘Yes, I can see you,’ he answered my question before I could even ask it. ‘My band and I have been searching for you for a long time.’

‘Why?’ I asked.

‘Only Polaris knows,’ was his only answer.

(when are you going to stop hiding from us?)

“Children, this is Adonis. He’s going to be staying with us for a little while.”

‘You’re like me,” Polaris said when Addy brought me to meet him, but after he’d left us to talk alone.

‘I know,’ I replied: I could smell it in his aura.

‘My six companions know what I am, but only I know about you. It is up to you whether or not it stays that way.’

I nodded, and made my choice, and Polaris promised never to tell a soul.

All was well. I had a home again.

(when are you coming home?)

Years later, I can see her sitting at her desk in what used to be my bedroom.

(do you still think of me?
am I going mad like they say?
will you ever answer me, Cole?
what happened to you?)

I walk over to the desk and I think that she can almost sense my presence.

Yes. Yes. Yes, all the time. Never (sorry). I’m already here. Yes. No. Yes. I’m a sorcerer, Amy, but the wolf in my room bit me, and now I’m a werewolf, too.

Her eyes widen as she reads my reply, and she turns around. She still can’t see me.

Eight people know of me. Of those eight, only two know that I’m no ordinary sorcerer.

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