!!!!
Hearing Axel's words, Daphne's heartbeat sped up for so reason, and her tears temporarily stopped, as she felt a burst of excitent in her heart for no apparent reason.
But, as she tried to think why,
her head began throbbing badly, and her thoughts were in a complete ss just looking at him.
"Axel... Hunt... right. You're that guy..." she murmured, but as she tried to recall, she began to feel that sothing was amiss. "What the—"
The pain in her head intensified, as she realized her head was filled with a lot of blanks. Her mories... they were... fragnted... incomplete... as if parts of it had just disappeared out of the blue. She felt as if sothing precious had just been ripped away from her, causing her an unbearable pain.
Daphne's confused face started to turn into one of pain and panic. "Mom? W-What happened to ?! Who is he? Why... can't I rember?! And why the hell... does it hurt so much?" She asked, tears streaming down her cheeks as her breathing beca uneven.
"Daphi..." Astoria could no longer hold it in. She hugged her sister, as she began crying as well.
"It's alright, honey," said Evelyn, as she hugged her as well. "Everything's fine. It's just a mory loss..." Daphne was already quite shaken after losing finding gaps in a majority of her two years worth of mories. The Greengrass matriarch couldn't bear to tell her that she had lost sothing she cherished the most at this mont.
On the other hand, Axel's fists clenched as he saw her situation becoming unstable as soon as she saw him. 'System, what should I do?! How can I make her situation better?'
[Axel, seeing you, or thinking about you stimulates her mind to search the freshly ford gaps in her mories, which used to be her mories with you, causing her ntal pain and anguish at their sudden loss. For the mont, the only thing you can do is to stay away from her until her mories settle down. Getting close to her would only cause her more pain.]
'Fuck...' Axel cursed, as what he feared beca true. This is in line with what the healers had said. Daphne had just lost sothing precious from her mories, and her mind was protesting at the sudden loss.
It's not sothing new, since similar cases have happened when wizards have used obliviation spell to make a person forget all about a significant part of their lives.
The solution the Healers had suggested, was to keep Axel out of her life for the ti being until her mind gradually settles.
Axel and the Greengrasses had, of course, held so hope that the healers were wrong, but seems like that was not the case.
So, while hugging Daphne, Evelyn looked at Axel over her shoulder and gave him an apologetic nod, aning they would be proceeding according to how they had discussed.
Axel looked at Daphne who was in an extrely bad state due to him, her beautiful but pale face contorting due to pain and panic and her nose red from crying, and his fists clenched.
'Damn it...' he thought as he reached out his hand towards her.
He wanted so much to just hug and comfort her, to let her cry on his shoulder and say it's alright, to tell her that he's sorry for being such an insensitive fool. But...knowing that it was not an option, he sighed and withdrew his hand back to his side, lowering his presence instead.
"Temporarily, you are free of ," he murmured silently to himself as he got up, his presence low enough to escape the won's notice.
From now on, Evelyn and Astoria are going to do their best to erase all traces of Axel from Daphne's life. There's no point of him staying here any longer. Sighing, he turned his back on her.
"Wait... mom, where is that guy?! And what in Morgana's na was he doing in my bedroom in the first place?! argh! Son-of-a—!"
But, before he left the room, Daphne had already noticed his absence, frantically looking for him. But her condition only got worse at once again trying to rember him in vain.
Feeling extrely stifled, Axel fled the Greengrass manor, only stopping after he was far, far into the wilderness.
As soon as he stopped, he released his Occluncy, causing a magical shockwave to ripple throughout the surroundings with him as its center.
Lightning crackled, and it started to rain, soaking through his skin which was practically blue at this point.
Scenes of Daphne flashed through his mind. Them laughing together, training together, or just sitting together, in each other's company. All that, was gone.
"Fuck!" Axel punched the trunk of a big tree that was beside him, causing it to shake.
*BOOM*
He punched again, taking out his frustration and helplessness, and the tree shook even more violently due to the sheer physical force. He wasn't holding back right now. Each of these punches could burst right through a human skull.
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
Under the rain and thunder, he punched out again and again as the stiffling feeling inside him beca unbearable. His insides felt hot, as if his blood was boiling.
Another scene flashed through Axel's mind, this ti of Daphne hugging him tightly. "Anything. I'll do anything for you." she had said.
*snap*
Axel let out a roar, as his fist broke through the thick tree trunk which should have been impossible to do with his strength.
???
Looking at his hand which he was expecting to be broken, he found it enveloped in a water thick coating of water, preventing it from any damage.
[Congratulations, you have unlocked your Water Affinity]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked the skill, water Bending]
Notifications flashed in front of Axel's eyes, but he paid them no heed. At the mont, he couldn't care less. But at least the stifling feeling he had been feeling was now gone, and he was now feeling... relieved... energized... and stable.
'System... how do I bring back her mories?' He demanded.
[Axel, it's possible, but the information cannot be directly disclosed to you.]
"CUT THE BULLSHIT, AND TELL !" he exclaid. "Or Voldemort will not be the only Dark Lord you'll need to worry about."
Axel was not in the mood to ss around at the mont.
[The mission. A chain quest of five tasks. You will have to accept it without choice in the future. The information can be given to you right now as one of the rewards.]
Axel almost laughed out loud. "Oh, you're good…" he muttered. The system definitely knew how to take advantage of a situation.
Daphne ant it when she said she'd do anything for him. Well, he now realized that he felt the sa.
"Fine. I accept."
The information got transmitted to Axel's head, and he slowly nodded in understanding, his expression changing to one of serious contemplation.
"It's troubleso, but at least it's possible," he muttered, beginning to walk again, hope once again igniting inside him. The thod was difficult to execute, but it was definitely possible. Thinking of his next destination, he prepared to use Apparition.
He had already known how to do it, but had never tried before since he didn't want to take the risk of flinching. But when he needed to go to Saint Mungo's urgently to see Daphne, he had apparated there directly without much thought. It was a hospital anyway. They could have patched him up if he didn't arrive in one piece.
Thankfully, he had arrived smoothly and realized that it wasn't much of a big deal. If you're not a clumsy idiot you can do it in one try. So, he had learnt Apparition.
With his destination pictured, Axel disappeared with a loud snap. He now already had a clear goal in his mind: To Bring back Daphne's mories as soon as possible. And he knew what he had to do in order to achieve it.
"Guess I have a lot of work to do, huh?" For what he was about to do, he would need a lot of money. And what better place to get it than from the most from the people who had been accumulating an unimaginable amount of it through various crooked ans? The Mikhailovs.
It also happens that he has a small grudge to settle with them, for making his Incoming days at Hogwarts much worse by revealing his past information to the world.
"Thanks for your mories, Maksmilian," he muttered, feeling grateful for knowing exactly how to get the money.
…
January 2nd, 1993.
Kings Cross, Platform 9 ¾
The familiar scarlet engine emitted steam as hundreds of students and parents passed through, carrying all sorts of trunks. The new year's holidays were over today, and the students were catching the return train to Hogwarts in states of reluctance or excitent.
At the barrier between the platform, a significant crowd was gathered, so reporter while so just students and parents. Surprising, all of them waiting for the arrival of one Axel Hunt.
The reporters were already hounding him for his brilliant performance at the Quidditch match, but then in one night, he was declared the son-in-law of the Valentino family and had beaten up the Heir of the Mikhailov family. If that wasn't enough, it also turned out that he was actually, just an orphan with no family background, probably even a Muggleborn.
Such a person, who used to live in a dilapidated Muggle Orphanage being ostracized, had crawled his way to the top of the Wizarding world in just two years.
Without a doubt, he was the hottest topic of discussion, debate, and controversies in the Wizarding World right now. His na was on top of the most searched list in 1993.
The crowd had been waiting for a while, every ti soone would step through, they'd be surprised by a gathering of so many people and caras. So partially famous people would put on a surprised expression, misunderstanding that the crowd was waiting for them, but their delusions would quickly get crushed when they would be completely ignored.
Standing not far away, Daphne Greengrass looked at the crowd with so puzzlent. Now she could bear the pain of trying to recall the mories enough that her mom had allowed her to rejoin school.
"It's all for him?" She muttered.
She could hardly believe that the Hunt guy was actually her friend at so point. At least that's what she had found out through her sources. She herself had no mories of the guy. From what she had gathered, they had stopped being friends after he had gotten famous, with him not even talking to her anymore.
'Typical celebrity behavior,' she thought with so disgust. The fa most likely got to his head.
'Who wants to be friends with him anyways?' She thought to herself, suppressing the unknown pang of sadness she felt at that.
Her mother and sister had kept their quiet whenever his matter ca, so she figured she was hurt by his actions. But so what? She had changed ever since the mory incident. Now she was no longer naive enough to want to be friends with such a person, was she?
While she was lost in thought, the crowd began clamoring, making her pay attention. The reporters were flashing their caras, and the civilians had taken out their Magi-mirrors to record.
'Is he here?' She thought, her heartbeat quickening for so reason.
Sure enough, through the partition, a tall and extrely handso boy stepped through. Looking at him, Daphne had to accept that he was sowhat good looking. His dark hair with Amber streaks, coupled with his Amber eyes and two light scars on his eyes and cheek only added to his charm. And she finally understood why she was probably friends with him.
'Was I this shallow?' She thought. She would never give a second thought to anyone's looks now. She scoffed. If that was it, then it's no problem. The boy can go fuck himself for all she cared.
Just as she was about to forcefully walk away, she heard the questions posed by the reporters, causing her to pause.
"Axel, how is your Engaged life with Miss Valentino fairing for you?!"
"Mr. Hunt, How does it feel to marry rich?!"
"Is it true that you're a Muggleborn?!"
"How was your life after the Orphanage?!"
At such rude questions, a small frown ca onto Axel's face. The attitude of the reporters had gotten much worse compared to the last ti, most likely due to his background. 'Alright, if that's how you wanna play...'
"Axel, do you not feel shad getting engaged to Miss Valentino with your background?"
Axel looked at the reporter with a smirk. "Why? Are you jealous?"
"Mr Hunt, do you think you deserve soone as beautiful and capable as Goddess Martina?"
Axel cast a suspicious glance at the reporter. "You sound like a creep. She's only 15, you pedo."
"Mr. Hunt, what tricks did you use to get yourself engaged to Martina? Is she pregnant?"
"No, not everyone got their wife like your father, you pitiful mistake." replied Axel.
Boom. The questions lessened after that. The reporters weren't too eager to get roasted on live tv in front of everyone. These clips often go viral, and the reporter in question is then forever disgraced.
"Axel, have you kissed Martina yet?" Another one dared, but… it might be the worst mistake of his life.
"No, but I've definitely kissed your mother."
BOOOOM. OOOOOHHHH...
Axel looked around, daring the reporters to ask more questions, but after the last, the reporters were really scared.
"Mr-Mr Hunt! W-Why are you being rude to us?" Asked one of them after gathering his courage.
Axel nodded at the reporter understandingly. "Sucks to be on the receiving end, eh? Ask reasonable questions next ti, I might be lenient and just ignore you."
With that he walked out of the encirclent, forcefully pushing past the reporters in his way. No one had anything to ask anymore. The replies were getting more and more savage, and… they really didn't want to be at the receiving end.
As he walked by, he paused a little when he was Daphne among the crowd, but activating his Occluncy, he looked away as he continued walking.
"That was..." said soone as he had gone.
"Savage?"
"Yeah!"
"It's Savage Axel!"
"Hey did you record it?!"
"In 4k, mate."
"Upload it now!"
The crowd began clamouring with excitent. Other than the reporters who had gotten their asses served, the rest of the crowd definitely had a blast witnessing the spectacle.
...
Ba-dump, Ba-dump, Ba-dump
Daphne looked at Axel with her heart beating like a drum. Pointing a hand to her chest, she tore her eyes away from him. So, it wasn't only the looks.
'Alright... Now I understand why...' she thought with so helplessness. She might have a real problem at hand.
....
A.N.: Axel vs Hufflepuff in the next few chapters.
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