A Broken Mind

[Jaken Styx]

Jaken was walking out of the greenhouses, after speaking with his father. He couldn't believe it. Veylo passed away in August. However, he had been expecting that for years now. However, what he wasn't expecting was his mother to suddenly die. Jaken had been pretty close to his mother, before she left for Germany. Kaleb would be out of the greenhouses soon. He wasn't doing too well with the news either. The boy needed his father, whereas Jaken needed a walk out in the cool air. However, instead of doing him any good, he was running...running from the facts. And soon, it will catch up with him. And he had yet to really truly accept the fact that his mother was...gone.

It hit him, like a bludger.

Jaken knelt to the ground, his hair curtaining his face. He didn't care that he was receiving grass stains on his jeans. His breathing became harsh and unsteady. One of his hands that was on the grass curled into a fist, and his other hand that was on his leg also formed into a fist. He would never see her again. He would never read another letter. He didn't have a mother anymore. The pain was killing him, and he felt physically ill. But as the oldest, he knew his mother more, but then again, he had to be a role model for his sister and brother. Thing is, he couldn't be there for his sister. Chavdar had her... Despite that, Jaken had to be there for Kaleb. Jaken opened his eyes, and fought all he could to hold back the tears. Though he couldn't stand up, or else he really would be sick.

 

[Andrew Bruke]

Andrew had come to the greenhouse with Jake to water Herby, Jake's mandrake. After this he told Jake that he'd like to stay out in the cool evening air for a while. Jake went back to complete his homework and Andrew decided to have a walk. As he walked he saw someone on the ground, he realised that he was a seventh year Slytherin, Jaken. He seemed sad and upset although he couldn't seem him properly yet due to his hair.

"Hey, are you alright?"he asked him then cursing himself for asking such a stupid question. Obviously he wasn't alright. He sat by the elder boy and waited for an answer.

 

[Jaken Styx]

Jaken heard a voice, and the question floated in the air for a moment, before it processed. Jaken shook his head slowly, making sure he didn't get sick right there. But he said, "I'm fine. I just have to pull it together... Or else we will have a crazy Styx on the loose. My little brother." He ran a hand through his hair, to see who even spoke to him. The teen was younger than he, but was older than Kaleb. Jaken doubted that Andrew, the name came to him suddenly, would know his little brother, because Kaleb dormed with Jaken. Jaken just glanced back at the greenhouses, expecting his brother to run by any moment. It wasn't a secret that Professor Styx was the father of the two boys. But what is unheard of is the father actually attempting to comfort them. Or try to. "I just feel a little dizzy."

 

[Andrew Bruke]

Andrew didn't understand, not one bit apart from the fact that this seventh year seemed to be going through something sad. "Well you can come to the castle with me and talk to your brother" he suggested as he faintly remember a Styx being sorted this year into Slytherin.