Family Reunion

[Patricia Styx]

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and Patricia had gotten off early from work once again, with the shop being as quiet as it usually was Patricia wasn't too surprised when Elliot let her get off at lunch time. Unsure what to do with her new found spare time the 15 year old made her way along the quiet streets of Brightstone. She was quite surprised at just how quiet the Village was for a Sunday afternoon, normally it would be packed but she figured everyone, or at least the majority, was over in the new Mall. Although the Hufflepuff wasn't complaining, to have some quiet while just walking was rather peaceful. Patricia fiddled with her necklace as she walked along the edge of the water where the boats took the students to the Mall, Patricia always felt attatched to this area, it's areas of green simply drew her to it. Although now with it being Autumn there was also hints of rich and deep reds, oranges, golds, yellows and other colors that were very eye catching. She never knew why nature appealed to her so much, she knew her mum had a green thumb, being very proud of her flowers and arrangements but when she thought about it, her dad was the Herbology Professor. Patricia shook the thoughts out of her head, she didn't like to think of him as that, as she continued to walk along she tried to clear her mind and enjoy the beauty for what it was.

 

[Hades Styx]

Hades sat on a bench in the Brightstone Village. He was studying a few files, when his stormy eyes caught a girl, one younger, about Alessine's age before she was killed, and Hades could have sworn that she looked familiar. Turning to his files, Hades tried to recall where exactly he had seen that brunette before. Sunday afternoon, it was not a day that he often stalked anyone. It was a lazy day for Hades, a day for studying. Hades narrowed his eyes, and realized, he saw her picture on the tree. Hades pulled out a copy of the tree from his trenchcoat, and he opened it, while putting the files away. His eyes narrowed in on the name of the picture of the girl who just walked by. Patricia Rogers. So, this is my one and only half-sister. How...intriguing. Hades smirked, but he had to glance up at the girl, down at the tree, up at the girl, down at the tree, in order to confirm it. It was true. It was her. Putting the tree back in his trenchcoat, Hades stood up, and with his tall, massive body that would greatly signify that he was her brother after all, connected to Kalif, he approached Patricia. Hades murmured, "Patricia Rogers, isn't it." Statement, for he knew the truth already. A light smile graced his lips, lessening his natural creepy appearance just a bit.

 

[Patricia Styx]

As Patricia walked along, getting slightly bored, she wished some of her friends would show up and talk to her, keep her company. She missed talking to her friends it felt like forever since she had a talk with any of her girl-friends as she had spent a fair bit of her time with Ruki. Although she wasn't complaining about the time she had spent with him, she was enjoying it, the thoughts of her birthday came back to her and a soft smile graced her lips, it was a great day. Her thoughts were put on hold when she heard someone say her name. Turning she looked up at a rather large and if she was being honest creepy looking man. Frowning her eyebrows as the stranger knew he name Patricia nodded, "Yes. Sorry do I know you?" she asked, she was sure that she had never seen the person before, she would remember a face like that.

 

[Hades Styx]

Hades smirked. She doesn’t know him. That’s just unpleasant. Hades sighed, “I guess we will just have to cut things short.” Hades would have pulled out the family tree, but did not feel the need to. After all, why would he lie about something like this? “I figured that you don’t count your real father as a…dad… How would I know that Kalif Styx is your father?” Hades glanced at the ground, and he smirked, “He is mine as well. Same as you, he wasn’t there to raise me.” Hades chuckled softly, and he finished, “Just thought you would want to know who is the oldest of your…other side of the siblings.” Hades turned and he started to walk away from Patricia.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia observed the man in front of her, now certain that she had never meet him before. Although as she continued to stare at him some of his features seemed familiar but she was unsure how. Patricia frowned her eyebrows as he talked, how could this stranger have anything to cut short as he put it. Now as well as his features his mannerisms seemed familiar also, but, no, not possible she thought shaking her head. The only person she knew who liked to cut things short was her...real dad. Although the suspession began to grow and grow as this strangers words reached her ears. No one knew that Kalif Styx was her father apart from a select few that Patricia had felt close enough too, to tell and a few of her new family members knew also but that was out of her control. Unless...? She raised an eyebrow at the man in front of her, he did look familiar and the more she thought about it he did share some of the same characteristics as her father...their father?

Her eyes widened as the man confirmed the growing suspessions she had. Patricia hadn't met any of her siblings yet. It seemed strange going from having two brothers, to one brother to, well a few more. When he informed her that Kalif wasn't there to raise him either the memory of the one and only personal talk she had with her father came to her mind. He had told her that night that he did have another son in the same situation as Pat, but then again he had chosen to accept his new family, something Pat didn't feel like doing anytime soon. As Patricia's mind began to spin with this newfound knowledge she looked up at the man again, just to see him walking away. "Hey!" she called, "Do I even get to know your name?" she asked, she wasn't fond of getting to know her new family but at least she had something more in common with this man than the rest of her siblings.

 

[Hades Styx]

Hades stopped dead in his tracks. Patricia called after him, and Hades turned his head so he could stare at her. Hades turned half-faced Patricia from a few yards distance. Hades stared into brown eyes, and Hades was wondering, should he even share information with a sister who didn't really want anything to do with her new found family? Hades knew much of the information that went on with the family, an honor from being the Guardian of the Zhefarovich family. Hades responded, with a sly smirk, "Why would I share information like that with you?" Hades glanced at the ground, before he stared at her once more. Hades shrugged, "I don't think that you would even care to know your other side of the family. None of us. So, sharing a name would simply be rather pointless anyhow, wouldn't it?" Hades turned his back on Patricia, and started to walk away once more.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia waited to see if her brother was going to turn around and grace her with the knowledge she asked of him. She couldn't believe that she was looking at one of her siblings, it was so surreal. Sure she knew that she would have some new siblings when she found out that Kalif Styx was her father but she never really thought about what it would be like to meet any of them. She watched as her brother slowly turned round, she eyed him curiously, he seemed to be taking his time to just tell her what his name was. His answer caused her eyes to widen with an amused shock. She listened to the rest of his words, they were indeed true, she didn't really care about her new family but what was in a name? "What's the big deal about knowing your name? You know mine so it's only fair is it not?" she called after him again, if all of her family acted like this she definately didn't want to know anything about them. "It's not like I'm going to stalk you or anything!"

 

[Hades Styx]

This all caused Hades to laugh. "If you care so much about knowing a name, then I'll reveal. Even though I think it is pointless because if you don't care about the family, you won't remember it anyhow." Hades turned and he apparated. He appeared behind Patricia and he murmured, "The name is Hades Lutrov." Hades smirked a bit, staring down at his sister. Oh how he loved playing games. Hades folded his arms across his chest and he noted, "Stalk me? My dear, I doubt you have it in you to truly stalk someone. That gift can only be graced to one of our siblings." Of course, he was talking about himself. "Everyone knows about you. But do you care to know about all of them? No matter how 'fair' it is to say the least?"

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia wondered what was so amusing about the whole situation, she for one wasn't enjoying the whole experience of learning about her new family, not in this manner anyway. She refrained from rolling her eyes at her brother's response but had to blink a few times as she saw him disappear before her eyes. Jumping slightly in the spot Patricia let out a gasp as she heard him talk from behind her. Patricia raised her eyebrows as she heard the name, Lutrov? She had figured he had a different name growing up, not having Kalif raise him that was a given but if he had taken to his real family so well Patricia was surprised that he hadn't taken their name.

She didn't dwell on this though as she listened to Hades continue to talk. "I said I wouldn't stalk you." she reminded him. "Not that I would want to stalk anyone. Whoever was unlucky to get that skill can keep it." she told him, it wasn't the most appealing of things for Patricia, it was just down right creepy. She was a bit uneasy about the fact that everyone knew about her. Of course it was only fair she knew about them too, well it seemed that way to her. Whether she actually wanted to know about them was a different story. A part of her did want to know about the other half of her real family, but things such as having her dad as her Professor was a bit off putting. "I wouldn't mind having some more knowledge on my family. I'm just waiting for someone to tell me." she said, she figured Kalif probably wouldn't tell her and to be honest, he wouldn't be the first person Patricia would go to for answers - not again anyway.

 

[Hades Styx]

Hades muttered, "Oh, those skills can come in handy, don't you know?" Hades figured that she would never understand, but then again, not many would ever understand him. Why would they? Just by appearances, he was not one to tamper with. "If you wish to know more about the family, I do think I can assist you in that. Though the appropriate one to go to is our father. He will answer any question thrown at him, very bluntly. But if you wish to have more of a history, then go to the Patriarch, your grandfather. But for everything else, all you need is an older brother." Hades smirked, one hidden with many schemes and plans. "Next time when you get off of school, how about I personally teach you about the history of the Zhefarovich family. Just the basics, and the members."

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia simply shuck her head from side to side whilst giving her brother a questioning look, she would hope she never found herself in a situation where being a stalker came in handy. Then again... her mind wondered momentarily, the skills would have their advantages but she stood by her initial reaction and forgot about them as quickly as she had learned about them. Patricia listened to his words, intrigued at the prospect of learning about her family. It was still a weird thing for her to think about but as the saying went, 'You can't choose your family' so she was trying to come to terms with it. Having some extra knowledge about them, she figured, couldn't be a bad thing. After all what's the worst she could discover? When he said she should go to their father she quickly dismissed that as an option, she was still keeping that one fact from her peers and wanted to keep it that way; any extra time spent with him could be seen as suspicious to some. The second option confused her a litte, mainly because she had never heard of the word Partriarch before, but when he added grandfather she kind of understood.

She listened to his offer and considering she had told him she wanted to learn more about her family she agreed. "Sounds good. Just a few things for now. One, why do you call our Grandfather, the Patriach? Two, apart from you how many older brothers, or siblings in general for that matter, do I have? And three, Zhefarovich? I thought the family name was Styx?" she asked him. The first two questions didn't matter too much to her but the last question had stumped her completely, she had heard of the name Zhefarovich only a few times recently, but that was because two of her Professors had that name, she just really hoped her Muggle Studies Professor and her Headmistress weren't related to her also.

 

[Hades Styx]

Hades thought for a moment and he said, “He runs the family, sided with our father. The Patriarch is nothing more but a title passed down from the ancient days. Kalif is the Head of the family, whereas Asparuh is the God, if you understand that.” Hades knew that the questions would be coming, but not too many at a time. Successfully hiding his anger, he answered, “Jaken is your only older one. There was another, between you and Jaken, but she died in a tragic accident. There is Kaleb Styx and Kailie who are both younger than you. Then there is the one Nicolette is carrying.” Hades knew that it was a lot of children to gather, but the family was a rather large one. Hades shook his head, “Father changed his name a little after I was born, and I may know why but that is highly secret. We are truthfully Zhefarovich descendants. Styx is just another name.” Hades could not explain it, not without saying that Kalif was a Death Eater and had to change his name to get the Ministry off his back.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia listened to Hades' words and gave them time to sink in, it was a lot to take in but at least she was finally learning something about her new family. To hear her Grandfather being referred to as God was admitadely strange but she wasn't going to comment on that, she would have to meet him first before judging him. To hear the names of her siblings was a realisation for the Hufflepuff teen, sure she knew she had them but names made it all more real. She had almost forgotten that Niccy was pregnant with Kalif's child, but she was used to that by now and she was sort of excited about being an older sister - although with Kaleb and Kailie she already was. The last piece of information was still the one that had confused her the most, a highly secret reason for changing his name she repeated Hades' words over in her head, what type of person was her father? "OK I think that's enough information for one day I think." she said with a frowned eyebrow, she had taken in fair bit of information and despite all the other questions that was buzzing through her mind she had enough to dwell on for now. "So we should do this again sometime. Thanks for this." she said honestly, some of the things may be hard to take in but finally finding out about her family felt good.

 

[Hades Styx]

"No problem, Patricia." Hades smiled a bit, though it only added to his overall creepy appearance. He then remembered, "Oh, you might want to take in mind something else. There is another tradition, and Hadan recently received it, so you might want to ask her about that mark on her back." Hades smirked, and within a blink of an eye, Hades was gone. He apparated out of her sight, but this time, he did not appear behind her. He was...gone.