Reverse Falls: Battle for the Journals

At the Acropolis

Gideon was the first to speak.

"So," he began with his hands in his pockets. "The twins seem to be closing in on us. And the journals. So we should probably do something about that, right?"

Had the circumstances been different, Kathy would have laughed. If it was the middle of the day and she hadn't been woken up in the middle of the night when she was sleeping, she might have found what Gideon said a little funny. After all, he made the whole situation sound not so serious with how he phrased it.

Unfortunately for Gideon, it was not morning and Kathy was very angry. Instead of laughing, she just glared at him.

"Yes, we are all aware. We all got our own little warnings. Now do you have something useful to contribute or not?" She asked.

Gideon visibly gulped and looked down. "Just trying to lighten the mood."

Kathy rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Well, do that some other time. We need to get serious."

"Kathy, calm down," Pacifica said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Kathy jerked her shoulder around from her touch. "I will not calm down! Do you guys not understand the gravity of the situation? The twins are closing in! They know we're here and if they know we're here they'll catch us! And even if they don't, they figure out some way to track us down! Maybe resort to putting some tracking devices on us?"

Pacifica didn't mean to be insensitive but she laughed. This caused Kathy and Gideon to look at her judgmentally. Pacifica immediately shoved down, laughed, and explained herself.

"I don't think that they'll resort to muggle tactics. I mean, last time I checked they loathed muggles. They saw them as the mud on their shoes. I don't think that is going to change."

Gideon nodded. That made sense to him.

Kathy, however, didn't see it that way.

"They're getting desperate. They'll resort to anything. You're fooling yourself if you think you know what they would and wouldn't do."

Pacifica scoffed. "Oh, please." She said in disbelief.

Kathy scowled and took a step forward. "Need I remember that Mabel and Dipper Gleeful dropped out of Hogwarts to find us. They perform for all the muggles they hate. They are forced to thrive off the love and cheers of the very people they hate most. They will do anything. Even if it means giving up what they love most." She paused. "Their dignity."

Pacifica gulped. She hadn't thought of that.

And then Gideon realized something.

"Doesn't that make them more dangerous?" He asked.

Pacifica looked confused. "What do you mean?"

Gideon scrunched his eyebrows trying to figure out how best to explain. "Well, they have no dignity. They're a joke in the wizard community, especially to every lower-class wizard who they mocked for being less rich than them. For being less pureblood than them. For being less powerful than them."

Kathy rolled her eyes. "Yes, we know that already. Your point?"

Gideon glared at her for interrupting him and continued. "Now that they're the laughingstock of the wizard community they'll want the Journals of Merlin more. They are after all the most valuable and powerful artifacts in wizard history. If they get the journals and return to the wizard community with them, then their life would go back to the way it used to be."

Kathy nodded. "To them, the journals are the things they need for everything to go back to normal again."

Pacifica shook her head. "But they won't get back to normal, will they? They'll be more powerful than before. They'll have more respect. And be more wealthy if they play their cards right."