Serpent Queen

chapter 4

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻- 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲
Heaven-normal
𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓-𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗦
Heaven and her drakons smile at this knowing what it was leading too
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲.
“𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻?” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗹𝘆.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 –
"He had a gun around children? " Said lily
"What's a gun? " asked Regulus
"It's like the Killing curse but sends metal pellets after the target at high speed and depending on the place the target was hit or how far the bullet was logged it can kill"  explained the pure bloods were horrified at how advanced muggles are becoming.
𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
“𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱. “𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 — 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱!”
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 —
𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗛!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘄𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿. 𝗔 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿. 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘅 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲.
"It's uncle sev" both the future black cousins said in unsion
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲. 𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺
“𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗽 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗲𝗮, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗵? 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆.…”
𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿.
“𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝗽, 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.
𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸
“𝗔𝗻’ 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲.
“𝗟𝗮𝘀’ 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁. “𝗬𝗲𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗺’𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀.”
"Rude, I'm all grandmother Dorea thank you" said heaven with a slight Huff
𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲.
“𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝗶𝗿𝘀!” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴!”
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘂𝘀
"𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲" 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱
“𝗔𝗵, 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗽, 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗲,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁; 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮, 𝗷𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻.
“𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆 — 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀, “𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗵. 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 — 𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.”
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘅. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀, “𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂?”
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱.
“𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.”
"𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲
"SNAPE? " exclaimed barty crouch jr and Evans Rosier both getting glared at by their friend
𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗺.
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗲𝗵?” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱,
“𝗜’𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗵’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁, 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱.”
𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗯𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲; 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗮 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘁, 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮. 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗳𝗮𝘁, 𝗷𝘂𝗶𝗰𝘆, 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲. 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗹𝘆, “𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆.”
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗹𝘆.“𝗬𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻’ 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻’ 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆,
𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆.”
𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲.”
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱.
“𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. 𝗔𝗻’ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗵, 𝗜’𝗺
𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 — 𝘆𝗲𝗵’𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗼’ 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲.
“𝗘𝗿 — 𝗻𝗼,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻.
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱.
“𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆,” 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆.
“𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆?” 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀. “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆! 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻’ 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂’ 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻’ 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱! 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹?”
“𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁?” 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻.
“𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧?” 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. “𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀’ 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱!”
𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁. 𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘁. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹.
“𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲,” 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀, “𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 — 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹! — 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’ 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂’ — 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚?”
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗱. 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆.
Growls were heard throughout the hall at the words hurt making most of the first years cower.
"𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀,” 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳.”
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗠𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗬𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.”
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?”
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲. “𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗬!” 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱.
𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 “𝗠𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲.” 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻.
“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗱,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀.
" pfft I lost my parents! I didn't care for something like fame! I wanted my family " heaven said glaring heated at the screen while her soulmates rubbed her shoulders for comfort.
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁? 𝗠𝘆 — 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆?”
“𝗬𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄...𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄....” 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲.
“𝗬𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲?” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.
“𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽!” 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱. “𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗶𝗿! 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴!”
𝗔 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺; 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲.
“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿? 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿? 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆! 𝗔𝗻’ 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀?”
“𝗞𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲?” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆.
“𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣! 𝗜 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨!” 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰.
𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿.
“𝗔𝗵, 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗵,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱. “𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻— 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵.”
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘁. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱
"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲" 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲
Chuckles ran through the hall
"Don't worry flower I had the same reaction" said lily looking fondly at her future daughter who smiled at her mother while rubbing the back of her neck
“𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 ” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, “𝗮𝗻’ 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻’ 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 ‘𝘂𝗻, 𝗜’𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗵’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗯𝗲? 𝗔𝗻’ 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂’ 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.”
𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘀. 𝗛. 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿,  𝗛𝘂𝘁-𝗼𝗻-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮. 𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱:
𝗛𝗢𝗚𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗥𝗬
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗦 𝗗𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗘
(𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗰., 𝗖𝗵𝗳. 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲
𝗠𝘂𝗴𝘄𝘂𝗺𝗽, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗱. 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀)
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝘀. 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿,
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀
𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝘆. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟭.
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆,
𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹,
𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗹?”
“𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻’ 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘄𝗹 — 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹, 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗱-𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘄𝗹 — 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻:
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲,
𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄.
𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱
"You can read his writing? " asked binns
"Yes I can" said the lady potter with a slight smile
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗹, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗸, 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆.
“𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗜?” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.
“𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱.
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱.
“𝗜’𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗺,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱.
“𝗔 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁?” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. “𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, “𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗔𝗻’ 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻.”“𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗲’𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗵,”
𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻, “𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲’𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱!”
“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄?” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. “𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮 — 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵?”
“𝗞𝗻𝗲𝘄!” 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆. “𝗞𝗻𝗲𝘄! 𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄! 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲, 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀? 𝗢𝗵, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 — 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗻,
"That was only because of James! " said lily glaring at her soulmate who smiled smugly
𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 — 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸! 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗵 𝗻𝗼, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆!”
𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 — 𝗮𝘀 — 𝗮𝗯𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂!”
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲. 𝗔𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱,
“𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘂𝗽? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵!”
“𝗖𝗔𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗛!” 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲
𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿. “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲! 𝗔 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹! 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻’ 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲!”
“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱?” 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆.(𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄)
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀.
“𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. “𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻’ 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗵, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻
𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗵 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 — 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻’.”
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁'𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳
𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀.
“𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗵 — 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁’𝗿𝘆, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁.…”
𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗜𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 — 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 —”
“𝗪𝗵𝗼?”
“𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 — 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗶𝘁. 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀.”
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁?”
“𝗚𝘂𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻’ 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻,𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁. 𝗦𝗲𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 ...𝗯𝗮𝗱. 𝗔𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀...”
"He won't say it" said Peter becoming confused when she merely smirked at him
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁.
“𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻?” 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱.
“𝗡𝗮𝗵 — 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 — 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁. ” 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱.
People gasped
"Nix always had a way of getting thing out of people " Daphne gushed at her soul sister
“𝗗𝗼𝗻’ 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻’ 𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗚𝗼𝘁 ‘𝗲𝗺, 𝘁𝗼𝗼 — 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼’ 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, ‘𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻’ 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳
𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀…𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻’ 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. ‘𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 — 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗲𝗺.
𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄-𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆
𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆.
“𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄.𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁’𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄-𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 ‘𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲…𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’ 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲.
“𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗱𝗲 '𝗲𝗺...𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻’ — 𝗮𝗻’ —”
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻.
“𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗱 — 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗱𝗮𝗱, 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 — 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆….
“𝗬𝗼𝘂-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄-𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗲𝗺. 𝗔𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 — 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁’𝗿𝘆
𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁, 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻’ 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁. 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱? 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗵 — 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 '𝗲𝗺, 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 —
All who knew those families bowed their heads
𝗮𝗻’ 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱.” 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱. 𝗔𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲:𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿
Tom looked down in guilt while Heaven held his hand and sent a soft smile at him
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆.
“𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘁….”
“𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱; 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱.
𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗱, “𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁, 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 — 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗱 —”
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁. 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗜’𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 — 𝗜’𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 — 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱….”
𝗜𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻; 𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁.
“𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻
𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.  𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸, 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗼𝗹-, 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 — 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝗬𝗼𝘂-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄-𝗪𝗵𝗼?”
The future group gasped dramatically
"The only time she's ever said it like that" said Blaise holding his hand over chest
"Other side dumbass" heaven said as Blaise had his hand on the wrong side everyone laughed at the dark skinned Italian who pouted and muttered something in Italian that gained a smack on the back of his head by his lover
“𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁’𝗿𝘆, 𝘀𝗲𝗲…𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻’ 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 — 𝘄𝗵𝘆’𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼? “𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗽, 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻’ 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’ 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’ 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱’𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻’ 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
“𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻. ’𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’ 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’ 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻’ 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 — 𝗜 𝗱𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻’ 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.”
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱, 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺,𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱. “𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱,” 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆, “𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 .”𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝘂𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼
𝗧𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱.
“𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗵? 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆?”
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿.
“𝗦𝗲𝗲?” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱. “𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 — 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.” 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲
"Go Bambi/pronglette/flower/cub" said her parents and Remus making her feel happy that they stood by her
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. “𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴?” 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱. “𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗵 — 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 —”
“𝗜𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼, 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗺,” 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱. “𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻’ 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀! 𝗬𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗱. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻.
"Really? " asked a second year griffindor
"Yup! I remember playing with my toys and my dog stuffie was to far from my reach then it floated in my hands, papa and dad were so happy mama was just glad I didn't hurt myself" she said with a sad yet happy smile making her family look at her lovingly knowing she deserves everything and anything not that she's ever agree.
𝗦𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱—”
“𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗣𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦!” 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻.
The past winced knowing it wasn't gonna end well
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿. 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱, “𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 —” 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, “— 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧 — 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗦 — 𝗗𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗘 — 𝗜𝗡 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧 — 𝗢𝗙 — 𝗠𝗘!”
𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗴’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Everyone laughed
"See crescent! He really is a pig" said neville making his other girlfriend pout cutely while the other cooed
"Stop teasing my Little Crescent " said Heaven making Luna latch onto her and the future group laugh harder
𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿
𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱.
“𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆, “𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮
𝗽𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼.”
𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘆 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀.
“𝗕𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗜’𝗺 — 𝗲𝗿 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻’. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳 — 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯.”
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰?” 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻
“𝗢𝗵, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 — 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 — 𝗲𝗿 — 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻’ 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿. 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲.”
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱?”
“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻’ 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄,” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝘆. “𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴"
𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻.
“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁,” 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗗𝗼𝗻’ 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁, 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼’ 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼’ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.”

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