Year 1, Chapter 6: The House cup

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Angelo would just start walking to Hogwarts, but notices that Merula had suddenly stopped walking, he continues his way and stops next to her, noticing a different look on her face, it seemed that she was feeling conflicted.

"I...damn it...thanks, I guess." Merula struggles to say, as if she doesn't know how to thank someone for something.

"What do you mean?" Angelo asks genuinally confused, but Merula didn't bought it.

"Forget it." She says, now irritated, thinking that Angelo was taking advantage of this situation and mocking her, and walks back to the castle, this time without stopping.

Angelo just ignores the way she behaved, and continues as well, entering through the gates, with a vague look at everything, still remembering the desolating screams of the Dementors, the intense cold he felt that even cracked the skin on his face and hands, staining with a bit of blood, and especially the desperation of the prisoners, all of this was too much for an 11-year-old boy.

Continuing through the corridors, it was like he were walking automatically, without atention while looking ahead, and then he realized, he was being hugged, he didn't recognize who it was because he only realized he was being hugged during the act, seeing only the black school robes by the back of the person, so he pays attention to the voice .

"We were so worried about you Angelo." The voice was Betty's, sobbing as she held him tightly, then he realized that this would be the moment, Angelo hugs her in return and cries with relief, knowing that he was finally safe to let those emotions flow out.

He doesn't say anything, he just hugs her tightly, and then in the background he sees Tonks with Roderik running towards them, they both hug him too, Tonks also started to cry, noticing the state that her friend was in, with spots of blood on his body.

"What happened Angelo?" Roderik asks, worried about the state of his friend, noticing frozen blood on the cheek and at the school's shirt.

"I just... need a rest..." Angelo says, his voice was weak, it sounded like he was trying hard to speak in an audible tone.

"Take him to the dorm, Betty, then bring him to eat dinner." Tonks says, touching Angelo's face, feeling that it was colder than natural, she takes opportunity to caress his cheek to make him feel better.

Betty then takes Angelo to the bedroom, asking him to sit on the sofa near the fireplace, she then sits next to him, and notices that he has a distant look on his face, trying to calm his own mind.

Some students ask what happened to Angelo, worried that he had wounds and paler skin than normal, and Betty just dismisses them, asking them to go mind their own business, when the dorm appears to be empty, Betty turns her attention to her friend.

"You're loved Betty...even being a Ravenclaw." Angelo says, still weakly, now looking at Betty.

" Angelo says, still weakly, now looking at Betty

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