Year 4, Chapter 2: Denial

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"Your father... Timothy Lavander was murdered." These are the words Angelo heard, and then everything seemed to go... blank, numb, Angelo was in too much shock to feel, too much to hear or see, he just stared into space.

His friends looked in shock at the information, Betty looked at Angelo, waiting for him to react, worried about her friend, wanting to hug him but Angelo showed no reaction, Roderik looks at his friend with grief, as does Charlie

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His friends looked in shock at the information, Betty looked at Angelo, waiting for him to react, worried about her friend, wanting to hug him but Angelo showed no reaction, Roderik looks at his friend with grief, as does Charlie.

"A-Angelo?" Tonks is the first to ask, approaching and trying to hug him, but he rejects.

"I-it's okay... It's not true, right... Professor Dumbledore?" Angelo asks, his voice breaking, his breath panting.

The teachers look at each other, a complex reaction was to be expected, but Angelo didn't let a tear fall, but his expression still seemed to become more and more like someone... lost.

"Angelo... We deeply regret your loss... Truly... The teachers are here and we will warn the others about a possible drop in performance." Macgonagol says, and the teachers nod, even Snape nods in agreement.

"Angie-..." Betty tries to get closer, but Angelo storms out of the headmaster's office, leaving his friends worried.

"Mr. Angelo is going to go through very difficult days or even months... I'm counting on you to help him get through this horrible situation." Dumbledore says.

"But do you know who killed him or how it happened?" Roderik asks, slightly surprising the teachers.

"The plane, a means of transport for Muggles, that Timothy was on was attacked by a dark wizard... But we don't know who it was or his intentions." Professor Flitwick says.

"But... Angelo will recover, right?" Tonks asks, afraid of her friend's situation.

"Angelo is a strong and kind boy, he will recover... But I fear that this incident... Could make him explore what he shouldn't." Dumbledore says, leaving the group with slight fear.

"Are you saying there's a chance for  Angelo to fall into the dark arts?" Roderik asks.

"Even though he's kind, Angelo is still a Sangueevar... The dark arts run in his blood... A push like an overwhelming grief could be enough for him to enter the darkness once and for all." This time Snape says.

"But Angelo would never do something like that." Betty says defending her friend.

"Miss Black, at 12 years old, Angelo already murdered a witch more than twice his age, even though it was in self-defense, it still happened." Dumbledore says, and Charlie is caught off guard.

"He killed a witch?" He asks.

"It was a dark witch, she almost killed me and Merula." Betty says explaining.

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