Love and Black Magic

Chapter fifty-two: Oh, children

---Important note: First of all, I do not like to place notes of this type before starting the chapter, but it is the only alternative. To make a part of this chapter I relied on a song, so the narration is consistent with the stanzas of it and goes almost with the time of it, so I will leave the video of the song in multimedia so you can Listen to it at the same time you read. It will be notified when the story begins based on that song. Thank you.---

"Wake up, remember to go with Dumbledore after breakfast," the redhead told little Black as she moved her slightly. The girl just yawned.

After about three minutes, Calynn got up quite lazily as she remembered the night before, so many revelations filled her mind with thoughts and anguish. While taking a quick shower, she remembered that today was her last full day at school, since tomorrow she would leave on that train back to that place that only reminded her of the origin of the mark of her forearm, that place where the real initiation had begun, that mansion where she made her first Unforgivable Curse, that place she should call home, even if it was not.

She dressed quickly without removing those thoughts from her mind and went downstairs to reach her friends. She walked through the corridors with her head downcast so that in this way she could avoid the eyes of the other students, both Gryffindor and Slytherin, who watched her with disgust, even when they were aware of her expulsion. She reached them in the Great Hall, entering at a rapid pace, as she sat next to Lily and began serving himself wallflower, one of the things she would miss most about school. Meryl began to talk about some children's books, possibly to distract her classmates, but Calynn didn't listen to her at all. She had the cup of her drink in her hands as she watched her with some longing, a slight feeling of nostalgia wanted to form, but, for some reason, little Black did everything possible to prevent it from forming, she was tired of sadness, her anger and courage seized her from head to toe.

However, she could not help but blame herself for suppressing her feelings, she was not sure what she was doing, she did not know if involving her friends was correct or if revealing herself in that way before the Dark Lord was the safest, she did not know if the future she was creating would be the best for everyone, she didn't want to be proud or selfish, but was it right or wrong?

"Calynn, are you alright?" Asked Meryl, who looked at her anguished this time, for the little girl had been holding the cup in her hands for a long time without exclaiming a single word.

"Yes, excellent."

They finished breakfast while little Black was just climbing the steps while trying to scare the thoughts from her head, the duel they would have right now with the teachers would be the closest representation of what they would live in a few hours and, therefore, would have do their best.

They opened the principal's office while they watched both professors and Severus, who apparently had advanced by just a little.

"Glad to see you," Dumbledore commented as he rose from his seat. Meanwhile, Meryl was beginning to uncover a potion, the one that allowed her to return to her true complexion, until Dumbledore called her. "Miss Callen, it would seem a bit more prudent for me to keep the effects of the Polyjuice potion for the duel if it is not too much trouble," the director commented as the blonde returned to leave the potion bottle just where she had found it. "I suppose you will understand that it is to observe your agility in duels in the form of the true Meryl Johnson." He finished while Meryl took out a different bottle from the previous one of her robes and took it whole while shivering slightly.

"Ready, Dumbledore," Meryl said.

Professor McGonagall rose equally from her seat, both brought the wand held tightly, but, equally, the two professors wore a rather obvious sidelong gesture.