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𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳, 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀.

𝗛𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟴, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽, 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀.

𝗛𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁-𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘁. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

"𝗘𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲, 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀.

𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗽. "𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.

𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸. "𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱.

"yes, yes I do. And so do you." Argus said as a fact.

"I'm Polina. Polina Norris. And you are?" She held out her hand politely and Argus shook it.

"Argus Filch." He smiled. This was going rather well. "Do you come here every weekend or?"

"Oh, yeah, I come here on Saturdays. My mother drops me off here and I spend my morning here and my afternoon exploring Diagon Alley."

"Oh. Well, would you like to maybe leave a little early today and join me to walk around Diagon Alley?" he asked as he stood up and held out his hand. Polina giggled and took it.

"Of course kind sir, how nice of you." They both laughed and went their way into the big world. 

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