#delphini riddle
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glacierberries · 3 months ago
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i would love to see a time travel au where a younger voldemort meets delphini
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willdarknessdivideblog · 6 months ago
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Back with another Dramione fic🌙
artist: Mr Al
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mistressaugury · 19 days ago
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Delphini "Diggory" undercover.
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ameriatenebrae · 7 months ago
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Why was Bellamort always canon
Delphini Riddle;
I actually don’t believe Delphini was born in 1998. I think it was in 97.
The reason is that in the books, Bellatrix is absent from the entire book. (Except that event in Spinner’s End, which happened in the summer-autumn of 96 and after that we see Bellatrix at the Death Eater meeting, which happens in July 97 but that's in the Deathly Hallows).
That means Bellatrix was absent for at least nine or ten months in that book. You think that’s just a coincidence? And where was she?
In my opinion, after rereading the books for I don't know how many times now (xD) she was glued to LV, who was in my opinion, fully aware of her pregnancy. And since he was traumatized by his mother dying in childbirth (which is also implied in the books), it also makes sense that he wanted her by his side. Another thing is that he certainly didn’t want anyone to see her pregnant. Because I think the death eaters were aware of something going on between them two and LV didn’t want anyone to know that Bellatrix is, indeed, pregnant with his child.
Bella wasn’t there, when Dumbledore was killed. Which I consider strange, because if you like it or not, Bellatrix was a very powerful witch and the highest ranking death eater, considering Lucius failing LV over and over. And no, Snape wasn't the highest ranking either, since LV didn't trust him 100%. LV sent Peter Pettigrew to Spinner's End so he and Snape could spy on each other basically (xD, very mindful, Tom, very demure). (And do you know why? Because Bellatrix had been telling Tom constantly that she doesn’t trust Snape, it seemed like LV ignored her opinion but I think he rethought it and sent PP there just to be sure.)
So why on earth ?! From a strategical point of view, it doesn’t make sense for Bellatrix not to be there?! And LV was aware of that so it must’ve been his meant decision to not send her there.
Just think
 It had to be something really, really important
 She would’ve been there if it wasn’t.
Delphini could be born in May – June 97. (It would be actually ironic, if she was born the same day Dumbledore died, 30th June 1997
 Just a thought!)
Bellamort;
Secondly, I know it’s hard for some people to accept this, but Voldemort did CARE
 He maybe didn’t love her or maybe he did, in his own twisted way, because we aren’t talking about fairytale love with these two. But he certainly wasn’t ignorant towards her. (opposite of love). It was unhealthy and toxic but at the same time they were kindred spirits who just accepted each other and even tho LV would never say it out loud, they also needed each other.
“But hE TrEaTeD hER BaDLy”
When exactly did Lord Voldemort treat Bellatrix badly? I can’t recall one time he was harsher to her than to other death eaters. And if you want to bring up that scene at Malfoy Manor, when he humiliated her and the Malfoys. You're right, he did, he enjoyed humiliating people. And yet, he took the shame from her in the next few sentances and focused solely on the Malfoys, because Lucius failed the Ministy mission, not Bellatrix. And he even made it up to her in the next paragraph. He didn't have a reason to be mad at her.
He actually treated her with the most respect he could.
He never punished her badly. Not so harshly like the Malfoys. She is described as unharmed after that fiasco at Malfoy Manor. And what’s more, she is by LVs side in public shortly after, whereas the Malfoys are home prisoned and I think Lucius might've been tortured even. He personally trained her, put his energy and time into her, because he saw potential in her. He saw her madness as a source for her powerful dark magic, not something she should suppress, that’s also why she was so devoted to him. Because he was the only person who respected her for who she was. Because in the end, they were both just two extremly broken souls (pun intended).
Further:
He was the happiest he had been in 14 years when she escaped from Azkaban. You may try to say that he was happy because he had 10 more death eaters. That would make sense if the other page wasn’t talking mainly about Bella. (Remember, JK Rowling was intentional when writing, it’s not a coincidence, that she’s focusing on Bellatrix after that statement. She chose every word of all their interactions and Harry's perspective on them intentionally).
He called her “Bella”, a short version of her name, that only few wizards, mainly her family used. He even called her Bella when he was angry about the borken prophecy.
She was the only one, who wasn't scared to speak first when talking to him or touch him even when he said no.
He entrusted her with his soul, whereas he gave the diary to Lucius just to get it to Hogwarts, never telling him that it’s his horcrux. But the cup was given to Bellatrix for protection. And it’s even symbolic, because that cup was Helga Hufflepuff’s, the founder of the Hufflepuff house which stands for loyalty
 and who’s the most loyal servent of the Dark Lord?
He rescued her from the Ministry, I think that’s obvious. He certainly didn’t have to. And yet he did risk the whole operation and exposed himself to the whole Ministry. And we’re still talking about the most selfish man here
 but he did it
 and he did it just for HER, because he CARED. There’s no other logical explanation to this. He came the second she called him and rescued her because he didn’t want her in Azkaban again.
And you can see the difference in LV's behavior towards Bellatrix, Lucius and the other DEs. He didn't help Lucius to get out of Azkaban right away. Instead, he tasked his only son to kill a man, he himself wasn't able to kill simply to mock and torture him mentally.
Yes, from Dumbledore’s words, we were made to think that Tom really doesn’t care for anyone other than himself. But Dumbledore wasn’t aware of Bellatrix’s status at all! Because he didn’t suspect that Voldemort would give his horcrux to her. But we know, Voldemort did just that. And another problem with Dumbledore's preception on this is that he didn’t know much about Tom’s life (certainly not his private life) after his years at Hogwarts, so he couldn’t know about Tom’s realtionship with Bella. It was just his opinion, not a fact. He said, he *thinks*.
And Voldemort’s reaction to her death
 That made everything clear, He cared for Bellatrix more than for the piece of his own soul living in Nagini. He had a worse reaction to Bellatrix's death than to, mind you, Nagini’s death
 and she was HIS LAST HORCRUX. He lost the control of his magic (which doesn't happen often, since we're talking about THE Lord Voldemort here). He was so furious that McGonagall, Kingsley and Slughorn (all three very powerful wizards) were blasted through the air because: "Voldemort's fury at the fall of his last best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb. Voldemort raised his hand and directed it at Molly Weasley" he even tried to avenge her death and kill Molly. If Bellatrix hadn't meant so much to him, why would he waste his energy and time on killing Molly? Have you seen him avenging the death of someone else except Bellatrix? And if Harry didn't intervene, he would do just that. Because he lost it at that point. Death took another person (first his mother), who loved and admired him uncoditionally. All of his other DEs fleed or died. He knew he was alone and mortal. A human.
In my opinion they led, let's call it a Dual Relationship. As Bellatrix implies that LV tells her everything and yet he tells her to be quiet often. He calls her Bella when they're is just the two of them and mocks her in front of others. There's a disconnect between his behaviour towards her. So, in my deduction; there was Bellatrix Lestrange, the most loyal sevent of Lord Voldemort: which was basically their work mode. (And I'm a bit sad we didn't get more of their team work while fighting because I think they made an excellent work duo.) And then there was Bella and her Lord and their private life. Bellatrix wouldn't be against it being public, I'm sure about that. But I think LV didn't want others to know about him having some feelings or a soft spot for her, it would make both of them more vulnerable = since as you can see above, he lost control over his magic because of her dying. But he didn't manage to hide it that well because even Harry (from whose perspective are the books written) notices that there is something between them; "As to a lover"...
And on top of that, Bellatrix was the ideal match for Tom; a very beautiful, powerful witch from a pureblood family. Devoted solely to him.
So Bellamort had been canon even before the CC was released.
But the biggest question is; Why would Lord Voldemort want a child? A hard one
 yes
Some explanations:
a) to continue with the Slytherin bloodline.
b) it was an accident, but he let Bellatrix keep the child, so she could be later trained into really powerful weapon (just like Bella)
c) it was that reward beyond Bellatrix’s dreams, he mentioned earlier in the series. He talked about it in the fourth book when he said that the Lestranges will be rewarded beyond their dreams.
d) last possibility, the most out of Voldemort’s character; In the case horcruxes failed, he would be still “alive” through his daughter. – I personally don’t believe this was the case
 but who knows?
To sum it up: Bellamort makes more sense than people think. And the CC just confirmed it. period.
Delphini could be conceived around October 1996 and could be born, not in 1998, but in 1997 (before the Battle of Hogwarts). THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THIS <3
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leonardomagne · 4 months ago
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The Princess of House Black and her Dark Lord đŸ’šđŸ–€â€ïžâ€đŸ”„đŸ’— By @Adelika
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heavenlybodies333 · 4 months ago
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Sneaking out - T.R. & M.R.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ‘đąđđđ„đž đŒđšđ§đšđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đ­. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 đžđžđ«đąđž, đźđ§đŹđžđ­đ­đ„đąđ§đ  đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŹđžđ­đ­đ„đžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐞 đ©đšđŹđ­ 𝐩𝐱𝐝𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, đ°đĄđžđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšïżœïżœđœđšđŹđąđšđ§đšđ„ đœđ«đžđšđ€ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐹𝐹𝐝𝐞𝐧 đŸđ„đšđšđ«đŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ« 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ„đ„, đđšđ«đ€đžđ§đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬. 𝐘/𝐍 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đšđ„đ°đšđČ𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐱𝐭 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐞 đąđ­đŹđžđ„đŸ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đĄđšđ„đđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭𝐬 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ, 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠.
𝐓𝐹𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ€đ§đžđ° đžđ±đšđœđ­đ„đČ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđšđ«.
𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ„đžđšđ§đžđ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ«đœđĄđ°đšđČ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đšđ§đ đŹđ­đšđąđ«đœđšđŹđž, đĄđžđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ đœđ«đšđŹđŹđžđ 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđ«đšđ§đ­ đđšđšđ«. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ§đđ„đž đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ. 𝐀 𝐬𝐹𝐟𝐭 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ§đ­đ«đšđ§đœđž đĄđšđ„đ„ 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭 đšđ©đžđ§đžđ 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧—
𝑹𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌.
𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ„đšđłđČ đŸđ„đąđœđ€ 𝐹𝐟 đĄđžđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐘/𝐍 đŹđžđšđ„đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ« 𝐬𝐡𝐼𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ§đšđ§đŻđžđ«đ›đšđ„ đŹđ©đžđ„đ„. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đ«đąđ©đ©đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ§đđ„đž 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐀 đ©đšđźđŹđž. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đČđšđ§đ€đžđ đĄđšđ«đđžđ«. 𝐍𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 đđžđžđ©đžđŹđ­ 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞.
"đŒđšđ­đĄđžđ«."
𝐘/𝐍 đŹđŠđąđ«đ€đžđ, đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ«đ°đšđ«đ 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ« đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ 𝐬𝐰𝐼𝐧𝐠 đšđ©đžđ§ 𝐭𝐹 đ«đžđŻđžđšđ„ đĄđžđ« đžđ„đđžđŹđ­ 𝐬𝐹𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ‘đąđđđ„đž, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ«đ°đšđČ, đźđ­đ­đžđ«đ„đČ 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 đđšđ«đ€ đœđźđ«đ„đŹ đ°đžđ«đž đ­đšđźđŹđ„đžđ 𝐛đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđœđĄđšđšđ„ đŹđĄđąđ«đ­ đźđ§đ­đźđœđ€đžđ 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŁđšđœđ€đžđ­. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đŹđšđ«đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đ đšđ­đĄđžđ«đąđ§đ .
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐛đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđĄđžđžđ« đ„đšđšđ€ 𝐹𝐟 đžđ±đšđŹđ©đžđ«đšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đžđ±đ©đžđœđ­đžđ đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđšđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐩.
"đ‡đžđ„đ„đš, đŹđ°đžđžđ­đĄđžđšđ«đ­," 𝐘/𝐍 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŹđ°đžđžđ­đ„đČ, đšđ«đŠđŹ đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đœđ«đšđŹđŹđžđ. "đ‹đšđŻđžđ„đČ 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ°đšđ„đ€, 𝐱𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐱𝐭?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đŸđ„đąđœđ€đžđ«đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđąđ«đŹ, đ„đąđ€đžđ„đČ 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ°đĄđžđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ„đ đŠđšđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đšđšđŠ đ›đžđŸđšđ«đžâ€”
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯đČ đŸđšđšđ­đŹđ­đžđ©đŹ 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đźđ©đ©đžđ« đ„đžđŻđžđ„.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. 𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ‘đąđđđ„đž, 𝐱𝐧 đšđ„đ„ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđšđ„đ, đœđšđ„đœđźđ„đšđ­đąđ§đ  đŸđźđ«đČ, đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đąđ§đ  𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđąđ«đœđšđŹđž, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đšđ§đ  đ›đ„đšđœđ€ đ«đšđ›đž đŸđ„đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐩. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đźđ§đ«đžđšđđšđ›đ„đž, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§ đžđžđ«đąđ„đČ đœđšđ„đŠ, 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đ°đšđČ𝐬 đąđ§đŸđąđ§đąđ­đžđ„đČ 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐱𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐞 đšđ§đ đžđ«.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŹđ°đšđ„đ„đšđ°đžđ đĄđšđ«đ.
"𝐘𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đ­đĄđ«đžđž 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐹 đžđ±đ©đ„đšđąđ§ đČđšđźđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đ„đšđ°, đœđšđ§đ­đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ„đąđœđ€đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ, 𝐬𝐡𝐱𝐟𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. "𝐈—"
"𝐎𝐧𝐞."
"đ‘¶đ’Œđ’‚đ’š, 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏—"
"𝐓𝐰𝐹."
"𝐈 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒!" 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ, đ­đĄđ«đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đźđ©.
đ’đąđ„đžđ§đœđž.
𝐘/𝐍 đšđ«đœđĄđžđ 𝐚 đ›đ«đšđ°. 𝐓𝐹𝐩 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ, đźđ§đ›đ„đąđ§đ€đąđ§đ . "𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔," 𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ©đžđšđ­đžđ.
"𝐘𝐞𝐬," 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ›đ«đšđœđąđ§đ  đĄđąđŠđŹđžđ„đŸ, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐹đČ𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 đšđ„đ«đžđšđđČ đœđ«đžđžđ©đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞. "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đđ„đšđąïżœïżœđžâ€”đ’đ’Šđ’Œđ’† 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒎—"
"𝐃𝐱𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚đČ đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ 𝐠𝐹?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đœđ„đžđ§đœđĄđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰. "𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐼𝐩𝐞𝐝—"
"đ–đ«đšđ§đ  đšđ§đŹđ°đžđ«," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐜𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đŹđŠđšđšđ­đĄđ„đČ, đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đœđ„đšđŹđžđ«. "𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐞. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđŹđ€."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐬𝐜𝐹𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝, đŹđĄđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ đ đžđ 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđźđ«đ„đŹ. "𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐠 đđžđšđ„, đšđ„đ«đąđ đĄđ­? 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đŸđšđ« 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 đĄđšđźđ«đŹâ€”"
"𝐈𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐠 đđžđšđ„ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ§đžđšđ€ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ©đšđŹđ­ 𝐩𝐱𝐝𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đœđšđ§đ­đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐱𝐭 𝐧𝐹𝐰. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ©đšđ«đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đźđ§đ­đšđźđœđĄđšđ›đ„đž 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đźđ§đđžđ«đŹđ­đšđ§đ?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬. "𝐎𝐡 𝐩đČ 𝐠𝐹𝐝—"
"𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 đČđšđźđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ°đšđ«đ§đžđ đŹđĄđšđ«đ©đ„đČ.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đœđ„đžđ§đœđĄđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐬, đžđ±đĄđšđ„đąđ§đ  đĄđžđšđŻđąđ„đČ đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐬𝐞. "𝐈’𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚 đœđĄđąđ„đ."
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐞𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đœđšđ„đđ„đČ. "𝐒𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đąđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ đ«đąđ­đ­đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡. "𝐒𝐹 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐈’𝐩 đ đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ 𝐧𝐹𝐰?"
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 đœđšđ«đ«đžđœđ­," 𝐘/𝐍 𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐧. "𝐓𝐰𝐹 đ°đžđžđ€đŹ. 𝐍𝐹 𝐇𝐹𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞 đ°đžđžđ€đžđ§đđŹ, 𝐧𝐹 đ©đšđ«đ­đąđžđŹ, 𝐧𝐹 đŹđ§đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭—"
"đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đąđđđąđ§đ ?" 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ, đ­đźđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đ­đšđ°đšđ«đđŹ đĄđžđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐰. "𝐌𝐼𝐩—"
"đ“đĄđ«đžđž đ°đžđžđ€đŹ," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đđšđ«đ€đ„đČ.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŸđ«đšđłđž. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđšđ­đĄđžđ«, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đžđ§đ­đąđ«đž 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 đŸđ«đźđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đąđšđ§. "𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓?!"
"𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ€đžđžđ© 𝐠𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠?" 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đœđšđ„đŠđ„đČ. "𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đŠđšđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐡."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đšđ©đžđ§đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐩𝐹𝐼𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐭, đ©đ«đšđœđ­đąđœđšđ„đ„đČ đŻđąđ›đ«đšđ­đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đšđ§đ đžđ«. 𝐇𝐞 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ đ„đąđ€đž 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đœđźđ«đŹđž 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠, đšđ« 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŻđžđ«đČ đ„đžđšđŹđ­, đ›đ«đžđšđ€ 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđ«đźđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đąđšđ§, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđŠđšđ«đ­ 𝐞𝐧𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đ©đźđŹđĄđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐹 đŸđšđ«.
𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 đ„đšđœđ€đžđ. "𝐅𝐱𝐧𝐞," 𝐡𝐞 đŹđ©đšđ­. "𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆."
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đĄđžđžđ„ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŹđ­đšđ«đŠđžđ đźđ© 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđąđ«đŹ, đŠđźđ­đ­đžđ«đąđ§đ  đœđźđ«đŹđžđŹ đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŹđ„đšđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đžđđ«đšđšđŠ đđšđšđ« 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄđšđźđ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ§đšđ«.
𝐘/𝐍 đžđ±đĄđšđ„đžđ, đŹđĄđšđ€đąđ§đ  đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. "đ“đžđžđ§đšđ đžđ«đŹ."
𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ«đźđ›đ›đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đžđŠđ©đ„đž. "𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐩𝐞."
𝐘/𝐍 đŹđ§đšđ«đ­đžđ. "𝐎𝐡, 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘."
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đŹđ§đźđœđ€ 𝐹𝐼𝐭, 𝐘/𝐍 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đĄđžđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đšđŻđžđ« đ›đ«đžđšđ€đŸđšđŹđ­ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đšđ§đ 𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠 đĄđšđ„đ„ 𝐹𝐟 đ‘đąđđđ„đž đŒđšđ§đšđ«. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ„đšđźđœđĄđžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ›đ„đž, 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đ đ„đźđžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đ„đšđ­đž, đ›đšđ«đžđ„đČ 𝐩𝐹𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđšđ«đ€ 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐞.
𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐝 đ€đžđ©đ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đšđŸđ­đžđ« đ đ«đšđźđ§đđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐩. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧’𝐭 đŹđ©đšđ€đžđ§ 𝐭𝐹 đžđąđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘/𝐍 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đŹđąđŠđ©đ„đČ 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐝 đšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 đ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ©đźđ§đąđŹđĄđŠđžđ§đ­â€”đ©đšđ«đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đĄđžđ« đ«đšđźđ­đąđ§đž 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đđžđšđ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 đ«đžđ›đžđ„đ„đąđšđ§đŹ. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐹𝐰, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđšđ«đ„đČ đŠđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đ„đąđ đĄđ­ đŸđąđ„đ­đžđ«đžđ đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đŹđĄđšđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŹđźđŹđ©đąđœđąđšđ§ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐞 đ«đąđ đĄđ­.
𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đ©đ«đšđšđœđĄđžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ›đ„đž, 𝐚 𝐬𝐼𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 đŸđ„đšđŹđĄ 𝐹𝐟 đœđšđ„đšđ« 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đĄđžđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞—𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐’𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌.
đ“đĄđžđ«đž, 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ„đ„đšđ« 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđĄđąđ«đ­, đ°đžđ«đž đđšđ«đ€, đźđ§đŠđąđŹđ­đšđ€đšđ›đ„đž đŠđšđ«đ€đŹ.
đ‡đąđœđ€đžđČ𝐬.
𝐘/𝐍’𝐬 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ 𝐡𝐱𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝. đ‡đžđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐭 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ„đ đŹđ­đšđ© đĄđžđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ, đ đ«đąđ©đ©đąđ§đ  𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 đœđšđ„đ„đšđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČđšđ§đ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧, đžđ±đ©đšđŹđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđźđ„đ„ đžđ±đ­đžđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ€đŹ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞. đ‡đžđ„đ„?" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŁđšđ„đ­đžđ, đąđ§đŹđ­đšđ§đ­đ„đČ đ©đźđ„đ„đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ đŸđ«đšđŠ đĄđžđ« đ đ«đšđŹđ©. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđžđ„đ„, 𝐌𝐼𝐩?!"
𝐘/𝐍 𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐝, 𝐰𝐱𝐝𝐞-𝐞đČ𝐞𝐝, đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ€đŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ§đžđœđ€. “𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐬?" đ‡đžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, đŸđźđ„đ„ 𝐹𝐟 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đđąđŹđ›đžđ„đąđžđŸ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đšđ§đ đžđ«.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 đŸđ„đźđŹđĄđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŠđąđ±đ­đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 đžđŠđ›đšđ«đ«đšđŹđŹđŠđžđ§đ­ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐹đČ𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐯𝐞𝐝 đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ. "𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐩𝐞," 𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đšđ°đ„đžđ. "𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?"
𝐘/𝐍 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩, đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ©đ«đšđœđžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đĄđžđ«. "𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ, đĄđžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đ„đšđ° 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹ, "𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐱𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞?"
"𝐈’𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ­đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐭," 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ, đŹđ„đźđŠđ©đąđ§đ  đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđĄđšđąđ«. 𝐇𝐞 đ­đ«đąđžđ 𝐭𝐹 đŹđĄđąđžđ„đ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ§đžđœđ€ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐘/𝐍 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐭.
"𝐖𝐡𝐹 𝐱𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞?" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ©đžđšđ­đžđ, đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đœđ„đšđŹđžđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đ„đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ„đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞. 𝐘𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đŠđšđ«đ€đŹ đšđ„đ„ đšđŻđžđ« đČđšđźđ« đ§đžđœđ€."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ, đ«đźđ›đ›đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. “𝐆𝐹𝐝, 𝐌𝐼𝐩, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đđ«đšđ© 𝐱𝐭? 𝐘𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 đšđ„đ«đžđšđđČ đ đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ 𝐩𝐞—𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭?”
"đ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐧 đ«đąđ đĄđ­ đČđšđźâ€™đ«đž đ đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ," 𝐘/𝐍 𝐡𝐱𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, đĄđžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹđ„đČ đœđ„đšđŹđž 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đŸđźđ„đ„-𝐹𝐧 đŹđ§đšđ©. "𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđąđ§đ­đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ€đŹ, “𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐬 𝐚 đ°đĄđšđ„đž đšđ­đĄđžđ« đ„đžđŻđžđ„. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 đšđ„đ đšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹?"
"đ€đ„đŠđšđŹđ­ đŹđąđ±đ­đžđžđ§," 𝐡𝐞 đŠđźđ­đ­đžđ«đžđ, đ đ„đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 đĄđžđ«. "đ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐚 đ›đąđ đ đžđ« đđžđšđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐬."
𝐘/𝐍 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đ«đžđšđđČ 𝐩𝐹𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠, đĄđžđ« 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 đœđ„đąđœđ€đąđ§đ  đšđœđ«đšđŹđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ›đ„đž đŸđ„đšđšđ«đŹ 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đĄđźđ«đ«đąđžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ›đ„đž 𝐭𝐹 đ đ«đšđ› đĄđžđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝, đĄđžđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đ§đžđŻđžđ« đ„đžđšđŻđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐩. "𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝐟𝐱𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ§đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž, 𝐱𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 đŹđ­đšđ«đ­ đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ, 𝐈 đ°đąđ„đ„â€”"
𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ«đšđšđŠ 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐼𝐞 đĄđžđ« đ„đžđœđ­đźđ«đž. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đ›đšđ«đžđ„đČ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 đ đ„đšđ§đœđžđ 𝐚𝐭 đĄđžđ« 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ€đžđžđ§ 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đąđŠđŠđžđđąđšđ­đžđ„đČ đŸđ„đąđœđ€đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐹đČ’𝐬 đ§đžđœđ€. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ đœđźđ«đŻđžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐚 đŹđŠđąđ«đ€ đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđšđ„đ 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐼𝐭 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐹𝐧.
"đ‘đžđšđ„đ„đČ, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹?" 𝐓𝐹𝐩’𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đąđ§đ­đ«đąđ đźđž. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đžđŹđ­đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐹 đžđšđ«đ„đČ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ ."
𝐘/𝐍 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐹𝐩, đĄđžđ« đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§ 𝐚 đŠđąđ±đ­đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 đđąđŹđ›đžđ„đąđžđŸ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŸđ«đźđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đąđšđ§. "𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đ­đšđ„đ€," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đĄđžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭.
𝐓𝐹𝐩’𝐬 đŹđŠđąđ«đ€ đ đ«đžđ° 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ„đžđšđ§đžđ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ«đŸđ«đšđŠđž, đšđ«đŠđŹ đœđ«đšđŹđŹđžđ. "𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 đ„đąđ€đž đ­đĄđžđ«đžâ€™đŹ 𝐚 đ„đšđ­ 𝐭𝐹 đ­đšđ„đ€ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭." 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 đŸđ„đąđœđ€đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đ đ„đąđ§đ­đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ©đ„đšđČđŸđźđ„ đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐩 đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹ 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝒘𝒉𝒐 đ°đžâ€™đ«đž đđžđšđ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đĄđžđ«đž."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐚 đđžđžđ©đžđ« 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đ«đžđ, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐞đČ𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭.
𝐇𝐱𝐬 đČđšđźđ§đ đžđ« đ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« đŒđšđ«đŻđšđ„đš, 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đŠđąđŹđœđĄđąđžđŻđšđźđŹđ„đČ 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 đ­đ«đšđźđ›đ„đž 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đŹđ©đžđšđ€ đźđ©. “𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐰𝐡𝐹!”
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đąđŠđŠđžđđąđšđ­đžđ„đČ 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đ đ„đšđ«đž 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐚đČ đąđ§đ­đžđ«đ«đźđ©đ­đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐩, “đ‘ș𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČđšđźâ€™đ«đž đ­đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭.”
𝐘/𝐍 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ„đžđ­ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐱𝐭. "𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, đ©đ„đšđœđąđ§đ  đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐹𝐧 đĄđžđ« đĄđąđ©đŹ. "𝐖𝐡𝐹 𝐱𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝, đ­đĄđ«đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đźđ©. "𝐅𝐱𝐧𝐞, đšđ„đ«đąđ đĄđ­. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ đąđ«đ„ đŸđ«đšđŠ đ‘đšđŻđžđ§đœđ„đšđ°, đ…đžđ„đąđœđąđ­đČ. đ‡đšđ©đ©đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐰?"
𝐘/𝐍’𝐬 𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐝 đ«đšđœđžđ. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐹 𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐹 đ…đžđ„đąđœđąđ­đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝒏𝒐𝒕 đ©đ„đžđšđŹđžđ. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ„đšđ§đ  𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧?" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ, đĄđžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đŹđźđŹđ©đąđœđąđšđ§.
"𝐀 đœđšđźđ©đ„đž 𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬," 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ, 𝐧𝐹𝐰 đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  đđžđžđ©đ„đČ đźđ§đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đž.
𝐘/𝐍 đ đ„đšđ§đœđžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐹𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐞 đ„đąđ©đŹ đ°đžđ«đž đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ đ­đšđ đžđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đžđŻđžđ«-đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹ 𝐭𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 đ„đąđ§đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭. "𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔?" 𝐘/𝐍 đ«đžđ©đžđšđ­đžđ, đĄđžđ« 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đ«đšđąđŹđąđ§đ . "𝐀𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ§đžđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐹 𝐼𝐬? đ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž đŹïżœïżœïżœïżœđžđšđ€đąđ§đ  đšđ«đšđźđ§đ, 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đĄđąđœđ€đžđČ𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜đČ 𝐭𝐹 đ­đžđ„đ„ đČđšđźđ« đŠđšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐭?!"
𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ đđšđ«đ€đ„đČ. "𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đŸđźđ„đ„."
"𝐃𝐹𝐧’𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đ­," 𝐘/𝐍 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ, đ­đźđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đĄđžđ« đ đ„đšđ«đž đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹. "𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 đ­đšđ„đ€ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đžđ„đŹđž. đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ©đ«đšđ­đžđœđ­đąđšđ§?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đŸđ„đąđ§đœđĄđžđ. "𝐆𝐹𝐝, đŒđźđŠâ€”đŹđ­đšđ© đšđŹđ€đąđ§đ  đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭!"
đŒđšđ«đŻđšđ„đš đ›đźđ«đŹđ­đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐚 𝐟𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đ„đšđźđ đĄđ­đžđ«, đźđ§đšđ›đ„đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«đžđ 𝐚 đĄđžđ± đ­đšđ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđžđ«đžđšđ„ 𝐭𝐹 đŹđ©đ„đšđŹđĄ đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.
"đˆâ€™đ„đ„ đšđŹđ€ đ°đĄđšđ­đžđŻđžđ« 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đœđšđŠđ©đ„đžđ­đžđ„đČ 𝐼𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛đČ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đ«đšđ­đžđŹđ­. "𝐈’𝐩 đČđšđźđ« đŠđšđ­đĄđžđ«. đ˜đšđźâ€™đ„đ„ đšđ§đŹđ°đžđ« 𝐩đČ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬, đ°đĄđžđ­đĄđžđ« đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 đšđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐭."
𝐓𝐹𝐩, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐰, đ„đžđ­ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đ„đšđ°, đđšđ«đ€ đ„đšđźđ đĄ. "𝐈 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đšđšđ€ đœđĄđšđ«đ đž 𝐱𝐧 đŠđšđ­đ­đžđ«đŹ đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬."
"𝐓𝐹𝐩!" 𝐘/𝐍 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ, đ­đźđ«đ§đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐰. "đ‘»đ’‰đ’Šđ’” 𝐱𝐬 đČđšđźđ« đŸđšđźđ„đ­ 𝐭𝐹𝐹. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđĄđšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐭𝐹 đźđ§đđžđ«đŹđ­đšđ§đ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐚 đŁđšđ€đž."
"đ€đ„đ«đąđ đĄđ­, đšđ„đ«đąđ đĄđ­," 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ«đšđąđŹđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐱𝐧 đŠđšđœđ€ đŹđźđ«đ«đžđ§đđžđ«, 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ đ°đžđ«đž đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ 𝐭𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭. "𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đžđŹđœđšđ„đšđ­đž 𝐱𝐭." 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 đ«đžđ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹. "đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  đ©đ«đžđœđšđźđ­đąđšđ§đŹ? đ…đžđ„đąđœđąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đœđšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹ."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. "𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐚𝐝, 𝐈’𝐩 𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ©đ«đšđ­đžđœđ­đąđšđ§. đ‡đšđ©đ©đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐰?"
𝐘/𝐍’𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đ§đšđ«đ«đšđ°đžđ. "đđžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐛𝐞."
đ“đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 đ©đšđźđŹđž 𝐹𝐟 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ§đŻđžđ«đŹđšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđąđ«. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐬𝐚𝐭 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 đ«đžđ, đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đ„đšđ­đž, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ„đ đđąđŹđšđ©đ©đžđšđ« 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐱𝐭. 𝐘/𝐍, đĄđšđ°đžđŻđžđ«, 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐹𝐧𝐞.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 đŹđźđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ­đšđ€đžđ§ đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 đ€đ§đžđ° 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 đ­đžđŠđ©đžđ«, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đšđ„đŹđš đ€đ§đžđ° 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧’𝐭 đšđ„đ°đšđČ𝐬 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐟 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đ­đšđ„đžđ«đšđ­đž, 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 ïżœïżœđžđ« đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§ 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ«đžđœđ€đ„đžđŹđŹ.
"𝐈𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝 đ©đžđ«đŹđšđ§?" 𝐘/𝐍 đšđŹđ€đžđ đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ, đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞 đŹđšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đŸđąđ«đŠ. "đ…đžđ„đąđœđąđ­đČ, 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧. 𝐃𝐹𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđŹđ©đžđœđ­ đČ𝐹𝐼?"
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐭 đĄđžđ« đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ„đšđ§đ  𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧 đ„đąđ§đž. "𝐘𝐞𝐬," 𝐡𝐞 đŠđźđ­đ­đžđ«đžđ đšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭. "𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬... 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđŹđ©đžđœđ­đŹ 𝐩𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞, 𝐌𝐼𝐩."
𝐘/𝐍 𝐬𝐭𝐼𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đœđšđ«đžđŸđźđ„đ„đČ, đ€đ§đšđ°đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđźđ«đŸđšđœđž, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đ„đžđ­ 𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐹 đŸđšđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐰.
"đ€đ„đ«đąđ đĄđ­," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞 đŠđšđ«đž đŠđžđšđŹđźđ«đžđ 𝐧𝐹𝐰. "𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐹 đŠđšđ«đž đŹđ§đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 đĄđžđ« 𝐬𝐹𝐹𝐧."
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹’𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐧 đĄđšđ«đ«đšđ«. "đ‘Ÿđ’‰đ’‚đ’•?"
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚 đ«đžđȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭," 𝐘/𝐍 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŸđąđ«đŠđ„đČ, đ«đšđąđŹđąđ§đ  𝐚 đ›đ«đšđ°. "đ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ, đ«đžđŠđžđŠđ›đžđ«? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐟 𝐈’𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« đ đąđ«đ„đŸđ«đąđžđ§đ, 𝐱𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 𝐹𝐧 𝐩đČ đ­đžđ«đŠđŹ."
𝐓𝐹𝐩 đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ. "𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 đ«đžđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đĄđžđ«đž, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹."
𝐘/𝐍 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐭 𝐓𝐹𝐩 𝐚 đ©đšđąđ§đ­đžđ đ đ„đšđ«đž, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđŠđšđ„đ„ đŹđŠđąđ«đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ©đ„đšđČ𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ«đ§đžđ« 𝐹𝐟 đĄđžđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐹, 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, đŹđšđ§đ€ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđĄđšđąđ«, đŠđźđ­đ­đžđ«đąđ§đ  đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ. "𝐅𝐱𝐧𝐞. đ–đĄđšđ­đžđŻđžđ«. đ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đąđŠđ©đšđŹđŹđąđ›đ„đž."
𝐀𝐬 𝐘/𝐍 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐹𝐩 đžđ±đœđĄđšđ§đ đžđ 𝐚 đ€đ§đšđ°đąđ§đ  đ đ„đšđ§đœđž, 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đœđ„đžđšđ«. 𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 đšđŻđžđ«.
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a/n: I LOVEEE writing family ones like it’s so fun I have a ton of ideas I’m excited to write
i opened requests in case anyone wants to inspire any writings lol, I will ofc tag you when I post it!
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crystcllise · 5 months ago
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year 8 harry potter and the cursed child photo drop!!!
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valleyian · 5 months ago
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Still frames from my latest TT!
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rewritingcanon · 3 months ago
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what are some popular hp nextgen headcanons you dislike
idk if this fandom is big enough but i’ll take my stab at some stuff, although i do think i’m more open to fanon when it comes to nextgen so this is more stuff that i disagree with rather than dislike (so pleaseeee no one take offence)
any fic that portrays victoire as a bitch. i dont know nothing about her but ik she wouldnt act like that
scorpius and albus being in any other house besides slytherin. its just odd to me
albus with glasses
similarly, lily without glasses
redhead james sirius. just seems wrong idk.
when james sirius acts like SATAN to albus without any redemption arc. he’s got two loving parents btw 😭 i can believe him being hella mean but ive read fics where this loved child has committed crimes against albus for the sake of
. irdk actually
a BIG one i have is any other wotter besides albus being sorted into slytherin. most of them gotta be in gryffindor for me to believe it, maybe sprinkle a token ravenclaw or hufflepuff in but albus is THE slytherin. no one can take that away from him 😡😡 grr
i’ve mentioned it before but portrayals of scorpius and albus having large or even medium-sized friendgroups. i can see them having casual friends (like work friends) but not close friends outside of each other mainly. its not that i dont like when they do i just dont believe it lol.
any portrayal of james sirius potter as bitchless. again, dont know much about him but i do know he’d be getting huzz
one i actually do actively dislike because its rampant in fics but i dislike when harry is portrayed as an the Devil and draco in turn is the best father albus never had. bro wasn’t even that nice to scorpius, what makes people think albus is gonna jump at the opportunity to replace harry with him 😭 ? i get the vision but it seems disingenuous to the characters
any fic where scorpius is mean to rose. or women in general but especially rose. its irrespective if the woman in question actually deserves it, i dont think scorpius would ever raise his voice at a girl lol
ok the “albus is bisexual” headcanon is NOT something i disagree with but i do disagree with a popular reason why people headcanon it and thats that he had a crush on delphi so he must be bi. like bro was fourteen and GROOMED chat.
this one less so because i go back and forth with it, but albus as a potioneer. irdk, im on the fence but theres a very strong breeze yk
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ostensiblehare · 19 days ago
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capriddle · 3 months ago
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Voldemort phone:
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willdarknessdivideblog · 6 months ago
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Finally posting again but this time make it Dramione✹
artist: dracodormiensss
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the-most-faithful · 4 months ago
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Scorpius "jealous boyfriend" Malfoy
Really, how can people not consider The Cursed Child canon when these gems are in it?
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And I love how in the new version Scorpius clearly says that Delphi is "old". He's so wild when he's jealous
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I'm working on a layout of the new script where Albus and Scorpius are canonically confirmed, and I'm also translating it into Italian if you're interested
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ironkoalastrawberry · 1 month ago
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Oh my, if Delphi escapes Azkaban, she might kill Scorpius for revenge.
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crookshanksagentofowca · 5 months ago
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The reason Delphi is called the Augury in the Dark timeline (where she was raised by her parents and not bullied by Euphemia Rowle) is because of the old legend of an Aurgury’s cry fortelling death. The Death Eaters started calling her that when she was a baby because anyone who made her cry was going to get killed by her parents.
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heavenlybodies333 · 4 months ago
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Sibling War - Riddle Family Affair
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The Riddle Manor had seen many battles—duels of power, wars of ideology, the clash of darkness and light.
But nothing—nothing—was as violent as the rivalry between Delphini and Mattheo Riddle.
"You absolute dumbass! You took my broom without asking, and now it's snapped in half!" Delphini shrieked, brandishing the broken remnants of her prized Nimbus 2001 like a murder weapon.
Mattheo, sprawled lazily across the velvet couch, didn't even look up from flipping his dagger between his fingers. "Relax, Del. I’ll get you a new one. That thing was ancient anyway."
"Ancient? Ancient?" Her voice climbed an octave, dangerously close to shattering the chandelier above. "That was a collector’s edition, you half-brained, ego-inflated, insufferable—"
"Oh, here we go." Mattheo groaned, rolling his eyes. "Merlin’s balls, you’re such a drama queen. Maybe if you weren’t so busy obsessing over a stupid broom, you’d actually have a life."
Delphini launched herself at him.
Mattheo barely dodged, leaping over the back of the couch as she swung the broken broom at his head. He laughed, dodging her second strike. "You really think you can take me, little sister?"
"You absolute prick—"
Marvolo sighed from his seat by the fireplace, flipping a page in his book. "You know Father is going to kill you both if you destroy the sitting room again."
Delphini hurled a hex. Mattheo dodged, and the spell obliterated a marble bust of Salazar Slytherin.
Marvolo just sighed louder. "And there it is."
"YOU’RE PAYING FOR THAT," Delphini screeched.
Mattheo smirked. "Make me, baby sister."
The house shook as another hex exploded against the walls. The family tapestry burst into flames. An entire bookshelf rattled, and somewhere, a window shattered.
And then—
The temperature dropped.
A sharp, suffocating chill filled the room, and the lights flickered out. Every candle in the manor snuffed out at once. The only sound was the heavy, deliberate click of polished shoes against the marble floor.
The hairs on the back of Marvolo’s neck stood up.
Mattheo and Delphini froze mid-duel.
From the darkness, Tom Riddle emerged.
His robes billowed behind him as if he were some ancient shadow made flesh. His gaze was slow and deliberate as it raked over the ruined room—the broken bust, the smoldering tapestry, the shattered window.
Neither Mattheo nor Delphini moved.
"Would one of you," Tom’s voice was silk stretched over steel, "like to explain to me why my home currently resembles the aftermath of a war zone?"
Silence.
A pause.
Then—
"Delphini started it," Mattheo said immediately.
"You unhinged, gaslighting bastard—"
"Enough." Tom didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t need to.
The air thickened, pressing down on all three of them like gravity itself had turned against them.
Delphini swallowed. Mattheo shut his mouth.
Marvolo, wisely, stayed out of it.
Tom folded his hands behind his back. "You will clean this entire room before dinner. You will repair every inch of damage done to this house." His voice lowered to something far more dangerous. "And you will do so in absolute silence."
Delphini opened her mouth.
Tom’s gaze flickered to her.
She snapped it shut.
"Good." Tom turned, his robes sweeping behind him as he left the room, leaving nothing but cold fear in his wake.
The moment he was gone, Mattheo exhaled, rubbing his face. "You’re so lucky he didn’t Crucio us."
Delphini shoved him. "You’re so lucky I didn’t Crucio you."
Marvolo just flipped another page. "Idiots."
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a/n: I changed my font guys, IDKKK I liked the old one it just made me copy and paste my writing into a font changer and then have to paste it onto here and it just took me forever to get anything done. also I found it a lot harder to read bc the font is bolded so im gonna try this out, maybe I’ll go back but idk 😭 I like this font so far it’s easier on the eyes
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