❝𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴,
𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢❞
𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 was a somewhat quiet, yet mischievous guy who had trouble tailing him since he was a mere one year-old. He encounters a girl, whose only known attribute wa...
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XCIV. A SUMMER'S SPRING DAY
31:07 ─❁────────── 31:80
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❝You know it all, you're my best friend
The morning will come again,❞
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MANY STUDENTS WERE HURRIED AWAY from Hogwarts by their parents over the next couple of days — the Patil twins were gone before breakfast on the morning following Dumbledore's death, and Zacharias Smith was escorted from the castle by his haughty-looking father.
Seamus, however, explicitly refused to accompany his mother home; they had a shouting match in the entrance hall that was resolved when she agreed that he could remain behind for the funeral. She had difficulty in finding a bed in Hogsmeade, Seamus told them, for wizards were pouring into the village, preparing to pay their last respects to Dumbledore.
Some excitement was caused amongst the younger students, who had never seen it before, when a powder-blue carriage the size of a house, pulled by a dozen giant winged palominos, came soaring out of the sky in the late afternoon before the funeral and landed on the edge of the forest. Lucia watched from a window as a gigantic and handsome olive-skinned, black-haired woman whom she recognised to be Madam Maxime of Beauxbatons descended the carriage steps and threw herself into the waiting Hagrid's arms.
Meanwhile a delegation of Ministry officials, including the Minister of Magic himself, was being accommodated within the castle. It was clear to Lucia that even if Harry was beside her the entirety of the time whenever they were to leave the common room, he was diligently avoiding contact with any of them by changing positions of how they were walking or even pulling themselves into a secluded place so that he would not be questioned; he was sure that, sooner or later, he would be asked again to account for Dumbledore's last excursion from Hogwarts.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lucia were spending all their time together. The beautiful weather seemed to mock them; Lucia couldn't quite imagine how it would've been if Dumbledore hadn't dropped dead, and they had this time together at the very end of the year.
They visited the hospital wing twice a day: Neville had been discharged, but Bill remained under Madam Pomfrey's care. His scars were as bad as ever - in truth, he now bore a distinct resemblance to Mad-Eye Moody, though thankfully with both eyes and legs - but in personality he seemed just the same as ever. All that appeared to have changed was that he now had a great liking for very rare steaks.
