BOOK 1: PHILOSOPHER. (Mattheo Riddle).

Chapter 02.

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PHILOSOPHER.
Chapter 02.
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Strange.

That is the only term that the locals of Arcanville could use to describe Mattheo and Delphini Riddle.

Twins that were abandoned on the doorstep of their uncle, Reagan Carrow, thirteen years prior. With some strange story about their parents having died in some freak gas accident with a faulty lamp.

Strange things always seem to happen around the Riddle twins. The people who would get too close to them would suffer in some strange manner. It would happen around the Riddle boy in particular.

The day that the Lilistrand brothers decided to chase Mattheo around the yard of the small local school, strange things happened. They were chasing him down to give him his regularly scheduled daily beating.

Mattheo tried to jump the wall of the school yard, and somehow ended up jumping up to the roof. It was as if he had become suddenly weightless, and the wind had caught him.

Reagan punished Mattheo for a week when he found out from the school.

Then Mattheo had been playing some dangerous pranks on the children of the local church.

Reagan decided that he would shave all of Mattheo's hair off in punishment for that prank. The hair then grew back in full, completely overnight.

These sort of 'weird incidents' are harmless as they don't really affect anyone else, but there are far more serious incidents that have occurred around Mattheo.

The children who bully Mattheo suddenly came down with a mystery illness. A fever that swept through the village and only sickened Mattheo's bullies. No doctor could find a cure, or even figure out the illness.

The children got better eventually. Regan knew that Mattheo was to blame. The sickness only taking Mattheo's bullies lead made it pretty obvious.

Or the time that Leo Lilistrand stole one of Mattheo's favourite books. Leo refused to return the book. And Leo woke up with his two fingers magically conjoined, only this affliction didn't go away. The boy had to go up to Washington for a special surgery.

Reagan has seen what magic can do when it's not controlled. Reagan and Alfie almost burned their family home down when their magic first developed. Mattheo and Delphini have much stronger darkness in them, having the Black family in their blood from Cinta, a family known for its dark magic.

A letter explained that the twins would attend Hogwarts when the time is right, however, Reagan refuses to send Mattheo and Delphini into the world of magic. Reagan himself turned away from a life of magic, his time as a dark wizards catcher showed him what witches and wizards are capable of going to one and other.

Strange things have also happened around Delphini. Delphini's emerging magic is not quite as chaotic as Mattheo's seems to be.

Delphini has an extraordinary green thumb that allows her to grow almost anything, and keep her plants alive through even the harshest of winters.

And, animals seem to flock to her for care and affection particularly when she sings. It's very Snow White of her.

The annual school field trip comes around once again at the end of the school year, and this is the first year that Mattheo doesn't have detention that excludes him from joining. Reagan hates the idea of letting Mattheo out of his sight for the day, but is glad for the break from worrying about his niece and nephew for the day.