“I have too many to pick just one” Addie confessed, avoiding the walk through memory lane with such determination, she could not risk her emotions spilling over and causing an earthquake or something, which had happened once. “But it is the little ones that meant the most, ones that would seem insignificant to others but were perfect to me” what she did not say was those moments of normalcy. Christmas dinners cooked by hand, laughing at his ancient taste in music or fondness for the muggle sweeties. Time spent alone where they did not practice control and learn of their powers, just time shared in fond company, those were her favourite.
Looking up, she saw a clan of red heads grouped with some order members, including the two who knew what she was, and who she was. Addie had no time to hide any more, and she knew she would never be able to leave Bill. There was something that connected the two, something that she could not explain, and the one person who could had just been lain to rest. Addie pushed a hand through her hair and looked up to Bill.
“I am part of the Order” She confessed, at least now she was. “I will be seeing you a lot more, and I’ll keep an eye on those scars of yours for you” Addie had the power to completely remove the curse from him, but it needed a great deal of control. A slip of the hand or too much power and she would kill him. “But we need to head back to where we lived, to collect out things. Dumbledore was secret keeper on the cottage, and we’re too vulnerable now” It may have sounded confusing to Bill, why was there so much protection around the two girls. But it would show itself in due time, or be announced before the whole order just how important a part they would play in this battle against Voldemort and his dark army. But also, just how fragile their magical alliance was! Not that Addie wanted to be dark, but her powers had a natural pull to the dark side and as Dumbledore once said, they just needed to find something to fight for.
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“I wouldn’t say that” Charlie said as he looked to the giant squid. “They have some interesting hunting patterns, and can be as fickle as the weather. Anything that has a heart as the ability to change” Charlie added with a shrug of the shoulders. He looked down into the lake and to the large tentacles that slapped against the weed, prying for food or tempting out fish for a snack. “Yeah, there are all manners of critters in there. Mermaids, Grindylows and some pretty interesting looking fish” He said “Though some of them are my fault” he said with a private chuckle, thinking back to his sixth year and his introducing one breed to another and creating something with four eyes and two mouths.
“Certainly” Charlie said at her request, and he straightened up and offered her his hand. When she accepted he felt a cackle of lightning pass through their palms. He looked perplexed for a moment before he turned and looked back to the castle. “I think my brother went after her” He said, offering a little comfort. All of the Weasley’s seemed to have a prolific knowledge of Hogwarts, though the twins seemed to know it inside out. Even when Charlie was at school he had a nose around, and always loved the forest with Hagrid. And Bill had been Head Boy, so had the right to inspect every inch of the corridor, although he was always a damned sight more cool than any previous head boy, and always turned his head away to trouble.
The continued up the grounds and before he had rounded into the courtyard he could see Bill and her sister heading towards the order and his family. “She’s there” He said to her, indicating the pair as they were greeted by his mother. “Would you like to come meet the rest of the red head bunch?” He asked with a charming smile.
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