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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Library Lovers
Floor 1 - Suite Scarlet by Maureen Johnson
Prompts - (word) Eccentric / (relationship) Siblings / (object) Key

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Divination
Write about someone turning to dark magic to attempt to raise a loved one from the dead.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Insane House Challenge
Character - Rodolphus Lestrange

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: 365 Days
First Line - This wasn't supposed to happen.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Resolutions

My Brother

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This wasn't supposed to happen. Rabastan wasn't supposed to die. Rodolphus was the older one; he was supposed to be the one that died first. And yet, Rodolphus was alive, and Rabastan was still and cold.

It wasn't fair.

Rodolphus stared at the circle of leaves. A picture of Rabastan laid in the center.

He remembered when the photograph was taken. They were fourteen and sixteen. Rabastan had gotten a new hat, and it was tilted to the side, resting in a funny way on his head. It made Rabastan look so eccentric.

It was at a time that life had been so uncomplicated. They hadn't yet been recruited by the dark and many of their days were carefree.

Rodolphus hadn't been able to stop his laughter at the sight of his brother in the ridiculous hat. Rabastan had looked so peculiar, but it looked good on him. It certainly drew the attention of many girls and boys. Then again, Rabastan never had any problems when it came to finding a warm body to share a bed with.

Things weren't quite as fun when they became Death Eaters, but at least they had each other.

Now Rodolphus was alone, and that wasn't the way things were supposed to go.

And he was going to do something about it.

He took the key, his brother's key, out of his pocket. He stepped into the circle and placed it on top of the photograph. He bit his thumb until he drew blood and smeared it onto the key. He then stepped out of the circle and took out his wand.

Pointing at the leaves, he said, "Incendio!" He made a circular motion and all of the leaves lit on fire. He took a deep breath. Focusing his emotions on one person. Rabastan.

"De ventre inferni adducere fratrem meum, Rabastan Lestrange ad animam."

Rodolphus held his breath as the wind picked up. This had to work. It just had to.

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(word count: 327)

(Did my best with an English to Latin translator.)