Jealousy

Chapter 2

Disclaimer – Yes, I wrote the story, no, I don't own Dumbledore, Hogwarts, Filch, Mrs. Norris, house elves etc. they all belong to the great Ms Rowling, however I do own Meredith, Felicity and Tupenny.

The Makings of a Lord

"Oh, do let me in!"

"You don't know the password, child, you are not a Slytherin."

"I know I'm not," Felicity protested, she was about to add that she was glad she wasn't, but she thought of Tupenny. Getting the bust of Agrippa mad was not the best way to be let into the Slytherin Common room. If she saw a Slytherin she knew one would help her, let her in or at least wake Tupenny for her. The Slytherins weren't a bad lot really, both her brother and Tupenny were Slytherins; felicity knew most of the Slytherins as well as she knew Tupenny and Tom.

Tupenny and Tom, they were a pair. Tom's power and Tuppeny's mind. Tupenny got through to Tom, and he paid attention to her. Felicity envied that sometimes, how the two of them could share the closeness she had always wanted for Tom and herself. She convinced herself it was because Tom and herself were never really brother and sister. Tom had never really known this, but she had, Felicity knew about Tom, about his muggle father. Although Tom didn't know all this, she convinced herself it was because of Tom's past. She knew the real reason, she knew Tom saw Tupenny's mind, knew Tom learnt from Tupenny, strengthened his own mind. She knew Tupenny was closer to Tom than herself, she knew it was because Tupenny didn't worry. Felicity couldn't be sure if Tupenny even saw Tom's strength as she did, but she never worried about it, Tupenny never worried. He could get close to Tupenny because he needed to, and she could get close to him because she had no reason not to. To compensate for the invisible wall of worry that separated her from Tom, Felicity mothered Tupenny. Tupenny could look after herself, but there was something Felicity offered, the sense of security, perhaps, that Tupenny needed. In return she would tell Felicity her tales, tales of Hogwarts and its passageways, tales of the forest, tales of Tupenny's adventures. Often Tupenny wasn't alone around Hogwarts and its passageways, she was rarely alone in the forest and her adventures were almost always carried out with her partner in crime, Tom. Tupenny always remembered to leave Tom out of her stories; she didn't want to worry Felicity.

Felicity worried, she needed to watch Tom, watch his power, right now, to do that, she needed to see Tupenny.

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Meredith knew he was there, she could feel it. Every bone in her tall, thin, seemingly weak frame told her he was there. She would find him, she knew she would find him and deep down he knew; he was getting ready for her.

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Chapter two over and done with. Think I'll keep the chapters short, makes them easier to read. The last fic I (co-) wrote was about 14 pages per chapter until we made them shorter. Even then the first chapter was about four times the length of these. As I've already said, any feedback is more than welcome.