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.
