Chapter 9: Birthday Forgiveness
A/N So, I'm going to warn you. This chapter starts out kind of happy, but man does it get heavy. I hope you all still enjoy it.
Warning: Mentions of Child abuse possible ahead.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter characters or anything Harry Potter related. I do own the OC Jasmine and the plot of this story.
The first month of summer was an interesting one for Jasmine. This was the first time ever that Jasmine was going to spend the entire summer with Lily. She wouldn't be just seeing Lily once this summer. Instead, she would be spending the entire summer with her. Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, Jasmine would have to wait and see. For all Jaz knew, she could get sick of Lily by the end of the summer. Jasmine didn't actually think she would, but time would tell.
So, throughout June, Jasmine spent all of her time with Lily. There were a few times that they were even allowed to have sleepovers with Alice, Marlene, and Mary. They usually had the sleepovers at one of the other girls' houses because of the fact that the girls didn't want Petunia to make a surprise visit home and interrupt their sleepovers. They also didn't want to risk Petunia saying something that might hurt one of the other girls. It was just a chance that Lily and Jasmine were willing to take even though Petunia was rarely home anymore.
Besides all the sleepovers and spending time with Lily, Jasmine has been getting a ton of mail, mainly by owl. Most of this incessant owl mail was coming from James. Each letter was one apology after another. He just wouldn't stop. Jasmine wasn't necessarily surprised with the number of letters he was sending, but she was surprised that she wasn't getting as many from Sirius. Jasmine was still getting apology letters from Sirius, but they weren't coming every day like James's letters were. Jasmine found this strange, especially since she knew that Sirius had an owl. Although, Jasmine wasn't sure if it was his parents doing something that was stopping him. She really didn't know much about Sirius's home life since he rarely talked about it.
These letters, despite how often they were coming, played a role in Jasmine forgiving the boys. At first, Jasmine wouldn't even read the letters because of how pissed off she still was. However, as the summer went on and Jaz got more letters from the boys, her anger began to fade away. By the time her birthday, July 18th, rolled around, Jasmine forgave both boys for their actions from the previous term.
With Jasmine's birthday coming up, Jasmine wanted to ask the Marauders if they wanted to come over for her birthday. She was going to really need them there to distract her. Despite how much she loved Lily as well as her aunt and uncle, spending her birthday with them would only remind Jasmine of what happened last year on her 15th birthday. And Jasmine did not want to spend her birthday thinking of her mother. She needed a distraction, and she knew the boys could provide such a distraction.
The only problem with Jasmine's plan was that she didn't know how she was going to contact all of them (she already asked her aunt and uncle for permission, and they said it would be okay). It wasn't like they had given her their addresses so that she could mail them all an invitation. Even if they did, Jasmine didn't really think that sending the postman to James's house or Sirius's house was the best idea.
So, as Jasmine sat pondering how she could possibly send invitations to all the boys, another apology letter from James came. It was at that moment that an idea occurred to Jasmine. She would just ask James if she could use his owl to send the invitations.
Jasmine went and quickly found some parchment to write on. She wrote:
James,
Please stop sending apology letters. I forgive both you and Sirius, but it better not happen again or else.
Anyway, I was wondering if I could borrow your owl for a few days. I don't have any way of contacting the other Marauders and I want to invite them to come over for my birthday on the 18th of July. Of course, you are invited as well, Prongs. So, I would really appreciate it if you would just lend me your owl, just for a few days. I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jaz
Jasmine wrote the address at the bottom before folding the parchment up and putting it in an envelope Then she gave the envelope to James's owl. The owl took it and flew off, Jaz suspected, back to wherever James was.
Jasmine didn't have to wait long for a response. His owl had returned within the day with James's response. His response said:
Jazzy,
Go right ahead and use my owl (by the way, his name is Merlin). He will know where to go if you tell him who the letter is for.
Thanks for the invite. I'll totally be there. One question, will Lily be joining us?
Prongs
Jasmine rolled her eyes at his question. She was thankful that James was willing to part with his owl, Merlin, for a little bit. Now she would easily be able to send a letter to the other three Marauders inviting them over. So, Jasmine quickly went to work writing out the invitations with which Jasmine made sure to mention that they didn't have to bring any gifts for her. They were all pretty much the same, except with Sirius, Jaz made sure to say that she forgave him and James. She had written the address at the bottom of each. Then she folded each up and put them each in their own envelope. On each envelope, she wrote each of the boys' names, so she wouldn't get confused as to which letter was for which person. By the time she finished all this, it was getting pretty late, and Jasmine didn't want to push Merlin to fly more after making the trek to her house twice in one day. Thus, Jasmine decided to send the letters out tomorrow morning.
After Jasmine sent out the letters in the morning, the responses didn't come back as fast as James's had. Instead, they were slow to arrive. The first response that Jaz got back was from Peter. He said that he couldn't make it because he was on vacation with his parents currently, and they were out of the country. They weren't coming back anytime soon, either. The next response was from Remus. Remus told her that he would try to make it, but he couldn't make any promises. He told her that he would have to check when the full moon was in July. With both responses came some chocolate frogs and some of her other favorite sweets. She assumed that they were birthday gifts for her. After these responses, that was it for the responses for a while, which disappointed Jasmine. She was hoping that Sirius would at least respond to the invitation. Little did she know, Sirius wanted to respond too, but he couldn't.
Sirius's summer was absolute hell until he got the invitation from Jasmine. He found it a bit strange that it was James's owl delivering the invitations, but he was thankful, nonetheless. He was especially thankful that Merlin, the owl, knew better than to deliver the mail like the rest of the owls did. Merlin knew that he was supposed to go to the window in Sirius's room, otherwise whatever he was carrying would be read by his parents. This usually led to him getting punished.
When Sirius read Jasmine's invitation, he was elated that she had forgiven him. He was also absolutely sure that he would go to her place for her birthday. This worked out perfectly. Instead of figuring out a way to mail his gift to her, he would be able to give it to her in person instead. So, Sirius wrote back quickly, but when he went to give his response to Merlin, the owl was already gone. Disappointed, Sirius made a couple of changes to his letter before folding it back up. He would just have to wait until Regulus would allow him to use the owl again.
Every day, Sirius would ask his little brother if he could use their shared owl, but Regulus didn't say yes until the day before Jasmine's birthday. It was cutting it close, and Sirius would have to send his letter for James with the letter for Jasmine, which is exactly what he did. Then Sirius laid back on his bed and thought about tomorrow and his plan to sneak out of the house without his parents or Regulus knowing about it.
It was the day before Jaz's birthday, and she was slightly upset that only James would be coming over to hang out for her birthday. She loved James as the brother that she never had, but she kind of wanted at least one of the other boys to have joined them, especially if it was Sirius. Sirius, though, had still not responded, so Jasmine just assumed that he wasn't coming.
That all changed when she got a letter later that day. Lily had been with her when she got it. Jasmine really hoped that it was from Sirius, otherwise, she would be very disappointed. Jasmine got so excited when she saw it was Sirius's response finally. It said:
Mare,
I'm so sorry for not getting back to you sooner. It's been busy.
I'm so glad that you finally forgive me and James for our stupidity. I promise it won't happen again.
Anyway, I would love to come over for your birthday. I will be there, so see you tomorrow.
Pads
Jasmine was elated that he was coming over tomorrow. She was so happy that she actually started jumping up and down. During her excitement, Jasmine forgot that her cousin was with her. So, while Jasmine was jumping, Lily was staring at her with a smug smirk on her face.
Jasmine finally noticed that her cousin was still there after several minutes of jumping. She saw Lily's smug look and stopped jumping. Then Jasmine asked, "What?" Lily didn't budge. "Lils? What are you looking so smug about? Did I miss something?"
Lily teased her saying, "You like Black." It wasn't a question. Lily was stating it like it was a fact or something.
Jasmine blushed, which only further confirmed what Lily had said. "No, I don't. I was just excited that someone else besides James was going to come over."
That distracted Lily enough to stop with the teasing. "Wait, you invited Potter over here?!" Lily freaked out. "Mina! Why didn't you tell me sooner? I'm sorry Mina, but there is no way I am joining you guys tomorrow."
"I figured you wouldn't be joining us."
Lily smiled apologetically at her cousin before she left her cousin alone. Lily had to go prepare for the boys coming over. That meant that she was going to barricade herself in her and Jasmine's room. There was no way she would come out except for food tomorrow until the boys left.
Meanwhile, after Jasmine got her letter, James had gotten his own letter from Sirius. It said:
Prongs,
I am coming over to your house early tomorrow morning. We can head over to Mare's from there. I will have to sneak out before anyone wakes up, so expect me to be at yours pretty early.
See you tomorrow,
Padfoot
James only wrote a short response to his friend acknowledging that he got the letter and that he would see Sirius tomorrow. James was happy that his best friend was going to come with him. He had been afraid that Sirius wasn't going to come or that his parents had somehow intercepted Jasmine's original invitation when he didn't get a letter from Sirius about him coming over. James knew that Sirius's parents would never have allowed him to go over to Jaz's, so he had been expecting a letter. He was glad when he finally got the letter, though. He would have to ask Sirius tomorrow how things were going at home.
On the day of Jasmine's birthday, Petunia unexpectedly showed up. She wanted to visit her parents for a short time. Her arrival threw a bit of a wrench in Jasmine's plans, but she had planned for if Petunia happened to show up. They would just have to spend their time outside the house. Jasmine figured that they could just hang out at the local park that was down the street from the house. Jasmine had already been planning on going there with them anyway. She had planned for it to be later, but she would just have to move up her plans. She also couldn't let them in the house, lest Petunia saw them and said something that made the boys do something extremely stupid.
As Jasmine fixed her original plan, Sirius had already arrived at James's house. Right now, he and James were hanging out outside. It was such a nice day that they both thought they would just chill out outside until they went over to Jasmine's. They were going to be taking the Knight Bus since James's parents didn't have any other way to get there, short of a side-along apparition. They hadn't wanted to do that, though, especially if there were any Muggles around.
Outside the boys were just chilling out when James interrupted their silence. "Hey, Padfoot."
"Yeah, Prongs? What is it?"
"How are things at home? Are your parents still beating you?"
"Geez, Prongs." Sirius was surprised at James's questions. He hadn't expected him to just come out and ask him such a heavy topic right off the bat. "Things at home are the same as always."
It was just as James had feared. Sirius's parents were still beating him. The only thing James was glad for in that circumstance was that Sirius's parents hadn't resorted to magic violence yet. As soon as they did that, James just hoped that his best friend was able to get out of there without dying. James wasn't sure what he would do if he lost Sirius.
Soon enough, though, these thoughts vanished from James's mind since it was time for them to head to Jasmine's. They agreed to go around noon. So, both boys grabbed their presents for the girl and headed off with Mr. and Mrs. Potter to hail the Knight Bus that would take them to Evans' house.
It didn't take long for them to get to Jasmine's place on the Knight Bus. Before James and Sirius got off the bus, Mr. and Mrs. Potter told the boys that they would be back to get them at around dinner time. Then the boys bid Mr. and Mrs. Potter goodbye and stepped off the bus.
Jasmine had been in hers and Lily's room talking when she happened to look out the window and see the boys approaching the house. Interrupting Lily, Jasmine said, "Hey, sorry, Lils, but the boys are here. I'll see you later." Then Jasmine left the room in a dash. She had to be the one to answer the door because if anyone else answered it, that would end in disaster. So, Jaz ran to the front door. She got there just in time to hear knocking. "I got it," Jaz yelled to her aunt and uncle before opening the door to see James and Sirius.
Jasmine stepped outside, closing the door behind her. The boys were both grinning at her. The next thing Jaz knew, two presents were being shoved into her arms, saying, "Happy birthday!"
"Guys, you really didn't have to get me anything. I just appreciate having you both here." They both gave her a look as if to say You seriously thought we weren't going to give you presents. To which Jasmine rolled her eyes because of course, these boys would get her a gift.
Then they were all just standing there in silence for about a minute or two. Jasmine was still holding both presents in her arms. Before long, though, Sirius spoke up, "So, are we just going to stand here all day, or are you going to open those presents?"
Jasmine laughed. "Oh of course I'm going to open them. I was planning on opening them later, but I guess I may as well open them now." With that, Jasmine took a seat on the ground in front of the door. She put both presents down next to her. Then she selected, at random, one of the two presents, which was James's. Jasmine ripped open the present and saw that it was a copy of one of her favorite books. She remembered that she had mentioned that she didn't have a copy earlier in the year. Jasmine was surprised that James remembered. "I love it James, thank you." Then she gave him a peck on the cheek, to which James blushed red.
Jasmine placed James's gift down and picked up Sirius's present. She ripped it open and found a small little box. Jaz opened it up and found a beautiful charm bracelet. There are a bunch of little musical charms on it like music notes and sheet music and other music stuff. It was really cute. Jaz just adored the little bracelet. "Oh my! I love it, Pads." She gave him a peck on the cheek as well. "Will you help me put it on?" Sirius happily obliged and helped the girl put on the bracelet as he tried really hard not to blush.
Once the bracelet was on, Jasmine grabbed the book James got her and told the boys, "Could you both stay here for a moment. I'm going to run inside and put this book in my room. I'm also going to throw this wrapping paper away. Then we can go to the park down the street." Jasmine smiled and headed inside, grabbing the wrapping paper as she went.
Jasmine returned fairly quickly. James and Sirius had only been waiting a couple of minutes before Jasmine returned. Before she left, Jaz made sure to tell her aunt and uncle that would be at the park down the road. Then she headed out the door and started walking toward the park, assuming the boys were following her, which they were.
Jasmine managed to get a bit ahead of the boys, but they caught up easily. They walked in silence for several minutes before James broke it. "So, Jazzy, will Lily-pad be joining us today?"
Jasmine shook her head and rolled her eyes. "No, she is probably going to stay holed up in our room all day." James just nods, disappointedly.
They fall back into silence as they continue to walk to the park. It isn't long before James breaks the silence again. "So, just wondering, why weren't we allowed inside?"
"Oh, um, well Petunia decided to make a surprise visit home today of all days. I'm pretty sure she doesn't even remember it is my birthday."
James gave her a confused look, while Sirius, unbeknownst to the other two, had stiffened up a little. He was remembering that one moment that he had with Lily in their fourth year. He didn't speak up, though, since they swore that they wouldn't tell anyone. Instead, James was the one to speak. "Um, who's Petunia?"
"Oh, sorry. I forgot I haven't told you about my other cousin." James still looked confused. "Petunia is Lily's older sister."
"Oh!" James didn't know how else to respond to that, so he asked another question. "So, why does Petunia being home prevent us from going inside?"
"Well, I don't know if I should really tell you this." Jasmine hesitated. She wanted to give the boys a reason, but she also didn't want to tell them anything that could be an invasion of Lily's privacy. However, they were bound to find out eventually with James so determined to get Lily to date him, so Jasmine might as well just tell them now. Also, Lily really hadn't ever told her to not tell the boys, so there really wasn't any reason not to.
By the time Jasmine was done with her internal debate, they had reached the park. So, when she finished her internal debate, she spoke up again. "Well, I don't think it will hurt to tell you guys. You should know." Jasmine glanced at both of them. James was still looking very confused with a little concern mixed in there. Sirius on the other hand looked like he wanted to say something but was stopping himself from saying anything. "So, Petunia isn't very nice to Lily and me. She is actually pretty mean most of the time. She has called us various names like Freak, but I think she does it out of jealousy. I haven't had to deal with Petunia much over the years, but from what Lily has told me Petunia is jealous that Lily is a witch. Petunia doesn't think it is fair that Lily developed "powers" and she never did. So, over time Petunia has only gotten more and more distant from Lily. It has been even worse lately, but I don't know why. Petunia used to just call me and Lily freaks, but ever since she got with that new boyfriend of hers, the insults have been more hurtful. It has been really hurting Lily ever since it started, but I feel like it hurts her so much more now. I feel so bad." Jasmine almost wants to tell them about how much it hurts her because it does. Petunia's words might hurt Lily, but they hurt Jasmine so much more. Sometimes Jasmine wanted to cry after Petunia said some of the more hurtful things. It all reminded her too much of her mother.
As Jasmine told her all of this, she is trying her best not to cry. She can feel the tears building up, so she hides her face from the boys by looking down. She does not want the boys to see her cry, especially on her birthday. But she can't help it. By talking about Petunia, Jasmine is only reminded of her mother. So, Jasmine was determined not to cry. She wanted to show the boys that she was a tough girl. Words couldn't get to her, despite how they might have gotten to her in the past.
Once Jasmine is sure that she isn't going to cry, she looks up at both boys. She can see the shock on their faces. They clearly weren't expecting Jasmine to say what she had told him. She wasn't sure what they were expecting her to say, but it wasn't what she said.
Well, Sirius was actually shocked for a different reason. Since he already knew about Petunia because of his moment with Lily in his fourth year, he had already known all of this. No, Sirius was shocked for a different reason. He was a bit shocked at how bad it actually was for Lily as well as Jasmine now. However, most of his shock came from the fact that he thinks that he saw tears start to sprout in Jasmine's eyes before she looked down to cover her face. Seeing the tears in her eyes, Sirius was immediately sent into shock. He didn't think that Petunia would have such an impact on Jasmine since they weren't all that close. He could understand Lily being upset since they were sisters, but what had Petunia done to bring such a strong girl as Jasmine almost to tears.
As the shock wore off of both boys, they both became very angry. Before they could say anything about wanting to kill Petunia or something, though, Jasmine spoke up. "Um, guys, could we change the subject? I'd rather not talk about this on my birthday," Jasmine said a bit tentatively.
The quietness and unsureness of Jasmine's voice almost broke Sirius. He could see just how much of a touchy subject Petunia was to her as well, so he immediately agreed with Jasmine's suggestion. "Of course, Mare." So, they changed the subject to OWLs and how many they might have gotten.
After discussing OWLs that steered the conversation to what happened when they last saw each other. They each apologized again for their action, which Jasmine immediately forgave them for. Like she had said before in her letter, she forgave them, but if they ever did anything like that again it wouldn't end as happily for them. They promised that they wouldn't, partially out of fear of what Jasmine would do. The memories of the curses she threw at them after the incident was still fresh in their mind.
The rest of the time at the park, they talked and played around. They had a lot of fun. The boys managed to get Jasmine to forget all about her mother for the time being, which she was very grateful for. She really needed the distraction.
The time seemed to fly and before they knew it, it was time for the boys to leave. So, the trio headed back to Jasmine's to wait for James's parents to come and pick up both boys. They weren't waiting long outside before Mr. and Mrs. Potter arrived via Knight Bus. They were planning on just doing side-along apparation to get back to Potter Manor. It was in a wizarding area, so them apparating in wouldn't frighten anyone or anything.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter chatted with Jasmine a little bit, even wishing her a happy birthday, before taking their leave. They really liked the girl. She was a sweet thing, but they could also see the mischievous gleam in her eye. They could understand why their son was friends with this girl. They would have to tell James to invite her over some time so they could get to know her better.
Overall, Jasmine had a great birthday. After the boys had left, Jasmine found out that Petunia was no longer there. Then they all sat down to dinner. For dessert, her aunt and uncle had gotten her a cake, which was really delicious. When Jasmine laid down for bed that night, she had a smile on her face.
Meanwhile, at Potter Manor, the four people had just arrived back. Sirius ended up staying for dinner. He planned on staying pretty late at James's place to ensure that when he got back home, his parents and brother would be asleep. Before Sirius was about to leave though James stopped him. "Sirius, just be careful. I'll see you in September. Or maybe when I go to get my books. Just stay safe. And if it gets worse, just know there is always a place for you here. You are welcome anytime. Also, if you need me, I'll be there in a second, well not a second because I don't know how to apparate yet. Plus, I can't use magic outside of school, but you get the point." He gave his best friend a smile.
Sirius nodded and gave a little laugh in acknowledgment. "Don't worry James. They don't even know I left. I'll be fine. But if I do end up needing you, I know where to find you. I'll see you soon." Sirius smiled and headed out of the manor. Once outside, he hailed down the Knight Bus and rode it home.
Everything went wrong once Sirius opened the door. At first, Sirius suspected nothing to be amiss but how wrong he was. After he closed the door, the lights turned on and there were his parents standing there. And they did not look happy with him at all. Sirius sighed. He had really hoped that his parents hadn't noticed his absence. Obviously, he wasn't so lucky. So, he resigned himself for his punishment, which he knew would hurt, but at least they hadn't used spells or magic yet. That wouldn't have been good if they started that.
"SIRIUS BLACK, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY? YOU BETTER NOT HAVE BEEN WITH THAT NO-GOOD BLOOD TRAITOR!" His mother yelled at him, but instead of punching or kicking him like he thought she would, she threw a curse at him. That surprised him greatly, which was evident by how his eyes increased in size. He didn't even have time to dodge the spell. Luckily, it wasn't the killing curse.
Sirius knew he had to get out of this house immediately. His parents were using curses to punish him now. This was not good.
This is how Sirius Black ended up beaten up with various cuts on his body barely standing outside James's place with his trunk containing all of his stuff. Sirius had managed to knock on the door before he collapsed. Luckily, it wasn't too long after he had left that Sirius arrived back at Potter Manor, so James was still awake. He heard the knock and rushed to the door to see who it was, especially at this hour. Seeing Sirius lying on the ground looking almost dead, James yells out for his parents. "MOM! DAD! COME QUICK!" James could hear his parents rushing down the stairs to see what was wrong, but he couldn't focus on anything but his best friend on the ground.
His parents arrived at the scene and seeing Sirius, James's mother, who was a talented healer, ordered, "James, quickly, bring him into the house and lay him down on the couch." After Sirius was on the couch, Mrs. Potter got to work on Sirius. Meanwhile, to distract himself, James helped his father carry Sirius's trunk inside the house.
Mrs. Potter did the best that she could to heal and clear up the bruises and cuts that were scattered across Sirius. She couldn't get rid of all the cuts, though. She could tell they were created from spells and would probably leave scars. After she was done, she told James to go up to bed. There was nothing more that he could do for Sirius right now. They would just have to wait and see.
Sirius didn't wake up until the next morning. When he did wake up, he was bombarded by questions from James. Eventually, his parents walked in and took James away. They told him to leave Sirius alone for the moment. So, he let his parents talk to Sirius first. He was just so worried for his best friend. James made sure he was in the room as his parents calmly chatted with Sirius.
Once Sirius was fully awake, he told them all what had happened the night before. "So, my parents found out earlier in the day that I had snuck out. They had been waiting for me when I got home. They were so angry, but I just assumed the punishment would be like always. I just assumed they were just going to beat me as they would normally. What I didn't expect was them taking out their wands. They had never used magic and curses before so why should they have now. As they shot the first spell though, I knew they were actually trying to curse him and hurt me, maybe even kill me. So, I ran up to my room as fast as I could and gathered everything that I could. I dragged his trunk out of the house, but since my parents were still where I had left them, I had to pass his parents on the way out. They managed to hit me several times with various spells and curses. As I made it out of the house, I heard my mother call out that I was disowned, and I was never welcomed back, not that I would ever want to go back to that hell hole." James couldn't believe that Sirius's parents would actually resort to that level of violence, well he could believe it, but it was still surprising. They had never tried to curse Sirius before, so why did they suddenly resort to such tactics.
By the end of the story, Sirius was crying, and James saw the real Sirius once again. He had only seen this side of Sirius a few times. The real Sirius was broken and needed repair, but James could only do so much. However, James knew Sirius wasn't crying because his parents kicked him out, but for his brother and the horrors that he knew Regulus was going to be facing alone now. James knew how much Sirius really cared for his little brother despite not showing it at school. So, Sirius wasn't crying for himself, but for Regulus, who he knew was going further and further into the dark arts despite Sirius trying to protect him from his parents' influence.
Once Sirius was done with his story, James's parents immediately hugged Sirius. He started to cry into them. Then pulling slightly back from the hug, Mrs. Potter told him, "Sirius, you are more than welcome to stay here."
Sirius looked up at her and gave her a watery smile. He was so thankful to have such a wonderful best friend, whose family was willing to let him stay with them.
That was the day the Potters took Sirius Black in. Sirius was practically already their son, what with him staying there several times over Christmas and Spring Holiday. Now he would just be staying with them permanently instead of for a few weeks a year. James's parents would make sure to give Sirius the life that he deserved instead of the one that he had before. James saw this love that his parents were giving to Sirius and vowed to protect his best friend no matter what. Sirius was going to need him. He needed James to help him through this difficult time. This was the beginning of James becoming less of a bully and more of a better person.
A/N And done with another chapter. It's pretty long. I'm pretty proud of this chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. Let me know what you think. I really appreciate feedback, it lets me know whether I am actually doing a good job, so don't be shy to let me know what you think of the story.
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