Soulmates

The Slys went home, they carried the already cooled beer and the liquors in bags. The eagles had taken care of the rest, the necessary utensils, glasses, ice buckets, ice and food from the kitchens. They went up to the seventh floor and from there to the Rave house, they found the vast majority of its members in the corridor, so that the Common Room would not be crowded with people when they arrived. They made a hallway for them, cheering them on. Boof… they really want to party, thought Sev.

They had already left the door open and those who were waiting for them inside told them where they should go and place the drinks. In the Rave Room there was no large table like in the dungeons, but rather numerous small ones with four or six chairs around them, and it was almost completely surrounded by windows.

Wow… it's huge and perfect for studying… Indeed they have the best Room in the castle, but its layout also favors the individualism that the eagles already manifest by themselves, it doesn't help them overcome it. Something more for talking to the old man before the term ends.

They placed the drinks on the tables by type, in some the butterbeers, in others the blondes, in others the black ones, and in those where the ice buckets and ice were already prepared, the strong liquors, mixed.

The chairs at the tables that were going to be unusable because they were full of drinks had been strategically arranged so that they could be used to sit in groups.

Sev proposed, "Let's see, something that hasn't occurred to us before. What if someone who knows how to do it makes all the extra chairs and tables disappear, so that there is more space at the beginning, while the kids are here? Maybe then we will all fit."

"Of course," said Genevre. "Any seventh year who has Transfiguration as a subject."

"Myself," Paul offered. "I'll take care of looking for more people." Paul went to look for other seventh-year Transfiguration students.

Meanwhile, the Raves showed them the views from their windows, of the Lake and the Forest, spectacular, since they were on the eighth floor, the Rave house occupied an entire tower.

Genevre said to Sev, "And not only that, we also have access to a terrace."

"What are you saying?"

"What you are hearing, come."

Ugh, danger. "Wait, I've lost Hippolyta. Hippolyta!" he called.

The girl ran up to him, Quidditch Cup in hand, and Sev introduced them. Genevre led them to some stairs, which they climbed to the terrace.

"Wow... But, how come you didn't tell us this?" Sev asked. "So there is room for everyone."

"Because it is dangerous for the kids, they could fall down," Genevre responded.

"Do those of your House fall?"

"No, they don't fall."

"Well, that's it, the Slys aren't stupid either," he said.

"Well, we better have adults watch in case anyone comes up, and have them go with them to warn them."

"Okay, but you better look for Slys, you Raves are very messed up."

"You're absolutely right," she agreed. "I'll get to it, I'll leave you alone." Genevre left.

Playing matchmaker for me with Hippolyta, how well she took it. I'm sure she'll keep anyone else from going up until we go down. "Alone, my love!" exclaimed Sev.

They embraced.

"For me, I would stay like this with you all evening," said the girl.

"Me too honey. But I already told you that we are going to sleep together. As soon as you want to leave the party, you tell me and we'll go home. But not too early, huh? It's your party, you have to enjoy it. May you have another lot of happy memories tonight."

"Of course, of course, I already have another pile from this afternoon and also from dinner."

"Oh really? Me too, we can try them," he proposed.

They separated, tried memories of that time together and also those that Hippolyta had in the morning with him, many of them came out incorporeal.

"Wooow... how happy we are, Hippolyta."

"It's a shame that we won't be able to conjure them in the summer, because we're also going to have a lot."

"True. Let's go see the views, come on."

"Yes, and let's make our hawks, so that they fly throughout space," she proposed.

"Very good idea."

They approached the railing, conjuring the hawks with the happy memory of the hug they had given each other in the bedroom. They flew at the same height and higher, they let them do it for long minutes.

Finally Hippolyta spoke, "They fly like when we fly on a broom."

"Of course, Hippolyta, it's us. I want you to try something, I don't know if you know that everyone's Patronus vanishes as soon as they are conjured unless there is a Dementor nearby."

"Yes, I do know, because this afternoon Ariel showed us his, a lynx. Ours are special."

"Very well, I'm going to explain it to you. I guess ours are special because mine is. Look, I'm going to conjure it alone."

Sev conjured his hawk again and made it fly for a long minute.

When it disappeared, Hippolyta told him, "I already knew it, nothing else is talked about at home, even the Raves commented on it today in the locker room."

"Very well, a question. Have you conjured a corporeal alone?"

"No, Prince, I have already told you that the memories of this morning have all come out incorporeal."

"Great, now you're going to do it. Conjure."

The girl did it, the hawk also remained.

"Wow, Hippolyta... don't lose it…"

She also kept it flying for a long minute. Incredible… Sev was thinking. Indeed we are soulmates, one to another, she is capable of conjuring Patronus like mine. I will stay with her forever, I no longer have any doubts, even though we will never be boy and girlfriend.

Finally, Hippolyta couldn't contain herself any longer. She fell into his arms, with the Cup in one hand and her wand in the other. "Prince! Prince! It is like yours!"

"Yes, my love, yes... I think my corporeal just changed again."

"And mine, and mine. Let's try them."

They conjured again, with the same memory, that of Hippolyta's hawk flying alone, the hawks emerged. Also, all of our corporeals change at once and we share most of our incorporeals. One to another, this is predestination, no wonder that time I saw us alone in Erised. They held them for another minute.

Hippolyta fell into his arms again. She told him, with great feeling, "Prince... we are alike in everything... I already know that I want to be with you forever too…"

"And I, my love... we will be... whatever it may be, no matter what happens…"

"Just know that I don't care if you have other girlfriends while you wait for me. You are not like my Dad, girls do love you."

"Okay, Hippolyta, if I really feel like it I will do it."

"I like it that way, and just know that you can tell me, I won't mind."

"Okay, honey, I'll do it, I'll tell you now. This afternoon I didn't feel bad just because I kissed Valerie, but because I also did things with Genevre, the Rave girl I just introduced you to."

"Oh... she's very pretty..." she said.

"It wasn't because of that, you know that I don't like girls because of how pretty they are, but because of their personality."

"Of course... that's why my Mum likes my Dad."

"That's it," Sev confirmed.

"Now I'm not surprised that you were so knackered. Don't you think it's a bit over the top to do things with two girls in the same afternoon?"

"You're right. Well, there haven't been just two, there have been three, I've also kissed a seventh-grade girl from home, Scarlett."

"Ugh... Prince..." somewhat recriminatory. "We're not alike about that, huh? That is not done, because they get their hopes up about you and then you don't want to be with them."

"I know, Hippolyta, I have already realized it alone," suffering, "They were the ones who asked me, I feel terrible again."

She hugged him very tightly and spoke to him very sweetly, "Don't worry, if they asked you, they asked for it. You already realized, don't do it again and that's it."

"That's why I need you not to separate from me tonight, many girls are going to want to be with me, especially the Rave girls, who don't know that I love you."

"Of course, that's why I told you before that I was going to watch you. I have my problem with food, you help me solve it. You have your problem with girls, I'll help you. That's why you called me so you wouldn't go up to the terrace alone with Genevre, right?"

"Sure."

"Well, don't worry, I'm not going to leave you all night, but not only because of that, but also because I don't want to."

"Thank you, Hippolyta."

"I'm only going to lose sight of you when you have to go to the bathroom, be careful there, they can sneak in after you."

True… indeed… like Genevre did this afternoon… And that's why this morning Valerie told me that it was a problem to go to the bathroom many times if I drank beer. Well, I'll lock myself in a toilet or ask a boy in the family to accompany me. "Thank you for letting me know, Hippolyta, I hadn't thought about it."

"Of course, that's why my friends and I, at House and school parties, always accompany each other to go to the bathroom, in case a boy sneaks in for us, and my Mum always accompanies me to the bathroom when we ever go out there."

"Of course, you are doing very well."

"What I'm telling you, I know how to take care of myself, we girls know how to take care of each other," she explained.

"I will also ask Paul to accompany me."

"Very well thought. Are you better?"

"Yes much better. Let's go look at the views," Sev proposed.

"Come on!"

They stayed for a long time looking at the views.

"Our Forest..." Hippolyta said. "From here we can see how enormous it is, like from the Astronomy Tower."

"Of course. Do you also go to the Astronomy Tower during the day?"

"Sure. I am independent, I know the entire castle, and now also some passages, the ones you told me about."

"I'll show you all of them," he promised. "We'll also take Ariel, I still have to show them to him."

"Great, what I was going to tell you, have you seriously traveled through the entire Forest?"

"Of course."

"What a good time we are going to have," she said. "And the Lake, we could also bathe in the Lake in September."

"The lake is a little dangerous for bathing."

"Yes, I know, because of the grindylows and the mermaids, but if you don't dive very deep, nothing happens, we'll swim on the shore."

She knows everything. "Sure. I have Gillyweed, to dive a little too, the old man gave it to me," Sev explained.

"Wooow…! We're going to have a blast... Well, the old man isn't that bad."

"Yes, yes he is, Hippolyta, he acts good but he is very bad, don't trust him one bit."

"Whatever you say, Prince, you are the one who knows him well."

"Minerva can be trusted. If you ever have a problem, go to her and not him."

"Sure, but if I ever have a problem, the first person I will talk to will be you."

"Very well, honey, that's what you should do," he said. "And if it's urgent and you can't do it with me, do it with Valerie or Deborah."

"Of course, Prince."

"Have you already arranged the interview with Slughorn?"

"Yes, when we finished the Potions exam. He appointed me on Monday after breakfast."

"Very good. When do you want to return to the pond?" Sev asked.

"Can we go to the Lake with Gillyweed instead of the pond?"

"The old man is going to see us and we won't be able to fight there, it's not convenient for everyone to know how good you are."

"I've already told you that I don't give a damn about the old man," Hippolyta opined. "And what does it matter if they find out now or when we return in September, when I start training with the Army?"

"You're right, but we won't be able to teach you more curses."

"It doesn't matter either. We can do Imperius, which is the most fun."

"But in the Lake there are not as many insects as in the pond," he objected.

"Yeah... Well, nothing, let's go to the pond and get out of trouble. So in the afternoon, whatever you want, Monday or Tuesday, in the morning it will be very short."

"Whatever you prefer."

"On Tuesday then, so we do fun things on alternate days, tomorrow we'll fly, on Tuesday pond and on Thursday you'll visit me at my house," she proposed.

"Have you already written to your parents?"

"Yes, Prince, last night. I sent my owl this morning when I woke up, because if I had sent it before curfew it would have arrived at night. Godric's Hollow is closer to here than London and where you live."

"Sure."

"I'm sure they will answer me tomorrow."

"At breakfast?" Sev asked.

"No, man, at lunch, otherwise they would have to get up at night to send it. In addition, I have also told them that tonight we would have a party."

"Then write to them again to tell them that you have won the championship and the party."

"I was already thinking of doing it," said the girl.

"Do you have an owl?"

"Yeah."

"Let it rest," he advised.

"For a little while, it will have already rested at my parents' house. So I write to them after lunch and it arrives at night, otherwise my Dad won't be able to read the letter until Monday at lunch."

"Sure. Or you send them one from the castle."

"No, better not, so they don't worry," she objected. "They are already waiting for my letter and my owl is very strong and resistant, they bought me the best one."

Of course, they nourish themselves a lot from letters from their daughter, they must miss her very, very much. "Do you write to them often?"

"Sure, Prince, at least twice a week. And I already warned them that during the exams I wouldn't be able to do it and they understood it, that's why you haven't seen any letters arrive since we sat together. And you're already starting with your questions, huh? And today we agreed that none of that, stop worrying about me, I already know how to take care of my parents."

"Okay, Hippolyta. Do you want us to go down now? Everyone must be waiting for us."

"Well, well, let them get upset and wait," contemptuous, and sweet, "I want more hugs."

"Okay."

They hugged for a long time, without speaking, Sev also without thinking, just enjoying the deep feeling he had for her.

Finally Hippolyta separated from him. "And now I want you to look at me the way you look at me, also for a long time…" with deep feeling. "I prefer to look at you than at the views…"

"I prefer it too, my love…" he too.

"Don't cry, okay?"

"No, I'm not crying. I am very happy…"

"Surely we have another incorporeal," she said.

"Sure. Maybe even corporeal."

"But we stop trying them, if not, we will never finish, I prefer to look at each other."

"Me too…"

"Let's sit on the floor to look at each other, but very closely," the girl proposed.

"Okay."

They sat face to face, as close as they could, their legs touching and they leaned towards each other. They also stayed looking at each other for a long time, into each other's eyes, both with infinite love, Sev also without thinking.

Finally Hippolyta said, "I love your eyes, they are deep like the night…"

"And I yours, clear and clean as day…"

"In that we are not alike."

At Erised we make a perfect couple. "But in that it doesn't matter whether we look alike or not," he said. "The contrast is very nice, when you grow up we will make a very good couple."

"No, because I will always be shorter than you."

"Your Dad is tall, Hippolyta, is your Mum tall?"

"Yes, she is almost as tall as him."

"So, if you haven't grown as much as you should, it's because you didn't eat well. From now on you will grow a lot, so you should continue eating as much as possible, and above all, drink a lot of milk."

"Yeah, you know that I drink three cups a day. Don't start, huh?" she warned.

"No, Hippolyta, I won't start."

"Will you let me caress your hair?"

"Sure," Sev agreed.

She did so, combing it with her fingers. "Wooow... I love it... it's very soft…"

"I have disgusting, very greasy hair, I have to wash it very often."

"Don't think that, you have perfect hair, never cut it."

"No, I will never cut it," he assured.

"And it looks great on you."

"It also looks great on you the way you're wearing it now."

"Of course, all my friends have told me, I think my parents will like it too," said the girl. "Your haircut is great and no one wears it like that, neither the boys nor the girls. I'm going to leave it like this for the rest of the summer, I look very pretty like this. Before returning to Hogwarts I'll cut it boy's style, let's see if I like it better."

"Very well thought out, Hippolyta."

"Also, I looked at it from behind and you also left it very good for me, my parents are not going to be obsessed with taking me to the hairdresser right away."

"Glad to hear it."

"And as soon as I need to cut it again, one way or another, if it's boy's style, I will ask Ariel to teach me, I already asked him if he knows and he does know, he learned so that Shelley's family wouldn't spend money with him in that, and if I want it this way, you'll teach me," she planned.

"Of course. The way I wear it is easier than boy's style."

"But it is more cumbersome to dry. At home I dry it with the Muggle hairdryer, but at school it's a pain and I want to waste a minimum of time on that nonsense, I'm going to be very busy."

"You said it, nonsense," Sev agreed.

"Can you let me do something?"

"What?"

"Comb your hair my way," Hippolyta responded.

"What is your way?"

"May the locks that surround your face fall on it, as I wear it."

"Okay, I love it, do it," he agreed.

She did it, placed the locks framing his face. "Wooow..." admired. "How handsome you are... Look at me defiantly."

He did it.

"What a Death Eater look!" vehement and emphatic, "I love it!"

Take that! "The one who wants to snack on them."

"But you already know that never on you, not even if you were," very sweet, moved. "I would prefer to die before something happened to you."

"And me, Hippolyta."

"Then none of us should die, for the other."

"That is."

"Look at me like that again, I want to see you for a long time," the girl asked.

He did it.

"Wooow... it's spectacular…" she was amazed. "Smile a little, but only a little, as if you had a bad idea, you know?"

"Yes," He did so.

"Wow…! How bad does you look...! It's amazing! Continue like this for a long time."

Ugh… what a mess… Sev thought. This summer I will ask Lily to take a photo of me to give to her.

Hippolyta stared at him like that for about five minutes, without saying anything else, with great attention, paying attention to every feature of him, even squinting her eyes. He only moved to blink.

She finally spoke, "Okay, that's it, it's enough for me. But I want you to always wear your hair like this and look at me like that whenever you can."

He laughed. Planning my life. Women… "Hippolyta, I'll take a Muggle photo and I'll give it to you."

"Okay, great, but a photo is not the same. Is it your turn to wash your hair tomorrow?"

"No, I washed it today, that's why it's so soft."

"When is it your turn?" she asked.

"On Tuesday."

"Very well, I'll teach you how to dry it so that it looks like mine. If I can't go up to your room, you go down to the Common Room and we do it there."

"Okay. You can also teach me when we'll dry it in the pond," he suggested.

"Sure, better, I'll bring a hand mirror."

"Brilliant."

"And in the summer I will teach you with the Muggle hairdryer," Hippolyta proposed.

"I don't have a Muggle hairdryer at home."

"Oh no?"

"No," Sev answered.

"And how do you dry it?"

"My Mum dries it with her wand."

"Well, buy one, they're not very expensive," she suggested.

Ugh… so many expenses, tomorrow I'll Summon another pile of jewels, Sev thought. "Right, I'll buy one."

"And now, as soon as we finish the reception, ask Paul to accompany you to the bathroom and look in the mirror so you can see how handsome you look. And make the face I asked you for, you'll see, you're going to be amazed."

"Okay," he agreed.

"I'm going to be the envy of the party. All the girls crazy about you and you for me all the time."

He laughed. This thing about women's weapons is innate. "How bad you are, Hippolyta."

"Look at them like that and provoke them and I'll get them off your back, you'll see how much fun we have."

They laughed. The one who said before that I shouldn't get their hopes up. "Wow, Hippolyta... you're very bad..." deeply admired.

"Of course, like you," satisfied.