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“ SECRET SANTA ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 000.
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️ ️ ️ ️there was an ORDER to things. there was an order for her LIFE, for her FUTURE, and there should certainly have been an order for how things progressed after such a DEVASTATING attack on hogwarts────── TWO in a YEAR. they should have been using all their energy figuring out WHO was behind those attacks, WHY, and HOW they're to keep students SAFE here.

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️ ️ ️ ️and yet, despite the ORDER of things, queenie couldn't deny that she was somewhat GRATEFUL for having left her secret santa so LATE in the month; she contemplated not participating, mostly to avoid making him UNCOMFORTABLE, but after all the tragedy, a GIFT couldn't mean something bad. . . RIGHT? so, for a while, she'd just STARED at that piece of parchment.

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️ ️ ️ ️until she eventually settled on his gift; OMNIOCULARS. she wrote a note along with it────── ' for all the quidditch games you attend to watch noah play, i would like to give you these omnioculars so you don't have to struggle anymore to keep up with him. ' she considered signing her name, but the quill stops between her fingers as she HESITATES, unsure.

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️ ️ ️ ️to do so would be to admit that she too, WATCHED him play, that she WORRIED for the boy he called his BROTHER, that she PAID ATTENTION. it would be an admission she COULD NOT make────── as much as she wished she could bring a flicker of JOY to asa, she'd accept that he'd never know where it came from. most importantly, NOAH wouldn't find out either.

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️ ️ ️ ️so, queenie didn't sign her name. instead, she wrote a simple ending: ' from your secret santa. ' she'd leave it at that. from there, it was simple; queenie had tied the package to her owl and had sent it off to deliver the gift to ASA PRINCE directly. she'd be sitting at the ravenclaw table, watching from afar when he opened his gift────── at least that was the PLAN.
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“ BITTER REUNIONS ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 006.
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️ ️ ️ ️queenie would have liked to stay forever SWALLOWED in his big arms, relishing in the small sliver of COMFORT it offered her. he'd been THAT so many times, now────── always being the GLUE that kept her together, even when she hadn't been strong enough to prevent her own UNDOING; max had saved her from countless nights of CRYING and WALLOWING.

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️ ️ ️ ️nina WAS tough, but they were TOUGHER. queenie had seen, SECOND HAND, what they were capable of────── how cass' eyes GLISTENED as she watched people WRITHE in pain like they were her PUPPETS in some sick game of PUPPETEERS. she chose to cling onto those WORDS instead of the thought: she was WORTH more to them ALIVE. but WHY was she?

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️ ️ ️ ️the world, however BROKEN it was, seemed to set itself right for a brief moment────── his PROMISE, his reassuring KISS atop her forehead, brought a faint SMILE to her lips. ' alenia is LUCKY to have you as her father. ' as he lifted her chin to meet with her steel eyes, queenie didn't fail to see the TURMOIL in his. and while words of comfort were HIS forte, she would try.

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️ ️ ️ ️' -and she's going to be FINE. she's safe, that's what matters. ' more than the fact that she didn't particularly LIKE stella, more than the fact that she HATED the thought of max being away from his whole WORLD────── they found a small COMFORT together; queenie felt her heart WARM with his embrace. until a somewhat GUILTY expression donned her face.

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️ ️ ️ ️' . . .i miss the days you and MAT kept us all up at night with your dumb video games. ' how YOUNG they had all been then. ' -when did you become the voice of REASON? ' it had been her, before she'd abandoned her PERFECT future at the ALTAR in exchange for a FLAWED, UNPREDICTABLE one. glancing at the sleeping noah across the room, she knew she didn't REGRET it.

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️ ️ ️ ️queenie would do it ALL over again. she sighed inwardly, hugging her overcoat around herself as she tucked herself between his arm and his SIDE. ' i love you, max. ' she let her eyes flutter to a close. ' -but i hate it when you're RIGHT. ' it hadn't been that long ago since she'd sought out his SOLACE; she hoped they'd find some PEACE soon.
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“ BITTER REUNIONS ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ @MCKXYMILIAN
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️ ️ ️ ️queenie's arms moved INVOLUNTARILY around leona as she pulled her into a hug, as though they already KNEW what to do without needing to be told. she knew leona would be their best chance, and yet it did nothing to SOOTHE the worry that forced TREMORS to her hands, or the GUILT that robbed her of sleep. still, queenie SMILED faintly at her former COLLEAGUE.

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️ ️ ️ ️' i can't thank you enough for this, leona. ' and while her words were nothing she hadn't already heard before, queenie felt a sense of EMPATHY that burned away the THICK layer of DREAD that had hung over her the last few DAYS. she clung onto her hands for her OWN selfish COMFORT, offering her a slight shake of her head. ' i'll be sure to REPAY this. '

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️ ️ ️ ️she'd spent the rest of her LIFE doing so, if that's what it took; she doubted leona would ever LET her. ' -but for now, i think i should go back. max was WOUNDED, the idiot, trying to get this. ' and she'd LEFT both him and NOAH────── now that DAWN coloured the skies above, they'd be awake SOON. she leaves with a KISS pressed to leona's CHEEK.

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️ ️ ️ ️-before she TWISTS and SHIFTS back into a TIMELESS space, until she reached a DOOR────── the apparition back into the infirmary almost FAILED; queenie loses her FOOTING as she stumbles into the room. ' . . .you're AWAKE. ' steel gaze back into the STELLAR BLUE eyes of her BROTHER. ' you're lucky i lack the STRENGTH to kick your ass to high HEAVENS. '

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️ ️ ️ ️her voice was a mere whisper, footsteps SILENT as to avoid waking NOAH, still in the same position as when she'd left, as though he were WAITING for her to RETURN. instead, queenie sank on the bed beside MAX, lulling her head down in DEFEAT. ' it seems you're always catching me CRYING these days. ' lips POUT as she BATTLES the tears. ' tell me it'll be OKAY. '

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️ ️ ️ ️he had a way with words, with COMFORTING. queenie rested her head on his shoulder, letting herself fall into his BIG arms, hands CLINGING onto the muscles everyone used to RAVE about back in HOGWARTS. long were those days. ' -tell me leona will FIGURE the chess board out soon and that we'll find her. and when we do, she'll be. . . ALIVE. ' eyes close.
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“ BATTLEGROUND ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 003.
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️ ️ ️ ️queenie tried not to focus on the way that SNAKE had sank its VENOMOUS fangs into the BROAD MAN'S neck, or the way small trickles of blood pooled from the small protrusions. she squeezed her eyes SHUT for a brief moment to force the image out, choosing instead to look at the ICE in beatrice's LIME eyes. he wouldn't DIE────── queenie chose to believe that.

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️ ️ ️ ️the MALFOYS had a terrible reputation of being ICY, COLD. watching the way beatrice's arms WRAPPED defensively around that poor girl's body, without so much as a GLANCE at the emblem printed on her ROBES, proved them all WRONG. keep a CALM head, WATCH your surroundings────── it was easier SAID than DONE, but queenie TRIED, steel calculative.

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️ ️ ️ ️TOO calculative, perhaps, as she's suddenly PRESSES back against a wall, a hand instinctively grasping at the YOUNG girl's, as a shield FORMS around them. breathless, she nods. ' you're right, we can't just walk the corridors. ' which brought her to an idea she HATED more than anything; SECRET PASSAGEWAYS. she didn't know ANY. ' -is there a way through the dungeons? '

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️ ️ ️ ️queenie SWALLOWED down any NERVES that bubbled into FEAR, fingers clenching TIGHTER around the girl's CLOAK as she ZAPPED an incoming WOMAN against the wall. ' we have to move, we can't stay here. ' she peers over the side, spots FOUR of them MARCHING in their direction. with a heavy breath, queenie's WIDE eyes look to LIME.

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️ ️ ️ ️' you'll have to lead the way; i don't KNOW any passageways. ' she'd spent a lot of time SCOLDING her brothers for USING them, and now she was ironically DEPENDENT on them. and just as she's about to RUN, they're SURROUNDED, faces slowly encircling them────── PROTECTIVENESS took over, as queenie SHOT to action. ' -take the LEFT side. '

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️ ️ ️ ️REDUCTO, DIFFINDO, PROTEGO────── there's not time to THINK, no time to QUESTION anything; queenie narrowly escapes a hit to the SHOULDER, bodies slowly DROPPING like marionettes. until. . . an ICY glaze freezes over her suddenly, breaths clouds of COLD air as they leave her lips. ' . . .BEA. ' a warning; she KNEW what this meant, had READ it.

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️ ️ ️ ️everything FROZE altogether, including TIME. panting, she watched as ICILES formed around them, BLACK shadows lurking around the BODIES on the floor, around THEM. she'd never SEEN one before────── DEMENTORS. terror ignited in her mind, every shred of HOPE DYING as steel blues gaze into the ABYSS beyond THEIR eyes. ' -bea. . . ' she felt her soul. . .
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“ BITTER REUNIONS ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ @WXSDOM
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️ ️ ️ ️queenie's heart lulled softly in his arms, her mind keeping her thoughts solely on HIM and the sweet, HUSHED words that fell from his lips faintly onto her skin. that should have been enough, perhaps it WOULD have been────── but as much as queenie LONGED for children of her own, for the future she'd DREAMED about, there was something else, something. . .

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️ ️ ️ ️. . .BROKEN. as much SOLACE as he brought her, how could she think about anything else when nina was in the clutches of the most DANGEROUS wizards out there? as steel trails around, they land softly on a MUTTERING max, his eyelids fluttering in SLEEP────── queenie wondered, for a brief moment, how much his heart must be ACHING without ALENIA.

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️ ️ ️ ️queenie rests her fingertips lightly against the PRICKLY stubble printed across noah's JAW, pressing a feather-light kiss to his POUTY lips; she lifts herself off the bed carefully, the CREEKS of her footsteps against the floorboards LOUD in the silence. without FALLING back into the COLD and DARK thoughts in her head, she picks up the shimmering chess board.

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️ ️ ️ ️as queenie closes her eyes, she lets herself FOLD into a swirl of wild COLOURS and NAUSEA────── apparition was never her favourite way to travel. when feet hit SOLID ground once more, she had to press her fingers to her lips softly. ' LEONA. i'm sorry i'm LATE. ' leona too, had CHANGED; her eyes had SUNKEN in the last years, its shade of brown DARKER.

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️ ️ ️ ️' ──────i need a FAVOUR. ' queenie holds out the chess board to the scamander. ' we think this might hold CLUES about the REBELLION, about where they're keeping NINA. ' there was no time to waste. ' . . .i don't know who else to ask, to TRUST. ' and while queenie could try to figure it out HERSELF, she doubted she'd be able to figure it out faster than LEONA.

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️ ️ ️ ️' PLEASE, LEONA, if you could. . . ' queenie almost CHOKED out the words; she was far too TIRED to cry. still, fingers dabbed at her heavy eyelids────── SLEEP evaded her, the DREAD keeping her awake. queenie preferred it, really. at least then, she'd be able to stay PROACTIVE. ' -i really need this to be the ANSWER, i need to FIND her. ' before INSANITY settled in.
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“ BITTER REUNIONS ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 003.
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️ ️ ️ ️it felt as though the WORLD was against her, PUNISHING her for having abandoned everything she'd DREAMT about all those years────── and if that was the case, how could queenie be ANGRY about it? SHE COULDN'T. . . not when she found such solace in noah's embrace, or COMFORT in the smell that clung to his clothes: the smell of the OCEAN and BOOKS.

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️ ️ ️ ️if THIS was her punishment, she WANTED to endure it, even if at moments like these, she wondered if NINA would have been SAFER had she not become INVOLVED with NOAH. these were the thoughts that LURKED noisily in her head as she hugs herself to him, burying her head in his GOOD shoulder. it was slightly EASIER to laugh, to marvel in her new sense of HOPE.

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️ ️ ️ ️' NO, the birth was beautiful too. ' she taps him on the chest as a way of SCOLDING him for his INSENSITIVE words, her eyes ROLLING at his reaction. ' . . .but she was a little SCARY. ' ella had always BEEN an intimidating person, even if queenie hadn't ever LOOKED at her that way, but not even SHE could deny that PREGNANT ella was a force to be RECKONED with.

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️ ️ ️ ️' ──────she's not that bad, don't be MEAN. ' but her scolding was half hearted, steel holding the TIRED cobalt as fingers move to gently PLAY with HIS. poor little souls, having to be kept SECRET, CLASSIFIED. she wondered, briefly, what ella would choose to NAME them. until that thought was interrupted by a question she. . . wasn't QUITE ready for. eyes widen.

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️ ️ ️ ️' . . .A LITTLE. ' a confession, even if she knew he was half JOKING; the crinkle of his eyes as he smiled made way for some LIGHTNESS in her chest, as the FEAR escaped to the back of her mind, replaced instead by. . . LONGING. ' i'm not exactly LEAPING to have children now, but. . . i see MAX with ALENIA and now ELLA and UTHER with THEIR babies and. . . '

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️ ️ ️ ️and it felt like a different kind of HAPPINESS that called out to her. queenie mirrors his smile, shaking her head as she lowers her gaze from his. ' ──────WE? ' teeth nibble NERVOUSLY at her bottom lip; she WANTED kids, but there had barely been enough time for them to just. . . BE, let alone talk about the prospect of having a FUTURE together. it was. . . SCARY.

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️ ️ ️ ️BEAUTIFULLY SO. ' do you want children? ' a SERIOUS question, steel blues chancing a glance at him BRAVELY. queens taps her fingers lightly against the shirt at his chest, letting her mind fall into a reality she didn't KNOW yet. ' . . .i always pictured i'd be MARRIED first, but i'm starting to think the world might be AGAINST us. ' was that SELFISH to say?
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“ BATTLEGROUND ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 002.
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️ ️ ️ ️she wondered if, as a MALFOY, beatrice knew of a difference. building a small spark of courage, queenie reached a hand to a GAP between the SNAKES, until fingers found the FABRIC of his cloak. a grimace on her face, she RUMMAGED until hands found WOOD. ' ──────if we can't find anything OUT from him, the least we can do is DISARM him. '

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️ ️ ️ ️it seemed too small a fret to have it COUNT for anything, but at least it was SOMETHING. she pulls out his WAND, snapping it quickly in TWO before she dropped the pieces onto the floor. a BANG made her flinch, steel looking to every CORRIDOR, every BEND she could see, as FEAR began to surge through her blood. ' this is CRAZY. don't we have PRECAUTIONS for this? '

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️ ️ ️ ️fingers rummage through her hair, EXPASPERATED, as she decided to leave the body BEHIND. ' . . .i have to find my sister, my BROTHERS. ' PANIC────── wide, horrified eyes look to GREEN as if they had all the answers in the world, as if they could help CALM the TURMOIL. . . but all that ensued after was MORE tragedy, as a LITTLE GIRL sprinted towards them.

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️ ️ ️ ️she ran TIRELESSLY, right into BEATRICE────── as a HOODED someone came following after, it was ALL queens could do to cast ' REDUCTO, ' before she cowered at the EXPLOSION. ' . . .we're the OLDEST. ' she was STUCK. stuck between finding her FAMILY and RESCING those without their families. ' we have to PROTECT them. '

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️ ️ ️ ️taking a deep breath, queenie glanced down at the girl, clinging TIGHTLY to beatrice's CLOAK. ' ──────looks like she's not letting you go soon, either. you've got her? ' peering over the BEND for any intruders, queenie took the LEAD. ' i have to believe my brothers and sister have made it to the GREAT HALL. ' she'd start her search there.
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️ ️ ️ ️queenie leans into the palm at her cheek, cupping his hand with hers as she interlaced their fingers together. there was HOPE and COMFORT in his words, even if she wasn't sure he MEANT it────── FINDING nina was never the problem. SAVING her was. she can't help but to let out a little LAUGH at his GUILTY expression, at words he uttered so LIGHTLY.

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️ ️ ️ ️' YES, WE. ' she confirmed, ready to FALL into the sea blue of his eyes. but then he edges closer, and closes the gap between them SLOWLY, SOFTLY. queenie almost STRAIGHTENS, suddenly aware of the souls that encircled them. . . until her lips touch his and the OVERWHELMING taste of CANDY FLOSS and SWEETNESS consume her entirely, and she CRUMBLES.

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️ ️ ️ ️it was as though every WOE, every shred of DOUBT and WORRY seeped into their kiss; she wanted it to TEAR all her fears away from her, but just as she PRESSES further against the sweet taste of his mouth on hers, he GROANS────── and reality sinks back in. it's suddenly EASIER to laugh along with him, lips pressing to the palm of his hand ONCE.

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️ ️ ️ ️' i'm not going anywhere. ' as if to PROVE it, queenie moves the chessboard elsewhere quickly, before she CLIMBS onto the bed beside him. a hand resting gently at his chest, she GUIDES him down with her, CAREFUL to leave his arm in its place at his chest. queenie positions her head against his shoulder, fingertips playing against his shirt as she NESTS in his arms.

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️ ️ ️ ️queenie wallows in the momentary SILENCE between them, before she lets her mind wander ELSEWHERE, far away from the FEAR and the SORROW that picked at her chest. ' you won't believe what i did today. ' a grin shifts onto her lips with ease as she REMEMBERS the scene; she lifts her head to look up at him, steel blues SMILING. ' . . .ella had her BABIES. '

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️ ️ ️ ️resting her head back down, she lets the thought CARRY her through the TERROR she felt in the back of her head. ' it was the most BEAUTIFUL scene i've ever seen. ' she admitted. ' they were so TINY, they fit right in the palm of my hand. ' tears POOLED in her eyes, but this time, queenie let them fall gracefully. ' i wish you'd seen them. ' it gave her HOPE.
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“ BITTER REUNIONS ️ ️ ️ ️── ️️️️️️️️ ️️️ ️️️️️️ ️️️️️️️ 002.
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️ ️ ️ ️if he wasn't so BADLY HURT, queenie would have probably HIT him for his attempt at being FUNNY────── though it lightened her HEART to have some sense of NORMALITY in the midst of all the CHAOS. her lips twitch into a small smile briefly, before she hears the GRUNTS that leave his lips. the sound of her sister's name makes her look UP at him, HOPE settling.

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️ ️ ️ ️' . . .THIS? ' steel glances behind her, catching a glimpse of a WAKING max. ' you risked your whole COVER UP to try to find NINA? ' queenie is almost scared to TOUCH it, fingertips sliding over the glass; there seemed to be a GREEN SHIMMER coming from within it────── she's ENRAPTURED by it, almost. ' i can send it off to LEONA, she might be able to decipher it. '

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️ ️ ️ ️IF there was anything to decipher. she's suddenly TORN from her thoughts as she feels the weight of his head on her shoulder. setting the chessboard down beside him, queenie runs her hand through his overgrown hair, soothed by his usual, SWEET scent; it held other traces now────── SWEAT and DIRT combined. . . but it was still NOAH, still BEAUTIFUL.

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️ ️ ️ ️' I'M SORRY. ' she flinches back, curling her fingers gently around his wrist as she held his arm in place. BROKEN. digging into her pocket for her wand, queenie focused on his ARM rather than the COBALT. ' . . .i'm fine. ' a LIE, but she continued her work, a small orb of light forming between his INJURED arm and her wand. ' the sooner we get nina back. . . '

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️ ️ ️ ️DON'T CRY────── queenie gives him a small nod. ' this'll hurt. ' she CRACKS his arm back into its place. ' EPISKEY. ' it would still need time to FULLY HEAL, but queenie appreciated the distraction. she sets his arm down on his lap carefully, as she sniffles back a SOB that threatened to break everything she'd done so well CONCEALING thus far.

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️ ️ ️ ️' ──────you're not going ANYWHERE else without me, noah yaxley. you HEAR me? ' queenie did look up at him then, steel CRASHING with cobalt. ' if you so much as even THINK about entertaining the idea of LEAVING ME again, i swear to ALL of the FOUNDERS, i will. . . BREAK your arm worse than it was now. ' it was a silent PLEA, hidden in her gaze.

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️ ️ ️ ️fingers picked at her broken fingernails, FIDGETTING. in the last few MONTHS, she'd gone back to biting them; a HABIT she wished she'd never picked up again in moments like these, where it felt she had almost no fingernails left to BITE. ' you two shouldn't have gone ALONE. ' queenie drops her gaze, tearful. ' but if this helps us find nina. . . ' a small SMILE.
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️ ️ ️ ️HAVOC ERUPTED────── a tremor RATTLED the whole castle, dust sprinkling down onto the stone floors as queenie held onto the bannister of the MOVING staircase. after that came a brief SILENCE, a DEADLY one. . . until all HELL broke LOOSE. she caught sight of bowtruckles dangling from CRACKS in the walls, portraits packing their belongings.

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️ ️ ️ ️and then. . . she saw students SPRINT down the stairs. some older kids LEPT from the top floor, only to ARRESTO MOMENTUM at the very last second────── her heart raced FRANTICALLY in her chest, before she's TUGGED backwards by a hand on her shoulder. dropping her books to the floor, queens then followed suit, wild curls falling from her hair tie.

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️ ️ ️ ️a body TOWERED over her, hands reaching towards her; she couldn't see their HOODED face────── she could only hear their rapid breaths and FEEL the malice in their DARK EYES. steel blues BLINK once, before she ROLLS away from the individual, leaving her CLOAK behind as she JUMPS. the FALL was LONG, and she could BARELY breathe.

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️ ️ ️ ️ONE SECOND too late and queenie would────── ' ARRESTO MOMENTUM! ' she hovers, eyes closed, above the first floor, before she lets herself FALL the last inch. there was no time to PROCESS, much less time to BREATHE; the SAME hooded figure appeared in a cloud of BLACK, their grin MALICIOUS. ' . . .BOO. ' his voice was THICK, laced in EVIL.

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️ ️ ️ ️the next happened too QUICKLY for her eyes to register it. as the tip of his wand points at her chest, a collection of SNAKES curl around his whole physique, until he was nothing but a SLITHERING, SCREAMING mess. turning behind her, queenie catches sight of something BLONDE, something. . . FRIENDLY. ' i'm going to assume that was you. ' BEATRICE MALFOY.

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️ ️ ️ ️queenie runs her hands through her hair, managing a single BREATH as she moves to stand beside the malfoy, steel watching as the MAN struggled against the SNAKES. ' we could lock him in a closet, QUESTION him, find out what the hell is going on. ' glancing around, she knew MORE were coming, if they weren't already HERE. FEAR makes her look to BEATRICE.
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