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𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆, [ 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒 ], 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 [ 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 ], 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐔𝐑, 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐑, 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒.𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 : 

𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨, 

𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒

[  ❄️  ]

⋆·˚ ༘  𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒. 𝐋𝐄𝐌 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐑𝐔𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄, 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆.

It was about 2:37 am when she had ran to the headmasters office, and found a awake Professor Lupin (that's right, and his co - headmaster is Sirius )

" Mr Lupin!!" she yelled, barging in their unlocked dormitory slash living space 

"Well, Lem, what would you be doing here at this time of day?" He asked, awake, reading a book and admiring the moonlight, at least he wasn't transforming until next week.

"Night, you mean, Remus I told you to go to bed hours ago and stop reading that bloody book!" Sirius yelled from his bed, turning around facing the wall.

"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!" she shirked 

"What do you mean by 𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒, because if a student is out of bed, it is fine, it is Christmas and the rules have been adjusted slightly so th-"

"STELLA IS MISSING!" She yelled, Lupin put down his book, not bothering to put his bookmark in. " I saw them, throwing ornaments at the castle wall outside a few hours ago! Then she ran off into the woods! She's been acting strange for weeks, their eyes show signs of evil and not like themselves" Lem said fast, like she would know signs of evil but she did 

"How many hours ago, Lem?" Lupin asked, making a cup of tea casually. 

"Uhlikemaybefourhoursagonow" Lem said fast and ashamed, she should've come straight away

"Well, then, we must figure out what could be happening. With the spirits gone, a student in potential danger, if the spirits don't come back, the lights festival in Hogsmeade will be cancelled. 𝘚𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 ! Call the Longbottom's, Weasley's, Potter's, and the Malfoy's. And Professor McGonagall" he said orderly, mixing his tea.

"Remus 𝘺𝘰𝘶  are literally the reason I get no sleep! You should've given headmaster to McGonagall instead of insisting on my help!" he lazily walked to the phone and ringed each room with a recorded message and fell back into his bed near the wall in his corner of the bedroom / living space.

In five minutes each parent was down there, Lem had left to the dorms.

"My daughter is missing?" Neville said worried.

"Yes, but calm down, Lem has said she'd seen them four hours ago-"

"FOUR HOURS AGO? SHE COULD BE DEAD BY NOW!?" Neville screamed, but Luna told him to calm down.

"Lem is Stella's girlfriend, if anything she would know most. What did she say?" Hermione asked.

"That she had been throwing ornaments at the castle, and that she'd been off for weeks, and their eyes looked like they were evil. Like she wasn't themselves" Lupin explained.

"Do we know anyone still alive that would have any sort of power to possess someone? Especially someone as vulnerable and shy as Stella" Luna asked, speaking from experience of being similar personality wise to her daughter.

"I don't know, my father's probably dead, but he wouldn't be powerful enough. And I'm pretty sure all other death eaters are dead or come over to our side." Draco said, "But my aunt Bellatrix, she mentioned something about someone having a child, during the war" he said

"What did she say?" Lupin asked intrigued.

"Just that someone had a child, that is literally all. Not very helpful" Draco sighed.

"Who was together during the war? Relationships and affairs?" Hermione asked.

"Well, Tonks and Lupin had Teddy, but he would not be behind this, and he is married" Harry said, "didn't Bellatrix have an affair with Voldemort in 1996? Under a love potion?" He asked.

"She did, but no child was ever known or mentioned from it." Draco said, "At least that we know of, but she was very old to have children" he continued,  "she was forty seven"

"That doesn't mean she didn't have a baby and hid them away" Hermione said, "though the likelihood of her ovulating at that age is slim, but its possible by a long shot" 

"Would they have attended Hogwarts?" Sirius asked, "if there was a child?"

"Not likely, they'd be naturally gifted from their parents" Bill piped, "and to be kept away from causing danger"

"So if they didn't attend here, then where would they be?" McGonagall asked

"Oh, likely not far, undercover in another name. Both their parents were killed, but we don't know if, A, they even exist, B, are good or bad, or C, if they are alive" Harry explained

"Or if they are right under our bloody noses" Ron said, which he would possibly be correct.

"Yeah, we need to figure out how to get the lights back on, spirits back, and Stella back. But first, we just have to wait till morning. This Christmas won't be the same, but we will take an extra two days , the parents will leave the 29th and not the 27th, so everyone has their time together" Lupin smiled, everyone else smiled too.

"Back to bed, everyone! Sirius will send a message when we have news, and let us know if anything" Lupin said ushering them out.

"Will we have Christmas with our daughter? We can't open presents without them!" Neville said

"We won't, we'll have to have Callie entertained enough with the ones from her friends until Stella's back." Luna said, that wouldn't be easy, but alas, an owl was sent to Callie.

⋆·˚ ༘ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟓𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐇𝐎. 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃.

The morning sun shined through the curtains as Xander rose from his somewhat sleep. He has absolutely no idea today was going to be a disaster of a Christmas. Nick was in the dorm next door, so he put on his fluffy slippers and ran over there, Lem was sleeping and Willow was in Callie's dorm, so in all honesty, he didn't care if he made noise.

He opened the door slowly, Jasper was not in bed, in fact, he was probably walking outside much against the rules, but its only about time before everyone realizes Christmas needs saving anyways. Colt was sleeping, but he was slowly waking up, goin to visit Julian, they got together yesterday at the ball and they are having a breakfast date (YES CULLIAN)

Xander held his finger to his mouth, telling Colt to be quiet, honestly he just rolled his eyes and went in the direction of the bathrooms. Xander pulled out the confetti cannon he placed under Nicks bed days ago, because he never cleans under there, and twisted the cannon and a huge firecracker noise was made.

"AHGUHH PROFESSOR ?!" he yelled, his hair sticking in all directions and confetti in his mouth, and his hair, and all in his bedsheets.

"BITCH IT IS CHRISTMAS SANTA CAME AND I WANNA OPEN PRESENTS HURRY UP ITS LITERALLY ONLY-"

"ITS seven thirty! Chill! Its way too early" Nick groaned

" I was first up at five, you're lucky I fell back asleep" he said scolding Nick

"ugh, you know what I just - fine" he said laying back down in his bed

"That doesn't look like you are getting up to me" Xander said yanking on his leg trying to pull him out of bed, he just started wailing and screaming, probably waking up everyone else. 

Colt just walked in and grabbed Julian's presents, but smirked at his cousin, and left.

"GET UP YOU LAZY TOOTS!"

"why wont you let me sleep?" Nick argued

"I told you,  I waited till now from five am" 

"and?"

"AND get UP!" he yanked him onto the floor with a huge thud. 

he rubbed his head saying ow. and now, Xander was dragging him to the common room of Ravenclaw x Slytherin. 

"someone help me" he whispered as he was being dragged like a rag doll down the stairs. but he knew he secretly loved it. The rest is history.... They're both extremely happy.

⋆·˚ ༘   𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐅𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐅𝐅 𝐗 𝐆𝐑𝐘𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌.

After what happened last night at the ball, she is worried things are way more awkward now, the feeling just won't shake. It's 7:43AM, but she couldn't sleep. Presents were in plies for each student via last name from friends, parents, and Santa Claus if you believe 😙

Her pile looked rather large but mainly she gave away more than she received. She had Lem's gifts in her pile, her parents in her dorm, waiting for later. The rest of her friends in their piles but she remains onto holding Ambrose's gift, wanting to give it to him in person. She has stupidly decided to stay up all night making him a new gift, why? She had that in the moment feeling it would be a good idea, now she's regretting it slightly. She'll still give him the duck plushie she crocheted him originally (link for that in a previous chapter) but as well as this new one that took her eight hours straight.

A few minutes later, Ambrose walked in, wearing a jean jacket, white tee shirt and black jeans, classy. But that didn't matter. Illy was just wearing a crop top and her jeans. He smiled at her as he was carrying a box, and something else wrapped. 

"I thought we agreed no gifts!" She said sarcastically 

"Of course, but we never follow the rules, do we?" He smiled, his eyes shining like golden sunlight rays. His face red like roses flushed, it was cute.

"I guess not," she laughed, "erm, I sort of made you two things, I kinda thought last night I'd make something else instead but I'm kind of regretting that now" she said, she was looking at the floor but his eyes remained on her the entire time.

"That's okay, I also made you two things" he smiled, she melts every time he does.

"Okay, then, here we are then. Merry Christmas" she said as she gave him the duck plushie first.

His eyes lit more as he pulled the duck out of the bag, he looked genuinely happy about receiving a stuffed animal for Christmas.

"It's wearing a Bonnet!" He said laughing, admiring the duck's amazing fashion style.

"Yeah, I thought you would like that" she replied, her heart racing.

"I love it, thank you, Ills" he said putting the duck beside him.

"You're welcome. Now, you don't have to keep this, I actually think now this is quite stupid of me to have done this, but here is your new present" 

Ambrose opened the box carefully, it was big, something wrapped in tissue paper, a lot of it.

A few moments later he unwrapped it and his eyes went wide, and he gasped.

Illy was nervous of what that could have meant ;  𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 ? 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘺? 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥?

But then he started crying, like, a lot. But he was a dramatic person, Ambrose. Or maybe it wasn't that much but tears were leaking from his amber eyes, and his face showed an emotion she could only describe as love. Like how her parents looked at each other. Was her mother right?

"I understand if you don't want to ke-" he cut her off by smashing his lips on hers. she was surprised even more than the first time this happened two days ago, but she didn't hesitate and kissed him back more powerful than he started. This lasted about three minutes, his hands would go to her waist and hers would linger in his hair or rest on the back of his neck. 

[ (im cringing-)✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻😩😩😩 ]

but alas-

𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 - 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.

They pulled away and were probably red as tomatoes... he held up the painting and started speaking,

"Sunshine, this is absolutely and utterly gorgeous. I am in love with this, in fact, fuck that, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. I have always loved you, more than a friend. You're just the sweetest person, the most amazing, talented, and gorgeous girl I ever met, and I don't want to be with anyone else for the rest of my life." He said, crying, but he put the painting on the coffee table as she hugged him with everything she had.

After she released him, she couldn't help but stare at him.

"I feel the same way, Ambrose. Exactly the same way" she says smiling 

"Then what are we waiting for?" He said 

"What do you mean?" She can't be this oblivious, yet, she is.

"So, do you want to be my girlfriend or-" he said somewhat sarcastically but sweetly.

She laughed, but then realized her crush and best friend wanted to be her boyfriend, and that they were not just best friends anymore.

"I think the painting is your answer, sweetheart" she said kissing him again, and the two sit there as she opened her presents, which was a poem about her, and how he felt for her, and a new set of paint brushes.

"Lem was right" she said 

"What are you talking about?" He asked 

"Oh shit I wasn't supposed to be talking about this- but she told me the night of the ball that you have piles upon piles upon piles of poems about me" she laughed, wanting his reaction.

"That was our secret!" He put his hands in the air, "I told her that in confidence that she'd keep it!"

"Well, I wouldn't mind reading them, you know" she said softly, looking at him in the eyes.

"Maybe I'll just let you" he said kissing her nose. 

"I know this is probably early for our relationship, but I just want to say, 𝘪 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨" she said, her eyes were brighter than the sky and the ocean combined.

"𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘰𝘺, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥" he said, his eyes shining like golden sunlight once again.

Now she understood what soulmates were, because this was no doubt anything but a soulmate connection. They went to his room and cuddled for the remainder of the morning until breakfast at ten am. 

"Why are you playing with my hair so much?" She asked, her head on his chest 

"It's my favorite thing in the world, besides your smile, your eyes, and your personality, and you" he said, "why do you not like it?" he said concerned.

"No, I love it, I just was wondering" she smiled, kissing him softly on the collar bone.

"Good. Because I'll be doing it forever and ever" he replied, kissing her forehead. 

⋆·˚ ༘ 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌. 

Willow had been extremely worried, and Callie took it as her duty as girlfriend to distract them with, well, she made something work, we'll say it worked for awhile, but then it didn't.

"Colt!" They literally suffocated him

"I need to breathe you know" he said smiling, he missed his sibling, too.

"So, anything new?" they asked, they'd already exchanged presents, they never know what to get him so they make him something cool, this year, a green leather jacket with patches of cool things he likes sewn on, why you may ask? They just knew that Julian would love it, and they knew they had gotten  together, they could see it in his eyes though he never told them.

"Well, I'm with Julian now"

"OMG WE CAN GO ON DOUBLE DATES! SLAY US GAYS!" Callie said brightly.

"Calm down, Cal, you can't assume Julian is gay!" they said.

"Sorry" she said mumbling

 The rest of the people came down, breakfast was a bit of a chaotic start, especially for Draco.

When Illy and Ambrose walked in hand in hand, he almost fainted.

No, he did faint. Onto his empty plate. 

"Oh, my, Draco! Wake up!" Hermione poured water on his head and he did wake up, but when he saw his daughter holding hands with a boy, he almost fainted again.

"I KNEW IT! WYATT! You owe me ten pounds!" Giselle said squealing, "I've been dreaming of this moment since year one!" she said happily

"Awe damnit, I don't got much cash, Gigi!" she frowned

"Then you can kiss me instead!" she offered

"Nah, Ill pay you"

"What!" Giselle shouted

"I'm only joking, babe" Wyatt said kissing Giselle, Xander almost threw up in his mouth, but then remembered he kissed Nick that morning.

"So, I have something to say" Illy cleared her throat

"No need to say it, its right there" xander said 

"Okay, yes, Illy and I are together now" he said, Lola literally was smiling most

"WHAT?!" Draco shouted, he nearly passed out again, his eyes were wider than ever seen, "Now both my daughters are gone" he cried

"Oh Draco you're so dramatic, they are still here silly!" Hermione said laughing with Ron and Harry.

"But they are dating! I thought we had at least five years left!" he sobbed , he was just a sad father watching both his kids in new relationships.

"But they are not breaking up, like, ever, they're soulmates like you and Hermione, Draco" harry said

"How do you know?" Draco asked

"Can't you see yourself his eyes when he looks at her?" Ron asked, "It's like Callie and Willow, she's fine, mate, she's found her other half" he said, he clearly knew this from when Callie and Willow first announced they were together two years ago almost.

"Yeah, he's a good lad, Slytherin-" Hermione punched his shoulder, "That doesn't matter though. He's kind and he makes her happy, and he's quite good looking, like myself!" he said smiling, now they all laughed.

"I am very happy for you, darling" Hermione said

"Yeah!I told you, chemistry, not science, it's proven Slytherin's and Hufflepuff's makes the best couples!" Draco stated

"Says who?" Jasper asked, engaged

"Says me, isn't that enough?" he asked

Jasper shrugged, Draco pleased.

"I told you she liked you , you big baby!" she teased, genuinely happy. Jasper sat next to her, he smiled, her smile was happiness to him.

"Hey! That makes two of us!" Julian high fived Illy. Colt and Ambrose just laughed.

"Actually, three of us-" Nick piped up

"HOLD UP-" Wyatt piped, "YOU and WEASLEBEE?" she said, Xander hated that, but its okay, she didn't mean it

"Yes... and?" he said quoting ariana grande

"I ship"

Nick and Xander smiled at one another, they were happy.

"I might join Draco now, both my kids are dating" Bill said laughing

"Where is Lem? She was there for presents?" Illy asked, eating a bagel and strawberry cream cheese

"I don't know" Hermione said, "But Stella is missing, guys. We need to find her before tonight or there won't be a lights festival." she said, everyone panicked.

"She's probably out there looking! We gotta go help her!" Illy said dashing away from the table. Ambrose ditched his two bites of food though he was hungry, and followed her.

"Illy! Darling, wait!" he said running up after her.

"We must find my daughter" Neville said.

"Don't worry, we wont rest until she's found and safe, and Callie received the owl, presents are postponed?" Luna eyed her daughter

"Yes, mum" she said, "I want o find Stella" She said grabbing Willow's hand as they ran upstairs.

"Let's get dressed into warmer clothes, and contact Professor Lupin and the rest of them" Hermione suggested

"Let's hope whatever we're getting into isn't like last time" Ron prayed

⋆·˚ ༘ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍, 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒.

 A figure behind them, knocking them into a sleep of their life.

"Good job, Stella. Now all we need to do is get rid of you, and then they'll pay for what they did to them" they laughed, knocking Stella unconscious and dragging them away.

𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍. 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝟐𝟒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐊𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐌 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐏𝐌. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐗. 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒? 𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑?

𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

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