35. Quietus Charm
Dedicated to Felixir


Simon turned around from gazing into the magnificent mirror to find his own reflection staring right back at him. He quickly whipped his head around to see if he hadn’t actually turned around. The mirror was behind him and held the same image of a three ballet shoes dancing on pointe. Agatha would have simply loved this picture.

Then he turned his gaze back to his reflection. Okay so the boy was a little shorter than him and dressed in yellow robes. They had the same hair, eyes, and face. Was this boy his long lost brother? No, that would have been impossible because only these things happened in fiction. Simon just stared at the Hufflepuff kid as he tried to make some sense of the situation in front of him.

“I… you… I… whaat?” he muttered underneath his breath so quietly that no one could hear him speaking. It just looked like he was moving his lips and making serious faces. Perhaps someone had cast the Quietus Charm on him? Yes, that must have been it.

A thought hit him. This must have been Toby. The kid that Cutty said looked exactly like him. Weird.

He blinked. “You’re Toby?”