Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? "Yep. But there are some fun parts. They all involve art or eating food or making friends." Because those were the only good things to ever happen at this school. "I'm a muggleborn. I love the muggle world so, so much. They never tried to kill me at school in Australia. But I can't very well say that, so I think it instead." She nodded. "It was probably tactically unstrategic to not let mail out though. That makes school a million times more suspicious." Ash smiled. Small victories, right? She liked telling herself that she was a better tactician than they were. "Maybe the government is infiltrated. But you know what, Tadhg? There will always be good people, even if all of the authorities are bad. Somebody will come save us." They all needed hope. |