Kapitel 28: Chapter 28:
It had been two weeks since Rodrick had officially become a ward to the Greengrass family. He was currently in a house he had never seen before, Davis Estate.
He and Daphne had floo'd over to Tracey's home for her birthday, Blaise had arrived 15 minutes earlier than them. The house surprisingly looked modern, If it weren't for the various magical enchantments cleaning around the house as well as magical artefact, Rodrick would've sworn it was a muggle home. There was even a TV set in the living room.
They were welcomed into the house by the witch in the family, her husband, a muggleborn, was currently at work.
He was wearing a white shirt with the words 'Powerful Delinquent' written in black on it, Roxanne had laughed when he'd bought the shirt at the joke shop, followed with black trousers. Daphne was wearing a long black and green dress that reached.
Tracey had stared towards the direction of the sudden crack before she saw her best friend come out of the fireplace, she promptly got up from her card game with Blaise causing the boy to glare and ran to hug the girl. Rodrick showed up soon after, although it seemed he had slightly more trouble with the travel, for a split second a despaired look passed over him. Surprisingly the boy came over and hugged her, she returned it quickly enough. It's not a surprise if he does it himself. With how often Daphne seemed to do it... He really didn't need to suddenly point his wand at the girl on her birthday.
The girl was wearing a white shirt with a thin red open jacket covering it as well as white trousers.
Blaise wore a black suit.
He wore a suit.
A suit.
Not yet. Not yet.
Rodrick quickly shook hands with Blaise before he stared at the cards on the floor and smirked when he realized the boy was losing, a glare from Blaise kept him quiet.
"So, when's your marriage?" Rodrick questioned Blaise.
Well, he tried.
"Shut up..." scoffed the boy, it seemed Tracey had already made fun of his attire earlier.
That didn't stop Daphne from having her go though.
The four students settled into the kitchen where Mrs. Davis brought a birthday cake for them to all enjoy. The woman quickly gave a kiss to Tracey before she left through the fireplace, to work presumably.
"You seriously burnt down your orphanage?" questioned Blaise in mock shock. They'd started talking Rodrick's summer adventure as soon as Mrs. Davis had left.
"No! I found it like that!" Remarked Rodrick for the hundredth time.
Blaise had nodded his head before he winked at the boy to tell him he 'understood.'
Rodrick shook his head in annoyance; the boy refused to believe him.
"Stop torturing him, Blaise!" spoke up Daphne, a smile lighting up her face. "He clearly ordered someone to burn it down for him."
Rodrick stared at the girl; betrayal showed on his face.
Tracey gave him a reassuring smile before stating "It's ok we won't judge you for it."
Well that was a relief. Wait she was being sarcastic...
Rodrick lowered his head onto the table, causing the others to start laughing.
After the cake, the four moved to the living room where they proceeded to play a game of exploding snap, or as Rodrick would call it later 'burn Rodrick's hands,' it seemed they all unanimously decided to get him for something.
Rodrick glared towards Daphne who had the decency to look slightly ashamed; her grin stayed in place. 'She definitely planned this,' Thought an irritated Grindelwald.
After one too many explosions Rodrick promptly dropped the cards and got up in a huff, the others eyed him with amusement before Tracey decided enough was done to the poor boy. Rodrick eyed her wondering whether to give her the gift or not; she had as much fun as the rest.
"You're all horrible you know that,"
"You have a fantastic choice in friends then," replied a bemused Daphne.
Rodrick rolled his eyes dramatically.
"Look on the bright side..." Blaise started,
Rodrick stared at him expecting an answer.
"Well? what is it?" He questioned.
The boy shrugged, "I can't find it, I am telling you to try."
Rodrick sat down in a huff, his eyes closed; he refused to look at the amused expressions.
Later on, he would ask when Daphne would stop her little vengeance run, her reply only made him feel worse, "On your birthday!" the cheerful smile on her face only made it harder to get angry at her, and she knew it.
Soon enough came the time to hand out gifts. Tracey looked like she had already opened her other gifts leaving only the trio's left.
Daphne was the first to give the girl a square box. The red heads eye's lit up slightly as she received it.
"What is it?" she asked.
Blaise had raised an eyebrow before he quirked "You're meant to find out."
Tracey had rolled her eyes before she started tearing open the box. Inside it was a long silky black cloak with a green snake etched into the middle. Tracey's eyes widened before she thanked the girl and brought her into a hug.
Blaise shockingly just dropped a letter with several Galleons in it. Tracey eyed it, unsure of what to think of the gesture. Daphne glared at the boy's lack of tact.
"That's... unexpected," finally decided Tracey.
Rodrick scoffed, that was hardly the word to use. He was glad he didn't try it.
Blaise started laughing before he took the letter back and gave the girl a wrapped up present. A smile quickly appeared on the girl's face before she opened the gift immediately.
Oh, it was a joke... He was really glad he didn't do it.
It was a pair of Quidditch gloves, and a helmet inside, the smile on the girl's face grew even more at this.
"Thank you!" she proclaimed eyeing the Quidditch gear before she added on. "I just need to buy upgrade from a training broom now," with a small chuckle. Rodrick rolled his eyes at the look he received from Daphne.
"About that..." Rodrick started, earning the girls attention, he quickly put his gift on the floor before he took his wand out and unshrunk it.
Tracey eyed it curiously before she moved to open it, Blaise looked slightly intrigued himself. A small gasp was heard, and Rodrick's face broke into a smile as he saw the shocked look on the girls face. 'I so win,'
"T-This i-is a n-nim" She stuttered stopping herself, even Blaise looked speechless before he turned to Rodrick with a frown.
"You sent me a book for my birthday and one for Christmas, a book." spoke the annoyed boy.
"Tracey isn't struggling in History, besides you didn't give me anything for mine," Rodrick remarked with a twinkle in his eye. Blaise looked away before he muttered something incoherent, the words 'didn't know' were heard.
Daphne was helping the girl take the broom out of its packaging, a cheerful smile on her face.
Tracey stared at the broom in awe before she looked back at the boy.
"I-I can't accept this! This is-" she started, Daphne had a small frown on her face at this.
Rodrick looked amused before he raised an eyebrow and asked if she expected him to ride it instead.
"This isn't even out yet... How did you?" she once again asked.
"Magic," Rodrick replied, earning a scoff from the people around him. "Anyway consider it a gift for the next six years, I also want freedom from attending any Quidditch matches unless you're in them." 'Probably should have left out the second part...'
Tracey stared at him, still unsure. "Even then... This is too much," she finally said.
"Take it, or I Imperius you to," Rodrick threatened mockingly, earning a chuckle out of Daphne, Blaise looked like the thought was practical.
"Just accept it, he's pretty stubborn."
Tracey still looked unsure but got up and gave Rodrick a hug and thanking him.
'Don't reach for your wand, don't reach for your wand...'
Daphne just shook her head, still smiling. Blaise was internally sulking.
The group much Rodrick's chagrin spent the rest of the day playing Quidditch 2 on 2 in the backyard, he'd used a spell to create three light-made hoops in the air on each side to use as goals, Daphne had brought with her three shrunk brooms from her house for the games.
Tracey eyed her suspiciously when she noticed the number of brooms. Due to her having the fastest broom and best skill out of the lot of them she was stuck with Rodrick on her team.
You could call it a 2 on 1 at that point. Rodrick barely managed to stay in the air; he had almost fallen off a dozen times. At one point the pretend Quaffle he'd transfigured for the game had almost knocked him to the ground, but he wound up falling onto Tracey's broom, he latched onto her for dear life after that, as she set him on the ground.
It took him a few moments to understand what had just occurred before he promptly facepalmed himself.
His grandfather was teaching him how to fly, or at least how to avoid falling to his death one way or another.
Seriously, why hadn't he taught him that yet?
Much to everyone's amusement she wound up having an easier time playing the game against the other two on her own. Rodrick was just happy to be off the broom.
...
They said their goodbyes to the girl, Tracey hugged Daphne and thanked Rodrick again for the gift, Rodrick was disappointed she didn't promise to give him free leave of any future Quidditch games.
When he appeared inside the manor, he found three figures waiting for him. Daphne followed him soon after and her eyes widened at the people staring at them. Roxanne, Cyrus and to their surprise, Albus Dumbledore.
"Hello Rodrick" the old wizard spoke first, "I was hoping we could have a little chat," there was a twinkle in the man's eyes.
Rodrick inwardly swore. His grandfather had warned him about the old man's twinkly eyes.
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