A/N- Hey guys! I managed to get this chapter done much quicker than I first anticipated. So you'll get to see all my sad attempts at humor. (They really are kinda bad.) Anyways, last chapter of this story.
Chapter 11- End of Innocence
June 24, 1992
"Are we seriously considering this? Shouldn't we let adults take care of this?" Percy didn't usually put so much faith in adults, but this seemed like a big deal.
"They're just going to give into Quirrell's demands, and cry as he doesn't hold up his end of the bargain!" Harry's angry magic was rolling off of him in waves, and Percy was afraid he might hurt someone.
"Look, Harry I understand where you're coming from…"
"Glad that we understand each other. Let's get going then," Harry said, leaving no room for argument. Percy sighed. 'Looks like we're going in without a plan.'
Percy followed him out the common room door into the hallways. "Harry, we don't even know where we're going."
"Actually," a voice said from behind him. "We know exactly where to go." Percy turned around to find Hermione smiling at them. She put a comforting hand on Harry's shoulder. "We'll get her back, Harry."
"With you guys by my side, I'm sure of it!" Percy couldn't help but go along with it. They had no plans, little knowledge of the enemy, and a years worth of magical knowledge, but they were going to thwart the plans of their DADA teacher.
"You guys do realize we're up against our DADA teacher, right? I'm sure he got his job for a reason."
"Percy, stop being a worrywart. Together, we can do anything we set our minds to!" Harry's enthusiasm was slowly wiping away Percy's negativism.
"Fine, but if you get us killed, you better not leave me alone with Myrtle!"
Harry laughed. "I'll take you up on that offer. Now Hermione, lead the way!"
The journey to the second floor lavatories was mostly a quiet affair. They needn't worry about the teachers, for they were having some kind of emergency staff meeting. No it was the possibility of the enemy's attack that kept them quiet.
The door to the girl's lavatories was slightly ajar when they arrived, and Harry signaled for the three to pull out their wands. They rushed the room, only to find it empty, with the exception of a stunningly beautiful blonde standing in the middle of the room.
"Daphne! What are you doing here?" Harry cried out.
She rolled her eyes playfully. "I knew you three would show up eventually, that's what Gryffindors do. And they also rush in without a plan, and then get caught with their pants down."
"Unfortunately, that is exactly what we were about to do. But you've got a plan, right?" Percy said hopefully.
"Actually…I don't." Daphne said, but seeing her friends suddenly down faces she quickly said, "But I raided Quirrell's office before I came here."
Harry looked suddenly excited. "Did you find anything?" Daphne sighed frustratedly. "No. It looks like the bastard is planning on staying away for a while."
"So I guess we're still going in without a plan, then?" Percy said, feeling that sense of foreboding hit him.
Harry smiled a huge grin. "When hasn't it ever worked?"
"Oh…only a few things come to mind: troll, late night sneaking…"
"Percy, sometimes I wonder how you got into Gryffindor. You're such a coward," Harry said smirking.
Percy narrowed his eyes. "You want to repeat that?"
"You are too much of a coward, to do anything."
Percy didn't take being called a coward well at all. Harry might as well have declared war on him. "Watch me!"
Percy could hear the snickers behind him as he walked around the room, looking for some secret opening. "I knew he would fall for that…"
"Um…so guys do we know where he went?" Percy asked. "I don't know. I had a look around while I waited for you guys, but…"
Daphne was cut off by a loud wail coming from one of the stalls. All 4 had their wands trained on that particular stall. "What the hell was that?" Harry asked.
'It sounds familiar…' Percy thought.
"Myrtle! Come out, I have something to ask you," Percy shouted when he had remembered the voice. She was out within seconds. "Have you decided to spend eternity with me?"
Percy saw Harry and Hermione holding in their laughter while Daphne just looked disgusted. "Um…well not necessarily. I wanted to know if you saw anybody come in here." Percy said, turning to her voice.
"Aww...But I'll get you too eventually. But yes I saw that professor that comes through here a lot carrying a girl." Myrtle replied high pitched voice and all.
"The man said some words I didn't understand, and a passage opened over there," Myrtle continued, while pointing at circular mirror pillar.
"Thank you so much, Myrtle," Percy said, already moving towards the mirrors. "Just remember I'll do anything for you, Percy."
Percy decided to ignore that last comment, and made his way over to the mirrors with everyone else. "What a nice girlfriend you have, Perce," Harry teased.
"Shove off, Potter. I know you want to make Hermione, Mrs. Potter!" The blush that encompassed both of their faces was missed by Percy.
"So…what words do you think he said?" Percy asked after checking the mirror for a minute.
"Well obviously, it would have to be something that no one would ever say," Hermione said thinking.
"Open Sesame?" Harry tried.
"Of course it's not going to be open sesame, idiot!" Percy laughed. "Am I right, Daph?"
Percy turned to see Daphne's face in shock. "Daphne?"
She looked at him wide eyed. "You two just started hissing at each other! What the hell kind of language was that?"
Percy and Harry gave each other confused glances. "Are you feeling okay, Daph?"
"She's right. You really did start hissing like snakes just a moment ago. Surely you noticed?" Hermione intervened.
The 4 of them concluded that it was probably some magical language after a moment of thought. "Wait, Slytherin could talk to snakes right?"
"Well then it could be the snake language! We must be related to Slytherin through our mom!" Harry reasoned.
"That actually…makes perfect sense, Harry. That would explain the basilisk and how Quirrell is controlling it!" Percy said.
"Yea! Alright let's try to say open in…"
"Hold up you two," Daphne said. The two of them turned around to meet her eyes. "What did you say about a basilisk, Percy?"
"I said that, that must be how Quirrell is controlling the basilisk," Percy replied.
"A BASILISK!" Harry screamed with a horrified expression. "Um…Is there something wrong with basilisks or something?" Percy asked confused.
"Basilisks are humongous snakes! Some that have been found were over 60 feet! It saw it in a book I picked up at the library for some light reading," Hermione recounted.
"Well we've made it this far. Snakes aren't that bad. So why are we still standing this discussing this?" Percy said unfazed.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Percy is right. All we have to do is keep Quirrell busy while we grab my sis and get out of there," Harry said, his confidence coming back.
Harry turned to the mirror. "Open!" he commanded in the snake language. To everyone's surprise, the passageway opened. "Talk about simple," Harry said.
"So…who's going first?" Harry asked nervously. "How about we play rock, paper, scissors for it?" "Screw that," Daphne said and pushed him into the opening. She dived in after him.
"Ladies first, right?" Percy chuckled sheepishly. "Boys," Hermione said shaking her head. Percy followed her into the hole, and soon found himself sliding down a slide. 'What an original way for a grown man to get to his hideout,' Percy thought.
Percy landed at the bottom after a minute on the slide. The others were already waiting. "Well, there goes our plan of getting back up," Harry said pessimistically.
"We'll figure something out when the time comes. For now, let's just think of what's happening right now," Hermione suggested.
Percy took a look around. There were a few skeletons scattered about, as well as a massive skin that could only be snake skin. "What a...pleasant environment," Harry noted. There was only one door out of the room, and the quartet made their way cautiously over to it.
"Wands at the ready," Harry ordered. Although it was for not, as all four already had their wands at hand.
When Harry opened the door, it creaked, causing the four students to cringe. There was enough room in the next room for them to walk two abreast, so Harry and Percy took point.
The walkway wasn't much to look at. There were several spider webs hanging about, and the walls had cracks in them as if they hadn't been cleaned in centuries.
When they reached the end of the hallway, which was several hundred feet, they saw two statues standing beside the door.
"Should we interact with them, or not?" Harry whispered to the tightly clustered group. "Let's just try to walk past and see what happens," Daphne answered. They four of them walked closer and closer to the door, it seemed like the statues were exactly what they were, statues.
This was not to be. As soon as Harry's foot reached within 5 feet of the statues, they seemingly came to life. They picked up their swords and charged the pseudo-teens.
Percy watched as Harry barely dodged a slice towards his head. He turned just in time to dodge a stab in the place he had been milliseconds before. Behind him, he heard Daphne call out, "Bombarda!"
Sadly, the spell did little damage to the charging statues, and the group was forced to backpedal to avoid being sliced and diced like tomatoes. Percy's brain was barely able to function with everything happening, and he had yet to cast a spell.
Around him his friends were casting a mixture of Incendios, Bombardas, and Reductos at the statues, to little avail. The Reductos were doing little more than causing cracks, but they weren't ever going to destroy them this way.
Percy quietly looked around at his surroundings, whilst dodging slashes and stabs coming in his direction. 'A wall on each side, nothing to the rear, and enemies to the front. Just our luck…'
Percy had to duck as another slash almost decapitated him. By this point, they were halfway back in the hallway. 'But what am I forgetting? The ceiling of course!' The ceiling was at least 40 feet high.
Percy moved his wand in the shape of an arrow, and said, "Reducto!", when his wand was positioned towards the ceiling. Upon impact, huge chunks of rock fell directly on top of the incoming statues. The result was a pile of rocks where the statues had stood moments ago.
"Are they dead?" Daphne asked, panting heavily. "I sure as hell hope so, cause if not, we might as well kill ourselves right here," Harry answered. "And good thinking there, Perce. That little bugger would have got me if it wasn't for your excellent timing."
"Anytime," Percy said smiling. "Now, I believe the saying is, "ladies first" right?" Percy said motioning for the girls to go in front. "In your dreams, Black. Now get going!" Daphne said with a smirk.
Percy and Harry took their spots in the front. "Well, I know one thing for sure, Perce."
"What's that?"
"This place was obviously meant to keep others out. I just hope we can actually do this," Harry replied a bit sheepishly.
"But we aren't like most others, are we?" Percy asked with a glint in his eye.
"You're right about that!"
Past the doors that the statues were guarding, was a long set of stairs going downwards. It had taken only minutes for Harry's comical whining to begin.
"Merlin, this Slytherin guy was seriously paranoid if this is what he had to get through just to get to his office!"
This was quickly followed by, "So…how long have we been walking?" A watch check showed that they had only been down here for 20 minutes.
"Are we almost there yet?"
"Harry, shut the hell up! I'm tired of your complaining!" Daphne raged.
"But it feels like we've been walking for hours!"
"Shhh!" Percy said stopping.
"Percy, don't tell me…" Harry started, but was stopped by Percy's hand covering his mouth.
"That buzzing noise…" Percy said straining to listen.
"It sounds almost like bees," Hermione agreed.
"I think it's coming from behind that door over there," Percy said, pointing to a door about 60 feet downwards from their position, and simultaneously letting Harry go.
They cautiously made their way towards the door. "Wands out," Harry whispered as they approached.
"Harry, if you say that one more time, I'm going to shove my wand so far up your arse that you'll be…" Daphne said, apparently doing all she could to piss of Harry.
"Guys, we don't have time for this right now," Percy interrupted. Hermione, who had been almost completely quiet this whole time, agreed with Percy. "You two can talk things out once we get Victoria back."
Percy opened the door to find a room full of flying keys. "What the fu…" Slap! "Owww! What was that for Hermione?"
"You shouldn't say that word! Plus, I'm getting tired of your cursing," Hermione said with a smug look.
"Guys, try to focus. We're on a mission here, not dawdling by the lake," Percy said. The room was rather small, about 20 feet across and 15 feet wide. There was another door on the other side of the room.
"So, it looks like one of these keys opens that door. And how convenient is it, that there's just a broom in the corner. Anybody want to figure out how to get past this?" Percy said after noting the room.
"Harry," Percy said slapping him on the shoulder. "You're up!"
Harry gave him a huge smile, before mounting the broom. Harry handed his glasses over to him. "Shit's about to get real."
"Does he even know which key to go after?" Daphne asked. "Not a clue," Percy said with a smile. "I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually."
Suddenly, the keys bussing increased tenfold, akin to a motorcyclist revving his engine. "Um guys? This one's gold while the others are silver so…"
"Harry, just fly down slowly and don't make sudden movements," Hermione called worriedly.
"NAH! I'll be…Ahhh!" Harry's booming voice had antagonized the keys into chasing him around the room. The sight would've been hilarious if not for the danger involved.
Harry rocketed straight at the door, still going at least 30 mph/48 kph. Percy was sure was he was going to crash, but somehow Harry managed to slow down enough to throw the key into the keyhole and turn it at the same time.
Not thinking of Harry's amazing move with the key, the others jumped through the door after him, with Percy just managing to kick the door shut. The unmistakeable sound of something sharp hitting wood was heard on the other side. "To close!" Harry said panting.
"Amen to that, Harry," Percy laughed.
The next part to their adventure took them through a dark chamber. They could barely see, and there weren't many more places on their bodies that could be bruised.
All in all, the journey getting pretty miserable. But they marched on, despite the odds against them. After walking for about 5 minutes they came upon another door. "After every door, there's been some sort of challenge so I'm sure this one will be no different," Hermione said as they paused in front of the door.
"Wands at the ready, then!" Harry said as if to intimidate Daphne. Amazingly, all she did was nod. 'Finally, somebody understands!' Percy thought.
This time it was Hermione who opened the door. They charged in expecting a fight. "Is this it?" Harry asked. Percy would have asked the same question if Harry hadn't beat him to it.
The room was completely empty. There was just a door on the opposite side of the room. But Percy knew better. After all the challenges they had just went through, and there just be an empty chamber.
"Well, we don't have all day," Harry said as he walked forward.
"Harry, wait!" Percy, Hermione, and Daphne called out simultaneously. He reached the middle of the room. He turned around and asked, "What?"
His eyes suddenly went wide.
Percy was about to ask about the change in attitude, when he noticed that his feet were getting a bit warm. He looked down to see his shoes completely on fire, with it moving quickly up his leg.
"Ahhhs!" from the girls signified that he was not the only one with this problem. He was trying to put the flames out some way, but the sweater he was wearing caught on fire. Percy was starting to panic.
"Harry, you shithead! Put that wand to use and use Aguamenti!" Daphne yelled in a frantic manner. Harry was quick to cast the spell on Daphne, but unfortunately it only accelerated the fire.
It was only at this point that Harry noticed a table with potions that was behind him. Percy had been trying to point at it, but it had been to no avail.
"Do they have potions that stop fires?" Harry asked noticing the vials.
"Yes, it's the one on the far left!" Hermione said, apparently not even letting the fire get to her. Percy was having the exact opposite reaction. The fire was singing what little hair he had on his legs by this point.
"Are you sure that's the right…" Harry asked.
"HARRY!" Hermione yelled. Apparently, she didn't have nerves of steel.
"Alright, alright. Don't get your knickers in a twist," Harry mumbled loud enough to hear. He grabbed the vial and poured a little down each of their throats. Almost immediately, the fire died off.
Percy's entire outfit was ruined. His shoes only had the soles left, and his socks were completely gone. The fire had eaten his pants to the point that they could pass as shorts. His right sleeve was completely gone.
"How did a potion kill that fire?" Percy asked Hermione.
"It couldn't have been real fire. I don't really know how it works, I just read about it in the library earlier this year," Hermione replied.
"When all else fails, ask Hermione," Harry said, with a proud smile on his face. Hermione flushed a red darker than a Weasley's hair.
"Come on guys. I think we're close," Percy said. It was just a feeling, but Percy trusted his gut instinct.
On the other side of the door, the path continued on for a ways, before it split in two. Nobody wanted to split up, but they were forced to. Harry and Hermione to take the left path. Percy and Daphne took the right path.
Percy was exhausted. The journey had already taken a lot out of him. How long could the adrenaline keep him going?
The path was old. To Percy, it reminded him exactly of Gringotts. The moss grew heavily on the walls.
A massive circular door, looking much like a vault, stood just a few feet away. A chill passed through Percy. This meant they were close. Whatever was on the other side of that door, was not a friend.
Percy gulped. He looked at his companion. Daphne seemed to be panicking. He grabbed her hand, hoping it would pass as a comforting gesture. Apparently, it did, and Daphne looked up at him gratefully.
"Well, it's now or never," Percy said nervously.
"I'm scared, Perce," Daphne said tears forming in her eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you." Percy caressed her cheek with his other hand. "Let's do this!" He turned to the door and said in Parseltongue, "Open!"
Harry watched as the other two walked out of sight. "We better get going too," Harry suggested.
The path was dark and eery. The path didn't look as old as Gringotts older passageways, but it was definitely from around that time.
It was obvious that Hermione was terribly scared by they way that she lightly trembled. Harry put his arm around her. "We can do this," he said optimistically. In spite of the situation, she smiled.
"If Quirrell is on the other side of this door, I'm going to put my foot so far up his ass…"
"Not a good time, Harry. You can boast later," Hermione said.
"Let's do this then!" he shouted as he kicked down the door.
Percy's vision was filled with pale green scales. He instantly thought of the information his father had gathered. 'Glowing, Yellow eyes will be the last thing you see. If you look into a basilisk's eyes, you will die. Even if you see a reflection of its eyes, you will be petrified.'
Percy was quick to close his eyes. He whispered for Daphne to do the same, and could only hope that she heard him.
Percy wasn't really sure what to do at this point. He could hear and feel the movement of giant snake, and it was moving right towards them. Percy felt along the wall with his free hand, his other one still being grasped tightly by Daphne.
Percy was getting seriously scared now. The basilisk was sure to have multiple other ways to kill them without its eyes. "Daphne, when I say run follow me to the left," Percy said in a voice that could barely count as he whisper. Nonetheless, he felt her head nod to the affirmative.
He heard something that sounded like a low hiss. His mind seemed to translate the hiss to him. "The meat of a child is so much softer than adult meat!"
Percy was quick to move at that point, neither he nor Daphne was going to die in here if he could do something about it. But fighting an enemy without being able to see…
Percy and Daphne ran around the edge of the room, with Percy using his hand to direct them. It seemed like the basilisk was only teasing them at this point.
A screech from above drew Percy's attention, and he opened his eyes despite the danger. Some type of bird was descending on them. From this distance, it looked as if it was orange, with flames encompassing its body. Could it be a phoenix?
It dived to where the basilisk most likely was, and a roar of pain was heard as it struck the beast. Percy could only hope that it was the basilisk's eyes that were attacked, as he looked at the giant snake on impulse.
Fortunately, the phoenix had indeed gauged out its eyes. Blood seeped out of the basilisk's now empty eye sockets. It roared once again in pain, but didn't make any moves. 'It's awfully sluggish to be such a feared creature,' Percy thought. 'Not that I'm complaining."
With the threat of being paralyzed or worse, killed, at least by the basilisk's eyes gone, Percy was able to take a look at his surroundings. It was basically a massive underground coliseum. The place was about the size of the great hall.
"Daphne, you can look now," Percy said. It wasn't the best thing to do, considering that he had said it rather loud. The basilisk reared back, and Percy realized what it was doing a second too late.
Just as the snake lunged, a weight hit him and they went rolling for a few feet. Percy jumped up quickly, and realized that it had been Daphne who had saved him. "Thanks, Daph," he panted.
"Don't mention it. But I doubt I can do it again, so move!" Daphne ended with a shout. Once again she had perfect time as the beast lunged at them again.
Percy could definitely count this as one of the worst moments in his short life. He didn't have the time to jump to the side, so he did the only logical thing considering his options. At least it would distract the basilisk for a minute.
He jumped on its head. Unfortunately, he rolled his ankle and rolled a ways down the basilisks back.
The basilisk seemed to look at his current situation and turned towards Daphne. 'So much for distracting it.'
Percy went to pull out his wand, but realized that it lay discarded on the floor after the basilisk's first lunge. He could do nothing but watch the basilisk lunged for Daphne once again. She managed to evade its teeth, but the force of the hit surely broke her leg.
She cried out in an agonized scream. And that pissed Percy off. As the anger clouded his judgement, he soon found himself jumping off the basilisk walking to face it. He was interrupted by the phoenix from earlier, who dropped down beside him with the sorting hat in tow.
He picked up the hat, and held it like a magician would. He reached inside off it; he didn't really know what he was doing, but the phoenix seemed to be encouraging him. He wasn't sure what he was expecting, surely not something as useless as a rabbit, but he sure as hell wasn't expecting a sword.
He had never wielded a sword before, but he had seen movies and he tried to hold the sword like he had seen on there.
The basilisk was facing him now, already rearing back to strike. Percy was pretty sure that he wasn't going to make it out of this alive. Him with a 3 feet long sword against a 60 foot long snake. But one look at Daphne made sure that he was going to try his damn best.
The beast lunged first and Percy jumped back. Almost as soon as the snake's head occupied the space he had been moments ago, he charged in and swiped at the basilisk's head. To his surprise, the basilisk's skin repelled the blow. 'How could I be so stupid? Nothing can break through a basilisk's hide.'
Percy jumped back quickly, barely missing the basilisk's teeth. This went on for a minute before Percy found the perfect opportunity to do some damage. 'The sword might just pierce through the basilisk's mouth! It's worth a shot at this point…'
Percy charged like before, and stabbed straight through the roof of the basilisk's mouth. He would have screamed in triumph at his success, but his arm exploded in pain.
Nothing could describe the agony he was feeling right now. He was certain his bloodcurdling screams could be heard all the way in the Gryffindor common room.
The pain was overpowering his senses, but he thought he saw the basilisk's body go limp. He thought he could see Daphne beside him through his peripheral vision trying to comfort him.
"Percy, it's alright…" he managed to make out through his screams. This was how he managed to get a hold of himself. He put a stop to his screams, though they were replaced by a whimper.
"Percy…" Daphne was crying torrents now. "You-you've been bitten. I think the ve-ve-venom is already in your veins."
He understood. It was over. He knew what basilisk venom did to you through his research. It would be a terribly painful death, but hopefully a quick one.
His morbid thoughts were quickly shattered by a small explosion on the other side of the room.
"Victoria! Move!" Fortunately, despite her current state she managed to drop to the ground as a Reducto flew over her head. Harry sighed in relief. This fight was, to put it simply, not going well.
Hermione and he had walked into this room, which looked much like a coliseum, straight into Quirrell's trap. Though it wasn't exactly Quirrell. In fact, Harry's opponent wasn't anybody he thought he would ever meet again, Lord Voldemort.
When Quirrell had drank the elixir of life, which he had made from some stone he had pulled out of his pocket and melted, Harry truly thought Quirrell had gone mad. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Quirrell had fallen to the ground unconscious, and a black wisp of smoke had come from the back of his head. The smoke soon came into the form of a man. As the man's features began to show, it became clear how inhuman it looked. If anything, it looked closer to a snake.
Once Voldemort had formed and revealed who he was, as well as his grand master plan, spells began to be exchanged. It became painfully apparent that despite Voldemort having just been reformed, he was still more than capable of taking on two first years.
The one-sided battle became deadlier, and Victoria was still dazed. This is going to last much longer. Reality seemed to read his thoughts.
"Avada Kedavra!" Harry by some miracle managed to dodge the killing curse but his luck ran out as he jumped right into the incoming Expulso.
All he felt was the force of the spell, at least until he impacted the wall. Being pushed through 3 feet of rock wall, definitely counted as his most painful experience in his life.
Percy looked up to see Harry flying through the air. He landed with a sickening crunch. A few moments later, Hermione and Victoria were flung through the air as well, though their landings were much softer.
A figure appeared through the hole in the wall. "This is a waste of my abilities. Mere school children can't even faze me!" The voice was snake-like, with an emphasis on the s's.
"This is the great Harry Potter? The one who defeated me all those years ago? You're even more pathetic than your mother," the snake-like man said with a smirk.
'I think I've still got a minute or two. Hell, maybe I can even take this bastard with me…'
The figure was still laughing and not really paying attention. Percy grabbed the basilisk tooth that had been imbedded in his skin, and yanked it free with a grunt.
He chucked at the laughing maniac. "Hey bastard! Open wide!" Percy yelled. The figure tried to dodge, but it was much too late, the tooth stabbed him right in the stomach.
"That's how the Blacks do it," Percy said weakly. The man doubled over in obvious pain. Percy knew what he was going through now. The man yelled out in pain, and the walls began to shake violently.
The man's body seemed to dissolve before a wisp of black smoke shot out of him into the air.
It was at this point that the walls started crumbling. "Percy…" Daphne was sobbing again. Percy smiled. "At least I took that bastard with me."
Hermione, Harry, and Victoria were at his side within moments. "When my dad wakes up, tell him that I loved him and that I thank him for being the first person in my life to show me love," Percy said, he was crying now, and the pain was double that what he felt in the beginning.
"We won't forget you, Perce," Harry said. Tears were streaming down his face as much as the females.
"Bye, guys." The pain became too much for Percy and he passed out. The others grabbed on to the phoenix's tail feathers and flew off, though none of them realized it through their physical and emotional wounds.
None of them saw the phoenix cry into the wound caused by the basilisk on Percy's arm.
A/N- Not the greatest chapter anyone has ever done at all. I had lots of trouble with the basilisk fight, but I hope it's at least believable. I'll try to start the next fic of the series tomorrow. See ya!