Chapter 32 - A childhood aquaintance (2/2)

Edward frowned when seeing the news, ”Dumbledore is genius. Instead of just hiding him, he made Neal's heritage be known and brought Avery Family as a shield to protect him from Ilvermorny and possible unknown threats.

Everything else will depend on Neal's will power”. Afterward, everything else went on just like before. Except for the letters from his friends who asked him about the issue, there isn't much that happened in his daily life.

Soon the summer vacation came to an end. Neal packed his luggage and went to the King's Cross station. He sat inside the train and after putting his luggage in a compartment, he went on and checked all the compartments to see whether Malfoy and the rest arrived or not.

Upon finding they didn't board yet, he returned to his compartment and continued to read ”Bestiarium Magicum”, a book from the medieval times on magical beasts which he got from the suitcase along with Notes.

Then suddenly, the door opened and a girl and a boy entered his view, ”excuse me? Can we sit here? Everywhere else is full”. Neal nodded, ”sure”. As both of them sat down after putting their luggage away.

The boy introduced himself with a bit of haughtiness, ”hello, I'm Mervin Nott, pureblood of the sacred 28” and the girl introduced herself politely, ”I'm Eve Hornette”. Neal smiled at the pair, ”Neal, a 2nd-year Slytherin student”.

Upon hearing that he is a second-year Slytherin, Mervin reduced his haughtiness and added with a bit of respect while speaking. Neal then asked, ”Mervin, how are you and Theodore related? Just from the same family or...”

He replied, ”cousins. His dad and my father are brothers but we grew up together though. I guess you must know him. He was even ranked top 10 in academics”. Neal thought, ”well I only know his name though”.

While the train is moving, Neal and Mervin were having a conversation, Eve, on the other hand, keep staring at him and contemplating something. After a while, Neal continued to read his book while Mervin went off to search for Theodore.

Then, Eve asked, ”um, excuse me. You seem very familiar. Have we met before?”. Neal stopped reading the book and looked at her, ”I don't think I've ever seen you”. Eve said, ”ah! Really? But it's strange”. As she kept mumbling and thinking about it, Neal ignored her and once again began to pay attention to his book.

But in the next second, he suddenly turned towards her in a surprise when she said, ”are you from Galway?” He asked her in a surprise, ”how did you know?”.

Eve then replied, ”yes, I knew it. Angels Orphanage, right? From the moment I saw you, I keep on thinking where I have seen you before. Now I remembered it. It's a great coincidence to meet you here”.

Neal once again asked, ”how do you know about me?”. She then replied, ”Didn't you remember me? It's Eve. You protected me a lot of times from a boy named Peter who used to bully me when I was 5 or 6.

We also played together a few times. I also grew up in the same Orphanage until I was 7 years old. My relatives found me and took me away four years ago. You even told me that you were happy for me that I still have family left”.

Neal replied, ”well, it's been a long time. So, I probably forgot about it”. Eve then said, ”by the way, earlier in the summer, I went to the orphanage to see Ms. Anne. But the people around said the orphanage is no longer there”.

Neal then looked outside from the window and fell silent. Eve too didn't continue as she felt he doesn't want to talk about it. A while later, Mervin returned with Theodore who's nervous while looking at Neal.

Theodore spoke, ”I hope he is not inconveniencing you”. Neal replied, ”No, he isn't. By the way, have you seen Draco, Daphne or Tracey?”. Nott replied, ”Not sure about the other two but I saw Draco with Crabbe and Goyle in one of the cabins in the fifth compartment”.

As Neal nodded and went out of the cabin to see him, Theodore sighed in relief. Mervin who saw his behavior asked, ”Theo, you are behaving strangely after hearing his name”. Theodore replied, ”you know nothing about him.

Only someone who saw the Dueling event will know who he, really is”.