And I RUN! AND RUUUUUUUN
I'm pretty sure it's a music? Isn't it? Oh wait wait time to move.
Realizing I'm on the T inserction already, my feet push myself to the left, running straight toward the safe zone.
Alright alright, do you know why I think balrow is healed?
Cause he did less than me.
My footsteps get slower, the sound of my weight impacting the ground become less recurring.
A thought flash in.
Well, he did less but he's older. And kinda weaker.
But liiiiiike he has 10 body too, can we talk about how crazy it is for him to have 10 body? At his age?
No? Well, alright.
Whatever, didn't want to talk to you anyway.
Gonna talk to myself! Alone! About how we don't even know what 10 body means so my words doesn't mean shit!
My pace get even faster as I see the wide open hole in the wall that lead to the safe zone. Pushing my pacing even faster I litterally jump through the wall, and ignore the shriek of annie who was close to the wall for some reason.
I'm busy here, I HAVE A GOAL!
Jumping over the first bed I see, my feet drag me on the ground like I'm a car drifting, and boum. I stand. Right in front of balrow.
Who's looking up at me with those balrow-like eyes.
I think that explain everything.
"BALROW!"
The voice of jenna behind me is louder than usual "he jumped over me..."
Did I? Eh whatever, balrow's looking at me now, and he's just staring straight in my eyes. Right in my SOUL.
"Ludger."
THAT'S MY NAME!
Pushing my arms high above my head and contracting them like I'm doing some kind of icarus pose, I show off my muscles in some kind of strange ass bodybuilder way.
Hell yeah, that's what I call being cool.
"What's happening?" Annie voice of course.
Why did I said of course like it was an evidence it was Annie? Don't know. But I don't regret it.
"Balrow, can you see those muscles?" He look at me, not really bothered by whatever I'm doing.
He's getting used to it.
"I can see ludger."
Good! Good he can see.
Twirling around on the ball of my foot I do the BEST ARNOLD POSE EVER! Showing off my back. My shirt is hiding a lot of the defenition but whatever.
"Can you see this range of motion balrow?"
He don't even take a deep breath or do anything to express his confusion compared to the other two's behind me.
Actually, the three's behind me. Malfoy walk in. Damn he was fast.
Did he run too? Maybe? Maybe not.
"What in the seven hell is happening over there?" Annie answer him "shhhhhh, we're observing"
Balrow compared to those CASUALS litterally don't say anything but just stare at me for two seconds before answering.
"I do ludger. I see it."
GREAT, HE SEES IT!
My hand spear the heavens, just before my body does too. Jumping to attention.
Ohhhhh fuck, I missed being able to move and do crazy shit without pain. It's the best feeling ever.
In this strange millitary like position, or like GYMNASM! Yes I'm doing the gysmatic pose they all take after a jump or some shit.
Well whatever, doesn't matter since I'm not in it anymore.
Instead my arms move to my side in some theatrical explanation of joy, an exageration of the movement my arms usually do when I backflip.
Yes, when I backflip.
Because once again.
I BACKFLIP! BACFKLIPPING IS THE ANSWER TO ALL OF MY PROBLEMS! ALWAYS!
"BALROW!" Standing back normally, my eyes directly lock on balrow.
"Ludger."
"I'm healed." He stop for a second before nodding.
"Congratulation."
Hmmhmm, that's what I was expecting, some clapping can be heard behind me. I don't even need to look behind to know it's mousy "yeaaah, victory!"
That's the kind of welcome I should ALWAYS HAVE!
"Anyway, let's test your skill" balrow look at me, realization clicking in his head as he mumble something under his breath.
The shield appear right in front of him and he grab it mid fall, before pushing himself up.
"Let us."
Time for skill testing!
Turning around and sliding an arm around balrow shoulder like he's my fucking best friend, my free hand come up to wave at everyone else, my steps already leading us away.
"Goooooodbye everrrrrrryone, goooooobye, I have a skill to test"
Annie turn her head "you're not testing it here?" Shaking my head and walking even faster I answer "nope."
She blink and mumble something like "oh alright, great, I won't need to go catch arrows at least"
Well now I'm hesitating to bring her.
BUT NO NO. Secret secret, let's keep it a secret.
A glance at malfoy show me he's already on his bed and doesn't care at all.
And as I pass jenna bed I can hear her mumble like some kind of strange ass mother "he's always like this when skill's are concerned"
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT!?
Oh right, I tested her skill too.
Well, whatever.
Soon enough we reach the hole. Balrow was being super cooperative as I pulled him with me in the hole, the litttttle hole.
That's a lie the hole is pretty big.
That's great.
My smile slowly dim as we pass the hole.
Fucking ugly annoying old man hiding his injury.
Tsk. Won't ever let him live that down.
My arm is still around his shoulder of course, but quickly enough it's not.
Letting it drop back to it's natural place, my steps get slower as we walk toward a good place to test this skill.
"Alright, you're healed?" I'm pretty sure he is.
Balrow keep walking with me, in silence, just nodding as one of his hand grab the strap on his shield and let it dangle beside him, carrying it like a shopping bag. A weird shopping bag but still a shopping bag.
Good, good. I really want to test that skill.
My head snap behind us for a single glance before focusing back in front of me. "So, why the whole hiding?"
He keep walking, just like I do.
We already talked about this one time. I know, I know. But I didn't really pushed, that litterally just make no sense.
Yes yes, I got a promise he'll be more careful or whatever.
But that still make no sense, it's dumb as hell to do that.
It's always dumb as hell. My hand tighten, remembering my dream, my nightmare.
It's always a bad idea.
Turning my head to the right, I look at him because he didn't answer. "So?"
My steps and his resonate in the corridor, he doesn't answer.
"Is this some kind of dumb ass principle? Like, wow! Big men, big parents can't show their pain or some shit?" He doesn't answer but just close his eyes way too long at that.
Fuckin annoying. My hand tighten harder. Shouldn't have ever backed him up.
I needed it. I know it. I needed to do it to relax him, them, aftee the whole incident where I scared them while fighting the boars.
Even if it wasn't my fault.
But still, I don't like it, I don't like that I backed him up. Even if it was the smart choice.
I did it. And followed it. Yes, because it was the best choice, the smart choice.
But I really don't like it.
We stop at the T intersection. Turning my body to face him my mouth move without my will.
"I won't get any answer will I? No matter how dumb the reason is."
Fucking insane. Fucking knew it, that's why I hate those old fuckers, always like that I swear.
They don't fucking think, they don't, they never do.
Whatever.
He open his eyes back "Ludger"
Turning to go to the right of the hallway I barely answer "yeah yeah whatever, I get it, let's just test that skill"
I ignore the sigh of whatever behind me and keep walking in the now uncomfortable silence.
Well, now that's a real uncomfortable silence for now.
But it doesn't matter, I have other things I can use to ignore this silence.
Like the coils that ara building up behind my throat. Yes. Here it is.
This hunger to see more about the skill.
Jenna skill was realllllly good, maybe all skills are good? Maybe mine will be just as good?
It snake itself in my throat, ready to spit poison again.
Even if it's in my mind
It better fucking be just as good.