 Kaplinski Rival Sorting Hat Machine
Breathing a sigh of relief as the teacher obeyed her unsure commands, she turned and briefly smiled at Airlia who was watching her less than a stones throw away.
Knowing this was it, she summoned the picture of her mother and father, the only picture of them she had. Bartholomew and Lillian Riddle, looking so happy, so young and carefree. Now her mother were dead and her father lost, having gone missing. Maybe the death of his wife had driven him mad, all she knew was that he'd gone and she refused to believe he would abandon her.
The picture as precious as ever, she allowed it to fall into Phoebe's hands, her most treasured posession.
"Trace the same symbols, alpha and omega, on the picture, Phoebe. Use the same birch twig and the same purple potion."
She watched as the robotic woman proceeded to do what she had been asked and, feeling as if a heavy weight was holding her down, she summoned all her strength and uttered,
"Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ... Leithian feir mān ..." |