Chapter 06.

                                    

                                          
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MARAUDERS.
Chapter 06.
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  It's an unfortunate coincidence that Iris happens to arrive at the same time as the Potters, Delphini and Tom. None of them have the best of feelings for the young Lestrange girl, given that her mother is a homicidal lunatic. The only one who seems vaguely impressed with her pedigree is Tom, and that's not a ringing endorsement for sanity.
  "Mr and Mrs James Potter. Mr Harold Potter. Miss Delphini Riddle. Miss Iris Lestrange. Mr Thomas Riddle IV" the butler announces the presence of the newest guests to the house of people. 
  Iris has a sneer on her face as she looks around Bellator Manor. It's is just as horridly decorated as Iris remembers it being. Thought it could just be the competitive nature between Iris and Artemis stoking up once again. 
  Iris prefers the darker motive of Malfoy Manor. The sorts of guests that they have visit them are the type that do well in the darkness and shrink away from the harsher light of the true world.
  "Delphini" Artemis sings out happily when she spots Delphini in the manor. Artemis pulls Delphini into a hug. "It's nice to have a normal Riddle around here for once, your brother has been driving me up the wall" Artemis laughs to Delphini.
  "Don't fret. I plan on having a long conversation with my brother when I see him" Delphini tells Artemis when she returns the hug.
  Delphini has been waiting for a week to get her hands on Mattheo and wring his neck out for the worry he's put her through. She worried about him going to Azkaban, or being expelled, or if he had been killed when he left the house in Arcanville.
  "Don't be too hard on him. He'll never admit it but I think that he was scared" Artemis whispers to Delphini. Mattheo always likes people to think he's some fearless warrior, but he does get scared sometimes.
  "I will ease up...for your sake" Delphini promises Artemis.
  Artemis moves to Lily and James next, and Harry in tow with them. "Lily, Harry its good to see you. It has been so long" Artemis hugs them both in turn. James has been checking in on Mattheo every night for the past week.
  "Where is the trouble maker?" Harry asks for Mattheo. It's been weeks since Harry has had any contact with Mattheo, and he wishes to congratulate Mattheo on his little display.
  "He's upstairs with Lorenzo, I'm sure that they'll be down in just a moment" Artemis tells Harry. After the eventful morning they had learning about Lorenzo's secret, the boys wanted a little time alone to talk things through.
  "I think that I'll have a word with Mattheo when he shows himself" Lily has a motherly rant all ready to go for the boy. She is going to fill him with so much guilt that Mattheo won't break the rules for a month.
  Mattheo has known that Lily will come down on him like a ton of bricks. James shouted at Mattheo, and James is usually the child out of him and Lily. So Lily will go absolutely ballistic when she sees Mattheo.
  "Bellator?" Iris asks of Artemis.
  "Lestrange?" Artemis smiles back at Iris. "I hope that you've kept up with your training over the summer, because I've set the training dummies up in the gym down in the basement" Artemis knows that Iris will want to get a sparring match in at some point.