Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Late evening,

Greengrass Manor

The birthday party was still going on, but the girls had gotten tired of the endless wishes.

Ginny had already come and gone, hopping around the manor along with Astoria.

In the clamor, none noticed a little red-haired girl. Nor did anyone care.

If all the Weasley children had come, then that would have been another matter.

Now Darcie and Daphne had returned to Daphne's bedroom.

Darcie still had an hour before she returned, so they had come here for some privacy.

"I've also been trying various passwords to open the woodcut map," Darcie stated, bringing up the familiar topic of the mysterious object. "I got this idea from that puzzle test which needed such passwords. So, now I have a mind to chant certain words in various languages near it."

What Darcie didn't say was that there was a certain word in her mind — a particular hiss.

The ceaseless hisses had gone down in January, and they remained so for the better part of February, too.