Ever a small, light, barely corporeal presence in class, Clue looked from their Care of Magical Creatures professor to the magical creature in question — a niffler. Narcissus, beside whom Clue was standing, identified it in a trice and earned five points for their house.

When Professor Collins paired them up with a most interesting project, the boy decided to assume Narcissus would accept him as his teammate, and dipped gracefully to one knee next to one of the little nifflers. He touched its ebony head.

”I think we should call her Morrígan, destroyer of worlds”, he told Narcissus.

Narcissus Laurent