As the crowd dispersed, a small group of people approached the man now on the ground, these few people were part of the most fervent defense of him in the little argument earlier, even willing to pick up their wands and clash.
Among these, a pretty young lady with red hair came hurriedly hopping with graceful and meek movements, like a gazelle in the savannah.
'If she became an animagus she would surely be a gazelle' thought Vincent.
Pretty Redhead "Hello sir, are you alright?" she said in a soft voice as she reached down helping him to his feet, while checking him with curious eyes for any wounds or bruises caused by the spell.
Tom Vegas "I'm fine miss, naaa.." he replied as he got up awkwardly, his clothes were a mess, with some torn ones, but he had no injuries.
He hadn't faked the injuries from a possible fall, hadn't thought about the possibility of someone getting so close to check for injuries to appear now it would only make it more awkward.
She didn't comment or have any weird reaction to this detail, 'maybe she was a little slow, points for me'
Pretty Redhead "No injuries, it's okay just a little second re-PAH- ro" Using her wand to cast the spell, a light glow flickered from her wand, and the robes were readied to their previous state as if they had new ones, Indeed they they were new.
Tom Vegas " thank you, miss… ?" Observing his garments, repaired, he was really impressed, 2 gallons saved by a simple spell, 'clothes with automatic repair must not be popular with mages'.
Redhead "oh... My name is Lily Evans" She says with an embarrassed smile as her group approaches them.
Lily Evans " These are my friends, Miss Blonde and the tall man beside her are Alice and Frank Longbottom just married… That lady over there and Marlene McKinnon my friend, and That gentleman and James Potter my fiancé" Smiling gently as she introduced your friends and fiancé.
Tom Vegas "Hello there, my name is Tom Vegas and thank you so much for earlier" He introduced himself showing an embarrassed face and shy voice.
Frank Longbottom "Hello, how are you, for earlier ah… I would like to apologize for our society is like this" He had a firm and fair appearance, and introduced himself by shaking hands with Tom.
Marlene McKinnon "Hi, it's usually peaceful, but…" She trailed off realizing she was going to say too much.
Tom Vegas "I look like a muggle-born, and the dark lord is punishing wizards who support or help muggle-borns" He realized and completed her sentence getting straight to the point.
James Potter "Hello sir, not everyone supports the ideas of you know who, we reject their actions and ideas" he declared in a respectful and polite manner, as he approached standing beside his bride.
Tom Vegas "But aren't you afraid?, of being branded as blood traitors" spoke in a serious tone
They had a laugh, they actively fought against Voldemort and his eaters.
Meanwhile, some people were surreptitiously watching them from afar, realizing that one of the ladies offered an invitation.
Alice Longbottom "Hello mister Tom, would you like to come with us for ice cream, and we can talk in a more secluded place" She kindly invited out of politeness, wanting to get out of this public place.
The ice cream parlor actually belonged to her family, and they could talk in a more secluded space in one of the buildings belonging to her parents.
Vincent thought, he knew that she wanted it not to attract more attention from the audience, and that it would probably be a nuisance for them, but he couldn't resist getting to know such important characters so closely, this was a unique opportunity.
Tom Vegas " yes it would be a pleasure " he says still embarrassed.
Everyone nodded and walked towards the ice cream shop.
The building was fun, it had irregular walls with bright colors, drawings and sculptures of ice cream, they moved from time to time to get attention from potential customers, and the iconic sign.
Florean Fortescue ice cream parlor
Alice hugged the owner, a good-natured man who kept a happy face despite the dark times.
Her dad
At the back of the ice cream parlor, a small room was opened, chairs and tables were summoned to serve the customers.
Vincente could almost try the famous chocolate ice cream, but unfortunately for him the clone could not convey tactile sensations or flavors, in the end they are just illusions, however realistic they may be.
But that didn't stop him from enjoying the company of these people, they were young people with flat dreams for the future, like any other 18 year olds you find out there.
Alice and Frank are at the Aurors academy, and Thiago is going to join the Aurors with his friend Sirius Black after the wedding, Lily wants to work in potion making, and Marlene wants to find a good match and get married.
Vincent used a background for his character, an Ilvermorny student, born non-magi, to fabricate the identity he used what little knowledge he had from his former life about the school.
Tom Vegas " Yes Ilvermorny are divided into four houses, horned serpent, pumarama, thunderbird and pukwudgie the founder was inspired by hogwarts to make the school" He comments for interested ears.
Alice "I've heard that story, the founder Isolt Sayre, a descendant of Slytherin" her eyes glistened with the subject, it was one of the most famous tales if you don't count The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
Tom " yes, Mrs. Isolt was born in Ireland, but in her childhood her parents were murdered by her obsessed crazy aunt, and she was imprisoned by the same aunt for about 10 years, the reason for this mess was the purebred business, it seems that things haven't changed that much in 400 years", he told a summary of the founder's story, and getting to the sensitive point.
Upon mentioning that point, the pleasantly relaxed atmosphere turned a little serious, especially between James and the purebloods present.
Tom "but her story, it didn't end there, she ran away to America, where she met the man she would love all her life James Steward a muggle builder…" the climate got even heavier, and Vincent didn't know how to get out of the situation he got into, sensitive matter.
The only person who didn't care, still super interested in the story, not even noticing the tense atmosphere linked to sensitive situations in the wizarding world and its war, Lily urged on.
Lily "Were they happy?" her eyes sparkled like a little girl's, listening to the story.
Tom "Yes they were, they met, fell in love, adopted two magical children and taught them magic in a cabin on top of Mount Greylock massachusetts the four founded Ilvermorny, later had twin daughters, one squib and one magical.." another point controversial.
' Damn I should shut up this is getting weird, I talked about the problem of pure bloods, I criticized the backward magical society, taboo romance between muggles and wizards, and that this type of relationship can generate squib children'.
Marlene "yes, it's getting to the best part" the other one who didn't care at all about controversial issues.
Tom " The school became famous, and received many students, but the rumors reached the ear of the evil aunt Chadwick Gaunt, who went there, seeking revenge she would kill Isolt and her husband and kidnap her daughters"
" Arriving at the still fragile cabin, used a powerful sleep spell, the young apprentices, were alerted by their horned snake horn wands, woke up and faced the Witch"
" However, it was the twins' pure love for their parents, that woke Isolt, the three engaged in an epic duel, unfortunately they lost because the evil witch used some dark magic tricks, but when all hope was lost, they were saved by a friendly Pukwudgie who shot a poisoned arrow into the heart of the wicked witch "
"Pukwudgie was a friend that Isolt met and saved in one of his adventures, so he swore he would protect her, his descendants protect the school until today." ending the story.
"in the end, love and friendship overcame hatred and ignorance, thus giving rise to Ilvermorny, a wizarding school that has a muggle as one of its founders"
" is a good story, which shows the power of cooperation, friendship, love and kindness of people" points out Vicent to the moral of the story.
' things in america, are the opposite these days, they separate children from parents by erasing the parents memories, an authoritarian government that relies on fear and mysticism, to separate people in the land of the freedom, as muggles call it, a wizard can only dream about that precious thing so far away.'
In the end the atmosphere calmed down, they talked about many things, life at Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Ilvermorny, their houses, banal things of the day, some flirting with Marlene, the pretty single lady present, just light banter and nothing serious, after all he it's a baby, and babies don't have love interests.
Tom was supposedly a student of the Thunderbird house.
And of course he tried to fish out interesting or important information indirectly, like the story of Isolt, for example, 'but they made sure not to say anything about war, order of the phoenix, etc. they were kind, but I wouldn't compromise anything with a stranger who still don't fully trust'.
'But he still managed, some things, with his reactions and body language, if you learn to read and you'd be surprised what the body counts to trained eyes'
After arranging a next meeting, Tom said goodbye to them returning to Diagon Alley, he would enter the second phase, taking advantage of the night to observe the alleyway.