Chapter 4

When I opened my eyes the next day it was still dark, as I reviewed the events that happened yesterday, the first thing I thought was "Now we should have a little more food for ourselves, although it is still horrible."

After getting up and getting dressed I decided to continue with my study routine. When I got to the dining room it seemed strange not to see my mother in the cabin.

I looked at the table and saw that there were two letters on the table, "this doesn't seem like a good sign" was what I thought.

I approached the table in the living room and took the two letters that were closed in a small envelope, I looked at them carefully and they said the following on the sender:

One was addressed to my grandfather Marvolo, the other was for me.

Although I could already imagine the content of the letter, I decided to read it and see what my lovely mother had written in the letter to me.

"As I had thought, Merope left, she only said to take care of me and not forget to feed me every day. It seems that my mother forgot that I am a 6-year-old boy, anyway, it is my luck to be born in this family." I said as I sighed at my luck.

"Although he didn't say it, I imagine he went to look for the muggle who always looks out the window. I wonder how he will convince him to be together. My mother is not exactly a beauty. I wondered if there was some magic to make people fall in love." ?"

As I walked to my study place, where I have spent most of my time this last year, I was thinking about what my next steps should be.

Currently, I have no one to take care of me, they took the old man and my uncle, and it seems that they are going to be sentenced, who knows how long before they return, if they return at all.

My mother disappeared and it doesn't seem like a good idea to go looking for her without knowing where she could be, she still abandoned me I don't think she's particularly concerned about my well-being even if she finds her.

There doesn't seem to be any money in the house, the old man was the one who brought the food to make the meal.

Looks like I'll have to hurry up with my magic practice before I run out of food.

I'll have to practice some spells to be able to steal something.

When I arrived at the forest, near the old tree, it was no longer what it was a year ago, there was an improvised chair, although it was 3 pieces of wood making a bench.

Also, a desk, which was also 3 pieces of wood but a little higher than the chair.

Furthermore, on top of the place, there was a large net covered with many leaves that seemed to protect the place from the rain.

As I looked at the spell book I thought "It seems that the ministry has some way of detecting when people do magic, I wonder if it's the wand or something else" I thought as I looked at the book I stopped to look at the magic wand.

"It would be better if I didn't use it for the moment, I wonder if it would be possible to cast spells without a wand, that would solve a lot of problems" was what I thought as I continued looking for a spell that could work and was easy to use.

"Should I choose a deadly spell or something lighter?" I was a bit hesitant about which one I should choose.

"I should probably throw out the idea of killing, if I murdered a Muggle the Ministry could take the situation very seriously and I could get into serious trouble, Discarded."

"My grandfather and uncle should be a good example"

"There are some spells that will help me try to survive alone, I like the Confundus spell, but it seems very complicated to be my first spell, Mhhhh."

"This spell seems interesting, although it does not have a name, its result seems interesting, it causes irritation in the eyes and forces the person to close them, I wonder if it would work correctly for my plans."

After carefully reading the explanation of the spell I decided to try casting magic for the first time.

"I think I'll try to do it without a wand to avoid problems with the ministry."

Imagining the figure I had to make to cast the spell, I closed my eyes and breathed softly but deeply.

I opened my eyes and with determination, I made an oval with my right index finger before closing it I continued the line downwards while saying "Conjunctivitis."

After a moment while I looked with my eyes to the sides, I saw that nothing happened and I thought "Well, not everything can be that easy."

"It seems that I am not a genius in magic hehe"

I practiced a hundred times and seeing that it had no results, I decided to stop.

"I still have a couple of days to practice, I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or it's just too difficult to cast spells without a wand. Mmm" I thought

I decided to sit for a while and meditate.

As I closed my eyes and breathed gently I began to feel slight vibrations through my body, almost imperceptible.

I opened my eyes with a smile on my face and thought "What an interesting feeling, this must be what they call magic."