Some pointed out that some of the trees had been left to provide nice shady areas and those that any that had fruit on them had also not been culled.O...ne of the men came up to Dusty. “Excuse me, Miss,” he said politely.Since business had slowed, Dusty turned and gave him her full attention. “The names Dusty, who are you?” she asked.“I’m Will Anderson. I was on the Jolly Rodger. We got captured about ten months back. I was an engineer on that ship. They kept me to fix their ships and help with. ”I went to my own room and was able to finish most of my homework before dinner.When we were all sat round the dining room table with full plates I broke my news. “The race on Sunday is a bit special. It’s a qualifier for the Tri-State Championships.”“I thought the school didn’t enter the qualifiers,” said Dad.“Coach Budd said that he’d obtained some extra funding from Principal Hockstadler. Probably pried it from his cold, dead hands.”“Kevin, that’s not fair,” objected Mum. “Principal. Her new boyfriend howled with laughter at the tale but I could see that Tela was not at all impressed to be revealed as the scheming user of men that she was.Looking back I can see that Matt had broken her confidence of all those years ago but neither Ian, her new friend, nor myself saw anything odd at the time. Matt though went white at the look she gave him and I put it down to memories of the pain of the accident.Matt was very quiet over the next few days but that wasn't anything unusual. "Yeah well, it was only a matter of time" he said, laughing. "Have you two been..." Harry said, nodding his head toward Hermione's shapely ass."For a while now. Mum said she's fine with it, as long as we don't ruin the sheets from Aunt Muriel. And Hermione..." Ron trailed off, gazing blankly. "Well, she's amazing" So, any idea what happened to me...?" Harry asked, touching the long wound on his cheek with a thin hand."Death Eater, or Eaters, by the look of it." Ron replied in a matter-of-fact.