#thaddthawnespeed

"Hey, Thadd," Wally said, struggling under the weight of the box and broomsticks. "Here, I didn't think you had a broom, so I got one of the school ones out for you. Have you ever flown before?" Wally wanted to help the kid, but he could only think about all of the things that could possibly go wrong.

Wally walked into the Gryffindor changing rooms. He took a school broom from the wall, as he wasn't sure Thaddeus even owned one. He also took the trunk of practice supplies from the Gryffindor team's room. He exited back out on the field to wait for the Thawne.

Still, Wally told himself. Thaddeus didn't seem too evil, just a little troubled. To be honest, Wally had seen Thaddeus be outcasted as soon as he arrived. Maybe that was why he had been kind to Thadd. At first, Wally had been the joke of Hogwarts. His ineptitude at everything besides potions hadn't helped. But when he got his first broom, and became Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, things had improved dramatically. Maybe that was what he was trying to do, give Thaddeus the same bit of hope Wally himself had.

"Want to give it a try later? If you're anything like the rest of the Thawne and Allen families, you'll be a natural." The words were out of his mouth before he realized Thadd might be offended by them. He quickly sped up his words to try to cover up his potential threat. "Oh, no, I doubt it," Wally said, running his hand through his hair. "Or, at least, that's what the teachers have told me. I'm failing almost everything else." The redhead chuckled.

Also, sorry for being slow, I'm on mobile.))

The Thawne's words surprise him. No one even considers Thadd's opinion? Really? Well, he does suppose that the young clone did sort of appear out of nowhere. If the Allen family hadn't already been through the shock of Bart appearing from the future, this news would have gone over even worse. "It's not too bad," Wally agrees.  "What about your housemates, don't they listen to you?" He pauses for a moment, and suddenly adds to his words. "If you ever need help with potions homework, I can give you some tips. I'm not very good at anything else, though."

"I-I know-" Wally tries to backpedal. "Look, you were behind me, and I didn't really see you! I know you're not Bart!" How many other families had to deal with something as weird as a cloned cousin? At least he wasn't Uncle Barry. Who knew how well he was handling this? "I'm sorry, Thaddeus." He paused awkwardly. "Can I have my parchment back?"