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  Chapter Seven: Lasciate Ogne Speranza             “I don’t see why I can’t be there with you. It’s a party!”             Since the day she took in William “Billy” Batson (or “Double B” as his new Time Lord friend called him), not a dull moment had passed for Maureen. The quick-witted 14-year-old orphan made her feel like a mother again – a feeling that she didn’t think she would experience after giving up Shyla, four regenerations ago. Of course, William was no ordinary kid. Shortly before Maureen found him on the streets of Philadelphia, he was chosen by an ancient wizard called “Shazam” to be a new champion against mystic, evil forces. Now, whenever Billy uttered the name of Shazam, he transformed into an adult superhero – though he still had the mind of a teenager.             As much help as Shazam would’ve been if things had gone south at the party Maureen decidedly crashed at Malfoy Manor, Maureen couldn’t risk Lucius Malfoy himself detecting William’s magic. “We talked