DISCLAIMER: NONE OF THIS IS MINE IT ALL BELONGS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS!

"speaking"

~the statues speaking.~

Thoughts

"Girl get up and get dressed" a purple faced man yelled

"Yes Uncle Vernon." Replied a 5 year old girl starting to get dressed.

They had flown to Manhattan from London the night before for one of Vernon's big important meetings. She wondered why she ended up being brought with her Uncle instead of her Aunt or Cousin, while Vernon thought of places to leave the child. He looked up some of the least visited places and came across an old hotel called The Winter Quay that was supposedly haunted due to the strange disappearances of thrill seekers who enter the building. That is the perfect place to dump this ungrateful brat, he thought while grinning. The little girl saw the grin and shivered knowing that whatever was going to happen would probably not be very good for her overall well-being.

"Girl we're going for a walk, so gather all of your belongings." Vernon said looking at her darkly. I was right definitely not good, she thought while gathering her stuff silently and putting it in a ratty old backpack. When she was done he pulled her roughly out the door.

"Where are we going?" She asked trying to keep up, Vernon glared at her for daring to ask a question before saying,

""To your new home of course."

She gulped as they caught sight of their destination. It was a rundown hotel surrounded by statues of angels, cherubs, and various others. She thought that every time Vernon looked away the statues moved.

"Haunted by freakishness this place is, you'll be right at home." Vernon continued, How nice, thought the little girl

"You stay here in your new home or else there will be trouble."

"Yes Uncle Vernon." She said obediently walking inside while Vernon walked away to hail a cab to get to his meeting.

"Hello? Anyone home? Or am I all alone?" she called out, looking around she saw statues, lots and lots of statues. "Can you move like the ones out front? Or was that my imagination?"

An angel came up behind her and put its hand on her shoulder.

Looking over her shoulder she smiled "so you can move." She said excitedly

~You can see us move? ~ asked a statue the angel wondering what just happened.

"Yep, my name is Kathrine Potter. What's yours?" asked Kathrine cocking her head to the side cutely.

The statues all had various looks of shock and surprise on their faces as the one that had spoken earlier replied gesturing to herself and the others. ~My name is Maria, and these are my brethren. ~

"Nice to meet you Maria" said Kathrine politely while holding her hand out.

~It is nice to meet someone who can see us move and understand our words. ~ Said Maria taking her hand still trying to send her away through time. She was shocked to see Kathrine standing there with her hand still in her grip.

~How did you not disappear? ~ asked one of the cherubs as they all ran over to her

Looking confused Kathrine asked "what do you mean by not disappear?"

Looking ashamed Maria replied ~The touch of an angel usually sends people either forward or backwards in time so we can feed on the displacement energy. ~

Kathrine just shrugged "you didn't send me someplace in time, I stayed here with you guys so I guess your abilities don't work on me."

~Well since our abilities don't work on you why don't you live here with us. ~ suggested Maria looking hopeful.

Nodding her head smiling she said "I would like that"

At her announcement the cherubs all tackled her in a big hug and they all went down laughing while the older statues smiled fondly at their newest member of their brethren.