hey guys! just to let you know, if any thing is italicized, that means it is either a conversation in french or a thought. i tried to make it pretty obvious which one is which, so if you get confoozled with it, sorry, and jsut comment/review, k?

Lainy Flanna Kaya's mother is a beautiful woman. She is kind, adventurous, caring, and extremely sick. The doctors estimate she only has one month left to live. Lainy, knowing how spontaneous her mother could be, was not at all surprised when her mother told her to pack all of her possessions and meet her downstairs within the hour. She and her mother were now on a train heading to London.

Lainy tried to think of why her mother would want to go to London. Why would she want to spend her last days there? There of all places… France was a perfectly fine place to spend the rest of their life, that is what her mother intended when she moved there, pregnant with Lainy.

Trinetta was a very rambunctious character in her day. She flirted to no end and had a different date each week. She went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was part Veela and boys chased after her day and night. She only reciprocated the feelings of four of the men who, for lack of a better word, infatuated over her. She slept with each of them, then found out she was pregnant at the end of her seventh year. She was too afraid and embarrassed to face any of them, so she moved back to France with her mother. To this day, Trinetta never found out who Lainy's father was.

Lainy had grown up with just Trinetta and no one else. She'd had everything she'd ever wanted, but sometimes she wished she had a father. Trinetta wasn't the type of person who evaded talking about him though. Whenever Lainy asked a question or just wanted to know more, Trinetta was happy to oblige. Lainy could talk to her mum about anything, so she didn't think it would be a problem to ask why in Merlin's sake they were going to London.

"Maman? Why in Merlin's sake are we going to London?"

"To visit your cousin and explore some options."

"On what?"

"Well, its no secret that Gran is getting old, and we need a backup plan on where you'll be going after I can follow you as a ghost." shesaid with a tiny smile.

"But mum, I'm almost sixteen; I can take care of myself. I could continue going to Beauxbatons and in the summer, maybe I can stay with Amity Lealia, my best friend from school."

"Well, that could be 'Plan B'" she said with a smile.

Lainy loved Trinetta's smile. It made her look ten years younger, not that she needed that as she was only thirty three. Lainy figured the ride would take a while, so she decided to draw. She looked out of the window for inspiration; they were passing a beautiful beach and Lainy suddenly remembered the time when she visited her second cousins at Shell Cottage. Her mother's cousin, Fleur, and her husband Bill had three very beautiful children: Victoire, Dominique, and Louis. Victoire was Lainy's age, and Louis and Dominique were twins, only two years younger than them. Victoire and Lainy had become best friends over that summer, but that was almost four years ago. They kept in touch, though. They wrote each other at least once a week.

Oh, shoot! How could I forget! Vic has a birthday coming up! Lainy thought. I should draw something for her, she'd like that. She smiled to herself. The drawing took her almost the whole ride there and when she was finished, her mother told her they had approximately five minutes until the train stopped. She set the drawing down and reached up to get her and her mother's suitcases. When Lainy turned around she saw her mother looking at Vic's present.

"This is lovely! It looks just like you two!" her mum said. Lainy had drawn her and Victoire together on the beach. Her mother was still showering her with compliments about her "capacités artistiques merveilleuses" as they got off the train. They walked out of the station then a few blocks away. Then her mother stuck out her right arm. Less than a second later a purple, three-decker bus appeared with a bang.

A young, very handsome man stepped out and started speaking: "Hello and welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you would like to go. My name is Aiden and I will be you're conductor for this morning." He finished with a smile.

"Thank you Aiden. How much would it be for the two of us to get to the Leaky Cauldron?" Trinetta asked with a slight French accent that she usually doesn't use.

He coughed. "Uh… fifteen sickles mum." He said even though it was clearly stated on a sign that for just one person it was eleven.

"Thank you. Here you go, my darling." She said giving him the silver. Her mother could get away with so much. Aiden told the driver of their requested destination and they set off. They took a seat right next to the door and Aiden sat down in the seat next to Lainy. "Bonjour" she said sweetly.

"Uh... hi. Sorry, I don't speak French." He said while Lainy gave him a blank stare. "Um… je ne parle pas français, désolé… I think." He said hoping that he didn't sound as stupid as he felt and wishing he had said that correctly. Lainy laughed. Aiden blushed looking down.

Lainy touched his hand. He looked at her. "Its okay, I speak English." He looked relieved. "Ha ha, sorry, I always wanted to do that. I know it's weird, but so am I." she grinned.

"I like weird." He muttered shyly while Lainy's mother gave her an approving look. She mimicked talking on a phone and pointed to Aiden. Lainy rolled her eyes. Aiden was still looking at the contact of Lainy's hand on his.

"Is this the first time you've been in London?" Aiden asked trying to make small talk.

"No, I've been here one of two times before, but I only stayed at my cousins' house so I don't really know my way around at all."

"Cool, so uh, if you ever need someone to show you…" he trailed off. Lainy nodded. "Okay, do you want my number?" he asked, his confidence growing. She nodded again and he said, "You can call or text me anytime you like, all right?" they exchanged numbers and when it was their turn to get off he said "So, talk to you soon?"

"Sure." she kissed him on the cheek, grabbed her trunk, and waved goodbye.