p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"...Dear Journal/span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Slow down there kid, you are going to choke. How would I explain that to your mother?" Emma asked, smirking, "She would kill me!" They both laughed before continuing eating. After a few minutes, Elise announced that she had finished,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Can we go now?" She asked, clearly excited for the day ahead of them. Emma smiled down at her daughter from across the kitchen,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""In a minute Eli, clean your plate and let me grab my bag then we can go." Emma said, standing up from the table and making her way out of the room. Elise busied herself with her dirty dish and wiped her wet hands on the front of her shirt. Emma came back in an snorted at the girls appearance. Emma shook her head before flicking her wrist in the air, magicking Elise a clean dry shirt./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Mom, will you calm down? I'm sure they are on their way right now." Henry said, trying to get his highly agitated mother to chill. He regretted telling her to calm down the second he finished his sentence. Henry blanched when his mother turned around sharply and glared at him, he threw his hands up in defense./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Sometimes I really question leaving you and your sister alone with your mother. You two act too much like her for my liking." Regina said, letting out an exaggerated breathe, she walked up to where Henry was sitting and sat down next to him. She was cursing her wife for being late, and was certainly going to blow a gasket when they arrived. The family had to use to the Floo network at the Ministry since they were traveling a very long distance, France. And its against regulation to travel that far in a personal floo without the Ministers approval. Regina and Henry hadn't seen Elise in a month, since they both were busy with work. Henry being on duty for the past three months, and Regina helping prepare the school for the new school year. Regina missed her baby terribly, and was aching to have her child in her arms once again. She could say the same thing about Emma, but her patience was wearing thin. The two members of the Swan-Mills families heads shot up at the excited yell of the youngest member,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Momma! Henry!" Elise shouted, practically running towards them, leaving Emma a ways behind her. Henry shot off his seat and ran towards his little sister, throwing his arms around her, picking her up to twirl around, squeezing her tightly against him. He let her down after she complained she was getting sick from the spinning,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Look at you Eli! You've gotten taller squirt!" He exclaimed ruffling her hair, getting an annoyed squeak from the girl, as she swatted his hand away,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Stop that Hen!" She said, glaring at him. After she had smoothed her dark blonde hair down, she remembered that she hadn't greeted her mother yet. Elise looked behind Henry, and frowned when she didn't see Regina there. Henry noticed what she was doing and grabbed her by the shoulders to turn her around. Her eyes widened at the sight before her, but her vision was suddenly blocked by a giant hand covering her eyes,/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""She was practically begging me to leave earlier." Emma said, winking at Elise, who glared at her in return,/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Hey you try waking a 12 year old up in the morning. Henry was a walk in the park, well until he was around the age of 15." Emma smirking, mentally cheering when she saw her son roll his eyes,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""I'm sure you were not paying attention to the time and simply let her sleep late, darling." Regina said, smirking at the guilty look that flashed across her wife's face. The four talked a while longer before deciding it was time to get going. On their way to the one of the many fireplaces located in the Atrium, they bumped into the Minister, clearly on his way back from lunch./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ah, well if it isn't the Swan-Mills. What do I owe the pleasure of having such a highly remarkable wizard family here at the Ministry?" He asked, his gaze settling over the older brunette,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""How nice to see you Minister Gold," Regina said, giving him one of her political smiles, "We were just on our way to my parents." She said, tilting her head slightly, waiting for the irritating man to just leave./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Thats right, school is starting soon, isn't it?" He said, merely stating a fact then asking. "And who do we have here? Is this the young miss I've heard countless stories about? Elsie was it?" Emma was about to loose her cool, she didn't like this man very much, do to the fact that they were practically enemies./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Its Elise, sir." Elise said, hesitantly holding her hand out towards him, "Its nice to finally meet you." She waited for him to accept her hand, and when he didn't she was highly embarrassed and shrunk back against Henry, who placed his hand on her shoulder./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ah, my apologies Miss Swan-Mills. I would stay and chat, however I do have very important matters to take care." He said as he hobbled away on his cane, "Farewell Regina, and do tell your dear mother I said hello." Gold said, as he finally left the family. The three older members of the family visibly relaxed when he disappeared,/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""She was practically begging me to leave earlier." Emma said, winking at Elise, who glared at her in return,/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Hey you try waking a 12 year old up in the morning. Henry was a walk in the park, well until he was around the age of 15." Emma smirking, mentally cheering when she saw her son roll his eyes,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""I'm sure you were not paying attention to the time and simply let her sleep late, darling." Regina said, smirking at the guilty look that flashed across her wife's face. The four talked a while longer before deciding it was time to get going. On their way to the one of the many fireplaces located in the Atrium, they bumped into the Minister, clearly on his way back from lunch./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ah, well if it isn't the Swan-Mills. What do I owe the pleasure of having such a highly remarkable wizard family here at the Ministry?" He asked, his gaze settling over the older brunette,/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""How nice to see you Minister Gold," Regina said, giving him one of her political smiles, "We were just on our way to my parents." She said, tilting her head slightly, waiting for the irritating man to just leave./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Thats right, school is starting soon, isn't it?" He said, merely stating a fact then asking. "And who do we have here? Is this the young miss I've heard countless stories about? Elsie was it?" Emma was about to loose her cool, she didn't like this man very much, do to the fact that they were practically enemies./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ah, my apologies Miss Swan-Mills. I would stay and chat, however I do have very important matters to take care." He said as he hobbled away on his cane, "Farewell Regina, and do tell your dear mother I said hello." Gold said, as he finally left the family. The three older members of the family visibly relaxed when he disappeared,/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Don't worry sweetheart, the Minister doesn't really like us." Regina said, smiling down at her daughter. "Now how about we finally leave?" She said, as she walked her family over to the correct floo terminal. The Swan-Mills family were finally off to France./p