sorry its so short, these first few will be. i will hopefully be able to upload more soon, but with school coming soon, its getting difficult to find time

Lainy and her mother entered the Leaky Cauldron and her mother talked to the barman who showed them to their room, at a discounted price by the way. They unpacked and then her mother stared at her, smiling.

Lainy was starting to feel self-conscious. She looked down, making sure she didn't forget anything important, like putting on a skirt for example. Nope, fully dressed. Her mother noticed her confused look and said nonchalantly "Look at you, my little veela, using her little veela powers"

She blushed, "Mum! I wasn't using them… someone can be attracted to me without me having to use my powers you know. It's not all about that. There are other redeeming qualities a man likes in a girl besides her looks. Humph!" she said, tossing back her hair. "Any normal mum would be constantly reminding her child about that and convincing her to do the same. And, any normal mum would say he's too old or something or don't go falling for some guy you just met! Don't rush things or it could lead to unwanted consequences! A normal parent would take my phone right now and erase that boy's number so I may never talk to him again! I don't know him, he's strange! Boys only want one thing and you can never be too careful! You should be telling me all this right now and discouraging me from flirting with random strangers!"

"Mon cherie? I know I don't have to tell you all those things because you just told them to yourself. You know what you should and should not do, with and without your powers. Now, are you done with your monologue? We're going to your cousins. I have some things to attend to and I'm sure three certain children will be wanting to see you." Lainy nodded eagerly and her mother grabbed her arm and turned on the spot.

~*~

Victoire Weasley was on the small couch on her back porch, head resting in Teddy Lupin's lap. Teddy was affectionately stroking her silver-blonde hair and occasionally leaned down to kiss her forehead.

Just then, a loud crack came from the front yard. Teddy had been leaning down to kiss her again, and Victoire, who would jump at any little noise, had sat straight up, and in the process, had bumped right into Teddy's nose. Victoire stammered apologies then took Teddy's hand and led him to where the noise had come from.

There, in Victoire's front yard was a girl; not short, but not exceptionally tall for her age. She had very straight, reddish-blackish/brownish-silvery blonde hair that was parted to the right and fell down to the small of her back. She had a perfect body and perfect pale skin with freckles almost everywhere. The woman next to her looked almost exactly the same except she looked older and her hair was noticeably shorter and didn't have any of the dark colors that the younger had. It took Victoire a few seconds and then it dawned on her: this is Lainy! My second cousin! My best friend!

"Lay!" she called out, letting go of Teddy's hand and running to hug her. As soon as Victoire crashed into Lainy, they started talking very excitedly in French at the same time.

"Oh my gosh! You look so different!" "You look amazing!" "I've missed you so much!" "How have you been?!" "It's been so long!"

"Garls, garls, eet is okay. Calm down." Fleur said calmly coming out of the house. She smiled at the scene. "Oh, Lainy, love! Eet 'as been too long! 'Ow are you?"

"Tres bien, merci! Et tu?" she replied grinning. She was in the one household in London where she could speak her first language and not get looked at funny.

"Oh! Excellent, merci!" she said giving Lainy a hug and a kiss on both cheeks. "Oh! Trinetta! 'Ow 'ave you beeeeeen?!? I 'ave meesed you so!" Fleur said.

The two walked into the house, chatting away freely in French. Victoire grabbed Lainy and Teddy's hands and led them to the back porch again.

"Teddy! This is my cousin- well second cousin actually, well anyway, this is Lainy." She said finishing with a grin. "Lainy, this is Teddy." She said grinning yet more broadly.

Teddy didn't know if she could speak English or not, he had only heard Lainy talk in French. Teddy waved awkwardly and Lainy smiled warmly and curtsied. She exchanged a look with Victoire and said something in French.

"Is this him? The one from your letter?"

"Yes! Isn't he adorable! I'm crazy about him!" they giggled and looked at Teddy.

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the next chapter will be from teddy's POV