[A/N: hi again! Thanks to ligersrcool and Celestialite for reviewing! I borrowed Lockwood and co from the library when I first read it, so I'm not sure how true this is, but I think there was a piano at Portland road, so in this chapter Locky learns piano. Thanks, tell me if you like it in your reviews]

EDIT UPDATE: eek, I cringed over the SPaG errors: I WILL NEVER SHAME AGAIN! psh.

Piano Lessons:

Lockwood: 7 years old:

"Dad...?"

"Yes, Anthony?"

"Can you teach me how to play your piano?" Dad turned around and looked at me seriously,

"Piano is a very hard instrument, Anthony. Are you sure you have the patience?" I nod, vigorously. It's always appealed to me, playing the piano, "Alright, but you can't just give up, and you have to practise." I nod again and follow him from his office into the living room, where the big piano sits quietly, waiting for me to play it. I hope I'm good.

My dad shows me his old piano books and teaches me the first 3 notes. A, B, C.

"It's like the alphabet! A, B, C!" I exclaim loudly. If it was like the alphabet all the wat through, learning piano would be easy.

"Yes, Anthony, it is like the alphabet, but when you get to G, you start back at A again." I frown. That was silly.

Dad continued to teach me piano up until he said he was tired, and mum said it was tea time, so dad wasn't allowed to teach me anymore piano until tomorrow.

oOo

3 weeks later:

Soon I could play a very bashy version of Twinkle Twinkle and dad said he was very proud of me, and that I was a fast learner. Even my big sister Jessica said that I was good. She played the flute. It was a weird sound, and she used to play me it when I was little. She still does sometimes.

Dad says that if I practise REALLY hard, then I can do my grade 1 in November! That's 13 months away! I'm worried that I might forget some notes though, and then I won't be able to do my grade 1, and then Jessica won't be a proud big sister! She's 14 years old. 7 years older than me! She has a boyfriend, but I don't like him. He's called Kipps, and he's really nice to my sister, and makes her happy, but he's mean to me.

I can't hurt him though, because then he'll jab me with his rapier. He's 17, and his sight is only just going away, but he's going to be a supervisor for Fittes. He might even be my supervisor. That's a scary thought, but I could accidently on purpose jab him with my rapier. Mum says I can join an agency when I'm 8.

One day, I'll own an agency, and I won't let anyone get in the way. Not even Kipps.

[A/N: I wrote the whole of this on my phone, so please excuse the SPaG, also, his sister is called Kedvesség because it means kindness, and I think she should be kind and all. She's dating Kipps, because in the first book Kipps has a "catch in his voice that [Lucy] didn't understand" so I'm guessing they were close. Thanks again for ligersrcool and Celestialite.]

EDIT: I've changed Kedvesség's name to Jessica, because since I originally wrote this, little Locky's sister has a name and everything!