A/N: And I'm back. Did ya miss me? Or am I just talking to myself... wouldn't be the first time. Hrm, well this chapter 3 making this the longest fan fic I have ever done so far. So what if I've only done two in the past? It's an achievement and one I will celebrate. Well one with the story. Please review. I might mention you next timeJ

Disclaimer: Don't own the characters. Don't own the song 'when you wish apon a star' either. That belongs to Disney

Howl looked at the young girl in absolute surprise. Now he could see the man's face it was clear it was Sophie's father, they shared the same soft brown eyes, the dark brown hair and the calm attitude.

"What are you doing here; I thought your mother went out shopping?" his face plastered with sudden confusion.

"She went shopping with Auntie Susan and Auntie Julia" she then pouted, which Howl, and Sophie's father for that matter, seemed to find adorable. "They spend hours looking at dresses, it's boring. And Auntie Susan and Julia treat me like I'm a baby!"

"You still are! Your only 5" he replied with a chuckle. Sophie crossed her arms in disapproval. Howl let out a small laugh. Stubborn as ever! Sophie's father however, being experienced in dealing with one of Sophie's tantrums, simply turned on his stool to face her and gently tapped his lap. Howl watched as all traces of anger melted from Sophie's face as she eagerly bounded up to her father, who lifted her onto his lap.

He lifted up a plain straw hat and put it on the desk in front of Sophie's face.

"How about I make you one?" he asked.

"Really!?" she replied, grinning from ear to ear.

He smiled a soft, loving smile. "Which ribbon do you want?"

Howl watched for what felt like hours, just watching how the two worked together. This man whom Sophie was so close to, but Howl wondered why she never talked about him. He knew that Sophie had become very uncomfortable when he brought up her parents in conversations before, so he decided to work around the subject as he hated to see Sophie distressed.

Lost in his thought, it took Howl a while to realize that the two of them had finished the hat.

"Are you sure you don't want to add some flowers or something to it?" Sophie's father enquired.

"No, I like it the way it is." Sophie replied simply.

The hat was straw, with a dark pink ribbon around it. The only decorations on the hat being three round pink beads(A/N: Sound familiar to anyone *Hint* it's the hat she wears in the films. I was thinking it would have to be important to her if she always wore it). Sophie's father picked up the hat and placed it gently on her head and stroked her cheek with his finger. "Come on love! You can help me with dinner. Let's surprise your mother when she gets back"

So father and daughter went of hand in hand, off to the kitchen.

Howl watched in awe as his future (shall we say) girlfriend walked off with her father. Once he snapped out of his trance like state he realized he had a problem. He didn't know how long he had here and to be quite honest he was more than a little bit curious about Sophie's past. He needed a way to speed up time in Sophie's past so he could see more of it.

"Hrm... what would be a traditional way of doing it?" he asked himself. "Think, think, think... KEY WORDS! Yes but this was a spell gone wrong so there is no guarantee it will be one... A phrase? Well, I have no idea what it would be and there is really no point guessing, I'd be here forever. Oh why didn't I look it up?!" He threw his arms down to his sides in anger resulting in a loud slapping sound to echo through the house. He winced at the pain his outburst had caused. His eyes were drawn up to see that the room around him was evaporating and forming into a different room.

"Yes! That is why I am the best wizard in the WHOLE of Ingary! Perhaps even the world" he shouted with an extremely smug grin on his face. The room he was now in was a reasonable size and it was- well- clean. There was a small sized bed in the corner of the room next to a window overlooking the train tracks below. At that exact moment Howl looked out the window, a train came whizzing past the window blasting clouds of smoke up into air. He jumped back with a start and once again, tripped. Landing solidly on his backside.

"Oww"

He heard a rustling behind him. Glancing in that direction, he realized that it was little Sophie, putting numerous toys into a chest, carefully and in an order so that they fit in place perfectly.

The bedroom door creaked open and Sophie looked panicked, until she saw it was her father once again and she just smiled.

"Sophie, you should have been in bed ages ago! Honey will kill me if she finds out your still awake."

"But papa! I had to put away my toys. Lettie stood on one last time I left them out." Sophie argued.

Her father let out a low chuckle. "Are you ready for bed?"

"Yes"

"Show me your hands"

Sophie lifted her hands up to his face. "Very good, nice and clean. Teeth?"

Sophie smiled showing all her teeth. "Good. Now, into bed" he said as he pointed in that direction. Sophie ran to her bed and jumped onto it before lying down. Her father tucked her in and tenderly kissed the top of her head.

"When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you..."

As Sophie's father continued the song, her eyelids slowly fluttered closed.

"Goodnight sweetheart"

A/N: Well I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I know that they probably don't have Disney in Ingary, but I had it in my head for some reason and I thought it would be nice to add it in. This is also the longest chapter so far. Sorry they are quite short, I am trying to make them longer.

Big thanks to James Birdsong and beth for reviewing for the last chapter. I really appreciate your support. So please review and I might mention you in the next chapter unless you don't want me to. Bye!