"Family, like branches in a tree, we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one." – Unknown
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Chapter 4: The Trip
Azalea didn't really know what she had gotten herself into. She had started Sephie's lessons two weeks ago and as it seemed, Sephie was getting bored. All they had done was read books and learn Greek. Though Sephie had picked up on the Greek rather quickly, which caused it to become boring. So Azalea started coming up with Ideas to reignite interest in learning. She spent nearly an hour looking into things to regain her interest when she came across it, there was a magic alley. The alley was called Pentagon Alley and was located at the corner of Park Ave and 42nd. Azalea decided that they would go to the alley and to the gringotts to talk with some of the goblins as a field trip.
She got up around six the morning of the trip and ran to the bathroom. For the past couple of days she had been experiencing extreme nausea when she awoke. She knew she should get it checked out but she really didn't want right now. It was most likely stress, anyway. When she finished, she rinsed her mouth out and hopped in the shower. She dressed herself in a light blue sundress with white sandals. She put on a light coloring of makeup before going to wake up Sephie and get her dressed in the same outfit, only in a more sea green color. Teddy was gotten up and dressed in a light green polo and khakis. If you were an outsider you would only see a beautiful family, the god-like beauty and sea like spirit. The beauty spread into their voice, which could be likened that of a siren.
They traveled downstairs and ate breakfast in peace. At eight, Sally ran into the kitchen and rushed out to her car to go to work. Her schedule had gotten changed, so she needed a little time to get her life back in balance. After breakfast they loaded up and left. On the drive they talked constantly. Mostly it was about life before they moved but sometimes it drifted to training. What Sephie didn't notice was they were conversing in Greek. The language came naturally to both, just as Azalea knew mermish would. But that was neither hear nor there.
It took about an hour to get to the alley. They parked right outside of the looking glass, a pub that was the entrance to pentagon alley. They unloaded the car and Azalea made sure the diaper bag. "We are about to enter the alley, little Minno. I need you to hold my hands until Gringotts. The goblins will be there, but they tend to be a little rude towards people. They have, however, agreed to take us down to see the dragons and the sword fighting arena. We are going to show them your sword skills, ok minno." Azalea said, a grin plastered across her face. The goblins didn't know about their demigod status and had been rather reluctant to allow for this trip. However, during this trip they would also reveal the demigod status, which granted a higher form of respect as well as training offers.
Azalea balanced Teddy upon her hip, holstered her wand, and strapped her hidden Celestial Bronze sword, palírroia (tide), to her belt on her left side. She grabbed Sephie's hand and led her into the pub. Inside the pub was a large amount of bustling magicals, including but not limited to, vampires, veela, shifters, nekos, and house-elves. Persephone hugged into Azaleas side, overwhelmed by the amount of people and magical beings. They passed through the pub quickly, both feeling the shift in the atmosphere, which had turned suspicious, cold, and hostile when they walked in. Azalea was used to receiving the attention of everyone around her, both good and bad, but Persephone was not. When they exited, they both released a breath they didn't know they were holding. Teddy didn't seem to be affected at all, however, and was upset that they left so quickly.
Azalea quickly calmed Teddy down before looking around. This alley was wondrous. Almost twice the size of diagon alley and even more magical. Snapping out of her daze, Azalea grasped Sephie's hand and pulled her along towards Gringotts. The walk was brisk and once they arrived they were ushered into a mine cart by a goblin. This goblin was a dark green color with light brown hair and a very crooked nose. He took them into a deep cavern in which they their most ferocious dragons, draco mare, or sea dragons. This was the particular type of dragon Azalea wanted Persephone to see, as they were harmless to children of the sea. All three passengers screamed with joy, which was proof that they all were adrenaline junkies.
At the end of the ride Persephone was asking to do it again, and Azalea pulled out a warded carrier from her bag to put Teddy in while they visited the dragons. They walked through a winding corridor and out into a deep cavern. Azalea set Teddy down right next to the cavern entry and cast a monitoring charm on him. Then Azalea and Persephone walked into the cavern. The goblins all had nasty smirks on their faces, expecting something bad to happen as they stayed back in the corridor. As they walked further into the cavern, Azalea felt powerful magic rush over her and saw a wonderful sight. There were about twenty nesting mothers, each more beautiful than the last. They ranged from light blues to vibrant greens, dark browns to white, big to small.
When the girls crossed the ward line, all the nesting mothers looked up before bowing and moving off their eggs. Within seconds they nesting mothers were all pulling the girls to see their eggs. Suddenly there was movement in the corner of Azalea's eyes and she jerked around to see what was there. A new mother, the smallest of them all, was tucking herself into a tight ball. Azalea smiled softly and ventured over towards it. The dragon was a beautiful pale green color. By the looks and size of her though, she was very young, easily compared to a young teen mother. When Azalea was next to her nest she saw three newly hatched dragons. Azalea congratulated her and moved on to the next nest, heading back towards the entrance, where Sephie was playing with a group of hatchlings.
Azalea was almost to the front when she noticed something that greatly disturbed her. There was an egg sitting out of a nest and one of the mothers was growling at it! Azalea doubled her pace and rushed in front of the egg. She was so angry that she didn't seem to notice when she dropped into a protective position and let out a feral growl. The mother instantly backed away and Azalea turned to check the egg. What she saw astonished her. Instead of the normal gray color their eggs, this one was a bright pink color and glowing! Azalea jumped back as the egg glowed brighter and Azalea jerked her eyes away. When the glow subsided, Azalea glanced back and her jaw dropped. The egg was gone and in its place was light pink dragon with a turquoise ring around its head. Royalty. This dragon was the daughter of Poseidon personal draco mare.