A/N: So I know I said just one more chapter, but I just wrote this one. :) I don't own Harry Potter. Enjoy!
Pre-Hogwarts
Chapter 9
August 21st, 1988
The day after their shopping trip the girls sat on the back porch with books strewn all around them. Books for school, books on mythologies, their favorite reading books, baby naming books. Every book they could think of was there, some borrowed from the library, some already owned, some drudged up out of falling apart boxes in the garage and some they weren't sure where came from. Together they sat with their new pets, pouring over these books.
"I still think 'Jareth' is an excellent name," Jo maintained, stroking her owl.
"For a boy," Leili grinned. "Your bird is a girl. How about 'Athena'?" Leili turned the book she was reading around, showing a picture of an ancient Greek coin with an owl on it.
"Tempting. Keep on the Greek thread. How about 'Faithful' for your cat?"
"Mm, no, doesn't feel right."
"Ooh, how about 'Morrigan'?"
"Better. Kind of a mouthful though."
"Then just 'Morgan'," Jo offered.
"Morgan, I like it! What say you, fuzz?" Leili's cat purred her approval. "Success! Morgan it is! Ok, now for you, let's see, Moon-faced Barn owl... there's 'Selene', Greek Titan Goddess of the moon. Or there's Diana, the Roman equivalent."
Jo made a face of distaste, "No. And I'm not naming my bird after my mother."
Leili laughed, "Okay, how about Artemis? Another Greek Goddess associated with the moon. She is the "Olympian goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals"."
"Yes! That one!"
