Chapter 9: The Aftermath

Kit was the first one to wake. A day after she was admitted into the hospital. She was still half asleep when she heard Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey talking to each other.

"…Kit was lucky…"

"…Kyla was…"

"…Severe…injuries…"

"…Kyla …survive…"

Kit's eyes snapped open. All she had just heard was that Kyla had serious injuries and didn't survive. She sat straight up and threw her legs over the side of the bed and lurched to her feet.

"Ms. Mathers," Dumbledore said as he stood, "You shouldn't be moving."

"She killed Kyla," Kit muttered as she stumbled to the door, "She is going to pay."

Madame Pomfrey paled and lifted her wand to stun the nearly homicidal eleven year old. Kit shifted and slumped to the ground, and Poppy was made to sedate Kit until her younger sister woke up.

Lyre and Peter rushed up to the hospital Wing as soon as they heard that their children were injured. Lyre talked to the headmaster, and Peter took a seat next to his daughters and waited for his wife to tell him the news.

"Kyla will be out for another two weeks," Lyre said softly, "And Kit can't be woken up until Kyla wakes up."

Peter nodded and stood up. "We should go then. They will be fine." Lyre nodded and they both left with a bitter sweet smile on their faces.

Two weeks later Kyla woke up and Kit was allowed to wake up. Both were completely healed.

Kit and Kyla left the hospital wing, and Kit went to go and find Hermione. She wanted to get her revenge. Kyla grabbed Kit by the arm and told her that it was fine, that it was a mistake, and that there was no reason for Kit to try and kill Hermione.

Daphne and Sally came along and managed to keep Kit from killing Hermione.

"Besides, you don't have to." Daphne said with an evil smirk.

"What do you mean?" Kit asked as she looked at her friends.

"We've been pranking her since you have been in the hospital," Sally admitted, "She's had all of her school books sealed shut, clothes turning different colors, hair turning different colors, being turned into animals, and other things."

"Wow," Kyla said faintly.

"Yeah," Daphne said with a grin, "She's been rather twitchy for the last two weeks. Though I guess we can stop now."

"Yeah, I guess we should." Sally said slowly, she sounded slightly depressed.

"What wrong with you," Kit asked as they took their seats at the Ravenclaw table.

Sally looked up with a sad smile, "My mum and dad are going to America for the summer. I don't want to go, but I have no where else to go."

"We could write our parents," Kyla said, "We're going to Marseilles for the summer. They would be more than happy to invite you."

"Are you sure?" Sally asked.

"Yep," Kit said, "Mum will love you. You're a good kid."

"Can I come too," Daphne asked with a slight frown, "My mother and father weren't the happiest people when they found out about the twenty eight detentions."

"Really?" Kit asked, "Mum said that we were just like James Potter and Sirius Black done over."

Sally and Daphne started to laugh. And Kit and Kyla looked at each other with mirth. They had become a lot closer due to the explosion, and Kit and Kyla were thankful.

"You know," Sally looked thoughtful, "James Potter and his friends had a name that people called them."

"And…" Kit asked with a raised eyebrow. Kyla smacked her on the shoulder.

"They were The Marauders," Sally said with a slight frown. "We need a name."

"Like what," Kit asked, "The Neo Marauders?"

"Please," Daphne said, "We need something new and unique."

"Like…The Elements." Kyla said cheerfully.

"What…" Kit asked, "Like Iron, and Gold, and Silver, and Arsenic?"

"Like Fire, Water, Air, and Earth." Kyla defended.

"…I rather like Iron, Gold, Silver, and Arsenic…" Sally murmured.

"Me too…" Kit added.

"Fine…" Kyla ground out, "What element would you like to be named after?"

"I want to be Helium," Sally said with an impish grin.

"I shall be Krypton," Daphne said as she gave Kyla a sly look.

"I shall be Argon," Kit said with a broad smile.

"Fine, I will be Xenon." Kyla said with a long suffering sigh. She was amused in spite of all of her arguments.

Later that day, after Kit wrote to their mother and father, Hermione walked over to the group and she stopped and looked at Kit and Kyla. "I'm sorry for hurting you." She said humbly.

Kit stiffened and was about to say something harsh, but she sighed and waved it away, "You are forgiven."

"Just like that?" Hermione asked.

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." Kyla said softly, "Thomas S. Szasz said that, and truer words have never been spoken."

Kit nodded, "We forgive you," she said, "But we will not forget what you did. Do not ask us too."

Hermione nodded and walked away.

The next day their mother wrote back to them and gave them permission to bring their friends home for the summer. And then they got a stern letter telling them to make sure that they brought Trouble and Dilemma home as well.

"…Kit," Kyla said after she read the letter.

"Yeah,"

"Do you know where Trouble and Dilemma are?"

"Um…"

"You have no idea do you."

"Not really, no."

"You think we should go and look for them?"

"Probably,"

"Now, maybe."

"Good Heavens, my dear Xenon, you must be a genius."

"…You don't have to be so snarky about it Argon."

"Let's go and find our cats." Kit said flatly as they stood to go and hunt down their missing Teal and Indigo cats. They never got around to turning them back to normal.

Three days later the Hogwarts express was at the station and they were boarding the train without any thoughts. Except for the fact that Hufflepuff won the house cup. That was thought enough for both Daphne and Kit.

They were on the train for close to three hours and as soon as the train docked they all got out and walked through the barrier to find the Mather's family. They got into the rented van that they were using and took off toward the airport to catch their flight.

Upon their arrival in Marseilles they looked around and the Elements grinned.

Welcome to Summer Vacation.

END PART ONE