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Title: Song of the Melodie

Author: Ivory Core

Chapter 10: The starting of a great day

It was 5:00 in the morning at Coldrock. All of the children and some of the staff were still sleeping. Even Charlie Sutherland was fast asleep on the couch up at the Tower. Tal was by his side, cuddled up.

There was just one person who was not sleeping, but wide awake. Eliora Melodiana, every since she could remember had always gotten up right when the sun rose up. A morning person she was.

Eliora had gotten up with the sun and had immediately started to get ready for the big day. Today was Charlie's birthday.

The time that Eliora had found the secret room underneath the stairs, she had taken some clothing that could fit Charlie and her. So when Eliora was getting ready, she had dressed herself in a simple green T, blue jeans, and a light purple hoody with pockets at the front.

She had found something similar for Charlie and had placed it on the stool beside the sofa where Charlie was sleeping on.

Since Charlie was not a morning person, Eliora had allowed him to sleep some as she walked down the stairs to the main floor.

There was no need for worrying anymore, as Eliora walked down the hallway. First would be the fact that almost everyone was still asleep. Second would be the lovely fact that Mrs. Stone was no longer in Coldrock. A thank you for this wonderful churn of events goes to Tal.

For some odd reason, Mrs. Stone had been seriously pissed off for the past week. She would send any child that crossed her path straight to the Sweatbox with no real reason at all.

Eliora had noticed that Mrs. Stone had been giving the death glare to Charlie for the past week as well. Eliora didn't know why though. Charlie hadn't done anything; actually he rarely was seen since he spent all his time in the Tower.

Yesterday was when the whole deal came out full force. Eliora and Charlie had just come out of the Tower and had decided to get some fresh air.

They were just about to open the double doors leading to the outside when Mrs. Stone corned them.

"I swore that I would beat it out of you if turn up likes that despicable Tom! And I thought I had succeeded." She spoken in a fury that made her face turn red.

Eliora stood in front of Charlie and started to move back, but Mrs. Stone followed them.

"But I can't take it anymore! If I get one more letter, I swear that you Charlie will remain in the sweatbox till September!"

"What are you taking about Mrs. Stone? What letter?" Eliora asked as she held Charlie behind her back.

It seemed that Mrs. Stone had finally flipped her lid.

"Oh yes! Of course you wouldn't know anything about those letters! Those damn letters that would enter this orphanage in anyway possible!" Mrs. Stone said as menacingly stepped up to them.

She then gripped Elioras wrist and tightly squeezed it. "You taught him didn't you?" She questioned as she squeezed Elioras wrist.

"LEAVE ELIORA ALONE!" Charlie yelled as he kicked Mrs. Stone's knee caps.

She immediately went down to her knees and released Elioras wrist. Eliora backed away while gripping her wrist in pain.

"You're just like Tom, a Freak!" Mrs. Stone screamed at Eliora as she slowly got up.

And then a voice spoke out filled with a serious tone yet with mirth.

"Your butt's on fire." The voice of Tal stated behind Mrs. Stone.

And that's when the children saw it. Mrs. Stone rear end really was on fire. But instead of orange flames, these flames were blue.

Mrs. Stone looked like a chicken that had just lost his head. She danced around the room while trying to put out the flames, but the more she tried the higher the flames went.

"Good luck in getting rid of those flames Mrs. Hippo." Tal yelled out with mirth.

Mrs. Stone turned towards the sound of Tal, as she tried to put out the flames, but saw no one.

Eliora and Charlie just couldn't take it. They cracked so hard that it felt there lungs would burst.

Soon though, Mrs. Stone did put out the fire. Mrs. Perkings called the ambulance and they took Mrs. Stone away.

That evening the children found out that Mrs. Stone would not be returning to Coldrock for a while, due to the case of second degree burning all over her fat rear end and some of her back.

So now with Mrs. Stone gone, getting out of Coldrock tomorrow morning would be a breeze for Charlie and Eliora.

But the question still remained on what exactly Mrs. Stone had meant by the letters. What letters? She's the one who never let the children receive mail, so why was she ruffled up because of these letters.

And Mrs. Stone said they were for Charlie. Eliora thought as she dug into the boxes in the room underneath the stairs.

So that is why Eliora was now walking down the steps towards the secret room underneath the stairs. She wanted to find out what Mrs. Stone was talking about.

Once inside, Eliora started to dig. She still had time left before she would wake up Charlie. It's amazing how things come to your favor when you least expect them too.

Here Eliora was afraid on how she was going to sneak Charlie and herself out of Coldrock and under Mrs. Stone's nose. But now with Mrs. Hippo gone, it would be a breeze for them to leave.

Eliora was just going through some boxes of old baby stuff, when something caught the corner of her eyes. She turned towards it and found it to be another box, but this one having words written all around it.

She walked towards it and leaned over it so that she could read what it said on the top.

"Charlie Sutherland. H Letters. Burn Immediately." Eliora read out loud.

"H letters?" Eliora questioned as she looked for a way to open the box. The box was quite large and when Eliora tried to move it she found it to be incredibly heavy.

The box didn't look old like the others did. And the words were done in a hurry but recently.

Eliora was able to slowly strip the duck tape off of the box with her finger nails. When it was all off, she carefully opened the flaps and peered inside.

Letters…hundreds of white enveloped letters all baring the same written address and sender were inside the box. Eliora picked one letter up and looked at who had sent it.

One thing was for sure, all of these letters were addressed to Charlie.

Mr. C Sutherland
Boy's dormitory
8 Manor Drive
Coldrock House for Orphans

When Eliora turned the letter around she nearly fell over when she saw the seal.

"Hogwarts…" Eliora whispered in shock.

"It's real. It's a real place." Eliora said to herself with wonder. She heavily sat down on a box that was beside her, the letter still in her hand.

She looked at it and while taking a deep breath, opened the letter. She had to know if it was real, if it wasn't a fake.

Well, as Eliora read the letter she knew that it was no fake letter. Hogwarts was real, and they had sent a letter to Charlie so that he could attend.

"Oh Charlie, I knew you were special." Eliora said to herself as she smiled.

"What a birthday this will turn out to be." Eliora said as she got. She took a few of the letters and placed them in her knitted red pouch-bag that was slung over her shoulders.

Angelina had made it for her on her tenth birthday and Eliora had loved it ever since.

So when Elioras pouch was packed with as much of those Hogwarts letters she could fit, she resealed the box and walked out of the room.

She was literally jumping for joy as she walked out of the room. It was all so much and yet so wonderful. Hogwarts was real! And Charlie was going!

As Eliora walked up the steps back to the Tower, she wondered though on why she didn't get a letter. Not that she was disappointed. She was so happy for Charlie that it pushed away those thoughts. Charlie will now be able to learn more and to practice on using his magical abilities.

Though she still wondered she didn't get a letter. She had always known that she was different then Charlie in the sense of magic. Maybe this Hogwarts place didn't except people like her.

"No, that's not it. They haven't sent me a letter, because they think I don't exist." Eliora proclaimed as she walked up the staircase to the top floor.

"Wait a minute…" Eliora suddenly stated as she stopped.

"Where did THAT come from?" She questioned. "And besides, it doesn't make any sense. How can they think I don't exist? What, they think I'm a myth or something?"

Once again, Eliora stopped herself at the things that were flowing out of her mouth. For the past three weeks she had been doing that a lot lately. Speaking things that made no sense and yet at the same time they did.

She shook her head to get those thoughts out of her mind and continued up the steps. After a couple more minutes, she made it to the door leading up to the Tower.

As clearly and without hesitation, Eliora whispered to the door in the language that sounded like a snake. Her voice hissed as she spoke the words to unlock the door.

The door opened and Eliora walked in. The door closed behind her and the giant snake behind the door immediately vanished once it set its eyes on Eliora.

But Eliora did not notice as she climbed the steps. When she finally reached the Tower, her eyes immediately rested on Charlie who was STIL sleeping.

It was Saturday and right now the clock stated that it was 6:30 in the morning. It was time for the day to begin.

Eliora walked up to the sofa and lightly tapped Tal's shoulder. Tal tweaked her eyes open and looked at who had disturbed her sleep.

When she saw it to be Eliora, she slowly got up and stretched herself. Her sharp talons came out of her feet as she stretched. She yawed loudly and then shook herself to get the sleep off.

She then jumped down from the sofa and walked towards the other side of the room.

Eliora turned again to Charlie. She lightly laughed at the sight. Charlie was on his stomach with his arm draped over the side of the sofa.

His left leg was outside the blanket and dangling over the armrest. His mouth was partially opened and Eliora could clearly see that he had been drooling again on the pillow.

His hair was a mess, strewn all over his forehead and eyes.

Eliora leaned over Charlie and gently placed her hand on his shoulder and started to lightly shake him.

"Charlie….Charlie…., wake up Charlie." Eliora spoke as she shook Charlie.

But Charlie slept like a log. You'll be lucky if he showed any sign of waking up.

"Charlie! It's Saturday! It's your birthday Charlie!" Eliora spoke louder as she started to shake him harder.

But Charlie was out cold, making no move to wake up.

Giving up on the idea of shaking him, Eliora got up and decided to take drastic measures.

"Alright Charlie, you asked for it." Eliora said as she gripped the side of the blanket that Charlie was curled up in.

With one hard yank, Eliora pulled the blanket off of Charlie; which resulted in Charlie falling over the sofa and unto the floor.

"OOF!" Charlie cried out as he landed not so softly on the floor. He immediately jumped up and tried to straighten himself, but instead tripped over his own feet and feel down on his stomach.

He had landed right in front of Eliora. He slowly raised his head up to meet Eliora peering down at him with his blanket wrapped in her arms.

"Well, it's better then having water dumped on you." Charlie muttered to himself as he slowly got up.

When Charlie stood up, he was almost up to Elioras shoulders. He looked up at her and gave one of his doggish smiles.

"Good morning Charlie. Sleep well?" Eliora pleasantly asked as she started to fix up the sofa where Charlie was sleeping on.

"Yes, apart from landed not so softly on the floor by you. Yeah, I had a good sleep. You?" Charlie stated as he walked over to water bin.

"I slept alright." Eliora replied as she placed her pouch on the already made sofa.

"Alright?" Charlie questioned as he turned around, his face cleaned. "What's wrong?"

Eliora had always stated that she slept great, never alright.

"Oh nothing. I just couldn't wait for today to come." Eliora explained as she walked towards the stool.

"Why?" Charlie had finished brushing his teeth and was about to dawn in uniform, but was stopped by Eliora.

"No uniform today." Eliora said as she showed Charlie the clothes that were neatly folded on top of the stool.

"Today, we will wear real clothes." She stated as she watched Charlie slowly walk towards the stool.

After a moment of hesitation, Charlie pulled up the clothes.

"Eliora, where did you get this?" Charlie asked as he quickly ran into a changing room (which the two had made out of old curtains) and started to quickly dress in the clothes.

"Well Charlie, I found that room where Mrs. Stone placed all of our possessions." Eliora explained as she turned started to gather her money and schedule planner.

Charlie's head appeared from the corner of the curtain. "You're kidding!"

"Nope."

"What else did you find in that room?" Charlie questioned as he pulled on the shirt over his head.

"Well, I found that purple gown I told you about." Eliora stated as she placed her stuff into her bag.

"What AHHH!" The sound of a body falling to the floor was heard.

Eliora whirled around and faced the curtain. "Charlie, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm good. I'm good." Eliora heard Charlie reply. She then watched as he slowly got up. It seemed that he had lost his balance while pulling up his pants.

"What else did you find?" Charlie asked again.

"Well, the clothing that you and I are wearing would be another." Eliora stated as she draped her bag over her shoulder.

Just then Charlie walked out. Eliora turned to face him and smiled as she inspected him from head to toe.

Eliora had placed a lot of different mix matched clothes for Charlie on that stool. She had allowed him to choose what he wanted to wear. Well now he looked real good.

He chooses to wear a red long sleeved shirt with blue pants and a belt. A dark blue hoody with pockets at the front completed his assumable.

"What do you think?" Charlie hesitantly asked as he turned around.

"You don't look like an orphan at all." Eliora replied as she brought over a pair of shoes and socks for Charlie. "In fact, you look like a boy ready for…an adventure."

Charlie looked at Eliora with a question on his face. "Ok, spit it out. What do you have planned?" HE asked as he puts on his socks and shoes.

Eliora walked to her bag and after making sure that at least one of the Hogwarts letters was inside (since she placed the others away) turned around to face Charlie.

"Since Charlie Springdale has officially become eleven today…" Eliora began as she walked towards the window.

Tal had transformed herself into a white dove and had already flown out the window.

"Eliora, what are you doing?" Charlie hesitantly questioned as he watched Eliora step up to the window and place her feet on the other side.

"…I have planned a fun filled day for you." Eliora explained as she brought her hand up towards Charlie.

Charlie's eyes sparked on what Eliora had said. So that's why she's been acting strangely for the past weeks. She's been planning for his birthday.

"Thank you Eliora." Was all Charlie could say.

"You're welcome. Now come on! Your day awaits you." Eliora stated as she reached for Charlie's hand.

"Now wait just one darn minute…" Charlie began as Eliora pulled him outside.

"Eliora! You know how much I hate heights!" Charlie shrilled as he gripped Elioras hand tightly enough so that it hurt.

"First off Charlie, could you loosen your grip please?" Eliora asked as she winced from the grip.

Charlie slightly released his grip on her hand, but he still held on to her as they slowly walked to the middle of the roof.

"Second off, do you think we will be able to leave Coldrock through the front door?" Eliora teasingly asked.

"No. I guess not." Charlie softly replied as he tried not to look down but keeps his gaze on Eliora.

"And thirdly, don't you trust me?" Eliora asked as she turned towards Charlie.

Charlie shot his head up to face Eliora. He was shocked by her question. Of course he trusted her.

"I trust you with my life Eliora. You are my sister…and like a mother to me." Charlie had stated that last bit in a whisper, so Eliora had not heard it.

"In that case…" Eliora stared as she began to lean forward.

"Eliora! What are you doing!" Charlie asked in fear thinking that Eliora was going to fall.

But he got the surprise of his life when he suddenly felt Eliora and himself rising up. It felt like he was as light as a feather, and he knew that this must be the way Eliora felt every time she would open her wings and fly.

His shoes scrapped backward against the roof as he felt himself lifting up. His grip tightened on Elioras hand when he could no longer feel the ground, but he calmed down a bit when he felt them move forward. But he kept his eyes tightly shut the entire time.

Eliora on the other hand was not afraid at all. On the contrary, whenever she flied it was exhilarating and wonderful. And she had found a neat way in taking Charlie with her without carrying him.

All she had to do was hold on to someone; concentrate on sharing the feeling of being weightless and that person would be able to fly with her; provided that they held on to each other of course.

And since it was early in the morning, no one would be able to see two kids fly down and over the fence to the sidewalk.

When they softly landed on the ground, Eliora straightened her back and felt her wings fold themselves and settle against her back. Charlie on the other hand had immediately wobbled on his knees when they touched ground.

"Easy Charlie, you won't want to fall." Eliora said as she helped Charlie to get his bearings.

"Thanks Eliora." Charlie said as he checked himself out and then turned towards Coldrock.

"I can't believe it! We actually did it! We're out of Coldrock!" Charlie triumphal stated.

Eliora too turned her gaze towards Coldrock. She wished that this was her last time in seeing it. Even if it meant leaving everything behind, as long as Charlie and Tal were with her, she wouldn't care.

But in reaching into her bag and finding the letter. Eliora knew that at least Charlie had a future away from Coldrock or at least for a school year. She will give him the letter at the end of the day, that way it would really brighten his spirit once they returned to Coldrock.

"Come on Charlie. Why don't we get some breakfast?" Eliora said as she turned towards Charlie.

"Really?" Charlie didn't believe what he was hearing.

"Of course." Eliora replied just as Tal came up to them. She landed on Eliora shoulder and cooed at them in her arrival.

"What better way to start a birthday then without a delicious breakfast to start the day?" Eliora stated as she gave a side smile towards Charlie.

She then started to walk down the sidewalk, her bag over her shoulder and Tal fling off ahead of them.

When Charlie didn't follow Eliora, she turned around to face him.

"Are you coming Charlie?" Eliora asked. She gave him a warm smile. She knew what he was thinking, literally.

He thought that this was all a dream. That in one second he was going to wake up in his bed.

When Charlie walked up to Eliora and stood by her side, she quickly pinched his arm.

"OW!" Charlie yelled as he gripped his arm. "What was that for?"

"You're not dreaming Charlie. This is all very real." Eliora replied.

Charlie smiled; he figured that Eliora had read his mind. He looked up at Eliora and in unison they both started to walk up the road.

They never looked back at Coldrock as they walked up the sidewalk and turned the corner. They won't miss it for this day, nor will anyone in Coldrock miss them for that matter.

What neither Charlie nor Eliora knew was that this was no ordinary day. Yes it was Charlie's birthday, but it was much more than that.

Old friends will be renewed and new friends will be made. Also on this day is a very special day for Eliora. On this day is when Eliora becomes of age.

The Coming of Age is nearly at hand
Memories once forgotten, returned

So little time is left
So little time…
So little time…

Ok, sorry everyone. But it seems that this is taking longer then I thought. But I believe that at least two more chapters will be on the Coldrock area and then the goods will start coming.

Anyway, I would like to thank the following reviewer:

Mistyqueen – Thank you so much for reviewing! And I'm beyond happy that you are enjoying the story. And that is a very good question. For one, Charlie's letters were hidden from him by Mrs. Stone and soon after burnt. This chapter explains that a bit. Once they go back to Coldrock, Eliora will present the letters as a last surprise to Charlie. As for Eliora, it's complicated actually. In a way, they can't see or find her. Queen Ariel made sure that no one would be able to find Eliora until she reached the coming of age. Don't worry, all will be explained in (I think) Chapter 12. It's difficult to write chapter when you have a limit on the pages. It keeps me sane though. LOL! Glad you like the story. And stay tuned for the next chapter….

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