Disclaimer: As I said before, the parenting class idea goes to IcyPanther and some characters go to JK Rowling. Like Minerva, she belongs to JK. And a couple others.

Nicki 3:

I had just given her the potion and she was sleeping on her bed. I felt sorry for her when she said she was sorry for whatever she had done. I had nodded.

The moment she had fallen asleep, Dorian's cold demeanor softened and so did mine.

"Can you tell me again why we are so rude? I had only said it was better to be distant" Dorian asked me.

I looked at him.

"She's my sister." I replied, stealing a glance over at Audrey who was now fifteen again.

"So?" Dorian said haughtily.

"If she is a werewolf, than I could be one too." I explained. Dorian seemed like he half understood.

Then I told him the story.

"A couple days before I turned five, I had a run-in with a wolf and I haven't been able to forget it. I'm completely terrified of wolves now." I said and tears were spilling as I was sitting on the couch. I never liked sharing too much, it made me feel vulnerable.

Dorian moved over to hug me. Dorian, though no one else knew, was Jake Amis. He had told me his real name when I saw him at the beginning of the project.

Then, at the beginning when she became a toddler, she became a big white wolf who also became a pup. That was how I knew that she was a werewolf. Dorian had told me that it was a wiser choice to be distant so I wouldn't get hurt. I had been relieved but heartbroken at how sad Audrey had been the whole time. Only Dorian holding my hand brought my mind back to the present and out of the memories and feelings that were currently engulfing me.

"It's time for lunch." Dorian told me softly when he moved away. I nodded and sniffed. He held my hands as he pulled me up.

"Rowena? Please let us through." I called.

"She would never do that. I have known her for fourteen years and she would never hurt anyone." Rowena's voice came from the other side.

"She almost did last week." I snapped. Then felt kinda sorry.

"Exactly. She almost did. No other werewolf could hold that much restraint. You were so cruel with her the whole time, making her think that her own two parents hated her but she still ran the other way. Do you know the feeling of both parents hating you? You don't. It may very well be the worst feeling in the world. If I wasn't a supposed to let you through, I would have kept you in." Rowena exclaimed angrily but still swung herself open. Dorian and I climbed through.

Dorian and I broke apart, not letting anyone know that we were together.

We walked past Scorpius and Betony who were discussing something.

"Hi, guys." I said happily. Scorpius raised his eyebrow and Betony turned around and as the two boys kept themselves company, Betony told me what Jessica did with slight help from Audrey.

I laughed out loud and when Betony glared at me, I bit my tongue.

"You know, I like this side of you better." Betony said and I could tell she was being truthful. I just looked at her.

"Lets wait for Fred and Kira." Betony said, changing the subject. We waited for a couple second before a half angry, half proud Kira and a embarrassed Fred walked through their portrait.

"What did he do?" I asked Kira who seemed to be okay with me being Audrey's sister.

"Jessica took two voodoo dolls from him and when she and Delany and Audrey wanted to do I don't know what with the dolls, he helped them." Kira raged.

I felt slightly annoyed with Audrey for helping.

"It was a good plan and I can see it worked." Fred argued.

"What plan was it?" Kira asked, dangerously quiet.

"Something that worked and was for the good of the people." Fred replied, his eyes widening at the fact that he might have said too much.

Betony was looking at Fred evenly in the eye but she wasn't speaking. She looked at Fred for a while then broke off her gaze and we continued talking the way to the Great Hall.

When we sat down, I saw Lila and Alisha.

"Hi, you two. I haven't seen you for two weeks." I said happily, observing how Fred sat next to Alisha.

"Hey, Nicki." Lila smiled and Alisha blushed.

"Where's Gigi?" I said, looking around for my small hyper friend.

"She had been the one turned into a five year old. She. Was. Horrible. I never slept during the night because that is when she wanted to go out on the grounds and the only time she would fall asleep was half an hour before breakfast and then she would be quiet until classes are over and then she would try run out. All that because she didn't like Bobby Finnigan." Lila complained.

I chuckled and McGonagall called me to her table as everyone walked to their last class.

"Hello, Nicki. How is Audrey?" McGonagall asked as she pushed herself away from the table to stand up.

"As far as I know, she's fine. Still unconscious but fine." I responded.

"Good. Good. I am sorry for keeping you. I just wanted to say that your potion will be in your room tonight." McGonagall replied, waving her hand. I nodded and walked out and toward Charms.

I walked in on Flitwick who was writing on the chalkboard 'wandless charms'.

I slid down on a bench next to Lila. She shot me a quick smile and then continued watching Professor Flitwick.

After he told us how to 'Wingardium Leviosa' without a wand, we practiced on our partner.

I pointed to Lila and with my hand making a swish and flick, I said clearly "Wingardium Leviosa".

She hovered a couple meters in the air and I laughed at her slightly worried expression.

"I wont drop you." I called into the air.

"Now why don't I believe that?" Lila said sarcastically.

"Cause you're smart." Alisha retorted from the air while Fred was levitating her.

I exchanged a look with Fred and moved our fingers up and down, knowing that they would become quite dizzy.

"Nicki. They are going to end up with the porcelain throne being their best friend." Betony said from the bench next to me.

I stopped moving my index finger and just let Lila hovering there.

Eventually, after I let her down, it was my turn to fly.

I just stayed there, trying to force my position into a cross-legged one.

I eventually managed and Lila raised her eyebrow.

"I fly…" I called out to the class, spreading my arms.

Lila let out a evil chuckle and started moving me from left to right.

"BETONY! HELP ME!" I yelled.

"Girls, stop yelling." I heard Flitwick exclaim but I only saw about forty different Flitwicks raising their stubby arms to try get my attention.

I lifted my hand to my mouth to stop anything that might come out.

In a couple of seconds, the moving stopped and my head was spinning.

I took a staggering step forward and fell against my sister who was trying to keep me standing.

"Thaanksss, Betony. I owwwe you onne." I slurred, my vision inching back to normal.

I saw her nod as she left me on a chair.

I heard several people laughing at me and I shot them a half evil, half amused look.

When I felt considerably better, I walked to the Great Hall for dinner because class was just over.

I walked in to see familiar bushy bronze hair going to sit down.

I ran over squealing Gigi's name.

"Oh, hey." Gigi said calmly.

"You know," I began, grinning like the mad hatter, "I know what a bad child you've been, keeping your best friend awake at night."

Gigi groaned and flicked my arm for bringing it up.

"You knew that I would say it." I defended myself.

"I know, that's why I had to flick you. Now, there's food on the table and I am hungry." Gigi said matter-of-factly, pointing to her growling stomach.

"You haven't seen Audrey, have you?" I asked a bit worriedly as we sat down and loaded our plates with delicious food.

"No. Why?" Gigi said curiously as Alisha came in holding Fred's hand, blushing violently.

"FINALLY!" Gigi and I yelled at them.

"Oh, calm down. It's my job to yell, everyone knows." I heard say behind me.

Delany.

I jumped up to hug her.

"I have seen you lately, you know. I was just younger." Delany said though she hugged Lila, Gigi, Alisha and I.

She glanced at Betony who was sitting down and looking up.

"Please don't kill me." Delany asked.

Betony started giggling and said "I wont. He might though. Run." She jerked a thumb in a direction.

What we saw scared the living daylights out of me. Scorpius Malfoy, standing up from the Slytherin table with a furious look on his face as he walked towards Delany, his eyes staying on her face the whole time, his fists clenched.

Delany probably had about twenty seconds so she grabbed a chicken leg and ran out, Scorpius gaining speed.

Students laughed at the sight of a girl running away from what everyone called 'Hogwort's hottest student'.

Not in my opinion because that was definitely Dorian.

"I'm done eating. The potions are in our rooms by now." I announced.

"Can I come to your room a moment? Audrey would be awake by now and she's not here." Delany asked, coming back in with Scorpius no longer on her trail. I nodded and Delany and I went to my common room.

I said the password and Rowena glowered at me as she allowed us in.

I pointed to Audrey's bedroom and Delany ran toward it and knocked on the door.

There was no answer but Dorian walked in through the portrait. He sat down near me on the couch as we waited to hear Audrey respond to Delany.

"It's me! Delany. Please let me in." Delany begged for the hundredth time.

The door was opened a crack and just as I was going to stand up, Delany rushed in and the door shut again.

I relaxed back into the covers, hearing barely audible voices arguing over something in Audrey's room.

Eventually, the door got slammed open with Delany pulling on Audrey's shirt.

"Okay. I'm out." Audrey exclaimed, and Delany nodded and left the room.

"Look, Dorian. Nicki. I'm really sorry. I don't know why you two hate me but I really don't want you too." Audrey looked at her feet instead of at us.

All three of us were silent for a bit and then Dorian and I each took a goblet (Audrey had already been a child, she didn't need to become one again) and chugged it down.

*BACK*INTO*A*FIVE*YEAR*OLDS*MIND*

I blinked because my vision was blurry. In front of me was a girl with black hair and brown eyes and a boy with black hair and dark blue eyes.

I backed away, feeling afraid.

"Where's Mommy?" I asked.

"Don't worry, sweetie. Your mommy wanted you to come on a vacation for a couple weeks." The girl said softly, bending down.

I nodded, knowing that I feel safe with them and Doctor Willy had said that I should calm down and stop being jumpy but how could I stop with what happened a month ago?

I still wanted Mommy so I took another wobbly step back and fell against something.

I whipped around and saw a brown sofa.

Then I calmed down. For a second.

"Where are we and who are you!" I yelled, not having any idea who these people was. I wasn't even at home.

"Nicki." The boy said and something made me stop yelling.

"My name is Audrey and his is Dorian. You are at Hogwarts, a school for magic." The girl, Audrey, explained.

"Magic. Magic exists?" I said excitedly.

"Of course it does. Look." Audrey said and pudding appeared with a spoon beside it.

"Can I eat it?" I gushed. Audrey smiled and Dorian nodded.

I grabbed the spoon and stuffed it into the pudding. I took a big bite and caramel exploding in my mouth.

"Yum…" I moaned. It was delicious.

Audrey let out a laugh.

I quickly finished it.

"You have your uncle's appetite." Audrey muttered.

I froze. "How do you know Uncle Jack?"

"No, honey. That's not it. I meant something else." Audrey quickly replied.

I looked at her strangely but let it slip, enjoying my perfect caramel and whipped cream pudding.

I looked out the window. It was dark and a half moon was shining through.

I yawned suddenly, feeling exhausted.

"Can I go to bed?" I asked, my eyes drooping.

"How about a bath first?" Dorian suggested.

I perked up slightly. I love baths. They were so clean and warm and bubbly.

"Okay. Lots of bubbles?" I giggled, feeling elated and this being the first time I had laughed or giggled since the… incident.

"Lots of bubbles," Audrey reassured. She patted my hand and walked to what I think is the bathroom.

Dorian watched me finish the pudding. Audrey came out of the room, covering in bubbles.

"Bath is…hic…ready." Audrey hiccoughed, bubbles coming out from her mouth.

I laughed at the sight of her black hair almost completely coated in white bubbles.

I put the small cup in which the pudding had been in and its spoon on the floor, skipping to the bathroom.

They might not be my real parents but I didn't think these two weeks would be that bad.

I sat in the bathtub (yes, of course naked), and let Audrey scrub my hair gently.

"Your hair is thick!" Audrey said wondrously.

"I know. Mummy always says the same." I replied, remembering almost every time Mummy washed my hair, she would ask herself why I had such thick hair.

"No, honey. It's not a bad thing. I have thick hair too, see?" Audrey said and lifted a strand of her hair and showed it to me.

"It's very pretty." I answered automatically.

"No, Nicki. Honestly, its a pain." Audrey replied, tossing her hair behind her and letting out a laugh.

She took the shower head and rinsed my hair. I closed my eyes as the soap suds slid out of my hair.

I waited for about a minute until Audrey announced me finished.

I stood up slowly, trying not to slip on the wet porcelain tub.

I took a step out and Audrey watched me get out.

"Dorian! Go into her trunk and get some Pj's!" Audrey yelled.

"Coming!" Dorian screamed back a couple minutes later.

He opened the door and peeked his hand in with pink Pj's with the writing 'Juicy' on it.

Audrey grabbed the clothes and put them on me.

Then Audrey picked me up and brought me into my room and set me in my bed.

Dorian came in the room and watched Audrey kiss my forehead and they left the room.

I tried to let sleep take me. I really did. But I couldn't fall asleep. I moved around a lot but I wasn't used to the bed.

Coming to a decision in my mind, I got up and out of my room. I walked across and saw a red and gold bedroom.

I rushed in and saw Audrey under the covers.

"Audrey?" I whispered. Audrey jerked awake.

"Hmm…" Audrey mumbed

"Can I sleep in here?"

Audrey didn't say anything, she just lifted a side of the covers and I crawled in.

I moved next to her body and fell asleep.

*N*E*X*T***D*A*Y*

"Nicki. Nicki." A voice whispered in my ear.

I jumped up and saw Audrey sitting on her knees next to me.

I blinked at her.

"We have to get changed and go down to breakfast. Here." Audrey gave me a orange shirt and jean shorts and she herself took a brown printed top and white shorts.

I squirmed around as I put on my clothes.

Once both of us were dead, Audrey picked me up and placed me on her hip.

We walked out and Audrey knocked a door as she asked the portrait to open.

Surprisingly, it did.

"Dorian!" I squealed when I saw Dorian coming out of his own room.

"Hey Nicki." Dorian smiled when he took me and put me on his own hip.

Audrey, Dorian and I walked for a bit until we stopped at large wooden doors.

"Ready to see the Great Hall?" Audrey said enthusiastically.

I nodded and Dorian pushed on the doors with his one free hand.

I gasped as I marveled at the sight of a thousand floating candles and the ceiling looking like what's outside.

"Pretty." I muttered.

"It is, isn't it?" Audrey agreed.

"She's a Gryffindor so lets go to your table." Dorian said and Audrey nodded as we walked to a table with many students who seemed to like wearing the same colors that were in Audrey's room. Red and gold.

"Hi, Jessica! Is that Betony?" Audrey called.

A girl with red hair waved at Audrey. As we approached her, I saw a girl with brown hair cowering under the table.

"Put me down?" I asked Dorian. Dorian set me down on the bench and I ran over to the girl who was still hiding under the table.

"Hi. I'm Nicki." I said.

"Be…Beto… Betony," the girl, Betony, stuttered.

"Why hide?" I asked, looking at the many feet under the table.

"Scared of Mum and Dad." Betony whispered.

"Audrey." I called.

"What's wrong, honey?" Audrey asked, poking her head under the table.

"Betony sleep over? Please?" I begged.

Audrey smiled and nodded.

I turned back to Betony who was fidgeting.

"S'it okay?" I looked at Betony who didn't seem to want to trust. She nodded slowly.

"Food?" I asked Betony. She nodded again and I took a two bread rolls and passed her one.

She ate it hungrily and I took a bite.

I leaned against Audrey's leg and watched Betony devour the roll.

"Can we go?" I asked Audrey.

"Now? Sure but Jessica and Scorpius is coming," said Audrey.

I nodded and clasped Betony's hand. She seemed to be afraid of a couple people because she was coming hesitantly.

We walked back to my common room and when the picture let us in, I led Betony in my room.

"Why you scared?" I asked her when Audrey closed my room.

"Ma and Dad hurt me. And Marc kick me. I scared." Betony stuttered, looking around.

"Sorry. Jessica and Scorp wont hurt you." I patted her arm.

Betony sniffed.

"Nicki! Betony! Can you come out?" I heard a voice yell from the other room.

I nodded towards the door and the two of us walked out.

Then I saw a boy with white-blonde hair and a the girl who Audrey waved to who must be Jessica which had ginger red hair.

"Hello. I am Scorpius and she is Jessica," said the boy.

I stayed by Betony's side and nodded to them politely.

"Never thought she was this polite as a kid." Jessica muttered to Audrey. Audrey chuckled.

"What you mean?" I whined.

"No, Nicki. That's not it. I meant something else." Jessica replied.

"Audrey said that." I answered, smiling.

Dorian nodded and came closer.

"Thank goodness it's not the full moon. Nicki, I can show you the Room of Requirement. Right now, I don't want to bother with the wolf." Audrey said, putting her hair on the side.

I heard the word.

"NO! DONT HURT ME! LEAVE ME ALONE! PLEASE!" I shrieked and ran in my room. I heard Betony padding after me.

"Whas wrong?" Betony asked as I hid in the space between my bookshelf and my bed.

"Wolf." I whispered hoarsely.

"No wolf here," Betony looked around.

I looked around and then inched a couple centimeters out.

Audrey, Dorian, Scorpius and Jessica ran in.

"What's wrong?" Dorian exclaimed, running to me and pulling me out of the space.

"Wolf." I said simply.

"What has she got against… the animal?" Jessica mumbled.

"She told me once that she had had a run-in with the animal (the w, o, l, f) a couple days before she turned five. She never got over it. I don't know the exact detail, though." Dorian whispered.

"Let's go to Minerva's office. I think we might need to use the penesive." Audrey told us and Dorian picked me up and Betony went rather hesitantly in Jessica's arms.

We walked a longer distance than the one to the great hall.

We came to face a stone creature and Audrey muttered a word as she took me from Dorian. I put my arms around her neck and buried my head in her thick hair.

"Nicki. You can look now." Audrey said quietly and I looked around. It was an oval office and there was a older woman sitting behind a desk.

"Minerva, we may have a problem." Audrey spoke out and I was aware of Dorian, Scorpius, Jessica and Betony in the room.

"Yes, Audrey. What is the problem?" The woman stood up and walked to the front of the desk and leaned against it.

"We need a memory of Nicki's. We all need to see it in the penesive, except for the children of course. We need to know what happened." Audrey said determinedly.

"Of course. And you want me to get the memory, I presume. You know how but you want me to do it." Minerva nodded, trying to understand what was in Audrey's head. Audrey nodded and set me on the table.

"It's not going to hurt. Minerva is going to press lightly a stick to your temple and you are going to have to remember what happened that day. Can you do that for me, Nicki?" Audrey asked and I knew what she was trying to make me remember. I had no trouble remembering it. I had trouble forgetting it.

"Ready?" Dorian asked.

I took a deep breath and Minerva touched a stick to my head and I grabbed Audrey's hand.

I remembered every detail of that horrible day. When I was done, I felt a slight tugging sensation and the stick was not there.

There was a shining blue thread floating on the end of Minerva's stick.

"You're done. That's it. You're done." Audrey repeated.

Minerva put the thread in the bottle. She then reached into a big cup and then from behind a bookshelf, came floating a large silver bowl. Minerva pulled her hand out and Audrey let go of my hand.

Minerva handed Audrey the small bottle and Audrey let a small piece of the thread fall in.

Audrey, Jessica, Dorian, Scorpius and Minerva all joined hands and Audrey plunged her head into the bowl and they were all sucked in.

I was left here alone with Betony.

Not exactly a cliffy but close enough. Originally, I had wanted this chapter to be longer but I thought this was a good place to end.

I want to thank someone for reminding me to write like a five-year old because I forgot last chapter and the one before that Audrey and Jessica and Delany weren't. Oops. I hope this was appropriate.

Remember what I said last time? The 12th chapter will have a certain scene with a lot of drama.

Sorry if I got any spelling or grammar mistakes. I try to do this. I just wanted to add that I am writing something connected with my Cinder-June story and making it into something bigger. Not a chapter story or a one-shot. Just something different.

Adios, amigos.

November