The Trip Back
Fawkes gave them the potion and left. He said something about his Other being back, and the basilisk killing one with a sword that he had to watch.
The owls took the potion and started flying back. "Hedwig, are you coming?" Gylfie asked.
Hedwig hesitated. "Well . . . I don't know. . ."
"Oh come on Hedwig. I've been living at their tree all this time. The least you can do is come to Diagon Alley with us." Elna insisted.
Hedwig sighed. "Alright. I'll come."
"Oh boy. We get to fly over the forbidden forest and probably stop for the day there again." Twilight said with false eagerness.
Hedwig looked at them curiously. "It takes you that long?"
"Yes." Gylfie replied. "Doesn't it take that long for you too?"
Hedwig shook her head. "I found some wind, if you go high enough up, it carries you over the forest much faster."
"Now you tell us." Twilight muttered.
"Well, now we have a faster journey, let's go." Gylfie said. So they started flying.
Before long they saw someone familiar again. "Hi Errol!" Digger called out.
"Oh Digger. Hello. You're not blue anymore." Errol said.
"No, one of your Others fixed me."
"Ah. Good to know." Errol yawned.
"What are you doing this time."
"I have to go . . . someplace important. And give these papers to . . . someone important."
"I fear for all important things in this world." Elna whispered. Twilight nodded.
"Why don't you travel with us for a while?" Hedwig offered.
Errol blinked. "Sure." And so began the wild trip back. With Hedwig navigating, Twilight signing, Elna asking Digger about his adventure, and Errol always asking for repeats, he kept forgetting what was going on. Soon they had to part ways with him though.
Then they flew the rest of the way to Diagon Alley and into the pet store. Hedwig looked at the portal nervously. "What if I can't get back? Like you couldn't." she turned to Elna.
"Then we wait around for more basilisks." Elna joked. Then she got serious. "Oh come on Hedwig, it'll be fun to see it. And don't you want to see my owlets once they've hatched?"
Hedwig gave a small smile. "Yes. I'd like that."
"Then come on." She waved her wing for them to follow, and then walked backwards into the portal. The other owls followed, though they went in facing the right way.