Victoire's POV

"You do realize that there are two bunks right?" James' voice called out, waking me up. I opened my eyes and and found James leaning over my bunk, looking very amused. Reagan was asleep next to me, clutching my arm. She reached out and grab a spare pillow and lobbed it at James, still conscious.

"Ow...How is she so mean? Even in her sleep!" James complained as he rubbed his forehead. Reagan's eyes snapped open and she jumped out of bed.

"I heard that!"

James ran out of our my room with Reagan hot on his trail. I smiled. As imperfect my family is, I wouldn't change it for a single thing.

Getting up, I picked out an outfit and some comfortable shoes for walking from one tourist site to another. After changing into it, I grabbed the basket filled with my toiletries and headed to the bathrooms. Hugo and Lily were brushing their teeth in the bathroom on the left so I patiently waited for the second bathroom to empty.

Of course it was Teddy who walked out a minute later. Hair still dripping wet and shirt wide open. My face flushed as I trained my eyes on his face. Don't look down, don't look down...

Teddy ran a hand through his wet hair nervously. "So I guess I'll see you at breakfast?" How awkward.

"Uh yeah." I replied. Just kill me already. James burst out of another room with Reagan (who was wielding a baseball bat) chasing after him. I had never loved James more than I did right there and then. Reagan caught my eye and wink, then start chasing James towards me and Teddy. As she passed by, she oh-so-subtly shoved me into Teddy.

Instinctively, he caught me. "Hey, you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied, my voice an octave higher. I've never been better.

I made a mental note to thank Reagan later.

Over breakfast, we discovered Uncle Harry's hidden talent- frying bacon and eggs.

Half way through, Aunt Hermione made an announcement. "Alright, remember when I said this would be an muggle experience? Well that means no magic. I also want to show you some muggle technology advancements these years. They are way more clever than we give them credit for. So we found the perfect solution to both of them. There is a spell I've been working on, that transforms your wand into a cellphone. Hand it over after breakfast and an adult will cast a spell for you because it's complicated magic."

Questions soon were fire.

"What's a cellphone?"

"How do we use it?"

"Can it turn back into a wand?"

Hermione raised her hands for silence. "A cellphone has many uses, you will discover them later by yourself. And no, unless we cast the reversing spell it will not turn back to a cellphone. I will be the only one who will keep my wand."

No one's POV

Hermione was greatly regretting her decision. It was one hour after breakfast and all the kids were absorbed in their cellphone. From online shopping to gaming to social media... The kids were very 'tech savvy' but the adults weren't so bad. James and the boys were in the middle of Among Us. Rose found a website called khan academy and was going through world history lessons. Roxanne was scrolling through Amazon. Dominique was on Twitter. (The horror!)

Reagan just glared at her phone, which is place a good three feet away from her, as if it committed capital crime.

"We're leaving for a tour in twenty minutes." Hermione called out. No one answered, so she walked over to Reagan.

"Why don't you use it? It's not gonna bite or anything." She smiled down at the teenage girl who looked up.

"Does it attract monsters?" Reagan asked, eyebrow raised.

"Um..no. Why would it?" Hermione asked, confused. Reagan looked skeptical but picked up her mobile device, albeit very cautiously.

Reagan's POV

I didn't believe Hermione. Demigods using cellphone just sent up a flare for monsters. But then again, this was magical. It was shaped from my wand so I couldn't just leave it there. Ever so cautiously, I picked it up and turned it on, scrolling through it absentmindedly. Annabeth had somewhat showed me how it works. We stopped when we heard a hellhound bark in the distance.

Just like how a wand works only for the owner unless you disarmed/killed the owner, the cellphone was hardwired with my personal information. My name, date of birth, age...with all that information and the ones from my fake ID it created an Apple ID and email. It's like having a stalker.

Creepy, but brilliant.

I could get used to this.

Hermione had succeeded in dragging us all out of the house and into the city by nine. A great feat considering she had to deal with about twenty or so cellphone addicted teens and adults. Respect.

First we took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Victoire figured out the Instagram filters and took loads of selfies. Lucy and Roxy insisted on stopping at the gift shop at the base so Hermione gave us all ten dollars. I got a cheap, tacky headphone but it works fine.

And for your information, there is nothing wrong with Taylor Swift. Or Maroon 5. Or Carly Rae Jepsen.

After a lot of pleading, we got Halal Guys for lunch. Yum.

But of course things aren't perfect. Ginny and Audria made us wait until we got to Central Park before digging in. They wanted to do the whole picnic thing. That proved to be impossible. You don't just shove food into starving teenagers' hands and make them wait before eating. Like ever.

James asked if Americans use pigeons to send their mail since those things were everywhere. And then he made a comment about pigeons not able to carry heavy objects and how Americans should learn from British wizards.

I chased him down the street for that.

We finally arrived at Central Park after walking agonizingly for twenty minutes. Finding a place with a lot of grass and is next to the lake, Angelina spread out the picnic blanket. We all sat down but since the blanket was too small, I plopped down on the grass. A little prickly but it doesn't matter. Food comes first.

After we finished eating, James and the bunch snuck off to 'say hello to those pretty New York girls over there'. Which would've been true if pigeons were girls (let's not jump to conclusions and assume its gender. That's just rude.) and by saying hello, you meant chucking leftover crumbs and lettuces at it.

Ten points if you hit its body, fifty if you hit the head. A hundred points if you angered the pigeons enough to have it peck you. George went over to stop them but ended up joining them. Bill cracked his knuckles and marched over.

Worked like a charm.

The afternoon consisted of a journey down Wall Street and way too much photos with the bull thing. Hermione gave a whole lecture on the history of different buildings/streets of Manhattan. Rose and Molly were the only ones listening.

It was creepy to walk through the streets of Manhattan and see all of those lifeless bronze statues, knowing fully well that a certain command sequence could activate it and send it into war mode. I nodded my head respectfully at those bronze war machines.

Dinner was at a small Japanese restaurant that made amazing soup and sushi. Although it did seem weird, coming to America for the Japanese food. No one would go to Tokyo for burgers and fries.

But I ain't complaining.

Well fed and exhausted, we head back to the house and crashed immediately. I didn't even bother to get into my CHB tee. Oh well, I'll wear that tomorrow.

I laid there staring at the ceiling, remembering how I fell asleep with Victoire yesterday. Soon, I drifted off with a fond smile on my face.

Yeah, sorry for not updating. I had a whole long list of reasons for it but I'm too lazy to lost it out and I don't want to bore you with it. So I switched POV several times but realized I liked RAB's most so I finished the chapter using her as well. Tell me what you think.

Also, Amara Solace , who happens to be my sister reviewed and went all they should have cellphones so I added that part. Sorry if it makes it unrealistic. But this is fanfiction we're talking about... Anyhoots, if you think they adjusted to modern tech too quickly, I can explain. These are teenagers we're talking about with a smart phone with all of their personal info already prepared for them. All they have to do is download apps and well, use it. Also, you didn't need to have someone teach you to use your cell (I hope not), you figured it out. That's what these magical folks did.

And in case you're wondering, Hermione did have a cellphone in earlier chapters. That was a normal muggle made one...which is going to cause them a little trouble ;)