"Good morning, Bobsey; is anyone else awake yet?"
"No, Mistress, nobody bes awake yet, but we elves."
Holly nods, "Would you take my luggage downstairs and ask the kitchen to get breakfast started?"
Bobsey nods, she snaps her fingers, and Holly's luggage disappears. She then pops away to the kitchen to get breakfast started. When Holly walks out of her room, she hears Hermione's shower going. Holly smiles, knowing that her best friend can't wait to get going either. Holly makes her way downstairs and into the kitchen, where Wobbey is overseeing breakfast for his masters. He looks up when he hears Holly enter the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mistress. Would you like some coffee or tea?"
"Good morning, Wobbey. Could I have some coffee with milk, please?"
"Of course, Mistress."
Wobbey snaps his fingers, and a cup of coffee appears on the breakfast table. Holly smiles at the little elf and sits down to have her coffee and watch the sunrise, "Breakfast will be ready shortly, Mistress Holly. Would you like me to wake the others?"
"Yes, please, Wobbey."
At that moment, Hermione comes skipping down the stairs and comes into the kitchen. Hermione smiles when she sees Holly sitting at the kitchen table, "Good morning, Holly."
"Good morning, Hermione."
"Have you been up long?"
"I've been up since before dawn; I couldn't sleep anymore. I'm too excited to see Viktor."
"I know how you feel; I woke up a little after you did but read for a while. I can't wait to see Aleksandur either."
"Would you like some tea, Miss Hermione?" Wobbey asked when Hermione sat down next to Holly.
"Yes, please, Wobbey, with milk and lemon."
Wobbey bowed and snapped his fingers, a cup of tea appeared in front of Hermione. Hermione thanked the house-elf and began sipping her tea. Holly asked Wobbey to bring down Hermione's luggage also and put it in the living room. The head elf bowed and popped away. A little while later, Remus and Harry come down in their pajamas and greet the girl.
"Good morning, Holly, Hermione."
"Good morning, Remus. Good morning, Harry." The girls say in unison.
"I see that you two are already ready," Remus observed.
Holly smiled at him, "We were too excited to sleep anymore, so we decided to get an early start."
Remus nodded, understanding how the girls were feeling. He kissed both girls on the head then sat down at the table next to Harry, who had already greeted his sister and best friend. A cup of tea appeared in front of Remus precisely the way he liked it, while a cup of hot cocoa appeared in front of Harry.
"Where's Sirius," Holly asked.
"He'll be down in a little bit, Holly."
Holly nods and continues to drink her coffee. A few minutes later, Sirius stumbles down the stairs and into the kitchen. His hair is disheveled, and he still looks a bit tired. Greeting Holly and Hermione with a kiss on the head, he flops down in the chair next to Holly and begins sipping the coffee that has already appeared in front of him, "Thank you, Wobbey."
"You're welcome, Master, Sirius," Wobbey called from the kitchen.
Sirius drinks his coffee in silence for a bit until he wakes up then he turned to Holly and Hermione, "Are you two excited to be heading to Bulgaria?"
The girls beam at Sirius, "Yes, we are, Sirius. We've been packed and ready since the beginning of the week," Hermione told him.
Sirius only grunts, not liking that the girls were going to Bulgaria alone. Holly patted Sirius' arm, "Nothing is going to happen, Sirius, I promise."
"It better not."
"The girls are going to be fine, love. Have a little faith," Remus tells his husband.
"I'm not worried about the girls; it's those two boys I'm worried about."
"Sirius, Aleksandur and Viktor and gentlemen. They would never do anything inappropriate." Hermione remarked.
Sirius grunts again, and Holly and Hermione roll their eyes.
A few minutes later, Bobsey comes out and serves breakfast to her masters. She snaps her fingers, and the table fills with a platter of scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, fruit, beans, mushrooms, and tomatoes, toast, more coffee and tea, and some pumpkin juice.
"Thank you, Bobsey," Remus said then begins to serve himself some eggs.
Once everyone has been served, they all begin eating their delicious breakfast. A little while later, Archimedes, Crookshanks, and Hedwig come in through the back door, Hedwig lands on Harry's shoulder and nips his ear fondly, while Archimedes jumps onto Holly's lap, and Crookshanks does the same thing. The twins and Hermione give their familiars some bacon and sausage, and the animals go to their spots to eat their breakfast in peace.
"Harry, you will look after Archimedes for me, won't you," Holly asked.
"Of course, Holly, he can sleep in my room if he wants."
"Good, thank you."
"He won't be lonely, Holly, Crookshanks will be here to play with him," Hermione reminded her best friend.
Once breakfast was over, Remus goes upstairs to shower and change. They still had an hour before they had to portkey to Bulgaria. Hermione and Holly went upstairs to brush their teeth, then went into the living room to wait for Remus. Exactly at 9:00 Remus comes downstairs. He takes out his wand and shrinks the girls' bags, and they put them in their purses.
"Alright, the portkey will activate in fifteen minutes, so say goodbye."
Holly hugged Sirius and kissed him on the cheek, "Be careful, Bambi, and have fun."
"Thank you, Siri, and I will."
Holly then gets a bear hug from her brother, "Harry, are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah, Holly, don't worry about me, I'm going to be fine."
"I'll always worry about you, Har-Bear."
"Thanks, Hol."
Holly and Harry hug once more, then Remus looks at his watch, "It's time to go, girls."
Remus takes a crushed tin can out of his pocket then tells Holly and Hermione to hold on to it. At exactly 9:15, the Portkey activates, and Remus, Holly, and Hermione have been whisked away to Bulgaria. It only takes a few seconds for them to reach their destination. They land in the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic. When they land, Remus has to steady Holly as she almost falls face-first onto the floor.
Holly turns bright red when she hears someone chuckle. She looks up and sees Viktor standing there with his father, Marko. Viktor walks toward Holly and hugs her, "I see you are not ffery good at traffling by portkey."
Holly blushed even more profound, "No, I've only ever done twice before."
Viktor chuckles and hugs her tighter, "Velcome to Bulgaria, Luff," He said, then pecked her lips.
While this is going on, Hermione is hugged by Aleksandur and kissed on the cheek, "I haff missed you, Malka Zvezda (Little star.)"
Hermione blushed, "I missed you too, Alek."
Aleksandur takes Hermione by the hand and pulls her towards his father, "Hermy-own-ninny, I vould like you to meet my father, Andrian Ivanoff."
Andrian smiles at Hermione and kisses her hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Hermione." Andrian's English is a little better than his son's.
Hermione blushed, "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Mr. Ivanoff."
"Please, call me Andrian."
"Alright, Andrian."
Once their introductions are made, and Holly hugs Viktor's father, Marko, Remus steps forward to say hello to the boys and Marko and introduce himself to Aleksandur's father, "Hello, I'm Remus Lupin, I was asked by Hermione's parents to escort her here. I hope you don't mind?"
"No, of course not, Remus, you are more than velcomed here," Andrian said.
"Thank you, Mr. Ivanoff. I only came to make sure the girls arrived safely and to see where they'll be staying."
Both Marko and Andrian nod in understanding. Since the girls were underage, it only made sense that an adult would escort them. So, they didn't take any offense what so ever.
"Please, Mr. Lupin, call me Andrian."
"As long as you call me Remus."
"Alright, shall we head home," Marko asked.