Disclaimer: Nope, don't own anything from the Harry Potter books. The
wonderfully amazing J.K. Rowling has that privilege. But I DO own the
original characters, so BACK OFF!! xP Or the Flaming Green Jello gets to
chase you around the Insaney Pit of Doom. ^_^ Well, hope you enjoy the
story! Review please, I like input.
The little emerald green bird on the windowsill hopped around anxiously, tweeting and chirping as he peered through the window at a sleeping girl.
She was normal looking, with messy brown hair, and silvery blue eyes behind her tightly closed eyelids. Her name was Nikai McKinnon. Why any bird would want to be around her was beyond her comprehension, but she usually didn't argue.
On this morning however, it was taking her longer to wake up. The little bird let out a frustrated chirp, looking around for a way to get inside. He started pecking at the window furiously, and his efforts were rewarded. On the other side of the window, Nikai sat up slowly as she rubbed her eyes. She looked at the bird, who started hopping around again, and smiled.
"So he wants to get in again, huh?" Climbing out of bed, she walked across the room to the window and slid it open. The little bird hopped onto the chest of drawers by the window, chirping happily. Nikai laughed, sitting down on the low window seat. "Well, aren't you a happy one today?" The bird cocked his head, twittering questioningly. Nikai shook her head, smiling still. "No, I'm happy too.after all, today is my birthday." The bird hopped around excitedly, then started to sing a little song.
When he was done, he bent his little emerald head while Nikai clapped. "Wonderful! That sounded exactly like--" She was about to say "Happy Birthday to You", but footsteps interrupted her, and the little green bird flashed out the window. The door to her room opened, and a sandy haired lady poked her head inside.
"'Morning sunshine! We're all downstairs whenever you're ready."
"All right, I'll come down right now." The lady smiled, shutting the door as she left. Nikai grabbed a pair of well-worn slippers, then struggled to put them on as she pushed the door open, and hopped out into the hall. She fumbled with her slipper for a moment, then jumped onto the staircase railing and slid to the bottom. As she hopped off, she could hear the sound of sizzling bacon, even over the large amount of noise the twins were making.
"I'm gonna start eating if you don't get out here now Nikai!" a voice called out. Nikai skidded into the kitchen, thumping into her chair just as a sandy haired boy was about to bite off a chunk of bacon. Nikai stuck her tongue out at him. He was about to so the same when a tall man with messy blonde hair sat down at the head of the table and gave him a look of warning.
The sandy haired lady sat down, setting a plate of French toast in the middle of the table.
"Keo, don't forget your promise." she warned the boy.
A blonde girl on the other side of the table sighed loudly. "Can we get going.I'm starving, and I promised Nadine I'd meet her at the vacant lot in an hour.OW!!"
An identical blonde boy had poked her in the ribs. "You aren't the only one with plans!"
The girl scoffed. "Talon, you think dying is planned!"
"Don't even start with me."
"Talon! Trick!" their mom exclaimed sharply. "If you want to eat, you have to say one nice thing about Nikai." The twins looked at their sister blankly.
"She has nice toes."
"She keeps her nose clean."
Nikai and Keo struggled not to laugh as the twins kept straight faces. Letting out an exaggerated sigh, their mom exclaimed, "Dig in!"
What happened next would have shocked Martha Stewart into a coma. Everyone grabbed French toast and bacon as fast as they possibly could, then ate it all just as fast. The table was absolutely void of food within 30 minutes. Talon dropped his fork onto his plate and let out a loud burp. As he noticed his mother's glare, he began to protest.
"At least I didn't burp up a slug!" Suddenly, for some unexplainable reason, their parents started busting up with laughter.
"R-Ron." their dad gasped, making mom laugh even harder. All the kids exchanged glances, while their parents started to calm down.
"Who's Ron?" Keo asked, leaning back in his chair.
"Don't w-worry," his mom stammered, still trying to catch her breath. "You'll meet him soon enough."
"Oh yeah!" dad exclaimed, jumping up from his chair. "That reminds me." He walked to the kitchen counter, picked up a small manila envelope, and then walked back to his seat. Mom smiled, turning to Nikai.
"Your dad and I both got you a birthday present. One that we each got separately, and one that we both got for you."
Dad leaned forward in his seat, elbows resting on the table. "My present is an honest-to-goodness promise."
"Dad, it's always a promise!" Trick groaned.
"Exactly. And I promise not to go to the office anymore."
"No way!"
"That is so cool!"
"Really Da-"
"AHEM." Mom cleared her throat loudly, and the kids faced her. "My present is a shopping trip."
"Thanks mom!" Nikai jumped up to hug her, exclaiming, "I needed to buy new motocross gear anyway!"
"What about me?" Trick protested. Talon started to laugh.
"You? Go shopping?! What a riot." As Trick started wrestling her twin, dad handed the manila envelope to Nikai.
"This is our present," he said softly, with a smile Nikai had never sent before.
"Happy Birthday darling," her mom said, eyes brimming over with tears. Nikai took the manila envelope in her hands, looking at it quietly.
*Everything's gonna change, won't it?* she thought silently, as if speaking to someone else. She sat there for a few moments, until Keo finally exclaimed, "Open it up already!!"
Nikai jumped a bit, then slowly opened the envelope. She put her hand inside, then slowly pulled out six pieces of stiff paper. Her parents were now smiling broadly as Nikai looked them over. Confused, she looked up at her mom. "They're.they're plane tickets-one way to London." Talon paused long enough to shout out, "London?!", before his twin started twisting his arm. Mom and dad were smiling brightly, even with all the havoc the twins were creating. "Why London?" Nikai asked slowly, unsure if she really wanted to hear the answer.
Mom and dad smiled at each other, then exclaimed together, "We're moving to England!" Total silence fell. The twins froze mid-strangle; Keo, who had been examining the plane tickets, dropped them to the floor; and Nikai just stared.
Suddenly something flew in through the kitchen window. There was a loud flapping of wings, and some creature zoomed low over the table. The kids ducked, shouting loudly. Talon even got close to cursing, but Trick kicked him swiftly in the shin. The creature circled around, and flew over the table once more. But this time, something was dropped onto the table. As the flapping quieted down, the kids slowly brought their heads up from underneath the table.
Mom and dad were sitting there quietly, but with a strange look on their faces. On the table was what appeared to be the mail.there was a parcel, three letters, and a newspaper. But it was what had perched itself on the kitchen windowsill that really made them stare. A large, tawny hoot owl was perched on the windowsill hooting happily, as if it was pleased with itself. Everyone sat still for a moment.but only a moment.
"I gotta go tell Nadine!" Trick exclaimed, bursting from her seat. Talon followed.
"You'll probably tell it wrong!" he called out after her. Dad stood up as well, grinning weakly at his wife.
"I need to.er.go check some things over with the.um.movers! Yeah.I'll be going now." He stood up quickly, grabbed his coat from the peg by the door, and rushed outside. Keo, shaking his head slowly, started to grin.
"The guys will never believe this!" he exclaimed, grabbing a pair of old sneakers as he ran out the door. This left Nikai and her mom, alone in the kitchen with the owl. Nikai looked at the letters in the middle of the table, then at the owl. The owl stared back, as if to taunt her. Breaking her gaze, Nikai turned to her mom.
"Explanation, please.
The little emerald green bird on the windowsill hopped around anxiously, tweeting and chirping as he peered through the window at a sleeping girl.
She was normal looking, with messy brown hair, and silvery blue eyes behind her tightly closed eyelids. Her name was Nikai McKinnon. Why any bird would want to be around her was beyond her comprehension, but she usually didn't argue.
On this morning however, it was taking her longer to wake up. The little bird let out a frustrated chirp, looking around for a way to get inside. He started pecking at the window furiously, and his efforts were rewarded. On the other side of the window, Nikai sat up slowly as she rubbed her eyes. She looked at the bird, who started hopping around again, and smiled.
"So he wants to get in again, huh?" Climbing out of bed, she walked across the room to the window and slid it open. The little bird hopped onto the chest of drawers by the window, chirping happily. Nikai laughed, sitting down on the low window seat. "Well, aren't you a happy one today?" The bird cocked his head, twittering questioningly. Nikai shook her head, smiling still. "No, I'm happy too.after all, today is my birthday." The bird hopped around excitedly, then started to sing a little song.
When he was done, he bent his little emerald head while Nikai clapped. "Wonderful! That sounded exactly like--" She was about to say "Happy Birthday to You", but footsteps interrupted her, and the little green bird flashed out the window. The door to her room opened, and a sandy haired lady poked her head inside.
"'Morning sunshine! We're all downstairs whenever you're ready."
"All right, I'll come down right now." The lady smiled, shutting the door as she left. Nikai grabbed a pair of well-worn slippers, then struggled to put them on as she pushed the door open, and hopped out into the hall. She fumbled with her slipper for a moment, then jumped onto the staircase railing and slid to the bottom. As she hopped off, she could hear the sound of sizzling bacon, even over the large amount of noise the twins were making.
"I'm gonna start eating if you don't get out here now Nikai!" a voice called out. Nikai skidded into the kitchen, thumping into her chair just as a sandy haired boy was about to bite off a chunk of bacon. Nikai stuck her tongue out at him. He was about to so the same when a tall man with messy blonde hair sat down at the head of the table and gave him a look of warning.
The sandy haired lady sat down, setting a plate of French toast in the middle of the table.
"Keo, don't forget your promise." she warned the boy.
A blonde girl on the other side of the table sighed loudly. "Can we get going.I'm starving, and I promised Nadine I'd meet her at the vacant lot in an hour.OW!!"
An identical blonde boy had poked her in the ribs. "You aren't the only one with plans!"
The girl scoffed. "Talon, you think dying is planned!"
"Don't even start with me."
"Talon! Trick!" their mom exclaimed sharply. "If you want to eat, you have to say one nice thing about Nikai." The twins looked at their sister blankly.
"She has nice toes."
"She keeps her nose clean."
Nikai and Keo struggled not to laugh as the twins kept straight faces. Letting out an exaggerated sigh, their mom exclaimed, "Dig in!"
What happened next would have shocked Martha Stewart into a coma. Everyone grabbed French toast and bacon as fast as they possibly could, then ate it all just as fast. The table was absolutely void of food within 30 minutes. Talon dropped his fork onto his plate and let out a loud burp. As he noticed his mother's glare, he began to protest.
"At least I didn't burp up a slug!" Suddenly, for some unexplainable reason, their parents started busting up with laughter.
"R-Ron." their dad gasped, making mom laugh even harder. All the kids exchanged glances, while their parents started to calm down.
"Who's Ron?" Keo asked, leaning back in his chair.
"Don't w-worry," his mom stammered, still trying to catch her breath. "You'll meet him soon enough."
"Oh yeah!" dad exclaimed, jumping up from his chair. "That reminds me." He walked to the kitchen counter, picked up a small manila envelope, and then walked back to his seat. Mom smiled, turning to Nikai.
"Your dad and I both got you a birthday present. One that we each got separately, and one that we both got for you."
Dad leaned forward in his seat, elbows resting on the table. "My present is an honest-to-goodness promise."
"Dad, it's always a promise!" Trick groaned.
"Exactly. And I promise not to go to the office anymore."
"No way!"
"That is so cool!"
"Really Da-"
"AHEM." Mom cleared her throat loudly, and the kids faced her. "My present is a shopping trip."
"Thanks mom!" Nikai jumped up to hug her, exclaiming, "I needed to buy new motocross gear anyway!"
"What about me?" Trick protested. Talon started to laugh.
"You? Go shopping?! What a riot." As Trick started wrestling her twin, dad handed the manila envelope to Nikai.
"This is our present," he said softly, with a smile Nikai had never sent before.
"Happy Birthday darling," her mom said, eyes brimming over with tears. Nikai took the manila envelope in her hands, looking at it quietly.
*Everything's gonna change, won't it?* she thought silently, as if speaking to someone else. She sat there for a few moments, until Keo finally exclaimed, "Open it up already!!"
Nikai jumped a bit, then slowly opened the envelope. She put her hand inside, then slowly pulled out six pieces of stiff paper. Her parents were now smiling broadly as Nikai looked them over. Confused, she looked up at her mom. "They're.they're plane tickets-one way to London." Talon paused long enough to shout out, "London?!", before his twin started twisting his arm. Mom and dad were smiling brightly, even with all the havoc the twins were creating. "Why London?" Nikai asked slowly, unsure if she really wanted to hear the answer.
Mom and dad smiled at each other, then exclaimed together, "We're moving to England!" Total silence fell. The twins froze mid-strangle; Keo, who had been examining the plane tickets, dropped them to the floor; and Nikai just stared.
Suddenly something flew in through the kitchen window. There was a loud flapping of wings, and some creature zoomed low over the table. The kids ducked, shouting loudly. Talon even got close to cursing, but Trick kicked him swiftly in the shin. The creature circled around, and flew over the table once more. But this time, something was dropped onto the table. As the flapping quieted down, the kids slowly brought their heads up from underneath the table.
Mom and dad were sitting there quietly, but with a strange look on their faces. On the table was what appeared to be the mail.there was a parcel, three letters, and a newspaper. But it was what had perched itself on the kitchen windowsill that really made them stare. A large, tawny hoot owl was perched on the windowsill hooting happily, as if it was pleased with itself. Everyone sat still for a moment.but only a moment.
"I gotta go tell Nadine!" Trick exclaimed, bursting from her seat. Talon followed.
"You'll probably tell it wrong!" he called out after her. Dad stood up as well, grinning weakly at his wife.
"I need to.er.go check some things over with the.um.movers! Yeah.I'll be going now." He stood up quickly, grabbed his coat from the peg by the door, and rushed outside. Keo, shaking his head slowly, started to grin.
"The guys will never believe this!" he exclaimed, grabbing a pair of old sneakers as he ran out the door. This left Nikai and her mom, alone in the kitchen with the owl. Nikai looked at the letters in the middle of the table, then at the owl. The owl stared back, as if to taunt her. Breaking her gaze, Nikai turned to her mom.
"Explanation, please.
