- 2 -

"Bonjeour, Sister!" Dagmar cried, hugging her sister. Laughing, Céleste Sea hugged her.

"Bonjeour to you too, Ziz!" she yelled, her accent making her speech hard to understand in some places, "Why have my zizter not reply to letterz?"

"The United States has been watching me and Lionel for months. I couldn't without having suspicion aroused." Dagmar sighed sadly, "How have you been with your husband?"

"Bad." Céleste replied, a frown creasing her pretty brow. She looked around, "He left a few hourz ago! Non marriage!"

"That is too bad," Lionel said. Ashura and Lily looked at them.

"Mum, where are we going to put our stuff?" Ashura asked. Celeste looked at the two girls, and beamed.

"I deedn't even notice you! How are you?" she asked, smiling. Lily smiled back.

"Fine, except..." she replied, trailing off. Celeste nodded, understanding.

"Family can ztay here. Zizter and Lionel ztay in my room, and Lily and Azhura stay in kid'z room. They away at witchez camp,' she said. Lily nodded, and started dragging her trunk upstairs, along with Ashura.

"I hate when she calls me 'Azhura.' It sounds stupid!" Ashura spat, scowling.

Lily frowned. "She has an accent. Aunt Celeste can't help it," she replied calmly, opening the door to their temporary room.

"So what? If you can't say it right, don't say it at all!" was the snippy answer back.

Sighing, Lily pushed her trunk against the end of her bed. She looked up, to see four owls sitting on the dresser. "I wonder where they came from," she said, walking over. Two of them dropped their letters into her opened hands, and one flew out.

Ashura joined her, and the other two did the same with her. One flew away like the first. Lily frowned, and turned them over.

She gasped. One had the Hogwarts Crest on the back. Ashura looked at her, and did the same. She smirked. "Can't wait to tell Daniel, can you?" she asked.

Lily stuttered, looked at her sister. "I might be adopted into this family, but I am still your sister, and know you like the back of my own hand!" Ashura said.