Diamond and Daine sat on Cloud 9, discussing a letter that had come for them that day. It was made of parchment, and bore the wax Hogwarts seal. Daine sat stroking the magnificent eagle owl that had delivered it. It closed its eyes in contentment as she cooed in its ears, saying over and over how beautiful it was.
Diamond closed her eyes in exasperation. "Daine, could you please concentrate on the task at hand? It's quite important."
Daine sighed and gave the owl a look, which said plainly 'I'll see you later'. The owl flew off, radiating an aura of glumness. Diamond looked thoughtful. "Maybe we should call a family conference before I read out the letter."
"Yes," Daine agreed. "That would be better." She linked hands with Diamond, and they both closed their eyes.
'Desiree, Delta, Delphi, Delia!' The sisters cried out mentally. 'Family conference, NOW!'
They released hands and sat down on the soft fluffy material of the cloud. Nor did they wait long.
Desiree arrived first, in a cloud of heavily perfumed purple smoke. She was accompanied by several hundred vivid pink butterflies, and the melodic tinkling of chimes. She held a hat in her hand.
"Well," Desiree smiled brightly. "It's certainly hot up here! I'm glad I brought my hat." She tottered over to them via the air, on ultra high heels.
Next came Delta. Pop! And she materialized in front of them, floating on a plush blue cushion. The fourth sister looked up sleepily and asked, "So what's this about?"
Daine hushed her, saying, "We'll explain later."
Delta shrugged. "Whatever."
With Delphi's appearance, it sounded as though a huge creaky door was swinging open in front of them. A rectangular space of nothingness was cut out in the fabric of air before them. Through that portal stepped Delphi, sombre and perfectly composed. With a solemn nod to each of her siblings already there, she floated over to Cloud 9 and sat on its fluffy edge.
BOOM! Suddenly there was a huge explosion. Multi-coloured flowers of light bloomed everywhere, and pieces of neon confetti showered down on the clouds. Maniacal laughter echoed through the skies, and all was chaos (at least for a moment). A rainbow beam of light was shooting up from Earth at a very fast pace. It burst through the clouds nearest to them, curved over, and stopped a couple of inches before Desiree's terrified face. There, laughing and yahooing, was Delia. She rode on the rainbow like one would a horse. She gave it a grateful pat, and slid down off its back on to the springy cloud. She laughed at all her elder sisters' gaping mouths, and said (as if it explained everything), "Well, Blackie does like to go flying."
'BLACKIE?' thought Daine incredulously. But, even though the tame rainbow was anything but black, she did not question Delia's odd choice of name. Everything in Delia's world was odd.
The youngest Fate turned to her steed, and intoned solemnly, "Your duty here is done, Blackie of the Rainbow kind. You may go now." Then she fell into a fit of giggles. Blackie bowed its head, and arced back towards terra firma. Delia watched it go, then spun around to face her siblings. "And what is so important, Diamond? Daine?"
Immediately the Fates were all ears. Diamond, as the eldest, stood and cleared her throat. "Today, we got a letter, addressed to all of us, with the Hogwarts stamp attached. Yes, it is from Albus Dumbledore-"
Desiree gave a squeal of delight.
"- And I'd like to remind you, Desiree, that Albus is no longer a young man."
Desiree let out a small "Oh."
"Anyways," continued Diamond, "He needs our help. Apparently, some things that should be happening aren't, and our influence would be just enough to set these events in motion."
"What sort of things?" inquired Delta, all weariness gone.
"Well, there are some people who are Destined to be together at Hogwarts. That's Desiree's and my domain. Also, Albus would like us to sort of create 'bridges of friendship' between the houses. You can help with that, Delia. But everybody should do something. It could be interesting."
Delphi looked thoughtful. "So, how are we supposed to do all this?"
Diamond smiled, and answered, "Albus wants us to pose as students."
"WHAT?" cried all the others.
"Don't worry, guys. I've got it all worked out. We can all change our physical appearances to look younger, and it won't be too hard to act like schoolgirls. I will be in 7th year, Daine in 6th, Desiree in 5th, Delta in 4th, Delphi in 3rd, and Delia in 2nd. So how about it?"
The girls began to voice their thoughts aloud.
"Whatever." Muttered Delta. That was her favourite word when she was tired.
Delphi said earnestly to Daine, "I've always respected Albus. Wisest mortal I've ever met." Daine nodded back, agreeing, "Yes, this could be interesting."
Delia was literally springing up and down with glee. "Oh, this is going to be so FUN!"
"I wonder if Albus still throws those absolutely wicked parties?" mused Desiree.
Diamond watched all of this happily. "So I guess this means we're going, then?"
"Yes!" yelled her sisters.
"Girls, we're going to Hogwarts!"
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