Chapter .4. The spirit of Hogwarts.

"It's certainly an impressive animal!" stated Legolas, peering at the phoenix on the café table. "Very majestic tail feathers as well!"

"He, not it, HE!" corrected Eldinwen.

"My apologies." Replied Legolas.

"You should say that to him, not me!" she informed her brother.

"Sorry…erm…what's his name?"

"Yeah," piped in Raene, "you've got to give him a name."

Eldinwen was silent for a few minutes, deep in thought. After a long wait, she finally spoke.

"Fëa." She finally said.

"What?"

"Fëa!" repeated Eldinwen, "That's what I'll call him."

"F…ë…a…" Raene rolled the words around her mouth like a hard to digest gobstopper, "Spirit…I like it!"

"A true elven name." Agreed Legolas.

"I'm glad that's settled." Sighed Eldinwen happily, "Oh, by the way, did you find a quill you liked?"

"Yep!" smiled Raene. She rummaged around in her bags and soon pulled out a colourful, red quill.

"It's a self-writing quill!" chuckled Raene, "no more hand aches for me!"

"I hope you brought an ordinary back up quill," Eldinwen tried to look serious, but it was a challenge, "just in case that ones confiscated!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Raene delved into her bag again and presented an ordinary pheasant's feather to them.

"Good!" sighed Eldinwen, stroking Fëa's crested head with a finger. "Anywho!" stated Legolas, "I think it's time we were off. I want a good night's sleep before we set off for Hogwarts in the morning."

The others agreed and headed back to their rooms in the leaky cauldron.

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The hogwarts steaming train stood in the station. Its gold letters gleamed on the red base. It looked so magical. Grey puffs of smoke belowed from its chimney, engulfing anything in its path. Legolas, Eldinwen and Raene stood on platform 9 3/4 staring at its gleaming red paintwork and sparkling letters. It felt good to be standing on the platform again, amongest the huburb of students bustling onto the train and sobbing parents saying their last goodbyes. A tad too dramatic.

They bordered the train and took their usual seats at the back near the large back windows. Legolas sat opposite the two girls, who were deep in elvish conversation. He was too preoccupied in his own thoughts to care what they were saying. Three 6th year students appeared at the door.

"Vedui mellonins!" exclaimed Eldinwen in Elvish.

"whadda she say?" asked a tall red head, wearing an experssion of complete confusion. Raene giggled.

"Greetings friends!" she translated, "Honestly Ron, you should know that by now. Ron frowned.

"Yeah, yeah…I knew that." He then said, seeing the looks on his friends faces, "I really did!"

"Sometimes I really wonder about you sometimes, Ron, I really do." Muttered Hermione, talking a sit next to the girls. Ron and another boy, with black hair and a scar on his forehead, sat next to Legolas.

"And how are you Harry? Did you have a nice summer" asked Eldinwen, smoothing a crease in her dress and staring at the boy opposite. Harry shrugged.

"The usual summer, locked up in my bedroom, Uncle Vernon shouting his head at every move I make."

"Ouch!"

"Yeah, but I'm used to it."

"What did you two do then?" Eldinwen turned her attention to Ron and Hermoine.

"Homework mostly," said Hermoine simply "And some light reading."

"Me, Fred and George degnomed the garden. I swear more gnomes have cropped up than last year. Must be a nest or somethin'"

A trolley trundelled past loaded with sweets and candy.

"Anything off the trolley?" grunted the new 'trolley lady'. She was known to be worst than Snape on a cold winters day in his underpants!

"Oohh…I'll have some chocolate frogs please." Raene leaned over Eldinwen and Hermoine, stuffing some knuts into the old bats outstreached hand. She handed Raene her chocolate frogs and stomped off.

"Blimey, you won't miss her in a crowd would you?" said Ron, staring down the corridor at the bulky mass of flubber, "She reminds me off a rinocerous with a cactus shoved up its rare end."

Even Hermoine sniggered at his joke.

Soon they had finished the chocolate frogs and were in deep conversation about gnomes, faries and other…interesting stuff…until the train came to a halt. They were at Hogwarts. And what a marvel it looked, orange lanterns hanging outside and the glowing windows around the spiraling turrants. Truly magical!