( I know I am spelling Lily wrong, if it is a problem I will change it. Oh, and remember. I am poor so do not sue me. I did not write the Harry Potter books and I hope no one get s offended. I just like the book and therefore wrote another version. Not as good at the real thing, but mine nonetheless. ... If I did write the Harry Potter Books, I would be doing a jig. Everyday, I'd call it my money jig. However, I'm broke so there will be no jig. Now that I'm depressed, ON WITH THE FIC)
"Kira?" Lilly knocked on the door.
"Hello" Kira answered, smiling though Lilly couldn't see her.
Lilly opened the door and peered in. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, why don't you go to the hotel. They'll have a room for you and you can watch T.V. or play a game, or well, anything really. They have about every activity you could want over there," Lilly suggested.
Kira nodded and picked up her bag, the fairy had flown in to it already. Lilly escorts her down the hall and to the stairs, then gives her a cookie and tells her to have fun. Kira skips down the stairs and exits the bakery. Lilly watches her go and her mind drifts to the future. She thinks about Kira as a 15 year old and her son as a 14 year old. Both attending Hogwarts and getting good marks. She imagines her son being the team captain, or a seeker, or maybe even a chaser. She imagines this and then pictures them coming home, she would still be at work, and so would James. However, that's okay because they will get off the train and come here. She will turn the attic into a big study room. They will arrive to fresh backed cookies and sandwiches...
*=~~~~ (Mind drift) ~~~~~=*
"Mom, were home" Kira's sweet voice rings out as she walks down the hall to Lilly's office.
Kira opens the door and walks in. Lilly sees a girl with light skin, long blondish white hair tied up in a ponytail, the same shinny silver eyes, sparkling with joy. Kira walks gracefully into the room and hugs Lilly.
"Are you doing well in school?" Lilly asks, hoping for the best.
"Well, you always told me I had enough magic to surpass the other students.... And well, it's true, I guess, their moving me to a more advanced class, so I need new books" Kira states, turning red and giving an embarrassed smile. "Quiditch team is doing great though," She adds.
"Wonderful, Kira. You should have sent me an owl the minute the told you" Lilly smiles with pride.
"I told her to, but she was too embarrassed, Dumbledore told her yesterday and her face was red for hours," A new voice explains.
A boy apeared from behind Kira. He puts his arm on her shoulder and smiled. He has James's hair and Lilly's eyes. Lilly looks at the two of them, they don't look related at all, She thinks. Nevertheless, she loves them anyway. For some reason she was having trouble picturing the boys face.
"Welcome home" Lilly greets her son.
"Hey mum, guess who has been picked to be a seeker on the Gryphindor team?" The boy asks.
Lilly smiles widely and is about to answer, but the boy interrupts.
"Kira" He states.
Lilly is hit with shock, her son had been trying to get that position all year, only 3rd years can play, and he had been looking forward to it for two years. Then Lilly looks to Kira, who is smiling and tilts her head to the side innocently.
"Oh...I mean congratulations, Kira!" Lilly says after a short time.
They both burst out laughing, with Lilly stuck in the middle and wondering why they think it's so funny.
"He did it mum! I'm a keeper, remember" Kira laughs.
Her son takes a hero pose and quickly holds up a notice from Dumbledore stating that he is a Seeker.
Then they all laugh and decide to tell James later. Lilly smiles as she tries to picture the look on his face. He'll call Sirius right away and then Remus and Peter... the marauders will all be at the house. ^_^
"Now, with the bad news...' Kira bites her lip.
"Yeah...ummmm" Her son mutters.
"How many this year, are you on the verge of getting expelled yet?" Lilly asks.
"We didn't get caught for most of them..." Kira starts, her voice drifting off at the end.
"But we did get caught for five of them" Her son admits and hands over letters from their professors.
"You should really only tell James about these. I have to punish you, but he could congratulate you" Lilly sighs.
Kira and her son look at the ground, they know punishment is coming.
"But then again...You advanced in your classes, and you made the quiditch team so..." Lilly states after a while.
Both kids cheer, thanking god for the miracle. Kira leaps gracefully into the air, landing softly and smiling. The boy smiles widely and pumps his fists in the air "Alright!" he exclaims.
"Oh, and a friend of mine wants to come over later, he's having trouble in potions too. So, Kira, said she'd help us with the homework" Her son states.
"Of course, which friend is it anyway? You both took my advice and are being nice to EVERYONE right?" Lilly asks.
"'Course mum"
"Yes mom"
Even the accents are different... Lilly thinks. She doesn't know why it seems to bother her. However, she notices the differences in them right away. She also didn't want Kira to excel over her son, but still wanted her to be good at things.
"Well, run along now. There is a room in the hotel if you want; the new restaurant is open so you get something to eat, okay?" Lilly says.
"Yes mum"
"We'll do just that"
"Don't blow anything up" Lilly warns.
"Never, we need our supplies for school" Her son states as they both run off.
Lilly stares down at the notices, there is more good news then bad, but more bad notices then good. She smiles and looks down at her paperwork. James has a new job; he works for the ministry of magic. Voldemort is dead. Everything is perfect, what did she do to deserve such a perfect life. She always heard that to make things perfect, someone needs to suffer greatly...
"Oh well" Lilly whispers as she sits behind her desk and works on a new recipe for cookies. "Who ever has had their life ruined by our happiness has my gratitude"
Is this a sign? Is someone going to suffer for this happiness? I heard from my mother that for every great event, someone suffers... I nearly lost the baby already... who is going to suffer for that? Who will suffer for his birth?
"Oh this is silly, I've heard no complaints so unless that person stops me on the street, I'm gonna be happy"
*=~~~~~~ (End Mind Drift) ~~~~~~=*
Kira enters the hotel again. The man at the counter greets her.
"Hello Mrs. Kira. My name is Robert Ettiks. I'm a friend of Lilly's; she called and told me you were coming. Here is a key to her room"
Kira took the key and Mr. Ettiks gave her a map of the hotel, which turned out to be more like a resort.
"Why does Diagon Alley not have this good of a hotel?" Kira asked.
"Well, this place is for witches and wizards who have high level magic and jobs. It's like a reward for working so hard" Ettiks replied.
"Oh"
"Just like Azkaban is a place for bad witches and wizards, this is the opposite" Ettiks continued.
Kira nodded.
"But, isn't that kinda... umm... I don't know the word... snow-bish.... put up?" Kira stated.
"Snobbish and stuck up?"
Kira nodded and Ettiks continued.
"Well, I don't think so. If other witches and wizards want to come here, all they need to do is be nice to a high-level witch or wizard and hope to be invited. Besides, they have Diagon Alley, that's a fine place" Ettiks said with a nod. "Fine place indeed" He smiled and nodded again.
"Oh... Okay"
"Here we just have a bigger variety of things, more decoration, more elegance, did you know Merlin himself stayed here once?" Ettiks continued.
"Who?" Kira whispered to the fairy.
"He's a VERY powerful wizard. Helped King Albert of the round table, lots of stuff and deserves respect" The fairy whispered back.
Kira nodded as Ettiks informed her of the history of this place, the famous people who had stayed there, the variety of items to be found and everything else he could think of. Kira listened patiently, for the first 20 minutes, nodding at the appropriate moments. Then lost interest completely when she saw an owl.
"Oh, where did the owl come from?" Kira asked.
"This facility has a world class owl care center and aviary. The people who stay here get pampered, just as well as their pets" Ettiks announced proudly.
"Where is the aviary...can I send an owl?" Kira asked before he could go on about pet care facilities.
"Ah, yes, you can send Ms Lilly's owl, I believe it's still here. There will be a staff member at the Aviary who can tell you were it is" Ettiks explained. (Ettiks has a French accent, I didn't know how to type it... but imagine okay? thanks, back to the story... not really French actually, more... just... snobbish.)
Kira grabbed her map and set out for the aviary
"Good day to you Mrs. Kira!"
Kira walked through the hall and out into a beautiful garden. There were vines, fruit, flowers, and some plants that were in their own areas and you couldn't touch them. Kira looked at one and it tried to bite her!
"Did you see that?" She asked the fairy as she backed away from the plant, eyes wide in alarm.
"I did indeed, that plant tried to bite you!" Fairy came out of the bag and frowned at the plant.
They hurried on past it and came to a pathway; it had green grass stretching out on either side of it. Then there was a neatly decorated, Victorian sign that read: Underwater Zoo. Aviary. This way. Kira followed the path that the arrow pointed at. All the signs told you what they said, a voice actually told you. If you were lost, you could even ask it directions. Kira followed the path and came to an area with two, blue circles. Each circle was globular and framed by a silver border. Light was radiating off each circle and blue sparkles flew up gently from it. Kita noticed that one of the circles had a silver owl statue behind it. Kira walked over to the statue, she climbed up the gently sloping blue thing that looked like a big blue marble, and the little blue light things surrounded her. Then with a soft sound like the first key on a piano, everything disappeared in a flash of white light. Then with another white flash, the world came back, only this time, Kira found herself standing infront of a huge Aviary. She walked up to it and a boy about the age of 19 welcomed her.
"Hello miss. Welcome to the Aviary. My name is Brandon Noclaf; I'm in charge of the Aviary" (Nah-clah-f)
"I'm looking for Lilly's owl. I'm-"
"Kira? Yes, Lilly told me she was watching a child when she visited her owl last week" Brandon
"Do you know where the owl is?" Kira asked.
"That I do. I know where everyone's owls are. Ms.Lilly's owl is in area four. Here, I'll show you the way" Brandon smiled and lead Kira through the Aviary.
There were all kinds of owls here, and lots of plants and mice and water dishes and treats and perches and-
"Here we are, area four" Brandon lead the way.
He had on a uniform that was navy blue with silver buttons, it had no sleeves, and he wore a big raven black glove on his right hand that went from just below his elbow, down. He was in good shape and had dark brown eyes and dark brown hair that was neatly trimmed.
"Niveus" He called and gave a loud whistle.
A snowy owl swooped down and landed gracefully on his glove. Brandon use his other hand to pet the owl, then kneeled to that Kira could pet it too. Kira petted the owl; its feathers were soft and smooth.
"What does Niveus mean?" Kira asked Brandon.
"Snowy" Brent answered.
Kira had made a letter the night before with James's help. Now she handed it to Brandon, who tied it to Niveus's leg and walked out of the aviary. The snowy owl released the glove with a push as it flew skyward. Kira watched the owl go, and then turned to Brandon.
"Umm, how do I get back to the hotel?" She asked.
Brandon showed her out of the aviary, there was another big blue marble half and Kira stepped onto it. She was back on the main path. She followed the path, being careful to avoid the plant, back to the hotel and went upstairs. There was a short, hall way, on the other side of the hallway was a grand staircase leading to the restaurant, the rooms and a game room. Then there was a lift with a house elf standing beside it. Kira and Trinidy entered the lift as the house elf bowed them inside. Then it came in and bowed again.
"Hello Miss. What floor may I take you to?"
"Umm?" Kira shrugged.
"I see... Will you allow me to look at your room card, please?"
Kira handed over the room card. The house elf received it and quickly looked it over.
"Ah, yes. Your room is on the top floor"
The lift started as the house elf pulled the lever. Kira took notice that it was wearing a uniform, but she had always thought that when you gave a house elf clothing they were free? Did that mean that this one wanted to be here? Did they pay him? It even had a name tag that said 'Satek' (Sah-tek)
The lift stopped and the door opened. Kira thanked Satek who bowed and told her it was no trouble at all. Kira bowed back and then hurried down the hall.
"Ummmm" Kira said after a while of walking.
"Yes?" The fairy asked, wondering why her friend had slowed down.
"What is your designation?"
"My what now?"
"Designation"
"... Oh! I'm Trinidy" Trinidy explained. "You could call me Triny for short, if it's easier to say"
Kira nodded and smiled. Trinidy looked at the map and saw they were close to the room.
"Come on, Kira. Let's go!" She cheered and took off.
Kira ran after Trinidy, looking up as her as she ran. When Trinidy stopped, she stood on the key card slot and hopped up and down.
"Hurry hurry!" She cheered.
Kira skidded to a stop and in one swift motion; she threw the key card through the slot. The door clicked and a voice that sounded like Mr. Ettiks greeted them with "Welcome".
The room was amazing and huge. There was a big bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, scented oils, and bath salt. When Kira opened a double door closet, she was astounded at the sight. Brightly colored candy, cookies, chips, anything they could keep here that tasted good. There was even lots of stuff on the doors. Kira loved the colors before she even knew what it was. Trinidy saw all the sweets and grinned a happy little fairy grin. Kira smelt the wonderful scent of fresh baked cookies. She took a deep sniff and let out a happy sigh. She didn't know what it was, but it made her happy to see it.
"You look like a kid in a candy store" Trinidy stated.
"A what?" Kira questioned.
"Hee hee, its called candy... those are cookies, chips" She flew over to a bag of multi colored dots. "I'm eating these, now you pick something"
Kira looked at all the 'candy' around her, then up at Trinidy. Trinidy had long brown hair, light skin, blue eyes and was wearing a blue dress; she had blue butterfly wings and was about as tall as a Pepsi can. Trinidy nodded approvingly that Kira should eat something. Kira reached out and grabbed an orange stick. It was paper? Kira was confused by the presence of paper, she couldn't eat paper.
"Triny?" She asked, holding up the paper stick.
Trinidy giggled softly as she flew down. "Pixi stick" She stated, somewhat evilly.
Kira dropped it; Lilly had told her Pixies were evil. Trinidy laughed and flew down to the pixi stick. She ripped it open and grabbed some of the candy inside.
"Pixies" She mussed, eating the candy.
Kira stared at her with an alarmed look and decided to pick something else to eat. She opened up a glass cabinet and grabbed a cookie, it was warm and soft.
"Grab another and I'll see if they have milk" Trinidy told her.
Kira grabbed another cookie, then another because she didn't know which to get, then another.
"I think they do!" Trinidy cried from another room. Kira didn't know what to do with the cookies.
"If I'm going to carry the milk, where do I put these?" She asked no one.
"If you are eating your food elsewhere a bag will be provided" A voice said.
"Umm... okay"
"Please put your items in the red box" Kira put the cookies in the red box. "Thank you"
Out of the bottom of the box came the cookies, neatly wrapped in shiny, clear, foil like paper. They were tied with a bow and looked just as good as the candy. Kira took the bag that fell into her hands and put it in her bag. Then she ran to help Trinidy. When she found her, Trinidy was trying to pull open a rectangular box. Kira grabbed the handle and they tugged at the same time. The box opened and revealed lots of different colored bottles. Trinidy flew over to a white one. It was too high for Kira to reach so Trinidy pushed it off the shelf. Kira smiled as she caught it and Trinidy flew out of the box as the voice came on.
"We store drinks in what Muggles call 'Refrigerators' only ours is run by a cooling spell and theirs is run by the walls of their homes. You'll find ours to be much more effective to its Muggle counterpart"
"Okay..." Kira said, starting not to like the voice.
Trinidy led Kira into another room with a sofa and I mammoth sized 'T.V.' Kira knew what that was and smiled. Trinidy sat on the arm of the poofy couch and Kira climbed onto a cushion. The voice came back.
"We have a wide selection of channels of we have a lot of movies. Would you like to-"The voice was cut off and the real Mr. Ettiks broke in. "Hello, Mrs. Kira. There are a few children's movies playing if you would like to watch them. I will have them sent up to your room. There are not any other children here right now so no one will miss it if I send it to you. Would you like to watch?"
Kira looked to Trinidy, who nodded.
"Yes" Kira said.
"It's on its way. Try not to fill up on sweets, too much. I can have room service deliver any kind of food you want"
"Okay"
Kira and Trinidy followed Mr. Ettiks instructions on how to get the movie. It was called 'The Worst Witch' it was a cute movie and Kira liked the cat. It was designated Blacky, 'cause it wasn't black.
"I like that movie" Trinidy smiled as the credits rolled.
"So that is what a witch school is like?"
"Probably... well, in older times yes, now I think they are a bit different"
Kira smiled, she liked the idea of going to a school like that. She couldn't wait to get a cat, and a broom, and school books and-
"We should clean up" Trinidy stated, sitting on the small, empty milk bottle.
Kira looked around as she carried the wrapping and empty bottle, and the little thimble that Trinidy had used as a cup. She threw the stuff an what looked like a trash can and heard the voice say "thank you". Kira looked over at Trinidy, she was flying happily around. Looking this way and that as she did. Kira opened the window when she saw an owl. The owl flew in and dropped a letter, then perched on a chair. Kira read the note.
Hey, Kira.
Glad you can come, this'll be great! We got the day all planed too, but can change it if need be. Be sure to bring a bag, okay? Percy has a friend over, but we can easily annoy them. So it'll be fun. Just use the floonetwork and say 'The Burrow' okay? We'll we got to go because mom says we need to de-gnome the garden. Bye
Bill, Fred, and George.
Kira smiled and put the letter in her bag.
"Friends of yours?" Trinidy asked.
Kira nodded and climbed out the window onto the balcony. It was nice not to be inside like she had been all day. And the landscape was beautiful. Her balcony was private and over looked the resort. She could see the aviary where Brandon worked, the garden with it's biting flower, a path that had a ramp going under ground, lots of trees, a tennis court, another building, a wall, a few more buildings and lots of colorful objects like flowers, signs, decorations, animals-
"Beautiful view... kind high though" Trinidy stated flying out and then holding on to Kira's shoulder strap.
"Yep" Kira leaned over the white gate that surrounded the balcony.
She looked up and saw the roof above her. She decided she could get a better view from there so she walked over to where the gate met the wall. She climbed up the gate and reach for the roof. She couldn't reach it.
"Stop that!" Trinidy yelled.
Kira hopped back down. "What?"
Trinidy gave her a disapproving look, so Kira decided to find a different way onto the roof. She found it quickly. There was a white plank of wood that made a wrap up to the roof. Kira climbed the board and reached for the roof. She still couldn't reach it. Trinidy was hanging on to her shoulder strap tightly and gave a sigh of relief when Kira crouched low, hoping she was giving up. However, the fairy's hopes were destroyed as Kira jumped as high as she could and grabbed hold of the roof, pulling herself up. "AaahhhHH" Trinidy yelled as Kira jumped.
"Yay" Kira cheered, eyes closed and a big smile on her face.
Trinidy wasn't moving; she had a death grip on the strap. Kira looked down at her.
"What's wrong?" Kira asked.
"N-nothing...." Trinidy looked around the roof for a way down.
Kira stood on the very edge of the roof, her arms were out like a bird, and she was on her toes. Kira took a deep breath and opened her eyes. The wind glided through her hair making it move as if she were underwater. Here eyes changed to solid grey and it seemed she was floating there, perfectly balanced. Her hair grew longer and she seemed to be surrounded in a strange glow. Trinidy saw it and floated in amazement, it almost seemed that Kira had wings... very faint wings. Slowly her arms came down and she looked down. A smile on her face as her clothing and hair gracefully moved. Trinidy stopped everything and just watched for a while, transfixed at the display of power the little girl was giving off, even if she didn't know it. After what seemed like a few seconds, but really was a few minutes, Trinidy tapped Kira's shoulder. Kira turned, her eyes back to normal and her hair, and clothes were slowly falling back to normal positions.
"Can we go back inside now, please?" Trinidy requested.
"Okay" Kira smiled and climbed back down onto the balcony.
Trinidy rushed inside and let out a sigh of relief, clinging to the floor like it was the best thing in the entire world.
"Triny? Are you okay?" Kira asked.
"Y-yes" Trinidy said.
Kira laid on her stomach, closer to the fairy. Watching as Trinidy had a reaction similar to the one she had after getting off the train.
"Trinidy? Do you not like view?" She asked, not knowing the right words to say.
Trinidy shook. "I... I just... I'm afraid of heights" Trinidy admitted.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You don't have to go up high anymore, I'll stay off roof" Kira said.
Trinidy nodded and Kira went back to the balcony. Trinidy watched her. Why isn't she afraid of heights? She could have fallen easily and yet she is unfazed. Most kids her age would have at least stayed away from the ledge, or laid down to look over. Kira walks right up, sure footed, and calm.
The door clicked and Trinidy hid. Lilly walked in and looked around; then instinctively looked out onto the balcony.
"Hello Kira" Lilly greeted.
"Hello" Kira turned around.
"You are braver then I am. I sit on that balcony, but if anyone asked me to lean over the railing, I'd call them crazy. Even if I can use a spell, I still don't like falling. That was why I never tried out for quiditch" Lilly stated, helping Kira, climb back into the room.
Kira looked for Trinidy.
"How was your day? I hope it was good, I'm sorry for having you wait so long" Lilly apologized.
"No, I made a friend" Kira stated, looking around the room again.
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Lilly smiled.
"Her name is Trinidy"
"Lovely name"
"Trinidy! Come on out" Kira called.
Trinidy came out of hiding. And Lilly's eyes went wide.
"A pixi! Honey, Pixies can be dangerous-"
"She's not a pixi... she eats pixies..."
"That was a candy!"
"Oh" Kira looked relieved. "In that case, she doesn't east pixies. She is smarter then pixies and she if a fairy"
"Fairy?" Lilly looked at Trinidy. "Oh, I see" She smiled, noticing that Trinidy had long, softly curled, brow hair, butterfly wings, and a long dress on. Pixies tended to have hair the same color as their clothes and wings, short hair, short, ripped clothes, and diffrent faces then fairies.
Lilly also knew that fairies were rare and those who had them would sometimes put them with pixies, a big mistake for the poor fairy. Pixies tended to be wild and had high squeaky voices. They, like fairies, could be boy or girl. Pixies weren't as strong as fairies in magic. Fairies tended to be more human like, that was why sometimes, is a human proved to a fairy that they could handle being one, that fairy would turn the human into a fairy. The humans that had this done usually wanted it and adapted quickly. The pixies would rather hurt humans and their for, did not agree with fairies. However, pixies wanted fairy magic and would often kidnap fairies. That was seen by some pixi owners and so they started buying fairies from anyone that had one. They'd put the fairy in with their pixies and, well, the fairy couldn't over power the pixies if they were not old enough (fairy magic starts later then fairy magic). So the pixies usually won and, with out going into detail, a breed of pixairy was created. Pixaries were made because some places used them as pets. They made special cages for them and collector would pay a lot of money to get two of each kind. (Earth, Wind, Lightning, Flower, Ice, Fire, and the rarest, Water) There were colors too. Pink, yellow, green, all the colors of pixies. This fairy must be pure because she looks completely fairy. That meant she wasn't dangerous if she liked you. This one seemed to like Kira, and was too young to hurt her anyway.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, Trinidy" Lilly apologized.
"Your daughter saved me, I'm not offended by her or her family" Trinidy stated.
They all talked about their day and then Lilly picked up a room service menu.
"James won't be home for a while, lets just eat here. The chef is excellent"
Kira looked at the menu, but she couldn't read it.
"Hmm... oh they have fries, you like those" Lilly smiled, Kira loved fries (Freedom or French... I'm going with Freedom fries)
Lilly ordered the food, being sure to ask for samples of things so that Trinidy would have a meal, more adaptable to her size.
"Thank you for your order Mrs. Potter, is there anything else?" Mr. Ettiks asked.
"Do you have fairy stuff?" Kira asked.
Lilly giggled silently and listened for the reply.
"Err... ummmm"
"You told me that they had everything here" Kira stated, sounding like she'd been lied to.
"Umm. I did, didn't I. Ummmm well... I'll see what I can do" He sounded like a man on a mission.
"Ohhh and I want some Bertie Bots Every Flavor Beans. Lots of them" Lilly stated.
"... I thought you were against too much candy?"
"I'm pregnant and it's the only thing I know of that has a lot of odd flavors" Lilly growled.
"Right!" Mr. Ettiks quickly disconnected and put the automatic voice on.
They waited for a while and Lilly turned on a movie. When the food arrived, Lilly handed the deliveryman a tip that made him smile and ask if he could get them anything else. Lilly shook her head and returned to the movie. Mr. Ettiks had found a doll tea set. It was a good one and had everything Trinidy could need, though Lilly figured that he had assumed that Kira had a doll, not an actual fairy, in the room. Kira handed Lilly the note as she ate, Lilly read it and nodded.
"Who is Percy?" She asked.
"What is Percy?" Kira corrected.
