Mike: Hey! I'm back!!!!

Sarah: Yep, you were gone while Eve and I delt with e spammers and FanFiction.net not updating anything we posted!

Mike: um... I'm sorry... OH! That was why Eve has Reviews saved into her story file!

Sarah:... you read her story file?

Mike: When is Harry going to be born!?

Sarah: That's not gonna work on me.

Mike:... Soooo, I heard Eve was nearly in the hospital.

Sarah: Yeah... but she wouldn't go... stubborn.

Mike: so, lets start the fic.

Sarah: FIRST, I'd like to say hi to the reviewers, hi. Second, I hope you like the story and Eve is working on a web site!!!! It'll be done soon, she says... stubborn... anyway. Lets get on with the fic.

*a long pause in which nothing happens*

Mike:... Do something.

Sarah:... Oh yeah ON WITH THE FIC

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Over the next few days, Lily and James got back to a somewhat normal schedule. They woke up, ate breakfast, then Kira would go with Lily to work, James would go to work. Kira went to a gymnastics and cheer lesson for two hours. After her gymnastics and cheer lesson, she would go into a beginners drawing class. She stayed there for half an hour and then James came and they went to the park behind the bakery and practiced hovablading. James was a master at it and Kira admired his talent greatly. They spent about half an hour together, then he took Kira to the hotel and headed back to work. Kira would take a nap and then Lily would come and they'd have lunch together. After lunch, Kira and Trinidy headed up to the hotel room to watch a movie. After the movie, it was their jobs to keep occupied for another two hours. Lily thought a two-hour dance class was a bit extreme, but she didn't know what else to do. Kira was too young for a preschool. After the two hours, Lily comes and they go home. Kira and Lily always stopped in to a health food store and got smoothies. Kira's favorite was strawberry and Lily liked peach. Kira watched them put all these different green things, nuts and all these things that were supposed to help your skin, or help your sight, or help your energy level, or metabolism. Kira drank hers without complaint. She liked the strawberry flavor, just wished she didn't have to have all the other stuff too. Most of it was strawberries so it took your mind of the other things, but in Kira's opinion, eating grass was yucky unless you were an animal. When they got home, Kira practiced drawing the fish in the stream, Trinidy convinced the fish to come, Lily cooked dinner, and James usually finished up on paperwork. When dinner was over Kira was sent to bed, Trinidy followed and Lily and James stayed up, doing whatever they wanted to do.

The next morning the routine started all over again, only after work Lily took Kira to the health food shop where they met James. Then headed to the academy. When they got their they visited Cota, untill visiting hours were over. It was May now and everyone had settled into the routine. Kira had been through another one of Voldemort's attacks, this one was farther away. The academy sent the real riders to do a counter attack and made sure it would not be an ambush like last time. They were to attack, pull back, and leave. That's all they could do. Cota was supposed to be coming home soon and Kira couldn't wait. James got to visit him every day between jobs. Today was James's day to take Kira, her dance teacher was on vacation. James woke up, ate breakfast, walked outside with Kira, put her on the horse, jumped on behind her, and was off.

"Y'know" He smiled down as her as they sped down the rider trail. "Lils will never allow me to do this when your brother is born"

Kira clung to the horn of the saddle for dear life and had a happy look in her eyes. "Why not?" She asked as James hurdled a tree branch and they both had to hang on tightly to avoid falling off.

James grinned widely. "She gave me rules," He explained. "Do not take baby on broom, Do not let Sirius teach the baby anything, Do not assume that he is a tough kid and can handle something, Do not pull a prank while watching the baby, and Do not put baby on possible death trap, A.K.A this horse, at least not untill he is two or three, probably gonna be three"

"Oh" Kira said. "He has to wait untill he's two?"

James shrugged. "Yeah"

Kira smiled up at her father. "That makes me the lucky one"

James smiled down at her as he rode. "Yep"

They arrived at the academy after taking the portal. Kira's eyes were about the size of a snitch and her pupils were extremely small. Her hands clutched the saddle like her life depended on it and she sat perfectly still. James hopped off and Kira decided to stay right where she was. James just laughed and walked Gyriph over to the stables, with Kira still perched on top.

"I think I know why mommy doesn't want you taking the baby to work," She stated after a while. James laughed and helped her down. She went into Pat's stall and patted him on the head, after climbing up to the top of the stable and sitting on the wall. Pat neighed in delight and continued eating hay out of the hay bag. A stable hand took Gyriph and James walked over to Kira.

"Ready to go?" He asked. She nodded and hopped off the wall. James dropped her off at the infirmary, promising to be back in an hour. Kira went to visit Cota and James hurried to his office. He was used to Cota acting as a secretary in between classes, now he had to do everything on his own. Today he was to meet with a new client. A Mr. Lucius Malfoy. James looked at the clock, he had an hour and a half before he had to meet him. He turned to his next order of business. There was a huge ogre near a Muggle town, that needed to be dealt with right away. The client that hired him was an elderly man by the name of Fredrick Parvone. James went to the council room and explained his course of action. The council members of course approved it, they didn't want to turn down a fellow council member, because then he could turn down them. James then headed for the stable, word had already been sent to get Gyriph ready. James hopped onto Gyriph and took off. He arrived at Mr. Parvone's house and could see the problem. The ogre was massive and seemed to be debating the best way to get across the river. Debating, ha! That was a laugh its small brain was probably going, 'water, kill...can't kill...hmmm... ogre like kill things' James mocked. He hated ogres. Ogres were hells trash. They ate humans, destroyed everything and could only be defeated if you knew the right technique. (No, shoving a wand up their nose is not the proper technique, that works on trolls only) James walked over to Fredrick's house and rang the bell. The elderly man answered and breathed a huge sigh of relief when he saw it was a rider. He explained exactly what had happened.

"I woke up and looked out me window and I sees this big ogre outside. He seemed to be ignoring me so I sent me owl with a letter to the Zagan Academy. I know we're s'posed ta jus let em alone, but I can't let 'im cross da river"

"What is that?" James asked, trying to get a feel for the situation.

"There are kids o'er there. They come at 'bout two o'clock, to play soccer"

James nodded and walked out side again. He mounted Gyriph and strode over to the ogre. James stared at it, wondering why it would be here and not in some cave waiting for innocent victims. The ogre swung an axe at James and Gyriph quickly jumped out of the way and grew wings. James patted Gyriph and he took off in flight. Flying just barely out of range from the ogre's attacks. It was a horned plains ogre. Tan, yellow skin, buckskin clothes, coyote hide belt with copper buckle, longer blond hair, horns that face up, lots of muscle, claws, and of course, the axe. James swooped down on the ogre, it looked like it had already nearly eaten someone today. There were a few bloody handprints on its face and it looked like it had been slashed in the left eye, but the person had gotten away. James could tell because plain ogres have a rule. You eat meat, you sleep for three day. That was how unbelievably stupid they were. It was a ritual and no matter how small the meal, they slept for two days. That as why ogres usually attacked villages or trade routs. They usually went for big targets so they wouldn't die of hunger. A grown man and his horse seemed like an excellent idea for a meal to the ogre. However, James had other plans. He swooped low again, on the left side. The ogre tried to attack, but missed, not used to having a sight impairment. James attacked with flamen. (Holy spirit in Latin) The ogre growled angrily as it was hit by the spell. James jumped down from Gyriph, charging toward the ogre on foot. This confused the ogre as it had been planning on dealing with one thing, not two. James grabbed his wand and cast a binding spell. He bound the ogre and casted divine sleep. The ogre shook off the spell. James had bound him with silver so he couldn't get free, yet he wasn't giving up. The ogre used what movement he had to swing his axe at James, who rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack. The ogre went to attack James again, but he quickly shot at it with holy. Since James was not a priest, he'd have to attack like a Samurai warrior. James leapt to the side and grabbed a long stick from the forest. He quickly transfigured it into a katana and leapt toward the ogre. The ogre swung the axe at James and James stood his ground. He used a freezing spell on the ogre. He then stabbed the katana into the ogre's gut. James chanted the words to the holy spell repeatedly, gaining intensity and the ogre shone in a bright light. James stepped back and the ogre was pierced by the light until it was nothing but a giant ball of light. The light faded, and the ogre was gone. James transfigured the katana back into a stick and threw it into the forest. Fredrick stood in awe and clapped. James smiled his 'best player on the quiditch field' smile.

"I've ne'er seen anyone transfigure something so quickly n come up wit such a pure item" Fredrick exclaimed.

"I had a lot of practice in school" James flashed a cocky smile and called Gyriph. Fredrick took out a bag of money and paid it to James. James nodded his thanks and mounted Gyriph. James looked at his watch, he had fifteen minutes to get to the academy, pick up Kira and meet his new client if he wanted to be early. James urged Gyriph on faster and they flew to the academy at top speed. He made it to the academy and Kira was waiting for him.

"Kira?" James asked, surprised.

"Cota said you had a meeting and had to deal with someone's 'pet,' so I should meet you here, lest you be late" Kira explained.

"...He's supposed to be resting, not worrying about me" James signed and they headed for the academy client room. "Did you ask him how he got hold of my schedual?"

"Uh hu" Kira answered, skipping along beside her father.

"And he said?' James asked.

"He said to tell you that you had a five fifteen with Sirius, a six thirty with a student, who is having trouble with transifuration spells, a-" Kira skipped happily along.

"I get it, I get it" James shook his head.

James walked in three minutes early and asked the receptionist of Lucius Malfoy had arrived yet. The receptionist nodded and explained that Lucius had arrived only a few seconds ago and had been sent to room seven. James nodded his thanks and walked to room seven. He opened the door and his eyes flashed an image of the room. James had the ability to make his mind act like a camera, he always took to notice what his client was doing before he entered the room. If they were sitting in the chair looking nervous, they were either on the poor side, of were being stalked. If they were looking confidently around the room. They were on the rich side and just had a minor problem that could grow to be a bigger one. Lucius was sitting in the chair and seemed to be spacing out. Kira followed James into the room.

"Mr. Malfoy" James greeted, extending his hand in a warm gesture.

Lucius was silent, but stood up and shook hands with James. He didn't smile and seemed to think he was above everyone.

"Have a seat" James gestured towards the chair and took a seat behind the desk. Kira sat on the floor in the corner and practiced drawing. Lucius shot her a snake like glare and she stared back at him and smiled. He sat down and stared across the desk at James, who was thumbing through the report. "You're here because you feel that someone may be stalking you?" James asked as he read the report.

"...No" Lucius cold voice stated. "My son. I think someone might want to kill him" Kira noticed a distinct difference in the was Lucius said 'son,' and the way James said it. Sames said it with hope, pride, and love. Lucius said it as if simply talkng about a friend. 'oh yeah, him, he's my son... anyway what are we doing on Friday?'

"Why would someone try to kill your son?" James asked, looking Lucius straight in the eyes.

"Does that matter? We are a wealthy family; I do not want someone trying to destroy my son because they are jealous" Lucius stated.

"So you want someone to protect your son?" James asked.

"In a matter of speaking, yes. I want someone who is highly trained. Money is no factor" He informed James.

"Alright" James opened up a magical drawer and twirled his wand inside it. A file came up and James opened it. He nodded and shut the drawer. He handed the file to Lucius.

"That is the man you want. Gail Zarkosa, graduated student. Has already been a body guard five times and specializes in keeping a low profile for high society cases" James explained.

Council members are also like councilors at times. They are assigned a certain number of graduated students. Their jobs are to check in with the students and choose the proper jobs for them. James is very active in his role and talks to the guild masters every chance he has to hear their concerns or praises about one of the graduated riders under his listing. Cota, as secretary, also met with the students and heard their side of the story. Why they wanted to become riders and what they hoped to accomplish. Gail came from a poor family, but grew up with a very strict mannerism. He knew how to act and had a certain look about him that made him easy to accept in high society. He had a handsome face and eyes that glittered like champagne. He didn't have a wild appearance, he was well built and looked good in any outfit. He was calm and respectful, yet could pounce on a threat at a moments notice. He also had a good eye for potential dangers, and knew how to turn a chaotic scene into a joke. He could distinguish a scene and knew what to say when people got flustered. His only flaw was his pride. If someone insulted him, he didn't shrug it off, he made a comeback, if someone pushed him, he pushed back. If someone insulted his family... there was hell to pay. Gail had been working on that and was doing better, though James doubted he'd every gain complete control over his emotions.

"...Er, well... I had heard good references about another rider" Lucuis stated, not even bothering to look at the file.

"I assure you Mr. Malfoy, Gail is very talented. I have spoken to him my self and he has gotten many good reviews" James explained.

Lucius reluctantly flipped open the file. His eyes went immediately to blood type. That was his way out, he couldn't be seen hiring a mud-blood. However, James wasn't stupid, he knew Malfoy's reputation. Gail was of a long time wizard family that was well respected even though they lacked money. Lucius saw this and signed inwardly. His eyes scanned to the age. 32. His lips curled slightly and he quickly put on a slightly disappointed look.

"I was hoping for someone younger... a teenager maybe" Lucius stated in a 'matter of fact' tone of voice.

"A teenager? Wouldn't you like someone with more training?" James asked, surprised.

"Well, an older rider would be more appropriate, but that would be just what an attacker would expect. Besides I like the idea of my son having someone younger. That way as he grows up, and gets new body guards, he can eventually have someone close to his own age" Lucius explained. "Anyway, I requested that you handle this because I... trust... your opinion. Isn't there someone else you can assign me. Someone you've worked with?"

"Well I-"

"Your squire, perhaps" Lucius interrupted.

"Cota?" James asked, surprised.

"Don't be so surprised, I heard you were good, so I wanted your help, you can't come yourself, so I want someone you trust, that would be your squire. Do you have a file on him?"

Kira stared at Lucius, something was wrong. James got the same feeling.

"Actually" James stared, making his face and voice seem like he was regretting something. "Cota was involved in a recent mission. He... He can't help you" James stated, he wanted it to seem that Cota was dead. He wasn't sure why, but something told him that this man wanted more then he was letting onto.

"That is a shame. Are you quite sure?"

James pretended to be some-what sad as he answered. "I'm sure"

Lucius nodded, irritably and stood up. "That's to bad, must have been a long night" He mumbled.

"What about your son? Shall I send for Gail?" James asked.

Lucius waved him off and opened the door. James watched him go. 'How did he know the mission I was talking about had been at night?' James stared after Lucius and realization hit him. Lucius was a Death Eater. James shook his head, he must be careful from now on about who he talked to. He already feared that Voldemort was planning on killing him. That was why he lived in a Muggle neighborhood and never told anyone except close friends where he lived. No one could see the house, unless Sirius allowed them to. Call it paranoid, but he had gotten Voldemort's old job.

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Mike: I'm intrigued... let's look at chapter 46!

Sarah: Well... okay!

*Both of them get hit with a spinning ruler*

Eve: Hey guys, did you really think I'd let you do that?

Sarah: Eve...

Mike: You're supposed to be resting.

Eve: I know, but the reviewers really shone brightly even with the complications, and I wanted to thank them personaly.

Sarah: How'd you know we'd look through the chapters?

Eve: *smiles* TDM, thanks a lot for your reviews, they were so sweet. 'If you become a professional writer let me know so I can buy your books.'

Mike: Eve, stop floating around and go get some rest.

Eve: Scarlett*eyes, thanks for catching up. I am delighted to hear you like the story.

KitKat, ecstatic to know you're hooked, but review more okay.

RED IS EVIL... umm... when exactly did they let you out? And why?

The unknown, I'm not sure about translating it... it makes me feel uneasy. I know some French, so I guess I could translate it, it would juts take me a while. Sarah says I shouldn't (You know, the whole France Vs America, thing.) I dunno, I'll try. If you wanna translate it... I dunno I guess you could start, I just need credit 'cause... well... I love writing and these stories start out as dreams I have, if you steal them, you're stealing my dreams.

Headmaster Cromwell you said you just skimmed it... that hurts, I'd really like for you to read it before commenting. Otherwise I feel like you've probably said the same thing in every review for every story you've 'skimmed through.' You say you love my writing, but you gotta read it to say that.

Sissy, you and Scarlett*eyes have been with me from the first week, thanks you guys.

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Wizardduel2, this is weird. Hi Sarah *looking at other Sarah* anyway, I'm glad you like it, if you go back and review for each chapter I'll think you are really cool and... anyway, pleased to hear you like my story!

Special thanks this chapter goes to TDM, and Angel Cloud. They have been very nice, Angel Cloud helped me figure out what was wrong, everyone's gotta read her story. Well, I'm not feeling to good, so I'm gonna go. Thanks everyone! Reviewers Review