Notes and Disclaimers: I don't own GW or HP, but Gaëlle, Lie, and Ivy are mine.

Chapter 4

"Trowa!" Gaëlle exclaimed. She turned in his arms and hugged him. He hugged her back and released his hold.

"Let's go somewhere private." He suggested.

"Okay, because I want to talk to you." She agreed.

They walked out onto the grounds to where they had run into each other the night before. There he kissed her a little longer than they had the day before which she eagerly returned.

"Now what was it that you wanted to talk about?" he asked after they finally pulled away from each other.

"Oh yeah. Who were you going to see last night? That required an invisibility cloak?" she inquired.

He looked thoughtful and then slowly replied, "I have a friend who is…an unicorn."

Gaëlle's eyes lit up and she squeaked, "Really! May I see…?" she trailed off.

He smiled and supplied, "Her. My friend is a mare. And of course you may."

"Oh another question."

"Yes?"

"You know French?" she asked.

"Oui." He said with a grin.

"Comment?…"

"My mother taught me." He replied.

"Oh." Gaëlle said. "Well what about the unicorn?" He chuckled and whistled a sweet tune.

A pure white unicorn with a silver horn and hooves stepped out from the trees.

"Ohh…" Gaëlle breathed. She had never seen a unicorn this close before. She was overjoyed at seeing one…and even more when a very young gold foal joined them. The foal bounded up to Trowa and rubbed its muzzle against his hand.

Gaëlle knelt down when the foal walked to her. It sniffed her and gave a small whicker.

"His name is Belke. His mother is Silver." Trowa said as the full-grown unicorn walked up to him and nuzzled his cheek. "This is Gaëlle. I tried to visit last night but we ran into each other and got preoccupied." He told the mare. Gaëlle blushed a bit at that.

Gaëlle watched him; Trowa seemed to be listening to the magnificent creature. But her attention was soon dragged to Belke, the young and restless unicorn. They became engaged in a game of tag while his mother and Trowa held a quiet (?) conversation.

After they tired a while later they both, human girl and young unicorn, sat by the white unicorn. Gaëlle petted the foal with a gentle loving touch, who whickered and bobbed his head in pleasure.

"Gaëlle, would you come next to me?" Trowa said suddenly.

With reluctance (on the foal's part) Gaëlle rose and stood by Trowa. Puzzled by what she was called over for, she stood silently.

Silver calmly eyed the girl and then stepped up to stand directly in front of her. Gaëlle locked eyes with Silver's and couldn't move as the white mare moved her head until the tip of her silver glowing foot-long horn pressed lightly against where her heart would be. The horn glowed bright but Gaëlle remained looking at the mare. Then Silver pulled back though the horn continued to glow. Silver looked at Trowa, who said,

"You have a pure heart."

"Comment…?" Gaëlle was lost for words.

Silver turned back to Gaëlle and touched her still-glowing horn to where some of the skin showed below her neck. The horn grew brighter and Gaëlle felt something cool-like escape from the horn and press against her skin. It was Silver's magic. When Silver stepped back she gazed at the girl with amusement and then turned her head to nudge her foal. Gaëlle turned to Trowa, who had been watching with awe.

"What just happened?" she asked.

"You are now able to visit and talk to the unicorns anytime you want." Trowa said.

Silver looked back at the girl and said in the girl's mind:Since you are pure hearted and friends with Greeneyes, I trust you. And since I trust you I gave you the gift of speech with us and safe passage to visit us.:

"I heard her…" Gaëlle stuttered with awe and surprise.

"Of course you did." Trowa smiled. "And there's a ten point star where Silver touched your skin with her horn."

Gaëlle raised her fingers to right below her neck; Trowa helped place them on the star.

:I must go now. Sojon is waiting for me and Belke is tiring. He is only a month old.: Silver said.

"We understand. Give Sojon my greetings." Trowa said as he hugged the unicorn's neck. Gaëlle did the same and petted Belke. Then the two exotic creatures walked and disappeared into the safety of the forest.

Trowa slipped his hand around Gaëlle's and kissed her cheek. She looked up at him with a smile. She laced her fingers through his and lightly squeezed in return.

"After dinner, would you like some Keeper practice?" he asked randomly.

She blinked, "You're a Keeper too…"

"We could get Quatre to join and maybe Wufei and the others…"

"Please not Hee-chan, Lie and Ivy…I…eh…" she stumbled over her words.

"Had a spat with them? Quatre and I have talked to Heero. We know what happened. And to reassure you, Quatre and I have agreed to never ask for the truth." He said, "We all deserve some things to be kept secret. I have known Silver and her mate Sojon since my First year. Nobody knows about them."

Gaëlle nodded and said, "Yeah. I'd like that. Besides we could give you some practice too." She grinned.

He mock grimaced and then grinned back.

"Okay." He chuckled slightly. "I'll get Quatre after we're done eating. Will you ask Wufei?"

"Sure." She replied. Then grew thoughtful, "Trowa, where is your star?"

He reached up to his neck and pulled the neckline away an inch or so. There on his neck right below his collarbone on the right side was a white ten-point star.

Gaëlle reached up with her free hand and gently touched it. Trowa smiled and when she pulled back he released his shirt, then he leaned down and kissed her softly. She hugged him in return.

"How did you meet Silver?" she asked squeezing his hand.

He squeezed back as he replied, "I had snuck out of bed late one night with my invisibility cloak and found her when I was wandering around. She was hurt so I helped her get better. Silver was young, about a year and a half. Sojon is a year older by the way. Well, Silver healed up nicely as I cared for her. I had to sneak out so often I was and still am, surprised I never got caught." Trowa smirked, "I was a First Year and all. She trusted me through all this and after she healed completely she gave me the star." He finished.

"That's why you're so good in Care of Magical Creatures class!" Gaëlle exclaimed.

"Yup." He replied simply. "Let's walk until dinner." They walked around the castle grounds hand in hand for awhile.

TBC