Alder: The idea is that the elves are a really new concept and they aren't fairies

Alder: The idea is that the elves are a really new concept and they aren't fairies. If they were fairies I'd give them wings but I might have contacts with fairies later on. It's a really good idea thanks! I'm kind of insulted by the review thing. I review peoples' stories as soon as I read them and no one was reviewing. It felt rather insulting okay?

Disclaimer?? Me? I'm flattered but no. Sigh…

Story

Finally over the journey there and all together again, the endowed scrambled into the drama canteen. It felt strangely empty with only them there but it was slightly comforting to have something calm in the midst of a holiday that promised to be eventful if nothing else.

The Bloors had ushered them all into the drama canteen almost as soon as they'd arrived and Tancred, Lysander and Gabriel had had time to fill the others in on the elves. Ie: That Miffy seemed okay but distanced herself and there seemed to be something happening between her and her sister, the language and the fact that Eluned was to be avoided at all costs.

The girls had been taken to see Dr Bloor when they'd arrived and the others were waiting for them to return before they began to eat- curiosity not politeness it had to be admitted. Everyone's head rose when Miffy ran in, her eyes sparkling, her hands full of her lunch and her face hot.

Both Lysander and Tancred jumped up as she entered and they were rewarded with a fleeting glance as she dropped into the empty seat next to Olivia and buried her face in her arms, shoulders shaking. Olivia eyed her excitedly, having noticed the boys' actions following her entrance.

A minute or so later Eluned followed her in evidently in no hurry, not particularly bothered that she held everyone up. In fact, Tancred reckoned, she probably enjoyed the hunger she was causing him; although, to be fair, she probably didn't know they had waited.

When she paused in the doorway, she immediately held everyone's attention although none of them could have explained why. Leaning against the doorframe, her long limbs stretched out in plain jeans and a boys check jacket and green sports top, the complete opposite of Miffy's knee length sequined skirt and loose brown top. It was interesting, Olivia considered, wondering how this would all unravel.

There was a moment as her eyes alighted on her sister her face gentling a fraction as she actually grinned, the first proper grin anyone had seen on her and it transformed her from the mad ice queen Tancred had bitched about into an almost pretty girl-child who really was bursting with heart.

Billy, who hadn't met her, wondered if Tancred, Lysander and Gabriel had been teasing him but couldn't quite let go of the feeling that she could probably kill him with her bare hands. Or at least inflict serious damage if she wasn't in the mood for hiding her tracks.

She strolled over to where her sister sat obviously aware everyone was watching her and murmured something to Miffy as she leant over the other girl's back, stealing an apple off her tray. Sliding into the chair to the left of Miffy, her grin dropped and she coldly surveyed them all, her eyes resting on Billy as she crunched the apple with slightly pointed teeth, her gaze both menacing and considering.

There was hush for a minute until Olivia ventured a question to Eluned, wanting a better idea of this girl.

"Um, I'm Olivia. Will your sister be okay?" Everyone leant in to see Eluned's response and there was a moment before she turned to look at the dramatic.

"Hmm? Myfanwy? I guess. Ask her yourself. Hey, Myfanway!"

"Yeah? Sorry, I was just slightly overcome. I'm fine. I just needed to laugh. Dr Bloor." She grinned at the all brightly and Eluned exclaimed something in the language Lysander had heard them speaking in before.

Miffy frowned and didn't reply and Eluned pursed her lips and took her earphones out of her bag and put them in her ears, cutting everyone out, not bothering to explain herself or consider her rudeness, Tancred mused irritably, ignoring the many times he too had done this.

"All endowed report to the King's room to receive your parents." Manfred's voice was completely devoid of emotion but they all saw the small wince as he said the word parents.

Eluned's eyes, snapping to the Head Boy, seemed to suggest that he intrigued her more than anybody else she had met so far as she got up, forcing Tancred to wonder whether she could really hear over her music or if she could lip read. It wasn't a nice thought.

"So...Ready to await the joys of family life?" Olivia asked all the while skipping her feet in a strange dance like movement. It kept tripping her up. It was very annoying and only Lysander and Miffy weren't clenching their fists.

"Twist, double step then cross." Eluned's voice was as brusque as ever, she wasn't even looking at Olivia and she didn't remove her earphones causing everyone to stare at her. Miffy rolled her eyes gently.

"Eluned how do you know...that's a rhetorical question, I guess I won't like the answer. Who's coming to Christmas?" Miffy smiled at her sister. However, Tancred was a nosy boy and interrupted.

"Who's coming? Are your parents divorced or something?" There were several winces at Tancred's bluntness. But Eluned answered same as ever. She didn't seem to have taken offence, though with her tone it was hard to tell.

"We don't know our parents, elves raise children in a community but they say that our father must have been endowed for our gifts to be so- pronounced. Loads of people from where we live are coming."

She didn't explain but Miffy did. "We live at the old people's home, it specialises in endowed and elvish families." She looked slightly embarrassed and she didn't meet anyone's eyes. There was a distinct sense that the conversation was closed and they walked in silence.

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