Chapter 68: Mom
Phoenix looked around and found she orbed herself to Magic School. When she heard what wood said, she had to get away. So, the only thing she could have thought of to do was to turn herself invisible and find a suitable place to orb, not caring where she was going.
She looked around again, trying to pinpoint where in Magic School she orbed herself. It was her mother's office. 'This makes sense. Magic School was always like my other home. And Mom was mostly here if she wasn't at home or at the Manor.'
"Phoenix?" Her mother questioned, interrupting Phoenix's thought. Paige was looking at some papers when she walked into her office finding her daughter standing in the middle of the room with a broom in her hand.
"Mom!" Phoenix yelled, smiling, then gave a questioned look.
Paige never quit left her spot as she was looking at Phoenix's garb. "What on earth are you wearing? They kind of look like robes. And why are you here and not at school?"
"Well, if you want to get technical, I am at school." Phoenix couldn't help but smile.
Paige rolled her eyes. "You know what I mean, Phoenix. Why are you not at Hogwarts?"
"Something happened, and I needed to talk to someone."
"So, you orbed home? I'm touched, honey, but why not talk to any of your teachers? Or what did you say you have a head of house? You need to learn to talk and trust who ever your head is because, as much as I love to talk and help you out, you can't always get away with orbing here."
"I know, mom. I wanted to talk to someone, and I orbed here. Because of what it is I need to talk about, I'm not sure if I can talk to any of the professors."
Paige looked at her daughter and smiled. "Okay sweetie, but first you need to get cleaned up."
Phoenix gave her mother a questioned look, then looked at what she was wearing. It was her quidditch practice robes covered in mud along with herself. And she realized she still had her broom. She couldn't help but laugh at herself.
"Sorry mom, I came from practice." She took her wand from her robe sleeve and said a cleaning charm.
Paige never saw her daughter use her wand other than on Christmas, so seeing her getting cleaned up with a wave and a charm to clean herself up was interesting.
"Well then, this must have happened during practice?"
"Kind of." Phoenix shrugged. Then went on telling her mom what all has happened.
Paige listened to her daughter carefully, giving her advice and breaking into the story every once in a while.