Not mine, I'm just playing in the fandom

Thanks for the reviews, I decided that she is going to be introduced as Jade. And my characters will be out-of-character, as you might have noticed with the fact Xanxus has been talking more than usual. Maybe the chapters will get longer, but what I plan to do is make sure they fit what I want and start a new chapter.

Sorry for any typos, I'm using my phone to type this while my laptop is out of commission.

Chapter 3

Despite needing to leave for the meeting soon, he couldn't help but ask more questions. Finally getting to meet his daughter almost sixteen years after she was born plus the time he had been in the past and cursed left him desperately wanting to know everything.

"Why choose Cordelia?" Mammon asked, unable to find a place to start. "Jade was my first choice, but I don't remember Cordelia on the list."

His daughter smiled softly. "My friends and I compiled a list of female names from the family tree, eliminating the ones remembered for being insane- and please disown Bellatrix... her crucio is really powerful. What was I saying?"

Xanxus grunted. "No insane names."

She nodded her head and went on; "so with the ones eliminated from that and any that were just too strange, well to be honest I actually threw darts at the names. Lavender and Parvati started calling me Jade back in first year because I hate the name Roselyn and any of the associated pet-names, and I would have gone with just Jade except I'm not the Head of House. Therefore I had to abide by tradition and choose an approved name."

Mammon, no he was Regulus now with his hood down and face showing, smirked. "Ah that Gryffindor side. I knew it was in there somewhere."

"If you think throwing darts at a wall to choose a name is Gryffindor behavior, what about me using fire to blow up Dumbledore's tracking instruments? He locked me in his office at I went to the Department of Mysteries because I received a vision of Sirius being tortured."

Xanxus was suddenly alert. "Vision?"

"Yes. I knew it was false because Sirius was so far Dumbledore's ass that he did not even try to write to me without permission so there was no way he could have been captured out of Grim-" she choked up. "Ugh. Stupid Fidelius. Your childhood home."

"Well that's a way around the charm." Regulus smirked. "If I am Lord Black, I can lock them out of the house."

"You are Dad."

"But this vision? Explain." Xanxus demanded.

"You don't talk much do you? Well the false vision finally gave me the aisle of the Prophecy that is the "Light Side's Secret Weapon" and I wanted to irritate them. They thought I dropped it and lost it." With a smug smirk she elaborated; "I duplicated and dropped the second. Then I got another from the Old Goat so I can see what it is the truth."

"Why the deception?" Xanxus asked. "And Jade suits you better than Cordelia. You don't seem like a Princess girly-girl."

"Dad?"

Regulus smiled. "Jade. It suits you. My daughter Jade."

"The deception is because he's a liar and forced me to stay in an abusive house for ten years. Because there is no way that he wasn't interfering when the abuse was reported and ignored. Additionally, I never lasted longer than one week before I woke up back in my cupboard."

"Your cupboard!" Xanxus was furious. There was no way he would not seek revenge for his little Cloud. Jade was his, there was no way Xanxus was letting her get away. Not when her flames started to harmonize with his immediately.

"Yeah. That was my bedroom. It was safe in the cupboard under the stairs, despite me hating the small space," Jade answered; "what is this warm feeling? It's like there is a connection, a sense of belonging with the Fire I have. It's peaceful, like I never will be lonely again."

"That's harmony, Jade. That is your flames connecting with the Boss Sky and finding a home."

Jade smiled, her entire demeanor brightened and she felt stronger with the knowledge she would never be alone again. But then another thing clicked. "Boss? Of the Varia right? Which I don't actually know what it is aside from an offshoot of the Vongola familigia. Oh and why follow dad to our meeting? You must be busy and have more important tasks."

"Yes I am the head of the Varia," Xanxus said smoothly. "As to why I followed, my Intuition told me that I would find what I have been looking for if I came along." Then he smirked, "besides, it just means that the shark has to do more paperwork."

Nodding, Jade accepted his response; "I have one last question for now. What is this meeting you need to go too, and where should I be while you are busy?"

"That's two questions daughter," Regulus gave his own smirk. "We have a meeting with the head of the familigia. As to where you could wait-"

"You come with us. My Cloud. You are involved." Xanxus interrupted Mammon. "They need to meet you anyways."

"I guess I'm good to go then," Jade stood and picked up her bag. "I have another appointment with a healer at the Bank tomorrow. Otherwise, I have no commitments."

"You will explain more on that daughter later. But for now," Regulus made a gesture opening his Mist corridor, "we have to go."

[posted November 21, 2017]