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Bloody Kitsune: I'm back for this update before leaving to write another chapter of the Mounted Guardians before a vesca decides to bite me too. I hope you enjoy it.

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Twister60: *Bows deeply and takes off the top hat I stole from Jason* Why thank you, dearest patron.

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Jostanos: An interesting and tempting thought though perhaps not. The second thing...Is actually confusing. Is that a reference to something?

ThunderClaw03: Glad that you liked the chapter and yeah, let's just say that guy wouldn't exactly be alive to feel pain in his balls. As for the pranks, it is tempting though wouldn't cupcakes with arsenic icing be so much better?

Birthday Party pt. 1

Calla woke up on her birthday to the scent of fresh cinnamon buns, pancakes, and bacon. She yawned softly as she glanced at the clock and noticed with a small jolt that she had slept in. Yawning again, she sat up after pushing Shukaku onto her lap and began stretching. Shukaku whined at her and she smiled, "Time to get up, Shu."

After doing a few light stretches and some exercises, Calla started getting ready for the day. A warm shower later, she was picking out an outfit for the day. She ended up choosing a black Green Day t-shirt that Clockwork had gotten her and a nice pair of worn jeans that she was going to have to replace soon. She pulled on her socks and shoes before heading over to her vanity. She brushed out her long hair before tying most of her hair back. She wanted to try out the hair style she'd seen on her older self though add a small spin to it. Once she had both the long pieces of hair on either side of her head separated from the rest, she began braiding both of them while having two beads in the middle of each braid. In between the two beads, she had a small silver bell.

Looking in the mirror, Calla grinned liking how her hair looked. She got up from the vanity and headed over to her bed to pick up Shukaku. She then headed out of her room and downstairs where breakfast was being set on the table. Candy Cane smiled at Calla, "Good morning and happy birthday, Kitten. New hair style?"

"I wanted to try something new," Calla sat down in her usual chair, "Where's Poppy and Papa?"

"I think they're checking on something for later today," Candy Cane answered sitting down, "Excited for your birthday?"

Calla nodded as she grabbed the bowl of cut up fruit and raw meat that Candy Cane had set up for Shukaku and put it on the floor after placing her pet down. Shukaku dove in immediately as Calla began serving herself breakfast, "I'm mostly looking forward to seeing everyone. It's been awhile and the mansion doesn't feel like it usually does while they're gone."

"Well, they should all be there," Candy Pop commented as he entered the room, "Morning, Little One. Happy birthday,"

"Morning, Poppy," Calla got out of her chair and hugged him.

Candy Pop hugged her back, "Night says happy birthday."

"Thank you both," Calla let go of him only to find herself in another hug though this time it was from her father, "Morning, Papa!"

"Morning, my precious little doll," Jason replied hugging her, "Happy birthday,"

Calla was set down and they started eating breakfast, "So what time are we heading to the mansion?"

"A little after one," Jason answered, "Which means in about four hours,"

Calla nodded as she took a bite of her pancakes, "I can't wait to see everyone. It's been far too long," She paused before asking, "Will Hermione be there?"

Jason sighed and shook his head, "Not today, Calla. She's still settling down, but you will get to see her tomorrow."

"Oh," Calla looked down at her plate before shaking her head, "Well, I'll still enjoy today,"

After they finished eating breakfast, Candy Cane brought out a few wrapped gifts, "The goblins sent these over. They're from your friends."

Calla took them and began opening them while making a mental note to write thank you notes to everyone. From the twins, she was gifted some pranking supplies which earned a few laughs since she already had quite a few stocked up. From Ron, she received a worn copy of magical fairy-tales with a small note telling her that he didn't exactly know what else to give her. From the rest of the Weasley family, she was gifted a care package of sweets and a note that she could come by any time. From Neville, she received a book on rune magic with a small note from the shy boy saying that he'd noticed her interest in runes. From Draco, she was gifted some magical candies and a few books on seamstress magic. All in all, it was a good haul though she would admit she liked Draco's gift the most.

Calla wrote each of them a thank you note and a letter. For the Weasley's, she wrote that they would be back in England in two weeks and she couldn't wait to meet everyone.

After arriving in town, Jason watched in amusement as Calla raced off to go find everyone. Candy Cane slipped off to go check on how the cake and meal situation was going. Candy Pop followed after Calla with a small smile. Jason headed to see Slenderman and found the faceless entity in his office, "Slenderman."

"Jason," Slenderman greeted him, "I must warn you that Splendorman and his sprog will be here today,"

Jason paused feeling a bit annoyed. Oh, he was thankful Splendorman had helped discover Calla's soul piece issue, but he didn't like the cheerful entity near his daughter. He was far too spastic for Jason's comfort even if he was far better than Offenderman. Shivering at the thought of Calla being anywhere near that bastard, he shook his head, "I see. I wished to inform you that Jareth will be coming though I'm not sure when."

"I am aware. The goblin king sent a missive two days ago," Slenderman seemed a little bit annoyed, "I assume this was spur of the moment?"

"Yes though I have been thinking that it was time to introduce Calla to my side of the family," Jason inwardly winced a bit at the annoyance leaking off of the faceless entity, "I will mention it next time,"

Slenderman inclined his head before sitting up a bit straighter, "My brother and his sprog have arrived. I will inform you when the goblin king comes."

Jason nodded, "Thank you."

"I will say this. I look forward to seeing the child's reaction to your present," Slenderman sounded a bit amused and Jason chuckled, "I do believe it would be a, what do they call it? Kodak moment?"

"I think so," Jason was eager to see how Calla reacted as well, "If you'll excuse me,"

Slenderman waved him off and Jason left the office.

Calla hugged Liu causing the scarred male to smile and hug her back, "Miss me?"

"I missed everyone," Calla let go of him, "Did everything go okay?"

"Pretty much though we still have a bit of work to do," Liu patted her head lightly.

Calla pouted a bit before brightening, "I'm glad to see you even if it's only for my birthday."

Calla headed off to find Laughing Jack and ended up being slammed into by something. Instinct took over and she had whoever had slammed into her pinned down with a knife at their throat, she paused when she noticed it was a rather pretty blonde girl that she hadn't seen before. She stared at the blonde in confusion who looked more amused by what happened then angry. She heard a small curse and Laughing Jack asking, "Are you okay, Gum Drop?"

"I'm confused. Who is this?" Calla felt safe enough to look away when Candy Pop appeared next to her, "Slender doesn't have any new proxies that I don't know about, does he?"

"Not at all," The cheerful voice of Splendorman reached her ears, "This is my dearest daughter Luna,"

Hearing that, Calla paled. While Splendorman was nice enough, he was still a powerful Pasta and could kill her without blinking. Recoiling, she quickly moved away from the blonde and began backing away as she put her knife away, "S-sorry. R-really sorry."

"I'm the sorry one," The blonde replied in a cheerful voice, "I should remember that we don't know one another yet nor are we friends. The nargles warned me about that, but I didn't listen because I've seen how close we'll be,"

Calla stared at her in confusion as Jeff summed up her current thoughts, "What the actual fuck?"

"Luna is a seer," Splendorman explained as he picked up the blonde and set her down, "It's what drew me to her,"

The blonde was small and sprite-like. She had messy golden wheat colored hair and soft blue eyes with a grey tint to them. She was pale with freckles on her cheeks and slightly pointed ears. She wore a pale blue dress and mismatched socks. Were those radishes handing from her ears and a necklace of corks around neck? Calla found herself a little floored by the blonde's energy which twisted like mist and seemed to disappear for a few seconds before reappearing. She shook her head lightly, "Nice to meet, you...I think."

"Sorry for slamming into you," Luna replied, "And happy birthday!"

"Thanks..." Calla didn't know what to do.

Luna peered at her before letting out a laugh, "I stunned you. I tend to do that to a lot of people, but you do it too though it's mostly your words. At the very least, you don't have a head filled with Wakaspurts like everyone else."

Deciding to just go with it, Calla replied, "I suppose so. Are you going to Hogwarts this year?"

"Yup!" Luna nodded with an excited smile, "I can't wait to actually see it and experience the magic even if I can't feel it like you do. Are you going into the forest this year or next year?"

"When Papa gives me the okay," Calla replied earning a hum.

"I'll come with you and we can see the thestrals," Luna bounded a bit, "They're so pretty. Your wand has the hair of one in it, doesn't it?"

Calla nodded lightly, "Yeah and a green phoenix feather. Have you gotten you-"

"Nope, but it'll be amazing!" Luna grinned brightly, "The nargles told me it would be,"

Calla felt kind of exhausted like she'd been around Sally when the ghost was on a sugar rush. Splendorman clapped his hands, "Luna, we should go introduce you to my darling brother!"

"Okay, Daddy!" Luna chirped before looking at Calla, "Happy birthday again!"

The two headed off into the mansion and Calla muttered, "T-that was worse than Sally on a sugar high mixed with LJ when he's trying to explain a new prank idea."

"Just a bit," Candy Pop looked down at her in concern, "Are you okay?"

"My head hurts," Calla deadpanned.

Vivian looked at Calla as she finished explaining her meeting with Splendorman's daughter and promptly burst out laughing. Calla's cheeks went red only to darken further as Vivian gasped out, "A knife. You drew a fucking knife on someone."

"You try not drawing a knife on someone when they pounce on you," Calla glared at her.

"You drew a knife on someone?" Calla looked at her father and blushed harder.

"Splendorman's daughter's a seer and we're apparently going to be really good friends. She pounced on me without introducing herself and I just followed my instincts..." Calla offered him a sheepish smile, "She wasn't angry about it. She seemed really amused,"

Jason shook his head lightly, "I see. Did you apologize?"

"Yes, Papa," Calla blinked as he patted her head, "Papa?"

"So long as you apologize, everything is alright," Jason smiled lightly, "It looks like those lessons we've been giving you have been working," Calla's cheeks returned to their normal coloring, "Do you like Splendorman's daughter?"

Calla shrugged lightly, "I guess though I don't want to really make any solid opinions until I've spent more time around her. She made my head hurt."

"I kind of want to meet her," Vivian said making Calla look at her friend, "She threw you off kilter which is pretty hard to do which makes her interesting enough to warrant giving her a chance in my books,"

"Go ahead," Calla looked up at her father, "When is Jareth supposed to get here?"

"Soon though I can't say when," Jason answered looking at her with a light smile, "Excited?"

Calla nodded excitedly, "I can't wait to meet him especially since he'll be a relative that doesn't hate me."

Sometimes, Calla wished she'd been wished away by the Dursleys. If she had been, she would've been either raised by Jareth or her father would've found out about her earlier. She wondered what it would've been like to grow up in the Labyrinth especially since she wouldn't have been turned into a goblin. Fey spells that changed humans didn't change those of fey descent after all. Much like with Itsy Bitsy, she was glad that things hadn't happened that way even if her curiosity about what would've been was intense. She wouldn't change what had happened so far in life for anything especially since she would have her mother once they figured everything out.

Candy Pop watched with a small smile as Calla hung onto Seedeater's back giggling as the bird-like being raced around a bit. He mentally frowned at Night Terrors as the demonic entity asked, "Do you still not believe me?"

Candy Pop was exhausted because Night Terrors hadn't left him be since that dream and his tentative acceptance that perhaps the demonic entity was right. Night Terrors wasn't giving him even a moment of peace which was slowly driving him more insane than he already was. Somehow, the prospect of having a mate seemed to make the demonic entity frantic. It made sense why even if he was still reluctant to think of Calla as his mate. While Incubi and Succubi mated for life, they were one of the almost immortal races within existence and rarely found their mates. With Calla being mortal until she snapped and the whole thing with the horcrux, it was bound to drive the demonic entity up the wall. As Night Terrors held a majority of their instincts including being able to sense their mate, it made sense that Candy Pop wasn't about to tell and wouldn't be able to tell until even a small form of intimacy occurred. All it would take was a single kiss to the lips and he'd be able to actually feel if Night Terrors was right.

With a mental shake of his head, Candy Pop muttered, 'I won't be sold on it until..."

Candy Pop couldn't even speak of it within his mind much less out loud. If he couldn't do that, how the hell would he ever end up kissing his little one? Mentally groaning, he decided to ignore Night Terrors as the demonic entity growled at him radiating a mixture of annoyance and amusement. He was taken from his thoughts by a gentle tug on his hair. He looked down at Calla as she asked, "Are you okay, Poppy?"

Those green eyes of her shimmered with worry making him mentally wince at the fact he was the cause of it. Offering her a light smile, he nodded, "I'm fine, Little One. Night and I were just discussing something."

"Does it have anything to do with Papa's present and that locked room in his work-shop that he won't let me near?" Calla asked with annoyance coating her tone.

"The little doll must be dying with curiosity especially since Jay never forbids her from doing anything," Night Terrors laughed.

Candy Pop chuckled and shook his head, "No, Little one. We weren't talking about that," He saw the look in her eyes, "I am not saying a word, Little one. Jay and my dearest sister would skin me alive if I breathed a word of it."

Calla grumbled under her breath some not very nice things that had him laughing. Despite not having much of a handle on any of the fey languages, she knew enough to properly insult someone. Of course, he didn't think Jay would be happy if he heard some of the words she was saying. Wrapping an arm around her, he pulled her into a hug. She hugged him back, "Poppy, is it really that good of a present?"

"The best. I think you'll love it even more than the one Night and I got for you," Picking out that present had been fun.

It had taken them almost a month of searching to find something and actually agree on it. Calla looked at him in surprise, "You and Night actually agreed on a gift together?"

Candy Pop nodded, "Yup though we did get you two seperate smaller gifts as well."

"Why? I would've been happy if you two had just given me a card," Sometimes Calla really resembled the kitten that his sister often compared her to.

"Because we love you, Little one, and you're worth it," Candy Pop grinned at her.

Calla's cheeks turned a bit pink which brought out the light dusting of freckles on her cheeks that she'd gotten from Lily. She opened her mouth before closing it as her head whipped towards the entrance of the mansion grounds. Frowning slightly, Candy Pop followed her gaze and found a wide grin taking over his face. A group of goblins approached with trumpets that blared out a rather off beat tune. Walking behind the goblins was the grinning form of the goblin king, Night Terrors snorted, "Well that's one way to make an entrance. We could do better."