After Sirius had finished telling his story, and Fili had stopped trying to scramble through the fire to get to his brother, James sat on the floor pondering what to do next.
"I demand you let me see my brother" said Fili indignantly, with a touch of defiance in his voice. "I need to know that he is alright, and we need to try and find a way back to our company".
"For the last time" sighed James, "I can't let you go jumping into the Floo Network on your own; you could end up Merlin knows where. Sirius and Kili will just have to come to us."
"Well, I can't use the Floo for the same reason" said Sirius. "I don't want to risk Kili jumping in on his own and ending up with the wrong kind of wizards".
"Why don't you use your brooms?" said James suddenly. "It's only an hour tops from your house to mine; you've done it loads before".
Sirius pondered the thought for a few seconds before nodding in agreement. "Alright" he said. "I'll meet you in your front garden in an hour".
"We'll be waiting" said James with a smile.
In a flash, Sirius had gone, and the fire returned to its normal orange colour.
"Let's go to the kitchen" James said to Fili. "I bet you're hungry after the night you've had; I'll see if one of the house elves can rustle us up something to eat".
Fili nodded in agreement, then a puzzled look came over his face. "James, what's a house elf? Elves live in the forest…."
The young wizard couldn't help it; he burst out laughing as the two headed towards the kitchen. Fili was definitely in for a shock….
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High above the sky somewhere just north of London, two figures flew among the clouds, their bodies barely visible between all the mist.
"How are you doing Kili?" shouted Sirius at the top of his voice.
"THIS IS BRILLIANTTTT!" the dwarf yelled as he threw his arms back. "WAHOOOOO!".
Sirius shook his head fondly and carried on in the direction of James' family home. He was very interested to see what Kili's brother was like; already he had taken a liking to the brown- haired dwarf so he was confident that the brother would be just as interesting.