First Meeting
Her father hadn't given her an exact address, but she knew where to go. The house was magically hidden, but he'd told her how to get around that.
Now, she was standing in front of a rather large house trying to muster up the courage to knock. Come on Skyler, just breathe. It's no big deal, just knock on the door, she was telling herself. She took a deep breath and knocked. An older lad with red hair answered.
"Hello..." she said, seeming rather confused.
"Bludgers," Skyler answered. That was the word they used to let each other in, or so she'd been told. It must've been true because the woman stepped aside and let Skyler in.
"And who are you, dear?" the woman asked pleasantly, though she was looking at Skyler's appearance with a disapproving look.
Skyler started to answer, but she saw a very familiar face smiling at her. He started walking toward her, but she dropped her bags and ran to him first. He scooped her up in one of the biggest hugs of her life.
"I missed you, kid," he told her.
"I missed you too, dad."
When they finally released each other, they noticed the group of people who had seen the interaction between them and were now staring in shock.
"Hi," Skyler said, half-waving at them.
"Who are you?" A gruff looking older man asked.
"Skyler, Skyler Black." The entire group's eyes went wide open.
"She's my daughter," her father told them.