AN: Sorry, this is after PP. And this is a really short chapter, but there's more to come!

Danny thought the dinner with Mr. Magnus was going pretty well. His mom was perfectly charmed by him and his dad was well, his dad.

"I'm so happy someone has come to his senses and accepted my son!" Jack Fenton said happily.

"Now honey, we always knew Danny would do well. Us Fentons always do," Maddie said, reaching up to pat her husband on the shoulder.

"So we're all agreed? Danny will spend March at Potentia Ludus, and after that, he can decide whether he wants early acceptance," Mr. Magnus asked. "But I know what his answer will be," he stated, with a wink. Aura, who had been quiet the whole dinner, rolled her eyes.

"Mr. Magnus?"

"Yes, Jasmine?"

"What does Potentia Ludus mean?"

"Well, it's Latin for sometime along the lines of School of Power. Because of power our alumni wield in the world." This earned another eye roll from Aura.

"Stop that, child! Aureole, your eyes will get stuck like that," Magnus reproached her. Danny wandered off to the window, away from the chatter of the adults.

"Pretty night, isn't it?" Danny jumped. "Sorry. I just can't deal with being dragged to all this school stuff," Aura confessed. "No offense to you, though. Your parents are very, erm, interesting."

"It's okay. I know they're weird," Danny said with a half smile.

"You're kind of lucky, though."

"Why?"

"Because they love you so much. I can tell, they just adore you, even your sister," Aura said.

"Well, yea, that's what family's for."

"In theory." Danny looked surprised.

"What about Mr. Magnus?"

"You mean 'Headmaster'? He's more of a babysitter than anything else. Until I 'begin my schooling'. Sometimes I wish I could just fly away and leave everything behind."

"I know how you feel," Danny muttered to himself.

"What was that?" Aura asked, her voice suddenly sharp with interest.

"Nothing, nothing."

"Well, I think we're heading out. See ya in a few days, Fenton." Aura gave him an ironic salute complete with smile and headed out, following Magnus into the starlit night.