To be clear it was quite amusing to see Violet run through the whole house. Especially as she was sailing on new heights, every last of her steps had a bounce and a gigantic smile on her face as she cleaned and prepared every nook and cranny in the Arcobaleno safe house.
She had started baking a few days ago already and the smell of cinnamon, chocolate and vanilla was waving through the kitchen.
Violet was more than just excited, euphoric even.
Honestly the Arcobalenos had tried to help her, only to get shooed away at every attempt. Violet wanted the house spotless and everything impeccably prepared. In her own words she didn't want to allow any of the arcobalenos a chance to mess it up.
Still they were thankful. Violet was more active than ever since England and she seemed to brighten up with every minute that passed. No one even commented on Yuni dressing up a bit more than usual either.
It was 10am when the bell finally rang and Violet practically sprinted to the door, not even letting anyone else stand up as she yanked the door open.
Teddy grinned at her, already morphing again to match her features from his former purple hair and brown eyes.
Before him stood two kids. An 11 year old boy with black hair and strikingly blue eyes. He was around 1,45m and took a moment to truly look at Violet but a grin was already stretching across his face "Grandma?"
"Yes, Florent?" Violet's eyes were shining with adoration and in the next moment the boy was already hugging her.
Violet laughed out, clearly more than just happy and a slight veil of tears was already glistening in her eyes again.
Another child was still staring at their grandma. The five year old was around 1,11m tall, a clearly androgynous face and the more she looked up at their grandmother the more their hair and eye colour adapted to Violets.
The young child wore a childrobe, the hood clearly having fallen off a while ago as their hair was more than just unruly.
They didn't wait any longer though, already poking on their brother to let go of their grandmother only to in the end force herself between them.
Violet's smile brightened even more as she gave her all to hug her two grandchildren to the best of her ability.
Teddy and Victoire waited patiently, Adora in her mothers arms.
Florent did let go after a long moment, still grinning brightly but the 5 year old was still clutching onto their grandmother.
Violet gently ruffled through their hair "I'm not going anywhere Neri, alright?"
The child nodded but still held onto her while Violet proceeded to welcome her godson and his wife, only to steal Adora from them as well.
Teddy laughed, his happiness at the sight was still radiating from him as he followed his godmother inside.
Violet had slight problems walking with Neri still having her fists buried in her shirt and Adora in her arms but she didn't complain. She turned towards her bondmates.
"May I introduce you? He is Florent Remus" she pointed at the eleven year old who waved in a greeting "and they are Nerium Sage or as I call them Mini-Vi." she ruffled the hair of Neri again.
The Potter proceeded to introduce the arcobalenos one after another only to pause before naming the mist, gently tapping her non binary grandchild on the back "They are Viper."
The child immediately perked up, finally letting go of their grandmother to make their way over to the msit.
They were hurriedly trying to get something out of their hood, slightly struggling but in the end succeeding as they pulled out a toad to hold it directly under Vipers nose "This is Mark Zuckerberg."
Viper was flabbergasted, just staring at the child in front of them who looked expectantly up at them.
The mist was more than just speechless, they even felt the slight linger of latent mist flames on the child but in the end they slowly pointed at the frog on their head "Fantasma."
The child happily nodded before jumping directly on the free seat next to the miser, already changing their appearance to match the little bit they could see of Viper, even going as far as pulling on their hood, still holding their toad in their hands and happily chattering away.
Violet snickered at the image before turning around "I baked a bit if anyone is interested."
Teddy just grinned "You have to ask, Mum?"
Violet shook her head amused, balancing Adora more on one arm to flick her wrist and therefore summoning her wand to make the baked goods float over.
The rest of the family had found seats as well.
Florent had made himself comfy directly next to the martial artist "Grandma says you're very strong and you can beat people up in less than a second."
Fon had to chuckle "That is indeed true."
"That's cool. You think I could do that too?"
"If you study it, naturally."
"Cool. I want to beat up Bullies."
Fon had to take a second look "You want to beat up bullies?"
"Yeah, I would use magic but I don't know enough yet. So I figured I have to do it the muggle way."
"And why would you want to do that?"
"I hate bullies." he stated, not even bothering with it anymore as he snatched up several chocolate cookies from the table "And I've got more of my dad gens so I'm way stronger so I can do it."
"That's your reason?"
"Yeah, Dad says Bullies are bad and made Grandma's life hard. So I want to beat up bullies."
Violet who had watched it with amusement "Florent, you know I would be more happy if you focus on doing the family honor in becoming a prankster. Hogwarts hadn't had a marauder child in too long. I'm certain Minerva was missing it."
"You mean I should prank bullies?"
"Yeah, you could do that as long as you don't go overboard. The golden rule of a good prankster is that no one suffers."
Florent seemed to contemplate her answer "Alright. I can do that."
"I know you could." The older witch smiled more as she gently cuddled her youngest grandchild "You're looking forward to Hogwarts? It's just a few more months."
He seemed to falter a bit "I…guess?"
"You guess? I remember you chattering over it since you got the letter. What's wrong dear?"
He slightly fidgeted around with the cookie in his hand "I'm worried I'm gonna get sorted into Slytherin."
Violet immediately sat up a bit straighter "And why are you worried about that?"
"Don't want to." he mumbled.
"Why not?"
"...you don't like slytherin."
Violet seemed to contemplate "Well… that's not completely true. Sure, I had my issues with quite a few of them but that doesn't mean the whole house is bad."
"Still… you don't like them."
"And you're worried that I would be disappointed?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay, listen up dear. Yes, I had a few gits as my yearmates but that doesn't mean all slytherins are bad. Honestly I'm currently living with quite a few muggles who would have definitely ended up in Slytherin and do you know what Florent?" she leaned slightly forwards as if she was about to drop a secret, even going as far as whispering "I really like them."
"You do?"
"Yeah, I told Teddy the same. I don't care in what house you get sorted in as long as you're happy. That's all that matters. I told Teddy the same thing when he was about to get on the train. I will be proud of you no matter what house you will be in. You're my first grandchild Florent and there is nothing that could stop me from loving you."
The young boy seemed to perk up "I love you too Grandma."
Neri was swinging her legs around a bit before leaning closer to Viper "You know Grandma calls me Mini-Vi"
The mist nodded "Alright."
"You don't want to know why?"
"I can imagine"
"But you're wrong. Everyone is always wrong, not even Dad knows." The child leaned closer, dropping her voice to whisper to Viper "It doesn't stand for Mini Violet. It stands for Viper."
The mist froze completely. Violet had talked about them? In front of her grandchildren? Had even gone as far as nicknaming one 0f them after them?"
"She says you know everything and are super rich. I want to know everything too. I even started blackmailing my brother about how he lost the plush Auntie Luna gave him. I want to be rich too. I mean Dad always says we are but I want to make it on my own. Grandma said I should learn from you as you are the best. She even told me about Fantasma so I picked a toad when Mum took me pet shopping."
Viper still could only stare at the happy blabbering child. Violet… the person they had wronged completely and the one they had betrayed way too much with their last actions had spoken positively about them, even before the curse was lifted.
The heaviness in their heart grew more. This… they felt unworthy. They really didn't know what to say. The one they had used for years and the one they had mistreated that badly when they completely invalidated her boundaries had been talking so praisingly about them that Violet's grandchild was completely entranced with the mist? How should they deal with this? This was cruel.
It was harsh to see and understand what Violet actually thought of them and what they had done. They regretted it and for the first time in years they could feel the tears form and flood down their face.
