p id="docs-internal-guid-5e9d86c8-3373-1288-5787-8bbab486d13b" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"As they stepped out of the main floo at Yggdrasil Gate Lily couldn't help to take a moment to reflect on the difference between the norwegian magical alley and the british. Where Diagon Alley was like stepping back in time, Yggdrasil Gate was something altogether different. A glass roof kept the temperature at a comfortable level, despite whatever nasty weather there might be outside. The shops were all open and friendly with a wide range of sortiment. Unlike England where you had to sneak into Knockturn Alley for anything that had a hint of dark or grey magic. The norwegians had also been quite genius when they created their magical entrance. Not only did they have a giant floo in the middle of the alley, but there were also other doorways that led to various shopping centers around the country. So in theory if you wanted to travel from one city to another, for example Tromsø and the capital Oslo, all you had to do was go to the shopping center in Tromsø, enter an unassuming door charmed to keep muggles out, enter Yggdrasil Gate and walk out another similar door to end up in a shopping center in Oslo. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"And the people... In Diagon you could mainly see just normal witches and wizards, whereas Yggdrasil was brimming with life. Witches, wizards, werewolves and vampires were some of the more 'human' to come visit, but they were not alone. Gnomes, dwarves, goblins, fairies and centaurs were only a few of the magical species she had seen around the alley. The alley was practically brimming with life, and she loved every second she spent there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Ok, kids, here is the plan; First we need to go clothes shopping. You are all growing so fast that you are in desperate need of some new clothes. Then secondly, we will be going for all your other school supplies, and probably something to eat at the café. And then, if you have been behaving nicely, we will see about getting you a pet to bring with you to Valhalla." Lily looked over the four children that had been groaning and muttering when she mention their first order of business, but were now looking up at here like angels. It almost made her laugh; like she believed that for more than a second./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"But contrary to her and Petunia's expectations the children actually behaved themselves throughout the whole day, but now that they had made it to the pet store she could practically see them vibrating with excitement./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Go on then." The children didn't need to be told twice, and with a fond smile Lily and Petunia watched them look around the store with great enthusiasm. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"It quickly became apparent that the twins were drawn to the canine part of the shop and one specific enclosure; the wolf enclosure. Inside two wolves separated from the pack and trotted towards the young children. The male russet wolf sat down in front of Valentine, while his sister, the darker female whose fur carried a hint of blue, made herself comfortable next to Sky./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"What happened next surprised everyone that witnessed it; Because the moment Sky and Valentine touched their wolves for the first time, red and blue flames burst into life above them. Out of the red flames came a beautiful fire phoenix only moments before a ice phoenix soared out of the blue flames. Both birds swept around the air a couple of times before coming to a rest on Sky and Valentine's shoulders. The fire phoenix resting comfortably with Sky, while the other one was with her brother./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Wow." Sky and Valentine uttered in unison. "You are all so beautiful."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Thank you youngling."/spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" the red phoenix spoke for the whole family to hear. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I am Anzua and my brother is Azul. The wolves, unfortunately, can't speak to all of you like me, but they want you to know that the male is Ulv and Blue is his sister."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It's very nice to meet all of you." Lily returned the greeting breathlessly. They had all hoped that the children would be able to find their familiars here today, but for the twins to have two animals each, two that were phoenixes, that was… a big surprise./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""And we are very happy for a chance to bond with our godlings."/spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Azul, the male ice phoenix, responded. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It has been far too long since a worthy godling has been born."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily ignored the rest of the conversation between the children and their bonded familiars as a thought struck her. They had all known that Sky and Valentine was deathlings, but that also made them godlings. Azul implied that phoenixes only bonded to godlings. Since Dumbledore had Fawkes, did that mean…?/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily was thrown out of her thoughts by happy shouts coming from Dudley and Neville. They had also found their familiars. Neville was gently carrying a toad, while a small purple dragon was resting on top of Dudley's head./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Mom!" Dudley shouted and ran over to Petunia. "This is Drake, and he says that he is the biggest one of his siblings."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""And I've found Trevor." Neville also wanted to introduce his familiar./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It is very nice to meet the both of you." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily looked around the mayhem that was her family. The plan had originally been to buy each child a hawk for mail deliveries, but since Sky and Valentine had bonded to a pair of phoenixes that would be redundant for them. That only left Neville and Dudley, and she had seen the perfect pair earlier when they entered the shop. Yes this had been a good and productive day, but now it was time to make their way home./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"And the people... In Diagon you could mainly see just normal witches and wizards, whereas Yggdrasil was brimming with life. Witches, wizards, werewolves and vampires were some of the more 'human' to come visit, but they were not alone. Gnomes, dwarves, goblins, fairies and centaurs were only a few of the magical species she had seen around the alley. The alley was practically brimming with life, and she loved every second she spent there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Ok, kids, here is the plan; First we need to go clothes shopping. You are all growing so fast that you are in desperate need of some new clothes. Then secondly, we will be going for all your other school supplies, and probably something to eat at the café. And then, if you have been behaving nicely, we will see about getting you a pet to bring with you to Valhalla." Lily looked over the four children that had been groaning and muttering when she mention their first order of business, but were now looking up at here like angels. It almost made her laugh; like she believed that for more than a second./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"But contrary to her and Petunia's expectations the children actually behaved themselves throughout the whole day, but now that they had made it to the pet store she could practically see them vibrating with excitement./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Go on then." The children didn't need to be told twice, and with a fond smile Lily and Petunia watched them look around the store with great enthusiasm. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"It quickly became apparent that the twins were drawn to the canine part of the shop and one specific enclosure; the wolf enclosure. Inside two wolves separated from the pack and trotted towards the young children. The male russet wolf sat down in front of Valentine, while his sister, the darker female whose fur carried a hint of blue, made herself comfortable next to Sky./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"What happened next surprised everyone that witnessed it; Because the moment Sky and Valentine touched their wolves for the first time, red and blue flames burst into life above them. Out of the red flames came a beautiful fire phoenix only moments before a ice phoenix soared out of the blue flames. Both birds swept around the air a couple of times before coming to a rest on Sky and Valentine's shoulders. The fire phoenix resting comfortably with Sky, while the other one was with her brother./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Wow." Sky and Valentine uttered in unison. "You are all so beautiful."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Thank you youngling."/spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" the red phoenix spoke for the whole family to hear. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I am Anzua and my brother is Azul. The wolves, unfortunately, can't speak to all of you like me, but they want you to know that the male is Ulv and Blue is his sister."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It's very nice to meet all of you." Lily returned the greeting breathlessly. They had all hoped that the children would be able to find their familiars here today, but for the twins to have two animals each, two that were phoenixes, that was… a big surprise./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""And we are very happy for a chance to bond with our godlings."/spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Azul, the male ice phoenix, responded. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It has been far too long since a worthy godling has been born."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily ignored the rest of the conversation between the children and their bonded familiars as a thought struck her. They had all known that Sky and Valentine was deathlings, but that also made them godlings. Azul implied that phoenixes only bonded to godlings. Since Dumbledore had Fawkes, did that mean…?/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily was thrown out of her thoughts by happy shouts coming from Dudley and Neville. They had also found their familiars. Neville was gently carrying a toad, while a small purple dragon was resting on top of Dudley's head./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Mom!" Dudley shouted and ran over to Petunia. "This is Drake, and he says that he is the biggest one of his siblings."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""And I've found Trevor." Neville also wanted to introduce his familiar./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""It is very nice to meet the both of you." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 41.25pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lily looked around the mayhem that was her family. The plan had originally been to buy each child a hawk for mail deliveries, but since Sky and Valentine had bonded to a pair of phoenixes that would be redundant for them. That only left Neville and Dudley, and she had seen the perfect pair earlier when they entered the shop. Yes this had been a good and productive day, but now it was time to make their way home./span/p