Annabelle & Anastasia's childhood part 2

FEBRUARY 2001, LONDON - early one morning in early February, the neighbourhood was quiet and still, the occupants still in their slumber. For one house, that was about to change. "Anya! Anya! Wake up! Wake up!" Annabelle Evans whisper shouted to her sister Anastasia Mikaelson who was still asleep.

Anastasia groaned and mumbled some curses in Greek (Annabelle and Anastasia along with the other demigods eventually discovered that regular rules go out the window when you're a half-blood), but she sat up, still mumbling and rubbing her eyes while clutching her toy hippocampus. "Why are we up so early Anna?" She asked while yawning, she wasn't fully awake yet.

"We're nearly five Anya! It's the first of febwuawy today!" Annabelle squealed quietly, she knew not to wake up their parents too early in the morning. "Yay!" squealed Anastasia. "We're gonna be five soon! We're gonna be five soon! We're gonna be five soon!" Annabelle and Anastasia sang and they danced around their room, holding eachother's hands with their toys under their arms. Annabelle had a toy doe, Anastasia had a toy hippocampus.

"Alice is coming over too! I hope she brings binky, that way he and emmie and rainbow can all play together!" Anastasia exclaimed. Their friend Alice Montgomery was coming to the girl's house for a sleepover along with a few other kids. Alice also had a toy donkey called binky that she loved to death, like Annabelle and emmie, and Anastasia and rainbow. "Let's go wake mommy and daddy up" said Lily.

Anastasia grinned and the two toddlers crept to their parent's room, where Annabelle's dad Mark and Anastasia's mom Elena were still asleep and cuddled up together. Annabelle looked at Anastasia, and held up 3 fingers. She put them down one by one and when she put the last one down they jumped on the bed and pounced lightly on their parents then quickly scrambled off and stood at the end on the floor.

Elena and Mark sat up quickly in surprise and laughed at the innocent expressions on their girls faces. "Hmm I wonder who pounced on us to wake us up this morning?" Said Elena, looking around, pretending to search for the girls who ducked and hid under the bed, giggling quietly, hands clamped tight on their mouths. "I don't know Elena, I think we should go looking for them" said Mark, playing along.

Elena walked around their room, deliberately stomping her feet and said "I wonder where Annabelle and Anastasia are? Maybe they're the ones that woke us up! We'd better find them mark" she said, trying not to laugh. While the couple looked in the most obvious places, Annabelle and Anastasia crept out from under the bed only to scurry back under when they turned in the beds direction. Both girls panting quietly, "That was close" Anastasia whispered, "yeah" Annabelle replied.

Little did the two girls know that Elena and Mark had decided to make this a form of training for when they were older. Deciding to observe the adults actions, the kids watched their parents, knowing they never look under the bed. Once the adults had their attentions focused on other hiding places, the little girls ran out and tackled their parents while making roaring noises. "Raaa! Raaa! Raaa" they shouted, making their toys attack too.

Elena mock gasped in fright. "Oh no mark, save me, I'm being attacked!" "Help me Lena, I'm being attacked too!" The adults scampered for the bed, the tots not far behind them and they collapsed in a heap with the 4 year olds sitting on top of them grinning triumphantly. "We caught you, we caught you!" Annabelle and Annabeth sang hi-fiving eachother, and bumping fists and their secret victory handshake.

"Morning girls, thanks for waking us up!" Said Elena, hugging her girls. Even though Annabelle's mother was Aphrodite, Elena treated Annabelle as her own. Mark always treated Anastasia as his own, even though her father was Poseidon.

5 YEARS PREVIOUSLY - Hermes had given Poseidon the letter from Elena. Poseidon was a little miffed about her going to England and taking his child with her, but had understood that the baby would need to go to Hogwarts to be able to control her magical abilities. He was fine with whatever Elena decided as long as she came to camp half-blood when the time came.

Should I tell them that Anastasia isn't my only demigod child? No, I shouldn't. Zeus wasn't too happy about Percy when he found out about him, I can't endanger Anastasia. She's just a baby. My baby. I will send her gifts although as much as I want to see her it's too dangerous, he thought and had a Cyclops forge a seashell/clam pendant from celestial bronze, colour it to a golden/bronze colour and her name written on the front in white/silver. Then he bewitched to play a lullaby and have a scene of mermaids swimming around in Atlantica, one of his kingdoms.

Then he took it to Hermes to send to Elena in England, along with a note.

My dearest Anastasia,

I'm not sure how I'll say this, so I'll just come out with it.

I am your father Anastasia and I'm so sorry that I cannot be around you. My brother has expressly forbidden us (me and my family members) from having contact with our offspring. I suppose I should tell you who I am, but it is not safe for you to know yet. Your mother knows when the right time to tell you will be. This parcel contains my gift to you, as my brother forbade us from ever contacting you. That is why I never contacted you until you read this letter. One day when you come to camp - your mother and stepfather will know what I mean, they were campers there themselves and still are - we will meet, you will meet others like yourself and train to survive, though I think your mother will start that early on. When you open this parcel, put on the item inside and never take it off. Ask your mother to put protection on it so only certain people can touch it and so that it can never be lost, stolen or destroyed. It also contains an option for your future should you choose to accept it when you feel ready for it. If you don't accept that option I will more than understand, as it's kind of a big responsibility. Take care my daughter; I will see you when the time comes. All my love, your father.

Poseidon put the finished note into an envelope and wrote "Anastasia Melody Mikaelson, for your 11th birthday" on it and put it into the box and gave it to Hermes who gave him a hug and went to his shop to have it sent to Elena and Mark's house, but he decided to send it himself. Hermes walked up the street to the house that Elena lived in. He knocked on the door and it opened to reveal Elena standing there, holding her newborn daughter.

"Uncle Hermes! What a surprise, would you like to come in?" "Sure Elena," Elena led him inside and they sat at the kitchen table where Mark served up breakfast for the three of them and started feeding Annabelle from a bottle. Hermes said hello to the awake babies who smiled at him, as if they knew who he was, which made him smile – Mark and Elena often told them stories of 'Uncle Hermes'. "So what brings you here Herms?" asked Elena in between bites of food while she bottle-fed Anastasia.

"Poseidon sent a package to you but I thought I should deliver it myself," he replied while eating. "By the way Mark, you are an excellent cook" "Thanks Hermes" he replied. After they were done eating, Elena and Mark got dressed, put Anastasia and Annabelle in their cribs and sat in the lounge and Hermes handed the package to Mark while Elena signed the delivery notepad. Then Elena opened the box and picked up the package underneath the envelope. She opened it to see a seashell/clam pendant.

She opened it to see a bubble vision of Atlantica while a sweet lullaby played. "Oh Anastasia will love that when she's older" said Elena, tears forming in her eyes. Not long after Hermes left, Elena was cradling Anastasia in her arms and humming the song that was in the locket, along with 'Once Upon A December'.

PRESENT TIME – "Righto. How about mommy helps you girls get dressed and daddy will go make us breakfast?" Anastasia and Annabelle nodded eagerly and ran to their room. Elena and Mark shared a brief kiss (they had gotten together several months ago) and got themselves dressed. Mark went downstairs to the kitchen to get breakfast started while Elena went to the girl's room.

Upon entering the room she leaned against the door watching Anastasia and Annabelle dancing around their room, singing along to their favourite song from a movie they'd watched recently. "So what do you girls want to wear today? Alice is coming over too isn't she? Along with Remus, James and Sirius?" "We want to wear leggings-" "-pink for Anna, blue for me-" "denim shorts-" "-purple tank tops-" "-and black canvas shoes!" the girls replied, saying the last four words simultaneously.

Elena chuckled "Well let's find those clothes and put them on shall we?"Anastasia and Annabelle whooped and set off tracking the specified clothes down and putting them on. Then Elena French braided the girl's hair out of their face and tied ribbons at the end of the braids – pink for Annabelle and turquoise for Anastasia. Then they all went downstairs (bringing emmie and rainbow with them), ate breakfast and got the things they'd need for their play date/sleepover.

GRIMMAULD PLACE: "Sirius! Regulus! Breakfast time darlings!" said Walburga Black, walking into the room her sons Sirius and Regulus shared, gently shaking them to wake them up. "Mommy, why are we up so early?" asked Regulus as Sirius padded over to the bathroom. "Well sweetie we've got to have breakfast, then we have to get dressed and pack a bag as you two have a play date with Anastasia Mikaelson and Annabelle Evans today, James Potter and Remus Lupin are going over too, remember?"

"Oh yeah!" Regulus laughed as he remembered. "Yay I get to see James and Anya and Anna and Remy!" squealed Sirius as he came out of the bathroom. "Ok boys let's get you two dressed" said Orion Black as he came into the room to see where they were. Fifteen minutes later the two boys were dressed in jeans and t-shirts with sneakers. Sirius' backpack had some toys in it along with his toy hawk 'herms' and his sleepover things.

Regulus had the same except his toy was an owl called 'snow'. They headed downstairs to have breakfast which their elf Kreacher cooked for them then they floo'd to the Mikaelson house. "Elena's house!" they said before being whisked away by the green flames. They stepped out at the other end of the link and stood by the fireplace. Elena walked into the lounge room when she heard the floo and hugged the Blacks.

"Hi Walburga, Orion. Hey Sirius and Regulus, how are you two?" she said, hugging the boys who hugged her back. "Anastasia! Annabelle! Sirius and Regulus are here!" Elena called up the stairs then hurried back to the kitchen to take some sugar cookies out of the oven as she heard the timer going off while calling out to her girls, then she cooled them down with a charm and frosted them. Anastasia and Annabelle ran down the stairs bringing emmie and rainbow with them.

"Siri!" Anastasia squealed, tackling him in a hug and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Sirius hugged her back and gave her a kiss on her cheek, both of them unaware that their little moment was being filmed. "Reggie!" Annabelle chimed in, the pair of them hugging each other, their little moment being filmed too. "OK who wants cookies!" sang Elena, levitating a tray of freshly frosted cookies. The kids happily took one and they ate them happily.

POTTER MANOR: "James! Hera! Breakfast time!" Dorea called up the stairs as she served up pancakes for her and her family to eat. James and his little sister Hera came downstairs being carried by their dad (technically Hera's dad and James' stepdad but hey, James doesn't know yet). They sat in their seats and dug in. "are we going to Anna and Anya's place today mum?" asked James, taking a mouthful of orange juice while Hera ate her pancakes in a regal sort of manner – she had way better manners than her brother.

Once the family had finished they dashed upstairs and got dressed. James wore a pair of jeans and a t-shirt along with sneakers. He packed some of his toys into his backpack where his sleepover things already were and grabbed his toy stag Bambi. He raced downstairs and sat on the couch to wait for his parents and sister. Hera came downstairs in her jeans, silver top and silver ballet flats with her bag packed and her toy cow moo-moo. The siblings left their things on the couch, dashed upstairs to their parent's room, went after Dorea called out "enter!" "We're ready!" they sang, eagerly bouncing in place. Dorea and Charlus laughed and they went downstairs and floo'd to the Mikaelson house after they'd gotten what they needed.

"Anna, Anya, Siri, Reggie! Jamesie and Hera are here!" shouted Elena, sticking her head out the window to the 4 kids playing in the backyard. Annabelle ran in and hugged James tightly and kissed him on the cheek. She hugged Hera as well and James' parents as Anastasia hugged them too. "JAMESIE!" squealed Sirius as he saw his best friend. "SIRI!" James squealed back as the two boys hugged each other (yet again the whole moment was caught on camera – causes anyone who views it to laugh until they cry in the future) and the floo activated again with the Lupin family stepping out.

"Remy! Attie! Artie! Apple!" Anya sang as she hugged the Lupin kids. Elena and Mark glanced at each other and mouthed 'apple?' then chuckled as the kids all went outside and kept playing, "I guess that's Apollo's nickname" deduced Mark, Elena chuckled and cuddled mark around the waist, him cuddling her back. A few hours later, Alice had turned up with binky and other toys. Then the kids all had lunch and decided to watch movies that afternoon. They watched 'A Bug's Life' then 'Anastasia'.

Anya was happy about that as she was named after the main character. For dinner they had spaghetti which they happily devoured. Then they all had baths/showers and set up the sleeping bags in the lounge room after Elena and Mark had magically shifted the furniture out of the way. Then the kids went to sleep as did Elena & Mark. All in all, the demigods plus Regulus, Hera and the Lupins had a great day, without any dyslexia troubles and some minor things that the parents knew had to do with their ADHD.

Alrighty, thats the next part of their childhood is done! Please please please review! And like my page on facebook, pages/Jedigirl95/459259367517224 .

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