VI. Elvandra

It was morning and Kelly woke up to an unusual sound, as if Sirius was eating bones in his dog form. Suddenly she remembered the egg she bought two days ago. She looked towards it and saw it cracking, and then a small pixie came out of it. It looked disoriented untill it saw her. The pixie flew towards her and looked her in the eyes.

"Hello", a melodic voice said in her head.

"Hello?", Kelly thought back.

"I'm Elvandra, a pixie. Are you The Queen? You sparkle the way elders said she would. " Hearing that it brought her back to the memory of the dream she had last night.

Again it was dark and a woman appeared, but this time two more came with her. They were beautiful and their appearance demanded respect. They stood there and looked at her as if they could see her soul. After few minutes Mirami said: "As you have found out today, I am Mirami Katista, an Ancient. Today I brought my sisters with me. My elder sister, Iworven, will be teaching you history. She will be your first teacher. Until the end of your first year, Iworven will be coming every night to teach you. My younger sister Arnica will be your teacher from your second year to the end of your third year. She will be teaching you healing and potions. After the two of them are over with their teachings, I will personally train you in battle magic. After that you will go to the goblins so they can teach you their ways and magic. Now it is time for you to wake up. "

"Maybe, I don't know. Some say I am, but I don't believe them."

"But you are. You have golden sparks around you", Elvandra said stubbornly.

"How do you know that, you were just born?"

"No, I wasn't. These eggs are like portkeys to us. We are born first and taught by elders. After that we are sent to wherever we are needed. "

"So, how do I know that you will stay? You are not bound by anything."

"But I am bound to you. You bought that egg because you were attracted to my magic, not because you wanted to use my egg for potions."

"Well, that is a little weird way to decide, but ok. Come on, I need to get up before dad comes in his dog form and jumps on bed." They went downstairs, Kelly walking while Elvandra flew behind her. When they came downstairs Kelly saw a note from Sirius on the table.

Puppy,

Your grandma and I went to Ministry because there was an emergency Wizengamot meeting. Don't you dare to make any experiments while we are away.

"It was only that one time…" Kelly said under breath.

Since the meeting took the rest of the day Kelly read over the first years books. Elvandra left her to it and went to explore the house. She flew around till she came to the room that was warded and went to seek Kelly to ask her about it. Kelly, not knowing what that room was, went with her. She used her Mage sight. Over the last two years she had found out what was it called when someone can see the magic. What she saw surprised her: there was white colour she had found to be the personified ward that will throw out one chosen person. After she said that to Elvandra, the pixie made the ward disappear.

"Elvandra, I don't think we should enter."

"But, Kelly, I can feel a magical creature behind this door. How can you not enter? You don't even know if the creature is being harmed. You are The Queen, it is your duty. You must do it."

"Fine."

Kelly opened the door and slowly entered. At first she didn't see a creature but she could feel it. No, that's not right, she could feel him. There at the end of the hallway stood man dressed in black. Looking carefully at him Kelly could tell that it was a vampire just from his magic.

"What is the little girl doing here of all places? Tsk, tsk, Walburga and Sirius must be very angry if they sent you in here." The vampire said that, not understanding who has entered. He moved towards her and grasped her by her left hand, still not sensing who she really was.

"Who are you?"

"I am Elvomir, Dracula's Heir, the next ruler of the vampires." As he said the last word, his eyes became coloured red. "I am the only one that can command them and you, girl, entered this hall that connects my home and home of the Blacks, therefore you will die!"

Kelly pulled her arm out of his grasp. She looked at him, and without knowing that she spoke in tongue that was unique to vampires, said guided by some unknown power: "You are not fit to rule the worms, let alone the vampires. I am The Golden Phoenix, I am your queen." As Kelly said the last word, with a flash, a golden crown settled on her head. Elvomir fell down to his knees and with one final glare towards him Kelly went out of the hall back to her room. Angry with herself for loosing cool in the presence of a being that was not her family, she hurled the crown into the wall.

Late that night, when Walburga and Sirius entered the house, and went to search for Kelly, they saw that there were no wards on the hall. Walburga lifted them back up not thinking that Kelly entered. When Sirius entered his daughters' rooms he saw that she was asleep atop of the covers. Seeing that she was alright he went to get ready for bed. After everyone in that house fell asleep Elvandra felt disturbance in the wards. Looking out of the window she saw a brown phoenix leaving a package through the doors and leaving.