Howl and Sophie were still staring at the girl in front of them, she was more beautiful than anything, her brown hair was longer than Sophie's used to be. Bronté stares at the guests then bowed, "it's a pleasure to meet you" she said before running upstairs to put her things away. Howl still had his mouth open and looked at Ariana,

"so you're telling me that, that girl is our daughter" he said, Ariana nodded, "bloody hell" Alex laughed,

"yes, it's very surprising isn't it." Ariana leaned in,

"would you like to talk to her?" she said, Sophie felt nervous but quickly nodded, "BRONTÉ!" called Ariana, "OUR GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU"

"coming" a voice came from upstairs, the girl came running down stairs into the sitting room and sat down next to Alex, "can I help you?"

"Bronté" began Ariana, "you know when you were younger I told you stories about Howls moving castle" Bronté nodded, "well here they are" Bronté gasped.

"Oh my god, I have always wanted to meet you two, mum told amazing stories about you two and how Sophie ended the great war" Sophie blushed,

"Bronté, we have come here to tell you something that we hope you would understand" said Howl, Bronté nodded,

"tell me" Howl took in a deep breath

"15 years ago, me and Sophie got married, a few weeks after our wedding, Sophie had been kidnapped, I soon found out that she was pregnant." Bronté listened carefully to the story, "on the day I rescued her, she was going into labour. The reason for the kidnapping was because of a witch named Madame Suliman, she told me that because I was the greatest wizard know to man, meant that my offspring would be far greater and would be able to rule over her job without even trying, so she tried to stop all of it from happening. However me and Sophie, plus the child got away safely, we understood that we could keep her because she would be hunted for the whole of her life if she stayed with us, we had to give her to someone for 14 years, I couple that Sophie trusted most in the world." Howl finished his story and Bronté looked confused,

"so what was the purpose of telling me that?" she asked, Ariana moved closer to her and whispered in her ear,

"Bronté, that child was you" Bronté gasped then shot up and began to back away,

"wait a minute, I'm your daughter, I'm nothing" she said to Ariana, Sophie stayed put, she knew that Bronté wouldn't be happy. "So you're telling me after 14 years of being your daughter, I'm suddenly actually the daughter of one of the greatest wizards know to man and that I am being hunted" she shouted. Bronté quickly ran upstairs to her room,

"well that went well" said Sophie, Ariana sighed,

"Bronté has always been a difficult person, but she will soon understand, just give her some time" she said, both Howl and Sophie nodded. Howl saw the look of sadness in Sophie's eyes, he put an arm round her and held her close, "I think I'll go get some tea" and Ariana went off with Alex following her,

"great, now our own daughter hates us" said Sophie,

"ssshhhh, she doesn't, she's just confused, if you'd like, we could try and talk to her together" Howl said, Sophie looked at Howl and nodded. They got off the chair and went upstairs, they saw a sign on a door saying 'Bronté's room', knowing that this was the room, they knocked lightly.

"go away" a little voice came from inside,

"Bronté, we know you are mad at us, but can we explain" said Howl, the door opened instantly revealing Bronté angry,

"sure, you can explain, why you guys left me, why you didn't want me, you are no parents of mine" she shouted, Sophie was becoming tired of this now,

"WE DID IT TO SAVE YOU" she shouted. Howl looked at Sophie astonished, Bronté became quiet and looked at her mother, Sophie finally calmed down, "please Bronté, can we explain without you butting in" Bronté was silent but nodded then walked into her room, Sophie and Howl followed her in and Bronté sat on her bed,

"start talking" she demanded, Howl sighed.

"Like I said down stairs, Sophie got kidnapped by a witch called Madame Suliman, her goal was to kill you, Suliman didn't want me to have children because I am the most powerful wizard know, and you would be stronger. Her plan failed in killing you but she is still after you, we had to give you away because a life on the run is never good for a child, you wouldn't get the chance to explore the outside world, you would be stuck in a castle for the whole of your life." Bronté still hadn't said a word, she just sighed and looked at her parents,

"alright, I understand, but it still hurts, I won't forgive you but I guess I can try to forget" then she smiled. Sophie was delighted to see the smile on the girls face,

"we have heard from Alex and Ariana that you have learned magic" said Howl, "show me what you can do" Bronté smiled and got of the bed, she stood straight and closed her eyes, Howl and Sophie watching in awe as fire balls began to come out of their daughters hands and circle her. Bronté opened her eyes and began to do amazing tricks with the fire, she shaped them into things and made them circle Sophie and Howl. She then clenched her hands which made the fire vanish,

"I learned that move when I was 6, I know many others and I can write and speak the language of the ancients, Alex says I was born with that power, he says I, special, now I know why." Howl stepped closer to Bronté,

"Bronté, we were wondering if you would like to come live with us, the castle is in the sky and you would love it" Bronté became confused,

"what about the part about you protecting me" she said,

"we believe that you are strong enough, plus we don't think we could live without you any longer, it's been hard for the past 14 years" Bronté thought for a while but then made a small smiled,

"that would be nice, I'd love to come...but what about Alex and Ariana?" she said sadly, "they have cared for me the whole of my life, I would feel guilty just leaving them"

"we knew this was coming" said a voice coming from the door, Alex and Ariana were by it smiling, they came in and hugged Bronté, "we knew that we had to say goodbye at some point and we were fine about it, we love you Bronté and we want what's best of you, just promise us you won't forget" said Ariana, Bronté hugged back,

"I promise" they all withdrew and smiled,

"now, start packing, Howl and Sophie will be waiting down stairs" Bronté nodded and they all left the room, Bronté sighed but then smiled and started packing.

It had been about 10 minutes before they heard footsteps coming down the stairs, Bronté came down with a small rucksack, some arrows and a bow in her hand, "you'll need more than that" said Howl, Bronté smiled,

"oh no, I used a spell to make this back have no end, so everything I need is in this bag" Sophie giggled. Ariana and Alex came up behind them,

"we'll miss you Bronté" said Alex, "but we'll be fine" Bronté smiled and nodded turning to her parents,

"let's go!" she said, they made their way out the door, Bronté waves to Alex and Ariana until they were out of sight, after a while they came to the door of the castle, "is this it?" said Bronté disappointed, Howl smiled and opened the door, Bronté gasped at what she saw and ran inside.

Sorry, don't be mad at me for not updating in a while, I have my exams and need to revise, anyway, I would like to thank-

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from a very dramatic review, but it was funny to read, thank you, I'll see if I can update later tonight, but no promises.