AN: I don't own anything but my OC Characters and parts of the plot. Everything else belongs to their owners.
Dear Diary,
It's been two weeks and three days since we lost Angel and since we left Sunnydale for LA. We found jobs and moved into the apartments that the Mikaelson had in LA. Persephone Brianna is five months old already and can't believe how big she's gotten already. We still haven't found a way to bring Angel back to us, but I know he'll be back. We just don't know when. Well, anyway. We're heading for Orlando in a couple of minutes as we are waiting for the others to get here. Cole's feeding Persephone Brianna as Elijah checks doubles checks everything. I know this is our first family vacation with a baby. I can only hope everything goes well. But life is unpredictable, and the world goes on. Elijah says everyone is here. It's time to head for the cars. Bye for now. Aurora*.
I closed my journal and placed it into my carry-on. I checked my bag and made sure that my laptop was there for the trip and everything else that I needed was there as well.
"Okay, before we leave, I need to hand out something to everyone," Kate voiced.
"What is it?" Andy questioned as Kate handed him a bag.
"These bags have the similar charm that Hermione Granger's bag had in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Kate said as she handed each of us a bag as well.
"For those who haven't heard or seen it, what does that mean?" Klaus asked.
"It has an extension charm and weightless charm. Everything that gets put in it will be fit in it as well as cooling charm and despoiling for any food that gets put in it," Kate answered. "It also has a notice-me-not charm similar to the one in Harry Potter. Your names are on it as well as the ones who will be buying for."
I looked at the bags that Kate handed me; I saw my name, Persephone Brianna's and Willow's name on them. I noticed Kyra had her's & Cordelia's bags. Jeremy had Xander & his bag as Leo had his name and Oz's bags. I couldn't look over at Elijah and Cole cause they had two extension bags, each in their hands.
"It's a good thing our luggage have the same extension and weightless charm as well," I voiced as Cole grabbed the car seat with Persphone Brianna in it. "We should get going."
I slipped boh extension bags into my carry-on before grabbing my luggage, Persephone Brianna's luggage, and my tote carry-on bag. I headed out the door with Cole right behind me with his carry-on bag and Persephone's diaper bag over his shoulder, and luggage bag in one hand. He also had the car seat in the other hand as he followed me out the door. When we got to the cars, I loaded my luggage, Persephone Brianna's luggage, and Cole's luggage as he got Persephone Brianna situated in the car.
"I can't believe this is the first true family vacation without Angel," I muttered. "Angel was supposed to be here."
"He is here in our hearts, and we'll find a way for him to be returned to us," Buffy said as she put her luggage into the trunk.
"Come on, girls. It's time to go," Elijah said as he placed his luggage into the trunk and closed it.
I opened the door, and Buffy got in with her bag and went to the third row of seats. I got in and sat next to Persephone Brianna with my bag before closing the door. I noticed her diaper bag was on the floor in front of her car seat. The boys got into the car, and we were off to the private airport that held the Mikaelson's Jet.
When we got to the airport, I grabbed Persephone Brianna's car seat and her diaper bag as Cole grabbed the locking bottom. We checked in with the private airport before we fully unpacked the cars with the luggage. Cole and I walked on and got the locking bottom situated before putting the car seat with Persephone Brianna on it.
"Okay, momma will be right back. She's going to help you daddies with the luggage. Auntie Jenna will be here with you," I told her before kissing her forehead.
"Go help the others. We'll be fine," Jenna said as she pulled out a board book from the diaper bag.
I walked off the jet and grabbed my luggage and Persephone Brianna's luggage as Cole grabbed his luggage and Buffy grabbed her luggage.
"Here, let me take that, darling," Elijah said as he came up behind us and grabbed his luggage before taking Persephone Brianna's travel luggage from the left hand.
"Thank you," I replied with the same sad look in my eyes.
My mind goes back to Angel and him not being here with us.
"None of that, Aurora. Angel would be here if he could," Cole said as he saw the look.
"I just miss him," I responded as we walked up and into the jet with the luggage.
We walked to the backroom in the jet and set the luggage down before heading to our seats. Cole and I sat down at the table seats with Jenna and Persephone Brianna across from us.
"I'll go make a bottle for the lift-off," Elijah said before he sat down.
I gave him the bottle and formula for him to the bottle.
"We'll be taking off in a moment," the pilot said as he came out.
"Okay, Daniel. Thank you for telling us," Finn responded.
The Mikaelson boys, Andy, Leo, Jeremy, Kate, Kyra, and Rebekah took their luggage to the backroom before they came back and took their seats. Elijah came back with the made bottle and formula container. He handed the bottle over to Jenna and handed me back the formula. I put the formula container back into the diaper bag. Jenna got Persephone Brianna out of her car seat and pulled her into her arms. The plane started to take off as Jenna started feeding Persephone Brianna. It wasn't before long we were in the air. I pulled my laptop out of my carry-on bag and booted it up. I opened my email and saw a letter from my professor. I scanned the email and saw it was about the book that I sent her for my final project for the year. She said the book was well-done and that she wanted me to send it to a friend of hers who had read it. The publisher wanted me to publish my book for others to read it.
"Aurora, what is it?" Kyra asked.
"You remember the book that I sent to my college professor for my final project of the semester?" I voiced.
"Yeah," Kyra returned.
"She showed it to her publisher friend, and she wants to publish my first book," I told her.
"What?" Kyra reacted.
"I'm going to be an author," I said.
"So you're going to send it," Kate replied.
"Yeah, but when we get back to LA," I responded as I closed the email and went to one of the streaming services that I have.
I opened the streaming service and put on a movie that we were watching last night as Elijah did some work. We were watching the live-action version of Beauty and the beast. I handed Cole an earbud as I put the other in my ear. We were at the part where Belle ran from the castle.
Four hours and thirty-two minutes later, we were in Orlando, Florida. The SUVs that the Mikaelson own in Orlando were outside the landed jet. Jenna grabbed the car seat as Cole grabbed the locking bottom. I grabbed my carry-on and Persephone Brianna's diaper bag before heading to the backroom to get our luggage. I grabbed Persephone Brianna's luggage and mine before heading out of the jet. I got to the car that Cole was standing next to with the trunk open.
"Elijah got a new stroller for the parks," Cole said as he pointed into the trunk.
"So that's why we didn't bring the other stroller," I voiced as I put in the luggage that I had brought with me.
"I'll go get the rest with others. Go sit down and relax," Cole said as Buffy put her luggage into the trunk.
I walked over to the other side backdoor of the SUV before opening it. Buffy got in with her bag before I joined her and sat next to Persephone Brianna, who was asleep in her car seat. I set the diaper bag in front of her car seat before setting my carry-on in the aisle. I looked behind Buffy into the open trunk to see Cole and Elijah shutting the SUV trunk before getting into the car.
"Okay, where's the first hotel?" Cole asked Elijah.
"Cabana Bay Beach Resort," Elijah said as he started the car and led the other cars to our next stop.
Twenty minutes later, we were at the first resort of our trip. Elijah paid for the week of parking the cars before we unpacked the car. I put the diaper bag and my carry-on bag into the compartment under the stroller. I got Persephone Brianna out of her car seat and laid her down into the stroller, and did the straps up.
"Elijah, did you request a playpen for our room?" I asked him.
"Yes, I did," Elijah said as we grabbed out the suitcases.
I handed Buffy her luggage before grabbing mine as Cole and Elijah grabbed their travel luggage and Persephone Brianna's. We headed into the hotel.
When we got into the hotel, we couldn't believe how retro it was.
"Girls, why don't you explore the hall as we go check-in and get the room keys?" Klaus suggested as the boys headed to the check-in desk.
"Okay?" Kyra said as we walked over to the universal studio store that we saw.
"Girls, we can shop there our last day here," Jenna voiced.
"Good point," Buffy said. "But can we go in and look around?"
"Fine," Jenna replied as we walked into the store.
I walked over to a table that had some universal merch on it. I saw a mug that would be perfect for Giles.
"We should have known that you girls would be over here," We heard Elijah say as we looked towards him.
"We got the keys," Kol said as we walked out of the store without buying anything for now.
We walked back into the lobby with the stroller. We stopped just before the evaluator.
"Okay, room assignments are Aurora, Cole, Persephone Brianna, myself and Buffy in 2 bedroom Volcano Bay Family Suite," Elijah told us.
"Next room assignment, Kyra, Kate, Leo, Andy, Finn, and myself in Poolside Family Suite," Klaus continued.
"Last room assignment, Jenna, Kol, Jeremy, and Rebekah in Standard Volcano Bay View Room," Andy finished.
We got into the evaluator each group leader pushed a button to the level their rooms were on. Elijah and our group got out first before heading to our family suite.
When we walked into our room, we saw a closet on the right-hand side before walking to the living room. We set our luggage down on the floor before taking Persephone Brianna out of her stroller. Cole took her from me and showed her view as we looked around the room. We noticed that we had one small sink, a microwave and a mini-fridge near the living room. I opened the first door nearest to the door and found a sink and toilet before opening the next door near it and finding a tub. I headed across the hall and opened the door.
"I found the room for us," I said as Elijah put my luggage and Persephone Brianna's on the bed.
I noticed the playpen in the room as Cole walked into the room with the baby.
"This is where we'll be sleeping, my love," Cole said to Persephone Brianna.
I walked out of the room and towards the next room and found Buffy putting her luggage down.
"The view is amazing. Are we going to Volcano Bay while we're here?" Buffy said.
"I believe we are," I replied.
"Does this suite have another bathroom?" Buffy asked.
"I think it's next door," I answered as I walked out of the room and opened the last door that wasn't open.
I found another bathroom with a sink, a toilet, and a shower-bathtub combo.
"Looks like we have a way to get ready in the morning and for dinner," Buffy said as she looked in.
"Did the boys ever tell us what we're doing for dinner tonight?" I asked her.
"No, they didn't. I already had my outfit planned for it, though," Buffy answered. "Hopefully, it's okay."
"We should change now since we aren't going to enjoy the pool today," I responded.
"I'll change in the bathroom," Buffy said.
"Okay," I replied as we walked out of the bathroom and separated to grab our clothes for dinner and explore the hotel.
I opened my luggage and grabbed the bag that was marked Dinner/explore Hotel outfit. I opened the bag before laying out the dress, put sandals down, and laid the jewelry on the side table. I grabbed my brush and lip gloss out of toiletries. I stripped out of my clothes and took off my heels before I let my hair down and out of my upbraid. I got into the prink dress, slipped on the sandals before putting the earrings on, rose ring on the other hand opposite of my Claddagh ring and put on the bug necklace over top of my Trinity necklace. I grabbed my brush and lip gloss before walking out of the room and into the washroom. I brushed the curls away before adding a bit of lip gloss. I walked out of the room to see Cole changing Persephone's diaper.
"I see you're already to explore and have dinner," Cole said.
"Where are we having dinner?" I asked him again.
"You'll see," Elijah said as he came out in a semi-casual outfit. "Where's Buffy?"
"Still getting ready," I replied as I got Persephone's bottle ready for dinner tonight.
Cole put the dirty diaper in a bag before closing it up.
"Could one of you put a clean diaper on her?" Cole asked us.
"I will," Elijah said as he walked over to him before Cole headed to the bathroom to wash his hands.
Elijah placed a clean diaper on before doing the tabs up, rebuttoning her onesie and putting on her pants.
"Are we ready to go?" Buffy asked as she came into the living room.
Buffy was wearing a grey jacket, a dark top with a flower skirt, Heeled boots and a small crossbody bag. Her hair was down with little pulled back. She was wearing a heart stone necklace.
"Let's go," Cole said as he came out of the bedroom wearing a semi-casual outfit.
I put baby bottles into the diaper bag before it back into the compartment under the stroller before grabbing my purse that held my wallet and cell phone. Elijah put Persephone into the stroller and did the straps before grabbing her baby sunglasses. I grabbed my sunglasses before putting them in my bag. We walked out before closing the door and headed for the evaluators.
After the evaluators, we found the others in the lobby waiting for us. Kate was wearing a white sleeveless top with a blue flower skirt, blue heels, a small purse, and a light gold trinity necklace. Kate's hair was up in a ponytail with her sunglasses on top of her head. Kyra was wearing a blue dress with designs all over it, hanging earrings, sandals, a blue bag, and a silver sister necklace that she got for her birthday. Kyra's hair was up in a ponytail. Jenna was wearing a red dress with a brown jacket on top, black heeled boots, a hummingbird bracelet, and her hair was down.
"Ready, explore?" Jenna asked.
"Yes," Buffy responded.
"But first, could we take a picture with the minions?" I questioned as I spotted the minions in the hall surrounded by families.
"Of course," Finn answered as we walked over to where the minions were.
"Good afternoon," A cast member said.
"Good afternoon. Can we take a picture with the minions?" I asked.
"Of course," the cast member responded.
Kyra got Kate's camera out of her bag and booted it up before handing it over to the cast member for her to take the picture. Elijah got Persephone out of the stroller and pulled her into his arms before situating her for the photo. We stood with the minions.
"Okay, ready," the cast member said as we nodded. "Okay, on the count of three. Say, Minions. One... two... three..."
"Minions," We said as Kate's camera went off and took the photo.
"Thank you for taking the picture," Kate told her as she thanked the cast member and took back her camera before handing it back to Kyra.
"Your welcome. Have good rest of the day," The cast member said as Elijah put Persephone back into her stroller and did the straps.
We headed towards the outside before stopping to put on our sunglasses. Cole bent down to Persephone and put her hat on her head before putting her baby sunglasses on her face. We headed outside.
When we got outside, it was bright and beautiful. We saw the pool as we walked around the middle of the resort. We found a hot tub and saw where volcano Bay was before walking back inside and following the map towards the other outside area. But as we headed towards the second outside area, we passed an arcade that I knew Jeremy and Kol would love to play in. We passed a bowling alley with a restaurant that we would all enjoy, but Persephone is too young to play. We walked out of the resort and into the second pool area.
"This area has cabanas. This is perfect for one of our days here," Rebekah said.
"Yes, very," Buffy responded.
We continued to look around this area for a little bit more before Klaus piped up said.
"Girls, it's time to go have some fun and dinner," Klaus told us.
"Where are we going?" Kyra asked.
No one answered us, but we followed Elijah and Cole, who had the stroller. We headed back into the resort.
Elijah and Cole led us into the bowling alley and restaurant. We walked over to the check-in desk.
"Can I help you?" the worker asked.
"Three lanes under the name Mikaelson," Elijah responded.
"Of course, Mr. Mikaelson. Will you be ordering food as well?" the worker questioned.
"Yes, we will. Can we get our shoes now?" Elijah replied.
"Sizes?" The worker asked.
"Three Women's size 8 and Three Women Size 7," Elijah said before giving the men sizes that he needed.
"Lanes 1, 2, & 3," The worker replied as he handed over the shoes.
I grabbed my size shoes as the girls grabbed theirs, and the boys took their rental shoes. We headed to the lanes with Persephone.
We sat down at the lanes and were handed ankle socks by the boys. We put on the ankle socks before putting on rental shoes.
"I can't believe you planned this," Rebekah said.
"We thought we should have fun on our first night here," Klaus replied.
"We should eat first before playing," Jenna said.
"I agree," I said as I pulled out a bottle of premade formula from the diaper bag.
I heated it slowly without smoke appearing as I warmed it up. A couple of minutes later, it was done as I checked it, and it was just right.
"I'll feed her," Cole said as I undid the straps and got Persephone out of the stroller.
I gave over the bottle to him. He took it before taking Persephone from my arms. A worker with a notepad came over to us.
"What can I get for you today?" the worker asked.
"Aurora, why don't you go first?" Elijah responded.
"I'll have BBQ Bacon Cheddar Burger without lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles with a side of fries and a sprite. Please," I ordered.
"I'll have Galaxy burger with a side of fries and coca-cola," Cole ordered.
The rest of our group ordered what they wanted for dinner. The waiter headed for the kitchen with our order.
"Why don't we do a round of bowling while we wait for our food?" Jenna questioned.
"That sounds good," Finn responded.
"Teams are the same as room assignments," Andy told us.
"Aurora, your first," Elijah responded.
I grabbed a bowling ball and rolled it towards pins. It knocked 6 down as I waited for the ball to return, so I could play again. The ball came back, and I played again, which knocked the rest of the pins down.
"Cole, your turn," I said as I took Persephone from him and rocked her in my arms.
Cole played his turn and got a strike.
"Buffy, your turn," Cole said as he high-fived Buffy and came over to me.
I put Persephone back into her stroller and strapped her in before laying the blanket down on her that Cole had handed me. Buffy played her turn before joining us as our drinks arrived.
"Sprite," The waiter said as he handed me my drink. "The Coca-Cola's," He passed Cole and Buffy their drinks. "Iced Tea's," He gave Kate, Elijah, and Kyra their drinks before handing the acholic drinks to of-age people. "Your food is almost ready. It will be here in a moment."
"Thank you," Leo said as the waiter left.
I took a sip of my drink as we watched Team 2 finish up their round of bowling.
"What's the plan tomorrow?" Jenna asked.
"We're waking up at 6:30 and down in the lobby by 7 am for breakfast. Then it down to Diagon Alley for our express at Escape from Gringotts at 9 am, then exploring around Diagon Alley before lunch at Leaky Cauldron," Cole answered.
"Then shopping while Persephone's naps in the stroller, then after snack, doing the interactive elements in Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley before heading to dinner," Elijah continued.
"Then back to the resort for free time until Bed," Cole finished as our food came.
We were given our food and began eating as we talked about what will be happening tomorrow. We also talked about how we're doing in our games. After we finished eating, we went back to bowling. We counted up our scores to see which team won. In First was Team 2. In Second was our team, and in third was Team 3. We ordered our Coca-Cola cake dessert to go. After we got our desserts, we took our rental shoes off, and some of us took off our socks. We put our shoes/sandals back on before returning the shoes as the boys paid for dinner and bowling. We headed out of the bowling alley/restaurant before heading to the evaluators with Persephone still asleep in her stroller.
"That was fun," Kate said.
"Yeah, it was," I replied.
"It's time to get this little one dressed, fed and back to bed," Cole said.
"You guys can go have fun if you want," I responded. "You don't have to go back to your rooms yet."
"I was just going to watch some tv," Buffy said.
"We'll go have some fun then. Good night. See you in the morning," Kyra said as the evaluator opened.
We got in and left the rest of our group downstairs as the doors closed. We headed up to our room.
When we got to our room, Buffy headed for her room as I rolled Persephone into the bedroom. I pulled the blanket off of her before setting it on the playpen. I undid the straps before getting her out of the stroller. I walked her into the bathroom with Cole behind me, holding the baby bathtub. I laid her down on the floor as Cole got the bath ready. I took off her pants before doing her onesie.
"Oh..." I reacted as Cole looked at me. "It looks like little miss, you did a poopy. That's okay." I took off her diaper and cleaned up her bottom as she cried. "Shh, you're okay. My love, now it's time for your bath." I put the dirty diaper in a bag and tied it up before throwing it in the trash.
Cole took her as I got up and washed my hands.
"I'll bath her and dress her for bed," Elijah said.
He walked into the room with Persephone sleeper and her toiletries (baby lotion, shampoo & Conditioner and Baby wash).
"Okay, I'll fix up the bottle for bedtime," I replied as I walked out of the room.
I fixed up Persephone's bottle for bedtime and made up her bottles for when she woke up in the middle of the night. Elijah and Cole both said they would wake up to feed and change her when she woke up in the middle of the night. Twenty minutes later, Persephone was walked into the room in the arms of Elijah. I gave Elijah her bedtime bottle before he began to feed her. I looked for my PJs and grabbed my toiletries. Elijah burped her before giving her soother back. She was sucking on her soother as she laid down in the playpen. I laid her blanket down before grabbing the video baby monitor and setting it up with her noise machine. I grabbed my PJs and toiletries before Elijah and Cole grabbed theirs.
"I'm going to shower and get ready for bed," I told them before kissing them on the cheek.
I walked into the bathroom, turned on the shower and undressed before stepping into the shower. I washed my body before doing my hair. I got out of the shower, brushed and blow-dried my hair. I put on lotion before getting into my PJs. I walked out of the bathroom to see Elijah and Cole watching the first Harry Potter movie in their PJs.
"Why are you watching Harry Potter?" I asked as I sat down next to them.
"Elijah hasn't seen it before, and I thought we could watch it before we went to bed," Cole answered. "Why don't you ask Buffy if she wants to come and watch the movie as we eat our dessert?"
"Okay," I responded as I headed to Buffy's room.
I knocked on the door.
"Come in," I heard Buffy say.
"Hey, we wanted to know if you wanted to come and watch a movie as we eat our dessert?" I said as I walked into the room to see Buffy in her PJs.
Buffy nodded before getting up and grabbing her dessert from the table. She followed me to the living room as Elijah and Cole had our desserts out and ready to eat. We sat down on the couch as Cole started the movie. We began eating our Coca-Cola chocolate cake as we watched the first movie.
Two hours and a half later, the movie was over, and it was time for bed.
"Guess we should head to bed now," I said as I saw it was 9 pm.
"Yeah, if we want to be up by 6:30," Buffy said as we got up and brushed our teeth before heading to bed.
Elijah and Cole joined me in the bedroom. I quietly got into bed and slid into the middle as Cole checked on Persephone as she slept in the playpen nearest to our bed. Cole and Elijah slipped into the bed on either side of me before we fell asleep.
Time Skip
It was already morning. I've been up since 5 am getting my nails done by Buffy. I had them designed towards the Hogwarts house that I'm a part of. Buffy's nails are already done as I had finished them dried them with firepower.
"All done," Buffy said as she finished my nails.
I raised one hand over the other dried the first hand with one of my powers and repeated the process. I looked at my nails before getting up.
"We should get dressed now," I said as I looked at the time.
"Yeah, it's 6 am," Buffy replied as I got up.
"See you in a bit," I voiced before heading out of her room.
I walked back into my room to see Cole changing Persephone's diaper.
"Morning, when did you get up?" Elijah asked as he came into the room wearing a casual outfit.
"5 am," I answered as I grabbed today's outfit bag out of my luggage before opening Persephone's luggage and grabbing what she's wearing today and laying it out for Cole. "Here's Persephone for today. Just put on her normal shoes with it."
"Okay," Cole said as he looked up.
"I'm going to get dressed," I said as I walked out of the room with today's outfit bag and my toiletries.
I walked into the bathroom and laid out my outfit for the day. My outfit consisted of a Ravenclaw t-shirt, jeans, a Ravenclaw beanie if I got cold at night, a blue hoodie, and a pair of blue high tops. My jewelry/accessories are a Ravenclaw choker that went above my Trinity necklace, my Claddagh ring, and a Ravenclaw bag for the day. My hair was in a side braid, and my nails were done with a Ravenclaw theme. I got dressed before brushing my teeth. I headed out of the bathroom back to the bedroom to get my bag situated for the day.
I walked back into the room with dirty PJs placed them in the dirty clothes bag for home. I opened the carry-on bag and pulled out my sunglasses, sunscreen, Tylenol, bandaids, and I grabbed the bags that Kate made for Willow, Persephone, and me. I put everything in my Ravenclaw bag that had the same charms as the bags that Kate had given me.
"Here," Cole said as he placed his first bag, his second bag, and Elijah's two bags into the bag.
I turned to see Cole in a casual outfit as he pulled me into a kiss. I moaned as the kiss became more passionate.
"We have to stop," I whispered as I pulled away. "We can't get any more passionate than June 20th."
"I know," Cole said. "Since you only can get pregnant by your soulmates."
"Where's Persephone?" I asked.
"With Elijah getting fed," Cole answered.
"After she's done, can one of you get her dressed?" I asked.
"Of course," Cole responded.
I walked out of the room and back into the bathroom to brush my teeth.
Five minutes later, I was finished brushing my teeth. I walked back into the bedroom and grabbed my cellphone from today's park bag. I checked my messages and saw many messages from Willow, Xander, Giles, and Aunt Joyce.
"Are you ready to go?" Buffy asked as she came into the room.
I looked over at her and noticed she was wearing; a white tank top with a green unbuttoned shirt over it, the sleeves were rolled up, and her shoes were a creme colour. Her jewelry/accessories were an HP (Harry Potter) bag with a Hedwig attached to the zipper and a Deathly Hallows bracelet on her wrist. Her hair was down with a bit pulled back, and her nails were designed with Gryffindor colours.
"Yeah," I replied as I put my cell back into my bag and grabbed Persephone's diaper bag and the stroller.
I closed and locked up my luggage before we walked out of the bedroom and into the living room.
When we walked into the living room, Elijah was dressed for a day in the park, and Cole was finished dressing Persephone.
"Ready to go?" I questioned as I saw it was 6:58 am.
"Yes, I believe we are," Elijah answered as he took the stroller from me.
Cole laid Persephone into the stroller and did the straps up. I put my Ravenclaw Bag on my back, while Buffy did the same with her bag. Elijah took the diaper bag from me before we headed out the door and towards the evaluators.
When we got downstairs, we met up with the others. Klaus and Finn led us towards Bayliner Diner. Each of our groups split and headed towards what we wanted for breakfast.
"Hello, what can I get for you today?" a worker asked.
"Two jumbo pancakes combos with maple syrup and bacon as well as Pork Sausage," Cole ordered.
"Omlet with bacon, ham & American Cheese," Elijah ordered.
"French Toast with fruit topping, bacon and breakfast potatoes," Buffy ordered.
"What to drink?" the worker asked.
"A Coffee and three Orange juices," Elijah answered.
Elijah paid for our food before heading to our next counter. Five minutes later, our food was here. We each grabbed a tray and headed to the next area for what was needed next. We grabbed forks, knives, ketchup, and napkins before heading for our tables with the stroller.
When we got to the table, Buffy and I sat down with Kate, Kyra and Jenna as Rebekah wanted to sit with Jeremy. Cole said he could handle Persephone, so I could eat.
"So, Aurora, what did you guys do last night?" Kate asked.
"We watched the first Harry Potter movie with the boys and ate our desserts from dinner," I answered.
"Well, we walked around a bit and explored a bit more before heading back to our room before heading to bed," Kyra returned.
"I did some reading while I waited for Jeremy, Rebekah and Kol to come back from the arcade room," Jenna voiced.
We began to eat our breakfast, and we talked about the messages that were left on our phones and the unread emails they got. It wasn't long before we were done eating and were heading for the cars. Once we got everything situated in the SUVs, we were on our way to the parks.
Ten minutes later, we were at the city walk parking for Universal. Elijah, Klaus and Finn paid for parking each of the cars. We got out of the cars before opening the trunk and grabbing out the diaper bag that held everything that Persephone would for the day.
"Cole, did you baby sunscreen on her?" I asked as Cole laid Persephone down in the stroller before doing up the straps.
"Yes, I did," Cole answered as he placed Persephone's sun hat and sunglasses on her.
I placed the diaper bag in the stroller compartment. I turned on the cooling fans that were attached to the stroller.
"There, my love, now you can be cool in this hot weather," I whispered to her as we started on our way towards City walk's bag check area.
It was 7:30 am, by the time we got through the bag check. We walked through the city walk and headed for Universal Orlando. We showed our seasonal passes before into the park.
"We have an hour until our express pass for Harry Potter: escape from Gringotts is for. What do you guys want to do?" Elijah said.
"Why don't we go look around Diagon Alley?" Jenna suggested.
We headed towards the Wonderful World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley area.
Just before we walked into the Diagon Alley, we walked over to the Black Family house that was seen Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix movie. We spotted Kreacher in the window as he opened the curtain and peeked through.
"Girls, let's go see Diagon Alley," Kol called over.
We turned around before heading back to the boys. Kate, Kyra, and I led the group over to the area where Harry would go through and into Diagon Alley. We walked around the wall and into the Diagon Alley as we heard the brick's sound of them moving.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley, everyone," I said as we continued into the Diagon Alley.
"After the ride, we have to go to Ollivanders for our wands," Kate said.
"Okay, we'll go the first, then what next?" Klaus asked.
"Why don't we go see the Knight Bus and see if we can ride Fast and Furious: supercharged?" Jeremy answered.
"After that, we can check out the stores before lunch at the Leaky cauldron and shopping after that during Persephone's nap," I added.
"That's a good idea," Andy responded as we looked around at everything that was around us.
"Does everyone have their bags with them?" Kate asked.
We all nodded as we headed towards Escape from Gringotts but stopped near the window to Ollivanders and looked inside the window and saw it was like the movie.
"Wow, I can't wait to see our wands," Kyra said.
"Are we getting wands for the others?" Jeremy asked.
"Just Willow, Oz and Xander," Kate responded.
We continued to look around until our express time was here.
Now, it was time to get on Harry Potter: Escape from Gringotts Ride. Jenna didn't want to go on the ride, so she stayed back with Persephone, our bags and the stroller. We got into the express line. Ten minutes later, we grabbed our glasses for the ride before getting on the ride.
After the ride, we found Jenna and Persephone before grabbing our bags from her. We started our way to Ollivander's Wand Shop. When we got to the shop, there were a few customers inside. We walked in and started to look around for our wands and the other's wands.
"Good morning. What can I help you all today with?" A 'wizard' asked.
"We're looking for some interactive wands for us and some friends," Kate answered.
"Of course, who would like to go first?" The 'wizard' asked.
"I'll go," I answered as I handed the stroller over to Elijah and stepped forward.
"What interactive wand would you like, miss?" The 'wizard' asked.
"If you have it, the Elder wand, please," I answered.
"Of course," The 'wizard' said as he turned and looked around before finding the wand that I wanted. "Here, let's see if this is a good fit for you." He took the wand out of the box and handed it to me.
It was perfect. I read that it was associated with death, renewal, and protection from negative influences.
"What do you think?" The wizard asked.
"It's perfect," I responded.
"Is everything being paid together?" The wizard asked.
"Yes," Finn answered.
"Okay, who is next?" The wizard returned.
"I'll go," Kyra said as I put my elder wand back into the box with the map before closing it.
"What interactive wand do you want, miss?" The wizard questioned.
"Luna Lovegood, if you have it," Kyra answered before the wizard turned back around and went searching for her wand.
"Here you go," The wizard responded as he came back with the wand before showing it to her.
"Thank you," Kyra replied.
Ten minutes later, we paid for our interactive wands. The girls got Hermione Grangers's (Kate), Nypmphdora Tonks's (Buffy), Fleur Declour's (Rebekah), Professor Mcagongall's (Jenna), and we got Willow a Willow Wand. The boys got Sirius Black's (Kol), Professor Lupin's (Klaus), a Hazel Wand (Elijah), a Holly wand (Finn), Harry Potter's (Cole), Ron's wand (Andy), Ivy Wand (Jeremy), and Cedric's (Leo). We also got Xander a Neville Longbottom and Oz a Vine Wand. We left Ollivander's, headed out of the Diagon Alley and towards the Knight Bus.
When we got to the Knight Bus, we noticed the conductor in purple and talking shrunken head like seen in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
"Good Morning to you all. What can we do for you?" The Conductor asked.
"Can we get a picture?" Kyra asked.
"Of course," The Conductor answered.
"What did they say they wanted?" the shrunken head asked.
"They wanted to take a picture with us," The conductor told him.
"I'll take the picture," Jenna said as she took the camera from Kyra, who had taken it out of her bag.
Elijah got Persephone out of the stroller and held her up into his arms as we got ready to take the picture.
"On the count of three..." Jenna said. "One... Two... Three..."
On Three, the picture was taken, and it was over.
"Thank you for the picture," Kyra thanked him.
"Your welcome," The man responded as Elijah put Persephone back into the stroller and did up the straps.
We left the knight bus and headed over to the fast and furious ride.
When we got in front of the ride place, we stopped.
"I'll stay back with Persphone this time," Elijah said. "Jenna, go have some fun."
"Are you sure?" Jenna questioned.
"Of course. We'll meet you in the Custom Gear Shop," Elijah responded as we placed our bags into the stroller compartment.
We separated from Elijah and Persephone and got into line.
Twenty minutes later, we had watched the pre-show of the ride. Now, we were in front of the line and were waiting for the ride to get. Two minutes later, the ride was here, and it was time to get on. We got on to the ride, and we were off to the world of the fast and the furious.
After we got off the ride, we walked into the gift shop. Which was at the end of the ride. We started to look around the shop to see if there was anything we would like to get ourselves or our friends. I met up with Elijah had found a couple of collector pop dolls.
"Look, what I found?" Elijah said as he noticed me coming towards him and Persephone.
"What did you find?" I asked.
"The Late Paul Walker's character and Van diesel's character. Isn't that what you needed in your collection?" Elijah responded as he showed me the pop dolls.
"Yes. I did," I returned before asking. "Did you find anything else? While you were waiting for us."
"Let me show you," Elijah said as I took the pop dolls in my arms before he led me towards another area of the shop.
He showed me some travel tumblers that said, 'Fast and Furious' on the front and 'Family Forever' on the back.
"I love this," I responded.
"Why don't we get this and the pop dolls?" Elijah asked.
"Are you sure?" I questioned.
"Of course, I would get you everything you ever wanted," Elijah answered.
"Okay, I guess," I responded.
"Is there anything else you see that you want?" Elijah asked as Cole came over to me with a travel Tumblr that said, 'Ride or Die.'
"What did you find?" I asked Cole.
"This tumbler," Cole responded as he showed us.
"I think what we got is fine for now," I answered Elijah's question. "Let's go pay."
"I'll go pay. You guys take Persephone out of the shop," Elijah returned as he took the pop dolls, my travel tumbler and Cole's before going to the cashier desk.
I grabbed my bag before Cole took the stroller, and we headed out of the store to wait for the others. Ten minutes later, Elijah and the others joined us outside with the bags.
"We'll separate everything when we get back to the rooms tonight," Elijah said as I tried to get the bags from him.
He put the bags into my Ravenclaw bag before zipping it back up.
"Where to next?" Kate asked.
"What time is it?" Jenna questioned.
I pulled out my phone and checked that it was 11:30 am.
"It's 11:30. Breakfast is just ending in Diagon Alley. Where do you want to do until noon?" I questioned.
"Why don't we head over there now? And what time is it when we get there?" Kate responded.
"Good idea," Kol returned.
We started our way towards the Diagon Alley area once more.
When we got to Diagon Alley, we walked in and headed towards Leaky Cauldron. It was 11:39.
"Why don't we head in now?" Elijah said as he walked into the Leaky Cauldron restaurant with the stroller.
When we walked into the restaurant, we saw how themed the restaurant was to the leaky cauldron in the movies.
"Why don't we mobile order our food?" I asked.
"Good idea," Kate responded.
Each group leader pulled out their phone and started to take our orders. Our order was two fish & chips, a Bangers & Mash, a Beef, Lamb & Guinness Stew for entrees, a frozen Butterbeer, a normal butterbeer, a Tongue Tying Lemon Squash, one hot water, and a Peachtree Fizzing Tea for drinks. The end of our order was three Butterbeer potted cremes and one Sticky Toffee Pudding for dessert. I didn't notice what others ordered for lunch. Elijah paid by phone before getting the order number for the counter. We showed our order number to a cast member, who showed us where to go. We got our order before heading to the tables with the order.
When we sat down, we each took our orders from the tray and placed them in front of us. I grabbed a premade bottle and stuck it into the hot water that we had ordered for Persephone's nap time bottle. We began eating as the others joined us at the tables near us.
"What did you guys get?" Kyra asked.
"Buffy and I got the fish & chips with Butterbeer, one normal and one frozen," I answered as I took a bite of my fish.
Elijah took the bottle out of the water and checked it on his wrist. I watched as he got Persephone out of the stroller to feed her. He fed her as he ate his lunch. We continued to eat and talk about where we were going to shop in Diagon Alley.
Thirty minutes later, we were done with our food and took our drinks to go, and we were heading out. We headed towards the Horitzonal Alley, where the bathrooms were. So we could change Persephone's wet diaper before putting her down for a nap as we shopped. Elijah took Persephone and the diaper bag into the family washroom as we went to the bathrooms as well. When we came back, Elijah and the stroller with a sleeping Persephone in it were waiting for us.
"So, where to first?" Elijah asked.
"Why don't we got Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley?" Kol responded with a question.
"You want to go down the dark area first?" Rebekah questioned.
"Yes, as well as try four of the Interactive Spells in Knockturn Alley," Kol answered.
"Okay," Rebekah returned before we started our way towards Burgin and Burkes.
On our way to Burgin and Burks, we did a couple of the interactive spells before getting to the shop. When we got to the shop, we noticed that it had snake items and skulls in its window display. We walked in and began to look for something we may like. I walked towards an area, where I saw the deathly hallows symbol. I could feel Elijah coming behind with the stroller.
"What do you see?" Elijah asked as I saw a t-shirt with the deathly hallows symbol on it.
"The t-shirt," I responded before asking him. "Can you see if there's a small size for me?"
"Of course," Elijah replied as he looked at the tags to find my size. "Ah. Here it is." He got the t-shirt down for me.
I took it from him and held it up to my chest to see if it would fit me.
"What do you think?" I asked.
"It would look good on you," Elijah answered.
"Thank you," I returned before looking for something for Willow.
"Can I help you with something?" A worker asked as I looked at the deathly Hallows necklaces.
"Yes, can I get the deathly Hallows necklace?" I questioned as I pointed at the necklace that I wanted to get for Willow.
"Of course," the worker responded as he got the necklace that I had pointed out at him for me. "Here." He handed it over to me.
"Thank you," I returned.
"Your welcome," The worker replied before heading off.
"What did you get?" Elijah questioned as he appeared behind me.
"A necklace for Willow," I said as I showed him.
"Let's go pay," Cole said as he came over a t-shirt with Hary Potter's Patronus on it.
We headed over to the cashier desk and paid for what we had chosen to get. We walked out of the shop with the stroller before waiting for the others.
"Hey, did you guys find something you liked?" I asked as they came out of the store.
"I got a Sirius Black wanted poster and a journal that had a wanted poster on the front for me and deathly hallow's bracelet for Cordelia," Kyra answered.
"I got a deathly hallows t-shirt for Oz and Azakaban T-shirt for Xander," Jeremy and Leo answered.
"What about the rest of you?" Cole asked.
"Nothing I liked," Buffy answered.
"Where are we going next?" Andy asked.
"Magical Menagerie," Kate answered.
We headed towards the store, which was in Diagon Alley.
We walked towards our next store to shop in. We stopped as we let people out before heading into the store. Elijah followed me towards a section that caught my eye.
"What's caught your eye?" Elijah asked.
"The Pink Pygmy Puff for Willow," I said as I picked up the one that caught my eye.
"Anything else?" Elijah asked as I turned down the aisle and found a Niffler t-shirt that I liked.
"This shirt," I responded as I found my size and took it off the rack before taking the magical creature, that I wanted. "The stuffie. I really wish Nifflers were real. They are so cute."
"Is there something you would like to get Persephone?" Elijah asked.
"Yes," I answered as I walked over to some more magical stuffies.
I searched for the right before grabbing the unicorn for Persephone. I also found a dragon egg puppet that she might enjoy.
"I'll go pay for these," Elijah said as he took what was in my hands and gave me to the stroller.
I noticed that he had a Niffler mug in his hand as well. Cole walked over to Elijah with some things in his hands, and they walked towards the cashier's desk. I walked out of the store with the stroller and waited near the performance area as the deathly hallows story played. As the show ended, my group started their way out of the shop.
"How was the show?" Kate asked.
"The Deathly Hallows?" I questioned.
She nodded.
"It was good. I loved how the actors used the puppets to tell the story," I told Kate as Elijah put the bag into my backpack.
"Where to next?" Andy questioned.
"Why don't we get a snack before continuing on shopping?" Buffy responded with a question.
"Okay, off to Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour," Rebekah replied.
We headed off to the only ice cream parlour in Diagon Alley.
We walked into the ice cream parlour and looked at the menu. I already knew what I wanted for my ice cream.
"Did you know what you want?" Buffy asked me.
"Yeah, I do. What about you?" I answered before asking.
"Me too," Buffy answered.
"Are you girls ready?" Cole questioned.
We nodded as we headed up to the cashier.
"Hello, what can I get you all for today?" The worker asked.
"A chocolate Strawberry Peanut Butter Sundae," I answered.
"A Butterbeer Sundae," Buffy told the worker.
"I'll have Chocolate Strawberry Peanut Butter Sundae," Elijah responded.
"I'll have the Butterbeer Sundae," Cole returned.
"Okay, is that all?" the worker said.
"Yes," Elijah replied.
Elijah paid for our ice cream before we watched them make it. I grabbed my ice cream as Cole grabbed his. Buffy and Elijah grabbed theirs before we headed out of the shop. We headed to find a spot to stand as we ate our ice cream. Mine and Elijah's ice cream were in its souvenir container, which needed to be washed out after we were done eating. We all started to eat our ice cream as we waited for the others to come with theirs.
"Mmm," I said as I moaned at the delight of the flavours.
"This is good," Buffy moaned.
"Can I try a bit of yours?" Cole asked.
"If I can try some of yours?" I returned as I got a bit of my spoon for Cole.
He fed me a bit of his ice cream as I fed him a bit of my ice cream.
"Aren't you two so cute?" Kyra said as they came over to us.
"He just wanted to see what my ice cream tasted like," I replied.
"Mmhm," Kyra returned.
We continued eating our ice cream before it melted.
Ten minutes later, we were done eating our ice cream. Elijah had taken our containers and cleaned them up in the bathroom before putting them into a ziplock bag. He put them into my bag before closing it up.
"Where to next?" Rebekah asked.
"Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions," Kyra answered.
We started our way towards our next shop.
Ten minutes later, we weaved ourselves through the crowd and towards the shop. We stopped as we let people out before walking into the store. I walked towards the first thing I saw with the stroller. I looked for mine and Willow's sizes for our Ravenclaw T-shirts.
"Did you find something?" Cole asked.
"T-shirts for Willow and me," I answered as I headed towards the scarfs and Hats.
I took two Ravenclaw Hats and two Ravenclaw scarfs.
"You too?" Leo said as he came over before grabbing two Hufflepuff scarfs and two Hats.
"Yeah," I answered.
"I got mine," Cole said as he held up a Ravenclaw Hoodie and Scarf.
"I got mine and Giles for Cole," Elijah replied as he came over to us.
"I'm ready too," Buffy said as she came over grabbed her Hogwarts house's scarf and hat.
She had a Gyrfinndor wristlet, scarf and hat in her hands.
"We'll go and pay for these," Elijah said as he and Cole took what Buffy and I had and headed for the cashier table.
Leo headed for his groups' leader. Buffy and I left the store with the stroller.
"So where are we going last before trying out the magical elements of Diagon Alley?" Buffy asked me as I knelt to see how Persephone was doing.
"We are going to Weasely Wheeze I believe," I answered as I noticed that Persephone was awake and crying from her nap. "Oh, Miss Persephone. You are awake from your nap. Did you have a good nap?" I undid the straps and pulled her into my arms. "Oh, you have a wet diaper. We best take care of that before head out." I turned to Buffy and said, "Buffy can you tell the others that I took Persephone to get Diaper change?"
"Of course," Buffy said as I placed Persephone back into the stroller and did the straps up before heading to the family bathrooms.
When I got to the bathrooms, I walked in with the stroller and got Persephone situated on the diaper changing table. I took off her pants and undid her onesie before taking off the dirty diaper and putting on a clean one. I redid her buttons and put on her pants.
"There, young miss all clean," I said as I cleaned my hands with a hand sanitizer wipe. "Now, it's time to get you fed." I took her off of the changing table and put her back into her stroller before doing up the straps.
We headed out of the bathroom to our group waiting in front of the bathrooms.
"Sorry," I said as I went over to them with the stroller.
"It's okay," Elijah said as he kissed my forehead.
"Persephone needed a diaper change, and it's time to feed her," I said as I took out a premade bottle and heated it with my fire element to the right temp.
"I'll feed her," Cole said as he took the bottle out of my hand.
"Why don't we feed her near where we're going next?" Jenna pointed out.
"Good point," Cole replied.
We headed towards the store nearest to the exit of Diagon Alley.
Five minutes later, we were in front of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Cole was feeding Persephone her bottle. While the rest of us each tried to the spell in the store window.
"Are you guys almost done?" Cole asked as Persephone drank the last bit of the formula.
"Yes," I answered as I was last to do the spell. "Descendo," as I did the wand movements. I turned to see Cole burping Persephone before she let out a burp.
"She's been fed," Cole said as he laid her down back into her stroller and did up the straps.
"Now, let's shop," Kol replied as Cole gave Persephone her soother.
We walked into the store with the stroller and looked around to see what we wanted to get. I headed over to the skiving boxes and grabbed two. One for me and one for Willow. I headed over to the Fever Fudge grabbed two as well.
"I'm done," I told Elijah.
"Me too," Buffy and Cole said as they had the same thing that I got.
"Okay, we'll take those to the cashier desk and pay," Elijah said.
"I'll join you," I replied as I handed the stroller over to Cole and Buffy.
I took what Cole and Buffy had and followed Elijah to the cashier desk. We waited in line before heading up to the front. We placed what we got on the table.
"Is that all?" the worker asked.
"Yes," I answered as he rung it up and said the amount.
Elijah paid as the man put the items into a bag before handing it over to Elijah.
"Thank you for shopping at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Please come again," the man said before we left the shop.
We looked around to see Cole, Persephone and Buffy across the lane from the shop.
"Well, we'll wait for the others before starting our magical journey," I said as Elijah put the bag into my backpack.
Buffy pulled out our wands and handed them to us. Cole headed to do the spell that we did as he fed Persephone. The others came out of the store with their bags.
"Ready to do some magic," Kol said as he got out his wand.
"Let's go have fun," Cole said as he came back from doing the spell.
We headed off to do some spells. After, we would head to City Walk for shopping and dining.
Twenty minutes later, we had finished the spells in Diagon Alley and the few spells in Knockturn Alley. Now, we were off to City Walk. We weaved our way through the park and noticed the stores and rides we would try later on our trip. It wasn't before long we were back in City Walk.
"Where to first?" Kate asked
"Yeah, our reservation isn't until 7," Klaus said as it was 6:30 pm.
"Well, I thought Voodoo Doughnuts, but we can do that before we leave," I replied.
"What about the Universal Studios store?" Kyra said as she had her phone out.
"That's good," Klaus said.
We headed towards the universal studio store.
When we got to the gift shop, we walked in and separated before heading to a section of our choosing. I saw something for me, and it said, 'super mom.'
"Aurora, that's perfect for you," Buffy said as I found my size.
"I'll get it," I replied before finding a minion onesie for Persephone. "Ohh, this is perfect for Persephone." I got her a size bigger than she was now. "This is perfect for Willow." I found a minion mug for her. "What are you going to get?"
"Let's look around," Buffy said as I followed her with the stroller.
We headed towards the back of the store, where we found some Harry Potter merchandise.
"Do we have Hogwarts House Tumblrs?" Buffy asked me.
"No, why?" I questioned.
"I think I'm going to get this Gryffindor Tumblr, and you should get the Ravenclaw one and one for Willow," Buffy responded.
Buffy handed me two Ravenclaw Tumblrs and took the Gryffindor one.
"Is that all you want from here?" I asked.
"For now. I mean, who knows what we'll find tomorrow and on the rest of our vacation," Buffy answered as we headed to find Elijah and Cole with the stroller.
"Hey, guys. Are you ready to go?" Cole asked as he saw us coming towards them with our stuff.
"Yeah," I replied as I got into line with Elijah, Buffy and Cole. "I found a minion onesie for Persephone, a minion mug and Ravenclaw Travel Tumblr for Willow and a Super Mom Shirt & Ravenclaw Travel Tumblr for me."
"I got Gryffindor Travel Tumblr for now," Buffy said as we got up to the cashier desk and laid our stuff down on the table.
The cashier scanned it before telling us the amount owed. Elijah paid, and we left the store. When we got outside, we saw the others.
"Why don't we go get Voodoo Dougnuts now, and we can save them for later," Jenna voiced.
"Good idea," Kyra said.
"Yeah, we have 20 minutes until our reservation," Klaus responded as Elijah took the stroller from me as Buffy put the bag into my backpack. We were off to Voodoo doughnuts.
When we got to Voodoo Doughnuts, Elijah, Cole, Buffy, and I decided to get half a dozen to share between us. We walked up to the counter.
"Welcome to Voodoo Doughnuts. What can we get for you?" the worker asked.
"A half dozen of Voodoo donuts," Elijah answered.
"Okay, what would you like?" the worker asked.
We told him what doughnuts we would like, and Elijah paid for them. We quickly headed out of Voodoo doughnuts with the stroller, and Elijah showed us where we were going for dinner.
When we got there, we saw the sign on the restaurant, and it said, 'The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savoury Feast Kitchen.' We headed inside, and it was steampunk themed restaurant. It was so cool. We headed towards the restaurant part.
"Good evening, reservations?" a worker asked us.
"Three Tables under Mikaelson," Finn responded.
"Of course," the worker said as she gathered the menus for the tables.
We were shown the first table and sat down as she gave us menus before seating the other two tables. I opened my menu to see what I would like.
"What are you going to get?" Buffy asked me.
"The Coco Pork Tenderloin sounds," I answered. "What about you?"
"Braised Short Rib," Buffy told me.
"That looks good," I said as I read what she wanted. "What about for drinks?"
"Marshmellow Crisp Milkshake, you?" Buffy returned.
"Brownie Milkshake," I voiced.
"Good evening, my name is Danielle, and I will be your server. What can I get you all today?" our server Danielle asked.
"Ladies first," Elijah said.
"I'll have the Coco Pork Tenderloin and a Brownie Milkshake," I ordered.
"I'll have Braised Short Rib and a Marshmellow Crisp Milkshake," Buffy ordered.
"I'll have the chicken Bercy and a S'mores Milkshake," Cole ordered.
"I'll have Chicken Bourguignon and a Bourbon neat," Elijah ordered.
"Okay, I'll get your drinks to you momentarily," Danielle said.
She left as I warmed up Persephone's bottle.
"Can I feed her?" Buffy asked.
"Of course," I answered as I finished warming it up.
I gave Buffy the bottle before getting Persephone out of her stroller and handing her over. Buffy fed her as we waited for our drinks.
"So, what are we doing when we get back to the room?" Buffy asked.
"Bathing Persephone, getting her ready for bed, and putting her to bed," I answered. "Eating doughnuts as the boys watch the next Harry Potter movie and while I work on the next book of my series."
"I think I'll join the boys in watching the next Harry Potter movie," Buffy responded.
"We'll welcome you," Cole answered.
Our drinks came as Buffy finished feeding Persephone. She burped her before handing her over to me. I laid her back into the stroller before doing up the straps and giving her the soother. We took a sip of our drink and talked about the day we had. It wasn't before long our food was here. We jumped right into eating. We continued to chat as we ate and drank. After we were done, we asked for our milkshakes to go into to-go cups. We were given to-go cups with milkshakes in them. Elijah paid and left a tip before we headed outside with the others. Cole wheeled the stroller down the ramp with us behind him.
"Back to the Hotel, we go," Cole said as we headed out of Citywalk and towards the garage that held the cars.
When we got to the cars, we unpacked the diaper bag, our bags and got Persephone strapped into her car seat. Elijah closed the trunk as Buffy got into the SUV. I followed suit and buckled myself in before closing the door. The boys got into the car, and we were off to the hotel. Twenty minutes later, we were back at the hotel. I got out of the car and headed to the trunk. I opened it grabbed the stroller, diaper bag and my bag before handing Buffy hers.
"I'll get Persephone into the stroller," Buffy said as she rolled the stroller over to Persephone's side door and opened it. "Oh... it's okay. We're back at the hotel. You're going to get a nice bath, a clean diaper and a nice clean sleeper." Buffy told Persephone as Persephone cried in her arms.
Buffy laid her into the stroller before doing up the straps, and we were off back to the room.
When we walked into the lobby, we separated from the group. My group headed to the evaluators that went to our floor. Elijah, Cole, Persephone, Buffy and I got on our floor and headed to our room. I unlocked the door and headed in with the others behind me. I took off my bag and set it down on a chair.
"Who's bathing Persephone tonight?" I asked.
"I will," Elijah and Cole chimed up.
"Okay," Buffy said as she handed over the stroller to the boys and took the doughnuts from Elijah.
"The sleeper for tonight should be in the bag that says day 2," I told them.
"Got it," Cole responded as they walked into the bedroom with the stroller.
Buffy set the doughnuts down on the table as I opened my bag. I pulled out the gift bags and set them out on the table. I pulled out the bags that Kate had made and set them next to the bags.
"We're going to bath Persephone," Elijah said.
"Okay," Buffy said as she opened her bag and handed me my wand.
"Have a nice bath, my sweet Persephone," I said as I blew her a kiss.
Elijah and Cole walked into the bathroom with Persephone, the baby bathtub and her toiletries.
"What are you doing?" Buffy asked.
"I'm putting our shopping our separate bags," I told her as I put my wand box into my extension bag.
"That's a good idea," Buffy responded as she grabbed her bag and placed her wand box into it.
"Which gift bag, first?" I asked as I grabbed Willow's wand box and slipped it into her bag.
"How about Custom Gear?" Buffy responded as she grabbed the first bag of shopping.
"My pop dolls and my Family Forever Travel Tumblr," I said as I pulled them out of the shopping bag and slipped them into my bag.
"Cole's Ride or Die Travel Tumblr," Buffy said as she slipped his Tumblr into his bag.
"What's next?" I questioned.
"Burgins & Burkes," Buffy answered as she grabbed the bag.
"My deathly Hallows T-shirt," I said as I slipped my T-shirt into my extension bag. "Willow's Deathly Hallows Necklace and Cole's Harry Potter Patronus T-shirt." I pulled out Willow's and Cole's items and slipped them into their appropriate bags.
"Now onto, Magical Menagerie," Buffy replied.
"My Niffler shirt and stuffie," I muttered as I took it out of the bag and put it in mine. "Persephone's unicorn stuffie & dragon egg puppet." I took out Persephone's items and placed them into her extension bag. "Willow's Small Pink Pygmy Puff." I pulled out Willow's Pygmy Puff and put it into her extension bag. "Buffy's Niffler hoodie." I took out the hoodie and handed it to Buffy. "Elijah's Niffler Mug & Cole's Hedwig stuffie." I took out Elijah's mug and Cole's Hedwig stuffie before placing them into their bags.
Buffy and I continued with the other shopping items but stopped when we finished. There was still a bit left in the bags that we didn't know where they would go.
"I'm going to get into my PJs and grab my laptop," I said.
"Me too," Buffy returned as we got up and headed to the bedrooms.
When I got into the bedroom, I grabbed today's nightwear and changed into them. I undid my braid before brushing my hair. I headed to my carry-on and grabbed my laptop and charger. I walked out of the bedroom and placed my laptop on the table. Then, I plugged my charger into my laptop before plugging it into the wall. I booted it up and got a word doc up. I started writing the first chapter of the sequel to my book. The first chapter was about the summer we returned to Mystic Falls before Emelia (me) got pregnant.
"She is bathed, changed and in her sleeper," Cole said as he, Persephone and Elijah came out of the bathroom. "Now she needs a bottle." Cole handed me the bottle for bed.
I warmed up the bottle before handing it over to him. I went back to writing chapter one of the book. Twenty minutes later, I was at the end of the short first chapter as Cole was burping Persephone. I looked up as Persephone let out a burp. I saved the first chapter before getting up. I took Persephone from Cole's arms and headed into the bedroom to place her down for bed. I laid her down in the playpen before laying her blanket down on her and giving her soother.
"Nighty-night, my love. May you have sweet dreams," I whispered as I shut off the light in the bedroom but left the door open slightly.
I walked back into the living room to see Buffy in her PJs, Elijah and Cole watching the opening scene to Harry Potter 2. They were munching on the doughnuts that we had gotten at Voodoo doughnuts. I walked over to the kitchenette before making up the bottles for tonight's wake calls. I looked over to see Harry Potter being saved by the Weasley brothers as I finished three bottles for the middle of the night. I opened the mini-fridge stuck the premade bottle into the fridge before closing. I walked over to the doughnut box and grabbed my chosen doughnut.
"Mm," I said as I took a bite of the doughnut and took a seat a the table. "So good."
I quickly ate my doughnut before slurping down my milkshake as I continued to work on the book. Two hours later, the movie was over. While I was half done with the second chapter of the book. I saved the word doc as I saw the time. It was time for me to go to bed. I got and shut off the laptop before unplugging it. I picked up my laptop and charger before turning to Buffy and the boys.
"Goodnight," I said as I turned and headed to the bathroom.
When I got into the bathroom, I brushed my teeth before washing my mouth out. I walked out of the bathroom before quietly heading into the bedroom. I placed my laptop down on the side table with the charge before checking on Persephone to see that she was asleep. I got into bed. Elijah and Cole came into the bedroom wearing their nightwear and got into bed. We rolled over and fell asleep.
Time Skip
It was morning, and I was already making up bottles for Persephone for our day in the park. I made enough for the day before slowly walking into the bedroom and grabbing my toiletries and housecoat. I walked into the bathroom and started the shower. I got out of my PJs, took off my Trinity necklace, and ring before getting into the shower. I quickly showered before getting out and putting my housecoat on before brushing my teeth.
"Today, we are going to Hogsmead," I muttered as I walked out of the bathroom and to the bedroom to grab my outfit for the day.
"Good morning," Cole whispered as he saw me come into the bedroom.
"Morning," I whispered back as I opened my luggage and grabbed today's outfit bag. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah. Persephone woke up four times. Twice for a diaper change and two times for a feeding," Cole told him.
"I'm going to get dressed," I said as Persephone woke up crying.
"I'll get her changed and dressed for the day," Elijah said as he came into the room ready for the day.
"Thank you," I replied as I kissed him on the cheek and headed to the bathroom.
When I got into the bathroom, I took out my clothes laid them out on the counter before putting my shoes on the floor and my bag for the day on the counter. I took off my housecoat and quickly got into my underwear and bra before getting to my pants and putting on the belt. I pulled my top over my head and down before putting my Ravenclaw robe over top of my clothes. I quickly put on my shoes before adding my Trinity protection necklace and Claddagh ring. I brushed my hair before doing the hairstyle that I had planned for today.
"Hey, Aurora," Cole said as he came into the bathroom dressed.
"Yeah," I said as I put my side bag on.
"We're ready to go," Cole said as I put on little lip gloss.
"Is Persephone's bottles in her diaper bag?" I asked.
"Yes, and she's been fed," Cole answered.
"I'm almost done," I responded as I walked out of the bathroom with my housecoat.
I walked into the bedroom and put my housecoat back into its bag. Then, I put my laptop into my spelled carry-on before grabbing my phone, wallet and sunglasses placed them into my side bag. I also grabbed my wand and map. Which Cole took from my hands.
"Let's go," Cole said as he took my hand in his, and we left the bedroom.
When we got to the living room, Buffy was dressed in a red top with light brown jeans and red flats. Her hair was down with some pulled back as her jewelry was a phoenix ring, a bracelet with claws, her deathly hallows bracelet, and blue hanging earrings. Her bag was the same as yesterday's.
"Are we ready to go?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, let's get some breakfast," Cole answered as Elijah got up and started pushing the stroller towards the door.
We left the room and headed towards the evaluators.
When we got downstairs, the others were at the Starbucks location in the hotel. We headed over and got in line. We ordered our breakfast and coffee/other drinks before sitting down at the tables.
"Hey, where are we going first?" Kate asked.
"Hogwarts Express near Diagon Alley," Jenna said. "We thought you would like to head to Hogsmead with tradition."
"I like that idea," I replied as I took a sip of Shaken Passion Ice Tea.
"Me too," Kyra added as we continued to eat and drink before we headed off towards the cars.
When we got to the cars, we unpacked the stroller and got Persephone situated in her car seat before getting into the car. Elijah put the stroller into the trunk before closing and getting into the car.
"Off we go," Cole said as Elijah started the car and we off to the city walk garages once more.
Ten minutes later, we were parked, situated, bag checked, and was off to the Hogwarts Express. When we got there, we got into line with the stroller and walked through the cue as we waited for our turn on the Hogwarts Express. Another ten minutes later, we were on the Hogwarts Express heading to Hogsmead. Persephone was on my lap as we watched the screen as we left the station. It really felt like we were going to Hogwarts.
Twelve minutes later, we were off the Hogwarts express. Persephone was safely back in the stroller as Cole pushed the stroller.
"Where to first?" Rebekah asked.
"Forbidden Journey," Klaus answered as we headed for the castle.
When we got to the castle, we decided who would go on and who would stay with Persephone.
"I'll stay with Persephone," Finn said.
"Are you sure?" I asked him.
"Of course. You guys go have fun," Finn answered as he took the stroller from Cole.
We headed towards the line and got into line.
Twenty minutes later, we were close in front as we grabbed our glasses and were ready to get on the ride. A little while later, we got onto the ride. We were off to the Forbidden Journey.
After the ride, we grabbed our things from the lockers and met with Finn and Persephone.
"How was the ride?" Finn asked.
"It was amazing. The storyline was great, and having the actual actors in it just made it more amazing," Kate answered.
"I can't wait to get on another ride," Leo responded.
"Well, what ride is next?" Andy questioned.
"Why don't we try to get on Flight of Hippogriff?" Kyra questioned.
"Okay," I responded as we headed for the flight of Hippogriff.
When we got to the flight of Hippogriff, we stopped once more to see who would go on the ride and who would stay with Persephone.
"I'm staying this time," Klaus voiced. "Finn, go have some fun."
"Okay," Finn responded. "Are you sure, brother?"
"I'm sure," Klaus returned before we headed for the line and got in.
An hour later, we were in front of the line. We waited for the coaster to return and let off its passengers for our group to get on. We were in pairs. Cole was with me, Elijah with Leo, Kate with Finn, Kyra with Andy, Buffy with Jenna, and Jeremy with Rebekah. Moments later, its passengers were off before it came to a stop in front of the doors. The doors opened, and we got on to the ride. We were off on a hippogriff flight.
After the ride was done, we grabbed our bags and got out of the basket vehicle before heading to find Klaus.
"How was the ride?" Klaus asked us as Cole took the stroller back.
"The ride was fun. We sat in a basket-like vehicle at the front of the coaster was Hippogriff body," Kyra told him.
"Where to next?" Cole asked.
"Why don't we take in a show? I think the Frog choir is playing now," Kate said as she pulled up the app on her phone.
We headed towards the stage area to take in a show.
A Slight Time Skip Later...
It was lunchtime. We were heading to the Three Broomsticks. A cast member handed each of us a menu as we were directed to the ordering counter.
"Why don't we get The Grande Feast?" Elijah questioned.
"Yeah, it feeds four, and there are four in our group," Buffy responded.
"That's a good idea," I replied.
"So, what to drink?" Cole asked.
"I'm going to get Sweetened Ice Tea," I responded.
"I'll get the same," Buffy said.
"Me too," Elijah responded.
"Me Three," Cole voiced.
"Hello, welcome to Three Broomsticks. What can I get for you?" a cast member asked.
"We would like the Grande Feast and four sweetened Ice Teas," Elijah ordered.
"Will that be all?" the cast member questioned.
"Yes," Elijah answered.
The cast member told us what we owed, and Elijah paid before telling us where to pick up our food. We headed to the counter and got our feast and drinks before heading to a table to eat. Our Grande feast consisted of a fresh garden salad with a signature vinaigrette dressing. While our main course was a combination of rotisserie smoked chicken & spareribs, corn on the cob, and roast potatoes.
When we found a table, we sat down and began to eat our feast. A couple of minutes later, the rest of our trip group came over with their food.
"What did you get, and how did you get that much?" Kol asked.
"We got the Grande Feast, and it serves four," Buffy told him.
"That looks really good," Kyra said.
"We know. Try this," I said as I handed Kyra a smoked chicken. "For some reason, I had a craving for this."
"Wonder why?" Jenna questioned.
"I don't know. But I've had cravings for the ice cream we had yesterday, even before we had it," Rebekah responded.
"I had cravings as well," Kate said.
"Me too," Kyra replied.
I got to thinking that the last time. I had cravings like this I was pregnant with Persephone. I shook my head and thought I might be a little late.
"It's probably nothing. We have cravings before," I voiced.
We continued to eat as I warmed up Persephone's bottle of formula.
"I'll feed her," Elijah said as he took the bottle before taking Persephone from her stroller and feeding her. "Continuing eating."
We went back to eating and talked about where we were shopping today.
Twenty minutes later, we cleaned up and headed out of the Hogsemead for family washrooms to change Persephone's diaper. I took Persephone into the washroom and changed her diaper before walking back out and joining the others. I bent down and gave Persephone her soother before laying her blanket down on her and pulling the shade cover over her.
"Let's go shopping," I said.
"Where to first?" Buffy asked.
"Dervish and Bangles," Jenna answered.
"Okay, let's head back to Hogsmead," Klaus voiced as we started our way back to Hogsmead.
A couple of minutes later, we were in front of the Dervish and Bangles store. We walked in and started to explore. I walked over to an area with the stroller and found something. I looked at something for Xander.
"Hey, what did you find?" Jeremy asked as he came up behind me.
"Something for Xander," I responded as I picked up the box with the golden snitch in it.
"I have him for his extension bag. I think he would love this," Jeremy said as he took it from my hand.
"I think he would love it too," I replied before saying. "Well, I'm going to look for something for Willow, Persephone and me. Oh, don't forget to find your ornament for the Christmas tree."
"Don't worry, I won't," Jeremy responded as I pushed the stroller over to some Team Captain T-shirts.
I looked for my size before picking it up and putting it against me. I liked it. I walked away from the rack and headed to the jewelry section. I found a choker that would look great around Willow's neck with her Hogwarts house on it. After that, I headed over to where I saw Christmas ornaments. I looked around at them before picking up the Ravenclaw crest ornament and Ravenclaw Flag ornament and heading over to where I saw the flags for my last purchase at this shop. I picked up three Ravenclaw flags before setting them down on top of the stroller and went to find Elijah, who was looking at the mugs/glassware.
"Hey, Elijah," I said.
"Hello, darling," Elijah said as he turned and kissed me on the cheek. "Did you get what you wanted?"
"Yes, I did," I replied. "I also got the ornaments for the Christmas tree.
"Are you ready to pay?" Elijah asked.
"I am," I responded as we headed towards the cashier with Cole and Buffy had joined us.
When we got to the cashier, we carefully placed our items on the counter in front of the cashier. The cashier ranged it up before telling us the price, and Elijah paid. We headed out of the store with our bag and the stroller before stopping and waiting for the others.
"Here, we'll put the bag into my backpack this time," Buffy said as she took the bag from Elijah and took off her backpack before placing the bag into it and closing it up.
"How is she sleeping?" I asked Cole.
"She's soundly asleep. Amazingly, she can sleep through this," Cole said as he peered down into the cover.
The others joined us with their bags.
"Where to next?" Klaus asked.
"Owl Post," Jenna responded.
We headed over to the Owl Post. The store was next to Dervish and Banges. When we got to the store, we walked in and started to look around. I headed over to the bookmarks/journals section. I picked up a Dobby Bookmark and a light blue Ravenclaw journal for me and Hermione Bookmark and a darker blue Ravenclaw journal for Willow. I walked over to the postcards and picked one up for Willow. I walked over to the cashier's desk with my things.
"Ready to pay?" the woman asked.
"Yes," I responded as I laid what I grabbed onto the counter.
"Will you be sending the poster card somewhere?" the woman asked.
"Yes," I answered.
"Please write what you want to say on the back and the address," the woman said.
I wrote the address before writing what I wanted to say to Willow.
Will,
We've missed you so much. We will be seeing you soon.
A.
I handed the poster card over to the woman who told me the price for everything. I paid for my things this time before being handed my bag.
"Thank you," I replied.
"Have a good day," The woman returned as I walked the stroller out of the store and into the park.
I walked and headed to an area where the others could see me when they came out.
"Ah, there you are," Elijah said as he came out of the store with Cole and Buffy behind him.
"Yeah, sorry. I wanted to buy the items myself and send something to someone," I replied. "And it was getting tight in there. I thought it was best I took the stroller out of there."
"That's okay. You should have told us," Cole voiced.
"I know. Is everyone almost done in there?" I responded.
"Yeah, they were in at the cashier's counter. When we walked out," Buffy told me.
"Hey, guys, where to next?" Kyra asked as they came over to us.
"Filch's Emporium of Confiscated Goods," I answered.
Cole took the stroller as we headed towards the next store.
When we got there, we headed right in and started to explore. I walked over to where I found socks. I picked up two pairs of Ravenclaw socks before grabbing a Ravenclaw pullover in Willow's size. I headed over to see Dobby T-shirts and mugs. I picked and found a Dobby T-shirt in my size before grabbing a mug that had Dobby is Free on the back of the cup.
"Did you get what you wanted?" Elijah asked as he came over to me.
"Yes," I answered.
"Let me pay for these, please," Elijah returned.
"Okay," I responded as I handed Elijah the items in my hands.
"Come on, Aurora, why don't we go outside?" Cole said as he came over with the stroller.
We headed outside to wait for the others. Thirty minutes later, the others were out of the store and heading towards us.
"Ready to go to Honeydukes?" Jeremy questioned.
"Yeah. I have a list of what I need to get and what I want for a snack," I answered as we headed our way to Honeydukes.
When we got there, we paused for a moment before talking.
"I think we should get our snack first before getting what we're buying for shopping?" I voiced.
"That's a good idea," Cole responded as Persephone woke up from her nap.
I looked at my phone to see that she had been sleeping for about two hours. I got out a bottle and warmed it up.
"I'm going to feed her before getting my snack," Cole said before I handed him the bottle.
"Are you sure? What do you want? We can get it for you," I questioned.
"I want 2 pieces of Butterbeer fudge," Cole answered.
"Okay, we'll get that for you," Elijah said as Cole got Persephone out of her stroller and started to feed her.
We headed into Honeydukes and headed to the counter for what we wanted in the case. We looked at the glass case at what we wanted to get.
"Good afternoon. What can I do for you?" a cast member asked.
"Yes, we would like two pieces of Butterbeer fudge, a pumpkin pasty, a pumpkin cake, two pieces of chocolate caramel swirl fudge," Elijah said.
"You know when you buy four pieces of fudge you get two free. What would you like to get for your free ones?" The cast member told us.
"Aurora, why don't you pick?" Buffy voiced.
"Hmm," I said as I stared at the fudge to find what I wanted. "Two pieces of the peanut butter fudge."
"Good choice. Will that be all?" the cast member said as he got our order together.
"Yes, for now," Elijah replied as he paid for our snacks before we headed back outside.
When we got out of the store, we walked over to Cole as he put Persephone back into her stroller.
"Here is your fudge," Elijah said as he handed Cole his pieces of butterbeer fudge.
"Thank you," Cole said as he straightened back up.
"Your pumpkin pasty," Elijah voiced as he handed me my snack. "What would you like me to do with your peanut butter fudge, Aurora?"
"I'll save it for tonight after we put Persephone to bed," I responded before taking a bite of my snack. "Mmm." I moaned as I tasted the pumpkin. "My favourite Fall flavour."
The others joined us as we ate our snacks before heading back into Honeydukes for our shopping needs. Cole had the stroller as I looked around to find what I needed. I headed over to the chocolate frogs and grabbed two chocolate frogs before heading to the Bertie botts beans. I took two boxes of the beans before looking behind me to find the Honeyduke lollypops and grabbed one for Willow. I saw some Honeydukes candy jars for sale and grabbed one each for Willow and me. I walked over to a section of shelves and grabbed Fizzing Wizbees.
"Looks like you have a lot," Cole said as I jumped without breaking the glass jars in my hands.
"Cole, be careful. I'm holding candy jars," I told him.
"Sorry. Need some help?" Cole responded.
"That would be lovely. I need to grab two Chocolate cauldrons and one Honeydukes saltwater taffy," I returned.
Cole took the jars from me as we headed over to the windows shelves with the saltwater taffy in front of them. I grabbed them before heading over to the wall that had Chocolate Cauldrons on them. I grabbed two of them before we headed to find Elijah.
"Ready to pay?" Elijah asked as he held a chocolate frog, a Bertie Botts every flavour beans, a chocolate cauldron and two Honeydukes mugs.
"Very," I responded as we headed back to the cashier's table.
"Welcome back. Is this all?" the cast member voiced.
"Yes," Elijah said as we placed everything we had on the counter.
The cast member rang it up before giving the price, and Elijah paid as the cast member carefully put our things into bags. We took the bags and headed back outside. We waited for the others before we headed back to the Hogwarts Express.
"So, where to next?" Kol asked.
"We are heading back to City walk for an early dinner and then back to the hotel," Jenna responded.
"Yeah, tomorrow and the next day we're spending it at Volcano Bay," Kate piped up as we waited for the express to return.
We got on and were off to Universal Diagon Alley Hogwarts Express.
Ten minutes later, we were back at Universal Studios Orlando. We headed out of the station with Persephone in Cole's arms.
"Next stop. City walk," Cole said as he placed Persephone back into the stroller and did up the straps.
We headed over to the entrance of the park.
After our group left the park, we headed for Universal Studio's City Walk.
"Where are we eating?" Kate asked.
"Bigfire restaurant," Klaus said as we headed towards where the restaurant was.
Elijah had his arm around my shoulders as we walked towards dinner. Cole had the stroller. Ten minutes later, we were at the restaurant and were seated.
"What looks good?" Buffy asked.
"Hearth Baked bread sounds good for starters," I voiced.
"What about for our main?" Cole questioned.
"Bigfire cheeseburger," I voiced.
The rest of our table had their thoughts for what they wanted.
"Good afternoon, what can I get for you all?" a waiter asked.
"We would like Hearth Baked Bread, a Bigfire cheeseburger, a skillet Roasted Half Chicken and a short rib pasta," Elijah ordered.
"What would you like for your drinks?" the waiter asked.
"I would like a rootbeer," I responded.
"I would like a coke," Buffy answered.
"I would like a sweetened Ice Tea," Cole replied.
"I would like the same as him," Elijah voiced.
"Okay, I will bring your drinks to you shortly," The waiter said as he left with our order.
"We'll feed Persephone back at the hotel," Cole said as we noticed she was asleep once more.
The waiter came back with our drinks before leaving again.
"What are you guys watching tonight?" I asked.
"Might as well watch the next Harry Potter movie," Cole said. "What about you?"
"I think I will be finishing my second chapter and starting on the third," I replied. "Maybe wash of this nail polish as well."
"Good idea," Buffy responded.
"I also have to plan what songs to add to my album for this year's soundtrack," I added.
The waiter came back after twenty minutes with our food. We began to eat and talk about today's journey. An hour and a half later, we were done and were back at the cars. We unpacked the stroller before getting Persephone back into the car seat. Buffy, Cole and I got into the car. Elijah put the car seat into the trunk before closing it and getting in. We were off to the hotel once more.
Ten minutes later, we were back at the hotel, and Persephone was back in the stroller as we headed back to the rooms. When we got to our room, I picked Persephone up and out of her stroller before feeling a wet diaper.
"Oh, little miss needs a diaper change," I said as I grabbed the diaper bag.
Cole pulled out the changing pad and laid it on the floor. I knelt before laying Persephone onto the changing pad. I took off her pants and unbuttoned her onesie before changing her diaper and putting on a clean one.
"There all clean," I said as I redid the buttons and put her pants back on.
"I'll feed her," Cole said as he got out the baby food from the bag.
I placed her back into the stroller and did up the straps. Cole started to feed her the baby purre for dinner.
"I'll get the nail polish remover," Buffy said as she headed to her room.
I went to grab my laptop and charger from the bedroom. I took off my purse and took out my cellphone and wallet before taking off my sunglasses laying them on the side table. I placed the purse into the outfit bag before grabbing my laptop and charger and heading back out to the living room.
When I walked into the living room, Buffy had set up the nail polish remover and cotton swabs. Persephone was done eating and was playing peek-a-boo with Cole. Elijah was reading something on his phone.
"Okay. I'm ready," I said as I sat down in front of Buffy.
"I'll do you first," Buffy said as she took my right hand and started cleaning off the nail polish.
"So, what are we doing after this?" I asked her.
"Well, we can sort out the shopping before you get Persephone ready for bath and bed," Buffy answered.
I looked over at Persephone as she babbled and played with a small soft toy in her hands as Cole read to her. I looked back over at Buffy, who was finished with my right hand and had started with my left.
"So tomorrow, we're swimming and having fun at Volcano Bay," Buffy said. "Yeah," I replied.
"What are we doing with Persephone?" Buffy asked.
"Well, we can go into the pool with Persephone but only for short periods. We have swim diapers, baby bottles and food, her hooded towel, baby sunscreen, hat, fans and sunglasses," I answered. "Plus, Elijah, Cole and I have a routine planned for Volcano bay, and we booked private cabanas for it."
"Okay, then," Buffy returned as I started on her right hand.
"Everything will be fine," I told her. "Plus..."
"Plus, what?" Buffy questioned.
"Well, I kinda used my gift for personal use by accident and found out..." I voiced.
"And found out what?" Buffy questioned.
"That your expulsion from Sunnydale High will be overturned. I just don't know when and you'll graduate with us," I told her.
"That's good," Buffy said as I finished her right hand and went onto her left. "So, we'll be back in Sunnydale before we know it."
"Yeah, I just wish Angel would be here for it," I muttered.
"Hey," Buffy said. "Angel would be here if he could. We'll find a way for him to return to us."
"I know. I just miss Angel a lot," I replied. "I mean, he'll miss Persephone's first crawl, he missed her first giggle, and he'll miss a lot of her milestones."
"We'll record everything. We'll take pictures," Buffy said as I finished her pinky. "Now, let's go wash our hands and get into our PJs."
We grabbed the nail polish remover and cotton swabs before getting up and heading to our bedrooms to get our PJs before walking into the bathroom.
When we walked into the bathroom, we took turns washing our hands before getting into our PJs.
"What time is it?" Buffy asked.
"It looks like 6:00 pm," I answered as I looked at my phone.
"Well, we may have enough time to watch two Harry Potter movies tonight," Buffy said.
"I may have time to finish the second chapter and third chapter of my new book," I replied.
"When does Persephone have her bath and get put down for bed?" Buffy asked as we walked out of the bathroom.
"Uh, between 7 pm & 7:30," I answered as we headed back into the living room.
When we walked into the living room, Persephone was on her tummy doing tummy time with Cole and Elijah.
"How she's doing?" I asked.
"She's starting to like tummy time and keeps reaching for her soft toy," Cole said as she rolled over from her tummy to her back.
"And she's rolling over from her tummy to her back," Elijah said.
"Soon, enough she'll be crawling," I voiced.
"I know, our apartment is already safe for that to happen," Elijah responded.
"Well, in an hour, she needs to be bathed, changed into a sleeper, bottle-fed, and put to bed," I voiced as I made up some bottles for her nighttime feedings and her bottle for bed.
"I'll do it," Cole returned.
"And I'll feed her and put her down for bed," Elijah responded.
"Are you sure? That also means ignoring her crying when she's put down," I asked.
"We can do it," Cole said.
"I believe when I see it," I replied.
The boys have been having some trouble letting Persephone cry herself to sleep. Every time I set her down to sleep, she cried herself to sleep. But every time the boys put her down to sleep, she would cry, and they won't ignore it. I mean, she may have slept perfectly the last two nights, but that doesn't mean that it will happen the rest of our trip.
An hour later...
I warmed up the bottle after Persephone was done with her bath. She was dressed into her sleeper and was waiting for her bottle.
"There, it's warmed," I said as I checked it on my wrist. "Here." I handed it over to Elijah.
"Thank you," Elijah replied as he took it and began to feed Persephone.
"Your welcome," I returned as I went back to writing my next chapter as I had finished the second chapter.
Five minutes later, Persephone was fed and burped before she was handed to me.
"Good night, my love," I whispered as I kissed her forehead. "May the angels watch over you." I handed her over to Cole, who took her into the bedroom.
I turned on the screen for the baby video camera as I heard Persephone start to cry. I watched as Cole lay her down into the playpen before giving her soother and laying her blanket over her. I continued to watch as Cole tried to walk out of the room without looking back. I looked over to see Cole coming out and over to Elijah and Buffy. He sat down next to Elijah before Buffy unpaused the movie. Ten minutes later, Persephone was still crying, but at the corner of my eye, Cole and Elijah were both nudging their eyes towards the bedroom.
"Don't even think about it. Persephone needs to self soothe herself to sleep," I voiced.
"But..." Cole said.
"But nothing. Go back to watching the movie," I told Cole and Elijah.
They went back to the movie, and twenty minutes later, Persephone had cried herself to sleep. I had decided that I might finish the chapter and start the fourth chapter before drafting an email to the publisher that wanted to publish my book.
Two hours later, the third and fourth movies were done and over with, and it was time for bed.
"I'm heading to bed," I said as I saved my work and shut down my laptop before plugging the plug and getting up with them in my arms.
"We'll join you shortly," Elijah said as they watched the fifth movie of Harry Potter movie.
"Good night," I returned before taking my laptop and putting it onto the side table before heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth.
I brushed my teeth before heading to the bedroom. I got into bed before moving to the middle. I turned over and went to sleep. It wasn't before long that the boys joined me. I felt a kiss on my cheek from both boys before they turned over and joined me in sleep.
A Giant Time Skip Later...
Dear Diary,
Sorry, I haven't written in for a while. We've been having so much fun. Just before we spent our first time at Volcano Bay. We sorted out the shopping from our Day 3 shopping. Willow got a Ravenclaw Flag & choker, a Hermione Bookmark, a dark blue Ravenclaw journal, and a postcard that I had sent from the Owl Post. She also got a Ravenclaw pullover & socks, a chocolate frog, Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Honeydukes lollypop, Honeydukes candy jar & a Chocolate Cauldron. I bought a Ravenclaw Phone Case, Qudduitch Team Captain T-shirt, and a Ravenclaw Flag. I also got a Dobby bookmark, a light blue Ravenclaw journal, a Dobby T-shirt & Mug, a pair of Ravenclaw socks. I also bought a chocolate frog, a Bertie Botts, Fizzing Wizbees, Honeydukes Salt Water Taffy, a Honeydukes Candy Har and Chocolate Cauldron. But our Christmas tree, I bought a Ravenclaw Flag ornament and picked out a Ravenclaw crest Ornament for Persephone. Anyway, let me tell you what we did the last three days before today.
Day 4 & 5- Volcano Bay Days: We spent two days at the water park. For both days, we had private cabanas for our group. It was an excellent way for Persephone to nap while the rest of our group had fun. The first day, Elijah and I stayed with Persephone as she slept while the others went to have fun. On the second day, Cole and Jenna stayed back with Persephone as she slept while we had fun. We had fun with Persphone in the beach area where she could be with Elijah or Cole holding her. When we went for the water slides, we took turns who would stay with Persephone. Anyway, we had fun and wore ourselves out on both days.
On our sixth day in Orlando, we spent our time at the park.
Day 6- 2nd Day at Universal Studios Orlando: The boys surprised us with breakfast before we headed out to the park. We headed for the theme park after breakfast. When we got to the park, we took a picture in front of the Universal Studios Globe. When we walked into Universal Studios, we headed for the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride, which was only a thirty-minute wait. Elijah decided to sit with Persephone in the stationary seat while the rest of our group enjoyed the ride. After the ride, we took another picture with the minion at the end of the ride. We took a stop in the Gift shop called Super Silly Stuff. We bought a Mummy Sturat Pop Doll for me, a unicorn onesie, a Minion Buble Wand, a sleepy Kittens Board Book and a Minion Bath Toys for Persephone. Willow got a pressed Penny of Kevin and a Minion Glass. After the shopping in Super Silly Stuff, we headed for Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket. Kate, Kyra, Rebekah and I stayed back with Persephone as we were feeling nauseous for some reason. So we headed for stores near Universal Studios Store. We bought a universal studios Retro mug for Giles, a Universal Studios Filmstrip Photo Frame for me and a Universal Logo Sports Backpack for Cole. Then we headed for Studio sweets. We bought everyone's favourite candies in a bag. We met up with the others in front of the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock-it. We headed over to our next ride called Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon. Kate, Kyra and Rebeckah no longer felt nauseous, but I stayed behind with Jenna and Elijah and looked through the gift shop. I bought the selfie Panda for Persephone and a Black New York Tank top for me. The last ride we went on before lunch was called Revenge of the Mummy, and I went on the ride this time as Jenna stayed with Persephone. After the ride, we went to Safara's Traders gift shop. I picked up a mummy-themed necklace for Willow but didn't find anything for myself or Persephone.
We ate lunch at Mel's Drive-in. Our room group got a chicken fingers combo with fries & Strawberry milkshake (me), the BBQ Brisket Burger Combo with Fries & Chocolate shake (Buffy), a Bacon Cheese Burger Combo with Fries & Strawberry milkshake (Cole) and a Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Fries & Vanilla Milkshake (Elijah). Persephone had her usual bottle of formula before her nap. While Persephone was asleep in the stroller, we continued to shop. We headed for San Fransico Candy Factory. We bought Minon Mixed Fruit Flavoured Candies (Willow), Jurassic World Gummy Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park Fossil Dionsuars Egg Candies (me), Hello Kitty Strawberry Marshmallows (Buffy), more known brand candies (Cole), and four large pink donuts (ourselves/Willow). After the candy factory, we headed back into Diagon Alley for the stores we didn't explore last time. The first stop we made was to the Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment. Our group bought two butterbeer mugs and two Hogwarts Hats & Scarfs for Willow and me. I also got a Ravenclaw crest keychain (me) and Hogwarts 9 3/4 keychain (Willow). Elijah got Giles a Ministry Mug. Then we headed for the enjoining store called Scribbulus. We bought two Ravenclaw luggage tags for Willow and me, a Hogwarts stamper, head & Wax for Willow, a Ravenclaw notepad (Elijah), an 'E' Stamper, metalhead & wax (Elijah), a Ravenclaw stamper, head & the candle wax, and a Hogwarts photo album (me). Cole got a Deathly Hallows head, stamper & candle wax and Buffy got another harry potter journal. After shopping there, we headed for Sugarplum's Sweet Shop. We bought six chocolate frogs, six Bertie Botts Beans Tins, and six exploding bonbons. One for each of our room group's bags. Our last stop in Diagon Alley was at the Quality Quidditch Supplies store. We bought two Ravenclaw striped sleeve T-shirts (Willow/me), a Gryffindor striped sleeve T-shirt (Buffy), and a Hogwarts Quidditch Shirt (Cole).
After shopping in Diagon Alley, we headed for the ice cream place, that we went to on our first day in the parks. When we were finished eating our ice cream, we headed for Men in Black: Alien Attack. Jenna and Finn stayed back with a sleeping Persephone as we went on the ride. After the ride, we shopped in their gift shop. We bought a Men in Black: Alien Attack Pug (me), a Superman Cup with Straw (me) and a Batman Cup with Straw (Buffy). Cole bought a couple of comic books for himself. Before we headed for our next ride. Everyone except me, Kate, Kyra, Rebekah, and Elijah went on the ride. I had taken Persephone to get changed before we headed to our next closest shop. We walked into the store called Kwirk-E-Mart. We bought two Lisa stuffies (Willow/me) and a 'There's no such thing as a bad donut' T-shirt (Cole). We left the store, and we had some fun at the Simpson carnival games before I fed Persephone her bottle. After feeding Persephone, we headed to our next ride called E.T adventure. Cole and Jenna stayed behind with Persephone as we went onto the ride. When the ride was finished, we did a little shopping in its gift shop. We bought a PhoneHome E.T Hoodie (me) and an E.T Stuffie (Persephone). We also took turns getting our pictures taken with the two E.T scenes. We bought the photos before leaving and headed to our last ride before we finished our shopping. After the ride, we shopped in their gift shop. Cole bought a couple of Transformer T-shirts before we continued shopping. We headed to Betty Boop, then Hello Kitty, Rosie's Irish Shop and finally Spongebob storepants. After shopping, we headed back to Simpson Land and bought our dinner there and had headed back to the cars. We ate our dinner at the hotel before doing what we would normally do after a day at the parks. Persephone was bathed, fed and laid down for bed. The boys and Buffy watched one of the Jurassic Park/World movies, and I did some more writing on my next book. We went to bed.
Today... It's a new day, and we are off to the Islands of Adventure. Our last day at the Universal Parks. Tomorrow is check-out day here before heading off to our new theme park. A*
I closed my journal as I saw the time. It was time for me to get ready. I got up with my journal and walked into the bedroom. Cole was getting Persephone changed and dressed.
"Look, Persephone, there's mama," Cole said as he picked Persephone up and turned her towards me.
"Morning," I whispered as I put my journal in my carry-on before grabbing today's clothes bag.
"I'm going to feed her," Cole said as he got up with her in his arms.
"Okay," I responded as I kissed his cheek as he walked out of the room with her.
I headed to the bathroom.
When I walked into the bathroom, I laid out what I would be wearing for the day before getting out of my housecoat. I put on my jeans & belt, button-up top and vest before pulling my boots on and tying them up. After that, I put on my dinosaur claw ring and my t-rex necklace before doing my hair and brushing my teeth. I grabbed my housecoat and my Jurassic Park bag before heading out of the bathroom to the bedroom. When I walked into the bedroom, Elijah was up and dressed.
"Morning, darling," Elijah said as he turned around.
"Morning," I replied as I put my housecoat into my luggage.
"How did you sleep?" Elijah asked.
"Good, how was Persephone in the middle night?" I asked as I placed what I needed for the park into my bag.
"She only woke twice for a feeding," Elijah answered as he kissed my cheek.
"That's good," I returned as we headed out of the bedroom.
We walked into the living room to see Cole finishing feeding Persephone.
"Is Buffy out yet?" I questioned.
"Yeah," Cole said as he wiped Persephone's face with a washcloth. "She's just brushing her teeth."
"Last day in the parks before our next stop," I voiced.
"Yeah, but I think Persephone might like the animals," Elijah said as he took Persephone from Cole and put her into the stroller before doing up the straps.
"Ready to go," Buffy said as she came out of the bathroom.
"Yes, let's go," I replied as Cole set the packed diaper bag into the stroller.
We headed out of the suite and towards the elevator.
Five minutes later, we were downstairs and met up with the others before heading for the cars. We packed up the stroller and diaper bag into the cars before getting in and heading off. We were off to Islands of Adventures. Ten minutes later, we were at the city walk garage, and we headed off to the bag-check. Thirty minutes later, we were finally in City Walk and were heading for Islands of Adventure. When we got there, we headed for Cinnabon for breakfast.
"Good morning. What can I get for you all today?" a worker asked.
"We would like a Classic Roll, a CinnaSweeties, two sausage bites," Elijah ordered. "And for drinks?"
"Hot tea with three milk and two sugar," I ordered.
"Coffee with creme and sugar," Buffy ordered.
"Hot tea with milk," Elijah ordered.
"Hot chocolate with milk," Cole ordered.
The worker re-said our order before Elijah paid. A little while later, we got our food and drinks. We were off on our way as we ate and drank our orders.
Thirty minutes later, the park was officially open, and we headed for Cat in the Hat. We placed our stroller into stroller parking before heading into line. A little while later, we were on the ride and into the world of the Cat in the Hat.
After the ride, we looked around the Cats, Hats and Things store. Elijah went to get the stroller as I looked around with Persephone in my arms. I found a mother of All things t-shirt and looked for size as Persephone's hands reached out to grab the shirt in front of her.
"You want mama to get it?" I asked as I found my size.
Elijah came over with the stroller as I detached Persephone's hands from the first shirt.
"Here, let me take her," Elijah said as he took Persephone from me and laid her into the stroller before doing up the straps.
I grabbed my size and found an aunt of all Things t-shirt for Willow in her size. I headed off with Elijah followed me to the front as I saw something that caught my eye. I looked at the Cat in the Hat and Things Stuffies. I picked up the Cat in Hat and Thing 1 Stuffies before looking at them.
"For Persephone?" Elijah questioned.
"Yeah, more stuffies for Persephone," I responded.
"We'll need a bigger toy chest," Elijah returned.
"I know," I voiced as I picked up a Dr. Seuss book that I knew Persephone didn't have.
But I didn't see anymore that I needed as I already had Cat in the Hat at home.
"Here, I figure you might like this," Cole said as he came over with a Things Photo Frame, a kids/toddlers food plate and a Cat in the Hat bath toys.
"Thank you," I replied.
"Is everyone done?" Buffy asked.
I noticed she had the same t-shirt that I picked up for Willow.
"Yes," I responded.
We headed to pay for our things before heading to what we were doing next.
After shopping in Cat, Hats and Things, we headed for Caro-Suess-el. Finn didn't want to go on the ride, so he stayed with the stroller as we took Persephone and got in line. When it was our turn to get on the ride. I got onto a Suess character, and Elijah put her in front of me with the strap around us. Persephone grabbed out and held onto the pole as I wrapped my arms around her to keep her steady. The ride came on, and we went up and down as the ride went in a circle. Ten minutes later, we were off the ride, and Persephone was in Cole's arms as we headed for our next ride.
Our next ride was called One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Kate made Finn come on the ride as we placed the stroller in stroller parking before getting into line. A little while later, Elijah, Persephone and I got into a red fish, while Cole and Buffy got into a blue fish. Before the ride started, I made sure Persephone sunglasses were on her eyes.
"Are you having fun?" Elijah asked me as the ride began.
"Yeah, I am. We're making memories," I said with a sigh. "I just wish Angel was here from them."
"We'll find a way to bring him back," Elijah said.
"I know," I replied as I made the fish go up and down as the ride went around.
It wasn't before long we were off of the ride. After Persephone was back in the stroller, we went searching for Suess Characters to take pictures with before lunch.
Time Skip
It was lunchtime. We were heading for Circus McGurkus Cafe Stoo-pendous. We had mobile ordered our food before we got there and headed to pick it up. After we picked our orders up, we headed for tables where we could all sit and eat together.
"Hey, Aurora, what did you get?" Kyra asked.
"I got the Fried Chicken Combo with a fruit punch Powerade, you?" I responded.
"I got the chicken sandwich combo with a fruit punch Powerade," Kyra answered.
"So, what are we doing after this?" Rebekah asked as I took a bite of my fried chicken.
"Mm, I think so more shopping in Suess landing before heading to the next land," I answered.
"After that, there are two shops in next landing before we head off to the Jurassic area," Jenna answered.
I warmed up Persephone's bottle before handing it over to Cole as he had his hand stretched out for it. I handed it over to him before he started to feed Persephone as we continued to eat. Thirty minutes later, we were done eating and were off to washrooms to change Persephone before putting her down for a nap. Ten minutes later, Persephone was down to sleep, and we were heading to All the Books You Can Read.
When we got to the store, we separated from the group and looked around. Elijah stayed with me as Cole and Buffy went to look around. We headed for the book section.
"What Dr. Suess books does Persephone don't have?" Elijah asked as he pushed the stroller.
"The only one that comes to mind that she doesn't have so far is Horton Hears a Who," I answered as I picked up the book with the title. "Next time, we go shopping. We should have a list of what books she doesn't have."
"That's a great idea," Elijah returned.
"Hey, Aurora, look at this," Buffy said as she came over with a shirt. "Do you think Willow would like this?"
The shirt said, 'W' Whoville Champions.
"I think she would," I responded.
"Well, that's it for our shopping here," Cole said as he came back empty-handed.
"We'll go pay for this," Elijah said as he handed over the stroller and took the book from my hand.
Buffy and I headed out of the store with the stroller and saw Sam I am and Grinch taking pictures.
"Hey, why don't we go get in line?" Buffy questioned.
"But Persephone's asleep," I responded.
"She sleeps through anything," Buffy returned.
"True," I replied as we headed into line.
It wasn't ten minutes later we got our pictures taken with them before the others came out of the store.
"That was fun," Buffy said as I placed the sleeping Persephone back into the stroller and did up the straps.
"Yeah," I replied as we walked over to the others.
"Have fun?" Kate asked.
"Yeah," I answered before asking. "Where to next?"
"Mulberry Street Store," Finn responded as Cole took the stroller this time.
We headed over to the next store.
When we got to the store, I found another book that I know Persephone's library didn't have. I picked it up before heading to the cashier desk.
"Aurora, where are you going?" Buffy asked.
"I found something for Persephone," I answered. "I'm going to pay for it."
"What about you and Willow?" Buffy asked.
"I know I won't find something for us," I responded.
"I'll join you if you don't mind paying for my nightshirt," Buffy returned.
"I don't mind," I replied as we continued on our way to the cashier desk.
When we got to the cashier desk, Buffy and I laid what we had chosen to get on the counter. The cashier rang it up and told us the amount, and I paid for it before we headed out of the store. Twenty minutes later, the others joined us with their bags.
"What are we doing now?" Rebekah asked.
"Why don't we get something sweet to eat?" I questioned.
"Yeah, I'm in craving ice cream," Kate responded.
"Me too," Kyra and I voiced.
"The Hop on Pop Ice Cream Shop is the place to go, then," Jenna replied.
We headed for the ice cream shop in Suess landing.
When we got to the ice cream place, we got into line as we read the menu.
"Mm, what are you going to get?" Elijah asked.
"The Root Beer Float is what I'm craving," I answered.
"I think I'm going to get the Sundae on a stick with hot fudge," Buffy said.
"What about you, Cole?" Elijah questioned as Cole checked on Persephone.
"I think I'm just gonna get the Waffle cone with Cookies and Creme ice cream," Cole answered. "What about you?"
"I'm going to get the Waffle cone as well but with Strawberry ice cream," Elijah voiced as we got to the front of the line.
"What can I get for you all?" The worker asked.
"One Rootbeer float, one sundae on a stick with hot fudge, one waffle cone with cookies and creme and one waffle cone with strawberry ice cream," Elijah ordered.
The worker told us the amount, and Elijah paid before we were given our ice cream/drink. We left the Hop on Pop Ice Cream Shop with the stroller before heading out of Suess-Landing towards the Jurassic land area.
Twenty minutes later, we were in the Jurassic Area and were heading for the Dino Store. I saw a Jurassic World shirt that I might like. I headed over to the shirts and looked for my size before finding it.
"Ah-ha, I found you," I muttered as I found my size in the shirt before looking for Willow's size in another style of the shirt.
"Did you find something?" Cole asked as he came over with the stroller.
"A shirt for me and a shirt for Willow," I responded as I held them up.
"Good choices," Cole returned as Elijah came over with a Jurassic world notebook in his hand.
"Are we done?" Elijah asked as Buffy came over with a Free the dinosaurs Tank top.
"Yeah, I am," Buffy said.
"Yeah, there isn't much for Persephone here," I replied.
"Let's go pay," Cole said as we headed for the cashier desk.
Ten minutes later, our items were paid for, and we were heading for our first ride of the afternoon. Klaus said he would stay behind with Persephone and the stroller. We got into the ride line. An hour later, we were in front of the line and waiting to get on the ride. It wasn't much later that ride vehicle came, and we got on. We were off into the world of Jurassic.
After the ride, we met up with Klaus and Persephone as she drank a bottle of formula.
"Hey, when did she get up?" I asked.
"Not long after you got into line," Klaus answered. "I got hot water and warmed up her bottle."
"Sorry, you had to do that," I voiced.
"It's okay. It gave me some, one and one time with her, Rory," Klaus returned as he burped her before laying back into the stroller and doing up the straps.
"Where to next?" Rebekah asked.
"Why don't we go to the raptor encounter?" Kol questioned.
We headed over to the raptor encounter and got into the line. Thirty minutes later, we had our pictures taken with Blue from Jurassic World before we headed to Jurassic Outfitters.
When we got to Jurassic Outfitters, Cole, Persphone, and I split from the group. We headed off to find something we would like. Thirty minutes later, we had found a Jurassic World Blue Shirt (me), a black Jurassic Park T-shirt and a Jurassic World Tumblr (Cole).
"All done?" Elijah asked as he came over with a Jurassic Park chess set.
"We are. What about Buffy?" Cole asked.
"I couldn't find anything I liked this time," Buffy answered as she came back empty-handed.
"We'll go pay for these. Why don't you two take Persephone and go outside?" Elijah said as Cole handed the stroller over to me and took what was in my hands.
"Okay, then," I voiced as Kate, Andy, Kyra, and Leo joined us as we headed out of the store.
Ten minutes later, the rest of our group joined us as we headed for the Skull Island area.
When we got to the skull Island entrance, Elijah had decided to stay off the ride this time and stay with Persephone as the rest of us went on the ride. I kissed Elijah's cheek before we got into line. An hour later, we were at the front of the line and were waiting to get on. Moments later, the vehicle arrived, and we got on before putting on our 3d glasses. We were off to Skull Island.
After the ride, we met up with Elijah and Persephone before heading to the Marvel section of the park. We shopped at Comic Book Shop and got a couple of Guardians of Galaxy Graphic Novels for Cole, a Captain Marvel Graphic Novel and a Black Widow Graphic Novel for me. After Comic Book Shop, we headed for some marvel characters that was had seen. We took some pictures with them before heading to Storm Force Acceleration. Elijah, Cole, Kate, Kyra, Rebekah and I stayed back as the others went on because we were feeling nauseous. This is becoming weird. Rebekah can't get sick because she's a vampire. Kate, Kyra and I haven't eaten something that would upset us. But this is the second day in a row that we've been nauseous. After the ride, the others joined us, and we headed to our last land.
We headed into Port of Entry before heading into the All year Christmas Shoppe. I knew that I wanted to get a personalized Baby's First Christmas Ornament for Persephone, and Jeremy wanted to see if they had any Earl the Squirrel Merch. I headed over to the Personalized station with Elijah as Cole went to look around with Persephone.
"Hello," the worker said. "What can we do for you?"
"How long would a personalized ornament take?" Elijah asked.
"That would be depending on what's on it?" the worker answered.
"Baby's 1st Christmas," I voiced.
"That would take about thirty minutes," the worker returned.
"That's perfect," Elijah responded.
"What's the name of the baby?" the worker questioned.
"Persephone," I replied.
"Okay," the worker said. "See you in thirty minutes."
Thirty minutes later, the ornament was done, packaged and paid for by Elijah before slipping it into my bag. We headed for our next shop. We walked in bought what we didn't get at other stores. Some of us didn't get the Pink Donuts, and I also bought Peperiment Toads for Willow and me. After the Island Market & Export Candy Store, we headed for Island of Adventure Trading Company.
When we walked into the store, we separated and headed off in different directions. After a while, we bought fandom chocolate bars and a Max Plush for Willow before heading to DeFoto's Expedition Photography. Elijah, Klaus and Jenna walked into the store and bought the photos that were had taken at the rides and photographers in the park.
"So, what's the plan after this?" Andy asked.
"Well, we buy dinner take it up to our rooms and pack before tomorrow morning," I voiced.
"Yeah, we are off to a new hotel and a different theme park," Kate said as Elijah, Klaus, and Jenna walked back out.
"Where are we buying dinner?" Jeremy questioned.
"Moe's Southwest Grill," Klaus said. "We'll take it to go."
We headed over to the restaurant. We ordered our dinner and took it to-go before heading back to the cars.
When we got to the cars, we unlocked the SUV. Elijah opened the trunk and Persephone's side door before placing Persephone back into her car seat. I did up the straps before closing the door and handing the stroller off to Cole. Cole took the diaper bag and put it into the trunk before doing the same with the stroller. Buffy and I got into our seats and closed the door before Elijah and Cole got in with our food and drinks.
"Back to the hotel, we go," Cole said as Elijah started the car.
We were off back to the hotel.
Twenty minutes later, we were back at the resort. We unpacked the car as Cole got Persephone situated in the stroller. I grabbed my bag as Buffy grabbed hers. We headed off to the evaluators before heading to our rooms. When we got to our rooms, Elijah opened the door before Cole rolled the stroller in. Buffy and I followed suit as we laid our bags on the couch.
"I'm going to get into my PJs," I said as I walked out of the room.
"Me too," Buffy replied as she followed suit.
I walked into the bedroom. I got out of my boots before stripping out of my parks clothes. I changed into my Jurassic World PJs before heading out of the bedroom.
I walked into the living room to see Cole changing Persephone's diaper and Elijah laying the food on the table.
"So, packing tonight for Sea World," I voiced.
"Yeah, I think Persephone might like the animals," Elijah said as he came over and wrapped his arms around me.
"Me too," I voiced.
"What's for dinner for Persephone?" Cole asked.
"Puree chicken and for dessert puree apples," I told him as I got the pureed apples and the pureed chicken ready for Persephone. "Who's feeding her?"
"I will," Elijah voiced as he took the bowls and the baby spoon from me.
"Let's eat," Buffy said as she came back into the room.
We all grabbed what we ordered before sitting down and eating as we watched Jurassic World. Elijah finished feeding Persephone the pureed foods and went to bathe her before getting ready for bed. Buffy and I separated all the shopping into their bags before I got up and headed to the bedroom. I unpacked my outfit for tomorrow before I packed up everything that wasn't already packed into the luggage. Elijah came into the room with a clean and dressed Persephone as I packed her stuff up.
"Everything packed up?" Elijah questioned as he gave Persephone her soother and laid her into the playpen.
"Just mine and Persephone," I voiced as I laid her blanket down on her.
"I'll do mine now," Cole said as he came into the room.
Cole packed up his suitcase as Elijah did his. I packed up the extension bags and my laptop/charge into the carry-on. I placed my cellphone on its charger before looking at the time.
"It's time for bed," I whispered as I got into bed.
"Tomorrow is a long day," Elijah whispered back as he and Cole got ready for bed before joining me.
Elijah shut off the light before we closed our eyes and went to sleep.
Time Skip
It was late morning, and our check-out time was at 11:30. Everything was packed and by the door ready to go as I fed Persephone her baby cereal mixed with formula. Everyone was dressed and ready for our next stop on our vacation.
"So, after check out, where are we going for brunch?" Buffy asked.
"We are going to City Works Eatery and Pour House for brunch," Cole answered as I wiped Persephone's face clean with a wipe.
"Are we meeting the others at the cars or in the lobby?" I questioned.
"Down in the lobby," Elijah responded.
"Okay, time to go," Cole said as he grabbed the diaper bag and put it in the stroller compartment.
I grabbed my carry-on, luggage and Persephone's luggage. Buffy grabbed hers as Elijah grabbed his luggage, carry-on bag and Cole's luggage.
"Let's go," I said as we headed for the door.
We headed out of the room one last time before we headed for the evaluators.
Five minutes later, we were downstairs and met up with the others. Elijah, Klaus and Jenna headed for the check-out desk as we talked about today.
"So, where are we going for brunch?" Kate asked.
"We're going to a place in Disney Springs," I answered. "Cole called it City Works Eatery and Pour House."
"Wonder what they have for food?" Jeremy questioned.
"Who knows, it might be good," I replied.
"How's Persephone doing on pureed foods?" Kyra asked.
"She's doing good. She likes the pureed Apples and pureed chicken so far, and she's liking her baby cereal," I told her. "I'm hoping to try the new purees soon."
"It's good she's doing so well on puree," Kyra returned.
"Okay, everyone ready to go?" Klaus questioned as they came back over to us.
"Yeah, I think we are," Andy voiced as he and the others got up.
Cole pushed the stroller as we headed outside with our bags.
When we got to the cars, we packed luggage into the trunk first. Cole got Persephone situated in her car seat before handing the stroller off to Elijah. Buffy, Cole and I got into the car as we waited for Elijah to put the stroller into the trunk.
"Next stop, Disney Springs," Cole said as Elijah got in and started the car.
We were off to Disney Springs.
Fifteen minutes later, we were in the garage closest to where we were eating. We got out of the cars before I got Persephone situated in her stroller. I grabbed her diaper bag and situated it in the stroller compartment.
"We have to meet our reservation," Finn said as we started our way out of the garage and into Disney Springs.
Ten minutes later, we were in front of City Works. We walked in and headed to the hostess desk.
"Hello and welcome to City Works Eatery and Pour house. Do you have a reservation?" the woman asked.
"Yes, three tables under Mikaelson," Klaus voiced.
"Yes, of course," The woman replied as she counted how many menus she would need. "This way." She showed us to our tables, and we sat down. "Your server will be with you in a moment." She left us as we studied the menu.
"What looks good?" Elijah asked me.
"I think we should get Donuts Stop Believing to share," I said.
"Yes, that sounds yummy," Buffy voiced.
"What about your main course?" Cole questioned.
"Sweet Child O'Mine with a side of Bacon and sausage links. I'm just going to get water to drink with my food," I answered.
"I'll get the Breakfast in America with water to drink," Cole said.
Buffy and Elijah were still deciding what they wanted as our server came over.
"Hello, my name is Dani, and I will be your server today. What can I get you?" Dani, our server asked.
"We want the Donut Stop Believing to start," Elijah ordered. "One order of Sweet Child O'Mine with a side of bacon and sausage link, a Breakfast in America, a Love Me Two Times and..."
"A Chimi Hendrix," Buffy ordered.
"And what to drink?" Dani asked.
"Two glasses of water and two orange juices," Elijah responded.
"Okay," Dani returned. "Your drinks will be with you shortly." She headed to go put our order in.
Thirty minutes later, our food arrived after our drinks and Donut Stop Believing donuts and dips.
"So, where are we shopping today?" Kate asked.
"The plan for today is M&M's store, Disney's Candy Cauldron, Super Hero Headquarters, Star Wars Galatic Outpost, DisneyStyle, and Coca-Cola store," Finn voiced.
I took another bite of my food and moaned. An hour later, we were finished eating and were off to our first shopping stop.
When we got to the M&M's store, we walked in and separated. Elijah stayed with me as Cole and Buffy headed to look around. Elijah followed me with the stroller as I headed over to different coloured cups with straws. I picked up a red one for me and a blue one for Willow.
"Why don't we design our M&M's?" Elijah asked as he turned and saw the design tablet.
"That's a good idea," I replied as we headed over to the empty tablet.
Elijah and I designed our M&M's before designing Willow's. After that, we headed over to the desk with our slips.
"Hello, welcome to M&M's. Can I have your slips?" the man asked.
Elijah and I handed him three slips.
"For the first slip, what colours would you like?" the man questioned.
"Colour blast," Elijah answered.
"For second slip, mickey colours," I told him.
"And third, will be Rainbow Mix," Elijah said.
"Okay," the man said as he got the first one done.
Ten minutes later, he was done and handed us the receipt and candies in the bag.
"Just show this receipt at the cashier desk," the man said.
"Thank you," I replied as we headed off to continue our shopping.
"Let's go, find the others and pay," Elijah said as Cole and Buffy came over with their bags.
"Ready to pay," Buffy said.
"Yes, we are," I replied as we headed to the cashier and paid for our things.
We headed out of the store.
When we got outside, we waited for the others.
"Why are we waiting for them?" Buffy questioned.
"Yeah, as long we have a meeting spot for after we're doing shopping," I voiced.
"How about this. Why don't I text Jenna and Klaus, say we're going onto the next store we'll see them there?" Cole said.
"Okay," Buffy and I responded as Cole and Elijah texted Jenna and Klaus before heading to our next store.
We stopped in front of the store and turned to each other.
"It's a small store. So Elijah and I will go in, so what do you want?" I voiced.
"Anything chocolate," Buffy said.
"Anything," Cole told us as he took the stroller from Elijah.
Elijah grabbed my hand before we headed into the store. We walked over to the far wall and picked up what we wanted before going to the other wall for Elijah to pick what he wanted.
"Ready?" Elijah said.
"Yeah, let's go pay," I replied as we headed up to the cashier desk.
When we got to the cashier desk, we paid for what we had and bought a little snack for ourselves, Buffy and Cole. We headed outside to the others. I handed Buffy a Mickey Cupcake.
"What is this for?" Buffy asked.
"I thought you might be a bit hungry," I said as Elijah gave Cole his treat.
I took a bite of my cupcake and moaned in delight.
"This is really good," I muttered.
"I agree," Elijah said as the others joined us.
"Hey, Rory," Jenna said as they came over to us.
"Hey, just want to let you know. You might only want to send two from each of your groups. The store is small," I told them.
"Okay," Leo responded as I took another bite.
We watched as Klaus, Kyra, Jeremy, and Rebekah walked in with their orders.
"What's the next store?" Kate asked.
"I believe it's Super Hero Headquarters," I voiced.
"Well, I can't wait to see what we can find there," Andy responded.
"Me too," Leo returned as Kyra, Klaus, Jeremy, and Rebekah came out with their bags and their treats to eat.
Kyra gave Kate and Finn a cupcake as Klaus gave Andy and Leo a Candied Mickey Apple. Jeremy gave Jenna a Mickey Cupcake.
"Let's head to our next location," Kate said before she took a bite of her cupcake.
We started on our way to Superhero Headquarters.
When we got there, we headed in. Elijah stayed with Persephone and me as we looked around. I picked up a stuffed Baby Groot for Willow, a Captain Marvel Cup with Straw and Avengers T-shirt for me, and Avengers Tie for Giles. Cole picked up an Avengers Hoodie, and Elijah picked up a First Avenger Mug.
"What about you?" I asked Buffy.
"I couldn't find anything that I would like," Buffy responded.
"Are you sure?" I questioned.
"I'm sure. Let's go pay," Buffy returned as we headed to the cashier desk.
When we got to the cashier desk, we paid for our things before heading out of the store. After we got outside, Cole texted the others and said we were heading for the next store and that we would see them there. We headed for one of two Stars Stores in Disney Springs.
When we got to the store, we headed into the store before separating once more. I picked up the Child Ornament & This is my good side magnet for me, an Ewok stuffie & a Toddler Porg for Persephone, and the child Ears & Plush for Willow. Buffy got a Star Wars 4 Pin set.
"Let's go pay," Cole said as he joined us with Buffy.
"You didn't get anything?" I questioned.
"Didn't find anything I would like," Cole told us.
"Okay, let's go pay," Elijah said as we headed over to the cashier.
We paid and left the store. After we left the store, we stopped as the others came over to us.
"Hey, how's shopping?" Rebekah asked.
"It's good. I found something for myself, Willow and Persephone," I answered.
"I got a star wars pin set," Buffy said.
"Well, we'll see you guys at the store," Kyra replied as they headed into the store.
Our group headed for our next store.
When we got in front of Disney Style, we walked into the store before separating. I picked up a Lilo & Stich VHS Tape Notebook & Poka Dot Mickey Ears for Willow. I grabbed a Disney Dogs Journal, Disney Rides Loungefly wristlet & Rose Gold Mickey Ears for me and a plack that says, If You Can Dream It. You Can Do it for Giles. Buffy picked up a Black Sequence Mickey Ears. We headed for the cashier desk, paid and left the store as the others joined from the other shop.
"Hey, did you find anything?" Kyra asked.
"I found a journal, a Disney Rides Loungefly Wristlet and rose gold Mickey ears for me. I got Willow a notebook and Poka Dot Mickey Ears," I answered.
"I picked up Giles a plack that says If You Can Cream it. You Can Do it," Cole told her.
"If we get the Coca-cola store done before you. We'll meet you guys at Everglazed," I voiced.
"Okay," Jenna said as they headed in.
We headed off to the Coca-Cola store.
When we got to the store, we headed into the store but didn't separate this time. We picked up a Coca Cola Mug & Journal for someone, a Polar Bear USB Power Drive & Coca Cola Vanilla Lip Balm for me, a Coca Cola Lip Balm & Polar Bear USB Flash Drive for Willow and a Polar Bear Plush for Persephone. Cole picked up a Coca Cola Hoodie, and Buffy picked up a Coca Cola Lip Balm & a Coca Cola Journal. We bought what we came for and headed out of the store.
"So off to Everglazed," Buffy said.
"Yeah," I replied as we started our way back towards Everglazed before stopping for a moment as Kate and the others were coming this way.
"Hey, all done?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah, just finished," Cole said.
"We'll meet you at Everglazed, then," Kate said.
"Okay, bye," I returned as we continued on our way to Everglazed.
We walked into Everglazed and looked around before heading to the counter.
"Welcome to Everglazed. What can I get for you today?" the worker asked.
"Yes, can we get a Grilled Cheese, fries, a donut burger with loaded fries, a Peanut Butter Topper, a donut Shop Special, a cloud 9 Carmel Topper..." Elijah ordered. "A Super Chocolate topper and a half dozen donuts."
"What donuts would you like?" the worker asked.
"A cookies & Creme, a S'more Galor, a Nutella Boston Creme, A Peanut Butter Explosion, a Maple Double Bacon and a Brooklyn Blackout," I ordered.
"Okay," The worker said before telling us the amount.
Elijah paid before we waited for our food, drinks and treats. A little while later, we headed outside with the stroller and our order before heading to the seating outside.
When we got to the seating area, we sat down at a clean table. Cole got our early dinner of the bag. I took a sip of my Reese Nitro.
"Mm, that's peanut butter goodness," I muttered before taking a bit of my sweet but savoury Grilled cheese.
"How are you hungry?" Buffy asked. "I mean, we have food reservations at the next hotel."
"I just am, I don't know," I voiced before taking another bite.
Twenty minutes later, the others joined us as I fed Persephone her bottle. Kate, Kyra and Rebekah had joined me as they ate their early dinner as well. They have must be very hungry. After Persephone was done with her bottle, we headed back to the cars. I laid Persephone down on my seat and changed her diaper before sanitizing my hands and giving her soother before laying her down into her car seat. I laid her blanket down on her before getting out and stretching. I let Buffy in before getting back into the car. I took a sip of my Nitro drink as Cole and Elijah got into the car. We were off to our next hotel.
