Chapter 13: There and Gone Again

Time passed and Hogwarts was only two weeks away. Kiba hadn't yet received information on how he'd reach Diagon Alley, and who'd accompany him but it didn't bother him. Kiba jumped out of his bed and happily put on his clothes. Faye was said to return today from her vacation and Kiba couldn't wait, though according to Jacob she'd been gone for a long time. Kiba shrugged it off as a long and expensive vacation which Mr. Kenway obviously was able to afford. Kiba walked down the stairs and before he had even left the last step someone already wrapped their and around his neck and pounced onto him. It was her, of course. No one else hugged Kiba that way, and no one else tackled him like that. "i missed you so much" she squealed as she finally let go of the boy.

"I've missed you too, it's great to see you" Kiba replied with a bright smile that equalled hers. However, Lucy who watched from the side somehow seemed worried…

Faye said her goodbyes to Mr. And Mrs. Kenway and then pulled Kiba to breakfast so they could talk. "so, anything interesting happen?" Faye asked

"not really," Kiba replied "i finished second highest of the year. that's cool, i guess"

"Second? Who outshined you?" she asked with a sly smirk

"a girl from my House, one of my friends actually" Kiba replied "Hermione, she knows every book by heart before the year even starts" Faye's eyes widened and then she smiled again.

"is she, pretty?" she asked leaning forward

"yeah, one of the prettiest of our year" Kiba replied. Faye raised her eyebrows and smirked again, Kiba grew red quickly "No no no, it's not like that"

"but are you interested in anyone?"

"Not really… it's more like they are interested in me" Kiba replied with a sigh "Lavender, Parvati, Fay and there was a Slytherin girl that kept eyeing me" Faye's smirk disappeared and she looked rather surprised, surprised that Kiba was popular there but not here. "enough about my school though, that's boring. What did you do?"

"oh. Yeah, we took an awesome tour of France. Through Paris and the Bretaigne, it was awesome" she stared at the ceiling as she recalled the memories. "some great sightseeing but nothing exciting, except one thing…"

"yeah?" Kiba said, he was intrigued by the mystique of another country he had never been too.

"alright. you've heard of the Eiffel tower, yes?" Kiba nodded excitedly "well there's a restaurant at the very top, and we ate there"

"all the way at the top? that's incredible!" Kiba replied "how was the food?"

"Amazingly delicious! But there was this old town we went to called Saint-Malo, and there i had some super duper delicious fish" Kiba kept listening to her for hours as she told him of France and all the tasty foods she ate. She admitted that she missed the sweets Kiba brought her almost as much as she had missed him. She continued by telling him about the Crêpes she ate and the different kinds of breads they had there such as Croissants with chocolate and many others.

"did you hear about Madam?" Kiba asked a while later once Faye was done.

"No, what happened?" she replied with a worried expression

"she's in the hospital,"

"but Lucy said –"

"i know, she told me that too. But i read the truth in the newspaper" Kiba replied "she's been in a car accident, and is said to recover completely" The two sat in silence for a while before Kiba spoke again, "I'm sorry by the way.. that i haven't been writing. You see, uhm, we first years aren't allowed to send letters… b-but next year i will"

"oh no worries, i was with the Kenways most of the time" she replied

"yeah, i thought they'd make it official by now" Kiba said, Faye suddenly leaned in and began whispering into his ear.

"you see, they wanted to adopt because a doctor said Mrs. Kenway was unable to conceive" she said "but other doctors have said there's still a good chance that she can"

"oh. I see"

"I'm still confident they'll take you" Kiba added

"probably…"

"just let me know when it's happening" Kiba said with a smile which Faye returned weakly.

Kiba had as much fun spending time with Faye as he had now. He spent day after day with Faye and occasionally Jacob, Diagon Alley and buying school supplies had slipped his mind completely until one morning, when an Owl delivered a envelope to him. Within it were two letters, one from McGonagall which contained the second-year supply list and one from Dumbledore. He opened Dumbledore's letter first and began to read.

'Dear Mr. Scamander,

Mr. Lupin has informed me that you will need supervision in Diagon Alley, and that he himself unfortunately can't do it. I've asked several parents of Students from your year and have received an answer.

Mr. Malfoy and his Son will accompany you to Diagon Alley on Wednesday. He will stop by the orphanage and take you along.

Kind regards,

Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore.'

'Malfoy? I wonder what his father is like…' Kiba thought. He was about to open the supply list when Faye burst into his room, he quickly put the letters in the envelope and hoped that Faye wouldn't ask about them.

"Kiba!" she shouted

"yeah what's up?" he replied

"you didn't forget did you?" she said

"you forgot?!"

"what did i forget?!"

"I'm leaving today…"

"oh yeah, right. How long will you be gone?"

"i told you before, I'm staying with the Kenway's for a week to see how it feels" she said, Kiba's eyes widened like they did when she first told him "that means bye.. until Christmas…" Kiba went downstairs with Faye where the Kenway's were already waiting for her. Faye hugged Kiba tightly and then grabbed the necklace that hung around his neck.

"promise.." Kiba said holding out his pinky. The locked them and then hugged again. "we're not parting ways forever, I'll be back on Christmas" She turned back and waved once more as she walked with the Kenway's to their sleek black car. "we'll see each other again soon, i promise" Kiba sighed and wanted to head back upstairs to read through his supplies list. But Lucy called him to the living room where everyone was sitting patiently in a circle on the ground.

"great news, Children" she said with a bright smile "because, guess what. Madam Helaway is coming home" most of the children cheered and some seemed annoyed but Kiba showed few emotions. Helaway had always been nastier towards the children in the Orphanage but when Kiba saw her in that white hospital bed, the way he viewed her changed. He knew that deep down she loved every child in the orphanage as much as her own. "but she'll be needing some help sometimes. She still hasn't fully recovered but insisted on coming back.. so who-"

"I'll do it!" Kiba said "I'll take care of Madam" Lucy was then aback by this sudden change of attitude towards Helaway from Kiba. In her eyes, Kiba and Helaway never got along, something happened in that hospital that night, something nobody understood.

"ahem. Well thank you, Kiba" Lucy said "that is very kind of you… Now, who wants to play some games?" Certainly not Kiba, he was already saddened… saddened by the fact that he won't see Faye again for a few months. Well, at least he had Jacob.. and Hermione, Harry and Ron will probably have lots to tell once they're on the train. And maybe he would meet them at Diagon Alley

Kiba entered his room and once again saw an Owl by his window, a snow white Owl. "Hedwig!" he opened the Window and let the bird hop in. Hotaru came flying to her side and greeted the Owl.Kiba retrieved the envelope from Hedwig's beak and read the letter inside.

'Dear Kiba,

I hope i got the address right. Like i said, Vernon wouldn't let me write any letters and when a House-Elf ruined his business deal and framed me he put bars on my window.

Ron and Hermione were concerned so Ron took Fred and George, and saved me with a flying car. A Flying Car! I'm at Ron's house now and it's absolutely brilliant, you should come visit here sometime.

Anyway, we're all going Diagon Alley on Wednesday and we hope that you come too. Mr. And Mrs. Weasley are dieing to meet you and Hermione, but careful with Mr. Weasley, he's fascinated by Muggle inventions and constantly asks questions.

Hope to see you soon,

Harry'

Kiba replied with a quick message, saying that he'll be there and that he'd be glad to meet Mr. And Mrs. Weasley. He left out the information that he'd be going with the Malfoy's, since that would probably sit badly with Harry and Ron. He gave the letter to Hedwig and after petting her softly sent her off. He saw his supply list once more and grabbed it, he pulled it out of the envelope and-

"Kiba! Madman Helaway is back!" Lucy called. He sighed and dropped the envelope and letter once more and headed downstairs. After all Kiba had promised to help her, she had been brought in a wheelchair by a Nurse and was greeting the children who happily approached her.

"Kiba… How good to see you" she said softly stretching her arms out wide for a hug, Kiba gave her what she asked for. "could you help me to my office? I'd like to get my desk in order" Kiba obeyed and rolled her into her office where, once again, Kiba spotted the stack of Faye's letters. However, not only he saw them but so did Madam. She grabbed then and quickly tossed them into one of the drawers she never used and began cleaning some papers and organising them.

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