Katie smiled as she heard a sound fill the air. It was a very warm cheep, one filled with love and affection, and it kept repeating, making the air feel warm. She summoned her small mirror and touched it eagerly. “Hello my baby!”
“Hi Mummy!” Dahlia smiled.
“Everything okay?” Katie asked, leaning back in her chair.
“Yes Mummy,” Dahlia said after a very small moment of hesitation. “Are you at the Port?”
Katie nodded, looking around the small office she had at Portree Port, the Quidditch stadium for the Pride of Portree. “I am, just doing a bit of work before heading home. What’s up?”
Dahlia nibbled her bottom lip a little. “Uhm, Daisy asked me to send you something.”
“Oh?”
“Her mum sent it to her through the boxes and she wanted me to pass it along to you. She said she, her mum, didn’t know how else to get in touch with you.”
Katie frowned at that. “Hmm. Okay. And not to your father?”
Dahlia shook her head. “No, to you.”
“Have you told your father?”
Dahlia shook her head again, looking slightly glum. “No, they asked not to and I didn’t like that.”
“Don’t blame you,” Katie sighed, also not looking too happy. “What is it?”
“A letter. Daisy didn’t look at it.”
“Hmm.” She smiled. “Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to look at it either.” Her smile grew at Dahlia’s relief. “How has she been treating you?”
“Daisy? She’s been good,” Dahlia said honestly. “We chat a little more and I’ve helped her with classwork.”
“That’s my sweet girl,” Katie said with a big smile. “Alright then. I’ll take a look at it. Send it to me with Helena?”
“I’ll send it out soon. Shouldn’t take her long to bring it to you in Skye,” Dahlia said gratefully.
“Not at all. She’s so fast,” Katie nodded. “Are you ready for this Saturday?”
“Yeah! We’ve been practicing a lot!” Dahlia said happily.
“Good! We’re all coming to cheer for you,” Katie said happily. “The team game is playing Friday night so we’ll all be there the next day at Hogwarts.”
“Yay! Who are you playing?”
“Ballycastle, so we’re going to destroy them,” Katie said with utter confidence.
“Too bad Daddy isn’t there to plow their Seekers into the ground,” Dahlia said wistfully.
“No but Shelia and Lizzie will do that for him,” Katie said and she laughed when Dahlia nodded confidently. “You doing well in school otherwise?”
“Yes Mummy. I got full marks on my last Potions essay!”
“Good job!”
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The Family that Heals
FanfictionI do not own Harry Potter, the Wizarding World, or any canon characters This is my latest installment in the FamilyVerse setting. It's a story idea I played around for a while and decided, like Feathered, should be it's own separate story. Hopeful...
