She's a Potter

Recovery

Masky and Hoody brought me home, took me a few days to recuperate but after I woke up I got my new additions sorted and locked the cat and owl to the wards.

"You should still be resting. I know you wanna get this studying done, but it can wait." L.J sits on the bed in front of me and grabs my knee.

I look up from the book in my lap and smile at him. "I should be, but I'm not studying. I'm looking for names for these animals. I was thinking Mimir for the owl, but.. just doesn't sit right. I know I wanna name it after some kind of god of intelligence, but I can't find a good one."

"Why not a titan?" L.J takes the book and flips through, "Ok, two names, same Titan, only one I can find, Coeus, Greek, or Polus, Roman." L.J looks up.

"Hmm, Polus, no. I like Coeus though. Could you open his cage for me?" I tap my lip in thought. If he responds to it, I'll put it down. L.J smiles and rolls his eyes, putting the book down and going over to the cage holding the owl.

I hold my arm up and click my tongue a few times, encouraging him to perch on my forearm. The owl rests at the edge of his cage, puff his feathers up, and launches into the air, circling around the room to alight on my arm. "Hello," I run the back of my fingers over his chest and click at him again. He nibbles my fingers in what I assume is affection. "Do you like the Name Polus? They're the Roman Titan of intelligence." The owl ruffles his feathers and looks away. Take that as a no shall I? "Ok, maybe not. How about Coeus? Same Titan, but it's the Greek side. I personally like the name better, but we can go over some of the others I have? Don't want to give you a name you won't respond too." The owl turns his head back toward me and we lock eyes. The same feeling from the pet shop sends a shiver down my spine. "Coeus? That one?" He seems to nod in agreement. "Good to have a name for you." I raise my arm I the top of the head board and let Coeus step up and rest there.

"Now for the cat." I reach for the book again and L.J slaps my hand away.

"I'll look. Clearly better at choosing names." He pokes his tongue out at me and grins evilly. "Let's see. How about another Titan? What gender was the cat again?"

"Girl. Where is she anyway?"

"Your demon ct is right here. I don't normally fear much but this thing puts smiley to shame. Almost puts me to shame." E.J walks in holding the cat by the scruff of her neck, being swiped and hissed at constantly.

"Oh she's not that bad. Pass her here." E.J steps into the room and up to the bed. Cautiously handing the cat over and backing away as soon as he can. "Your not so bad. Sh, shh. It's okay. E.Js just a wuss isn't he?" The cat curls up in my lap purring away.

"Nemesis. Gotta be. She's not a Titan, but it's better than the ones I could find." I think about it and shake my head.

"No, she's not that vengeful. She seems more justice oriented?" I look down at the cat curled up in my lap. She lifts her head and stares back at me. "She's intelligent..., smart, cunning, and thinks things through." I tilt my head and an idea sparks. "L.J could you hand me the book titled 'Wizards in History' please?" E.J and L.J share a look and L.J shrugs, gets up and grabs the book from the pile sitting on top of the trunk. I grab the book from his outstretched hand and flip through to the page I was reading last. "'Phineas Nigellus Black' he was a headmaster at Hogwarts a while ago,  described as the.... yeah not gonna work. God, why is naming these animals so hard? Coeus was easy, but you? What name would suit you?" I put my head in my hand and lean my elbow on my knee. "Thought I could find a Slytherin name for you but there's not much information about them in the way of famous wizards and witches. You seem to have most of the quality's they look for.. maybe I should just go with a God or Titan. But which one?"

"You didn't look very far into that book Chrys, maybe there's more?"

"Nah, he's on the last page for the Slytherin alumni. It's ridiculous, every other house has like fifty pages worth of notable people and Slytherin has ten. What's up with that? Oh well. I'll find a name. Could just name you Morgana. Actually I kinda like that idea." I look down from the book to the cat. She's looking up at me with a spark in her eyes. "You like that name? Morgana?" She sits up and rubs her head on my chin purring. "I'll take that as a yes. Hello Morgana, it's lovely to meet you." I run my hand down her back and smile.

Fast paced footsteps rush to the door, it flies open and Toby stands in the doorway. "Dinners r-r-r-ready. Boss sa-said to come d-d-down." He runs off before we can respond. I look at the boys and shrug.

"What can you do, at least he didn't jump on me. L.J you mind helping me walk?" He smiles and shakes his head.

"I'll do you one better Chrysipie!" L.J loops his arms under my knees and behind my back, lifting me like a princess.

"L.J! Come on seriously? I'm not an invalid I can still use my legs enough to walk. I'm not a child anymore." I push at his face a bit, trying to get him to put me down without dropping me.

"I know your not. I used to be able to carry you with one arm. You know how it is though. If Jeff or I had been the ones that'd dropped while you  weren't with us you'd be fussing just as much if not more. You mother hen us while Jeff and myself go the 'overprotective bastard' route, so we  won't let you overwork yourself for fear of you dropping again. That includes any and all walking we see you attempting, you've only got a couple days to go of this before we back off. Then all we gotta do is wait for September 1st. Which is only like a week away. You can handle it." L.J carries me out of the room and down the stairs without missing a beat in conversation. He puts me down in a chair in the dining room and sits himself. Jeff comes in from the kitchen and rubs his fingers through my hair as he sits next to me.
"I thought you were going to this School thing?" Jane sits across from us, eyes gleaming in the dim behind her mask.

"I thought you had a surgery but I guess you don't need it. Mask looks better than anything they could do for you." Jeff sneers at her and grabs for his knife as Jane does the same.
"Jeff. Don't stoop to her level. We will be going to that school, the train leaves in a couple more days. You should know recovering from a drop as severe as Chrys has just had is always more effective from 'home'. Now is not a good time to be a Bitch, both Jeff and my own urges to protect are currently a hell of a lot stronger than usual. We'll probably be going and spending the last couple days in England close to the station, so you won't have to deal with us for much longer. Just be civil for the next couple of days please?" L.J rubs the bridge of his nose and reaches across my lap to take the knife away from Jeff, I smile and roll my eyes. Slender brings the food out signalling the end of all conversations and the time to eat.

My thoughts wonder to what my life has become. I'm a witch. An actual fūcking witch. Who'd have thought 'The proxy with one kill' was a witch. I shake my head and dig into the food. L.J bumps his knee against mine, grinning when I look up.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, fine, just thinking. Eat your bloody food." I laugh and turn my own attention back to my food.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. This year is going to be interesting. Let's hope I can keep up.

<~Authors note~>

SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT!!! Now that the usual (as bad as that is 😅😂) apology is out of the way, hope you guys enjoyed it. I mentioned in an authors note in the previous chapter that I've uploaded an original story, if you guys are interested in demons and something a little more... graphic.. you might like it. It's a little more violent than this one and is something I'm pretty proud of. Have a good one, -Kate.

Ok, sorry about the publishing confusion, the chapter isn't done, I'm on phone at the moment and keep pushing the button by accident, just ignore it for now, I'll put something here like 'GO! READ! ENJOY THE CHAPTER' when it's actually done. Again, sorry for any confusion with the chapter, ✌✌ peace out.