6 year old Henry was pulling on the collar of his suit and wished that he wasn't going to any Christmas party put on by a pureblood family, most children were social and loved to meet new people but Henry wasn't like most, instead he hated talking to strangers and going to social events. The small child still didn't know why they were even going so he look at his 13 year old brother as he spoke " why do we have to go, Art?" Henry was quite fond of his brother's nickname and used it all the time, but he mostly used it because the 6 year old rather not say Arthur. Arthur who was dressed in a suit similar to Henry spoke "because the pureblood family that is hosting the party is a friend of father, that's why we have to go tonight Henry."Henry took a seat on the couch in their family room next to Arthur as he moaned, he really didn't want to go as he waited for his twin and parents to be done getting ready so they could go to the party. Soon his father; Luke Alluring came out in a suit that was similar to his two sons, Arthur laughed from the couch as he spoke " looking sharp father," Arthur laugh as their father made their way to Henry and pulled him off the couch and started to fix his son's collar as he spoke " thank you Arthur, and Henry I told you not to mess with it. You'll get use to it don't worry, son." Henry groaned at his father after his collar was fixed before speaking "but it's itchy," his father ran a hand through Henry's hair and he couldn't help but laugh a little, just as his mum and twin sister came in the room. Henry saw that his mum was in a dark red dress and his twin; Annabeth was in a green dress with what looked like a ballerina bottom. Annabeth pace to her twin then join his complaining " Henry's right, this is rubbish. and this dress is ugly!" Luke smiled and walked over to the twins mother; Ivy as he spoke "Well I think you both look beautiful,"Ivy then smiled a bit as she spoke "do we now? Well you don't look that bad yourself."Ivy then leaned in and gave Luke a quick kiss, which made Henry and Annabeth run to their brother and cover their eyes with his arms, Arthur spoke after his parents were done "their done, you two can look now." Luke checked his watched then started to the door as he spoke " it nearly is about to start, we better leave now."

As the family of 5 apparated to the Bordeaux manor in London, mostly thanks to Luke, Henry saw a large manor standing in front of them and Henry turned to Annabeth as he whispered to her "this is so boring," Annabeth nodded and whispered back to her twin" yep, maybe they have goodies and presents." The twins eyed each other like happy school children with mischief in their eyes as they followed the rest of their family inside the manor, the manor was decked out all for Christmas and there were so many pureblood's inside it as Henry and his two sibling's were forced to greet people by their parents. Sometime later however, Luke started to looked for his friend; Andre Bordeaux and he seemed like he was planning something, as Ivy started to talk to him out of ear shot from her children. Arthur kept a watched on Annabeth and Henry as they started to look around and talk about where the sweets and presents were.

Henry entered the grand ballroom of the Bordeaux's, still in a conversation with Annabeth about the sweets and presents that hid in the manor somewhere, as they followed their older brother and parents. Henry then saw from his side eye that his father were leading them to another family, a couple of parents that seemed to be the same age of his own parents and two kids. One a girl who seemed to be the same age of Annabeth and himself and the other a older boy who seemed to be a bit younger then Arthur but also seemed to just as mature and kind as Arthur is to. Henry watched as his father greeted the strange man with open arms and a wide smile, Henry and Annabeth stopped their talking as they watched the interaction happen. He then felt as Arthur pushed his younger siblings in front of him and his mum took Annabeth's hand and held onto Arthur's shoulder, as Arthur held onto Henry's own shoulder. Henry then saw the family approach them and heard the strange man say "Ah, Luke, Ivy, I'm not sure if you've met my children, Johnathan and Ophelia," Henry looked up at his father as he then felt his father's hand on his other shoulder as he heard his father speak " Andre it's good to see you again, and you to Amalie as it is also a pleasure to meet your children," Henry then felt his father grip his shoulder a bit tighter as he spoke " and I'm sure that you haven't met mine either; Arthur, Henry, and Annabeth." Henry wasn't sure he sure speak, so he didn't instead he glanced at Annabeth and saw she looked like she wasn't about to speak either, he couldn't look at Arthur without making it noticeable but Arthur wasn't about to speak either. As Ivy then spoke with her usual friendly and cheerily voice" Yes it's so nice to see you again Andre, so long it's been and you to Amalie." Henry just stayed quiet like his sibling's while his father and the man named Andre talked about school and other things, until her heard his father suggest something that made the young boy glurp " Andre, while we catch up what about we let our children chat and get to know one and another? Since we do have a lot have catching up to do, old friend."

Henry watched the scene unfold while keeping a tight grip on Annabeth's hand, he was already a shy child and to make mattes worse he also had anxiety which was a bit odd for a six year old to have but yet he did which made him even more uncomfortable when he had to talk to others. So Henry couldn't wrap his child mind on why his parents would have them talk to these two other children, as Annabeth also seemed a bit uneasy but actually she seemed more bored then ever as she started to fiddle with her hair to the displeasure of their parents. Arthur however knew exactly what was going on and kept a still face as he shown good manners to the other family. The three children watched as their father beamed his usual wide smile as he spoke " brilliant my fiend, Arthur, Henry, and Annabeth if you three don't mind."Henry and his two sibling's knew better then to think that their father was asking for their opinion on this as Luke continued " I look forwarded to catching up with you, Andre."Before wrapping his arm around Andre and walking away, Henry's father was definitely a social person who loved social interactions while their mother was a bit on the quiet side like Henry as Ivy spoke" you three behave your self's, please," before also joining the other two and when all their parents left, Henry felt anxious as he didn't know what to say and just continue to look at the two children. After a while Arthur spoke up " Like our father said, I'm Arthur. Uh, I'm 13 while my siblings are both 6. what about you guys?"

Henry listened as the boy said he was 9 and that his sister was 5, even being close in age with the girl Henry stayed quiet he was very shy and anxious for his age but also he had a speech development issue that made him stutter while he spoke. Henry also had a better vocabulary and voice then Annabeth did mostly because his mum worked with him with his stuttering while Annabeth didn't have that problem and didn't need to work on her speech like her twin did. Henry looked up at Arthur and wonder what he would say before looking back at the other two children, Henry felt a bit to awkward to speak yet and hoped the others would speak for him.

Arthur smiled as he never minded hanging out with kids younger then him and sometimes actually preferred it as he spoke to Johnathon " that's cool, what do you guys like to do for fun?" Arthur held both of his sibling's shoulders, one in each hand as he continued to smiled at them with sort of a sociable and fun feel about him. Annabeth however couldn't care less about this and was getting a bit bored as she started to pull at her dress which she hated, as Annabeth started to pull at it and make a few threads come undone she started to lose attention in the chat with the others but she couldn't care less as she didn't want to be there.

Henry kept his hand tight around his twins as he heard the boy named Johnathon speak and after Arthur replied " that's cool, I love quidditch to but I'm not on the team sadly," Henry looked up and actually saw the lines of sadness in the boy's face before a smile returned and Arthur continued " What house do you think your going to be in Johnathon since Hogwarts is only around 2 years away for you? I'm in slytherin myself, maybe we can hang out together at Hogwarts?" Henry thought he should say something but he didn't want to get laughed at for his stutter so he stayed quiet as Arthur continued " Henry is also brilliant with books, he's almost always reading. He also likes to look for animals and he's pretty good with the violin and piano," the three siblings also had lessons that were father insisted on and those mainly consisted in languages, music, muggle studies, and Hogwarts studies.

Arthur then spoke again "do you guys have lessons? Our father makes us do them, right now we have lessons that include; languages, music, muggle and Hogwarts studies." Arthur and Henry were so bonded for brothers their age that he sort of forgot Annabeth so she crossed her arms as she snapped with not proper or perfect grammar since no one worked on it with her, " forget someone asehole!" Even at 6, Ananbeth had a short temper as she held her arms in front of her chest before continuing " I like stay outsde and play sports. I hate the lessons we do."

Henry felt his twin let go on his hand and naturally he shifted closer to Arthur as he held his hand, Arthur placed his arm around Henry before speaking again " sorry about Annabeth. Johnathon,
have you been on a broom? Do you guys have any here, maybe we can go for a ride later tonight? What's your favorite quidditch team?" Arthur could have said more but stopped while he was ahead meanwhile Annabeth tapped her foot quite quicky and move away from her two brothers as she muttered almost perfectly " this so boring," she almost always said that word and always got in trouble for it but she didn't care.

Henry looked over at his father who was laughing and having a good time, he did saw a glass in his hand and Henry assumed it was scotch which was his favorite drink well that's what the 6 year old thought. He wanted to ask Ophelia a question but was nervous after a few minutes he took a breath then said in a shakey voice with his stutter on full display,
" what t...type of b..books do you l...like, O..O.. Ophelia?" Henry felt his brother squeeze his shoulders but the embarrassed still filled the young child's mind.