26 May 2021, 21:33
Childhood Ambitions  Solo 

Backdated ~ July 11th, 2014
Henry | Arthur | Annabeth |Ivy | Luke
Horse Toy | Fox Toy

It was a quiet summer night in godric hollow. As families gathered around a table and ate dinner chatting about their days. The town seemed rather peaceful during the night.

Along one row of homes at the end was a medium size two story family house. With large trees that hung in front and it was surrounded by different types of brushes and flowers where near the house laid a birdbath. Inside the family house was a conjoined dining room and kitchen that looked rather old fashion where a young woman stood with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. She was finishing up washing plates from dinner with her husband who stood besides her drying them.

The living room was close by which was where their three children were. Their eldest was thrithteen and reading a book on OWL level potions on the couch while his two younger twin siblings chased each other about.

Henry was only six but rather tall for his age as he ran around the living room with his twin sister playing tag. The boy held a fox toy in his hands and a smile on his face as be ran after his twin sister who jumped onto the couch.

Annabeth was a bit shorter than her twin but had probably more energy than him as she raced around the living room carrying a horse toy in her arms before jumping on the couch, smiling the whole time.

Henry would climb onto the couch after his twin and Annabeth would jumped down landing on her feet and running to the other side of room yelling" You will not tag me!" with a smile on her face matching her twins, as Henry jumped off the couch and followed.

Henry was definitely slower than Annabeth but he was a bit smarter through as the boy got to his knees and pulled the rug from underneath his twin sister's feet causing her to trip and giving the boy barley enough time to get back to his feet and run over to her.

Henry would tag her with his fox as he shouted" Your it! I t..tag you!" but Annabeth would push aside the fox with a huge smile on her face as she spoke"I'm not it for long! Let's get them Aries!" The girl was referring to her horse which she named Aries after hearing about the greek gods and goddesses when her twin brother became obsessive with them for a while and started to learn about them.

Henry would run back to the other side of the room with his sister following him as he jumped onto the couch his brother was reading on and turned to her before saying" you w..won't t..tag me! Newt and I a..are t..to f..fast for you a..and aries!" Newt was his fox toy that he named after Newt Scamander since he found out his love for magical creatures and Newt Scamander's book.

The boy would pushed his sister a bit as she climbed up on the couch before tagging him and shouting" Tag you!" And the two would fall onto their knees on the couch both smiling a bit, Henry would lean on their older brother and Annabeth on the arm of the couch.

" Henry?" Annabeth would ask her brother but looking at Aries, slightly stroking his mane. Henry would hug Newt in his arms and look up at his twin as he spoke" Y..yes Anna?" The girl would think for a moment or at least try to before looking up at Henry as she spoke" we will always be with each other right even after going to Hogwash?"

"It's Hogwarts Anna," Arthur corrected his little sister but kept his eyes on the pages of his book as Anna nodded a bit but waited for her brother's answer. Henry wasn't sure how to respond and what words to say so he said the first that came to mind, " Of c..course we w..will always b..be with e...each other Anna! W..were twins and n..nothing c..can s... s.. separate twins!"

Henry would smile at his sister who would smile back but then would play with the couch a bit with her finger as she spoke" even if were in different houses? And have different friends? Would we still be together?" Henry still held his fox toy in his hands as he nodded innocently not knowing what the future would hold as he spoke" no m..matter what w... we'll be t..together," The boy would lean against his brother's shoulder while brushing out Newt's hair but Anna would be looking at her horse toy in hands when she would look up at her twin and say"Promise me that we will always be together Henry!"

Henry would look up at his sister with a smile and say" I promise Anna," the twins would smile at each for a few moments before Annabeth would lift Aries up a bit and gaze at him as she spoke"I wish I could be a horse like Aries! That would be cool running around and playing tricks!" Henry then looked down at his fox toy in his hands and smiled as he nodded in agreement as he spoke" Yeah! I w..wish to b..be a f..fox like Newt! I c..could be c..cunning and s..small to h..hide anywhere and c..cute and p..play tricks!"

The two would be looking at their toys when their older brother; Arthur would close his book and set it on the table before wrapping his arms around Henry and pulling him close as he leaned against the couch and spoke" there is a way to become a animal you know," and instantly the two would look up at each with huge smile before at Arthur.

Henry would hold onto his brother's arms and his fox toy as he looked up to see his brother's face and Annabeth would sit on her knees and squeeze her horse toy as she bounced up and down a bit before both would stay speaking.

"Really! Like Really really! I can become a horse! Really Art!"

"We c..can become a..animals! I can b..become a f..fox! How Art! T..tell us p..please!"

"Tell us! Tell us! Tell us now Arthur Duncon Knight or else!"

Arthur was enjoying messing with his younger siblings a bit as he spoke" or else what Annabeth Claire Knight?" The girl looked to excited to think and sat there speechless for a second before her brother piped in, " We'll s..set off a d..dungbomb in your r..room!" Anna seemed to like her twins idea and nodded excitedly as she spoke"yeah! And we'll put a fanged frisbee there to if you don't tell us!"

Arthur would squeeze Henry a bit making the boy laugh as he listened to his brother speak" mother and father wouldn't let you guys have a fanged frisbee but I'll tell you anyway," the young teen would take a pause smiling at his two younger siblings who would be smiling and anxiously waiting before he would continue, " wizards or witches can become a animagus which allowed them to transform into a animal whenever they want."

The twins would stare at each other with smiles as they each hugged onto their toy before turning their words excitement at their older brother as they both took turns speaking.

" A animagus? What i..is the p..process? Is t..there any b..books on t..them?

"I want to be a animagus! Tell us Art how do we become them?"

The two would be smiling at their brother as he spoke"well you need to wait a few years, the process to become a animagus is quite complicated and the youngest person to have done it was in their fifth year at Hogwarts, " however the words didn't discourage the two twins but only increased their excitement as Anna spoke"We can wait! Then in our fifth year we'll be animals and able to cause more mischief than ever!"

Henry would nod to his twin with a smile as he suddenly realized how amazing becoming a animagus would be and mentally made it his dream to become one as he spoke" and b..before I'll read e..everything on the p..process so w..we will know all the s..steps and t..the process and everything about animagus," the two would stare at each other for a moment before Annabeth would say" this will be amazing! I'll be a horse!" The young girl would then hug her horse as Henry spoke" and I'll be a fox!" Henry would the hug his fox toy dreaming about becoming a fox animagus with his twin sister making it his one dream and most treasured ambition that sadly would never come true.

Arthur would hug his brother from the back as the two twins chatted about what they would do once they became animagus and where they would go and what mischief they would do when they parents would enter the room, clearly done with the cleaning.

Ivy would smile toward her children as she spoke" what are you three still doing up? It's past 11 and your bedtimes, Arthur you were suppose to put your siblings to bed over two hours ago," the young teen would loosen his grip on his brother as he smile a little before saying"sorry mum but I wanted to finish my book and then they asked about animagus and-" the teen would be cut off by his younger sister jumping off the couch with her horse and running to their parents as she spoke" and Henry and I made a promise where we will become animagus in our fifth year of Hogwarts! And I'll become a horse and he'll become a fox!"

The girl would be picked up by her father who she wrap a arm around his neck, keeping the other on her horse as she leaned on him listening to him speak" is that right? Well then you two have some ambition? Like two little Slytherin's almost," Henry would look at his brother and move closer to him as he never enjoyed it when Hogwarts houses were a topic in their house.

"Or Ravenclaw's, the process to become a animagus is extremely difficult and only those with a bright mind could do it," Ivy spoke whole ruffling her daughters hair a little cussing her to laugh in her fathers arms. Henry would watch the scene from the couch in his brother's arms as he knew Arthur was a slytherin and wanted to be in the same house as his brother but also as his mother when he heard Anna speak, " I want to be a gryffindor! They seem cool and a gryffindor animagus has a nice ring to it!"

The two parents would share a smile before Luke would speak" we could always use a gryffindor in the family, " and would squeeze his daughter tighter as the three smile. Henry would watch the scene and want to join in as well as he spoke" I want t..to be a h..hufflepuff! They s..sound like t..the best house and a h..hufflepuff animagus s..sounds wicked!" Arthur would smile toward his brother and nod as he spoke" you would make a good hufflepuff Henry, with all of you loyalty," before hugging him a bit tighter which wasn't the same but just as good.

After a few moments Ivy would speak" alright then my two future animagus and also future prefect bedtime, come on," after some compliments and pleading the small family of five would leave the loving room and head to their bedrooms. Annabeth would head for the bunk beds in Henry's room who would follow the rest if his family trying to imagine how cool to would to be a animagus and can't waiting for his fifth year to arrive.

"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander