(No problem :) )

Julia was leaving the tower with Amira to get breakfast when they ran into Caelum,"Caelum...? What happened to your hair?" Julia asked.

"Looks like it was a prank spell." Amira said gently,"The ride back was rowdy with students planning pranks." She pulled out her wand and said the counterspell, making Caelum's hair normal again,"I'll see you guys later." She said, heading off for the great hall.

Julia smiled and thanked Amira before going over to Caelum and hugging him gently.

Caelum frowned when they asked about his hair but sighed in relief as it was spelled back. "Thank you." He breathed, "I did not appreciate looking like Lucius Malfoy." He smiled and nodded his head at Amira who left for the Great Hall before taking Julia in his arms.

"Guess what I just received fro-"

"Oooohhhh, you guys got me. This is the most elaborate prank I've seen." A passing Gryffindor paused as he looked at Caelum and Julia. "Man, this prank's good." He shook his head as he walked away.

Caelum found himself frowning again as he watched the student walk away, wishing he could burn through the lion's head with his glare.

Julia looked over at him,"Ignore them." She said gently,"They aren't worth the stress or explanation. My friends and your friends know the truth and are happy for us...or...at least my friends are." She giggled, kissing his cheek gently,"So anyway, what were you saying again?"

Caelum shook his head with a sigh to show that he'd chosen to forget about the Gryffindor. "If Frank and Aren weren't pranked that bad then they'd have rushed over to you and demanded for details. Trust me, they're probably more excited than Amira and Olivia."

He pulled her to the side of the hallway where they would hopefully not be in the way if a student decided to rush through. He cleared his throat as he pulled a packet out of his robes pocket. "As I was saying ..." He opened the packet and pulled out an amulet made of a triangular-cut sapphire wound in vine-shaped bronze. "The amulet arrived."

Julia looked at it,"Wow...its even Ravenclaw colors." She said. She looked over at him,"Did...did your mother get this for me...?" She couldn't help but ask, surprised that she would even consider it. She wondered if that meant he had told her about them, and about who her mom was. Maybe they could make things right between their moms.

"I've told my mother and ..." Caelum chuckled nervously. "She scolded at me for telling her through a letter. I haven't told her about your mum though, and I made her promise not to tell my father about this."

(( Suddenly reminded of Draco, hahaha xD ))

"Not yet anyways. She was glad that I finally found someone though." He finished with a hint of pink on his pale cheeks. He hung the amulet around Julia's neck as he took off the old one right after. "I remembered seeing the amulet in the family vault ages ago and thought that it would be the perfect thing to enchant for you." He unhooked the chain that held the old amulet and took out a ring with a small sapphire embedded in it, the same ring he wore to the Yule Ball, and placed the ring on the chain. Wearing it, he hid both the amulet and the ring beneath his shirt.

He offered an arm and the most charming smile he could pull off. "I can hear breakfast calling. Shall we?"

Julia smiled and nodded, kissing his cheek before taking his arm,"Breakfast sounds good. It kind of sucks we have to eat at separate tables again." She said as they walked,"But at least Aren will be excited to see Amira again. I know she was looking forward to it. Olivia was going to ask Frank if he would want to study with her later too."

"That is if the pranks on them wore off. I've tried dispelling them but it seems the ones they had were counter-proof. But if they don't make it to the great hall by the end of breakfast, I'll pass the message."

Caelum sighed as they neared the doors to the great hall. "It's kind of a relief that class only starts tomorrow." He straightens his arm so that he could intertwine his fingers with hers. And as they entered the great hall, he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze and a kiss on the cheek before parting.

This effectively silences the hall with the exception of a child murmuring 'It wasn't a prank' to himself. A few seconds tick by in silence before the owls arrived with today's mail.

Parcels, letters, howlers, and newspapers drop in from the air and the scene with Caelum and Julia were forgotten when a student read the headlines:



(( Am I moving too quickly? ))

Julia's heart fell when she read the headline,"My parents...." she murmured, looking fearful. They lived there...Now she felt sick. Where they okay? Did they manage to eacape? She couldn't stop herself from worrying. She hoped she might have gotten an owl from them but there was nothing.

Amira and Olivia were sitting next to her. Olivia looked worried and Amira hugged Julia gently,"Your parents are brilliant and so are you. I'm sure they are okay and will send an owl to you soon."

"I hope so..." Julia murmured, looking like she was trying not to cry.

Right after the newspaper was delivered and read, the wizarding community exploded with debates. Some denied the existence of a new dark lord, implying that it was probably a juggle attack of some sort especially since Godric's Hollow was a place accessible to non-magical people. Others fanatically believed that a new dark lord has risen and started to prepare for the end of days.

Caelum frowned as he saw the headlines of the paper being passed around. And when he remembered that the noble house of Potter chose to live in Godric's Hollow instead of Grimmauld's Place, he immediately looked up from his table to the Ravenclaws right beside theirs. His worried eyes easily landed on Julia's with a gaze asking if things were alright.