Julia was still in Amira's arms as her friend hugged her tightly. She was terrified. Was it true? Was there really an attack? When she started to fear her parents were gone, Olivia gasped,"Julia, look!"

Julia looked up and saw a beautiful copper colored owl flying towards her. She smiled,"Apollo! That's Dad's owl!" He landed next to her and she hugged the bird gently,"I'm so glad to see you." She murmured. Apollo nuzzled her gently as she took the letter from him,"I'll see you in the Owlery later." She said to him gently as he flew off. She opened her letter and read,

"Dear Julia,

Your mother and I are safe. The attack has us shaken but we are safe. After speaking to your mother, we have decided to move from Godric's Hollow. We haven't decided where to go just yet, but it seems this place isn't safe anymore. I will fill you in on the plans when they are more figured out. For now, just enjoy the rest of your year at Hogwarts. Your mother sends you her love.

Love, Dad."

After reading that letter, Julia breathed a sigh of relief.

Caelum was once again thankful for the fact that there were no classes scheduled for the day. After breakfast, he managed to get a hold of Julia and looked at her worriedly, wishing to find out if her parents were safe or not.

"Julia ... Godric's Hollow ... How are your parents?" He breathed, not really knowing where to start.

Just then, Aren and Frank found the two, both with equally worried expressions on their faces. "We saw the news. Just ... What happened?"

Just then, Amira and Olivia joined them, wanting to make sure Julia was okay.

Julia hugged Caelum gently,"The attack was real." She said,"My parents are okay. They are planning to move out of Godric's Hollow. Not that they rely want to, but I think they worry this could end up like it was when our ancestors were still alive." She looked at Caelum worried,"If it's true, I worry about your family because if it is a new dark lord, they might try to go after you guys too." She couldn't help but be worried.

Caelum remained silent as he hugged Julia tighter for comfort. "Don't worry. We'll be find. We'll all be fine." He smiled at her, not noticing the grins on his friend's faces.

The two were whispering to each other before Aren sent a wink to Amira. "Just a few more months before summer. What could go wrong?" The Italian strode over to Amira before wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "I'd like to invite you all to the family's villa in Positano. I'm saying this early so you'd have all the time you need to get your parent's permission." He smirked at the three Ravenclaws. "We're Slytherin, after all. I'm sure it will take more than just a few sweet words to convince your parents."

(( I hope you don't mind me zooming past the months o.o ))
(( I can always change this if you want to continue going through the rest of the school year until summer break arrives. ))

It was only a few weeks before the end of the school year and Caelum and Frank had already gotten permission to go to the Zabini's villa a few days after Aren invited them. The group was making their way our of the DADA classroom with a frowning Aren in tow. They were practicing non-verbal spells and someone had hit the Slytherin with a silencing spell. The professor had told them that it would only last until lunch, at most, but knowing that didn't lift Aren's spirits.

At that moment, Julia was going by, with Olivia and Amira. Julia smiled at them,"Hey guys." She said, kissing Caelum's cheek,"You guys heading for lunch?"

Amira smiled at Aren,"My parents gave me permission to come visit this summer." She said,"Olivia and Julia too. I'm really excited to visit. It sounds amazing."

Julia and Olivia nodded in aggreement.

"Just about to." Caelum answered as he took Julia's hand in his. "It would be a very peaceful lunch without Aren making a noise. I'm looking forward to it." He smirked as he looked at his silenced friend.

As Aren was just about to launch himself at Caelum, he heard that the three Ravenclaws were given permission to come with them to Italy. He grinned and launched himself at Amira instead, scooping her into his arms and giving her a twirl.

"Ehem. Ehem. That's awesome Amira! We can go to the coast and walk along the beaches and run off into the sunset in a very love-dovey way." Mocked Frank who was now standing beside Olivia as he tried and failed to copy Aren's voice. Caelum lifted an eyebrow to give an inquiring look at his friend who shrugged in reply. "What? Aren can't talk so I did it for him."

Olivia couldn't help but giggle softly at Frank's joke,"I do think that would be something Aren would say though." She said,"Maybe just not worded that way."

Julia had giggled too,"A Silencing charm hit Aren I guess?" She asked, looking at Caelum,"I'm almost surprised I'm able to go. My parents wanted to know who all was going."

Amira laughed and hugged Aren gently.

"You're right. Aren would have added some Italian in there too." Frank sighed as he looked at his comical friend who was frowning at him.

"What did you tell them? I'm positive that your father wouldn't take kindly to me being there with the rest." Caelum sighed as his thumb comfortingly rubbed against the back of Julia's hand.

Aren suddenly took Amira's hand and dragged her towards the Great Hall and the students somehow knew to give way to the Slytherin without having to hear him speak.

"I told him I was going." Julia said,"I'm a young adult and am old enough to make my own choices. My mom also backed me up." She smiled,"I'm really looking forward to it."

Amira was surprised Aren was dragging her away. She couldn't hold back a slight frown, wondering what was wrong.

(( The arrangement of the tables in the Great Hall are S - R - H - G, right? ))

Upon reaching the great hall, Aren immediately ran towards the Slytherin table and grabbed the whole plate of ham and dashed towards the Ravenclaw table and sat down. Placing the plate in front of him, he pat the area beside him as he looked at Amira, ignoring the stares being directed at him. When he saw the rest enter the great hall, he sent a glare before his face cracked and ended up laughing silently to himself.

"I have no idea what Aren's up to but seeing him laugh silently is getting really weird." Frank shivered as he turned towards the Slytherin table.

"It's probably the inability to make a sound that's getting to him." Caelum sighed then pressed a kiss to Julia's forehead before smirking. "It's been months. You'd think they'd get used to this." he commented when he felt the students' stares on them.