The Matriarch

How did a Wrackspurt get there

Chapter 16

The rest of the day went smoothly; she didn't really have any more classes. She spent that time working on the essays that were assigned to her and finished them quickly because of the fact that she was already quite advanced in theory. Pandora spent the time after her lunch period talking with Alice while wandering the halls to familiarise themselves more throughly. As they walked they chatted about themselves and their family, Alice apparently from a long pureblood line and was a halfblood, her cousin was the heir to the smith name and was 2 years younger than her. Apparently the family believed they were descendants of Hufflepuff, Alice's side of the family namely her Father and his Sister, along with her mother who was a first generation witch named Alberta Garnier, she had gone to beabaxtons and wanted Alice to go their as well, unfortunately for her they lived in Britain which actually stopped mail from outside countries that wished to offer children an education. It was frowned upon and heavily debated with the ambassadors but since the law had been passed no one had bothered to try to change it.

Pandora listened as her new fast friend went on about it and made a mental note to talk to her parents about that. When Alice finished with her family background Pandora shared some information about how her parents had started the island and that many of the main families on the island had helped raise Pandora and the other children. Alice asked about the first generation children that had been rescued from their homes and Pandora explained. That they had many first generation children living on the island and that those who were not adopted lived in the large castle like home that Pandora's parents owned and Pandora was raised with 20-30 other children, who she considered all siblings, not to mention many of the family's who didn't live on the island but the treaty land who also adopted children and would come together for the homeschool lessons and Pandora was raised among 200-250 children, for at least half the year.

"That's so cool you had so many siblings and friends you'd never get lonely"

Pandora smiled and nodded while listening to Alice day dream about what she would do with that many siblings. Pandora's two favourite options were to start a child revolt and overwhelm the parents and a being able to live in the same neighbourhood. They had finished walking around the castle and made it to the library finding a little nook and taking out their textbooks to start reading ahead for Alice and Pandora cracked open the runes book that she and Theodosia were working on.

They were found in the library by Xenophilius, "I see you've switched books again, oh its the same one that Theodosia's been glued to since yesterday, now do tell what is so interesting about this book" he pulled a chair from a table and angling it so it wouldn't move sat on the floor in front of it with his legs crossed and hands on his chin.

Pandora looked down at the older ravenclaw in front of her and sighed he had tried his best puppy dog eyes and who was Pandora to resist those eyes, eyes that seemed to have little beings floating in and around them "I would love to tell you more dear Xenophilius"

"Please calm me Xen(z-e-n) only my mother calls me Xenophilius"

"Well then my dear Xen you seem to have attracted some nasty little Wrackspurts making your brain all fuzzy, come now we can find some chocolate down in the kitchens and laugh about the gulping plimpies, they really are active this time of year."

"Why yes of course I wouldn't want my brain to start growing fuzz not even I could escape that fate"

Pandora and Xenophilius go off together linking arms and Pandora leans on the boy leaving Alice alone, she watched as they left "that was a strange conversation, but whatever floats their boat"

She went back to reading her textbook getting quite enthralled in a book about permanent and human transfigurations, it wasn't a text they'd get to until their 6th year but she had convinced her parents to buy it along with several other transfigurations texts the subject was quite fascinating to her.

Maxwell and Maria had been a couple since their second year, so really not that long but they had already gained the reputation of always being together and sneaking off to be together, of course this was true they had fallen in love though no one would believe it.

Maria always thought that even though she wasn't a born Peverell the deities had decided to bless her the way they did the other Peverells, with a soulmate. Maybe not in an obvious way but she had found the only person she ever wanted to be with and she was only thirteen.

Their classes were both over and their arms were locked wandering the halls trying to find someplace secluded to be. They had found an alcove in the lower floor close to the dungeons and were giddy at finally being along together, when they heard slight humming coming from down the hall.

Quickly breaking apart they poked their heads out of the alcove and found Pandora their little sister/cousin, humming a soft tune next to their year mate Xenophilius. She rapped her knuckles along the edge of a portrait. Maxwell knew they were near the hufflepuff common room which was near the kitchens he had just never found out where and Andromeda along with the older years never told him, he knew Theodosia knew where it was that's how she convinced the house elves to bring her snacks while she was reading. He didn't think that Theodosia had informed Pandora but apparently he was wrong, the portrait sung open and the two stepped inside. Maxwell and Maria obviously gave each other questioning looks but decided to ignore it and focused instead on spending un-interrupted time together.

Pandora and Xen walked into the kitchen and found a small hallway leading down and to the right, following they slowly heard sounds of pots and pans moving and cluttering and walked into the hustle and bustle of large kitchens filled with elves, cleaning, cooking, plating, and ordering around. One of the elves who was directing others on where to go and what to do saw they had entered and made his way over to them.

"Hello's students of Hoggywarty, what cans Hazel being doings for you"

"Why hello, we would like some chocolate my friend here has been infected by wrackspurts and we need chocolate to speed up the removal process"

Hazel gasps understanding the gravity of the situation or just thinking it to be grave due to the way Pandora had phrased it, "ill's being getting that for yous right away" He gives a slight bow and pops away a pot clangs and they two stand their waiting, less than a minute latter he pops back covered in a chicken broth and holds a packaged chocolate bar up to them, "here's you go little misses and master"

"Ooh, Hazel are you alright? The soup wasnt hot was it go get yourself cleaned up and healed, I can see some of the burn marks appearing"

Hazel stared in astonishment, "thanks you young misses, the old cooky master of heads isn't as good to us as the smiley master of heads, he's doesn't giving us any breaks or nothing like the contract hoggywartys gives us many years ago when the snake man, and raven women found us to give us a home"

Pandora locks that information away for later, "well please if any other elf needs to be healed please find them and take care of them no one should be treated like this I'll need to talk with my mother about this, she's a child of the raven lady and my father is a child of the snake man they should be able to help"

"Thank yous thank yous" he calls out in another language to the other elves and many of them stop working and follow him off into another hallway, Pandora can see that in another hallway theirs a group of small house elf children playing, she smiles at the sight and leads Xen over to the kids and offering their services in playing ball, she conjures a small bouncy ball and they come together to play a small game of catch in the hallway after Xenophilius finishes his chocolate of course.