A Birth day

Ruby chuckled seeing and hearing how much fun the male fairy was having in the warm bath. " I hear that" she said softly then she heard Marcus " yes , we thought drop the girls off then head to Hogsmeade to get what we can or pop over to London for the rest." she said then smiled seeing Anise and Ginger emerge from their room. Listening to them talk about their potions Exam and smiled " I agree we'll be thinking about you when you take your exam but I have good feeling you'll both do well" she said smiling at them both. " but right now grab breakfast and eat" She said glancing back at the upright book where the fairy was bathing " you think he's okay behind that?" she asked.

Aria chuckled and looked at the girls " you'll be fine" she said and handed them each a plate with cutlery. " if your still worried practice at Evens before you go back" she said " kind of why we're taking you early, so you'd have that extra time" she said to them softly with a smile.

"Or Venice to Clive. That's always an option," Angus told them.

"He's fine. I hear splashing," Angus said. "And giggling."

"He who?" Anise asked.

"Now, don't flip out but we have a couple of fairies staying with us. The female is sick, and we think might be her partner," Angus said.

"Fairies!" the girls were both excited.

"Calm. She's sleeping, and he's taking a bath. And no, you can't see him in the bath. In fact, do remember they are intelligent little people, so you cannot be rude and stare."

"I thought that shiny business was just your medallion," Anise said.

"No. That's her, but she has her feet anchored in the chain so she doesn't slide off. The dog barking frightened her," Angus said.

"Introduce us to them?" Ginger asked.

"Maybe when you get home tonight," Angus said. "Let them rest and settle in for now. They won't be going anywhere for a bit, I don't think. You have time. Focus on your exam today."

"Taskmaster," Anise mumbled. Marcus laughed. The little fairy emerged from behind the book, clean and in his refreshed clothes, and he did a quick little pose to show Angus that he was clean and refreshed and happy about it. That made Angus laugh, and that made the little fairy laugh.

"I take it that means we need to wait til tonight too, then," Sam said.

"Please?" Angus asked.

"It's fine, "Victor replied.

"Thank you," Angus said. The boys got up, put their plates in the sink and headed off to work. Anise got up and took her plate and Ginger's to the sink while Ginger got their bags to go to Evan's.

"We really need to go," Ginger said, checking the time. "Who's taking us, please?"

Ruby chuckled and nodded she agreed with Angus as the male fairy stepped out from behind the book. Taking it down she picked up the small bowl and took it to empty the dirty water out and replace it with a clean bowl ready for warm water later if they needed it. Aria watched as the boys and Ginger and anise all ate then once done announced they were ready. Standing up Anise smiled " that would be me" she said and chuckled as Ruby looked at Angus and Marcus.

" you sure you'll be okay with the babies , we can always take them with us since we have house guests who need looking after?" she asked moving the baby sling to the counter if they said they would not be all right with them. Aria took hold of Anise and Ginger and looked to Ruby.

" come on if we're to get everything in before we have to pick the girls up again.." she said to Ruby who chuckled and walked over to Angus, gently kissing him she then spoke softly.

"we shouldn't be too long, unless Aria gets side tracked, see you when we get back" she said and smiled a she then stood up and walked to Aria taking her hand in hers they ported to Evens house. " okay good luck and we'll see you later to pick you up, and so you can tell us all about the exam." Ruby said with Aria nodding next to her. With a farewell hug she knocked on the door and smiled seeing Tara open it smiling.

Now with the girls at Evens they ported to Venice choosing to talk to Clive first to see what he could get for Evelyn.

The female fairy woke not long after Aria and Ruby had gone to take the girls to Evan's. Angus fed her more tea. The little male got Angus' attention and pointed to the bowl for more bath water. Marcus took the bowl and put fresh warm water in it, and the little male pointed to the book. Angus put it back in place, and then the little male fairy helped the female behind the book, and Angus understood. He was helping his mate with a bath.

As she was bathing, Angus and Marcus heard the babies waking. Marcus went up, changed them both and brought them down and gave them some fruit and some dry cereal to eat as finger foods. He gave them bottles of milk and let them simply sit on the floor to eat. After all, the floor was clean, and the babies were happy.

As the babies were babbling and eating, the fairies clearly heard the babies. It made them curious. When the female finished her bath, the male fluttered into the air, looking for the babies. When he finally found them, he fluttered around them, looking at them. Angus held his hand down to the female, who walked over to his hand and sat down. Angus showed her the babies, and she smiled. Both fairies seemed delighted by them.

Edward and Simone came over, and Simone was thrilled to see fairies. Edward had brought some fresh small corinth grapes, and he picked them off the stems, rinsed them, and put some on a saucer for the fairies, setting them out for them. The fairies wasn't sure what they were, but the male tried one, and he actually managed three of them all by himself. The female had one, and Angus could tell they were going to be big fans of the tiny grapes.

"You might have to keep them in champagne grapes, Edward," Angus said. "They like those a lot."

"Well, I'd be happy to do that, or we could move them to Tuscany where they could have all the grapes they could eat," Edward said. "The female looks a good deal better today. I think she had a narrow escape, thanks to you and Marcus."

"Could we impose up on you and take the girls with us? We'd like to take the babies out with us for a bit," Simone asked.

"Certainly," Angus said.

"Wonderful," she was delighted. "We'll bring them back eventually." She scooped up Caprice, and Edward picked up Diamond.

"And where are you heading? Some big adventure, no doubt?"

"We're taking them to the children's zoo and meeting some of our friends with their grandchildren. It's a lovely day for a walk and a day out. So, we've decided to make a day of it," Edward said.

"Then, by all means, take them and have a great time," Angus said.

"Thank you," Edward said. "We'll see you later." They took the babies, grabbed their gear for the outing and apparated out.

"Well, that emptied the house out fast," Marcus laughed. "It's just us and the fairies."

"It certainly did. I guess I'll go out and get a start on getting the garden in shape for the season."

"Okay. I'll bring the fairies out for some fresh air, and while you garden, I'll do the fairysitting," Marcus replied.

"Okay," Angus said, going outside. Marcus brought the little basket the fairies had slept in and both fairies outside.

Ruby and Aria walked into Clive's shop and smiled seeing the new spring line , Ruby walked over and looked though them finding nothing she liked she moved to another rack while Aria walked over to Clive " hello Clive , I'm here for Marcus , we need somethings for Evelyn she's been taken back to Jeffery's , she escaped ..again , and has nothing , I have a list that Marcus gave me of things he felt she would need, can you get them , don't worry if you can't Ruby and I can get them ourselves and send them over to Jeffery." she said placing the piece of paper on the counter in front of him. " I'll cover the cost, even though Marcus said put it on his tab, nope , please put it on mine."

Ruby found a lovely light coat that was perfect for the spring weather and a low comfortable pair of boots too. Taking them she walked over to the counter and placed them down. Placing several galleons down she watched as they were wrapped and placed in a bag for her. She thanked Diana behind the counter.

"Oh, of course," Clive said. "Not a problem. Give me a few minutes, and I'll pull it together. It's a pretty extensive list so it does take me a little."

Clive started making a stack of trousers first--jeans, a pair of black slacks, a pair of khakis, a black skirt, some button downs, a few cardigans, some knit tops, a couple pullovers, a black dress, underthings, pajamas, socks, shoes, jackets, shorts, capris, a coat, some gloves, a winter hat, an umbrella, a bathrobe, some slippers, all the basics. Nothing was designer priced. Everything Marcus ever bought for Evelyn was good quality but budget priced. Marcus had long known that it was pointless to buy her anything but budget priced clothes because she never hung onto it for long anyway. It was quite a stack, but Clive knew how many pieces of each catagory to put onto the stack, and within about fifteen minutes, he had Evelyn's usual allocation put together again.

"I think we've got it all," Clive said. "You want to have me send them directly to Jeffrey's for you, then? I can have them marked to his attention, and he can give them to her as he sees fit, if you want. That saves Marcus or you or whoever a trip to take them. Sometimes it has taken several days before she is able to have any of her own clothing anyway. On average, if I'm going by past history, it can take her up to a week to ten days to get her medicine back into her system enough for her to start getting some control again. Poor thing. If she could just learn that when she stays on her meds, she has a much better quality of life, but she never seems to get that."

"Oh, and as long as you're here, do you mind taking this box to Angus, please?" Clive asked them, putting another box on the counter, this one addressed to Angus. "He ordered some shawls for the girls' spring dance at Beauxbaton's. It took me a bit to find exactly what he wanted but he's lucky. I was able to find it. And these are the only two anywhere. Oh, and don't resize them, please. It'll buggar up the enchantments on them. Now anything else for either of you today?"

Aria listened to Clive and nodded as she watched him move around the shop gathering the things on the list . Once he said he had everything she nodded " that's good and please, it would save us a visit, and put Marcus's mind at ease that she ahs everything she needs." Aria said with a smile, taking the bill she paid for it and looked at Ruby " you have everything you need?" she asked and Ruby chuckled .

"oh yes ,t Clive and Diana have the best clothing, why don't you look around. " Ruby suggested to Aria. Aria walked around the shop she did find a light shirt and a pair of walking boots she liked along with a summer dress for when or if the weather grew warmer..

" okay I'm done, thank you Clive , I'll let Marcus know about the clothing and things" she paused as he mentioned a box and what was inside it. " awe , I'll certainly get these to Marcus so he can give them to the girls, thankyou" she said and picked it up in her arms " Ruby could you port us back to the duplex" she asked and Ruby chuckled and nodded.

"sure, I can do that, se you next time Clive , Diana." she said smiling as she took hold of Aria arm and together they walked out side before Ruby ported them back to the duplex porch outside. Aria walked into the living room and not seeing anyone she placed the box down on the table. Ruby walked around to the garden and smiled seeing Angus and Marcus with the fairy's " we're home" she said " did Simone and Edward take the babies?" she asked standing on the porch as she watched them.

"Nope, we abandoned them in the house," Angus teased. He saw the little male fairy point to something on the ground, under one of the leaves of one of the daffodils that were sprouting up quickly. Angus lifted the leaf and saw a thistle trying to get root already. "How did you see that?" Angus looked at the fairy, and the little fairy giggled at him.

"Did you miss another one?" Marcus asked.

"Yup. He doesn't miss a thing, though. How is she doing?"

"Better. Oh, and I gave her a little piece of a broken pencil lead, and she wrote down her name and his. We have names for both of them. They're very similar to Greek names. His name is Minos. [pronounced MEE-nos]. In Greek, that name means King. Don't know if there is a different meaning in Fae language or if his name actually is Fae language at all. It could be Greek for all we know. Her name is Ili [pronounced EE-lee] There is a Greek name like it too. In Greek, it means Light."

"Minos?" Angus looked at the little male who was fluttering right in front of him. The little male pointed to himself, smiling, and nodded. "Angus," Angus pointed to himself. The little male seemed to get it straight away and nodded, seemingly glad to have a name. "Ili?" Angus gestured towards the female that was sitting on the patio table close to Marcus. Minos nodded. "He seems to agree with you, Marcus," Angus said.

Ruby chuckled at Angus as he teased about leaving the babies in the house " I'm glad there getting out" she said and sat with Marcus " wow those are pretty names, Nice to mee to you Minos and Ili, I'm Ruby." she introduced herself with a smile. Aria walked out and chuckled as she walked over.

"Clive sent a package for you, I left it on the table, he said it was shawls for the girls, and yes they got to Evens with no problems also he's sending the items over to Jeffery and will exchange any that need to be." she said softly to him so not to scare the fairies. Looking at them she smiled " think they will settle in the garden?" she asked

"Thanks for taking care of that," Marcus said. "I appreciate it."

"Oh, yeah. I ordered those awhile back," Angus said, "back at Christmas time when they had their Yule ball. I knew it might take Clive awhile to find the fabric because its gotten to be a bit hard to come by. Clive calls it Shimmer Silk. I don't' know if that's the real name or not, but it's enchanted not only to shimmer but also to protect the wearer from weather. It protects from rain, snow, cold, heat, all sorts of things. Supposedly, it has to be handled with care or the fabric's enchantments can be buggered up."

"Oh, he found some, then? Good," Marcus said. "The Bulgarian minister's wife had one. She loved it. Hers was a sort of a white-ish colored that they called Moonstone. She wore it with almost every evening gown she owned. She thought hers was pretty darned indispensable. The minister told me he had given it to her as a wedding gift. It really is a bit of an extravagant gift for a school's spring ball, you know, Angus."

"Yes, but its their first spring ball, and they've worked damned hard to qualify to be able to go to that school at all," Angus said. "I don't mind the expense in this case."

"Oh, that reminds me. You did get a message in a blue envelope. I didn't want Pip to get close to the fairies since owls eat bugs--in case Pip mistook them for dragonflies or something. I left the envelope inside," Marcus told him.

"Is Pip still here?" Angus asked.

"No. Little monster milked me out of about ten treats before took off. He seemed like he was uttelry starving."

"Pip doesn't have a very big appetite. If he was that hungry, then one of Jack's men forgot to feed the birds of prey. If the birds tell Kate, somebody's head will roll," Angus said. "Why don't you accio it and open it?"

"I could. You don't mind me opening your mail?"

"No. Just open it," Angus said. Marcus accio'd the envelope and opened it and read it. "Oh! It appears that you have been asked to help chaparone the Beauxbaton's spring ball--you and your 'plus one.' And Madame Maxine has asked if you might consider asking another of your friends to come with a 'plus one' to help as well with the chaparone duties."

"Hm," Angus said, scowling. "That isn't as innocent as it appears, is it?"

"I tend to agree," Marcus said. "Madame Maxine does not send personal invitations to a ball, nor does she have to ask us Brits to chaparone. Nor would she ever ask you to bring a friend to help you."

"She's looking for a few fighters for the ball," Angus nodded.

"I think you're right. She's hoping to ward off some sort of possible trouble," Mracus agreed. "There's no way to know what she is trying to safeguard against so I suppose, if we accept, we'd have to be ready for about anything."