Phoenix

~Chapter 19~

As everyone said their goodbyes, Cassiopeia Kaia got to say her hellos, hellos to the Weasleys, with whom she would be spending the summer holidays with. She met everyone when they arrived at the Burrow, bar Charlie who was still in Romania. Lily promised to take her to visit him though, as Cassie had a particular interest in care of magical creatures. This excited Cassie to no end, as she and Lily had been practising their Metamorphmagus skills, and figured out how to turn into animals. They hoped to stretch their wings when they got to Romania. Lily, in turn, was excited to see what Charlie's reaction would be.

The morning they were due to leave, Lily advised Cassie to wear warm clothes, with a lair of clothes for hot weather underneath, as when they got to the sanctuary itself it would be incredibly warm from all the fire breathing dragons. Then Cassie took Lily's hand and the two apparated. They landed inside Charlie's cottage, and he almost dropped the plate of biscuits he'd been holding. "Merlin's beard Lily, a warning next time'd be great," Charlie said, as he engulfed his little sister in a hug. Cassie held out her hand to shake, but he gave her a hug as well, before adding "and I believe you would be Cassie." She smiled, nodding, taken aback by the extremely kind demeanour of the man who dealt with dragons on a daily basis.

"Now are you quite sure you're up for this? It's not just any twelve year olds that we let deal with dragons." "She's fifteen, you great oaf," Lily said, slapping Charlie upside his head, while Cassie attempted to hide her giggles. The two girls smirked, beckoning him outside and told him to stand back, and they walked to opposite sides of the field at the back of Charlie's cottage. Charlie watched in amazement as the two girls shifted into magnificent dragons.

His co-workers watched in amazement as Charlie Weasley flew on his broom, the two dragons beside him twirling around him. He landed, quickly followed by the two dragons. His friends rushed over, inspecting the dragons, until they shrunk back to two girls, causing the majority of the workers to yelp or shriek in surprise. "So Charlie, do you think you could show us around now?" Lily asked, looking at his friends, who were all nodding enthusiastically. "All right," he grinned.

The workers were even more amazed as the two girls walked around, all of the dragons extremely trusting of them. Two dragons in particular loved the attention of the girls. Rosie, a deep red coloured dragon, let Lily onto her back, and Aquila, a pale blue dragon let Cassie onto his. Before the workers could even comprehend it, the two girls were flying through the air on the dragons, enjoying their flight immensely, as Charlie and his friends took notes and pictures.

By the time the girls came down again, it was evening, so they convinced Charlie to come home to the Burrow for dinner. He agreed, and Molly was very happy to see him, though she commented about his hair which was getting almost as long as Bill's at this point. "Lily and Cassie rode two dragons," Charlie commented and Ron spat out his drink. Thankfully no one was sat across from him. "I got a couple of pictures." The photos were passed around. "Never seen anyone fly a dragon before, actually," Charlie said, and Molly nearly exploded. "They were well able Mum, they can turn into dragons themselves, for Godric's sake!" "They- ....what?!" was the exasperated question from Molly then. The girls smirked, snorting into their pudding, and when they finished up, Lily said "if you'll follow us?"

And that was how the entire Weasley family was left speechless in a few short minutes.