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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 16:14:39 GMT -5
Sitting in the orphanage yard with a number of other kids being led in an etiquette lesson, The boy known only as Walker followed in turn as attention was given to him, but it was clear he was more interested in the group interaction then the lesson itself. As Misses McKinley walked towards them, the class attention turned more towards her. "Walker? Come with me, please, you are needed in the office. Apologies, Mr Danyon, please continue without us."
Getting up he followed her, curiosity in his face. He had been to meet a few parents in the past to see about matches and recently a few other families, but he wasn't sure about one interested right now. Besides, the orphanage dealt with a mix of muggle and magic kids, putting them through a set of tutors and he wasn't allowed to use magic in the main classes. So if this was about more parents, which ones were they? Into the office he walked with Misses McKinley who pointed him to a chair to wait while she went into another room where she did often meet with people interested in fostering or adopting.
He was awfully close to the age of giving up though. After awhile you got the feeling for no success, no family. You knew you weren't wanted. Walker hadn't really given up entirely yet, but he was beginning to edge into it, feeling the pressure of depression coming. After a few minutes she came out and waved him towards her saying "Come here, Walker," and he swallowed before standing and walking towards her...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 17:28:01 GMT -5
There were a lot of factors going into the Zephyrs wanting to adopt. For one, Viona wanted a sibling. For two, the couple wanted another child, but with their busy schedules, they knew if they were to have another baby, they couldn't possibly take care of him or her. And for three, and the finest reason of all, the Zephyrs were kind-hearted people and wanted to give someone a chance at life that he or she might not have had otherwise. And when the orphanage found at that they had no preference as far as gender, age, or anything else, they were delighted. That was another thing about the Zephyrs. They showed no bias. After listening to Misses McKinley speak about Walker, Alpin simply looked at her and smiled. He turned to his wife and daughter and did the same, then turned back to the woman. "Well then," he said with a smile. "Let's not wait about. Let's go meet the lad, shall we?" Viona beamed like a light bulb and nodded at this. Alpin rose and stepped into the next room. He smiled when he saw Walker. The boy was old, older than Viona, but that didn't matter. Stepping over, he extended his hand to the boy. "Hello lad," he said. "Me name's Alpin Zephyr. This is me wife, Donalda, and me daughter Viona. We'd like to adopt you."DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR
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Post by DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR on Mar 18, 2014 12:28:09 GMT -5
| COUNT:xxx TAG:Alphin, Viona, Walker OUTFIT:linkNOTES:Awwww | Donalda was excited. She loved her Viona and her husband but it was time to share that love with another. The three had decided to adopt, and Alpin and Donnalda had decided that Viona would be there every step of the way. After all they were a family and they would do everything together. The woman hugged Viona as they waited. "I'm so excited. This is going to be great I can feel it." The woman smiled as the lady walked in and began speaking about the young boy. He sounded perfict and Dona couldnt wait to meet the lad. As her husband looked at them she smiled at him and then followed him to the room.
As they saw the young boy Donalda quickly went in to the mother mode she was always in and gave the boy the look of already loving him as a son. As Alpin was done introducing them the woman walked over and hugged the boy. "It's so nice to meet you sweet heart." The woman adored him, she wanted to take him home to meet the rest of the family, knowing that the animals would just adore him aswell. Looking at Viona and hugging her husband she smiled.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 13:17:12 GMT -5
When Viona walked into the room and laid eyes on her new brother, she couldn't say a word. The normally talkative girl was in awe. She looked at the slightly older boy and could see the pain he had gone through being an orphan and not having a family to love him. As she looked, tears poured down her cheeks. But with those tears came the world's biggest smile. Without hesitation, she ran on and hugged him, and the hug seemed to last forever. Finally through her tears she spoke.
"I'm you're new sister, Walker!" she sobbed. "I'm your new sister!" She then kissed him on the cheek twice and kept her arms around him. If she had her way, she would walk home holding on to him. "You don't have to worry about anything else ever. Because you have a mum and a dad and sister who will love you so much!"
Viona couldn't believe this. Her parents had tried to adopt for some time, and now that they finally did, they gave her an amazing brother. She was lost in moment, but then realized that as much as she loved him, she would have to see if he was willing to love and accept the family in return.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 13:58:35 GMT -5
In his plain grey shirt and pants, he knew he didn't count much of a figure, but it was the orphanage's clothes after all and probably saved money somewhere along the line. At the least they were clean! Being waved forward he walked, but his hope hadn't risen yet. Most parents wanted to meet a variety of kids, pick and choose based on how they looked and acted so he had done this type of waltz before. So as he stepped into the room, he was partly surprised to see it was adults and a kid which was not the norm. Then the man approached him as Misses McKinley stepped back unexpectedly to Walker at least.
As a hand was extended from a man with a slim beard, the first thing that registered was an accent, Scottish like Peggy in the year below him. The second was the words he thought he would never hear. "A-adopt? Really?" He barely caught the names at that moment, too thrown off what he had come to use as the orphan's reserve of expecting the worst. He grasped the hand like a lifeline in both hands then, the question in his eyes clearly asking if this was all real! Before he could react more, the other adult in the room, he assumed this man's wife, came close.
Both were better dressed then he was used to. As Mr Zephyr released his hand, Mrs Zephyr gave him a hug and that about brought the tears out. Surely no one hugged you in a trick! Sweetheart? "I-it's so nice to meet you! Too! I mean, I'm sorry I wasn't expecting this..." He was feeling the edge of giving into it when he felt rather then saw the third hug hit. Taking a step back and having not even had a chance to take in her face (which with this emotion it had to be), but it hardly made a difference. Wrapping his arms around her in return it was a bewildered boy with the onslaught hitting him who heard her words. She even kissed him and that was when the tears started for him!
Who could resist such a powerful set of emotions like hope and relief and a loss of fear? Who could resist complete acceptance from their faces and love in their reactions? The tears began to trickle down his face as he fumbled for words and found none too overwhelmed to speak. His face said it all though, that this was better then his wildest dreams could manage! He looked between the two smiling adults and down into a mane of hair and his words finally came. " A family..." and he kissed the top of his sister's head as the trembling in his arms finally stopped.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 16:36:22 GMT -5
Alpin placed his arm around his wife and smiled as he saw Walker's reaction to the news. He was about to respond to the boy when he saw Viona run over to Walker and hug him as if she knew him all his life. Watching the scene, his eyes watered too and he found himself wiping them. He knew his daughter was excited about having a brother, but now he saw how much she was willing to love him, and that was with all the love in the world. After watching this for a mere moment, he turned to McKinley. "Misses McKinley, would you please bring the paperwork for Donalda and I to sign?" he said. "I think we would both like to take our son home.""Of course, Mr. Zephyr," said Misses McKinley, who stepped away. Alpin then turned to Walker and Viona and smiled. "While she's gathering that, I guess it would be a good idea for us to get to know a wee bit about one another, eh?" he said. "As you can no doubt tell from our accents, we are Scottish. We live in London now, and Donalda and I both own shops in Diagon Alley. Oh. and we're vegetarians. I hope you don't mind that, not that we would mind if you eat meat somewhere." DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR
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Post by DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR on Mar 19, 2014 15:49:27 GMT -5
Donalda watched her daughter and now son bond. The woman was in tears herself, she was happy that her daughter already loved the boy, and Dona also adored the boy. As she listened to Alpin talk she nodded. "We also have a tone of pets, and a small kitten who is still learning and healing up. I hope you dont mind pets me boy." The woman smiled. She owned a pet store so pets were always around Donalda. "If you would like a pet you can have one." the woman smiled, knowing that their was always room in their house and there hearts for pets, people, and family.
The woman smiled and pulled out a camera and took a picture of the two, it would be a picture she would frame and stick in the house for everyone to see. Donalda was big about taking pictures, she loved having people ask about the pictures. She also knew that they would need a family picture for both shops.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 16:12:35 GMT -5
Viona was the happiest new sister in the world right now. She sat remaining in her new brother's arms, seeming as if she was not going to give his mother and father a chance to hug him. That obviously wasn't the case of course. She turned and smiled as her mum took the photo, then smiled at Walker.
"Aye, a family," she said. "The best family one can have."
She then listened as her dad and mum went over some of the various facts about the Zephyr family, hoping none of it bothered Walker. As her dad said, they didn't judge others for eating meat. They just didn't eat it themselves. And Viona had a feeling Walker would love pets. He just seemed like he would. Viona then added a fact.
"I'm a Gryffindor, and mum and dad were in Gryffindor when they went to school," she said. "We saw you're a Gryffindor too. I can't believe I've never seen you at school. Maybe I did, but I just don't remember. Gryffindor is a big house after all. But I know you now, and we're going to have so much fun at school!" She gave him another hug and kissed him on the cheek again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 18:54:15 GMT -5
Wiping the back of his hand across his eyes as the man spoke to him, he did miss the fact the woman from the office had disappeared to who knew where. he nodded anyway, making the mistake many orphans believed that he would be required to change to meet his new family's style and he caught the part about the woman's name again with relief he had repeated it. "Two shops? In Diagon? Wow..." he had only been there once so he found that sort of exciting on it's own. "Vegetarian, gotcha." And as she spoke he turned his head...Donna?... her way. "Nope! I don't mind pets. Never had one."
Unless...they were talking about Diagons. He hoped he hadn't just agreed to dragons in his bedroom or something like that! "What kind of pets? Like, one kind or lots?" The gir-- his new sister was still hugging him tightly and for all the world he didn't want to ask her to stop! Donna pulled out a camera and took a picture and his mind bugged at how much wealth he was hearing and seeing here. They took a picture of each kid once a year for the file and none of it wizarding, but he had the strong suspicion this one would be so he tried to look a little less bewildered and more happy for it as the girl turned for the picture.
As the picture was taken he did sort of sit on the chair behind him still taken aback how fast this was all going and how. Looking at his new sibling with some amusement as she told him about herself he nodded, thinking she might be a touch familiar. "What year are you? I was" suddenly realizing he didn't know if they would send him somewhere else, but surely not if their daughter was there! "going into the sixth next and I bet we just have different classes." Or he had been out playing games or moping somewhere isolated when the mood hit, but it wouldn't be here today!
A little voice in the back of his head got squashed for doubting this was real.
"I feel a little overwhelmed kinda, I'm sorry, I promise I'm not usually this caught out for words..." The girl gave him another hug and a kiss and he held her tightly again, suddenly feeling the need as he glanced around at a loss. Gingerly he asked "Um, what happens next?" as another woman from the office came in with some papers and Misses McKinley stepped in behind her motioning towards him and saying "Let's go get your things, Walker, hurry up. We don't want to keep your new parents waiting now do we?" And he hesitantly got up, half afraid they would be gone when he returned. "Yes Ma'am," s he glanced at all three, fixing their faces in his mind, especially hers...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2014 6:12:53 GMT -5
Alpin smiled when Walker seemed to be okay with everything. "Though I want you to remember one thing," he said. "While we are so thankful you are one of us now, we want you to keep being you. Just because you have a new last name doesn't mean you have to change what's important."
Alpin then went over the pets the family had. "Well there's me Scottish Terrier Oxford, Donalda has her iguana Piccadilly, Viona had her rabbit Gusifus, and we all share Raz and Daz the parakeets, Nip, Pip, and Zip the guinea pigs, and we just adopted a wee kitten, but we're still working out the name for her. As as me lovely misses said, we'll gladly get you a pet or two as well."Once Walker went to get his things, the paper work was presented, and there was things for all three family members to sign, though that wouldn't be a problem. Placing on his reading glasses, Alpin looked everything over. "Well now, everything seems fine to me," he said. He then took the quill and signed his name where he needed to sign it before handing the quill and papers over to Donalda. (Permission from Walker to speak for him here.) When Walker returned, Alpin stepped over and smiled. "Let me help you with those things, lad," he said. "What's a good dad for, eh?"DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR
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Post by DONALDA JAZMINE ZEPHYR on Apr 5, 2014 0:01:10 GMT -5
As her husband looked over the papers she read next to him, when the boy had returned she smiled at him and thanked the woman with him. Her dream was becoming even more completed. Dona was also hopeing that the boy would be fine with the hogwarts school even though she knew that their was others schools in the world but she like hogwarts.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 0:32:05 GMT -5
(Skipping this round. Will do a wrap up thread with Alpin after Walker goes)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 4:02:02 GMT -5
His new father (what a strange feeling that word now had!) spoke about how he was not to change who he was, just because of a new situation. This bewildered him, though he said "Yes sir." He had always understood everything about a family changed one and here he was hearing the opposite. 'Hmm, learning experience I guess,' he thought to himself. They spoke about pets, but to Walker it sounded like they lived in an animal house, but he assumed he would find a way to deal. He smiled tentatively "Sounds like the four footers outnumber the two footers!"
He would do his best to fit in, no matter what the man said he was determined to do as much as he could for them. Up in the dorm it was a matter of moments to pick up his things. It was only clothes mostly and those he left behind for the orphanage, keeping only a few pieces for himself. A book from the library he left on another's bed hoping they would return it. His possessions came down to a bag about the size of a grocery bag, though plastic not paper. It was with hesitation he walked in, holding the bag slightly behind him by the straps, but the man was not fooled.
Walker handed it over with a flush, embarrassed at how poor he was to such a rich family. "You didn't need to, sir, I could have gotten it. It was mostly clothes and they all belong to the orphanage." So this was really happening. They hadn't melted away while he was gone as he had sort of expected. He was about to go home with strangers who were about to become his new family, people he would be expected to be totally open with, trusting in, and obeying. Especially obeying! He could feel the tension in the air, but maybe it was all him?
As they gathered and got ready to leave he glanced around one last time; he'd never truly expected to see the last of this place till he was out on the streets himself and it was still sort of stunning to think about. "Um, how did you get here?" he asked looking back and forth from one to another drinking in the looks on their faces.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 9:32:42 GMT -5
(Wrapping this one up on my end) Alpin and Viona laughed about the line concerning the animals outnumbering them. "That they do," said Alpin. Alpin then raised his hand and shook his head when Walker said he didn't have to help. "Nonsense," he said. "I'll take what you have... and I believe someone wants to hold her brother's hand for the first time." He motioned over to a smiling Viona, who offered her hand for Walker to hold. "Come on, big brother," she said. "We have too many things to do and less time to do them in!" She giggled at the saying. Outside, Alpin was asked how they got there. He smiled at Walker and motioned for him to follow them to an empty street. "The only way to travel in London, me son," he said. The Knight Bus then appeared and they were asked to board. "Let's get you home, me boy."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 3:17:40 GMT -5
Their laughter was spontaneous and simple; they agreed with him. Despite his nerves, he felt a certain bubble of joy beginning to creep up inside of him with their cheer and evident acceptance. Feeling better about the whole thing meant he could accept more that for once something really good was happening to him, a future which might be worth having. His new father took the small bag anyway with a smile, motioning to his daughter as she stuck out her hand.
With a growing confidence, Walker took it with a slight squeeze, smiling back. She certainly was an enthusiastic young lady! It might take time to adjust to the light dancing in her eyes, but he'd clearly not be given a chance to do otherwise. And she giggled! He couldn't remember the last time he had heard a giggle and it nearly made him laugh out loud! "Well then! Are you going to warn me what things or is it part of the surprise?"
Following them outside, he followed the family his family out to the street and around the corner where the fabled purple bus appeared shortly for them to get on! With wide eyes he followed his newly acquired family onto a new adventure and into a new life...
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