Chapter 18
13 June 1986 London
Rei looked at the paper laying before him and started to think what he should write to Albus Dumbledore.
'Well i can always say that father left a message to me when I am old enough to understand it' Rei thought to himself and took pen.
Dear Professor Dumbledore
I write this letter in hope that you are in good health and without problems because i know that this message would be a headache. From my fathers note which he left before he died I came to know that I have still living relative in this world and it is you although he wasn't sure if the blood he awakend when he became a wizard after generations of descendats of a squib who was a son of a founder of family would recognize us as such but after I met my partner Etna which took and delivered this letter to you i knew that dormant blood of Dumbledores has come to life again in our branch. I would like to see you when it would be summer break in Hogwarts cause I would like to meet my family. Althought I have step-sister she is not magical she loves me with everything she has and is adamant in doing everything she could to protect me. I even have some thoughts she did some shady stuff but she is always good for people around us soi t had to be to bad people if she ever did something bad. But about it we can talk when we meet.
Sincerely
Rei Walford
P.S. I was born on 8th of September 1976 so I will be going to school in 1988
'Yeah that should do it' Rei thought and summoned Etna from her bird stand.
„Etna can you feel someone like you? A phoenix bound to blodline like mine in this country?" He asked her at what she nodded.
„Ok than take this letter with you where that phoenix is and give it to the old man who has the same blodline as me ok? Can you do it?" Rei asked with worried tone cause he never asked her for something like this and was nervous she couldn't do it.
Etna cried, pecked him in the finger, took letter in her talons and vanished in the flames at what Rei freaked out cause he didn't know that she can already teleport with flames like Fawkes.
„Nice this will be even better surprise for old man than i thought hehe" He said to himself and started to think about his date with Rin.
„Ehh it will be really loooong day but to hell with it. She will be happy soi t would be worth it" Rei said to himself and went to change clothes.
Hogwarts at the same time, Office of the Headmaster
Albus Dumbledore, strongest wizard of his times was sitting in his chair and was eating his sweets when he saw flames in the corner of his eyes. He looked at the bird stand and saw his phoenix Fawkes still there but it was looking in the direction of the flames and was crying with happines. When old wizard looked in the same direction he saw diffrent phoenix who was looking at him and landed at his desk with talons of its one leg stretched out towards him. At first he was frozen at the sight of the bird but it cried like it urged him to take the letter so he complied.
„Who are you young one? And who is your owner?" Albus said to the phoenix but he knew he wouldn't get the answer but he was shocked again. The phoenix looked in his eyes and then he go tan image in his mind of a boy no older than 10 with purple hair and golden eyes.
„Was that your owner?" He asked in shock at what the phoenix nodded. „Hoho a little one with a phoenix that is interesting" he murmured and opened the letter. After reading it he thought it was a joke but the bird on his desk came through flames just like his Fawkes so it had very high propabilty to be true. „So we have someone out there except ourselfs Aberforth"
At this moment a women in half-glasses came into the office to talk about the end of the exams with him and saw the second phoenix and froze in her steps.
„Ahh Minerva what do you need at this hour" asked Albus still with letter in hand.
„A-a-albus t-t-thats a phoenix?" she asked with shaken voice.
„Yes it is and rather young one she is" he said still looking at the letter.
„B-b-but no one could have phoenix except…"
„Dumbledore, yes at least in the last centuries, and it looks like it didn't change in this situation as well." He said and looked up towards her and she looked into his eyes with shock on her face.
„But you didn't have children and your brother too so who…?"
„Well it seems to be a branch from long ago and boys father was awakend but he didnt got the gift but he did."
„So it is a boy somewhere? In which school? Maybe he would think about learning here as he could meet you?"
„Thats funny part Minerva, he is 10 years old and he want to meet this old man because it seems I with Aberforth are his only family in blood alive."
„Poor boy, so he is in orphange?"
„I don't know this but I don't think so, by the way he wrote it it looks like high class ethic"
„May I see the letter Albus?" Minerva asked.
„Sure, have a sit and read it" He pointed at the chair before him and gave her letter from Rei.
„Sherbet lemon?" Albus asked when he took one from his cupboard while looking at the woman.
„No thank you." She said and started toread the letter.
„Oh there was one more thing that happened before you came here. The phoenix of the boy Etna showed me in my mind how he looks."
„What!?" She looked shocked and turned towards the bird in question.
„How?
„I don't know but I asked her who her owner is and she showed me by looking into my eyes"
„Maybe she will show me too. Etna sweetie could you show me your owner?" Minerva asked the phoenix and it complied by looking into her eyes and showing Rei when he was writing the letter.
„Yes definitly not in the orphange, he must be in the rich family and like he wrote he probably is taken care by his step-sister so he should be fine."
„Well I will meet him in July but before this I will look into that branch cause I don't know anything about it"