LILLIANS POV

     After all of our shopping, we finally Apparate to Father's home. He insists that it isn't actually a Manor. The fuck it isn't! It's huge! I think it's even bigger than the Malfoys Manor. The house is at least 4 stories big. A lot of the rooms have balconys outside them. I'm going to assume those are bedrooms.

     We walk up to the door, and Father walks right in. I was a little hesitant to follow him. I just met him, I don't fully trust him. For all I know he's another Nicholas. Speaking of Nicholas, I hadn't heard from him since the disastrous party. I hope that it's a good thing.

     I turn to my gorgeous new owl, Juniper, and start talking to her.

     "Should I go in? I don't want anything to happen. All I want to do is train. Both physically and magically."

     Juniper doesn't vocally respond, but she nuzzles into my hair, and lightly pecks me.

     "Is that a 'Yes'? I don't how I'm going to be able to train magically. The Ministry has a rule, and somehow always knows when an underaged Witch or Wizard uses magic."

     Juniper hops off my shoulder, and gently hovers in front of me. I give her my full attention. She flys inside the Manor and stops at the stairs railing. She rests on top of it, and waits for me to walk my happy ass in.

     After a few moments of contemplation, I walk inside. Immediately I get overwhelmed with the Manor. It's not light like the Smiths is. It's kind of got a room and gloom look to it, which I'm loving. I stare for a few more minutes, then go to find Father.

     I end up finding him in the library. It has so many shelves, I try to count, but always end up losing focus. They all go from floor to ceiling, but I can't see if they have any rhyme or reason to the order they're in.

     Father is sitting in a chair, reading a book. I peak at the cover, and it reads "How to Break Magical Tracking for Underaged Witches & Wizards". I don't know where or how he found it. This seems like the type of book that would be burned by the Ministry as soon as they found it.

     Juniper followed me into the room, and flys to Father. She sits on the chair back, and starts pecking his head, trying to get his attention. He quickly grants her her wish.

     "What is the matter? I'm trying to figure out how to break your owners magical boundaries."

     "I think she just wants you to acknowledge her and my presence. When are we starting training?"

     "We can start training as soon as I figure out how to break your magical boundary. Why don't you explore? I can call one of the house elves to show you your room? I haven't really done anything to it since Bloom decorated it. She insisted that we have two separate rooms for you. One for when you were a toddler, and another for when your a teenager. I really hope that you like it. If not we can change it to your preference."

     I give him a smile and a nod.

     "I would love that."

     He smiles back at me and shouts out the house elves name.

     "BERTHA!"

     Immediately a house elf is standing before us. The first thing that I noticed about her, is that she is wearing actual clothes. Most house elves have to wear a pillowcase. But Bertha is wearing a white dress with pink polka dots.

     "Yes Master Grindelwald?"

     "Could you please show my Daughter Lillian her room?"

     "It would be my pleasure Master Grindelwald."

     "Bertha, I have told you countless times to call me Gellert. You're free, you don't have to call me 'Master' or 'Grindelwald' anymore."

     "Sorry, Ma- Gellert."

     Bertha turns towards me with a smile on her face.

     "It you could please follow me...?"

     "You can just call me Lillian Bertha." I tell her with a smile.

     She smiles even wider and starts walking out the library door.

     "Please follow me Lillian."

     I follow her up the flight of stairs, and down the ridiculously long hallway. We finally stop at a door. Bertha opens the door for me, and steps inside. I follow in after her, and gasp.

     The room is black with emerald green. The walls were painted the green, and the trim was painted black. I probably would've used a different color, but it looked really pretty. The rest of the room was a combination of the colors. I look around for a little bit, and sit on my bed.

     The bed is soft, if beds could be that. It made me want to curl up in it. Which is exactly what I do. Before I know it, I'm falling asleep.

Guys! I'm so sorry for not posting earlier. School is kicking my ass, and it's really draining me mentally. How are you? Love you all💚🤍