LILLIANS POV

     I startle awake when I hear a loud pop. I jump out of bed and look around my room in a panic. When I realized that it's just Bertha, I relax a little bit. I slowly sit down on my bed, and wait for her to speak. Luckily for me, I don't have to wait long.

     "Ma- Gellert is requesting your presence at the training area. Could you follow me please?"

     I don't respond, but I do get off my bed and start following her. I try to keep my patience, but it's really hard. Berthas legs are so much smaller than mine, so I have to take tiny baby steps.

     Eventually we get there. The training room is a big and open space. There is almost no furniture in the room. Probably to avoid breaking things. The only things that are in the room are a couple of chairs for breaks, and different weapon-like things. Standing in the middle of the room is Father.

     "Ah Lillian! How are you liking it here? I hope you're ready to start training."

     I groan. I just woke up. Training is the last thing on my mind right now.

     "I guess. I haven't really seen a lot, but I'm sure I'm going to have a lot of opportunities to explore more. What are we starting with today, Father?"

     "I was thinking we start your physical training. I haven't found a permanent solution to your magic tracker, but I'm still working on it. Could you come in the middle of the room with me?"

     I grudgingly walk over to him. I know I'm just prolonging the inevitable, but it helps me mentally prepare. Usually when Nicholas and Veronica trained, it was me being strapped to a dummy or a target. All I had to do was stay still, and hope for the best. The best never happened though.

     Too soon I'm standing in front of him. I stare at him with a little fear. He must sense it somehow, and tries to reassure me that he won't hurt me on purpose. That this was for me to learn how to defend myself. I still don't 100% understand why we're doing this, but I'm not complaining too much.

     He shows me a couple of drills, and has me repeating them. After he seems that I did those properly, he gives me self defense moves to do. He would pretend to attack me, and surprisingly, my reflexes are really good.

     We do this for about an hour and a half, before I call it quits. I'm almost crumpling to the floor in exhaustion. I'm covered in sweat while Father is just standing away from me, waiting for me to get up.

     "I'm only going to get up is if I eat something. I haven't eaten anything since that disaster of a party. I'm starving."

     He walked over to me, and offers me his hand. I take it and pull myself up.

     "We can go eat. I can go have one of the house elves make a quick meal. While you eat I'm going to continue trying to find a way to break the tracking. What do you want to eat?"

     "We don't need to have a house elf make food. I'm pretty good at cooking. Veronica and Nicholas didn't really make it a top priority for me to eat. So I took matters into my own hands. Just show me where the kitchen is."

     Father nods, and starts walking. I follow him all the way to the kitchen. I swear it's at the other side of the house. As soon as I step foot in the kitchen, I start rummaging through the cupboards, pantry, fridge, anywhere there might be food.

     I find the ingredients to make some stroganoff, and start cooking. I didn't notice when Father left. I think the library is just down the hallway maybe? I'm not quite sure. When I finish cooking, I quickly dish up my food and start eating. I don't bother trying to find somewhere to sit. I just stand in the middle of the kitchen eating delicious stroganoff.

     When I finish eating, I put away the leftovers so I can eat it later, and start cleaning the dishes. As I'm drying the last dish, Father walks in with a smile on his face.

     "I found it! Finish up that then come back to the training room. We're going to break the magic tracker, and we're going to do some illegal magic. I promise you this. When you get to Hogwarts, you're going to be the most powerful Witch there. Maybe even more powerful than Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore."

I'm soooo sorry for not posting sooner! I'm also really sorry that this is really short. I hope that you enjoy, and as always, feel free to tell me what I should change or edit. How are you guys? I've been stressed. Love you all 💚 🤍