The woman and her child moved through the crowd, both dressed in rather forgettable muggle clothes, dull shades of grey, cream and browns meant to be overlooked and ignored, she pushing the trolley with his luggage, he trailing a little behind her, but close, watching the bustle with quick, curious eyes. “You’ll be fine,” she murmured over her shoulder. “I had a lot of fun at Hogwarts when I attended. You just need to remember what I told you.” She paused, glanced about them then stopped, a twist of her hand making her wand spring into her palm, a fluid flick making the sounds around them muffle to a soft blur. “Repeat it for me.”<br/><br/>He peered up at her with his eyes wide behind his glasses. His voice was whisper soft and hesitating as he said, “Lies are best with a pinch of truth, but being quiet is better than a lie. I’m not going to tell anyone,” he promised.<br/><br/>Her thin lipped mouth curved into a wicked smirk. “Good kid,” she said, her hand ruffling his dusty brown hair. “You’ll see me again before you know it. I’ll send you an owl soon. Make friends, Kai. You’ll need to use them later.”<br/><br/>He gave a nod, his brows drawing together slightly at the idea.<em>Friends</em>.<br/><br/>She flicked her wand and the charm broke, and the wand was hidden back up her sleeve. “Come on, the seats will be filling up soon. Better get there first.” They went to one of the carriages and she lifted the luggage up the steps for him, then stepped down. She kissed her fingertip and pressed it to her forehead, then left him alone.<br/><br/>Kai stood where he was for a moment longer, wanting to reach for her, feel her arms close around him in a hug... but she was gone.<br/><br/>He bit his lip, blinked quickly a few times and turned, focusing on getting his luggage into a compartment. The first he came to was empty but for one small looking boy. Perfect.<br/><br/>He slid opened the door and pushed his luggage inside. He gave a shy smile to the boy when his head turned towards him and lifted his hand in a wriggly-fingered wave, but the word<em>hello</em>seemed to be trapped in his throat.