"Pleeeeaaaaase Dima?" Teddy added to his sisters pleas. "Yeah, we do. Dad always makes us brush our teeth. Twice a day. They check too!" The dentists never complained about their teeth, but Teddy never liked going to the dentist. He was scared, and always made his dad come and sit down with him when he had those sharp objects poking around at his teeth.

Zhenya laughed at the delight from the twins. "Teddy the library is FANTASTIC! And the librarian, Mr. Kitridge, he is lovely. And the Professors..." she thought about this for a moment, "Well, they're mostly nice. If you're good they are nice, but some of them can get a bit... mean if you break the rules," she eyed Ava, jokingly. She was sure she knew which houses the two of them would be in. Not the same houses, and not Slytherin, the house of her family members. Zhenya laughed again at Ava's excitement. "Yes the Whomping Willow is still there. You're not going to try and sneak into the Shrieking Shack are you?" Meh, she probably would.

Zhenya shrugged and put the money back into her pocket. Maybe she would buy some extra sweets and send them home to them for christmas. Zhenya shook her head at Dima, "I'm sorry," she said, looking at all her siblings, "It's not that I don't want to," though it partly was, "I'm so busy at school. I've got my final exams coming up and if I don't get the marks I need to get into the healing course then I don't know what I'll do. And I really need to improve on my Astronomy and Ancient Runes grades. I'm sorry. Next year though, I won't have school and I'll be back closer to London."

Teddy looked at Zhenya with a sad look. He felt sad. He didn't like that his parents had done something to upset Zhenya. He had overheard them talking about it one night, but he still didn't know exactly why she didn't speak to her parents. She lived with Sophia, who was really nice to them, but it wasn't the same. Especially Christmastime.