I want to thank a new Beta, Deb. As usual with a good Beta reader, I have had to make some major changes because of her suggestions. Thank you, Deb.

Starts the afternoon of the same day Albus Potter and the Deathly Hallows ends. You really need to read that story first.

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Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy left the room they were sharing at the castle in Switzerland, and met up with Rose Granger-Weasley and Cleopatra Smith, who were sharing a room next door. While Al's father and Rose's mother were busy with the International Conference of Witches and Wizards, Al and Rose were going to be meeting with the other boys and girls who had been raised with an Elf, and had been learning Elfish.

"I'm nervous," Scorpius admitted. "I've been learning Elfish as long as any of you, but I've never met these people. They all have prominent parents and grandparents, and I'm just the son and grandson of criminals."

"As far as I know," Albus explained, "we are the only Magi in the world who know the Elfish language. Since you know the language as well, you should be meeting with us."

"Are all of the parents of the students here at the International Conference of Witches and Wizards?' Scorpius asked.

Nodding, Albus answered, "I think so."

"My father would be very upset if he knew I was not wearing robes," Scorpius mumbled.

"Almost all Magi wear Muggle styled clothes," Rose insisted. "England was one of the last areas in the world to wear medieval clothes. You are wearing perfectly acceptable casual clothes. Your father is just very old fashioned." Rose looked over all of them. Except for the unfashionably large pockets on Cleopatra's dress, everyone was appropriately dressed.

Martin Luther King P/W, the Elf Al and Rose had been raised with, was walking hand in hand with Rosa Parks, the Elf Scorpius and Cleo had been raised with. The Elves joined the Magi as they walked to the meeting room in the castle. Cleo noticed that Rosa and Martin were talking to each other like old friends, and asked them how long they had known each other.

Rosa explained, "Elves has own school for young Elves. Ever since Harry Potter has Potter/Weasley Elves, is school for young Elves, in upstairs of New Burrow. Martin and I meet. We are the same age. We are also named after freedom fighters. Besides, Elves not so alone as some Magi think. Our families know each other. With new Elf rules we have a little free time, and the two families meet."

"Galadriel has arranged a meeting room in one of the lower levels of the castle," Rose explained. "I think some of the lower levels are reserved for Elves. She is running the meetings; she usually does."

"How important an Elf is Galadriel?" Scorpius asked.

Albus looked at Martin and Rosa. Martin declared, "When Harry Potter became the Regent in Switzerland, his magic, what he did for Dobby, for Kreacher, for all the Potter/Weasley Elves, changed the Elves under the Regents from house-elves into Elves. John and Mary, the two head elves, took surnames, John and Mary Rivendell. Their daughter Arwen married Elrond Lothlorien, and they have two daughters, Galadriel and Luthien. Galadriel and her sister Luthien are very important. Galadriel is using the First Wand, the Wand from Outside, not made on earth but from where the Elves came from. Elf prophets say she is the heir, the first since Elves enslaved.

"Thorin Oakenwand, the goblin, may be her mate someday. If so they will be High Elves again."

The four Magi and two Elves walked down a sloped passageway in the huge castle until they came to the room set aside for the meeting.

Galadriel and her sister Luthien were the only beings in the meeting room when Albus, Rose, Scorpius and Cleo, and the Elves arrived.

Galadriel addressed the four in Elfish, "Greeting, Elf Friends." She then looked directly at Cleo and Albus, and using different words greeted them as Elf Friend pair.

Albus responded for the four, as was proper in Elfish, "Greetings, Galadriel."

Cleo turned to Albus, a mixture of concern and delight in her voice and looks, and commented, referring to the second greeting, "Elf Friend pair has a wealth of meaning buried in its words. Are we really that important?"

"Probably," proclaimed Albus, some resignation in his voice.

"Oh Albus, isn't that exciting!" Cleo gushed.

"It may be why we were targeted for assassination," Albus uttered. "We are threatening the way things have been done for centuries."

"Oh," Cleo quietly replied, not sure how to respond to this observation.

Shortly after they arrived, Adel Brandt and her younger brother Hermann, the Swiss students, appeared at the doorway to the room.

Adel looked at the four students, greeting Albus and Rose. "Albus, Rose, these must be the other students we have been reading about, Scorpius Malfoy and HIS guest, Cleopatra. Albus, Rose, you are doing a great job making the castle look nicer, newer."

"Cleopatra and Rose are doing most of the decorating work," Albus declared. "They are doing an excellent job."

Adel looked suspiciously at Cleopatra, but did not say anything else.

The group, humans and Elves, moved over to the end of the room furthest from the entrance. Shortly after everybody had taken seats, two more students and an Elf appeared at the entrance. Since the others were engaged in a conversation that referred to things Cleo had not been involved in, she stood up to greet the newcomers, telling the others, "I will greet other students as they come in."

Cleo walked the length of the room, her hips causing her skirt to sway back and forth just enough to draw attention to her figure. Although she was not trying to be sexy, Cleo loved her exaggerated female shape, and it showed.

Gabrielle DuMond turned to her cousin Jean-Louis Felion and, when Cleo was within hearing range, sneered, (in French) "She is ugly."

Jean-Louis countered, (in French), "She is sexy."

Gabrielle retorted, "You are only saying that because she has boobs. You want to marry a cow? Look at her hips. She is wide enough to need two places at the table. Her skirt has those ugly kangaroo pockets"

Cleo, who had seen photographs of all the students, greeted them in (a very formal) French, "Good afternoon, Mademoiselle Gabrielle DuMond and Mousier Jean-Paul Felion. I am Cleopatra, Albus Potter's" then with a loud whisper, "FAT girlfriend."

"Possessive little bitch," Gabrielle snapped.

"I'm delighted to meet you too," Cleo jested, smoothly switching to English, as she waved them in the direction of the rest of the group, moving to meet another young boy and girl and Elf.

"Just because the DuMond family is one of the oldest French families in Quebec, she thinks she is special," the young boy cracked. "I am Ujarak Harry Eseven, and this is my sister Nukka Senda. We are usually called Harry and Senda."

"I am Tink," the Elf said by way of introduction. "Elves in the far north have worn cloths out of necessity, and we have always been more partners than slaves. Our Elfish family has worked side by side with the Eseven family for generations."

Harry continued, "Our family has been in North America for well over two millennia, and we can show we were back in forth between Asia and the America's for all of that time. You must be Cleopatra. Gabrielle just doesn't know just how you fit into our group. Actually, none of us do. You and Malfoy were quite a surprise, and not necessarily a welcome one."

"I do not think I can do anything about that," Cleo observed.

"You do not have to stay part of this group," Harry countered.

"I think we do," Cleo affirmed. "Galadriel says we, at least Albus and I, are Elf Friends, or an Elf Friends pair."

Senda observed, "I think most of the original group are very surprised, even shocked, at the position you have assumed." She sighed an exaggerated sigh. "I guess we will just have to put up with you."

Two more students and an Elf were watching as Harry, Senda, and their elf Tink left to join the larger group.

"I'm Sarah Firewalker, this is my cousin Joshua, and 'Trader,' the Elf," the girl announced. "You must be Cleopatra, the supposed fat girlfriend of Albus." She critically looked over Cleo, before continuing, "Well, you ARE sort of fat. We will see about the rest

Joshua shook Cleo's hand, agreeing, "I'm Joshua, and at least I'm glad to meet you, Miss Cleopatra."

'Trader' also shook Cleo's hand, confirming, "Everyone calls me 'Trader.' My real name is Naalyehe ya Sidahi, but I would not dream of asking anyone to remember that. I think you are curvy, not fat. I know Joshua and I want to become friends with you."

"Oh thank you, Joshua, Trader," Cleo gushed. "I was beginning to think all of Albus and Rose's friends were going to hate me."

Another boy, girl, and Elf appeared. The vaguely oriental looking girl asked, "Do all your classmates at Hogwarts hate you?"

"Oh, I have a LOT of friends at Hogwarts," Cleo beamed in reply. "Magi and Elves and even some centaurs, I think. It is hard to tell if a centaur is really your friend, or just thinks it may be important to be acquainted with you."

"I am Luta Edington. My grandmother is the Minister of Magic for all of North America, and I am here with my cousin Henry Edington and the Elf Peter Puck Freeelf. I am delighted to meet you, Cleo. I am sure we can get to be friends."

Henry questioned, "Do you have a magical smart phone? I know Albus and Rose do. Rose's grandmother lives with her, and they know all about No-maj technology."

Cleo admitted, "I have been raised with almost no Muggle technology. That is one of the things I am learning."

"Backward pure blooded idiots, probably," Henry groused.

"Sounds about right," Cleo freely admitted, thinking about most of the Malfoy family.

Another vaguely Native American looking couple accompanied the first group. They and the Elf accompanying them were dressed in very casual Muggle clothes. The girl kidded, "Well, Cleopatra, if you are going to work with us North American Magi you are going to have to know something about No-maj technology. In California we are all about blending Magic and No-maj technology.

"I'm Maria Rios, and this is my little brother Jesus. It is spelled like Jesus, but with a Spanish pronunciation. Sprite LAWW is the Elf we have been raised with. He is part of a large group of Elves that live at and work at our school in Los Angeles."

"Your mother is head of the Magical school in Los Angeles?" Cleo asked.

"That's right," Maria confirmed. "It looks like the Chinese contingent is here as well. That's probably all of us."

The Chinese, Harry and Ginny Wang, John and Marcy Chang, and their Elves Xion Jing and Jia Xian Jing, seemed to be one group, with the two elves working together with all four children. They did not seem to have any problem with Cleo.

With the group finally assembled, Rose looked around and asked, "Where is Thorin?"

Galadriel explained, "He is meeting with a group of unhappy Goblins. They are upset that he has the sword and scabbard of Ragnuk the First, your Sword of Gryffindor. They are actually upset about many things, and Goblins are not nice to be around when they are mad at each other."

Gabrielle asserted, "Goblins are never real nice to be around. We have to put up with them, but I cannot imagine anyone liking a Goblin."

Shaking her head, Adel Brandt countered, "We work with Goblins all the time. Thorin has been with us, with Galadriel and Luthien, ever since we started learning Elfish. They can be nice, especially the younger ones."

Albus agreed, informing the group, "There are Goblins living with and working with my father and his partners at Dursley, Potter and Weasley LTD, the group of companies run by my Uncles Bill Weasley and Dudley Dursley. Rose and I have met them, and are friends with some of the Goblin children."

Rose elaborated, "There are a lot of Goblins very unhappy about Goblin children, and adults, becoming friends with Magi and Elves, but it is happening."

Galadriel pleaded with the group, telling them, "We really need to support Thorin and all the Goblins who are trying to change the culture of the Goblins."

Galadriel started the meeting by saying, "The Elves are going to be meeting with Luthien in the room next door. They are going to be attending classes with the Elves being taught at Hogwarts. As most of you know, some of our schools of magic including Hogwarts and The Los Angeles School of Magi, have excellent classes for Elves as well."

Sprite, the Elf from Los Angeles, volunteered, "The Elves working at our school are employees, not servants or slaves. My parents teach young elves instead of making them clean and cook."

"We've even attended a few of their classes, and they ours," Maria Rios agreed, quite proud of her school.

Once the Elves had moved to the other room, Galadriel asked, "Is everybody here going to Hogwarts next year?"

Luta Edington was the first to speak. "Henry and I are going to be the first from our family to go somewhere other than Salem in over a hundred years. It is quite a sacrifice not going to the school our family has attended."

Gabrielle DuMond protested, "Our school in Quebec is older, and better."

Marie Rios responded, "Our school in Los Angeles is more modern, as modern as any school of the Magi in the world."

Harry Wang insisted, "The Chinese schools in both Beijing and Hong Kong are as modern as any in the world. All of the Chinese schools are new, and modern."

"Enough!" Galadriel chided the group. "This is not a contest of who is leaving the better school."

"Two new people were added to this group at the last minute," Gabrielle lamented. "We were not consulted. How do Albus's fat, ugly girlfriend, and the son and grandson of criminals, belong in this group?"

Galadriel looked sternly at Gabrielle, telling her, "Hold your tongue, Gabrielle. They are both Magi raised with Elves. Albus and Cleo are an elf friend couple. We have known about them as long as you have been meeting with this group."

"They were raised with an Elf, and know Elfish," Albus explained. "I have been talking to the Prophets most of my life, and for most of the last twelve years the Prophets and Elves have known that this group was going to consist of twenty Magi, along with Elves."

Galadriel agreed. "The Prophets and the governing councils of the Elves have said from the start that there would be ten pairs of Magi, each a boy and girl, raised with Elves and learning Elfish."

The overt grumbling ceased, at least temporarily.

Galadriel then informed the group, "The Elves are going to be meeting in the next room, since they have different classes and teachers."

All the Elves, except Galadriel, left the room.

Albus announced, "We need to make sure everyone who is going to be in second year knows all the first year spells. Rose and Scorpius have a list of all the spells, and have started a spreadsheet showing who knows what spells. Rose, do you want to project the list on the wall, please."

Rose informed Albus, "I need a section of the wall white and smooth."

Cleo went up to a section of the wall, and with a quick and silent wave of her wand changed the wall to a smooth, white wall.

Gabrielle quipped, "I didn't think we were to do non-verbal spells our first year."

Cleo admitted, "I do most of my spells non-verbally. As soon as I understand the magic, and what type spell it is, doing it non-verbally is easy, usually easier than verbally for most power spells."

Gabrielle gave Cleo a funny look, but did not say anything else.

Rose and Scorpius both brought out what looked like laptop computers. Rose did something, and projected the Hogwarts classes on the wall.

Potions
Muggle Studies
Arithmancy
Ancient Runes
Care of Magical Creatures
Transfigurations
Herbology
Charms
Defense against the Dark Arts

Rose then asked, "Is there anyone who has not finished the first year potions from my mother's Potion's text book?"

John Chang immediately interrupted. "The Potions textbook is by my grandfather TT Chang, and your mother, Rose."

Rose plowed on. "Raise your hand if you have not finished all the first year potions."

No one raised their hand. The Chinese contingent was visibly upset at how Rose was dominating the meeting, although they did not say anything.

"Rose, I am going to run the meeting," Galadriel reminded Rose. Flushing, Rose shut up as Galadriel ran the meeting, making sure all the students who were going to be in second year knew all the necessary first year spells, and that all the students who were going to be in first year were prepared. Rose ran the spreadsheet and projector, while Scorpius took notes.

Finally, the discussion about classes was finished.

Scorpius asked, "What should we call this group? I would like a simple name to talk about you, about us."

Gabrielle DuMond popped up with, "Magi Learning Elfish."

Luta Edington suggested, "Magi Elfish Learners, or MEL's. You cannot say M L E but you can say M E L, mel."

Galadriel pointed out, "You are being very Magi centered. You are also ignoring much of the hard questions we are dealing with when it comes to the Elfish language. How many of you learned Korean before this group started to meet?"

Only Luta Edington raised her hand.

Galadriel continued, "Korean is an important language because it is so deferential. By learning the difference between the very deferential Korean language and the very egalitarian English, you learned something about the problem the very deferential Elfish poses. The Elves also have to learn these distinctions, and by not referring to Elves you are treating us as not important."

Luta raised her hand. "Maybe M E L L, Magi and Elfish Language Learners."

Galadriel looked over the group. "Does anyone else have any ideas? If not, we can call ourselves the Magi and Elfish Language Learners, or MELL's for short."

When the meeting was coming to an end, Galadriel asked, "Can anyone summarize the meeting results?"

Scorpius volunteered, "I have good notes on what happened. In summary, all the Magi students are very smart, and are at or above grade level in all of the classes. None of us should have any problem going into the proper grade next year. If anyone asks about a particular student or family I have notes, but it is all very complimentary to everyone. Speaking for myself, I'm thrilled to be in such a capable group of Magi."

No one else volunteered, so Galadriel announced, "I am going to ask Scorpius to give a brief summary of our meeting to the press." This caused some quiet grumbling, but since no one else had taken notes on the meeting, no one could object.

*

When they were finished and walking back to their rooms Rose teased, "My French is better than your French, Scorpius."

"We do have French relatives, but you have had a lot more practice," Scorpius responded.

"Is that where you learned French?" Albus asked Cleo.

"No, I must have learned French and Spanish as a child, before I was left at the Malfoy Manor," Cleo concluded. "The languages are natural, but