She glanced over at him. "A purple dance floor?" She asked. She thought about it for a minute. "Thats fine. I mean the reception was just going to be white, since we added the blue dresses for Emily. We made the reception just plain white." She gave him a kiss. "As long as thats the only purple thing you want." She didn't care what Nathan wanted at the wedding as long as he was there.

"Well thats why I asked for a groom's cake as well. After you left the cake makers I asked her to make one just special for you. So you won't have to fight anyone for a piece of cake." She put her arms around his neck. "I made sure you got a nice chocolate cake." She told him. She rather thought he would start hexing people if he missed out on a piece of cake, especially a chocolate one.

"Yes," she told him. "A Minister's work is never done." She said bitterly. Her mother had never rescheduled the trust signing for any of her other daughters before. She was trying to humiliate Egypt and Nathan because she didn't approve of Nathan and all his muggleness. And worse if she refused to come the trust couldn't be signed. The whole family had to resign it before Nathan could. "She would rather be arguing with the President of the United States than her with her daughter and her finance." She said the tears welling up in her eyes. She looked up at her sisters who looked uncomfortable at the whole thing. Seeing as how they had brought the news of their mother in the first place. "

She had a strange look on her face as she watched him walk out of the kitchen. Did she do something wrong? He didn't say goodbye or give her a kiss or anything. What the hell was going on. Was he feeling left out because her sisters were. She didn't say anything when he brought over all of his brothers. She smiled and served them all dinner and she left him be alone with his siblings. Was he begrudging her being with her sisters? Well she would just see about this when he got back with Emily. She had no idea what she could have done wrong.

She looked at him, why was he asking her for things if he didn't really want them. She got an idea in her head. She would surprise him something special. "If you think thats best." She offered to him with a smile. He was going to love what she was going to do for him in the wedding. She wasn't picky about anything other than her dress and her bridesmaid dresses. Other than that they could get married on a barge for all she carried, as long as she had the dress of her dreams on her back.

She nearly fell over when he grabbed into a hug, "Yes, I try to take care of my man." she said. "Did you think I was going to make you fight for a piece of cake at your own wedding?" She asked him. "I can do better than that." She kissed him on the cheek. She had picked out a rich chocolate cake with was in three layers. In between each layer was a firewhiskey infused butter cream icing and the whole cake was covered in a dark chocolate ganache. He was going to be sick with glee when he saw his cake.

She looked up at him holding the tears back from her eyes. She didn't want Nathan to be upset at her crying, but she couldn't help it. She leaned against him, he was her rock. She couldn't go on without him. "We both were looking forward to this and she just pushes it aside like it was a dental appointment." She told him forgetting that her sisters were there. Her mother was being unreasonable. She wasn't even giving Nathan a chance, she'd never come out to meet her granddaughter either. Most of her sister had stopped by the hospital. Even pompus Afia (Egypt's mother) wanna be Asia had dropped by. She had tears in her eyes and she held her baby sister's baby. "I'm sorry about this Nathan. This signing meant a lot to me as well." She told him. Her mother was not going to make this easy. She had been afraid of this, and now Nathan thought she was doing this to him on purpose.

She smiled when he came back and tried to introduce Emily to her sisters. He mixed up Irish and Ireland but she wasn't going to say anything. He made an attempt and that was all that mattered to her. It didn't matter which was which they were used to being mixed up anyways. She gave them both a look to tell them not to say anything. This was his first time meeting them and he was allowed to mix them up. They usually attacked whoever couldn't keep their names and faces straight.

Egypt could have been knocked over with a feather when Emily hugged her. She had no idea that Emily even liked her. She was fond of the girl, she hoped her and Tommy could work out whatever they had going on. "Hello Emily," She said. "I hope you are ready to be around all of us." She said with a laugh trying to warn her how crazy they were going to get.

"Excuse me for a minute." She said to everyone. She followed Nathan out of the kitchen catching up to him on the stairs. She reached out for his hand.

"Nathan," She pulled him down the stairs till he was one step above her. "What's wrong? You seem so distracted?"

She smiled at him, he was going to be so surprised when he saw what she had planned for him. She was getting excited just thinking about the look on his face when he saw it. "Yes you do Nathan." She gave him a sweet peck on the cheek. "I knew there was a reason I said yes."

She let Nathan cradle her and comfort her. She didn't know what to say about her mother. She had tried to bridge the gap between her mother and Nathan, but her mother was dead set against Nathan, and Egypt wasn't going to side with her mother on this. She was wrong, she didn't even send a gift for Paris. Her father had to sneak and send a gift through Zaire. At least he had sent something, though he hadn't visited her either. Paris couldn't even be called a Riddle without Nathan signing the trust, so Egypt couldn't open a vault in her name. Her mother was punishing her for loving and wanting to marry Nathan. "I'm sorry my mother is treating you like that." She said.

She looked down at Emily with a smile. She couldn't imagine what it must have been like to grow up in a house full of nothing but men. "Well you are welcome to any of my sisters." She laughed. "There are plenty of us to go around."

She stood there and listened to him talk. His words digging into her heart like a dull spoon. This hurt. Nathan was upset at her mother, but he was taking it out of her. She didn't know what she could do or say to make him feel any better. She looked up at him, the sparkle dimming in her eyes. He didn't even want to talk to her. He just walked up the stairs to go play on his piano. She didn't say anything, she just went into the lounge and sat on the sofa. She didn't feel too much like being around anyone at the moment.

India was feeling bad for her sister and Nathan. Their mother was being a little ridiculous about it all. She could at least meet Nathan before she decided not to like him. Nathan was a nice guy, and as long as Egypt liked him and he acting like a gentlemen toward her and took care of his daughter India didn't have a problem with him. "Egypt honey, don't get upset. She just may..." She stopped, there was no sense in sugar coating their mothers actions. She pretty much spelled them out for her, she didn't try to hide anything. She watched how Nathan took care of her and looked after her. If only her mother would give him a chance. He was a little skinny for India's taste but he loved Egypt that was all that should have matter. So what if he were a little muggle crazy?

Irish and Ireland could careless about any of this really. It wasn't that they were cold hearted, but they were older versions of Australia, they just weren't wired right for all this emotional stuff. "So Emily do your brothers buy your clothes for you?" They asked. It wasn't that she was an ugly girl, but she wasn't playing to her advantages very well. If you didn't look close enough you couldn't tell she was a girl at all. "You just have a real nice shape to you." Ireland told her giving her a good once over. "Maybe some soft curls in your hair." Irish said. "A little hint of color on your lips and face." Ireland finished.

Ajohni was done arguing with his wife on this. "She is our daughter Afia." He told her sternly.

Afia looked darkly at her husband. "She is not a child of mine. Marrying a muggle."

"He is not a muggle." He shot back

"He might as well be. He is a lowly sod in the British Ministry. I mean Minister Cooper hadn't even heard of him when I asked after him. What kind of man is that to marry one of my children!" She yelled. One of her aids came running into the room to check that everything was ok. She dismissed him with a wave of her hand.

His shoulders slumped. "That is her choice to make. Not ours. Now we are going to the trust signing." He told her

She folded her arms and looked at him. "No we are not. I will not sign it. If she wants to marry him, she can do it without my blessing. That muggleborn child will never be a Riddle."

He glared at his wife, "You maybe the Minister in this office, but outside of those doors I am the head of this household." He said his temper rising. "I am going to see my daughter and my grandchild. When I come back you better be dressed. You will not do this to her." He told her sternly giving her a look before he stepped into the fireplace.

Suddenly green flames sprang up in the fireplace in the lounge. Then the impressive figure of Ajohni Riddle stepped out of the fireplace. He was cloaked in his red traveling cloak. He may have been a short man, but he moved as if he were 7 feet tall. He stepped out of the fireplace and looked around. He heard voices somewhere in the house. It sounded like the twins. He walked around the corner and saw Egypt sitting on the sofa looking like she had been crying.

"Egypt?" He asked striding over to her.

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle She smiled at him, he was going to be so surprised when he saw what she had planned for him. She was getting excited just thinking about the look on his face when he saw it. "Yes you do Nathan." She gave him a sweet peck on the cheek. "I knew there was a reason I said yes." She let Nathan cradle her and comfort her. She didn't know what to say about her mother. She had tried to bridge the gap between her mother and Nathan, but her mother was dead set against Nathan, and Egypt wasn't going to side with her mother on this. She was wrong, she didn't even send a gift for Paris. Her father had to sneak and send a gift through Zaire. At least he had sent something, though he hadn't visited her either. Paris couldn't even be called a Riddle without Nathan signing the trust, so Egypt couldn't open a vault in her name. Her mother was punishing her for loving and wanting to marry Nathan. "I'm sorry my mother is treating you like that." She said. She looked down at Emily with a smile. She couldn't imagine what it must have been like to grow up in a house full of nothing but men. "Well you are welcome to any of my sisters." She laughed. "There are plenty of us to go around." She stood there and listened to him talk. His words digging into her heart like a dull spoon. This hurt. Nathan was upset at her mother, but he was taking it out of her. She didn't know what she could do or say to make him feel any better. She looked up at him, the sparkle dimming in her eyes. He didn't even want to talk to her. He just walked up the stairs to go play on his piano. She didn't say anything, she just went into the lounge and sat on the sofa. She didn't feel too much like being around anyone at the moment.

Nathan made his way through the bedroom and into the bathroom, slamming and locking the door behind him. He knew he was out of line speaking to Egypt like that – but it was aimed at her mother, not her. He was annoyed with Egypt that she had told him in such an offhand way that the signing was not going to take place today. He had been psyching himself up for months for today – he felt very let down.

He also knew that until the signing took place, Paris would not be included in the Riddle family’s trust. If anything should happen to Egypt, she would be left with nothing. Perhaps Egypt and Paris would be better off if he just left them both to it. Paris would no doubt be accepted open armed into Egypt’s family. She would have everything she needed in life – money; a nice house, and plenty of Aunties and grandparents to help with her upbringing. Neither of them needed him if he was perfectly honest with himself. He sat down on the toilet seat and rubbed his face with both hands.

After a while, he eventually stood up, leaving the bathroom and headed for the large soundproofed room where his grand piano proudly stood. He closed the door behind him, and sat at the piano and began to play. Hammering the keys a little heavier than he normally would. Despite this, it was always a huge comfort to him – a way of temporarily escaping reality – something that Nathan seemed to excel in.


Emily smiled nervously at the two girls – she wasn’t used to spending time around girls so much older than herself, and was a little intimidated by the whole thing. She thought Tommy would be here at least – a familiar, almost friendly (these days) face. “What’s wrong with my clothes?” she asked looking down at herself. Maybe when Dan told her she wasn’t a girly girl, he meant she looked like a boy. She didn’t really have any shape at all yet – she was pretty scrawny really. But she had nice thick long hair and large green eyes to make up for these things. She looked at the two, not used to such compliments. “Curls?” she smiled. “I think I would like that." And make up... Ems hadn’t ever worn make up... unless you counted raiding her mother’s cosmetic bag when she was five.

Egypt was silently crying on the sofa, Nathan was mad at her and she frankly couldn't say or do anything about that. She was tired of being pulled in both directions by Nathan and her mother. Neither of them had stopped to think of how she was feeling. She looked up at the sound of her father's voice. She thought she had imagined it. She jumped off the couch and ran into her father's arms, just openly crying into his chest. Her daddy would make this all better. He was here to fix everything. "Daddy." She sobbed wrapping her arms tightly around him. "I've missed you so much." She cried.

Irish and Ireland circled around the little girl. "Nothing is wrong with your clothes if you want to look a sharply dressed boy." One twin said.

"Or a homely girl." The other twin said.

"Yes soft curls around your face with the emerald eyes of yours would set your whole face off." Irish said gently pulling Emily's hair off her face. She looked closely at Emily's face. The girl was really cute, if only she took care of herself like a girl and not how a man thinks a girl should take care of herself.

"You are a very pretty girl you know. Just listen to your aunties." Ireland looked at her clothes. "I think some nice skinny jeans and a ribbed tee would slim you down a bit more. Those bulky clothes are for boys."

Ajohni stumbled backwards as his daughter jumped into her arms. He hugged her tightly. He hadn't seen her in two years, and he missed terrible. He loved all of his children so much and he was sick with heartbreak when three of them stole away in the middle of the night to live with muggles. He understood why they did it, but he still missed them. "Egypt, my babygirl." He said the tears starting to flow down his face. "Daddy has missed you so." He slowly swayed left to right to comfort her, Egypt was the kind of girl that just needed to cry sometimes so he was silent as she cried.

When it seemed she was almost done he pulled back from her to look at her. "I leave you for a minute and you become a mother." He joked with a kiss on her forehead. "Before you say it your mother will be here tonight and the trust will be signed. So don't cry anymore over that. I let your mother hurt you and Nathan and Paris for too long. Well not anymore. Afia is my wife. I am not hers." He said looking at his daughter in pain. He wanted to kill himself for letting Afia do this to her and Nathan.

Emily’s eyes widened a little as the twins started to circle her like predators eyeing their prey. She was starting to get dizzy just watching them, and had now completely lost track of who was who. She raised her eyebrows. A sharply dressed boy!? WHAT? She folded her arms self consciously around her thin body but bit her tongue – these girls were bloody SCARY! “A homely girl?” Ok... they were being nasty here. “I do not....” She stared but stopped herself as they started to compliment her – better... ish. “You think so?” She asked with a sweet smiled looking up at the two girls – they sure knew how to look after themselves. “Listen to my Aunties. Right. Got it.” She said with a firm nod of the head. She looked down at her scrawny frame as they said some skinny jeans would slim her down a bit. “Jeans are a wee bit muggle, aren’t they?” She asked. Her dad would not be too impressed by this. Plus, she didn't want to look even more like a matchstick. “I don’t look like a boy!” She finally protested in a whiney voice that only a spoilt thirteen year old could achieve quite so successfully. Meanies these girls were. Meanies.

Nathan finally stopped ‘hammering’ the ivories. He cracked his knuckles before gently closing the lid of his precious piano. He sighed to himself, feeling guilty for his tone with Egypt before. He had never ever spoken to her like that – it just wasn’t like Nathan to get angry.

He entered the bedroom to attempt to find something to wear to go out in tonight. A few firewhiskeys would go down very well - he was going to make sure he and the lads had a good time tonight, while the girls stayed in and gave each other ...facials... or whatever the hell it was they got up to. He eventually found a smarter pair of skinny jeans, on the floor, than the ones he was wearing - they looked clean enough. He chose a white short sleeved shirt and a thin black tie, from his wardrobe, to wear with them. He thought he looked quite smart. He neatened up his hair and put on some cologne. “Looking good, Lord Greenwood.” He told his reflection with a smirk.

He padded down the stairs and into the kitchen where he found the twins circling around his little sister – she didn’t look very happy about the situation. He chuckled lightly as he watched. “I hope you lot aren’t trying to corrupt my little sis.” He said, going in the cupboard and pouring himself a large drink. “So what’s the plan for tonight? Dress fittings and...?” he asked the group of women. “Where’s Egypt?” he asked suddenly realising that she wasn’t in the room with them.

Egypt fell into the comfort that was her father. He knew just what to say to calm her. "Daddy I missed you." she said again as he started to rock her gently. Every the father he was thinking his daughters were still little girls he could rock to sleep. She inhaled his deep smell. That smell used to lull her to sleep when she was a child and had a hard day just being the sensitive girl that she was. "I didn't plan on having a baby dad. It just happened." She explained as he pushed back from her so he could get a good look at her. "Daddy Nathan is so mad at me right now. I'm sure he doesn't want to speak to me at all. I really hurt his feelings over this whole trust thing." She felt like she could tell her dad any and everything in the world. "First he thought I didn't want him to me mom because I was ashamed of him, and now he is upset that things keep changing and he is never a part of it. Like he is a piece of furniture that I keep rearranging or something. I guess I am more like mom than I realized." She said looking slightly defeated.

"Wait right here. There is someone you need to meet." She gave her dad and big smiled as she dashed up the stairs like a girl searching for her Christmas gifts. Tommy had rocked Paris back to sleep and she was in her crib with her thumb plopped in her mouth. She gently picked her up and quickly got back downstairs to her dad. "Daddy this is Paris." She said proudly as she laid her daughter down in her father's arms. She beamed proudly at him. she watched the delight on his face and he cooed at her, pulling her fat litle thumb out of her mouth so he could gt a proper look at her face.

The twins giggled. "She as some attitude." Irish said. "Well honey being a woman is all about attitude. Sometimes you have to show a little sassy to get what you want." She told her with a wink.

"We can see why Australia didn't like you." They said in unison with matching smiles. "But we think we like you Emily." They both nodded. It was so confusing having a conversation with the two of them if you weren't used to it.

Ireland looked at her. "A wee bit muggle?" She asked with a grin. "They maybe primitive but they have better clothes."

They pulled out their wands. "Let us show you." It took three seconds for them to get a whirlwind going around Emily, the twins and their wands were moving so fast around the poor girl it was useless to try and see what they were doing. Then as suddenly as they started they stopped.

Emily stood there, in a pair of black skinny jeans that started hugging her ankles and didn't stop till they reached her thin little waist. It even gave some shape to her hips. And low and behold the chile had a little booty back there in those jeans. They paired the jeans with a white ribbed tee that poked out under a purple graphic tee that was torn at the neck to revel the ribbed tee underneath. Her hair was bone straight flat against her face with her bangs covering one eye. They added some shiny glossy lip gloss to her lips that gave her a little pouty look and some dark eyeliner that made her green eyes sparkle like emeralds in a treasure chest.

They produced a long mirror for Emily to take a look at herself. "This is how a sassy girl like yourself should look." they told her with nods of their heads.

India looked at the twins handiwork. Wow, Emily looked like a brand new girl. "You could stop traffic Emily. You look really nice." She told her with a smile.

Emily’s eyes darted from one twin to the other, as if she were watching a tennis match, when they began finishing each others sentences and talking in unison – and she thought Nathan and Egypt were bad enough for that. She was very confused by it. “Sassy?” she asked confused, cocking an eyebrow. These girls also talked funny which made things even more confusing.

She assumed that Australia must be Tommy – she had mentioned her middle name before. “Well I didn’t like her either, but we’ve sorted that all out.” Emily told the sisters. “I like you too.” She said with that sweet smile again, beginning to relax a little. These girls were really nice – very different to Egypt, but nice with it... in a different way.

Emily nodded in agreement to the comment about muggles. “That’s what I’ve always thought.. but my dad kinda disagrees. I have muggle clothes I take to Hogwarts, but my dad knows nothing about those.” It was only a couple of average looking pairs of jeans and sweaters.

Emily winced and squeezed her eyes shut as they drew their wands and pointed them at her. But she trusted them and allowed them to work ‘their magic.’

She looked down at herself – she had never worn anything like this before – her finger went to her lips and sure enough, she was wearing lipstick. She felt kinda weird.... that was, until they produced the mirror. She stared for a minute – she looked so different she hardly recognised herself. “Sassy.” She nodded. “I get it now.” She grinned from ear to ear at the girls... “Thank you.” She said sweetly. Just wait until Dan saw her now... she would show him that she was no boy.


Nathan watched the proceedings with some interest, occasionally sipping at his drink. His jaw dropped when he saw his ‘little’ sister. He closed it with a snap. She looked so much older. He looked over at the twins. “Now, now, girls. She’s only thirteen.” He told them. They really were corrupting his sister. “I suppose its ok for around here, but she can’t go out looking like that... and change her back before she goes home, eh?” he said. Their father really would have a fit and probably blame the whole thing on Nathan... turning her into a muggle - an adult muggle. He shuddered inwardly at the very thought.

They both stood back and smiled at Emily. She was a show stopper now. "Yes sassy honey." They said. "You better work it. God didn't give women hips for nothing" They high fived each other. "It was all our pleasure." They both reached down and gave her a hug.


They both looked up at Nathan like he was crazy. "Is he being serious?" They asked in unison. They stepped apart and both walked over to Nathan. Irish on his left and Ireland on his right.

"She is a girl Nathan." One twin said

"Not another one of your brothers Nathan." The other twin said. They circled around him as well.

"She is coming into her womanhood Nathan." a twin said

"Do you deny that is a woman." the other twin said. They kept circling him.

India looked away, she had seen her sisters do this before and it always gave her a headache. they were like a pair of jackals that smelled blood and they were going in for the kill. India didn't know how they got that act down, but it was a show stopper. This was going to get ugly, she giggled hoping Nathan was strong enough to stand up to them.

"She is a beautiful girl." Ireland commented

"Look at her." Irish commanded

"She is glowing." Ireland told him

"Her whole face is lit up." Irish said. The whole time they kept circling him in the kitchen. The both stopped and leaned back on the counter. "She is thirteen, but she is a thirteen year old girl. Not a boy." The both smiled at Emily, hating that Nathan just had to rain on their parade. "This is how girls dress. Besides she isn't showing any skin. You can finally tell she has a behind though."

Emily beamed and hugged the girls back. Yes, she looked like a very mugglish muggle... but there was no denying that she looked good.

Nathan continued to sip at his drink as the two girls walked over to him. A smirk played on his lips - he was clearly enjoying this show. Now these girls had S.A.S.S in bucketloads. Look up the word ‘Sassy’ in the dictionary and there would probably be a picture of Irish and Ireland staring back at you from the pages.

“Well there’s certainly no denying it now!” He said gesturing towards his little sister with his free hand as they threw questions at him.

They continued to circle, now starting to make him feel rather uncomfortable, they were eyeing him up as if he was tonight’s supper. He scratched the back of his head nervously and looked over at India with an expression that clearly said ‘Help! For love of all that is good and pure in this world, please help me!” “She’s my kid sister.” He said calmly. “I don’t want boys... or men even, looking at her in a certain way. She’s still a child.” Oh Merlin! Why did he open his trap? “I’m only trying to protect her.” He added and still the circling continued.

He took a large gulp of his drink to distract himself as the twins leaned back on the counter – at least the circling had stopped. He looked over at Emily who was watching with a mixture of both amusement and worry. He looked at her and smiled. “Yeah, you’re right.” He told the twins. “You do look beautiful, squirt.” He nodded at his little sister.

Emily beamed at her brother. None of her brothers had ever said she was pretty before, let alone beautiful. “Thank you, Nathan.” She said softly. She gave the twins a smile in gratitude.

“No probs.” He winked at her before going back to his drink, starting to feel a little less hot under the collar after what the twins just put him through. He looked over at them. “I’d hate to ever really cross you two.” He said with the smirk back in place. Scary girls they were ...Scary Sassy Girls.