The truth unveiled

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie smiled and blushed slightly. "Truthfully, I don't know yet, I guess thats something that will have to be found out. So far, it seems all I've done were complete disasters." She confessed to the ground, it seemed.

Quite suddenly she looked up, a fire in her eyes. "But, I will find the person... no, vampire or demon, who did this. They won't be taking up perfectly good air for long..." She vowed.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody nodded, "You can force them to live under water." He knew what she meant, but he was purposefully being dense. He smiled, "Come, Miss Jackie. If you take me back to the school, my mother won't be as angry with me."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

A small smile slid onto Jackie's face. "True, I wouldn't care to see your mother very mad." She agreed, and turned to the direction school was in and realized how far they were. It would take a while to reach there at human speed... She turned to Cody. "Have you ever had a piggyback ride, from a vampire? I was just thinking, since schools far away and all... But I understand if you don't want to... Or if you want to fly...?"

[Ginny Weasly]

"I'd rather walk." Cody nodded, "I'm not supposed to fly. Which, coincidently, was what my mother and I argued about."

Cody shrugged and began walking in the direction of the school, "She doesn't want me exposing myself to danger." He made a face.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie nodded in agreement and a thoughtful look came across her face, furrowing her brow. "So... Your mom was worried about danger, when you thought that there was no need for that?" SHe asked, trying t comprehend. "And thats a no for the piggyback too?" She added, smiling.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Right. I can take care of myself well enough." Cody frowned, but nodded at her, "Yes to the no."

He shrugged again, "My mom thinks no place is safe."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie shrugged, the smile sliding off her face. "But, your mother has reasons to think that, I suppose." She guessed.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody rolled his eyes, "She doesn't believe in the word relax." He muttered.

"In all honestly, she forgets that I can take care of myself." He rolled his shoulders, loosening his taunt muscles.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"And, as I can tell, you two have completely different views on the subject." Jackie observed, talking partly to herself.

She laughed a bit, before looking toward the school again. "We should probably head back." She said, remembering what COdy said earlier.

[Ginny Weasly]

"I suppose so." Cody said, walking in the direction of the school. He pushed his hands into his pocket, a small scowl on his adorable little face. He kicked some dirt as they walked, suddenly lost in his own dark thoughts.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie, looked down at Cody as they walked. She almost laughed at the angry expression on his face, but didn't. It just wasn't what you'd expect from a five year old.

Her head snapped up suddenly. "Do you speak Italian?" SHe said remembering when he called her Signora. Her father had spoken Italian.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Sì, faccio. Molto bene in effetti." Cody said, still staring straight ahead, his scowl on his face. He rolled his shoulders, trying to loosen them and the rest of the muscles in his back.

"Italiano, Francese, Spagnolo ed alcuni altri." He explained, before switching to English, "I love languages, they are simple and easy. Italian is the best though."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie nodded, languages, weren't easy to her, but she knew a few because of her Father. Growing up with them for a century and a couple of decades helped, but she was most fluent in Italian. "I agree that Italian is the best, but mio padre never allowed my to speak it to anyone but him. It drove the rest of my family insano when I would go ranting about something in a foreign language. I would mostly recite poems. Mio padre said my favorite was:

Ecco mormorar l'onde,
E tremolar le fronde
A l'aura mattutina, e gli arboscelli,
E sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli
Cantar soavemente,
E rider l'Oriente;
Ecco già l'alba appare,
E si specchia nel mare,
E rasserena il cielo,
E le campagne imperla il dolce gelo,
E gli alti monti indora:
O bella e vaga Aurora,
L'aura è tua messaggera, e tu de l'aura
Ch'ogni arso cor ristaura.

After she was done repeating it she smiled, just like her father taught her.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody nodded, "Una poesia graziosa recited da una ragazza graziosa." He smiled back, "Honestly, I liked it. What's the name of it?"

He glanced now and then in front of them, almost as if he hardly had to watch where he was going. He didn't, actually. he was surer on his feet than most, and doubted he'd trip.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"Perché, la ringrazia il signore." Jackie replied, flicking hair out of her face, surprised by how easily her tounge rolled over the long forgotten words. "And honestly, I can't remember the name something like... Bell'Amore." She said, digging back to find the name of the song in her thoughts, but stopped, not wanting to dredge up the painful memories of her father.