"Miranda has a crush, Miranda has a crush." Spark sang as she and her friends walked to Rei's house after school. Rei had invited her friends over after school for homework study. Of course, everyone called their parents first before they actually went over, and it was okay with everyone. Rei's parents especially didn't mind as they were very happy that their daughter was making more friends at school.
"Come on Spark, stop teasing her." Connor said wrapping his arm around his girlfriend as they walked on.
"Oh, I'm just saying it because I'm happy for her." Spark replied.
"Well it's completely normal for a student to crush on their teacher." Miranda said still feeling a little embarrassed at the moment.
"It's fine Miranda, everyone gets a crush on someone older than them once in a while and....oh....my...god." Rei said as they approached Rei's house.
"What? What is it? Something bad?" Miles asked.
"A vampire or something worse?" Connor asked.
"No, something great! Nat, my Auntie Violetta is here visiting!" Rei excitedly said to Rei as she and Nat hugged each other and hopped around in place for joy.
"Oh cool, it's nice you get to see your aunt." Miles said.
"Well...technically my Aunt Violetta isn't my aunt. She's my dad's friend from back home and she was the one who introduced him to my mom when he went on a business trip over there." Rei explained.
"Yeah, I've met her a few times and she is seriously awesome." Nat said as they all heard the front door to Rei's house open and they all saw a middle age woman with long beautiful blonde hair step out and run over to Rei.
"There's my favorite plemyannitsa." Rei's Aunt Violetta said as she gave a large hug to both Rei and Nat.
"And how could I forget about my plemyannitsa's zhena." Aunt Violetta said to Rei with a wink.
"Aunt Violetta, ne pozor' menya pered moimi druz'yami" Rei said blushing knowing what her aunt had implied.
"Okay, okay. Now who are your friends." Aunt Violetta asked as Rei began to introduce everyone.
"That's Miles and his sister, Miranda. And over there is Connor and his girlfriend, Spark." Rei said as she noticed Spark looking at her aunt a little oddly.
"You have a lot of friends now Rei, come on inside, I have much to talk about." Aunt Violetta said as she motioned for everyone to come inside.
"Uh...one moment, 'Auntie' Violetta, can I ask you something?" Spark said to Rei's aunt.
"Why of course young one." Rei's aunt replied sweetly.
"What do you think about....magic?"
"Oh, you know, they say magic is all around us and of course in stories." Aunt Violetta said.
"Uh huh, and you do miss your old country, right?" Spark asked.
"Oh yes, indeed I very much miss the old country home sometimes." Aunt Violetta replied.
"So I guess you miss Queen Glitter as well?" Spark asked.
"Oh yes, Queen Glitter was...uh...wait, what?" Aunt Violetta replied and stopped in shock.
"Aha! I thought so." Spark said pointing a finger at Rei's aunt.
"Spark, what are you trying to do?" Rei asked.
"Proving a theory of mine correct. Rei, your 'adopted' aunt isn't quite human. She's actually...a Vila, basically the equivalent of the Russian fairies." Spark said going over to her friend.
"Aunt Violetta, is this true?" Rei asked.
"I...I don't know any of what your friend is speaking about little one, I'm just your favorite aunt." Aunt Violetta said trying not to answer.
"Aunt Violetta, please tell me, I can understand. My friend is actually a fairy, I've been to the fairy kingdom, I've met Queen Glitter. My parents don't know where I really went over the summer, they just think I went to a summer retreat camp." Rei insisted gently holding her niece's hand.
"Oh, moya milaya plemyannitsa. What your friend accuses me of is true. I am no human. I am...a Vila. But I still love you and your parents all the same." Aunt Violetta said.