Emily entered the owlery and scanned her surroundings for her barn owl Dante. She could hear his soft hoot as he soarred down from one of the beams above and perched himself on her outstretched arm.
"Hey Dante", she cooed, "Sorry I havn't been to visit. Classes have been keeping me busy" she said as she offered him a peice of her toast. He took it gladly and scoffed it down, eyeing it off and waiting for more.

Emily managed to find a spot on the floor which wasn't covered with feathers and bird poop, and so she sat down cross-legged and pet her owl affectionately.
"Oh Dante, it's so good to be back...." she started, but her eyes were cold and lifeless, "I miss Xavier though, a lot... I never thought being away from him could hurt this much", she whispered. Xavier Black was her auror fiance... well he was her fiance through an arranged marriage but they were fortunate enough to have fallen in love with each other.
Dante nibbled on the toast and rubbed his head on Emily's knee affectionately, so that she knew he was listening.
Emily smiled, Dante always made her feel a bit better.
"Thanks Dante", she said breaking off another bit of toast for him. Emily pulled out a folded peice of parchment from the pocket of her robes and fastened it to Dante's leg.
"Take this to Xavier for me", she said once Dante finished the toast. Emily stroked his feathers then stood up, Dante fluttered off her and perched on her arm once more. Then without another moments hesitation he took off. Emily stood outside the entrance to the owlery for a moment and watched his shadow disappear in the distance. Then she headed back up to the castle. Study awaited her.