Kendra walked through the grounds speedily, pulling her cloak around her tightly, the slight breeze blowing around her face, chilling her slightly. Her small frame never helped her resistance to the cold. Even in the summer she could usually be found with a hoodie on, however odd people found it. She had heard of this place when she had been looking at the CoMC notice board earlier that morning in the common room, some students muttering about 'The Sanctuary.' As usual, Kendra was intrigued to find out more, especially if it involved creatures of any kind. Her eleven year old mind was packed to the brim with excitement, causing her to half skip, half run to the place. A strange sight to behold if ever there was one.
She spotted the enclosure soon enough, it was breath taking for Kendra, even from this distance there was small flicker of life that was obvious. She reached the gate near the shed and headed towards it, picking her copy of Fantastic Beasts and where to find them out of her bag and laying it on the bench inside. She saw a note taped up with a scrawl of jobs written on it. Kendra had a feeling that she would like to spend a lot of time here, two of the bonus points were that a) it had creatures in it and b) it was outside. She wasn't claustrophobic, far from it. Yet seemed more at home where the elements were, even if it did involved getting cold.
She grabbed a pile of sticks and headed outside, not seeing much in current location, and proceeded to make a tepee shape on a small worn patch of dirt. She carefully got out her wand and tried out a spell that she had read in her book, hoping it would set her alight. She flicked her wand at the pile of sticks and said loudly 'Incendio.' Making sure her pronunciation was correct. A large burst of fire burst out her wand and set the twigs on fire... and her eyebrows, but to her it didn’t matter. She had done a job, even if she wasn't totally sure what salamanders were., they had had three x's next to their name. It was probably best to take caution.
She got back a safe distance and sat under a tree, staring at the fire intently. The tree, much to her surprise, seemed to talk, but she wasn't sure if that was the creatures in it or just magic. She didn't have many explanations for things at the moment, so camera in hand, bought from Diagon Alley a few weeks previously she tried to prevent herself from climbing up the tree and investigating. She felt at home here, she couldn't wait to make observations. That was her dream, to be some sort of wildlife reporter.. well it used to be. She wondered what jobs were available to do with magical creatures. She rested her chin on hand. Now to wait..
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