| Grindylow
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rose Snakebark
Gryffindor Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
JT Forsfelle
Slytherin Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ariadne Rose
Hufflepuff Third Year
Ministry Department Head:
Violet Fawley
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SPOILER!!: Haddie Quote:
Originally Posted by Callie  "Thank you, Sir." She wasted no time taking a seat in front of the cake. With a silent wish that no one ever again would try to keep her from Hogwarts or her friends, Hads blew out the candle. She was more than content to enjoy the cake slice quietly without replying until she was about half way done. "I was assured everything was packed, and couldn't pack them or even check myself." There, question answered. Not really, and Hadley knew that, but she waited until she finished the piece of cake entirely.
She wiped her mouth, and gave Kitridge a content little smile. "It was delicious. Thank you. Still, doesn't top the ferret you got me last year." Intentionally or not. "I probably wouldn't have made it through the summer without Asher." That was an exaggeration of course, but there was still truth in it. Okay, she put it off long enough.
"Story time?" She almost sounded hopeful he'd say, No, let's play Trivial Pursuit instead. When Kitridge didn't say that, Hads nodded and muttered, "Story time..." She took a calming breath. "The thing is, Mr. Kitridge, I'm not really supposed to be back this year." Or any year. "Dad found out about the Hag cooking that Brady kid," who she just met last night. "He didn't even really want me going in the first place, but Professor Myers assured him it was safe. So, when we went home for Christmas, he really didn't want me going back." She paused a moment, becoming very fixated on the way one of the portraits was snoozing in a chair. "Mom helped convince him it was a fluke, and to let me finish the year. They, my Mom and my sister and brother, were gonna keep at him and get him to come around, but then Professor Newton had us drink poison, to then brew the antidote." Which didn't work thanks to Miffy. "Dad found out about that too, somehow. And well, when I got home..."
There were still crumbs on her plate, which suddenly needed attending too more than the story did. Those...didn't last long. "I had prepared myself for the possibility of not returning to Hogwarts. Said my goodbyes to the school..." Pranked Drapes... "I hadn't prepared for being completely banned from the Wizarding World, including the friends I made here." She hadn't looked at Kitridge most of the story, and still wasn't. She shrugged at a small little nick in the edge of Kitridge's desk. "You know me," she told the nick. "I wasn't going to just give up the first real friends I've made. So...I spent the summer on house arrest, never out of my Dad's sight. I was angry too, so I couldn't really control my magic. We fought. Things happened. We fought. Things happened. We...you get the picture.
"Anyway, it was clear, I guess, to Mom and Natalie and Mark, that we probably needed distance from each other and the best way to do that was let me go back to Hogwarts. Our neighbor took Mom to get my school supplies. And later they went back with Natalie to get my uniforms and robes. We're twins...so we're the same size. But, yeah, everything had to be kept from Dad. And they had to pack for me, and I couldn't check to make sure everything was packed, because Dad was always there. And I had to be sneaked out of the house at three-thirty in the morning and dropped off at King's Cross at around 4, and didn't think to check if everything was there, because I was dead tired and didn't realize they weren't packed until I went to change into them." She took a big, recovering breath.
And that was the story of her summer. It was better to just get it all out rather than fight it and draw this whole thing out longer. The only thing missing from the story was the toll it took on her. "And about the shirt, Mr. Kitridge...that was never an attack on Ravenclaw. It's an amazing house, and wonderful if you belong in it..." She shrugged again and looked up at Kitridge. The shrug said what she hadn't. She didn't belong in it. Leo seated himself in one of the comfy seats and leaned back to watch Haddie eat with haste and enjoyment. Smiling he said "You're welcome Hadley! The ferret technically came from Professor Draper but I'm glad he has become a very beloved companion." Just like his kneazle Madonna was for him, even if he now also had Cassie and Jackson.
He folded his hands in his lap as Haddie began talking/explaining her life situation and how she had spent most of her summer on house arrest. His heart ached for her. It couldn't have been easy to be locked up and not be allowed to visit her friends or go to Diagon Alley or anywhere. One question that seemed relevant to the story that Leo felt he was missing made him ask. "Are your parents of magical descent or muggles?" Either answer would give him more clues.
Smiling warmly Leo added on quietly. "Your father is not the only parent in Hogwarts long history that has had should we say a heated reaction to events that have transpired here, and he will not be the last. Hogwarts is a magnet for odd occurrences and always will be. It's very unfortunate that he heard about the hag and the poison but I assume that Professor Myers did everything to assure your father that Hogwarts is one of the safest places of learning that exists in the wizarding world?"
"I can owl to your father too if you think it'd help, Hadley? You should be allowed to continue your studies here and to see your friends. It's a child's right." If a letter from him would alleviate the situation then Leo would certainly write one, maybe Headmaster Sahnoun could add a few words too?
Shaking his head Leo reassured. "I'm not angry about the shirt. It just shows that your are trying to find your identity and who you are. You don't feel so right now but you are a true eagle and one day you will realize that. The sorting hat put you in Ravenclaw because it is the best house for you." He was certain of that. Even if Haddie wasn't. "Now about your robes, do you need to borrow some until yours arrive later in the week?" SPOILER!!: Sabbath Quote:
Originally Posted by Scorpio Vulpeculae Lets get this over with, Sabbath thought to himself. He raised his hand, rapping the knocker on the office door.
It was precisely then that it twigged, that other voice belonged to ‘prefect Bronwyn” ... inner groan... too late, he’d already knocked! Going over to give his kneazle a scratch behind the ears Leo asked with a look at Rooney over his left shoulder. "How come you aren't wearing your prefect badge?" Was that the nature of Rooney's visit? Did he want to ask Leo why he had chosen him to take over after Thornton? It was just a guess among many. Hopefully nobody was brewing chaos in the common room as they stood there. Haddie was a name that quickly came to mind. But Leo hoped she had her mind on other things than causing trouble for the time being.
Hearing another knock on his office door Leo looked to Rooney and asked "Did you ask someone to come along to see me?" If he hadn't then he could ask whomever it was to come back later. Turning Leo walked over to unlock his door and peer out his next visitor which incidentally was another eagle. "Hello Sabbath, what bring you by?"
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