 Post 1 Fluttery Pegasi
Professor Itchy Mara, noticed her spitting out the leaf. Typical. But at least she gave Hadley a reasonable excuse. "I just did, Professor. Sorry. Forgot a moment." Gum, that's all it had been. Yep. Gum. Not a mandrake leaf or anything.
Nope.
Content that she'd escaped a lecture, or worse, detention with Ichihara, Hads relaxed in her seat. She instantly perked up again. Emotional states effect magic? That explained a lot actually about why she wasn't able to cast some difficult spells she had been able to last year, and why spells like Aguamenti always came out wonky and unpredictable...No wonder, with all she'd been though this last year. So she just needed to clear her mind. Check. She could do that. Right?
Hadley got up and made her way over to the tanks. Which to pick? Hads rolled on the balls of her feet as she studied the critters in the tanks. The spiny leaf bug or megastick bug were her first choices. But no. Hadley had something to prove. Not to Professor Ichihara, but to herself.
Reaching into one of the tanks, Hadley positioned her hand in front of one of the tarantulas, letting it crawl onto her hand and suppressed a shudder. She wasn't scared of spiders, not the way Rachel was, but she wasn't exactly a fan either. "Okay, Adam," because clearly that was the spider's name, "I don't hurt you, you don't hurt me. Deal?" Satisfied that she'd reached an accord with the arachnid, Hads carried him back to her desk and sat down.
She placed Adam, the tarantula on the desk and let him crawl around a bit as she took out a quill and fresh piece of parchment.
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