Melbourne looked around at the at the snow covered ground with a slight smile on her face. The way that the snow crunched under her feet was almost magical, and the snow flakes that fluttered and clung to her dark eyelashes just made her blink more to rid herself of the possibility of frozen lashes. Her excitement was bated, but quiet as she made her way out to the snow covered barn – wait…horses?

Her heart fluttered when she saw them, the innate desire to walk forward and let them sniff her outstretched palm was strong. This, coupled with her desire to give them soft little pats and scratches to their necks and all over their most likely itching skin was strong. ”Good morning Headmistress Hawthorne,” Melbourne smiled up at the older woman in the kind of manor one would smile at a well like Professor.

That was because she did like her; she may not have ever been her Professor before. It wasn’t as if the Headmistress’ past as a curse breaker was unknown…come to think of it Hogwarts had a history of hiring curse breakers…was Hogwarts secretly cursed with hiring curse breakers? That would be an interesting curse to break now wouldn’t it? The Gryffindor questioned as she stood there a soft respectful smile still in place.

Bouncing on the balls of her feet she watched as the snow fluttered off of her boots before glancing around at the other gathered students. ”Hello Daisy!” She smiled over to the older Slytherin girl before glancing over to Jessa she seemed excited. ”Hey Jessa! Hi Etta” she smiled at the two girls ebfore glancing over to Oliva and giving her a solemn nod. ”Hey Liv” she smiled over to her classmate before glancing around some more and sending small smiles to Sophie, Emmeline, and Stasya in turn.