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Jessiqua · 12-29-2017, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom

Emmalyn couldn't help but hug her new friend back. She was sure that the year was going to be great now. "That's fascinating that so many in your family are witches and wizards." A flood of images ran through her mind as she pictured growing up with magic all around her. She figured most of what she was picturing was wrong, but it was thrilling nonetheless. "So most of them work with muggles? How do they keep them from finding out?"

Thinking about her old school made her smile. "I did go to the same school my mum works at. It was great having her so close...well, unless I got in trouble. Then she was right there." The new school year was getting ready to start and she wondered what her friends would be up to and if they would be missing her. Emmalyn had no idea what her mum was going to tell them. She hadn't been allowed to tell them about Hogwarts.

"I like reading too. My mum didn't let me bring any of my books with me. She said Hogwarts would have a library and my trunk was getting overstuffed." Emmalyn looked over at baby Elise again and made a few more silly faces. "You must be the cutest baby I've every seen."

"I keep hearing others talking about houses. Do you know what house we will be in? How do we find out? Is there a test or something?" Emmalyn hoped it wouldn't be a test. She hadn't studied her new books yet and she knew she would fail a test over the material.

"Well, we've all sort of grown up with a mixture of muggle and wizarding things. My grandpa and all of his brothers were raised as muggles, pretty much, and my dad was raised like that too. I went to a muggle school until I finished the year, and... I think we just learned how to mix. We live in a muggle neighborhood, too. So, it hasn't been very difficult." She'd always just known that she couldn't talk about her magical life with muggles, because the risks were so dangerous. "The partial truth of completing school at a boarding school abroad worked well." She loved knowing that her parents LIED to people sometimes. Well, stretched the truth.

Hanna laughed, "I would think if you got in trouble, your mum would be MORE angry at you." Hers would, anyway. "What was your favourite subject there? Do you know, I really loved maths and my mum told me that there's a subject called arithmancy, and that's sort of a magical maths." Hanna thought she might miss maths the way they did it at the old school, but after learning that she knew that wasn't necessarily the case. "What did you tell your other friends at school, about not coming back?" The curious eleven-year-old was trying to hold back from asking so many questions that could trigger sadness, but she was so CURIOUS.

NO BOOKS? Hanna was outraged for a moment, before realising that Emmalyn's mum was right, there WAS a library, and... Hanna knew something about an overstuffed trunk. "I have lots with me. You can borrow some of them if you want. I wonder what books the library will have." Hanna grinned up at her mum, seeing her new friend seem to relax a little.

A pang of anxiety creeped into Hanna when the house discussion came up. It had been on her mind for most of her life, but more lately. "There is a sort of test, I think. My uncle told me the kids put on a hat that can read their mind or something." That thought was a bit awkward. What if it spoke her thoughts to everyone? "My family were mostly Ravenclaws, but there have been a few Gryffindors. I think I might be in Ravenclaw, but I'm not too sure. Have you read up on them at all?" Hanna wasn't sure what knowledge muggle-borns would have of Hogwarts, although in Flourish and Blotts there was often a lot of historical writings on the castle.

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Jessiqua DERP & DoM Poltergeist Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 38,050 x9	Sassenach \| RAVENPUFF \| Sing me a song of a lass that is gone \| bookDRAGON \| #awkwardturtle<# Quote: Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom Emmalyn couldn't help but hug her new friend back. She was sure that the year was going to be great now. "That's fascinating that so many in your family are witches and wizards." A flood of images ran through her mind as she pictured growing up with magic all around her. She figured most of what she was picturing was wrong, but it was thrilling nonetheless. "So most of them work with muggles? How do they keep them from finding out?" Thinking about her old school made her smile. "I did go to the same school my mum works at. It was great having her so close...well, unless I got in trouble. Then she was right there." The new school year was getting ready to start and she wondered what her friends would be up to and if they would be missing her. Emmalyn had no idea what her mum was going to tell them. She hadn't been allowed to tell them about Hogwarts. "I like reading too. My mum didn't let me bring any of my books with me. She said Hogwarts would have a library and my trunk was getting overstuffed." Emmalyn looked over at baby Elise again and made a few more silly faces. "You must be the cutest baby I've every seen." "I keep hearing others talking about houses. Do you know what house we will be in? How do we find out? Is there a test or something?" Emmalyn hoped it wouldn't be a test. She hadn't studied her new books yet and she knew she would fail a test over the material. "Well, we've all sort of grown up with a mixture of muggle and wizarding things. My grandpa and all of his brothers were raised as muggles, pretty much, and my dad was raised like that too. I went to a muggle school until I finished the year, and... I think we just learned how to mix. We live in a muggle neighborhood, too. So, it hasn't been very difficult." She'd always just known that she couldn't talk about her magical life with muggles, because the risks were so dangerous. "The partial truth of completing school at a boarding school abroad worked well." She loved knowing that her parents LIED to people sometimes. Well, stretched the truth. Hanna laughed, "I would think if you got in trouble, your mum would be MORE angry at you." Hers would, anyway. "What was your favourite subject there? Do you know, I really loved maths and my mum told me that there's a subject called arithmancy, and that's sort of a magical maths." Hanna thought she might miss maths the way they did it at the old school, but after learning that she knew that wasn't necessarily the case. "What did you tell your other friends at school, about not coming back?" The curious eleven-year-old was trying to hold back from asking so many questions that could trigger sadness, but she was so CURIOUS. NO BOOKS? Hanna was outraged for a moment, before realising that Emmalyn's mum was right, there WAS a library, and... Hanna knew something about an overstuffed trunk. "I have lots with me. You can borrow some of them if you want. I wonder what books the library will have." Hanna grinned up at her mum, seeing her new friend seem to relax a little. A pang of anxiety creeped into Hanna when the house discussion came up. It had been on her mind for most of her life, but more lately. *"There is a sort* of test, I think. My uncle told me the kids put on a hat that can read their mind or something." That thought was a bit awkward. What if it spoke her thoughts to everyone? "My family were mostly Ravenclaws, but there have been a few Gryffindors. I think I might be in Ravenclaw, but I'm not too sure. Have you read up on them at all?"** Hanna wasn't sure what knowledge muggle-borns would have of Hogwarts, although in Flourish and Blotts there was often a lot of historical writings on the castle. __________________ EVASIVE \| RESTLESS \| MISUNDERSTOOD always on the move