If there was a place that was usually nice and quiet, it was at the entrance gates. And nice and quiet was exactly what he needed right now. Following up on Jessa's and his Head of House advice, Dorian decided to do something about his concentration. He was getting tired of some of his spells failing or either not working at all due to his lack of concentration.

He had nothing with him that could distract him, no books, no homework, no friends. He did have thoughts swimming around in his head but that was the point of this excercise, to dim it down. Finding a tree big enough for him to lean back against near the gates, Dorian did so and sat crossed legged on the slightly wet grass. He didn't mind, there was a laundry room anyway plus Jessa had learned him a neat cleaning spell last year that he could use.

Closing his eyes, the third year tried to focus on his breathing as he tried to meditate. Thoughts popped up in his mind but he tried to push them down to the back each time. Perhaps it was the quiet environment but so far his meditation session was going better than he had expec- ' Put your hands up in the air. Like an ogre, who just don't care. Oh! Can you dance like a hippogriff'

Nevermind.