 Fluttery Pegasi
Nettie, that was a different name as well. "Nice to meet you. Is Nettie short of Henrietta or something? Dizzy's short of Alfdis," Dizzy made a face as she said her name. Sure it was a pretty enough name, and would have been right at home if she'd been Icelandic, but she was Dutch, and Alfdis was just odd outside Nordic countries. Mama had been going through a phase where she was regretting not giving her other non-Icelandic daughters Icelandic names when she named Runa and Dizzy.
Dizzy listened quietly to Nettie, who, despite her uncertainty, still knew heaps more about brooms than Dizzy herself did. "It's your birthday too? Happy birthday! Solstice here is my birthday present, and these," She pointed to the second pair of earrings she was wearing. The skin around the second stud on each ear was slightly red, as if just pierced. "Do you go to Hogwarts then? I'm transferring there for my second year." It was equally likely that Nettie was visiting London over the summer and went to school in Beauxbatons. She didn't remember seeing Nettie there, but then she also didn't know everyone in her year.
It would be nice though to start her new school knowing someone other than her own twin and her nieces.
"Okay, we just need to think about this practically, right? Obviously, your research lead you to think the Nimbus was the right choice, so let's start there!" She grabbed a nimbus off the shelf and laid it down in the aisle. "Let's see how Solstice likes sitting on it." She set her kitten down on the back of the broom, and stepped back. Solstice sat there a moment, sniffing the broom, and then hopped off. "Hmmmm. What was it that drew you to the Nimbus?"
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