 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
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Originally Posted by Waddles  Mamie shook her head. "Keeping up with actual schoolwork is hard enough, without trying to learn extra spells," she said. She did not mention her extra flying practice, not because she thought it was supposed to be a secret, but...well she was worried if Rosier or his buddies found out a Muggleborn was getting extra help in flying class, they might take it away.
"I think working hard usually pays off," she said with a frown. Studying would never help Ashley out? Mamie felt that was just....so incorrect. Like saying that stars were actually fish and the sky was just a big ocean above them. "Maybe not in grades, but grades aren't everything." Like, if she worked hard to learn a new spell, then she could use that spell in her life. "Yeah, I guess. But all the things I care about working hard at are far away. Preserving relationships, practicing sports, doing fun stuff... none of it's here. So no I don't really care about my grades. They mean nothing." Nothing meant anything anymore. She could get acceptable in everything and it wouldn't matter. Even if she was getting Es and Os in everything. Those letters didn't mean anything. They wouldn't even help her get a muggle job. "But yeah, I do learn extra spells on the weekend. Healing, defensive, utility mostly." Offensive spells would not protect her from a cult. But defensive and healing spells would. So she chose to focus on those. |