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littledhampir 
Alfie had been at Hogwarts for a few weeks now and he was still discovering new things. He expected that he still wouldn't have discovered everything by the time he finished his seventh year. The castle and the grounds were huge, and there was so much to see. But that excited Alfie. He liked exploring and discovering new things. This day found him outside, exploring around the grounds. He had his school bag with him because his ultimate plan was that after a bit of exploring he would actually work on some homework. But he hadn't gotten there yet.
Where he had gotten was not far from the Whomping Willow. He had seen the tree before, of course. It was hard to miss. But he hadn't gotten up close and personal with it. Not that he was planning on getting super close and personal. He'd heard stories. He had a vague idea of what it was all about. But that just made him more curious about it. So there he stood, watching it from a safe distance. Was something going to happen? He wanted to see something cool happen.
Lisa had been avoiding the Whomping Willow after learning of horrendous tales of people getting injured and the tree itself having a foul temperament. Originally she had been planning on going on and avoiding it but she did see Alfie, her fellow first year adventurer, roaming about the grounds. Worried about his safety, she decided to follow him at the distance and hope that he wasnt going near the Willow. She didn’t have enough skills to SAVE anyone yet- even herself. Besides she was terrified of mice trying to control her by jumping on top of her (a la ratatouille - thanks Pixar/Disney -___-) aaand now she was terrified that Maya, the Kneazle, was plotting her death (Thanks Atlas -_-). HOW WAS SHE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME WHEN SHE HADNT FIGURED OUT THE FIRST TWO?!
School was haaard. The classes, the homework, the personal challenges. She missed playing pretend wizard instead.
Her eyes flicked back to see her friend heading towards the infamous temperamental tree which caused her to pick up her pace. She went from content walk to regular walk to fast walk to full on spring. She HAD to get there. ASAP.
“
ALFIE! Don’t go too close!!” she cried as she hurdled towards him, ready to grab him out of the way. What she didn’t calculate was that there was a stick in front of her which caused her to trip and tumble. Red flushed across her cheeks as she kept her head down out of embarrassment. A handful of seconds later, she looked up at Alfie. “
oh hey. You got taller.”
Smooth entrance from littlest Nam.