SPOILER!!: BESTIES4LIFE
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Anna would whole heartedly agree Pygmy Puffs were super cute and if she had not already received a kitten for her last birthday after the passing of her rat, she may have wanted one for herself. And she would wear them on her head like a fuzzy little crown! She was certain that a pygmy puff would enjoy tangling up in her curls just like her rat had.
More on pygmy puffs later though...hopefully!
"I mean..." the Hufflepuff considered thoughtfully while tapping her cheek with the remainder of her licorice wand. "...that does make sense. Licorice comes from a plant...or a root...or a leaf? I comes from some part of a plant. What did your grandma say when she caught you eating her plants?" And why was Aurora chewing on them in the first place? Or was it maybe a memory from when she was real little and that phase where one put everything into your mouth? Anna certainly had and by far the worst of her choices had been when she had naively attempted to make her own cockroach clusters. Shall just leave that story there, shall we? Between herself and Aurora, sales in black licorice were clearly going to spike. You are most welcome candy industry. "I always imagined it the opposite...I mean...doesn't life get more exciting the more experiences you have? SO...wouldn't it also make sense then that the more different things you tried the wider your taste buds stretched and the more exciting your buds became?" Or maybe she just didn't want to think about growing up as being something boring.
"We could do that! I also want to get another couple of kitten toys for Duchess Skedaddle Downyfur. I made her a few but...I don't think they will last her through the first week of term so I ought to buy her a more sturdy one as a gift," she nodded thoughtfully. "If you want to pop by the Menagerie with me too."
Anna looked down at her shoes and wiggled her toes. No one could see she was doing that, including herself, but she could obviously feel them. "Nargles? No. Nothing so lucky as that. They just got caught on some branches or snagged on jagged bits of bark while I was climbing trees."
Unfortunately Aurora hadn’t yet been educated as to what part of the plant liquorice came from, in fact she wasn’t aware that liquorice was from a plant at all. She had assumed that it was artificially made like most things were nowadays. She couldn’t help but giggle at Anna thinking that Rora actually liked eating plants though.
“I meant what I imagine chewing dead plants would taste like. My Grandma isn’t very good at keeping her plants alive, they look a bit floppy. I’ve never actually eaten a plant,” she pondered for a second before correcting herself.
“Except vegetables! Oh and salad.. and FRUIT.” She had in fact eaten a lot of plants in her life but Anna knew what she meant, right?
“I guess so..” she replied.
“But don’t adults not like sugar so much? I can’t imagine purposefully not eating SWEETS and ice cream just because they’re not healthy.” Rora’s mums were always so careful with what they ate, the Ravenclaw was sure that wouldn’t be so strict when she was a parent.
The blonde’s eyes lit up as soon as Anna mentioned going to the Menagerie to get toys for her kitten. Not only was the Menagerie her favourite shop in the whole of Diagon Alley but Rora also came from a cat loving family and couldn’t help but squeal at the thought of seeing a baby cat.
“Why haven’t I met her yet?” she asked practically bouncing on the park bench.
“Will you be bringing her to school? Can I have cuddles?!” So MANY questions.
“Of COURSE I’ll come with you! We can meet all the cute animals when we are in there too. My Ma has a Munchkin cat but she didn’t give me enough money to get her toys too” she pouted.
Aurora had yet to make her mind up whether she believed that Nargles existed but they did make a great excuse as to where all her lost things went.
“OH! There’s a big tree at Hogwarts that when you climb it and jump out it’s charmed so you don’t hurt yourself.” Anna was probably acquainted already with the climbing tree but it felt like important information regardless just in case she hasn’t yet been up it.
“Do you not like shoes much?” she giggled.