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Watson Addyson hadn't expected to scare the older girl so when she squeaked and jumped. So the younger girl furrowed her brow and parted her mouth slightly, trying to gauge why the older girl... Oh. And there was the possible answer to her query. "You must have been deep into your sketch," she said before pausing and realising that perhaps it was socially appropriate to add a quiet, "Sorry." She noticed the older girl's smile and nodded, before listening to her discuss her sketch. Flowers and stuff. She nodded again. "It is pretty. I didn't even know something like this existed... You want to show me?" she asked before noticing that the other girl quickly added probably not good. She furrowed a brow again, contemplating what to say next. Something kind... but what came out next was her curiosity. "What do you mean 'probably not good'? I'm sure it is a good interpretation of this.. It must be hard to just choose one subject to draw. There's SO many different things here...pretty flowers to nice smelling plants to the the waterlilies. I wouldn't know what to sketch first either. "
OH, yes. Introductions. She was grateful hat the other girl started them. So she was a transfer from Illvermorny. Addyson also took the opportunity to take a seat near the older girl. "Lily... Nice to meet you." she offered a small smile. Once again, she was very grateful she hadn't called her Rose or Rosemary first- she hadn't remembered whether the older girl's name was a herb or flower. "I'm Addyson Dane but my friends call me Addy," she nodded, lying about the nickname. Her siblings called her Addy- she hadn't made any friends yet but if she did... She'd want them to call her Addy.
She followed the older girl's gaze, listening and remaining silent for a moment. Was Addyson getting lost? Well not entirely - just the grounds. Addyson reached into her bag, opened up a notebook, and flipped through a couple pages for the other girl to see. She had started to make her own map of the castle page by page. "Once its done, I could lend you a copy? I'm making myself a map. I've mentally got the first floors and top floors in my head figured out." She paused. "But I can relate... The middle floors are the most hazy and the grounds.. they keep growing and growing - it's like the castle is making something new each minute."
"So...now like me, you are a Ravenclaw." That was another thing in common. "You mentioned you were at Illvermorny before? Why transfer here?"
Lily let out a small blush in embarrassment before she laugh sheepishly.
"Yeah... I have a tendency to get lost in my drawings, I like to make them look as real as the scenery before me that probably sounds weird." Biting her lip she shook her head.
"No need to apologize, it's quite alright I could use some company." Smiling she nodded.
"Look right by the bench area, that's where I got a lot of my inspiration from it just looked so beautiful makes me want to use the colors to make some jewelry as well!" She nodded in agreement there was so much to draw, which is why she wanted to draw as much as she could.
"I know, impossible to draw everything in one go as well it'll take hours unfortunately we don't have." "Nice to meet you as well, and Addy that's a cool nickname everyone call me me Lils for short but my brother and dad." She explained smiling at her brother's and dad's nicknames for her. She didn't have many friends, she had Soren but met him over summer break but that was it so far.
Lily smiled brightly.
"That'll be wonderful maybe I can edit it a bit and sketch out the areas if you like make it look more like the school areas itself?" She asked maybe hoping it make it look more realistic. Lily laughed and nodded.
"Or the staircases change into something completely different!"
Lily nodded.
"Yeah... I think I remember seeing you at the sorting, let me say a weird way of sorting then at Illvermorny. Lily nodded and frowned for she missed her old school a lot, but she was sure she'll come to love it here.
"My papa gotten a better job here at the ministry, so we moved here." She explained softly and sighing a bit.
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PhoenixRising The greatest thing about being a sixth year was that the exhausting OWL exams were already behind him. And even though Kartik was a NEWT student now, he felt a little more calm by one set of exams in the rearview mirror. The other great thing was the beginning of the school year always seemed the perfect weather to explore the grounds. As he made his way across the pathway, breathing in the crisp Autumn air, he wondered if the garden had always been there? Or had he been holed up in books last year that he just completely forgot of this serene space?
That was when he saw a girl sketching and then another girl - one of the new first year Ravenclaws if he wasn't mistaken - approaching her. The older one who was drawing seemed mostly unbothered, even if startled at first. He chuckled though when she commented about being lost in a huge castle. "Here's a clue for explaining the castle, we're not actually in the castle for right now. Just in case you needed to know." He wasn't trying to be sarcastic either, but maybe a hint of humor was present in his tone.
Seeing a older boy about her age maybe a bit older join them she chuckled at his comment.
"Well duh! You silly goose, I was talking about being here in general if that makes sense, its huge compared to Ilvermorny " Biting her lip at horrible habit she gotten when she was deep in thoughts or nervous about something.