Coming back from St. Mungo's, Iliana first stop just had to be the Creatures Sanctuary. She had had someone from the Ministry look after her babies during her absence but she missed them all desperately and couldn't wait to see them. After peeking in on each and every one of the cages, Iliana walked over to the bulletin board and smiled. It seemed like being wandless wasn't going to be so bad after all. She'd have help.
Taking a piece of parchment from the stack, she scribbled a quick letter of thanks and welcome to each of the volunteers and pulled out the borrowed wand she had been keeping in her robes. She would have to remember to return it to Jake when she next saw him but for now... she was glad she had it.
Taping each letter with the wand, she muttered the students' names –
"Nicolette Finn"
"Evan Cartwright"
"Iris Beaumont"
"Cedric Leone"
"Olivia Zhang"
"LouAnn Purple"
– and watched as they zoomed off to their respective recipients.
That finished, she stowed the wand back in her holster and headed off towards the stables. There was still plenty of work to be done there.
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Celandine, after receiving an owl from Professor Morgan, was down at the sanctuary bright and early, hoping to catch the professor before classes started as well as get some quality time in with Tiberius and Cassiopeia. It wasn't too cold anymore, so Cela wasn't as bundled up as she had been the last time she'd visited the Abraxans.
She made her way into the stables and went straight to the stalls, giggling a little at the enthusiastic greeting the Abraxans gave her. She sorted out the feed first, the barley, corn and firewhiskey mixture that they liked best, and glanced over at the next stall where Abby Wright's Abraxan, Marmalade, made its home. Oh!
That was odd! Celandine frowned slightly, noting that the stall wasn't as well cleaned out as usual and Marmalade was looking restless. Cela gave Marmalade the firewhiskey mix too and while she was at it she made the rounds feeding in the rest of the big creatures in the stables.
Even that was tiring work but Cela didn't stop, she'd do most of the mucking out by magic, but a pitchfork and fresh hay were still good to have on hand. Once Tiberius and Cassiopeia had had their fill, Cela let them out, one at a time, leading them to the paddock and renewing their disillusionment charms deftly.
"Okay go stretch your wings." Celandine told them, giving the giant flying horses a smack on the butt. "I'll come fly later." She told Cassiopeia as her Abraxan gave her an affectionate nudge!nuzzle which almost knocked Cela from her feet.
She went back inside and started cleaning out the stalls. It was good thinking time.
Approaching the stable doors, Iliana heard some faint noises coming from inside. Over the usual shuffling sounds of the Abraxans' hooves and their bold, boisterous whinnies, was something else. It sounded like someone... cleaning?!
"Cela!" she said, spotting her. "Just look at this place. It looks fantastic!" She walked over to her and gave her a quick hug. "Thank you," she said. "But honey, you didn't have to do this. That's not why I asked you to stop by."