Minerva smiled and got into her bag. "Here. I was heading back some point this week to make some more if you want to come."

She shook her head and smiled sheepishly. "No. I'm going to be lying low the rest of term. I'll deal some how." She didn't know whether to say it or not. Here it goes. "I hope you and Justin are happy together.." She gave a smile that was full of hurt but love. "You two were meant to be together." She crawled into her bed and turned over, back to Minerva.

Minerva was shocked by her comment. "Ame we are not together." she shook her head. "We are still just fri.."she stopped herself not sure what they were to be honest. "Ame I don't know what we are to be honest, but we are not together."

Amethyst smiled and nodded. "I'm not upset anymore. I don't care if you two do. The way he looks at you. It's..." She couldn't bring herself to finish her sentence. "Christmas will be here before we know it. I'll be moving in with my dad, so you guys have the cave." She was going to need two years to gain her self back, but of course the walls were up, and he was guarded.

Minerva looked down. "I was hoping we could go home by Christmas." she shrugged I guess not then, oh well. "Ame we are not together and he doesn't look at me any different then anyone else." did he she thought. "Plus I don't know if I want any relationship right now. My head is to foggy from everything. I'm filled with confusion."

"That makes two of us." her voice, just like her face was blank. She wanted to die. And then the plan rose within her. She was going to escape this place and find him. It would all be over then. "I'm going to get a bite to eat..." She stood and walked out. It wasn't like Minerva or anyone cared for that matter.

"Umm Ok. I.. I'm just going to stay here for a bit. Maybe I will meet you later." she sat down on her bed and watched Ame leave.

Alyssa looked out of the window next to bed and up into the beautiful sky above. It was late but she still couldn't sleep. She decided to take out her telescope and look up at the stars. She figured that while she was doing she might as well look for another set of Constellations to look at. It was already October and so Alyssa quickly referred to her Star Reference Guide and looked up which Constellation would be visible in the sky right now. Tonight was October 20th, and was glad to see that the Constellation Pegasus would be visible tonight.

Alyssa quickly took out her telescope from its case and unfolded it before standing it up on the floor of her room next to the window sticking the telescope tube outside the window. She quickly adjusted the angle of its lenses, before she looked through viewfinder as she adjusted the focuser until the stars in the sky appeared so close that she feel that could reach out and touch them.

Alyssa looked through the eyepiece and started moving her telescope tubing back and forth gazing at each formation of stars in the sky until she saw a formation of stars that looked like the one she had seen in her reference guide. Alyssa pulled over her guide book and studied the formation before looking back through the eyepiece. The formation was similar. She had found the Pegasus Constellation.

Alyssa quickly jotted down it's location in her journal.



As Alyssa looked at the formation of the Constellation, Pegasus is visible from August through December. According to the guide, the Constellation represented the son of Neptune and Medusa who eventually became the thundering horse of Zeus and the carrier of his lightning bolts.he felt that she could actually see the formation of the famed Winged Horse. She studied each star until she heard the other students coming up to their dorm. Alyssa decided that it was time for her to go to bed too. So she folded up her telescope and packed it back into its case. She noted down the location of the Pegasus Constellation in her journal before she got ready for bed.

Ella stormed into the girls dormitory and plopped down on her bed. She stuffed her pillow in her face and screamed into it. When she was done she removed the pillow, feeling light headed. She was stressed and on top of all the studying she had to do, she was still worried about her dad. Then there had been that lesson at the lake where she almost didn't make it to the surface in time. Things can't be great all the time. She reached into her trunk and pulled out the photo album she brought from home. She laid back on her bed and took a trip down memory lane.

Glenn walked in the second-year Girl's Dormitory and sat down on her four-poster-bed. She drew the curtains around it and lay down on the bed, she propped herself up with her pillow and turned on a side lamp. She took a letter out of her bag, and re-read it, the familiar untidy scrawl covered it.

Glenn honestly wasn't sure what to write back, she hadn't received the letter from her mother yet about the news that Thomas had promised she would yet. She wasn't frightened of receiving boobertuber pus in the mail, she didn't know whether he could actually get a hold of it in St Mungos, but she knew that the threat was an empty one. She folded up the letter and placed it inside her pocket instead of her bag this time. Thinking that she better do her homework, she wiped away a few stray tears that she hadn't realised she had shed and opened the curtains around her bed. And walked out of the dormitory, heading for the library.

Sophie entered the first year dorm and saw a girl on one of the beds looking at a photo album. "Hello!" she smiled walking to her trunk. She threw her bag on her bed and opened her trunk. Kneeling by it, Sophie started pulling things out and then putting other things back in it.

Ella looked up from her album and smiled at the first year that had walked in. "Hey, Sophie right? I'm Ella." She set down her album and looked at Sophie, curious as to what she was doing. "Are you looking for something? Need any help?"

Sophie stopped moving her things around and looked up at the girl. "Yep, it's Sophie!" she smiled back at her. She remembered Ella from the feast, they had exchanged a couple of words before the food appeared in front of them. "Oh, not really. I'm just trying to organize my trunk. It's a mess, you see." she said looking back into her trunk and starting getting things out and putting other things back in. There. That was enough for now.

Sophie got up and sat on her bed with a couple of books and notebooks in her arms and putting them by her side. "So how do you like everything so far?" she asked while taking some other books from her bag.

Carigan squeezed herself into the dorm room and dropped her bag onto the bed.

"Sophie, look, does this burn look terribly bad?" Carigan asked, showing her hand where she had touched the fireseed bushling, by mistake. Her forefinger was completely red and there was two tiny blisters on it. It still hurt terribly but she was living through it. "Should I go to the hospital wing? Or will it be okay?" she asked. She didn't know much about burns.

Ella laughed, "My trunk is a right mess too!" She smiled. "I just can't muster up the energy to clean the thing!" She pushed herself back on her bed so her back rested comfortably on the pillows. "I'm really liking everything so far! I'm a big fan of flying! I can't wait til our next lesson!" Ella bounced excitedly. "How are you liking it here? What's your favorite class?"

Ella looked at the other girl that had walked in and winced when she saw her finger. She hesitated then decided to give her opinion on the burn. "Hi, sorry to but in but at home when I used to get burns I'd run cool water over them. You also need to keep them clean! I'd go to the hospital wing just in case it's more serious than it looks." It looked pretty serious to Ella. "Oh yeah, I'm Ella by the way." She smiled at the girl and then frowned at her burn.

Sophie giggled. "I think all of the trunks in this dorm are a mess then!" at least she had never seen the organized one, if there was any. She put some of the books she had just gotten out of her trunk in her bag. "Oh, I loved flying too! I was kind of scared at first, but then it was so awesome!" she giggled again when she remembered all of the flying squirrels. She had a hard time with them, but it was fun anyway. "Everything's so great, isn't it??" Sophie let go off her books and bags and jumped on her bed, sitting on her folded legs. "I loved spells and herbology! But I'm not sure if which is my favorite. Oh! And transfiguration was so fun too!" she was really loving everything so far!

She turned her head around when she heard someone coming in. "Hi, Carigan!" she waved. When the girl started talking, Sophie got off her bed and went to take a closer look at Carigan's hand. "I'm not sure if this could get worse... maybe it was best if you went to see Healer Tillstorm." Sophie said looking at Carigan. "But I'm warning you, she's not the friendliest person in this castle." she then remembered the advice the healer herself gave to Sophie. "But still, I think you should ask her to take a look at that. I can go with you, if you want!"

Cargan nodded. Well I suppose I should go then... I hope she isn't too mean." She said. "If you don't mind, could you come too?" she asked.

"Sure!" Sophie smiled at her friend. "Let's go! Talk to you later, Ella!" she waved at the other girl, leaving the dorm.

Ella smiled at the girls and waved. "See you girls later! Good luck with everything!" She decided she had better do something with herself and decided to go for a walk around the grounds while the weather was still nice. She hopped off her bed and grabbed her DADA textbook. Then she headed off to find a good reading spot.

charlotte walked in and spotted ella she went over and said 'ella ella are u alright is there anything i can do'

Ella smiled at Charlotte, happy to see another friend. "I'm okay now, just a little stress over homework...and well, boys!" She laughed and sat up. "What have you been up to? I haven't talked to you in ages it seems!" She looked at her friend curiously and then smiled mischievously. "Not getting into trouble I hope!" She laughed and waggled her eyebrows. "No but seriously, how are you liking classes Charlotte?!"

Alyssa would have preferred to be out in the open checking out the stars, but tonight was January 15th. It was the middle of winter, and it was freezing cold outside. So she decided that she would stay indoors and hope to able to see the Constellation Taurus from her dormitory window.

She went over to her bag and unzipped it taking out the case that contained her telescope. She quickly unfolded it and set up next to the window, stretching the telescope tube as far out as it could out the window opening. She then opened her Star Reference Guide and turned the pages until she found the page regarding the Constellation. She studied the formation of the stars before going back to the telescope and began focussing the lens. She looked through the viewfinder but unfortunately the stars still looked out of focus. So Alyssa took out her wand and tapping it on the telescope said,"Lens Focalis". This was supposed to sharpen the focus of the lens so that the stars would be clearer to look at.

Alyssa bent down again and was relieved to see that the spell had worked. The stars looked so much clearer, that they seemed close enough to touch. She slowly scanned the stars moving her telescope back and forth. She could see many stars but just couldn't seem to find the formation that she was looking for. She was about to give up, when she saw a formation that looked similar to the one that she was looking for. She dragged the guide book closer to her and looked at the formation again before turning back and looking through the viewfinder. She had been right. She had found the Constellation Taurus. Alyssa quickly noted down it's location in her Star Guide Journal.



Alyssa then looked back into the viewfinder and continued gazing at the Constellation until she started to feel sleepy. She looked at her watch and realized that an hour had already passed. It was time for bed. So she folded her telescope and placed it back into its carrying case, which she then placed back into her bag and zipped it up. She picked up her journal and guide reference book and placed it on her table before getting ready for bed.

i know it seems like ages since we talked but i'm doing fine thanks boys stress everyone out dw about it no trouble yet im liking classes well what about u ella?

Ella smiled happily, eager to discuss classes. "I am loving classes so far!" She said, bouncing excitedly. "I think I like transfiguration the best so far, though I really liked herbology too. The first COMC/HOM class was quite crazy wasn't it? I think I'll love COMC though. I do love caring for animals!" She knew she was talking a mile a minute but she couldn't help it, she loved to learn new things. "What's your favorite class so far?"

i think my faiv class is hom because i love history i do quite like muggle studies though have u kept up 2 date with ur homework?