"Aww..." he said frowning. Then he smiled. "Well yeah of course you can! But you're not making this monkey go climbing in that tree....his adorable face will get ruined.."he said chuckling.

Sammy smiled at Logan as he waved back. He chuckled when some girl came up behind him and randomly hugged him. He just turned back to Anya and their quest for the tunnel...

Sammy watched as Anya bent over to look around the bottom of the tree. He was just scanning over it. He wondered what it would look like though. "Do you have any idea what the entrance might look like?"

Ah that explained it. Wait...how did she not know about it 'til last year. Didn't she live with him? "Why did you only learn about it last year?" There had to be some explanation...or she was joking around. That was a possibility too.

Sammy jumped when Anya popped back up. "Yeah it was great. Kinda miss it there." He loved London, but he grew up in New York. He would always love it there.

Surrey? The name sounded familiar, but he had no idea where that was within England. "That's cool. Sucks that you can't remember before you moved there. Then again, I don't think most people can remember before they were three."

Taylor laughed, "Awww little monkey wont climb the pretty tree?" She pretended to pout. Taylor giggled, "We can't have the monkey getting hurt." She smiled and saw down and took out her pad and a pencil and started sketching Logan.

"No idea." Anya said still eyeing the base of the tree. "Maybe a hole or gap in the roots?" That would make sense to her.

"Are you muggleborn?" she asked. "Those Ministry guys kind of gave my family a scare when they went over the statute thing. And... since... I'm not a blood relative... they just kept it from me."

Of course she'd made a big deal out of it before, but it made sense now.

"Are you going back sometime? Or are you living in London now?"

She frowned. "I don't know if I'd want to. I don't think I had too happy of a life back then. Of course... being three I guess I wouldn't have known any better." She was just glad she was here now. It didn't really matter where she came from anymore.

Logan laughed. "Nooo he can't..." he said putting an arm around her shoulder. "There there. There's plenty of trees to climb around here." he said chuckling and pointing at the Forbidden Forest. "Although, I don't think I can climb those trees unless I have detention.." he said noticing his arm was still around her. He quickly took it off her shoulders blushing slightly. Ay yi yi what was with Logan lately?!?!?!

"Noo we can't!" Logan said laughing. "That wouldn't be good." he said as he sat still so she could draw him. "So you like to draw then, right?" he asked.

Taylor laughed, "We want to keep the monkey as cute as possible." She smiled and blushed when he put his arm around her. Taylor continued to sketch, "Very much so." She nodded slightly, "Do you? Oh if you want, there is a banana in my bag." Taylor smirked at the slight tease... there really was a banana in her bag and he could really get it if he want but monkeys and bananas... She laughed at the thought, forgetting completely about the letter from Jake that was also in her bag.

Great. That was just going to make this that much harder. "Makes sense." Sammy keep his eyes on the base, looking for any sign of a tunnel entrance. Even one that had been filled in.

"Yep." His mother was a muggle and no one talked about his dad so for all he knew he could be a half blood. He was a muggle born until told otherwise. "Understandable." He wasn't going to press the whole not blood related thing. Wasn't really his business.

"I'm pretty sure we're going to stay in London. My cousin Wally, who's also my legal guardian, just got a job at the Ministry and he has a girlfriend. So yeah. We are definitely not leaving anytime soon."

Sammy looked over at her and noticed her frown. "Yeah...oh well. The past is the past right?"

Was it weird that a part of Amelia would miss this tree when she was Graduated? There was something about it... the false sense of tranquility and calm it gave off until you got too close.... then it was all hell break loose.

Okay, she was weird. And she blamed Zayden for some of the changes she had made in herself; but they were good changes and she did them on her own so it was okay she supposed.

Walking closer to the tree, she saw a girl reading nearby. "I have that exact same book!" As if anyone would care.

"Of course we do." he said chuckling. "Oh yeah I do, I love painting especially.." he said smiling. "A banan-oh wow Taylor!" Logan said laughing. "Nahh, I'm not hungry. This little monkey," he said pointing at himself, "-has had far too much bananas lately." he joked, laughing and looking at Taylor. He completely forgot where he was.....she was so pretty-"Arrrrg! Logan stop it!" he said to himself in his head. He felt like slapping himself, but he wouldn't do that now. No way not here...he just shook his head and looked at the tree. "Er..." he cleared his throat. "Fascinating tree isn't it?" he asked, his face red.

Jen noticed Logan iver at the womping willow, she walked up him
"Hey. How are your classes going?" Jen said.

Taylor laughed, "What bananas are healthy." she smiled, "Hmmm too many bananas for the little monkey." Taylor giggled at him. When Logan changed the subject to the tree, she nodded, "I agree it is quite an interesting tree. There is supposely a little hole where people can go through and go to Hogsmeade but i don't know anyone who would risk it to find out if it is true. They would either be really stupid or very brave." TAylor continued to sketch for a few minutes and then she finally looked up and passed the pad to Logan, "It isn't that good but it is finished.

GAAAAAAHHH.

Someone had interrupted Katie! She looked up at the girl who said she had the same book. Katie had said to herself she would hit the person who interrupts her but she wasn't going to hit the older girl, she looked like a seventh year so she didn't want to make her last year bad. "Cool" Katie smiled, closing her book.

"My names Katelyn by the way"

"Hey, Jen! They're great. So far." he said with a grin. "What about you?" he asked.

Logan was going to sigh with relief but caught himself and didn't...he might make Taylor suspicious or something. "Oh yeah I h-heard about that!" he said. Then he laughed. "Hmm...I'm stupid and brave, I might take a looky at that hole." he joked. Then he looked at the sketch. "It's brilliant, Taylor!" he said. "You're real good!" he said smiling at her.

"Hmmm if you are stupid and brave enough to do that task then i must come with you.... just to see that you wont get too much hurt... that is." She smirked and laughed. Taylor blushed when he said that she was really good at drawing. "Thanks

Anya kept walking around. "Oh!" she exclaimed pointing to the tree. "Oh. Wait. Sorry. That's just a big root." she said frowning. She took another two steps closer to the tree. So far, so good.

"So did you get a visit from the Ministry men too?" she asked. "I wonder how they know where to go..." she wondered out loud. Magic was definitely an interesting thing. At least most of the people she knew were like her... so they could all be confused together!

"Oh. Well that will be fun. There's all sorts of things to do in London. I don't live far from it myself." Just a tube ride away!

"Oh! The Ministry. What does he do there?" That wasn't rude, was it? She didn't really know what people did with a magical education.

She smiled. "Yup." she replied. In her mind she was a Phillips and that was that.

She then turned around and faced him. "What did you like to do before Hogwarts?" she asked while walking backwards. He was muggleborn... so they probably did a lot of the same types of things.

"I'm doing good just having a little trouble with charms. What is an incantation?"

Logan laughed. "Aww, that's very nice of ya, Miss Taylor." he said. Then he grinned. "You know you're real cute when you blush like that." he said smiling.
"Ohh yeah. Charms isn't my best..." he said chuckling. "Incantation...I don't really know...I can't explain it well..." he said. He sucked at explaining things.

Sammy looked at the spot she pointed too. He hoped she spotted it...but nope. Big root. "It's all right. Let's just keep looking." He took a couple steps closer with Anya. He eyed the tree making sure it wasn't gonna try and attack them or anything.

Ministry men? "Umm...no. I just got a letter." Didn't all students get a letter? Wasn't that the normal way? He completely ignored the last part of her statement. Simple answer was magic. If he would have said something, it would have probably sounded a bit rude.

Well, now he had an idea where Surrey was. "Yeah. We went sight seeing a bit when we first moved there. Mainly because Wally wanted to check it out."

What did Wally do there? "Um...something to do with the Minister I believe. I don't exactly remember."

Now that, was any easy question to answer. "Seeing movies, reading comics, stuff like that. You?" Sammy couldn't help but chuckle as she started to walk backwards.

Basically, the liking for the Whomping Willow and the grounds that surrounded it was one of things the Lockhart kids had in common. At least him and Kaika. So, yeah, the Lockhart kids.

Funny. Neither of those two were kids anymore.

Either way, this was a good thinking spot, wasn't it? And...that's why he decided to lay down on the ground, his eyes focused on the sky, and the few branches of the tree that were still moving as if it had detected an intruder of the sorts.

Viola had gotten so far this time running away from the girl trotting down the Grounds looking for her cat. She had her satchel hanging across her body, one hand in her mouth being bitten. The trimmed beautiful fingernails of Louisa Carter were long gone. "V-" She was about to yell when she saw a flat body lying on the ground.

...he looked familiar.

Holding her satchel's strand, the girl moved quietly closer. This person was surely endangering his life by lying so close to the monstrous tree. Once she was practically over the boy's head, without blocking his staring at the sky scene, she crouched and spoke, "Treyen?"

Something meowed instantly after she spoke. The tabby cat was curling up somewhere ahead of them where the branches of the tree were mighty and reaching. Viola seemed quite comfy at her spot though and Louisa's eyes bulged out of her head at the cat.

Taylor's blush turned deeper when he said that she was cute when she blushed, "I...I...thanks." She ducked her head a little, forcing her hair to hide her face. After she got her blush under some control she looked up, "You are cute when you blush too." Taylor tried to put on a smirk but it didn't work too while since she was distracted by what he said. Come on Taylor stop being stupid!

Anya looked up at the tree. "Do you think it folds all the way over?" she asked. She wanted to know... but she didn't want to get close enough to find out. "Oh. I wish I would have thought to bring binoculars out with me."

She'd have to remember to have some on her for next time.

"Oh. I got one too. And then the men showed up." she said. She thought that's how it worked with all muggleborns. "Maybe they didn't need to visit it you, because you live with someone magical." It made sense.

She smiled as she walked backwards. "Oh! I do those things too. Well... the movie bit. I've never read any comics. I've watched the Batman and Superman movies." That counted, right? "And I've played some games at the arcade."

She then turned back around. "Which one is your favorite?" she asked. Hopefully the answer would be Batman... or Superman... She didn't know many of the other ones.

"You're welcome." he said smiling as she ducked her head a little. Then he blushed a little as she looked up and told him he was cute when he blushed. He smiled. "Well, thank you Taylor but I'm sure I'm not as cute as you." he said.

Taylor smiled at his blush but when he said that he is sure that he isnt as cute as she is, her blush came back. What is happening to me?? Taylor mentally sighed so that Logan might not ask if there was something wrong, "Oh i'm sure that you are cuter than me by far." Taylor smiled.

Logan smiled and shook his head. "Oh stop lying, Taylor." he said winking at her and chuckling. "I know for a fact you're cuter than me!" he said.