After having her cup of coffee and macarons Camilla thought a nice walk outside would be a good idea. The fresh air, sunshine and slight breeze were a welcoming change from being indoors. Being out in nature always calmed her and helped to clear her head which was exactly what she needed with lessons starting later in the day. She really hoped the students would enjoy her lessons and learn something as well.

Bonsai her cat pranced along ahead of her along the path stopping to inspect different plants or bushes along the way. All the greenery, flowers and the occasional butterfly made a very interesting outing for her kitty who was taking to his new home much more easily then she had thought he would.

A small laugh fell from her lips as Bonsai darted forward into an assortment of flowers when a breeze ruffled the nearby grass. The way the cat was hopping about and being playful was more like he was a rabbit. It was cute and rather funny as well.

Kimi was outside walking the pathways and saw the new transfiguration professor and her pet kitty out for a walk and said "Hello Professor good day for a walk" Kimi wasn't one for being friends with Professors but he may as well get to know them

It was just as Bonsai turned around and came dashing past her towards the young boy to see if he would pet him, that Camilla realized they weren't alone on the path. Turning to face the boy that had spoken a warm smile crossed her lips. "It's a lovely day indeed, the perfect kind to get in some exercise." Even if it were only a simple walk it was better then sitting about doing nothing at all.

Cami didn't recall having seen Kimi yet in her lesson but she guessed by his size and look that he was a younger student. Not to mention all the names and faces she was currently attempting to remember as quickly as possible. She was very sure though that in no time at all she'd have everyone's names down.

Kimi smiled at the Professor and petted her cat and said "Yeah it is a great day for exercise, i like being outside and not stuck inside the castle" Studying was alright but it was a bore at times

The smile on the Professors face didn't at all fade away as she watched the young boy pet her cat which no doubt earned him some happy purring from the feline. "I must say that I do agree with that. You're very welcome to walk along with Bonsai and I if you like," she offered warmly. Sure she wasn't at all a student or anywhere near the boy's age but she wouldn't mind the friendly company if he didn't.

"So how are you finding your lessons thus far," Cami went on to ask him softly calling her cat to her side as she went ahead to walk once more. Of course they hadn't gotten all to far into the term but maybe he had an opinion on which lessons he preferred already as most students did.

Kimi smiled and said "I am finding my lessons interesting so far Professor and of course i would love to walk alongside you and Bonsai" Kimi thought that the professor was very friendly

Matt wanted to hang out outside and he would have to admit that the best area of the school grounds was near-ish the Black Lake.

HOWEVER, he was not up for staying near that thing, so an area that was a bit farther away from the lake would have to do. Besides, it had enough interesting plants and trees and stuff to do anyway, so he was happy with that.

He was spinning his wand between his fingers as he strolled along the pathways towards nowhere in particular.

The grounds! The grounds! Her favourite place in Hogwarts! Oh she was so happy to be back here. Hattie loved getting to draw and just hang out here. So she was so excited to be back.

She'd decided to go and explore the pathways. She loved all the colours, and wanted to see it before autumn really set it. The third year beamed as she wandered around the pathways.

"So preeeetty" She murmured to herself, twirling around a little. Yep. She was certainly happy.

Matt turned around when he heard footsteps only to see a girl twirling around and saying things about something being 'soooo preeeetty' and he snorted. Such a girl thing to say.

"You're a Hufflepuff, aren't you?" He asked, amused. She kind of reminded him of his cousin. "What exactly do you think is pretty?" What, everything?? If so... she was definitely like his cousin, hah.

Harriet looked up when she heard a voice, and she smiled at the other boy. She loved talking to people. "I am" She murmured with a smile. She didn't know who he was, but that was okay. She liked making new friends. "Robes kinda give it away..." She mused, motioning to her robes. She'd come straight from class, so hadn't had time to change into her own clothes.

"The colours. The trees... mostly the colours" The blonde mused with a smile. "I love pretty colours"

"True, and also what you said." Matt said as he kept spinning his wand in his hand. "Even if you were wearing normal robes I would've guessed Hufflepuff." He grinned.

Soooooo he supposed she liked green? The Gryffindor took a look around. "Yeah, they are pretty." He replied, but he knew he probably didn't think they were as pretty as SHE thought. "I like red better though." He added, grinning again. Obvious Gryffindor was obvious. "Green's a bit too Slytherin for my liking." Jokiinngggg, he was. Slytherins were cool kids.

In general.

Leon was running through the Pathways, a habit he had developed in his second year when he has first decided to be an Auror. Though back then he used to pretend to run after bad guys. Now he just ran for the fun of it.. he enjoyed the feeling of his lungs gasping for air, he liked feeling his limbs burn and pushing himself to see how much further he could go then the day before.

He expertly wove through the other people that were dotted along the path. Calling out an "On your left." As he passed them. It was something he was used to. It was almost like breathing to him..

Though today his mind was clouded..

He was still trying to find his half sister and so far he had had no luck at all. Perhaps he would need to ask Professor Hirsch. Maybe a few of the teachers? Perhaps they could help him solve the mystery he had been presented with?

Leon sighed and kept running.. hoping to clear his fogged head

Not long after he woke up from his unplanned nap (why did eating always make him so sleepy???), Oliver was out of the castle and running around the grounds. He hadn't found much time to work out all summer, not that he regretted it or anything, so he was happy to be back here and the weather was great today.

Before he knew it, he was over by the Pathways and running through small groups of people. He didn't want to stop, but he really wanted to look at the view, so he slowed his pace a bit and glanced out at the mountains. It was beautiful. So beautiful that he forgot to look forward again and rain straight into some guy and then Oliver was in pain and on the ground. Oops.

"OH M-OOOOW!" He rubbed his elbow and looked over at the other guy. "I'm so sorry about that, man. Are you okay???" Leave it to Oliver to literally run into other people.

If Leon was looking for a distraction it literally ran straight into him. The 7th year was so in his head that he barely noticed a person running towards him.. "On yourrrrrrrrrrrr ooof!"

Leon was knocked off his feet as well and he sat there for a moment blinking his grey eyes wondering what has just happened. Why was he on the ground and why did his ankle twinge a bit?

Oh! There was a voice.

The dark haired boy turned towards the boy who was speaking.

Was he okay?

Was he?

"Yeah mate, I'm just fine. You? " The boy asked as he pushed himself up off the ground and started to dust himself off.

Once the guy said he was okay, Ollie let himself relax a little. He was still in pain, but he would have been way too worried if he'd done serious damage to the stranger. Especially if the stranger ended up being a really mean guy. Luckily, it seemed like he was kind of nice so far.

"I'm okay, yeah, bumped my elbow pretty hard on the fall, but nothing too bad." And how lame was it to complain about a bruised elbow anyway? C'mon, Oliver.

"I'm really sorry for bumping in to you. I should have been paying better attention." Next time, he would make sure to stop before looking at the view, as any sane person would do.

The Transfiguration professor smiled warmly, moving over on the path so that the boy could join her for the walk. "Wonderful. I always find that it's much more enjoyable to go for a walk with someone else then to be alone." The more the merrier usually. Though there were times when she did like the silence of being alone.

"That's good to hear." She liked hearing that the students enjoyed their lessons and were learning many things. "What are your favorite lessons?," Cami asked conversationally to keep them both talking. No worries if he didn't like Transfiguration she wouldn't be upset at all.

Kimi smiled at Professor Stewart and said "Well my favourite lessons are Charms and Transfiguration but i am also getting a love for Potions" Kimi was glad all that time spent in the basement of his house in the potions lab getting better at making potions was working out pretty well

Hearing Kimi say that one of his favorite lessons was Transfiguration she couldn't help but smile, yet at the same time a part of her wondered if he had said that because she was the professor. Either way it was nice hearing it. "Charms was one of my favorites when I was a student as well." So many different and incredibly useful spells were taught in those lessons.

"If you every have any trouble with anything taught in my lessons please let me know," Cami told him seriously. It's what she was there for. Not only to teach the students but also help them when they were having trouble. Transfiguration could be a very difficult area to learn for a lot of students.

Bonsai had taken to walking between Camilla and Kimi every now and again the cat would circle around one of them or nudge his head into their leg asking to be patted.

Kimi smiled at the Professor and said "I will remember that Professor as i sometimes struggle to remember everything i had learned last term" Kimi patted Bonsai when he was nudged against and he really liked Professor Stewart already and hoped that he would have loads of fun learning the new things in transfiguration this term

Leon nodded as he finished checking himself over and then extended a hand to the fallen boy. "Elbow hurting? It's not broken, yeah? " He could deal with minor scrapes and things of that nature, but he couldn't heal broken bones..

He had picked up some healing techniques here and there. As an future Auror he wanted to protect people. In any way he could.. which meant treating injuries should they go down in the field..

The grey eyed boy shook his head and smiled. "Nah it's no worries mate, I'm totally fine and was nearly done with my run.." Truth was he felt partially responsible for allowing the other boy to run into him..

He was usually so much more on top of things..

He blamed the letter and the possibility of finding his sister.. whenever she was..

"Leon Kennedy.." He said by way of introduction. "Did you want me to take a look at your elbow? I have some healing experience.. " After all his step dad was a healer.

This was the way with most students and even adults at times. Taking in so much information was always difficult but it was a way of life. "Might I suggest going through your notes and making a list of the different spells and charms you've learned. Write down the incantation, wand movement and what each one does." That way he would have them all in one place. Sure it would get to be a long list but he could always section the list into groups or whatever he liked.

Camilla glanced at Kimi and gave a warm smile. "As you get a bit holder it won't seem as tough to remember everything you have learned."

"Do I scream hufflepuff then? Like obviously without me really screaming" Harriet murmured with a smile. She did think she did but that was a good thing. She adored her house, and was proud to be a hufflepuff. She would tell everyone in the world that she was so proud to be a hufflepuff.

"Slytherin's aren't that bad. My best friend is one" She murmured with a smile. "But I do aren't as pretty as red" She mused with a nod. Red was a cool colour. "Luckily they'll be turning red soon, and then we'll all be happy" She murmured with a smile. She needed to remember and come paint them when they were all pretty.

"I'm Harriet by the way"

She had almost covered every single location in the Hogwarts Grounds which required a lot of walking. The sun was beginning to set so she took that as a good indication as to start heading back to the castle. She didn't want to break any rules just yet, especially since she had befriended her two house Prefects fairly quickly. Besides, she didn't want to bring them any trouble nor her Head of House, Professor Newton, as he was also one cool dude. As she walked closer to the courtyard, she noticed a rustic orange coloured butterfly flying around a couple of wildflowers. Beautiful. It was absolutely beautiful.

Olivia slowly approached the butterfly, watching it float effortlessly through the air as it moved from one flower until the next until it landed on her arm. Having the butterfly land on her was such a weird sensation. It crawled a little which sent a couple shivers down her spine. Breathe. Breathe. It'll be okay. The butterfly stopped moving and Olivia felt suddenly more okay.

Just don't crawl up onto my face, Mr. Butterfly, and we'll have no issues.

"Nah it's not broken, no worries." He bent his arm back and forth slowly, wincing at the small pain, and then stretched it up and every other way he could. "It's just kind of sore." Surprisingly enough, Oliver had never actually broken a single bone, but he had heard if something was broken, you couldn't move it, so clearly he was doing okay. No break record still going strong!

Ollie took the other guy's hand and pulled himself up and then he dusted himself off. Just like nothing had ever happened. "Okay, thanks for being so cool about it." Because really, he some guys might have kicked his bum for that, and while Ollie could fend for himself, it wouldn't have been very fun.

"Nice to meet you, Leon. I'm Oliver, I'm in Slytherin." Normally, Oliver would just look at the other person's robes to find out what house they were in, but seeing as they were both wearing regular clothes, it was a bit harder to tell. Plus, didn't everyone always want to know what house someone was in? Might as well get it out of the way now. "Don't worry about it, I'm okay, but thanks for the offer." He couldn't believe this guy had healing experiences, that was really cool. Ollie just knew how to use band-aids and anti-bacterial cream stuff.