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Term 64: May - August 2023 Term Sixty-Four: The Future Really Makes You Sphinx (Sept 2110 - June 2111)

 
 
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The main entrance of the school consists of a towering wrought-iron gate, flanked by twin winged boars. These giant stone statues stand up high on either side of the gate, keeping watch over the path leading up to and away from the school. This entrance traditionally keeps the students inside while ensuring anything (and anyone) unwanted is kept out.

The winged boars' gate is kept closed and magically locked during the school year, for the safety and security of the students inside. Other than in exceptional circumstances, the only times you are likely to find the gates open are at the start and end of the school term, when the carriages bring students to and from the nearby train station, and during Hogsmeade weekends, when the way is opened up for students to walk down to the village.

Staff members are the only individuals who can undo the complex enchantments that surround this barrier - measures which have been strengthened further still since the battle at Hogwarts in 2104 - so don't even think about trying break through or sneak your way past. The winged boars will know - which means Javier will know. You don't wanna risk it.
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As a now seventh year, Mouse was really wanting to start practicing even more so on her non-verbal spells - and Charms had seemed the easiest place to start. But doing so inside had quickly taken a turn when she'd successfully managed to cast Avis but somehow summoned too many birds in too small of space. It had not been pretty, and the clean up had been even more grueling once she'd finally managed to vanish the conjurations.

So outside seemed like a good place to practice instead. And the further from potentially others, the extra safe it felt. Which was why she'd taken herself as far away as she could and was currently casting by the Winged Boars. She wasn't having nearly as much success as before but at least it was quiet enough to concentrate for the time being.

After a fourth or fifth attempt of a failed non-verbal, she cast outloud just to make sure she couldn't cast the spell at all and was delighted when two little blue jays began flapping around her. "Well... at least it's not back to square one.." She muttered under her breath, watching the birds as she plopped down onto the earth.
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Nadia had done her far share of exploring last term to get her feet under her at Hogwarts. But still she had been just a little cautious of pushing boundaries and dealing with Raj or someone else finding out about her adventures. Not that her rescue of Anna’s hat by the Shrieking Shack had been tempered by such caution. They had just been majorly lucky that nothing had developed and they had made it back to the castle with none being the wiser.

Except them of course…it had been soooo cool. And so not haunted unless they had all been hiding from the girls.

Having decided to look into other boundaries, she was reminded of the quite imposing statues guarding the gates as she had ridden the carriages onto the grounds this time around and made her way towards them. The sight of birds might not have been out of the ordinary, but the CONJURING of them made the second year aware that she wasn’t the only one around even before she took notice of the older Ravenclaw. “That was cool!” she remarked to the girl she remembered hanging with her brother. So many things to learn.
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The shock broke her concentration and the conjured birds disappeared as Mouse turned her head to look for the voice that had spoke - smiling instantly when she noticed the familiar face. She might not have spent a lot of time around Dynah and Nadia, but she'd certainly heard a lot about them. And after telling Raj she'd look out for his younger sisters, she'd remembered their faces even more. She wasn't quite sure if Nadia was talking to her about the birds of not, but she still went ahead and responded. "Thank you. Blue jay's are some of my favorite so it was nice to be able to conjure those specifically." Though... any bird would have been fine.

Dropping her wand back into it's holster at her hip for a moment, the seventh year pulled her legs criss crossed underneath her as she surveyed the younger girl for a moment. "What brings you all the way out here to the gates? You looking for a quiet place too?" She was probably about to make that impossible for her - considering it just occurred to Mouse how much she apparently liked to chatter at people.
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The birds disappeared and for a moment Nadia wondered if she had totally negatively surprised the older girl and shouldn’t have but the smile sent her way somewhat relieved her. The second year hadn’t meant to be a bother. “You’re welcome,” she said with a smile in return. “They are quite pretty.” But then there weren’t many creatures she didn’t find fascinating, even ordinary ones. A byproduct of the family she was born into.

And then the attention was turned back to her. “Just exploring the grounds…” she mused with a slight shrug. All really innocent and 100 percent honest. She didn’t have an plans…yet. Though the Gryffindor realized it was probably a good thing they hadn’t met up while Nadia was heading towards the Forbidden Forest of something. Then she’d have to try and make an excuse to avoid anyone getting suspicious of her doing something she shouldn’t. She both trusted Mouse on one hand because her brother deemed her as such, but didn’t want the older girl caught between her and the worrywart protector. "Seeing what's around and all that. Remembered the boars from first night."
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The birds disappeared and for a moment Nadia wondered if she had totally negatively surprised the older girl and shouldn’t have but the smile sent her way somewhat relieved her. The second year hadn’t meant to be a bother. “You’re welcome,” she said with a smile in return. “They are quite pretty.” But then there weren’t many creatures she didn’t find fascinating, even ordinary ones. A byproduct of the family she was born into.

And then the attention was turned back to her. “Just exploring the grounds…” she mused with a slight shrug. All really innocent and 100 percent honest. She didn’t have an plans…yet. Though the Gryffindor realized it was probably a good thing they hadn’t met up while Nadia was heading towards the Forbidden Forest of something. Then she’d have to try and make an excuse to avoid anyone getting suspicious of her doing something she shouldn’t. She both trusted Mouse on one hand because her brother deemed her as such, but didn’t want the older girl caught between her and the worrywart protector. "Seeing what's around and all that. Remembered the boars from first night."
It was rare for her to find someone to genuinely be a bother, so surprised or not the new presence was still welcomed by the Seventh year Ravenclaw. Especially someone that also liked creatures, both magical and mundane. Which... truthfully given their upbringing, Mouse would have been surprised if any of the Atreyu-Rehman crowd were not big animal lovers - of all sorts and types.

Having always been a soft spoken type of person, she would have been relieved to not run into Nadia on the way to the Forbidden Forest. As it was, she felt a bit relieved to hear the girl was just exploring - though Mouse wasn't sure what else she could have been doing this far. She was not normally one to poke her head into other's business, but her friendship with Raj made it so she did feel the slighest inkling of responsibility to keep his sister's from not doing anything too dangerous. Which really only lay in 'Forest' territory to the best of her knowledge. It was nice to have such a sense of security at Hogwarts from such a quiet term the year before. "The boars are really kind of cool looking aren't they? I'm not well versed in runes, but the markings all over them make the statues appear entirely tattooed up. It's a good look for them." She grinned, stepping a bit closer to the gates to take a more up close look as she said spoke.
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Having always been a soft spoken type of person, she would have been relieved to not run into Nadia on the way to the Forbidden Forest. As it was, she felt a bit relieved to hear the girl was just exploring - though Mouse wasn't sure what else she could have been doing this far. She was not normally one to poke her head into other's business, but her friendship with Raj made it so she did feel the slighest inkling of responsibility to keep his sister's from not doing anything too dangerous. Which really only lay in 'Forest' territory to the best of her knowledge. It was nice to have such a sense of security at Hogwarts from such a quiet term the year before. "The boars are really kind of cool looking aren't they? I'm not well versed in runes, but the markings all over them make the statues appear entirely tattooed up. It's a good look for them." She grinned, stepping a bit closer to the gates to take a more up close look as she said spoke.

Oh goody, Nadia was still in good graces with the older Ravenclaw. And she wasn’t suspect that there had been other possibilities to the Gryffindor’s idea to take a chance walking to the gates. Not that it wasn’t very clear to see now that she was back closer to them that they were securely locked up tight, no doubt with other enchantments, to make sure no troublemakers got any bad ideas. So, no exploring further unless Hogsmeade was open for various weekend activities throughout the year.

Speaking of which, she had to remember to alert Raj of the schedule.

“Uh huh…they are,” she agreed before giving the statues another look, focusing on them once more as the older girl mentioned the runes. The marks now far more noticeable as something other than simply a texture on the stone. OHHHHHH…THAT’s what they are!” A bit above her learning curve for sure as a second year but they still made the statues look interesting even if she didn’t know what was actually written there in the runes.
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Mouse hadn't a single suspicion. Maybe it was because she also already knew the gates were locked tight for the school and student's safety so someone wanting to sneak out of them didn't even occur to her. Plus, if someone DID, she'd just assumed they would have checked all the old passages to see if anyone had figured out how to reopen any of them. The Room of Requirement one seemed the easiest to maybe trick into use again, though... those thoughts certainly weren't something she was going to share.

At Nadia's exclamation when she mentioned the Runes, she couldn't help but give a small giggle as she nodded, also moving closer to look at them again. "Yep! They're kind of pretty aren't they?" Truthfully, she and Nadia were probably very similar skill level on this type of magic. She only knew enough to recognize they were Runes - she certainly couldn't name or point out any of their names or what they did. "Is that an extra curricular you're hoping to take when you have the option?"
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Secret passages weren’t likely a topic older siblings or other students would pass onto the younger, especially ones like Rajesh Atreyu-Rehman, who had done his best to keep his twin sisters out of trouble. Though that didn’t help when a determined and curious 2nd year wondered if perhaps his favorite hide-out, well the one she as a lion could access that is, could help her instead. The girl making a mental note to check out the library.

Not the restricted section of course.

Her cheeks colored ever so slightly at the laughter from her companion in response to her outburst. Not that she was truly bothered by someone being amused by her. “Yeah, they are…” she agreed, in perhaps an unconventional way. Nadia found herself shrugging though at the question of extra-curriculars. “Maybe…maybe not,” she admitted in all honesty. “Hadn’t really thought on it.” Or at least the Gryffindor had forgotten that runes wasn’t just a subject kept for older students but that were optional as an elective as well.

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The library always had wonderful secrets to share, books in general did. There was probably something hidden among their pages that would have helped the young Gryffindor out with her adventure. Though again, had Mouse known what that adventure expressly was, out of respect for Raj and his desire for his sister's safety - she certainly wouldn't have offered any helpful suggestion on which sections to look at.

Especially considering the Forbidden section might not be a bad place to look.

When the conversation had turned to electives, Mouse wasn't that surprised Nadia had not narrowed down her choices yet. Some students were excited immediately about the future classes they could take, while for others it was overwhelming, or maybe they just didn't care. Not that she was presuming to know what category the Gryffindor fit into, but she knew for herself she'd been overwhelmed and just chose to not think about it because of that. "I decided to do Care of Magical Creatures and Divination. And Frog Choir for fun. Have you chosen any of the clubs or anything to join?" She was pretty sure they weren't actually called clubs here but... the technical term had escaped her.
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Okay so maybe she had at least researched what was available if that could be considered thinking about it. But to be fair between a year of getting acclimated to the school and everything surrounding it and then wondering how it was gonna be like for her and Dy without Raj, it hadn’t been much on Nadia’s mind with everything else. And now classes themselves were back in action so one would see what would happen. She would see if something else caught her attention.

“Creature Companions of course…” Nadia answered with no hesitation whatsoever at the question of extracurriculars posed to her. Like that wasn’t a given alongside the fact that COMC was definitely one of the electives she would take. And not just because it meant more excuses to hang around her aunt. “Thinking on the dueling club too.” See if it would help her defensive and offensive spells which was always a good thing when one went exploring and didn’t necessarily know what to expect. Not that having a reason to learn new spells wasn't interesting in and of itself.

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