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The Hogwarts Summer Camp information had finally been released and Adonis was practically now skipping on his feet after reading it. He was more than pumped upon seeing the list, filling with excitement almost immediately. This summer seemed to be more than promising. They were going to the London Quidditch Stadium! Not only did they have a whole list of activities ahead of them to do, but they were going to also be able to watch the International Quidditch Tournament between Wizarding Schools. They were there to support Hufflepuff who would be representing Hogwarts, of course. Adonis honestly had no problem with that, this was about school pride at this point after all and it was up to the Hufflepuff house to win it in Hogwarts name. This was Hogwarts school spirit at this point, not house spirit. Though it was a shame it wasn't Slytherin who hadn't won and couldn't be representing Hogwarts in the tournament. There was always next year though. Durmstrang and Ilvermorny though? Two of the four most prestigious wizarding schools, which also had been Beauxbatons as the fourth alongside Hogwarts. Adonis couldn't wait to meet students from Durmstrang and Ilvermorny. Two differently schools ethically and mentally. It would be interesting to see how the students from all three schools would end up interacting with each other that was for sure. One thing for sure was that it would be a throwdown in terms of fighting for school pride in who would be the top school.

As Adonis had begun to do ever since the middle of the school year after winter break, he was headed towards the Great Lake to do once again. That being him catching up on homework last minute early in the morning that he would procrastinate on throughout the weekend. The weekend was his only free time most of the time and he liked to do whatever, so he tended to procrastinate last minute sometimes on his homework during the weekend. He was still an E average student though, nonetheless. His homework always ended up getting graded with either an E or an O, so it was perfectly fine with him whenever he procrastinated during the weekends like this.

On his way over towards the Great Lake he came across a familiar set of red hair and it's teal streak. Was that his friend Katrina running? He didn't take her to be much of a runner but then again there seemed to be a lot of things that everyone was doing nowadays that seemed to be unbeknownst to him. She was singing too it seemed like from what he heard, just like the one time in the ballroom as well but without the sadness and emotional pain.

He thought on it for a moment until finally beginning to jog over to her until he caught up to her and began backpedaling on the side of her at the same pace. Adonis was tempted to interrupt but at the same time he didn't want to, since it seemed like she was into whatever she was singing. Though he felt that he needed to share news of the 'Hogwarts Summer Camp' activities and whatnot to her. He knew from what she told him during their first meeting that she didn't do as much her first year but she began to go to more events during her second year and this was a perfect opportunity to open up and do more!

Eventually, he decided on speaking up, "Hey, Kat-", as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Adonis tripped while backpedaling and did a backwards somersault as he fell over. Within a moments notice, a slew of profane words in Italian flew out of his mouth like a sailor at the fall, dusting himself off to stand up and catch up to Katrina if she continued to keep jogging after his fall. "As I was saying... look! The Summer Camp info for Hogwarts got released this morning!" Adonis thrusted the paper forward, showing her what they would have to choose from.

Hogwarts Summer Holiday: 1st of July - 20th of July

1st - Travel from Hogwarts
2nd - Set up Camp
3rd - BBQ
4th - Capture the Base
5th - *(See note below)
6th - Stargazing
7th -
8th - Trip to London
9th -
10th - Chess Combat
11th -
12th - Campfire Stories
13th -
14th -
15th - Crafting Activity
16th - Quidditch Game
17th - Celebration Party
18th - Slytherin Adventure
19th - Top Earners Shopping
20th - Leave Camp, Travel to King's Cross to Go Home *

"There's so much to do. We'll all be able to choose the people we share a tent with, a total of ten people in each one to be exact. There'll be stargazing, chess combat, trip to muggle London, etc. Isn't it exciting?!" He exclaimed in a questioning manner with excitement of his own. After doing all of that, he noticed he had interrupted her run and looked down, "Oh," he said rather quietly with a look on his face that said 'yikes'. "Uhhhh... right! You were on your run. I'll go now, just wanted to show you that." He said, turning on his heels slowly to begin walking in the direction of the Great Lake unless stopped.

Katrina was content with the speed she was going at. She had passed the point where it was exhausting and was onto a plateau where the more she ran, the less she felt. It was nice. She never really thought of herself as much of a runner, but as Hogwarts didn’t offer much in the realm of sports besides Quidditch, running became her go to. Katrina was just singing along to the chorus, when she heard a set of footsteps behind her. She slowed a little, not wanting to loose the momentum, but curious to see who it was.

Adonis began jogging backwards beside her and Katrina allowed her singing to fade away, the song still in her head keeping rhythm. “Hey Adonis,” Katrina wished her voice didn’t sound so tired. She focused on slowing her breathing, hoping that she at least looked like she ran more than she actually did.

Adonis fell and he cursed on the way down and Katrina stopped offering him a hand up. “You alright?” A smile pulled at her lips, always the most interesting of greetings. The whole incident seemed comical and Katrina felt her mood lightening.

Adonis began talking rapid fire about the summer camp. She hadn’t seen the flyer yet so when he offered it, Katrina looked it over. There was a whole lot more happening this summer than last. But it seemed like the camp was only part of the summer. She would have to find a place to go now. Katrina masked the doubt that flitted through her mind, thoughts still reeling with all of the information. “Wait, so... summer camp for twenty days. We will be staying in tents of 10? There’s a bunch of activities? And a trip to London?” Katrina said all of this slowly, trying to piece it all together still. It seemed the jog was messing with her clarity.

Adonis looked down and turned to go to the lake. “Wait, Adonis, do you want to jog? I’m not planning on going for too much longer if you want to tag along,” The offer hung in the air as another boy pounded up the track behind her. It seemed she wasn’t quite as alone as she had thought.

The boy called out and Katrina pivoted on her heel. With her offer to Adonis still extended, she began again at a medium speed. “Hey,” she replied to the newcomer, “What brings you out today?”

Adonis took the offer as he grabbed hold of her hand to help him back up to his feet. "Yup. I'll be fine." He said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head with a chuckle. Their greetings did always seem to have a way that was rather odd and quite funny if they were looked back on in the future. He sure liked to embarrass himself some way or another in front of others at times somehow.

Mention of the summer camp brought a smile back to his face though as that topic was brought back up after letting out a mouthful of it."Yup! Summer camp for twenty days and we live on the first of July for it and come back on the twentieth. There's no staying at Hogwarts during it or after it either." Adonis was trying his best to not bring up the word 'home' around her or anything like that and just continued on with the topic. "But yes! We'll be able to stay in tents of 10 people max for the summer camp. They're charmed tents too by the way, so in the inside it's like the size of a house with a common area and small rooms, a dining area too. It's real neat. We should tent together with others if you go and maybe invite some of your own friends too if you want." He said with a shrug while proposing the last idea. "Yes. There is like several activities to do all on different days."

Adonis began to walk in the other direction towards the Great Lake until she offered for him to jog with her. Did he want to jog right now? He sort of warmed up his body beforehand already when he was jogging backwards the first time and he felt as if he could keep it up. Plus, early morning workouts like this was nothing new to him. He'd been doing this every Saturday early in the morning and heading to the Quidditch training pitch to practice. That was tiring and draining enough, so he could definitely do this.

With the turn of his heels once again and a his usual smile on his face, Adonis went over to her to begin jogging alongside her. "In that case, I guess so." He said, chuckling and then suddenly turning to face the other boy who had just now joined them as well. "Hello. Nice to meet you." Adonis waved with a smile in greeting to the other kid.

Interacting with @Katrina Walker @Albert Peshkov

@Adonis Thorn

Adonis filled Katrina in with all of the information she had been missing. The camp would only be for twenty days. The tents they would be staying in were enchanted to be larger on the inside. Katrina tried, and failed to not look so impressed. Even being around magic for two years hadn't desensitized her to the wonder. Katrina didn't understand what he meant when he offered for them to bunk together. Her mind was simply so preoccupied that she didn't quite catch it.

When Adonis agreed to join for the rest of the jog, Katrina's mood instantly brightened. She picked up the pace a bit, waving at the boy behind them to join if he wanted to. Her pace wasn't too fast. Simply something she could easily keep for the next 15 or so minutes. The song she had been singing played in the back of her head, occasionally she would hum a couple notes.

Adonis and Katrina talked the rest of the jog. It was idle chatter. The kind of talking that Katrina hardly ever partook in it was casual and pleasant and she didn't have to worry about what she was saying. As they approached the castle, the duo planned for Katrina to stay with Adonis in Italy for two weeks this summer. Instantly the pressure Katrina had been feeling about this summer faded. Even if she had to spend the rest of the summer in the Leaky Cauldron, she would still have two weeks in Italy to look forward to.

As they ended up the jog, Katrina and Adonis went their separate ways. But there was a feeling of warmth that stuck with Katrina for the rest of the day.

Katrina (and Adonis) exit thread