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Fawkes looked over at Corvus slightly blankly, feeling a bit flustered from the compliment, she wasn't expecting one, Thank you.... she mumbled.

Fawkes looked over to Lotus as he pulled out the book. She watched with slight horror at the state of the book. Leaning down, she opened her trunk and pulled out a book cover and handed it to Lotus. Please use this on the book, it'll help with the breaking spine..... And also prevent you from loosing any pages...

She noticed he was having a hard time explaining what a metamorphmagus was. She was no stranger to the ability, considering she grew up amongst many magical folk she did know a family with the ability. Metamorphmagi she began are people born with the ability to change their appearance at will without any external magic. It's really rare, very few people have it but it's a really cool ability She said excitedly.

Lotus is right about dragons tho they are very much real. I've never seen one before but my mother showed me a few pictures of some. She pulled out a few photos of her mother when she was young next to a couple of dragons. They looked a bit different from the ones in the Fantastic Beasts book however considering they were from Asia rather than Europe.

It was true my copy was on its way to being just pages considering just how much it was used before I got it. Most of my school books were handed down to me from my dad as apparently the first year curriculum at hogwarts barely ever changed so I had all my dad’s old books and trunk because he figured that it would be easier than having to go and find new ones however I did get other supplies that were newer. I'd slip the book into the cover and I'd look at it for a moment wondering why I hadn't thought of getting a cover for it.

I nod


I had a habit of not being very well at explaining myself or my some what rare ability.

I'd see the picture and of course I had to say


Of course me being me I just HAD to know more about the dragons that were in the pictures Fawkes had.

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Ah no my mother's an Auror so she's seen a few dragons. But these pictures are from when she was still in school. She lived near a valley which was known for having dragons and once every few years they would fly high enough to be seen properly by the village. She took these photos during one of her summer breaks.

As for what type of dragon I'm not sure. The only thing I know is that they have some relation to the Chinese Fireball. But they aren't part of the same genealogy? Is that the word? Uh basically they don't look the same. The Eastern dragons have longer bodies and are more snake like than the European ones. That's all I know tho. I'll try and see if I can have a book on them owled I can lend it to you She said with a smile. She wasn't too sure about the origin of them but she did try to relay as much as she did know.

She handed a photo of just one of the dragons to Lotus Here you can keep this. I've got more at home She chuckled watching him light up from the picture of the dragon.

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I grin looking rather happy with my self.

My face had lit up and I seemed rather very pleased with the idea about learning more about dragons.

When she handed me the picture I looked at it for a bit before asking
I tilted my head to the side just like a dog would. I would gently touch the dragon in the picture. It was a yellow dragon and much to my surprise I knew some about yellow dragons.



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I observed the others. I was still stuck by the fact that Lotus was a metamorphagus. I thought it was cool. I wished I could do that too.

But now I payed attention as they talked about dragons with keen interest. Taking in all the information with curiosity.

"Why do you know this much about dragons?"

I questioned quietly

I ran a hand trough my raven hair. My scars visible again without my knowledge. However now I didn't notice. I looked at the photo Fawkes showed Lotus with curious eyes. I took my own fantastic beasts book out and put it on top of my physics book. I began to read it for a bit.

"So dragons really are real..."

I murmured in awe. Not to them but to myself. I looked trough the book, searching for information about dragons. But there were only a few.

"There isn't much about dragons in here."

I stated quietly with disappointment.

I put down the fantastic beasts book, taking my physics book. I accidentally dropped the fantastic beasts book as I tried putting it away.

"I-I'm sorry."

I murmured. I took the physics book and started reading it as well. Sometimes I mumbled something under my breath. Things like "Schrödinger's equation", "Electron" or "Wavelength". But sometimes I would mumble "interesting!" or "fascinating!" without my notice. As I noticed what I was doing, I got flustered.

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I did notice her scars but I wasn't insensitive enough to ask about them because I figured that she probably didn't like talking about them much like I didn't like people asking about my mom or how Parker didn't seem to like sharing his dragon drawings though from the glimpse that I caught of them they were near accurate to how they appeared in my Fantastic Beasts copy.


I start to look a bit lost in thought as I tuck my copy of "Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them" and the picture Fawkes had given me into the inner pocket of my robe and as I do so my small black German Shepherd plushie fell out of it. Once I do realize that my plushie had fallen out I just stared at it for a few moments and then my hair flares a extreme gold yellowy brown out of a pure embarrassment and I then snatch up my plushie and tuck it back in the inner pocket of my robe. Well by the time I picked it up I was sure that they had seen it and if they hadn't they'd have seen the color flair in my hair.

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I noticed the plushie. But I thought it was rather cute.

"May I see?"

I questioned quietly and curiously. My curiosity took over me again.

"It's really cute... I wish I had a plushie.."

I murmured under my breath. Having the physics book in my lap.

"Can you show me the book, once you have it?"

I questioned quietly, looking at Lotus. I really wanted to learn everything that was there to learn. After some silence I started thinking. Thinking about magic. I looked at my physics book.

"B-But how is it even possible magic to exist? I mean isn't it defying the laws of physics? How does it work exactly?"

I questioned. Burning curiousity in my blue eyes. I wanted to know more. I hated being this clueless about magic and that I didn't find even one book about explaining how magic worked. How a wand could produce enough energy to light up and do more. Energy wasn't just there like that. Or was it the movement when casting the spell the source of the energy? Okay, but how would it turn to thermal energy? And that small movement wouldn't be enough to produce that amount of energy. My mind was racing with questions. This was almost as strange as Quantum Mechanics. And I thought it was fascinating..

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My voice had trembled some.
I didn't really want to share my plushie as it was mine and was really one of the few things that I had decided to bring with me from home because I didn't know what else to bring with me and I was rather protective of my plushie to begin with.


I might have minded sharing my little black plushie but I definitely didn't mind sharing my books and what I knew about dragons.


I abruptly stop speaking because the topic of my mom was a sore one especially because I had been close with her. I just sit there quietly thinking about my mom and how she wasn't able to have seen me get my Hogwarts acceptance letter or even celebrate my eleventh birthday.

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Fawkes was stumped Corvus asked about magic not following the laws of physics. Of all the books she had read on the topic she would have thought she knew some relation between the two. She knew there was some form of physics in magic. She just wasn't sure about what it was. Well I mean... I could try? try to explain something to make sense of it? Uh I don't understand it either.... Maybe we could use Lumos as an example? It's a wand lighting charm.... Uh... Light cannot exist without darkness... that's a fundamental law... uh basically a room cannot ever be truly dark right? So maybe Lumos just causes the light to come together to form a big light? I dont really know... It's also possible that magic doesn't follow any physics at all cause there are spells that create stuff from nothing. I-It's weird..... I guess you could consider it to be another force of nature perhaps?

Magic relating to physics really didn't make sense to her. Even with all the reading she had done she still couldn't figure it out. Maybe she would never figure it out who knows?

Deciding to shift the conversation she turned to Parker who was rather quiet You alright? She whispered to him softly.

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"It all doesn't make sense..."

I murmured quietly, still in thoughts.

"I mean how could a wand collect electrons? I mean they don't simply do that. I mean even to observe electrons is hard. But there is a lot we don't know about them. Perhaps there is an answer, that is yet to be discovered..."

I murmured, but I stopped talking as I noticed that I was rambling...

"But I'm going to find out."

I declared quietly with a hint of determination and burning curiousity in my eyes.

"Hogwarts has a library, right?"

I questioned quietly. My mind already forming plans on my research and the experiments I was going to try... I couldn't wait to discover it. To pursue my curiosity.

"Do they teach physics at hogwarts?"

I questioned. I suspected the answer to be no for first year, since we haven't received a physics textbook. But I was hoping that we would have physics in the later years.

I looked at Parker as Fawkes spoke to him. I appreciated that he opened up enough to me that he showed me his sketchbook. I wondered what he was thinking about. I wanted to know more about him and the others.

"What are you thinking about?"

I questioned, looking at Parker

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