Closed The worst kind of Class pv

@Clair Fernandez

A breath of fresh, cool air hit Eleanor as she stepped out of the castle. It was a very pleasant change after being inside the entire morning, and Eleanor took a grateful breath, happy that her next lesson would be taking place almost outdoors. The first years had had a couple Herbology classes already and Eleanor already knew she didn't find the subject very interesting. She had thought she would, she had a great appreciation for plants, but there was something about Herbology that just wasn't working for her. It wasn't a hard subject either, her mind just kept drifting to the other, more interesting subjects. But as it was a class in a greenhouse surrounded by plants she felt very comfortable in the space and enjoyed the class regardless.

Eleanor strolled down to the greenhouses, there were a few minutes until it started so there would be no harm in taking a bit of extra time to enjoy the fresh air. She was accompanied by another first year girl who hadn't really spoken to her. She didn't mind the company or the silence. She gazed longingly at the Great Lake, it was a beautiful day, perfect for a swim. She was wondering if they were even allowed to swim there and if she could sneak down there before dinner, when a dark-haired girl approached the pair.

"Hey! My name is Clair Fernandez! I'm from Ravenclaw! Can I walk with you?" said the girl, Clair, and looked around. Eleanor stopped to greet her, but the girl who had accompanied kept walking towards the greenhouses as if she hadn't heard anything. Eleanor looked at her a little surprised, and Clair said from beside her "I hope the lesson is not too hard."

"Oh! Yeah, me too. I'm Eleanor Talpin, I'm in Hufflepuff," she said, turning to look at Clair properly. She quickly realised, now that Clair was so close, that she had seen her before in classes with the Ravenclaw. "So, what do you think about the classes so far?" she asked as they began walking down to Herbology together.

Clair was overjoyed that Eleanor had excepted Clair to walk with her,
"so, what do you think of the classes so far?"Eleanor asked,
Clair smiled, "their ok, the only ones I really don't care for is Herbology and Runes. My mind just can't stay in it for thoughs classes!" she looked at the great lake, "do you think you can swim in it? I heard that there is a giant squid!" she watched the Glassy water, it had barely any ripples, and she guessed that the Ripples it had were from the Merpeople nd the Grindylows,

"I do find the Merpeople very intriguing! I really think they must have a class on underwater magical creatures ! Like COMC but with, underwater animals!" she watched as the girl whom had walked off met up with the other students, she seemed to be... Popular. Everyone patted her on The back and congratulated her for some thing, "is she some one? Some one popular?" Clair asked, she hoped the girl had just done some cool, and was not some one who had been Famous or something, because that normally ended in them calling her a mudblood or some rule slur foe not knowing who they are.
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@Clair Fernandez

"Is she someone? Someone popular?" Clair asked, looking over at the group of first-years. "Oh, I don't know," said Eleanor. "I don't really know who she is." Her eyes turned back to the lake. "And you know, I was just thinking about that. Whether you can swim in it, I mean. My mum told me there's a giant squid in it but I thought she was joking," she said, and she suddenly didn't want to go swimming as much. If there really was a giant squid in there she wasn't very keen on meeting it.

"Won't they cover underwater creatures in Care of Magical Creatures though? I know we don't start that until third year but it'll be something to look forward to," Eleanor said as they joined up with the rest of the class and entered Greenhouse One. Everyone was chatting and it was hard to hear what anyone was saying with all the noise, so Eleanor fixed her eyes at Clair so maybe she'd hear her better. "I'm really looking forward to Care of Magical Creatures myself. There's just something about animals, I mean they have feelings, inner lives, and if you treat them right you can create such a deep bond. I have a dog, we do everything together when I'm home," Eleanor told Clair, and as she thought about Fi she felt a pang of guilt for leaving her behind. "I really miss her," she said, and then seemed to remember she was talking to someone, and asked, "Do you have any pets?"

Clair was glad that neither of them (Eleanor and Clair) knew who the girl was, "I can't agree more! Swimming with a Giant Squid does not sound all that great!" As Eleanor told her about her Dog, Fi. Clair felt a pang of sadness for her own pets that she had not brought with her, "yes I have loads of pets, I live on a farm so my Mum lets me have as many as I can properly care for, I have a bunny named Pocky, a dog named Mary-Jane, two cats Jabora and Mania, then I also have a pet rat named Cleo, and a Guinea Pig named Clover, then I have three Lizards named Dusty, Sasha and Tasha. Then my Sister Izzy has an Owl that I am aloud to use, named Margo, you can see her in the Owlery! And my other Sister Belle, shares some of my pets and also has a Horse named Raven, a Cow named Flora and three bunnies, Ruby, Blackberry and Mocha."
She smiled "I guess I REALLY lucky, I mean I get to be a Witch and live on a Farm with TONS of animals!" They were almost at the Greenhouses now.
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