imperturbatus | The 1st - A Quiet Summer Vacation?

OUTSIDE, IMMEDIATE CAMPUS GROUNDS

She was there early, but it didn't really matter. Her family on all sides were just too busy this year to take her back, and it made her wonder why things had to be like that.

Still, Adela sort of liked the some-what empty campus. Summer homework was easy to finish without any distractions, she could spend more time with Saggia, and she had to admit that Hogwarts was a beautiful campus in the summer. In fact, on a beautiful day with few white clouds in the sky and the sun shining bright, it was hard to resist taking her broom for a spin around campus. She didn't really have a chance before between getting it for her birthday and exams, so what better time than right then and there!

It wasn't hard to see her racing with her owl in the sun, and she grinned and laughed before the two landed on the roof, seating herself and relaxing a bit as she looked over the broom and enjoyed the company of her pet. It was kind of nice and isolated up here... There was nothing in the world quite like flying.

LIBRARY, COMMON AREA

It was probably a strange sight, to have one of the summer students actually studying during her stay at Hogwarts. Even stranger still was that she was in fact not a Ravenclaw but clearly wearing Hufflepuff colours even with summer clothing. The strangest thing at all was that it wasn't homework she was researching, but instead it was reading Hogwarts: A History with other wizarding history books piled beside the luxurious chair she had seated herself in. She'd gotten enough sunshine for one day, and with most of her summer homework completed... Even three years later, she couldn't help her desire to learn about the world she had no idea existed until she turned eleven.

Still, it was quiet even for a library. Not that she minded the silence, but part of her wished she was allowed to bring Saggia into the library, if only for the company...

HUFFLEPUFF, COMMON AREA

A long day, a quiet but bright night where sunset hadn't happened yet. It was nice to sit by the fire even if the summer evening was already quite warm, but the ice water provided in the rooms helped. Still, she wasn't tired yet, so maybe... This would help her get there. If only so that she could get away from that cat for a little while.

Why did it like her so much? Sure it was cute, but it wasn't like she was its owner. Didn't it belong to that girl Naminé?

There were a lot of transfer students coming in, she thought to herself absently. It was a little confusing, but it wasn't like it was her business. She didn't even feel like reading anymore, but what else could she do?

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Fuu moved to sit down, opening up her own book to start reading herself. She knew that really people were meant to be quiet while in the library but she found that she wanted to see what the other had been reading. So peeking up from her own book she looked at the large piles.

"So, what have you been reading anyway? Anything interesting?"

"... Hogwarts, A History," Short and concise, Adela just mumbled her answer before she tried to get back to where she was reading. Even if her eyes were straining, she wanted to keep going - to see what else she'd learn that she hadn't caught the first time. It was probably weird for her to be so fascinated with the wizarding world, but even so...

"Ah, I read that book recently myself. I think it's simply fascinating to learn more about ones school, or at least one I got sent to suddenly." She knew that she might skim through her copy later, but for now she was okay with the book she had picked up as she opened it finally, looking at the first page.

"What is it about a good book you enjoy?"

"I just... Wanted to learn more, about it," The words were murmured as she tried to hide behind the book as she admitted it. Not that Fuu hadn't essentially said the same thing, but she wasn't sure of how else to answer her. It wasn't so much reading as learning that she liked to do, she loved the more practical courses too...

... Since when had so many people talked to her in one day? She didn't remember, and she didn't think she liked it either.

Fuu stopped looking at the book, placing it down before curiously leaning forward slightly. She wasn't sure if she heard her correctly due to the book being in front of the other, but she was going to make sure she could hear now.

"You wanted to learn more? I guess we have something in common then."

"Well... I didn't know anything like this existed before coming here," Again Adela was mumbling, though she wasn't looking at the book anymore and instead was just trying to keep the conversation short and hopefully end it as soon as she could. Why couldn't she have gone home over the summer...? Then this wouldn't be happening.

"Same here actually, but I'm sure they have a reason to not be so open about the fact there is a whole world full of magic and wonder." She looked over her shoulder slightly, hearing something else in the distance. She figured it was the librarian or something and so for the time being she just looked back at her book.

"I know they have a reason, it's to protect themselves," Shrinking more behind her book, she just closed it and sighed. Apparently she wasn't getting any more reading done today, at least not right that moment. Not only did her eyes need the break, people kept insisting on talking to her. It wasn't like she was that interesting, so why were they bothering to?

"... I wish they didn't have to..."

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"You mean so they won't be abused by others for whatever reason because that could cause a lot of problems, I could imagine." She hadn't realized the other just wanted to read, but if she had know she would have stopped.

"I'm sure you can be open about it yourself if you wanted to though."

"I can't really. Not only would it violate the secrecy act, who would even believe me if I did say something?"

Not to mention that she wouldn't even want to... Except maybe to the friends she had long gotten out of contact with, considering that they were all muggles...

"Oh, that was something I didn't know about."

She was a little surprised, but it was a little sad that something like that stops people from doing what they might want to and be open with those that aren't witches of wizards.

"There are ways around it... I mean, half-bloods and muggleborns wouldn't exist if there weren't, right? It just exists so we can't tell just anyone and possibly get hurt over it."

Considering that the whole thing started mostly because of all of the witch burnings, she couldn't say she was surprised either... But that just brought her back to her own situation, which made her feel even more cold suddenly.

"That logically makes sense at least." Though she didn't know muggleborns and half-bloods existed, she just assume people had magic and people didn't. She didn't think there were names behind it. Nice to know.

With a small smile she was going to do her best to be helpful and polite and make the other feel better. "Well until we find those people we can tell, then who don't we become friends. Though you don't have to."

The way the other girl was talking, it made her wonder if the girl hadn't known about some of this, but it wasn't any of her business. Not really, and she was pretty sure she didn't care to know...

... Sort of. A lot of the transfer students were kind of strange after all.

"I don't know who I would tell," That much, at least, is honest. She couldn't tell her old friends, and honestly they'd fallen out of touch for so long that she wasn't even sure they could call them friends anymore. Anyone she cared to know already knew she was a witch... But that group wasn't very big, either.

Fuu would have some ideas of who she would tell, but it made sense for her to be very quiet about it. After all she had just from somewhere else that she would never tell anyone. It actually hurt her just thinking about it let alone telling anyone.

"Never the less, this was quite an interesting conversation. I never thought I would learn so much."

That she learned so much...? The words visibly puzzled Adela, and she just didn't understand what Fuu had meant by that. Wasn't the secrecy act common knowledge to all students? Or was it something else in the conversation? She didn't know.

"... Yeah."

Fuu knew that soon she was meant to be going somewhere or at least trying to catch up om everything she was meant to know about.

"Anyway it was nice talking to you, but I have to keep studying and catch up."

Once again she just silently gives a nod, finding herself short of words to say in response to Fuu at all. What was there to say, aside from what they had talked about already? She didn't know, and she wasn't sure she wanted to carry on the conversation anymore anyway.

"Mm."

With a soft smile she gave a small wave. She needed to head off anyway and possibly catch up on studying for what they said they were meant to be up to in her year. She just hoped that she would be able to before they said when the school year starts.

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