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Post by Ezra Ashworth on Jul 25, 2022 12:22:19 GMT 10
Even though Ezra was in desperate need of some lunch, he had once again found that his feet had led him off course instead. The owlery was just calling out to him though. He had a letter to post!
Sure, he had not technically had a letter completely written when he first headed that way. But that had been easily fixed when he plonked himself down on the way there and used a textbook as his portable desk.
Hi Auntie Mum!
I'm really sorry I haven't sent any letters in a while. I haven't forgotten you and I still love you tons, I promise! Hogwarts is really busy, there is so much to do and I don't know how people squeeze everything in. I'm having lots of fun though and I'm learning loads too!
Did you know that there are so many things to use as ingredients around the castle? I've been collecting some, but I did not get to use any of them in the potion we learned today. (I did make a bit of a mess though - I cleaned it up, I promise!) Maybe I can use my ingredients next time. That would be really cool! Did you ever do that when you were at school?
I have been making friends too. Jax said I should tell you that. I got to have a bunch of fun at Christmas dinner with some people in my year and that was really nice, I really like them! Did you have a good holiday? I'm sorry you didn't get to play any games, I'll make sure to remind Jax and Ree about fun over summer. They were silly to forget it.
I got to partner with another new friend in our last flying class. She's a bit quiet and I think she gets nervous about things, but I really like her too. We had to fly with a passanger passenger and I made sure to go slow so she didn't get scared.
How are things at home? Do you have any new friends like me? I hope so, if not then I'm sending hugs all the way from Hogwarts (I'm sending them anyway, even if you have a new friend!)
I miss you loads and love you even more, Ezra
PS. I got to meet a niffler today and it was really cute!
Ezra paused in the entrance to the owlery to scribble that last note and then rolled up the scroll to send it off with the first friendly school owl that he spotted.
That done, he took a chance to look around the room in the hope of any dropped feathers, stretching on his toes to look at any unoccupied perch that he could spot (and reach). He thought he may as well since he was already in the owlery, even if his stomach was crying out for lunch.
The owl he's attached his letter to had just left one of the next boxes -- leaving behind a fresh, clean feather which would serve Ezra well as a Potions ingredient. He'd have to look further into the boxes for anymore though, as most were still occupied with sleepy or wary owls.
Post by Ezra Ashworth on Jul 25, 2022 18:10:19 GMT 10
Ezra huffed out a breath when he finally noticed that the very same owl that he had just sent on its way home, had actually left behind just what he was looking for. He maybe should have noticed that sooner, instead of poking his nose elsewhere.
He collected that feather before another bird could hide it from him. It was pretty cool that the same owl was double useful to him after leaving a feather behind.
That one safely tucked away in his bag, he glanced around the area once more. Between the sleepy looking owls though, and his own rumbly stomach, he decided to call it a day. They wanted to sleep and he wanted to eat, so he left so that both of those could happen sooner.