#2 - By The Lake

Listening intently to Kody's tale about his classes, she found that the sun on her face and company significantyl lifted her mood once more. She decided that, unless she was assigned prefect duties tonight, she would come and cheer for her brother at Quidditch Tryouts.

Reena took the opportunity of a pause in Kody's story to tell him about the vision she had had in Divination class this morning, of their family owl spilling pumpkin juice. It wasn't a very impressive vision, yet it was a fun one to share.

"I'd also take some Frogspawn if we find enough," she said after considering her ingredient lists for different recipees she wanted to make this year.

"And yeah, I'll actually need to try the boathouse for spider eggs and the savannah for mud toadstool and brittlebush. I know, those aren't as exciting as the creature ones," she added as she watched Kody remove his shoes and socks with a fond smile on her face.

She also needed ingredients found on the forest path but she figured she could go and get those tomorrow as well if they ran out of time. There was a lot of ground to cover here on the Hogwarts grounds.

Copying Kody in removing her shoes and socks, she moved along the shore and inspected some reeds which might make for a good anchor for Frogspawn.

Watching the sun glistening on the lake's surface, she was almost tempted to tell Kody about the mermaid she had met last year and the creature unknown creature with sharp teeth she had fought off with a spell her brother would learn this year.

Yet somehow those memory felt private and she wouldn't know how to start explaining what she had been doing at the bottom of the lake without any swimming skills to speak of in the first place.

She did not want to put any ideas into Kody's head either.
He'd better stay in shallow waters and not try to seek out mermaids or play hero and fight that other creature.

She'd just have to hold off from telling him until after he graduated.

"Divination is fascinating, but sadly no precise art,"she said with a shrug. She was not good enough at emptying her mind to see proper prophecies. The one about the owl was about the best she had seen. Or was it?

It didn't matter now.
She appreciated Kody's enthusiasm towards her suggestions and smiled weakly as she concentrated on the task at hand.

Wading through the reeds, Reena pushed the legs of her trousers higher as she sank in deeper into the water. It did not take long to spot the first frog and she followed it with her gaze until she saw what she had come here for:
Frogspawn.

Reena shoved two frogs out of the way as they circled around thir spawn and got out another container she had brought.
She then had to shoo the frogs away again as she gently pushed the soft and jelly-like Frogspawn into her jar and took a step back - only to wince with pain as she had stepped on something sharp in the reeds.

She limped back and let herself drop onto shore, a good way away from the water and inspected her heel. Ah. She had stepped on a sharp pebble, some of it was still stuck in her skin. It had not broken through however, as she noticed upon further inspection and she simply plucked it out and flicked it away.

Her gaze brielfy lingered on a tree not too far away but she tore her eyes away from it and looked at Kody again, suddenly feeling her mood drop.

"You found some as well," she had meant to ask but it came out as a statement.

"Let's get out of here then."

Reena picked up her stuff, carrying her shoes and socks in hand as she allowed Kody to choose were he wanted to go to next, not caring much about where she went.