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[Scorpius Daniels]

Scorpius had a bad habit of sneaking away when the time seemed right. Now was one of those times. He had decided to go to his favorite place in Hogwarts, the owlry. He didn't quite know why this was his favorite place. Could it be the beautiful scenery, the wonderful animals, he has always thought when he visited. This to him was one of the most deepest mysteries of Hogwarts. He had looked around him when he had gotten there. He took a deep breath and let the cool air hit his lungs. He wandered around the room just looking up at all the owls till he found his own. He slowly walked up to his owl and had him perch on his shoulder.

He slowly tied a very small package to his owls leg and walked over to one of the vast windows. There he stood looking all around the grounds of Hogwarts. He whispered very softly into the ear of his owl. His owl took off with his great wings flapping. Scorpius always found this sight magestic and loved to see it often. After watching his owl fly away he looked around for a spot to sit, which as very hard because of all the hay and owl droppings. Alas he had found one.

He leaned against the wall and slowly slid down the rough wall. He liked to do this because it felt like he was getting a massage. Once he was sitting on the floor he had taken out his Arithmancy book and opened it up to the first chapter and started reading.

[Carys Abendroth]

Sydney needed to send off her letter to home. Tavi would be anxious to complete the delivery, as it had been a few weeks since Syd had any need of her owl. Her owl, those words still brought a smile to her face. If she hadn't been so dead set on getting one, she'd never of found Tavi! Her mother had grounded her for two weeks, when she had come home from Diagon Alley with the owl! But oh, he had been worth it. She had almost been talked out of it by that Slytherin boy, Brenton. Her stubborn nature had indeed been a gift on that occasion.

Syd entered the owlry, and she whistled to Tavi. The owl hooted as his softly fluttered down to her outreached arm. Sydney petted his head and offered a treat as she bent to tie the letter to his leg. Softly she spoke to Tavi, asking if he'd deliver the letter to her parents. With a soft nip on her fingers, the fulvous owl took off through the open window. Sydney watched as the owl flew off into the horizon. When she could no longer see him, she turned to leave. But she caught sight of a boy. Curious, Syd wondered why he was reading in all places, the owlry? "So is this one of the secret reading lairs of Hogwarts?" she said, with a smile and a tilt to her head.

[Scorpius Daniels]

Scorpius had always found information that he hadn't already known the most interesting. As he was reading he constantly heard the owls hoot and some let out what sounded like whistles. When he heard all of these sounds he dismissed al other sounds that were coming from within in the owlry. By this time Scorpius had gotten to the third chapter in his Arithmancy book and he was just continuing reading without a care in the world. Everyonce in a while when a hoot sounded close he looked up to make sure no droppings would fall on him. Scorpius was so entranced in his reading that he had no clue someone else was there. Next thing he knew someone was talking to him. Startled, he looked up quickly.

He let out a soft chuckle at the girls question. "Yeah I guess you can say that. I am the only one, that I know of at least, that comes here to read."

He looked the girl up and down and noticed that she seemes kinda young. Firstie, must be, he thought. His eyes then landed on the Ravenclaw crest on her robes "I see you're in Ravenclaw as well. I thought you looked a little familiar, my name's Scorpius. What year are you exactly?" Unconciously he gestured for her to take a seat next to him, kind of forgetting that he was on the floor of the owlry.