Pre Hogwarts (OPEN)

Luena watched in amusement at the group. The timid boy, the short kid twirling a stick and speaking in tongues, and the curly haired girl that-

Someone is watching… Luena blinked as a female voice sounded in her head.

Luena made a slight sound when she realized the girl had stopped directly under her fort, and was looking up. She ducked her head back in, choosing instead to watch the group on the balcony. She sat cross-legged as the short kid seemingly summoned a snake out of the stick.

Luena shuddered as a new voice crawled through her mind. What…do now? …need… stop pick-… sticks.

(this is how the treehouse looks btw. Just a lot more blended in. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/5c/4d/e25c4db632f62e1ac63332919056f643.jpg)

(thats relly cool)
Marie laughed as Scipio dropped the snake stick and then continued walking. "Where are we even going anyway" she asked, looking at Scipio.

Luena watched the group walk away. She ignored the tug in her mind as it tried to follow them. She ignored the odd sense of familiarity that drew her curiosity. Luena grabbed her deck of cards.

She could NOT ignore the weird tug that drew her to the short kid. Pocketing her deck of cards, she climbed down to the forest floor. She ducked into the bushes, and began carefully following the group.

(Lol why is she so interested in Scip)
"Er, I-I dunno, I was following Simon." Scipio told the snake to go off into the forest and it did so. "At least that one doesn't seem as aggressive as the first."

(because youre the onlyone here rn, that she knows of)
"Oh okay" she said and ran her hands through her curls. "Stop with the snakes, i feel like medusa with all the snakes around"

(Tru, but her character is feeling a 'weird tug that drew her to the short kid' lol. Also I love that she calls him the short kid)

"It was an accident! I didn't mean to make the snake…" Scipio said awkwardly. "It's gone now, anyhow."

(maybe because hes short and relaxed. Marie is a little bouncy and draws attention to herself, more or less purposely. Scipio doesnt mean too, he just does)

Marie rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. a spark flew from her fingertips of both hands. Marie jumped at the weird outburst and uncrossed her arms. "Whoops"

(Maybe)
"I dunno, Parseltongue seems to be the only magic I can control right now. Perhaps that's why it fascinates me." Scipio kept walking, watching the snake disappear into the woods as he did so.

"well youre only 6, you arent going to be any good with much of anything. i get sparks and flames and water outbursts. is weird, i thought maybe id have something cool, i guess not" she said, glancing back at the small burn marks on the ground from her sparks. "watch this" she snapped her fingers and a small flame appered where her fingers are.

(lol nope. both wrong. )

Luena jumped when the boy spoke to the snake to leave. Especially when the snake left towards her. She sat still as the snake stopped before her. It peered at her through its unblinking eyes. Its head tilted, looking like it was asking a question.

A jolt of pain split through her forehead, causing her to shake her head clear. The snake slithered away, and Luena followed the three once more.

Scipio stared at the flame, intrigued. He reached out to touch it and quickly brought his hand back as it burnt him. He picked up a stick (why) and tried to remember what spell he needed. "Aguamenti!" The stick spontaneously combusted rather than producing water, and Scipio was thrown to the ground.

Marie snapped the fingers of her other hand and water trickled down from her fingers. she covered the flame in water, putting it out, and then walked over to Scipio and held out her hand to help him up. "What did i say about sticks. You may think im dumb, but im actually quite intelligent."

Luena stopped, not far behind the group. Her eyes widened as the girl's hands produced water to extinguish the flame in her other hand. And what was she talking about? Sticks?

Scipio grabbed onto Marie's hand, slightly dazed. "Yeah… I hope real wands are a little more predictable…" There were burns on his face from the explosion, but he didn't seem to notice them. "Where are we going?"

Wands?! Luena thought. She took a second, and then mended her thinking. REAL wands?!

That was better

Marie helped the boy up and ignored his burned face. "Simon?" she turned to Simon for an answer.

(Why's she so fascinated/drawn to him then??)

(good question. im a little confused myself but i chose to ignore it)

(Also idk if Simon's on)

(yea i realized that. guess were paused until then)

(she wants friends and hopes these guys wont ditch her. also some other things that will come to light eventually.)

Unbeknownst to the group of children and their follower, a raven followed them, leaving a faint trace of grey in the sky before it was swept up by the wind.

Scipio kept walking aimlessly, his cat trailing behind him. "I wish I could go to Hogwarts sooner… it'll be ages till I can get a proper wand. Wonder if they'll let me bring Phos?"

"i assume this ones a pet not an accidental creation. but also yes they will. you can bring cats to Hogwarts" she said. "maybe you can have a parent take you to Mr. Olivander. Just a thought."

"I… that's not allowed, is it?" Scipio asked, his words sounding disappointed but his tone held a glimmer of hope. "Even if I could, I don't think either of my parents would take me… Maybe Miss Ester would?"

"i mean do you have to have a letter from hogwarts? it never hurts to start early, as my Daddy always says. i mean you've been reading spell books already, why not be able to practice too?" she said, not sure where she was going with it.

"I thought you had to be at least eleven to get a wand? I dunno if they'd go for that… but it's worth a shot? Mr. Ollivander might not let me, though."

Luena was sitting cross-legged on the dirt. The group was just sort of chatting, and Luena couldn't tear herself away now, having seen what she had seen. Then the words 'Hogwarts' and 'Ollivander' came up, followed by a slew of emotions.

She fell backwards from the mixture of feelings bursting from the three. The leaves behind her crunched beneath her, startlingly loud against the backdrop of the fairly quiet forest.

Scipio jumped at the sound of leaves. "W-What was that? It better not be another snake…" He peered into the trees, searching for the source of the sound. "Hello? Who's… who's there?"