Zhenya had the afternoon off. No classes. But a lot of homework and study. She had looked at her organiser which she had fixed to the wall next to her bed, and had seen that History of Magic homework was due next. So, that was the priority. As she flicked through the book she made in lesson she decided it wasn't fancy enough. She had carefully written her first entry out, on a spare piece of parchment, before writing it into her Illuminated Manuscript. But as it was her first entry, she decided she might like to do some pretty embellished monograms. So, this is what she decided to do as she made her way up from the Slytherin common room, to the History of Magic Wizarding Suite.

Oh. She had never been in here before, but she immediately regretted it. The girl loved to dance around and have fun, and here was Hogwarts' own dance studio. She placed her Illuminated Manuscript down on the ground next to a barre, and reached towards it, coming into an arabesque. She held it for a few seconds, her pants feeling a bit too tight for ballet, and she released the position, smiling to herself. Well, enough ballet.

She went to the art cupboard, and knew exactly what she wanted. Gathering some watercolour pencils, she opened her book to the first page and drew a large, curly Q, which she would then finish with 'uestion one' before writing her response to the first question in her book. Inside the large Q, she drew some small 'Z' shapes, and some flowers, to represent the Z for her name, and flowers for her love of outdoors. On the second page, she drew another Q. She had only prepared for two of the questions so far, so she decided to do the big Q's on every page, but leave most of them blank, so she could decorate them once she had finished each response. Inside the second Q, she drew some different plants, and some potions bits and pieces; a cauldron, phial, stirring spoon. Then she coloured it all in with the watercolour pencils. She would wait until she had finished with all of her responses before she did the blending with water, as she decided to do it all together.

With the first two embellished monograms done, Zhenya packed up the pencils, putting them back where she got them from and closing the cupboard. She put her book down again, and did a few pirouettes, then some pique turns back to where her book was. Feeling slightly dizzy, but very happy, Zhenya gathered her illuminated manuscript and left the Wizarding Suite.