 Inside Kitty | HIT ENTER | UNO Queen
Aspen had waited until most of the other students were finished with the books before standing and unobtrusively borrowing one. She flipped idly through the pages, passing over all the big cats or the monkeys. Naturally, she went straight to the bat section.
It was hard to tell if the description of the bat totem fit her OR if Aspen just wanted it to fit. Either way, Aspen was hoping for a bat. A warthog might not be so bad though...
She was thinking up a memory as she flipped, and in doing so, stirred up a question, "Do you think ...," Oh.. hand up! Aspen didn't often speak in class. When she did, it was almost impulse. The whole hand thing didn't fit into that equation well, ".... Sorry. Do you think that the memory works better if it's fresher? Newer? Like...," Aspen paused and unknowingly chewed on a strand of hair while she thought, "...like I have lots of happy memories from when I was younger, but nothing like the ones say.... from this past Christmas. The older ones are half remembered and some a result from pictures and imaginings. Does that matter? Or is it only about the happy feeling with the memory?"
In other words, did the memory's legitimacy play a role in the success of the patronus?
The memory Aspen was going to use when they were allowed to cast was going to be from King's Cross. Her father and brother had simply been waiting on the platform to pick her up. It was simple, but ridiculously happy. Potent still in her memory. |