 Gryffindor for life Notorious Niffler
Emmeline was BEYOND jealous of the girl that Ash chose to sit next to. She wanted to pet him too! She hoped the professor would tell Derf that everyone could when he'd asked, because how often did you get to pet a PHOENIX?
She had thought that Ash was just a random creature in the barn, so she was beyond impressed to learn that he was actually Professor Wayland's pet. "How did you win Ash's loyalty like that, Professor?" He was a grown up and a Creatures Professor and all, but weren't phoenixes really picky?
Emmeline dug in her bag for her COMC notebook, quill and ink, before scribbling down notes feverishly. She knew most of what her classmates had said before, but the professor provided lots of new information and she wanted to remember it ALL.
She listened intently to the professor's new questions, eager to say something that showed how much she loved creatures and how cool phoenixes were, but she thought that her classmates had covered the question quite thoroughly. She didn't know for sure that they were right, because she'd never seen a phoenix be reborn but going from molted to fire to a baby sounded about right to her. Some of the answers given were kind of upsetting; who thinks about a phoenix having its head cut off?! But she guessed it was still important.
Thinking about the immortality question, she looked back at Ash and asked: "But, like she [Skylar] said..isn't Ash still Ash when he's reborn? If he was a totally new bird like, in mind and soul, wouldn't you have to win his loyalty back every time? Does he not remember stuff from before his burning day?" Because she thought that was very important. She knew that Ash's body was remade but how could he lose his soul every time? That just didn't sound right to her, and she frowned in confusion as she thought about it. It would be so terrible if Ash had a Burning Day some time and forgot the professor, who obviously cared about the phoenix very much. The little Gryffindor gazed at Professor Creature expectantly because she was almost more interested in this than in petting Ash -- maybe.
Last edited by NifflerFan; 05-11-2017 at 02:17 AM.
Reason: just noticed Skylar's post had same question/thought as my kid so corrected to give her credit
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