Text Cut: Olivia!
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Yes! They had done it. And they hadn't been attacked by an army of bowtruckles. Olivia grinned and turned to Louis, giving him a nice pat. "Thanks for the support," she teased the thestral. To that comment, she received a slight nudge at her shoulder which made her chuckle.
She nodded at Vivian's suggestion to shrink the tree. That seemed like the best idea to her and would stress out their horses far less. Olivia watched as Vivian took the lead with shrinking the tree and she smiled. Yes! They were good to go. "Beautiful." They were so close to accomplishing their task. And when Vivian suggested that they ought to head back, Olivia nodded. "Sounds like a plan to me. I'm glad that an army of bowtruckles didn't come after us," she said with a small laugh as she got on to Louis. Briefly glancing at Vivian to make sure that she was okay, she patted Louis and then the two took off into the air. This was the only type of flying she enjoyed. She felt safer on a thestral than on a broomstick.
Olivia and Louis landed back where Etta was. "Well done, Louis," she said as she slid off of the thestral's back, readying herself to help Vivian with the tree.
With their tree free of bowtruckle armies and finally shrunk into the size of a medium pencil box, Vivian looked over as Olivia got on her Thestral. The sight was quite weird, considering the Slytherin couldn't see the horse since she had never really seen death. It looked as if the Gryffindor was riding and sitting on nothing. Vivian would have normally laughed, but she didn't want to seem rude so she just smiled. She stuffed the tiny version of their tree inside her pocket, and then off she and Apollo went. Oh Merlin, she had wished this would last longer. She'd love it to just keep flying and flying and...
THUD.
Oh, they were here already? That was fast. Vivian blinked, trying to register the fact that Apollo had landed nearby Olivia and Louis. The Slytherin hopped off the Aethonan and stroked his maine again. "
We did a great job today, don't you think?" She told her horse, to which she received a neigh from. N'aaaw, she adored her lovely hoofed pal. Onto her new friend, Vivian smiled. "
And we make a great Slytherin-Gryffindor team!" No bad blood from their houses, whatsoever. The ancient house rivalry meant nothing to Vivian because this obviously was the new age.
The Slytherin took the shrunken tree out of her pocket, and then placed it on the ground. With a flick of her wand, Vivian sent an "
Engorgio!" at it, resulting to the tree growing back to its original size. Today, her usually terrible Charms skills weren't failing her so far. The blonde was quite thankful for that. Otherwise, she would have made a fool of herself in front of a new friend and the Headmistress.
Finally, she turned back to Olivia. "
Thanks for partnering up with me," the Slytherin said with a beam on her face. Much appreciated.
Text Cut: Headmistress!
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Zoe With the green flare in the air, the American dismounted and touched her feet back into the snowy ground. Two pats were given on Philippe's chin and another on his muzzle. When she heard the flapping of wings, her head moved to the side to see who the first arrivals were. Smiles was given their way, impressed with the techniques that they used to transport the tree from where they found it to the barn. Feather-light charms, shrinking charms, and locomotion charms were cleverly utilized.
With the arrival of each student, she internally listed them off in her head. Cambridge, Harrington, Morrison...
"Please leave the trees along the fence over there," Regina stated, pointing in the general direction near the gate on the outer part of the fence. She would get Wayland and Baldvinsson to help her bring them up to the castle later. "Once you have deposited your tree, go ahead and bring the horses back inside the fence and dismount. Make sure you thank them for their assistance before gathering around me."
A few minutes went by to give them all time to get everything where it needed to be. She stood there, waiting patiently, with watchful eyes. Philippe whinnied and his head against her, resulting in him getting more pets and even a carrot to munch on.
"To bring our lesson to a close," the headmistress spoke once everyone was ready, "I have a set of questions for each of you to answer. Today you all invoked the energy of Ehwaz to form bonds with horses and then encourage teamwork to successfully bring back a tree that will be used to decorate the castle. It is my hope that this lesson has helped you develop a deeper understanding of Ehwaz. At this time, I would like for you all to respond to these questions: What was something you learned during class today? How can you personally use Ehwaz in the future? Please provide specific examples in your responses."
OOC: We are at the final part of our lesson! Please feel free to wrap up wherever you are at with the main activity and then respond to Regina's questions. The lesson will conclude in roughly 24 hours.
It was good that they had arrived just in time for the Headmistress to move on with the lesson proper. Well, this was quite a reflective activity. But Vivian couldn't deny that this lesson had been really fun and educational. Such a mixture would make the Slytherin even more interested and excited to come back for their next Ancient Runes class tomorrow. Vivian brought Apollo back to where she first got him, from inside the fence. One last time, the Slytherin patted her winged horse and smile. "
Thanks a lot, Apollo. Until next time." She hoped there would be a next time. With that, she went back to join her classmates and the Headmistress.
The blonde raised her hand to answer the Headmistress' questions. "
I learned that you don't only have to gain trust of the people around you and your friends, but you also have to earn the trust of other creatures. In this case, Ehwaz helped me earn the trust of Apollo...." Vivian said, and then looked her Aethonan with a grin. "
And personally, I would use Ehwaz in terms of teamwork, like for an activity similar to what we just had or for strengthened camaraderie among house mates to be able to win the House Cup. Two or more heads are better than one." The Slytherin looked at her partner, Olivia, and gave her a thumbs up because they had totally did well on the teamwork aspect of the lesson. Also, yes... House Cup. She still wanted it.