 Fluttery Pegasi
Hadley smiled. A small, barely-there blush crept onto her cheeks. "You remembered?" She was touched by that gesture. "Thank you. My birthday just started," she admitted. All she had done today so far was get up, shower and rush down to talk to Professor Stewart about animagus training. "But it does look to be a promising one. I'm 16 today. Oh!" She hadn't introduced them yet. That was rude of her. "This is Asher. He was birthday gift from Hogwarts my first year here. I'm 99.5% sure if it's possible to have an animal soul mate, he's mine." Hads tilted her head to the side, puzzled. "I have no idea why I just said that." So moving on then?
She shook her head to the offer of tea. "Not a fan, really. Water or juice would be lovely if you have some, though. My summer was equally eventful. I spent most of it working as a waitress with my sister at our Mom's restaurant." Not their idea. Mom had voluntold them for it. "The tips were good though. And I spent a lot of time babysitting for my neighbors, so those kept me busy. And my Grandpa got married to my best friend's Grandma. So that was my summer. I did get a lot of reading on animagi done though."
Hads nodded along as Professor Stewart mentioned looking at her grades in Transfig and Potions. Hadley knew that was a requirement, and she wasn't overly worried. Transfiguration was her best class, and thanks to Professor Newton she had improved vastly in potions. It wasn't going to be the same without him here. Still, she did note that Professor Stewart had failed to indicate if her grades were good enough in both or not. That could be seen as a good thing, because it they were more than satisfactory enough to not even warrant pointing it out, or it could be a bad thing and the Professor was waiting to drop that ball.
She paused and gave the Professor's question some thought, now that she was on the cusp of beginning her training. "I guess, what I really want to know is what to expect? I mean, I've read all the accounts and books, and they go into plenty of detail on the steps and the how to go about it, and all that. They do give some insight into what its like going through the training, but it's rarely the focus I've found. I guess I'm just curious what it's going to be like, and what to expect beyond the steps, you know?"
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