Originally Posted by Celandine

"Of course." Celandine smiled gently. "I'm going to spend my summer, and every summer after this one with Copernicus. Thats my boyfriend." She tugged absently at the pink leather charm bracelet around her wrist. "We're going to spend some of the summer with friends in Fiji."

And what kind of advice?

"Good advice of course."




Celandine smiled at Jacob, completely oblivious to his discomfort. He was just PRECIOUS wasn't he? She wanted to give him hugs.

She restrained herself though.


"Its true." She nodded. "I'll go first." She suggested.





Celandine was all gracious smiles as she let the silence grow.

"I'll give you all one piece of advice for every single year." She decided. "So for my first year..."

She beamed around at them.

"If you're going to experiment with charms that you learn in class, and its likely to make things explode or cause bodily injury, wait until after the class has finished and wait until the professor isn't looking."

That was a good one. She was so sure.

Now. Her second year.

"Next, if you're going to do something super epic, like sliding from the top of the moving staircases to the bottom in one go, make sure you plan the landing too. Cushioning charms are good and its much more fun when you eat a whole lot of candy first."


Hem hem.

"In my third year, I learned that you shouldn't kiss boys in trees, and if you're going to, then you should make sure there aren't any professors nearby when you fall out of the tree on account of the kiss being that good." Another pause and she added as an aside, "And Ravenclaw boys ALWAYS kiss good." She shot a little smile at Jacob.

"In my fourth year, I learned that if you're going to sit near Slytherins in the Quidditch stands, make sure they don't have fireworks and if they do and they let them off, make sure you have boys around to stop you from falling out of the stands." Pause, "And to paint themselves blue when you end up playing Quidditch instead of shaking your pom-poms. I also learned that you can totally win a duel using spells that most people wouldn't think of using in a duel, you just need to be creative, or bat your eyelashes and be cute enough that your opponent gets distracted and can't cast on you." Good advice all of it. It was. She nodded at Arya and Ivory.

But then she got more serious.

"In my fifth year, I learned that its good to question things. Everyone can be wrong." Pause and pout, "Even me. Sometimes. Not that often. I mean, I'm usually right."

Like, 98% of the time.

"In my sixth year I learned that even your closest friends can let you down." She made another face, this one more thoughtful, "And that I'm stronger than I thought I'd be when I was on my own, but I like being strong with others much better." She peeeked at Arya and Ivory. She was thinking of the dueling stuff. And her kidnapping. And her best friends in the whole wide world not even noticing that she'd gone missing for weeks. It had been a huge blow to Cela and really shaken her view of the world.

She straightened in her seat.

"This year I learned that standing up for what you believe in is the most important thing. Standing up for others, and helping people who can't help themselves is rewarding. Being part of a team makes you a stronger individual and sometimes you have to break rules in order to stand up for what is right."

Lafay. Of course. Cela had definitely stood up against her.

She smiled happily. "Besides, you know I totally think I aced my Potions NEWT even after everything and I don't owe her any credit for that."

Cue hair flip.