Acceptance: Hogwarts Legacy Continued

Chapter 29: MC- felis

Diana waited in the dark for her friend. She felt a little nervous that he wouldn't be able to find her out here, but that worry faded as she saw a blinking red light in the distance. The air was cool, but not cold yet, and the sky was clear- perfect. As the little red dot grew closer and closer, she rocked back and forth from ball to heel in anticipation. Feeling too excited she decided to speed up the process and ran over to where Ominis was.

"I'm glad you made it!" She said reaching him.

"Me too, it's kind of a walk, but I assume it is with purpose."

"It is! I wanted to bring you here last year, but ran out of time before school ended..." she faltered at the end, realizing she was going to grab his hand to lead him there, but wasn't sure what to do anymore.

Somehow sensing her dilemma he held out his hand; "you can guide me, it was very helpful before. I have no problem with it as long as you are comfortable."

She smiled and grabbed it, pulling him over to the semi ruined walls around the castle. She explained that she had found this place with Amit last year during Astronomy, and that up on a wall was a table that perfectly shows a specific constellation in the sky.

"Where I am bringing you to, however, it's just beyond the wall." She led him through a broken bit of the structure, giving access to the other side. Once they had slipped through she moved them just off to the side. It was a corner of the walls, just below the astronomy table.

"After working with Amit, I stayed out here and ended up rolling my newly acquired telescope off the broken edge."

"Of course you did." he chuckled. She swatted him playfully.

"Well when I climbed down to get it, I ended up just laying out on the grass here, and realized it was a great place to look at the stars as well."

She stopped them, and sat herself down, pulling on his arm to let him know where she was. He sat down next to her. Then she layed back on the ground, and he again followed suit.

"I came here all the time last year, almost always at night, but sometimes during the day as well. Because of the wall it's a pretty secluded place. It's quiet and peaceful, and when everything just felt like too much, I could come here and just... forget."

Ominis didn't say anything, he just lay next to her, taking in the calm. After a while he turned his head towards her.

"What is it you wanted to talk about?"

"Oh! Well there was something specific, but first I want to apologize for putting you in an uncomfortable station today. I didn't realize everything I was doing would-"

"Stop-" he held his hand up in the air to reiterate the word "You don't need to apologize for that. It was everyone else jumping to conclusions. I know you didn't mean anything by what you did- you just wanted to be a good friend. Like I said, I have no problem with it as long as you are comfortable."

"And you're sure?"

"Yes Diana, I am sure. So let's just forget it even happened. Now what did you actually want to talk about."

She took in a deep breath feeling relieved that she hadn't made things weird. "It's about the question you asked in one of your last letters- about if I befriended any animals off the street."

There was only the moon and the stars to light their space, but Diana could see the quizzical look on his face. Probably thinking that this conversation did not need to happen like this. She laughed.

"No I promise it's worth it, I wanted to tell you in person. You were right, I did try to get stray animals to be my pets. No dogs or cats ever stuck around for long though, until when I was about six or seven maybe, I came across this beautiful white cat."