The Female Durmstrang

New Discovery

  

   After Dumbles told me about my "condition," I was completely dumbstruck. I spent the next day sitting under a tree, trying my best to make myself feel angry, depressed, maybe even afraid, but nothing worked. I suppose I can't make myself feel an emotion.

   But after eight hours of trying to get anything, anything, out of my powers, I couldn't do it.

   Sweat fell off my brow, as the sun was shining waaay to much today. I tried another hour or so, before I gave up. I was never more discouraged than I was at that moment.

   I looked up in desperation, and spotted a big juicy strawberry, growing on the bush next to me. All I could think was that I hadn't eaten yet that day, and that fruit was basically begging me to eat it. I stood up to reach for it, but sighed when I couldn't.

   I pulled out my wand. "Accio!" I tried.

   The berry didn't budge.

   I tried the spell over and over again, but nothing. I tried almost all the other spells I knew, but still the berry gave no signs of moving. I collapsed in exhaustion on the ground.

   I was worrying that my magic had suddenly left me forever, when I realized. I had felt discouraged. I was unable to perform magic, when I wasn't believing in myself.

   It made perfect sense.

   I laughed to myself as I pulled a small notebook and pencil out of my back pocket. I opened it to the first page, where only one thing was written, and scribbled my new discovery onto the thick paper.

   I still didn't know much about my powers, but here's what I've managed to scrawl in the rough paper so far:

    
    E᙭ᑕITEᗰEᑎT - Tᑌᖇᑎ IᑎᐯIᔕIᗷᒪE

    ᗪIᔕᑕOᑌᖇᗩGEᗪ - ᑌᑎᗩᗷᒪE TO ᑭEᖇᖴOᖇᗰ ᗰᗩGIᑕ

   Gathering myself, I once more tried to get the strawberry. "Accio!" The berry snapped of the branch and flew right into my hand. I ate in one gulp, and threw the remains on the ground. (Litterbug, I know.)

   Tired as I was, I got up and walked across the small brown field to find Viktor.

   He was sitting under a tree himself, while staring off into space. I wasn't being to quiet, in fact, I was practically stomping through the grass, but all the same, Viktor jumped when I came near.

   "Oh, hey," he said, not meeting my eye.

   "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yeah of course." He answered flatly.

   Okay, there was definitely something wrong here.

   "Viktor, really. Tell me why you're upset." I pushed, sitting next to him.

   "Leave me alone," He mumbled, face buried in his hands.

    "You can trust me."

   "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE." He spat.

   He got up and stormed across to the center of the field to sit on a fallen tree, leaving me sitting alone.

   I gazed around the field, but Dumbles and Reggie were nowhere to be seen, but that didn't bother me too much at the moment.

   I was a little worried about Viktor though. What had gotten him so upset?

   I sat under that tree, chewing on a peice of grass, for a couple more hours just contemplating what was going on.
 
   But after awhile, I grew tired, the sky got dark, and fog strted to roll in. I noticed Viktor had started a campfire, while Dumbles and Reggie still weren't back from wherever they went.

   It got cold really fast, and I decided I would be better off sleeping next to Viktor and the fire.

   I got up and off the ground and rubbed my backside while trudging towards Viktor.

   I fell next to him on the log, and curled into a ball.

   Viktor's mood didn't seem to have much of a change since we last talked, but all the same, I whispered "goodnight."

   "Goodnight," came his soft whisper back.

   I noticed his dark blue eyes, trained on the fire, as if he was concentrated on every single flicker.

   Without thinking, I sat up, leaned over, and planted a soft kiss on his cheek, and laid back onto the log.

   I felt him blush a little, but he didn't say anything.

   My eyelids grew heavy, and my clenched stomach became relaxed.

   I drifted off to the sound of crickets chirping, and fire crackling.

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Sup kids! I cannot apologize enough for the big gap in updates, and this time, I have no excuse.

I'm just lazy.

I hope most of you can relate.

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- Elly