Conall Wolf

13) Hogsmeade

Conall walks into the Great Hall where he spots his friends. He walks happily to them and sits down. His mood improved a lot because of Ashley's peptalk and he really wants to work on his mindset when it comes about him being a werewolf.

Only now he is realising that their conversation completely shot down when he arrived and everyone looks like they got caught. Conall at first has no idea where this is about and Faolán is the first one to take action.

"Hello sleepyhead, why are you so... happy?" Faolán asks carefully.

Conall now realises where they were talking about and he chuckles. "Guys, sorry for last night. I just had a talk with Ashley.. Diggory. And she helped me with thinking more clear. I realised I am always a pain in the ass if it comes about you know what. Ashley showed me that I need to think differently about it and I will. I won't become sad about it anymore and you don't have to worry that I will have my fallbacks again, I am changing."

The others are looking at each other and they start to smile.

"That is good news. And to be honest we were talking about you before you came here. We were worried about you that you would have a fallback, and we were trying to find out how to get you out of it as quick as possible." Roselyn says. Conall always liked that about Roselyn, that she is always so honest. Where most of the friends would stay quiet about it, Roselyn would just say it to you.

"Well whatever your plan was, we could still do it. I mean it must be something fun, and I am always in for something fun." Conall says with a smile.

"Well, we were planning on maybe going to Hogsmeade. Professor Murray told us in her welcome speech that we were free to go to Hogsmeade, because we were also free to go whenever we want to the village nearby Beauxbatons. She doesn't want to limit us with their Hogsmeade visits." Thierry says excitedly.

"So are you in?" Faolán fills up.

"Of course I am in! That sounds awesome. Something new to discover." Conall gets excited with the idea. He never thought he would enjoy it so much to discover new places.

The four of them made themselves ready to go to Hogsmeade and then they went of. They walked over a small path following the sign 'Hogsmeade'. The whole road they talked happily, and of course the subject of the tournament came soon enough. They started to speculate on what the tasks can be, and how Conall can prepare the best, and before they knew it they entered the little village.

Again Conall looks amazed at this place. He still gets surprised every time from the wizarding world. He can't believe beautiful places like these are existing and he is looking his eyes out over all the little shops, and the cute small houses. He sees residents of the village walking around happily, talking about their daily life and shopping around. Conall always loved wizarding towns. You feel the magic hanging around, and the peace because people don't have to hide who they are.

"I have heard great stories about the Three Broomsticks. Should we go there?" Thierry suggest and everyone agrees. They start to look for the Three Broomsticks and when they find it, they enter. Conall immediately feels the warmth overwhelming him. A lot of wizards are enjoying and chilling around in the Three Broomsticks. The group looks for an empty table for four and they settle down.

"Okay but seriously, we have to find a way of how to train." Faolán says, continuing the conversation they had before.

"We? I though I had to do this alone?" Conall says jokily.

"And I thought that you said in your own goddamn speech, that we would do this together and help each other through and through." Thierry says jokily back.