Recent content by Calliope Cartwright

Callie grinned as Nia threatened the boy who'd introduced himself as Teo. Despite having just been told off - a rare event - Callie was in a giggly mood. It was probably the excitement of going home. It had been a long first year. Shockingly, she was even looking forward to seeing her grandma...

Callie, the teacher's pet, in detention. It wasn't her first time, but it was her first one at Hogwarts, and it stung all the more not just because she was missing the feast, but because she'd completely forgotten it was coming. The holidays had been hectic and the food fight seemed such a long...

Mate :cool:

Callie didn't know what to expect when she pulled back her hand, but it certainly wasn't that. She burst out laughing with him, accidentally smearing potato in her own her hair. God, she was going to get into so much trouble for this. What had come over her? She wasn't sure - but she kind of...

Callie was just trying to enjoy her final school meal of the year when something warm and squishy hit her in the face. She'd got off lightly. Most of it had landed in Nia's hair. Well, nobody was getting away with flinging mashed potatoes at her best friend. She loaded up her spoon and let it...

It really wasn't fair. How were they supposed to improve when they weren't allowed to cast a single spell outside of school? And that was a rule Callie didn't feel like breaking. She drew the line at the ministry getting involved. Sofia Athanasiou walked around like she had silencing charms on...

Callie would never have relied on a policy to keep people out of places they shouldn't be. Especially people like Nia. Still, it was all the better for the girls now as they stole across the bedroom and went into the en-suite. Alas, their luck run out when Nia tried the cabinet door. "That's not...

Callie giggled, although Nia's accuracy in impersonating her mother was almost unsettling. "Don't get me started on phones," she said. The first day of school still haunted her. To be fair, now that she'd gone a whole year without her phone, she'd stopped missing social media. The only thing she...

And Callie had thought her family was bad. The Athanasious had everything: good genes, a beautiful house complete with a swimming pool, and more money than they could possibly know how to spend... Any girl would have dreamed to be one of their siblings, to be so beautiful and to live in such...

"I guess I don't need to," said Callie. "But I still want to. Anyway, it's not like I have much choice. What am I going to do, fly home?" Actually, if she got better on a broomstick, that might not have been impossible. But she really did want to learn magic. It would be useful around the house...

Callie moved around to Nia's side, realising that neither behind nor in front of her were sensible places to stand. "You look like a ghost sticking your head through a door," she said. "The flowers make it less spooky. I like them, though." She glanced around at the various drink and snack...

Callie grinned. She was definitely taking muggle studies, if only to point out any mistakes in the syllabus and get an easy outstanding grade. The boy must have really enjoyed maths if he was willing to study it in his spare time without really knowing what he was going to do with it. Maybe he...

Callie moved her books to make room for the boy to put his own down, if he wanted to stay. "Thanks," she said, "but I already asked one of the professors. It's actually the study of muggles and their habits, not muggle subjects. But you can tell me anyway. I bet they've got all sorts of things...

"Oh!" Callie's face lit up at the sight of the statistics books. "Do they teach maths in your year?" Discovering first years weren't allowed to take muggle subjects had been devastating. Yes, she was a witch, and that was amazing, but what if she still wanted to be an oncologist when she grew...

Callie linked her arm through Nia's, feeling even more confident with her best friend by her side. The fact the older Gryffindor was encouraging them helped a bit, too. But Kael, if that was his name, didn't seem so interested in entertaining them. "A trouble-maker?" said Callie. "But we're not...