briony mettlestone

Emery settled into his usual Hogwarts routine immediately. It was the first morning of classes, and Emery headed down to breakfast a little early so he could sit in relative quiet. He had brought a book, and started reading it after serving himself some breakfast. He had mastered holding a book...

Emery had tried to convince his parents they really didn't need to go on another trip to Europe, but they hadn't listened. Both his parents were clearly miserably missing out on their work, though they seemed to be pretending to love the trip for the sake of Emery and his sisters. After a lot of...