A howler

[Myuna Kickett]

It had been a few days since una had gotten caught in professor kingsleys office. She knew she was in deep trouble here, she had only just about gotten out of being expelled, though excluding being caught in the gryffindor heads of houses office she wasn't quite sure what she had said to make the two heads of houses as mad as they were. She hadn't lied and she hadn't thought she had been rude. They had just been temprimental. This evening she was sitting in the rather full great hall just about to tuck into her dinner of cottage pie when one single owl entered the hall carrying a red envelope, it circles a few time she was sure just to get as many people's attention as it could. myuna recognised it at once. It was grandmas owl Charles. She ducked down trying to blend into the crowd however the owl saw her and flew over. Landing loudly in front of her, she went to reach for it hoping she had time to flee before it started going off. She didn't it was already smoking and trying to run would bring attention to herself. Suddenly it tore its self open and her grandmothers strong English accent came screaming through the hall it seemed to pull everyone away frm their conversation "Anne Myuna kickett jones. I have no idea what you were thinking entering the deputy headmistresses office. And then have the cheek to be rude to her and your head of house. Haven't i taught you anything, and your aboriginal side should have taught you the same, respect your elders. You deserved whatever punishment they gave you. If you do anything else to cause them to write to me again I will come over there to personally pull you out of the school and teach you myself or send you to dermstrang. came the voice, myuna sunk deeper into the seat trying to hide she just hoped that her grandmas habit of calling her by her shortened middle name (her middle name being anka but her Grandma preferred anne as it was a respectable name, after all it had been used in the royal family) and attaching her own last name to the end of the name. Unfortunately the lady hadn't finished don't you think that you are heading home this Holliday, you are spending your break with me, you will not be allowed to go to the beach unaccompanied but you won't have time, as of this afternoon I will be enrolling you in a finishing school and you will be attending all classes, you can forget about your unnatural obsession of surfing and your dads family has let you go wild enough." myuna frowned the only way she had even hoped to enjoy living with her gran last time was the constant promise of heading home seeing her brothers and having a surf (as well as wagging school anyway) she looked around hoping that this would be it. Thankfully the envelope burnt it's self off and she looked around face red sinking so low in her seat that her chin was on the table. The owl gave a smug hoot before flying off without a care in the world.

 

[Minoas Stratis]

Few days had passed since he was punished for breaking into Professor Kingsley's office. He would have muched preferred to get expelled than get disowned from his own house. He was feeling humiliated and he was avoiding places where most residents of the castle were spending their time. He wanted to stay alone and away from prying eyes. He didn't know if the news about his punishment had spread all over the castle but the sure was his roommates and possibly most Gryffindors were already aware. They were all going to get informed by the next issue of RHI. He could bet there was going to be a reference on this next time the publication was going to be seeded in the Great Hall.

The life of an interloper was something new to him. He wasn't allowed to visit the common room until it was after curfew. He was running late for his classes in an attempt to avoid the student traffic and find an isolated seat at the back of the classroom. He was also not allowed to join Gryffindors table at the Great Hall so he stopped visiting the particular part of the castle as he didn't want to join another house's table either. Instead, he was having his meals at the Kitchens with the company of a dozen of house elves. They were actually excited to see a human joining them at their meals that they had allowed him to stay there and study while they were preparing the next meals for the great hall, kindly supplying his with snacks and sweets at the same time. For a person like Minoas however, staying inside the castle for so long wasn't really doing him good. He was feeling the need to get out to the grounds and breath some fresh air, clear his thoughts.

He decided to leave the Kitchens and the welcoming house elves for once and head outside, to the lake. There was a tree by its shore which dense foliage provided him in the past with a much needed hideout when he wanted to stay alone after his father's abduction. He was actually planning to stay there and all day long and why not, sleep on the tree as well. Why return to Gryffindor common room when he wasn't regarded as one of them by the head of the house? By the time he exited the Dungeons, he remembered that he hadn't brought with him any food to sustain him for the rest of the day. It was a long way back to the Kitchens when the Great Hall was so near. He reluctantly eyed its entrance and checked his watch. It wasn't yet high peak time. Actually most students were still in the classrooms having lessons. He could just enter, get what he wanted and leave without staying there farther more. He took a deep breath to gather some courage and entered inside.

Luckily, the hall wasn't yet crammed with students. There were a few groups and lone students scattered around tables. All absorbed in their conversations or enjoying their meal. Minoas reached for a fruit bowl to get some fruits in his backpack when a deafening voice boomed in the Great Hall, making him drop in surprise his backpack on the floor. He turned around like most students in the hall and he noticed a howler floating in front of Una at the Slytherin table. Minoas guessed that the woman shouting at the top of her voice was Una's grandmother and he got the impression that she was a rather stern person. He felt that this howler should have been sent to him and not to Una and he wondered how come he hadn't received something similar from his mother. He was considering himself responsible for bringing this conflict between Una and her grandmother and also ruining his summer. Una was really looking forward to spend her holidays by the beast surfing unstoppably. It seemed this wasn't going to happen anymore. The red envelope finally selfdestructed in flames but Una still had attention on her. Minoas picked up his backpack and shoved the fruits in it. On his way out he passed by Slytherin talbe and Una. "I'm really sorry." he breathed but didn't stop to say anything else. He rushed out of the Great Hall as if he wasn't allowed to breath while he was there. He got out of the castle and headed to the lake. He climbed up the tree to disappear inside the green canopy for the rest of the day.