Daydreaming

[Isabella Ormonde]

Isabella left the confines of the school and walked down to the lakefront. She remembered this only too well having been accidentally pushed in the year before by one of the Durmstrang boys. Staying at the school felt strange after being used to the tent the last time she was here but now she was an official Hogwarts New Zealand student, classes would begin shortly and she would have to get her head down to prove herself. Not only to her professors here but to herself. The gardens were quiet as were the lawns that she passed through on her way to the lake. Students were obviously unpacking and chatting about what they did over Christmas.

As she reached the lakefront she stood with her arms tightly wrapped around her waist, bracing herself against the cold air. She wished fervently that James were here, he'd have his arms wrapped around her within minutes warming her, making her smile. The change that a year apart had wrought in him was staggering, he was so more attentive to her and she to him. She loved him dearly and was already beginning to miss him. No, that wasn't true as soon as she boarded the express to leave him she began then and there to miss him with all her heart. How would she cope now, such a small amount of time together before having to part again.

Looking out across the lake she wondered at the beauty of this country and hoped that the rest of this school year would be good to her.