Every leaf is a Flower

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

The weather in New Zealand was a lot better than it was in England. Every year she fell in love with the weather once again. Her dad was working and had told her she could go to the park today. He had given her a note with the directions to the park and a little bag with some provision. Elly smiled when she saw that he had also packed band-aids and some wound cleaner. The directions she got from her dad were easy to use and soon she arrived at the park.

Somehow people didn't think today was a good day to visit the park. Her dad told her that it would be swarming with people, but those were no where to be seen. Some people were sitting here and there, but you could not call this busy. New Zealanders were more relaxed then the people she met in England. They always had something to do or some place to be. Here it was more lay back and everything at their own pace.

Finally Elly found a bench with whom she contempt with. It wasn't dirty and didn't smell like a tramp had slept on it recently. She took a sandwich from her bag and threw the bag lazily next to her and started to watch the birds and the squirrels rummaging around. Crazily looking for food or demanding it from the few people that were in the park. ''Here birdy, birdy..'' Elizabeth muttered the words from under her breath. She had already broken a piece of her sandwich of to throw at a willingly feathered friend.

 

[Jessica Cade]

New Zealand was rapidly becoming like a second home for Jess and she found herself spending more time in the country than she did at home. One of the reasons was her new best friend Leila, who she had met under the strangest of circumstances. She knew her brother James and Leila's sister Maddie had some strange relationship and a bit of history together so for her to become friends with Leila on the back of their siblings awkwardness was quite strange. Having a friend in New Zealand and someone who would be joining her at Hogwarts was amazing for her, and it had even excited her mother so much to point she didn't mind her daughter spending all her time in another country.

Jess had planned to meet Leila at Obsidian harbour as they did quite often but she was very early. Her mother had been rushing to work and only had time to apparate her then and there, which left her with nothing to do for a couple of hours before Leila would turn up. Jess decided she would go off and explore New Zealand a little more. She found herself in a nearby park, it was quite a pretty site and it helped that the weather was so much warmer than it was back home in Washington, where snow had begun to fall as she left, Jess may even have had a few flakes in her hair but no doubt they would soon melt. Jess decided to take a seat and looked out for a clean bench, the first she came across had someone sat on it who appeared to be trying to feed a bird. "Hello, feeding the birds?"

 

[Elizabeth Chatwin]

The bird ate faster than she could say Quidditch. Luckily for her the rest of the sandwich wasn't up for trade and Elly nibbled on one of the uneaten corners of the bread. A voice erupted from somewhere around Elly and she sat up quickly. ''Hello?'' Elly replied automatically in a questioningly tone. She didn't know if the voice had addressed her. Elizabeth finally got a quick look at the girl that sat right beside her. She probably was around her age, but she had long blonde hair were Elly her hair had a brownish colour. ''Yes, I can't say no to there cute little smirks.'' A huge smile appeared on her face. Elly loved all animals even if it was a simple dove as this one. Every animal had a story and a life that mattered.

''I am Elizabeth by the way, but Elly is fine as well'' Elizabeth just seemed a bit old fashioned, I mean she was only ten. She had already meet so many new people, hopefully they would stick now. She was going to stay in New Zealand for a while even if it was at this special boarding school. Hogwarts was better then travelling back and forth from England to New Zealand. ''Enjoying the beautiful weather as well?'' Elly loved the weather and today had started of as a really good day. New Zealand also had really hot days and Elly disliked them. She didn't like the sticky, sweaty, clammy temperatures. It made her feel like her skin was melting off slowly.