Closed Where the Children Roam

[Heemi Blenheim]

It was a freshfaced Saturday, with all the markings of a unusually bright winter's day. Hēmi had decided to go along with his mum to Brightstone Village, mostly for a change of pace. He liked being at home but he got a little restless if things stayed the same for too long. He'd decided his mum's business was actually kind of boring and instead elected to visit the playground in the park. Hēmi liked the swings the best, seating himself down and starting to swing somewhat lackadasically. His thoughts were on the future. It was break soon, so Aroha would be coming home and he'd get to hear about her escapades at Hogwarts. Hēmi lamented not being there already himself but his parents reminded him it was less than a year. Which still felt like forever, in Hēmi's opinion. Even a month stretched on for ages and ages. Hēmi kept on swinging on the swing, enjoying the slight rush, though he continued to swing at a rather low energy.

 

[Logan Ashworth]

Even though Logan had spent a lot of time at the park lately, he had begged his parents to let him go again. He just needed to be outside and do stuff. What did his parents want him to do, to hang out inside and read a book? That was so boring. He had just started kicking around his ball inside and it didn't take long at all until his parents had sent him out with a lot of sighing. Logan ran out into the park and headed over to the playground, climbing up the monkey bars and climbing around a bit before dropping down. He saw a boy sitting on the swing and ran over there, jumping on the other swing with his feet and grabbing the handles. "Hey." He said, looking down at the boy as he started swinging back and forth while standing on the seat. "You should try this, it's fun."

 

[Heemi Blenheim]

Hēmi looked up at the boy who had run up and gotten onto the swing beside him. "Are we allowed to do that?" he asked cautiously, looking around for a moment as though there might be a sign that indicated what they could and could not do on the swings. He'd been told off enough times by his kuia* to want to make sure he wasn't doing something he shouldn't be.

*grandmother

 

[Logan Ashworth]

Logan grinned as he held onto the chains, moving his feet so he could sort of swing back and forth while standing on the swing. He looked at the other boy and raised his eyebrows at his question. "What? Of course, there's no police here. Or teachers." He said, letting go with one hand to gesture around. He quickly grabbed on again as he nearly lost his balance. "Who cares, anyway?" He added with a scoff. "I do whatever I want."

 

[Heemi Blenheim]

Hēmi still wasn't sure about it, but he also didn't want to look like a coward. If this guy could do it, Hēmi could probably do it too. And he was strictly right - no police or teachers around. Hēmi got up, and stood himself on the swing, standing steady. It was different, kind of exciting. "This is pretty cool actually," Hēmi said as he started to try and swing a bit but it wasn't that successful. He thought maybe this other guy hadn't ever met a proper kuia, because he wouldn't be so flippant if he had. But Hēmi didn't fault him for it. "Hey, how old are you?" Hēmi asked curiously. "I turned eleven back in May, so I'm going to Hogwarts this year." Hēmi said this with some degree of pride.

 

[Logan Ashworth]

It was always nice when he could get people go to along with his ideas, so Logan was smiling brightly as the other boy also stood up and did what he did. He nodded. "I told you so." He said as the boy said it was pretty cool. He grinned. "I'm turning eleven in August, so I'm also going to Hogwarts." He said confidently. "Maybe we'll be in the same house. I'm Logan, by the way."

 

[Heemi Blenheim]

Hēmi felt encouraged by Logan's smile - he was a little unsure of himself still, but if he got caught and told off he wouldn't feel so bad. He liked approval. He perked up even more hearing the boy was a similar age to Hēmi. "Yeah, maybe aye? That'd be cool," Hēmi said. "Have any idea what house you'll be in? My older sister's in Gryffindor, so maybe I'll end up there," Hēmi stated, hands still clinging to the swing chains. He privately didn't think he was that much like his sister so he might end up anywhere, really. Just probably not Slytherin.