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[Victoria de Lacey]

Tori tugged her mum out into the hall, waiting desperately for Rory to come and find them. She was so excited that he was graduating, and a little bit sad. She was so glad she'd had him for her first year, but she wished she would have him for the rest of her years at Hogwarts too. She could definitely use his guidance as things got further in her education. She was going to miss him listening to all the goings on in her life, and talking at him constantly about what was happening in the dorms, who was friends with who and what was happening over in the Cade household - all information she tended to get from either one of the twins, or Esme. She had grown to rather like Esme actually, she and Kiera seemed really nice. In fact she wanted to ask them something, but it would have to wait until next year now, but she was so excited. "Rory! Over here!" She called, waving both of her hands (including the one clutching her mum's) to get his attention.​

 

[Georgina de Lacey]

It was surreal to be back at Hogwarts after so many years away. When she left the school after her own graduation Georgina had been adamant she would never set foot in the school again, that had of course changed when she had children of her own and they turned out to be magical, which wasn’t a surprise given their respective fathers. Georgina found herself in the very great hall she had been in for her own graduation, this time she watched as her son walked across the stage and collected his diploma.

After the ceremony had ended she was dragged out into the hall by a very excited Tori, who had been borderline feverish with her excitement while watching Rory graduate. She know pulled her into a spot where it would be easy for Rory to spot them, not satisfied with just being easy to spot, Tori raised her arms and called for him as soon she spotted him across the room, sending her own arm flaying as it was currently clutching hold of her daughter’s. “Rory!” She beamed at her son as he approached them. “I’m so proud of you,”

 

[Rory Styx]

Walking across the stage had felt like a surreal moment. He was actually done with school, he’d walk out of Hogwarts with no reason to return, save for Tori’s graduation a few years later. Everything was in front of him and that made him feel both optimistic and terrified. Rory stepped away from the other graduating students and looked around for his family, Tori spotted him first and she made that very clear by shouting for him across the room. He made his way over to them and hugged the both of them. “Thanks mum, I’m glad you could both be here,”

@Victoria de Lacey

 

[Victoria de Lacey]

Tori's arms twisted around Rory, almost as though she was trying to crush him, which was impossible since she was only twelve. "Yes! And you're going to come to mine right!?" Of course he was, because he was Rory and he'd never let her down. She kept her hand clenched tightly in her mother's, almost worried she would disappear if she didn't. "You did it, Rory, you really graduated, how do you feel?"​

 

[Rory Styx]

Rory grinned and laughed as Tori did her best to try and envelope him but she was unable to do much more than cling to his arm. “Of course, I wouldn’t miss it,” He didn’t want to think about her graduation, it was a lifetime away and she had so much to do and see before then. She shouldn’t even be thinking about it. “I don’t feel any different, not yet at least, I think once I leave the school it’ll really sink in,”

 

[Victoria de Lacey]

Tori was greatful she had a brother like Rory, even if he was kind of annoying sometimes. Still, there was so much happening, so much changing, and soon, she'd have to go and face her dad and his new babies - the babies that he was going to use to replace her. She shook her head. She didn't want to think about that. Rory would never replace her, and Mum would never replace her either, so maybe they were all she needed anyway. She squared her shoulders and schooled her face to look up at Rory. "Are you gonna cry? If you cry it's okay, I cry sometimes too!" She probably shouldn't have said that because she didn't want her mum to regret sending her here, but it was true. Sometimes she cried about things, and sometimes Kiera and Esme sat with her as she cried. It wasn't really a big deal, it's not like it was going to change anything. Sometimes everything was too much and she needed something to release all the pressure inside. A big cry worked wonders. "OH!" She had almost forgotten, and she rushed over to the bag and pulled her favourite dinosaur Peaches out of her bag. "You should take Peaches," She could have given Peaches to him later, but she didn't want to forget, and since he'd told her he wanted to move out one day, well, she didn't want to risk him forgetting her favourite dinosaur.​

 

[Rory Styx]

Rory laughed as he looked down at his sister, it was cute that she had cried at his graduation, though he wondered if she had also cried because he was leaving and they wouldn’t get to spend as much time together as they had over the last year. He was really grateful that at least some of their school years had overlapped, even it was just the one year. That time he had had with her was priceless and he’d cherish it for the rest of their lives. “Maybe not, but who knows, your graduation is a long way off and I’ll be so damn proud when you do so maybe,” he teased her. Rory wasn’t sure what to make of his sister handing him her stuffed dinosaur, her favourite dinosaur at that. She’d put up a fight to take him to school in the first place, now she was handing him off. “What’s this for? You wanted him with you so badly,”

 

[Victoria de Lacey]

"It would be cool if I have some titles. You have Chaser as a title, I want a title, though... it definitely won't be a quidditch one, sorry," she said, shaking her head. She liked the game well enough to watch, she wasn't a fan of the actual game play. Flying was fine, sure, but the idea of flying around and trying to not to fall off the broom whilst she was trying to throw a quaffle through hoops just didn't really suit her honestly. She was athletic, but less in that way and more in the waking up at seven in the morning to go for a run kind of way. She didn't know what kind of titles that would give her, maybe leader of Heta Omega? That would be cool, she'd love to help. She couldn't think of much else she could get, student assistant maybe? She shrugged at Rory, "yeah I did, but... I want you to have him though, I still have Hansel and Gretel and Peaches like you better anyway."​