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What was Ilvermorny like? Carissa was never asked that question yet. She thought about it and was thinking, well it is cool. It was kind of like Hogwarts because she knew it was a big castle. It stood on a high mountain top. "Well it is pretty cool. I mean I am not accustomed to hearing so many accents like around here.." Mostly everyone was American. So it made sense. "We do have four houses like you guys. We have Thunderbird, Pukwudgie, Horned Serpent and Wampus.." She wondered if this girl was gonna think she was crazy. I mean those names sounded bizarre in themselves. So both of her parents were muggles. She couldn't help but blurt out, "So then how did you found out about Hogwarts if you are muggle born..?" She heard the rumor only some people with magical blood could come to Hogwarts.
Beauxbatons? That didn't sound familiar at all. "What is Beauxbatons?" she tilted her head in curiousity. Now she said strange phenomenon? Wonder what that could be? "What strange phenomenon? Like what exploring the castle and seeing the ghosts?" She knew each house had a specific house ghost. She was doing some research.
Thunderbird, Pukwudgie, Horned Serpent, and Wampus? Were those the last names of the founders? Olivia was hesitant to believe that. "
So who are the houses named after? Like at Hogwarts, they have Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw named after Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw." She remembered Simon giving her the full briefing on ALL of Hogwarts history throughout his years. She had been so envious of his abilities and adventures. She had always wanted to be like him as a child. "
My brother, Simon, has magical abilities. He attended Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin. He's the best."
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Beauxbatons is......" How could she put it? "
French." It was its own special place. Everyone was beautiful there. She could have sworn that all the students were part Veela or something. She had so often felt like the ugly duckling with her unruly curly hair compared to the straight platinum blonde hair of some of the female students. "
It's a Wizarding School in southern French. It's absolutely beautiful. Their academics are brilliant but it just didn't feel like home, ya know?" She hoped Hogwarts would feel like home. Olivia was more than fifty percent sure that it would be a good school for her. If Simon loved it, then there was an extremely high chance that she would LOVE it. "
There's always something out of the usual that happens. For instance, there was a really bad winter my brother's third year there. So bad that they were snowed into the castle. Isn't that cool?" She paused, realising the pun. "
No pun intended, of course. But then Professors and students worked together to find out the cause of why that was all happening. Brilliant."