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Kitt's eyes widened at her admission. "You have?? What's it like down there? Are there magical creatures??" Unable to wait for her response, the boy was already looking over the railing again, trying to get a look at anything that might be down there. It looked steep and deadly. Not the sort of place they'd be allowed to go but if Isla said she'd been down there, it must not have been so off limits. 'Sides, the Headmaster would've warned about it if it was, like the forest, surely.
He nodded when she made a guess at his name. Yep, Kitt, that was him.
"Weren't you super excited about everything?" This was his first year and he couldn't imagine staying in and keeping to himself. There was just way too much to see and do and learn. In some ways, it was a little overwhelming and exhausting but that wasn't a bad thing.
And another nod. "Yep. Didn't really go anywhere before here, I guess. I used to do primary school but then I got homeschooled. We moved a lot." A very basic rundown of how his last few years had gone. The moving was usually after a bout of accidental magic. Eventually, they were tired of moving and kept him at home. It wasn't the best time. "Been a while since I've been in a real school and this one has magic. I don't think anything could be cooler."
Huh?
"Down...where?" she asked. Then it dawned on her.
"Oh, down there?" she asked, looking at the very spot she'd pieced together that he was referring to.
"Nope. Never been there. I thought you were asking about this bridge." Things sounded a lot more lame now that they were just talking about a wooden bridge, she bet. Stories about ravines and magical creatures would have been lots better, but she had none of those.
She leaned over and followed his gaze.
"I don't even want to think about what lurks down there," she muttered, although that's exactly what she was doing at this precise moment...thinking about what was down there. The topic turned back to her first year, so she stepped away from the railing and away from whatever lurked beneath them.
"Yeah, you're right. I went about things the wrong way for sure. I should have gone on more adventures. Taken my chances on possibly getting in trouble a time or two," she said. No way was she going to mention to him how great her grades had been and how many of those 'Top Student' awards she'd gotten. Now she just felt lame about all of it.
"I went to muggle primary school, even though I'm a pureblood. Weird, but true. So why'd you move around so much?" she asked. She smiled and nodded when he mentioned how cool magical school was.
"Yup! And you want to know what else is cool? Some portraits came alive last year and tried to take over the school! We tricked them back into their frames, though!"