Drop in the Ocean

The next morning, Celeni woke up and went straight to the Owlery after changing into her robes. The early orange dawn greeted her as she went up the tower and the windows were filled with the early morning’s chill yet fresh greeting. She smiled when she saw Obi, safe and sound up her perch, like the other owls.

There was always something queer about that owl, Celeni noticed. She loves hanging around with her almost anywhere and one Potions class, she entered the dungeon and Snape was furious and got 15 points off Ravenclaw but she didn’t get mad at Obi but just added her rage to Snape. So what if her pet is being sweet with her? Gee…

Was all this behavior part of the scandal they are facing now? A tear dropped off Celeni’s cheek as she realized how much misery it caused to Ethan. It is true that a girl is more close to her girlfriends than her boy friends. However, her extreme concern for him was starting to nudge of her emotions. She went down the tower, and the Great Hall was slowly getting crowded.

“Hey Celeni, you left the dormitory quite early.” Joyce greeted her.

“I wanted to check on Obi. I wanted to make sure he was safe.” Celeni said.

“And I assume he was.”

“He’s alright.”

“You know what, you should do that more often. I come into a conclusion that if they can’t use Ethan for bait, they’d come inside Hogwarts and steal it themselves.”

“But security’s too tight Joyce because of all the events. I don’t think it’s possible.” Celeni worriedly replied.

“Ah… hard to see the dark side.” Oliver blurted from nowhere.

“Good morning Oliver. You think?” Joyce said.

“Yeah, I think that that could be an utter possibility. But you know what? I was taking McGonagall’s advice to focus on our O.W.L.s which gave me a brilliant idea on your owl.” Oliver said.

“Yeah, and what might that be?” Celeni asked.

“You could transfigure her!” Oliver replied.

“Brilliant!” Joyce squealed.

“Why didn’t I think of that?! Oh yeah, because it won’t change the fact that they still have Ethan.” Celeni sarcastically said.

“Hm… I missed that point. But you could transfigure your owl anyway, and tell them that your owl was killed in the Muggle world while she was delivering a mail.” Oliver said, trying to save his idea.

“OK, I guess it’s worth a try.” Celeni said in a hopeless tone.

“Very well, let’s go now, before our first class starts.” Joyce said.