Astraea woke up early Saturday morning. It was one of the days where the students got to go to Hogsmead. She was really excited and got dressed as quickly as she could. She grabbed a light pink skirt and a bright white shirt with a little pink tint to it, and slipped them on quickly. She slide her feet into a pair of white flats, and walked down the stairs out the portiat. As she made her way to the front door she saw a path and with the words hogsmead on a sign by it.
Astraea walked down the path from Hogwarts to Hogsmead. She had never been before, but had heard it was amazing. She walked into the village and looked around. It had everything. A candy shop to her right and a joke shop down a little ways. He looked to her left and saw a pub and looked around and saw another. "Heavey drinkers?" Astraea asked herself and began to walk around stareing at everything.
"Yeah you have no idea," Nate said to her from behind. He had noticed her and was walking the same path and had overheard what he knew she had only said to herself.
Astraea turned gracefully, and took a step away from the boy. She wasn't sure who he was. "Hi?" She said. She smiled softly, "who are you?" she asked in a calmer voice.
Nate put his hand out in front of her," Im Nate, and yours is," he asked with a famous white smile.
"Astraea, I'm in Gryffindor, I'm 13 and fourth year" She said and took his hand, shook it then let go. Astraea moved her blue hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. "What about you?" she asked
Stacey slid off the roof silently behind Asraea. She walked up behind her, unnoticed. She nodded at Nate. "He`s Nate, 13, Third Year." Stacey said suddenly. "Right?"
Nate flinched in surprise as Stacey walked up on them," Yep, what she said."
"Hey Stacey how have you been?" she asked. Then looked over at Nate. "What house are you in?" she asked.
"That I don`t know." She said, answering for Nate. "I`m good. Bored. Very bored. Extremely bored. But good."
He smiled, finally he can answer for himself," Griffendor," then he turned to Stacy," How can you be bored, i mean you got yourself to entertain," he said jokingly.
Stacey gave Nate a sharp look. "Some people have been around themselves so much, they no longer find themselves amusing." She said, talking in a riddle. "You remind me a poem."
He raised one eyebrow," Nice." "Maybe you should make more friends then you wont get bored as much," he said with a smile.
"It`s actually not really a compliment." She said, standing up a little straiter. "How doth the little crocodile improve him shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile onto every golden scale. How gleefully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws." She recited. "It you truley knew what it meant, you wouldn`t see it as a compliment."
Astraea thought about the riddle. "Do you mean hes gullible? Like when the crocodile tricks the fish into going in its mouth and the fish becomes a snack?" Astraea asked. "Your both in gryffindor?" she said. "I'm in Ravenclaw." She said as she ran her fingers through her long blue hair. "So are you two dating or just good friends?" she asked.
He smiled," Ehh.. it kinda sounds like me. but i like that im a crocadile and not the fish cause their unlucky," he said kiding. He then turned serious thinking about the last question, wishing they were. He looked at Stacey for a second and then turned back to Astraea," Umm..just goods friends." He hid his sadness with a smile.
"I think she was indicating you were the fish" Astraea said. "Oh I thought, since she knew so much about you, and you two were joking around and everything that you two were-" Astraea read the sadness in his eyes and cut her sentence short. "Well whats your favorite place in Hogsmead?" she asked trying to change the subject.
He smiled and forced his eyes down," Uhmm.. dont really have one yet. Im stuck between the brooms store and the library of wizardry. Its hard to choose," His face turning into a smile.
"So you like flying?" Astraea asked gleefully. She smiled. "I think flying is simply the best thing to do ever" She said. "And you like to read, I guess you seem like the reading type" She said and shrugged her shoulders.
"Yeah reading and flying is my favorite things to do beside running. What about you," he asked, getting really interested in the subject.
"I find flying relaxing, like you haven't a care in the world. Its my favorite thing to do, well besides visiting my friends in the mountains near where the dragons live" She said. "I also love place with my elements, I can control fire and earth" She said smiling. "But I can't use a wand at all" Astraea said in a slightly whisper. "but by the time I'm of age I won't need a wand, because my powers will just come to me" She said smiling happily.
Stacey blushed furiously when Astraea asked if she and Stacey were going out. She followed the conversation about the broom thing. "Astreae, does he-?" She asked, meaing if he knew what she was.
Astraea kept quiet for a second. "I-I don't think so" She said and realized she had been talking to loosely, and needed to watch what she said.
Stacey`s cheeks were burnig scarlet and her eyes were starting to turn pink. "Watch what you say." She said to Astraea, meaning more than one thing. "And I meant you as the crocodile." She said to Nate.
Nate looked confused at them both, totally lost. He pretended like he didnt hear what they had said and jsut replied to Stacey,"Okay."
Stacey looked Nate in the eye, her cheeks finally starting to return to their normal color. *Don`t pretend.* She thought to him.
he sighed, *Mkay i wont.* He looked at Austrea with a serious face,"Its okay. I I dont mind at all..." he said trying to think of what else to say. He could feel their gaze on him and he was beginning to get really nervous.
"Don't mind what? What are you thinking I am?" Astraea asked interested in what he would say.
He smiled ,"Truthfully..i have no f-ing idea."
"Good you don't need to know, until I can tell if I trust you" She said and took a drink of her butterbeer.
He said with a serious face,"Okay i understand perfectly. now all i have to do is get you to trust me," he said jokingly.
((Astraea, we`re outside))
Stacey looked at Nate, almost sadly. She could tell he was keeping in something important, but she wasn`t about to force it out of him, that had already happened once, and she hadn`t liked the consecuences.