Laying Under a Tree

[Wyatt O'Riley]

Wyatt walked out onto the lawns and breathed deeply, taking in the scent of the fresh air as he walked. He walked through the lush grass of the lawn enjoying every breath. As he walked he noticed a large tree with the sun casting a large inviting shadow out in front of it. Unable to resist such a relaxing looking spot Wyatt made his way over to the tree.
He leaned up against the tree at first, looking out onto the lawns noticing as a few people walked by, but his legs quickly grew tired. He sat down legs out back rested against the tree. He looked up into the tree at the web of branches and leaves left in wonder at the beauty of nature.
His gaze soon shifted back out onto the lawns, but this time his focus was not on the passing students, but rather on the clear blue sky behind them.

[Zara O'Riley]

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Zara had decided to get out of the house. She was no longer going to live in the past. She had been walking along the lawns of Beauxbatons thinking this. She saw a tree, and something inside her pulled her to climb it. Zara was eventually sitting among the branches quietly, watching what went on below.

Zara sat there for a while and was about to get down, when she saw a boy. He looked up into the tree and Zara hoped she wouldn't be seen, They boy then sat down in the shade of the tree. She heaved a heavy sigh, and instantly whished she hadn't. Zara lost balance from the branch she was sitting on and fell out of the tree. "OW!" was all she could manage.

[Wyatt O'Riley]

Wyatt jumped up quickly from where he was sitting as something fell out of the tree. Wyatt looked to see that is was a female student who had fallen. "Are you ok?" he asked hoping she hadn't been hurt to badly. "What were you doing up there?" he asked rather confused as to why she was in the tree in the first place. It seemed an odd place to be especially since the soft patch of grass under the tree where Wyatt had been sitting seemed to be a much more cofortable spot.

[Zara O'Riley]

Zara looked up groaning silently, "I'll be ok." Zara said She could feel any pain. Zara got up slowly off the ground. She looked at the boy as he asked the question, "I....like to climb tees." she said to him. "I'm Zara O'Riley by the way." Zara began to pick some leaves out of her hair trying to look presentable. "I didn't want to disturb you."

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"Don't worry about I kinda like being disturbed...that is to say that I..." Wyatt stumbled over the words becoming consious of the fact that he must sound like an idiot, "I'm Wyatt O'Riley," he said changing the subject to something he actually knew. He smiled and asked again, "Are you sure your ok?"

[Zara O'Riley]

Zara smiled at Wyatt, "It's nice to meet you Wyatt. Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks for asking." she said. She pulled one last leaf out of her hair. Seeing there was a laydy bird on it, she placed the bug onto the grass. "Beautiful day isn't it?" she said, attempting some conversation.

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"Yea it is," Wyatt agreed. "I was actually admiring how nice a day it was when you...fell out of the tree," he added smiling. "So do you...come out here often?" he asked rubbing the back of his neck feeling a little awkward. He was trying to continue the small talk unfortunately that was not one of his strong points.

[Zara O'Riley]

Zara blushed, "For the record, I do't go around falling ut of trees everyday." she gave a small laugh. "No, not really, I haven't been out about the grounds in ages." she said absent mindedly. Zara sighed just realising what she had said, "You probably think that I'm really sad, not coming out, and saying all that, and now I'm babbling so I'm just going to go ahead and shut up now." she sad getting quieter and quieter. Zara looked from Wyatt off to the castle. She was probably a nice shade of red.

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"Don't worry about it, I start babbling all the time," Wyatt said noticing that Zara was now blushing. "And also if you shut up now it's gonna be pretty hard for me to continue this conversation by myself," he added smiling, hoping it would make her feel more comfortable.

[Zara O'Riley]

Zara looked at him as he spoke, she smiled softly. "Yeah, I guess it would be difficult, what house and year are you in?" Zara asked him. She wanted to become friends with Wyatt. Zara leant against the tree and watched the passing students.

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"I'm a 6th year and I'm in Pruden," Wyatt repiled proudly. "How about you?" he asked. Wyatt of course knew that Zara was not in his house or they surely would have met before, but he couldn't decide which of the other houses she belonged in.

Although he had only been talking to her for a few minutes and had hardly gathered any information about her other than she was fond of climbing trees, but not to fond of falling out of them. He looked at her and tried to see if her appearance would give anything away, but Wyatt knew as well as anyone that appearances can be decieving. He gave up on trying to guess and waited on Zara's answer.

[Zara O'Riley]

Zara looked at him, "I'm in 6th year, Temeraus." she told him quietly. She was not ashamed of where she was place, it suited her well, being what she was. It was that most people seemed to jump to conclusions straight away, she had lost many friends, by telling people her House. She hoped Wyatt would not be like that.

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"Oh," Wyatt responded nodding his head. It wasn't that he had anything against Temaraus students they just tended to not have alot in common with him, including views on muggles and muggle borns. Zara had been nice so far and she seemed like a pretty ok girl. Wyatt wasn't going to stop talking to Zara just because of the house she was in, but this information did change his view on her a bit.

"So...Do you like to read?" Wyatt asked trying to find common ground. He realized that he hadn't said anything after zara told him her house and was eager to break the awkward silence.

[Zara O'Riley]

She heard the 'Oh,' any thought of having a new friend dropped completely. Of course he was going to see her in a different light now. She was a Temeraus girl, sly, cruel and uncaring. Zara felt tears come to her eyes knowing she had never been like that, her past had made her what she was today. She wondered what Wyatt would say if he knew she was a DeathEater.

She was about to say something as Wyatt seemed to be gobsmacked, but then he came up with something. "Yeah, read quite a lot actually. I love muggle fairytale books." Zara said, "Though you probably think that it's stupid for a sixteen year old to be reading fairytales."

[Wyatt O'Riley]

"I don't think that's stupid," Wyatt said, "A little strange maybe, but not stupid," he added truthfully. He found it a bit strange that a teenage would want to be reading fairytales since he would have thought she would have read most of them as a young child.

"I read alot too...but I haven't read a fairy tale in quite awhile. I mostly read things like spellbooks, and novels," He said answering his own question now that Zara had.