Exploring the Grounds (Open to anyone)

"Ooh exciting! " the young girl squealed. "Don't worry, I don't even know how I ended up a seer. I think my grandmother is one but I'm not sure. It's very rare to get special abilities and such. My sister can talk to animals and she's an excellent flier, but I'm scared of flying." Ellie explained further.

"Wow," Aylee told her. "You mean communicate with animals? That's..." she tried to find the right word. "amazing."
Slowly, Aylee lied down on the grass. She could see the sky clearly now. There were a few clouds up there and she lazily tried to make shapes out of them.
"That cloud looks like a dragon," Aylee said finally, trying to break the silence.

Ellie looked up and smiled. "Look! That one looks like a lion!"
She laid back in the grass as well, and wondered aloud, "Maybe the clouds are enchanted..."

"That would be great," Aylee said. Then she spotted another one.
"That one looks like a flower!" she pointed at it. For some reason, she kept her gaze fixed on that cloud. Why she was so interested in it, Aylee had no idea. She just wanted to stare at the cloud for hours.

Ellie looked over to Aylee who looked like she was in a sort of trance.
"That one looks like an...Ellie! It's like a cloud version of me?! What the?" Ellie furrowed her eyebrows together..

Aylee heard Ellie exclaim next to her and looked around. Sure enough, there was an Ellie shaped cloud.
"What the...?" she started but she never finished. "That's really weird!"

"Okay, now that is just plain creepy." Ellie looked to Aylee.
"I'm glad you see it too. I thought I was going crazy."
Suddenly Ellie grabbed her head. It was like a movie was playing through her head and she could stop it. Over and over, she saw the woman growing closer to Hogwarts, she needed to protect Ella, she couldn't let her turn but Ella wouldn't listen. Eventually the picture subsided and she blinked as if nothing had happened.

Aylee gasped as she saw Ellie grab her head.
"Ellie are you alright!?" she exclaimed. She grabbed Ellie by the shoulders. "Ellie?"
She watched as she saw Ellie blink. Aylee let go slowly, still watching her carefully.
"Ellie, are you ok?" she asked.

Ellie stared into the eyes of a frightened Aylee.
"Yeah, I'm...fine. It's just, I've been having this same vision, over and over again."
Ellie's face was a mix between shock and worry. She knew what it was, but yet at the same time she didn't.

"What is it about...?" Aylee was too curious not to ask. She sat up and brushed a few hairs out of her face. Then she looked back at Ellie with a worried face.

"It's..." Ellie paused, hesitant to tell her.
"Promise not to tell anyone?" Ellie's voice became softer.

"Promise," Aylee answered. She noticed that Ellie was becoming more hesitant.
Maybe I shouldn't have asked, she thought.

"It's an attack. I'm sure you've heard about the rise of the Dark Ones, yes?I found out last year. Well...it's my grandmaw, I think, she's coming to Hogwarts, she wants to turn me and Ella over to the Dark Side or kill us...My vision...it shows Ella turning..." Ellie was fighting to hold back her tears now. "I'm trying to protect her, to tell her and warn her not to do it...but there's only so much a nine year old can do..." her voice was barely an audible whisper now as she sat there in the wind, with tears in her eyes, staring at the elder girl.

Aylee stared back and tried to think of a way to comfort Ellie.
"I don't know about the rise of the Dark Ones," she started. "But I think your sister is strong enough to fight your grandmother. Does Ella know about this?"
Then she heard Ellie speak again.
"You're nine?" Aylee asked. "How come you are here at Hogwarts if you are only nine?"
It was a surprise but she had no intention of telling anyone.

'My parents were both killed by my grandparents. My mother right after I was born and my father last year, which was why I came. I wasn't safe." Elita played with the grass, then continued. "I've warned her. She ended up calling me a liar, worthless, a brat and she said I'm the reason we're orphans. Then she stormed off after pushing me into the stones at the stone circle and busting my head. I was in the hospital wing, I almost died of blood loss." Ellie explained the difficult situation to the girl, it seemed like she was willing to listen.

Aylee felt like crying out.
"It is your grandparents' fault, not yours!" she exclaimed. "She's your sister... how wouldn't she believe you?"
She slowly tried to calm down by grabbing a stone and fiercly throwing it into the lake.
"Does anyone else know, besides you and Ella?" Aylee then asked.

"Professor Vega." said Ellie quietly, thinking about the lady who was kind enough to want to adopt her.
"She's the only other one that knows." She watched the rock plop down into the lake with a little splash.

"Oh," Aylee said, remembering how kind Professor Vega is.
Then she suddenly felt guilty of knowing. What if Ellie didn't want her to know and she was too nosy? She probably annoyed Ellie too much in asking.
Aylee looked up and noticed that the Ellie shaped cloud was still in the sky.
"That cloud is still there," she whispered.

"So it is. I wonder if it's a sign?" Ellie said in question.
"My name is Elita Caroline Fontayne," she began,"Elita means Chosen. Caroline means Small and strong one."
Ellie smiled, "Together, it's Chosen, small and strong one. I believe I have/am living up to my name."

Aylee smiled back.
"I can believe that too," she replied. She thought about it and added, "I am guessing that you are chosen to help your sister and stop your grandmother."
She grabbed another stone and threw it into the lake.

"I'm not really sure. I mean, I'm one of the few who's a seer as well. I may do something great in the future. I may lead something, I may save Hogwarts, who knows." Ellie shrugged and picked up a smooth stone, rubbing her finger over it.

"Well, whatever it is that you will do," answered Aylee. "I bet you'll do great."
Smiling to herself, she lied down again wanting to look at the clouds again.
"That flower cloud I saw earlier is still there," Aylee whispered.

"I sure hope so." Ellie looked up.
"I suppose it i. Like I said, has to be enchanted..."

Aylee shrugged lazily.
"So..." she started, thinking of something to say. "What are your favourite subjects?"

"I really like Care of Magical Creatures. It's probably my favourite and nothing can replace it."
Ellie was satisfied with that particular class. It was the one Professor Vega taught.
"Yours?"