[W.Willow] Oh Dear

[Ella Malfoy]

Ella walked out from the Great Hall, a bit earlier than most. She had just lost her appetite suddenly, and decided that she could eat no more. Ella ignored the questioning glances of her fellow students as she walked out of the doors.

Ella needed to think, thats all there was to it. Ellas parents had just owl'ed her, with the worst of news. They were coming to visit. Very soon. Her father said he was worried about the people she mingled with, and that he was also worried she had not found a quality boy..

How is this his business? She thought, angrily trudging.

Nothing was worse than her father being 'worried'. Because when he said he was worried, he meant he was dissapointed, and by dissapointed he meant if it wasn't the way he wants, he ws going to crucio her ass until she was almost dead.Looking up, Ella realized she had not been paying attention to anywhere she was walking whatso ever. Suddenly, out of instinct, Ella's stomach dropped.

Looking up, hearing a loud *creeaak*, Ella dove out of the way as the weeping willow above her crashed down. Ella covered her head with her hands, and barely missed being hit by a huge limb! But she wasn't quite out of reach, yet. Ella got up, planning to run as the willow lifted itself, preparing for another slam.

Ella tripped, getting her foot stuck by a rock. Why did she have this luck? Just in time, she rolled out of the way of another branch, but getting hit by a smaller one on the leg. Now, out of breath, and her leg aching, her head ached for help as she begun to feel dizzy.

[Alexis Heart]

Alexis had been out on the Quidditch Pitch. She was trying to keep up with flying, even though it was like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it she liked to practice. Not being as active on the Quidditch team this year she didn't get to do it much. Skipping lunch she skipped out and found a broom in the shed hers was locked safely away in her room.

Practicing dives and rolls got a bit boring she did them better than most so it was redundant to practice them over and over again. Looking down she didn't see anyone else around so she figured she would go for a little bit of a joy ride. Zooming away the trees were calling to her.

From her view point she could see the whomping willow, which was in action the branches were flailing about. That was certainly odd the tree only did that when it was on the attack. Alexis flew at it seeing someone on the ground. Whoever it was the tree was about to pound them into the dirt. Alexis had her wand with her always carried it as a precaution, grabbing it from her back pocket she shouted stupefy. Watching the tree suddenly stop the broom she was on nose dived to the ground she threw it aside and ran to the girl.

"Can you stand, you have to because I'm not that good at that spell it probably won't last long we have to go" she tried to grab her hand and pull her to safety but Alexis didn't have the strength. "Come on you gotta move" she shouted.

[Ella Malfoy]

As the three was just feet above Ella, it froze in mid action. Ella let out a sigh of relief, and realized that somebody had stupified it, and whoever it was was trying to get Ella out of there. Ella stood quickly, and rain out of reach, which was no more than 10 feet.
Ella looked to the person the saved her, to see a girl, possibly a few years younger than her. At first Ella was speechless, but she knew she had to say something or she was going to look like an incompetant baboon.

"Thank you. So much" Ella stated to the girl, trying to calm herself. "Ella Malfoy" Ella stuck her hand out for the girl to shake.

"I must have looked completely psycho, barbaric, stupid, or all of the above back there." Ella slightly laughed, but she was being serious. "It was jus a complete mishap." Ella explained.

[Alexis Heart]

The girl managed to move right before Alexis' spell wore off. The tree started to thrash around again but only managed to hit the dirt. After a few more attempts it stopped of its own accord, stood there still as all the other trees. Then a hand was thrust her way and she jumped a bit cause she hadn't been really expecting it. She looked down at it then back up at its owner who introduced herself as Ella Malfoy.

Alexis shook her hand but something kept nagging at her the last name it sounded like one she heard somewhere before. Her brain clicked into action running through names in her short term and long term memory. She was known for doing things like this if there was something to figure out she had to figure it out or she didn't feel right. Then as if a light bulb just lit up above her head she remembered. Malfoy was a very popular pure blood family, and not the good kind either. The whole lot of them were synonymous with dark magic, dark arts, and evil doings.

Of all the people she could have saved. Alexis tried not to act mean, just to be herself nothing happened yet. "No you looked like a girl who got caught by that nasty tree. It's a vicious thing I don't know why they don't just chop it down, the thing's a menace in my opinion...Oh sorry I'm Alexis Heart rude of me not to say that first."

[Sarie Thimble]

Sarie was a early riser. She also didn't like eating in the hall in the morning. She was going to her favorite to eat. She like the womping willow when she was out of it reach. She noticed that it was upset this moring. Then she saw Alexis Heart a Ravenclaw she knew. She was standing over a girl who she didn't know.

"Hey are you guys alright?" She had already had dropped her toast on the ground.

[Ella Malfoy]

Just as Ella had opened her mouth to say something, a girl walked up, speaking to them. Ella turned to the girl, who was obviously younger, but how much she was not sure.

"Yes, fine, Thank you" Ella replied. "Thanks to Alexis" Ella nodded her head in the direction of the girl she had just met, and who had saved her life.

"I can't believe I was so absentminded, enough to walk right in the path of the willow!" Ella pondered how she could have missed so much of her surroundings. She tucked a strand of blonde hair behind her ear, earlier she noticed when she stated her Malfoy name, the girl who had saved her seemed to be unpleased, but covered it well.

She was quite used to it, yes. But she could just curse her ancestors for making this terrible name for her. Laying out her future before she could even make a second thought. That was why her father was so angry, he knew she didn't want this.

[Alexis Heart]

Another bystander arrived in the form of little Sarie Thimble. Alexis knew her although not that well. The two of them had several classes together and Alexis thought she was so very sweet. Smiling at her she started thinking that it was a lucky thing she had been up on that broom. Who knows what would have happened to Ella otherwise. Her mama always told her things happened for a reason perhaps her reason for practicing alone was to save Ella from harm.

Whatever the reason was she there was no way to know for sure. So she would just chalk it up to good luck and leave it at that. "Oh her there Sarie. We're pretty good that darn tree over there though well its days should be numbered. I think we ought to file a complaint about it. I heard it attacked someone else not too long ago. People should be able to walk here with no fear of getting clobbered."

Alexis turned and watched the tree that looked so innocent now like it couldn't possibly hurt a fly. "I'm just glad I saw you in time. Speaking of that where is that darn broom, it's not even mine they'll have my hide if I loose it. " Can you guys help me I sort of tossed it aside to get to you Ella." Her parents would not like it if they got a letter saying they owed the school money for an old broom.

[Ella Malfoy]

"Yes of course." Ella replied to Alexis. Of course she would, this girl did/i] just save her life. The least she could do was look for her broom. She did not know how she could repay her.

Ella took off a few feet in the grass, making sure to keep out of the reach of the large willow that seemed to be standing as if it did not just swing at her like a fly swatter on a fly. The tree just had an ornery-ness about it, but being so large, it made it hostile. As Alexis said, there was a rather large question of why they had not just gotten rid of the darn thing by now, it was just so dangerous.

As Ella made her way across the grass, exploring it with her eyes, she nearly fell as her foot caught something. Thankfully she stayed up. She had made a fool of herself enough already today. Looking to down to gaze at what she had tripped on, Ella saw a broom laying on the ground. Must be Alexis', Ella thought as she picked up the broom.
"Found it!" Ella called to the two girls, making her way back over and handing it to Alexis.

[Alexis Heart]

They each went in their own direction Alexis tried to avoid the tree something the thing made her feel as if she was being watched by the darn thing. She didn't like it at all so made sure to stay just along the edges she didn't want it lashing out at her it was sort of calm now. Her eyes were honed on the grass hoping the tree hadn't gotten hold of the broom. So far she was having no luck and she was freaking out. The brooms were old but they were always accounted for. She'd get into so much trouble for taking one without permission and for flying it off the pitch.

Then she heard sweet news to her ears Ella said she found a broom. Alexis almost clicked her heels in excitement running in the direction of Ella's voice. Looking down she saw that it was her broom. "Oh man you're the best" she picked it up. "I would have gotten into so much trouble for this" now it was Ella's turn to save Alexis. "What a day this has been huh?"