Under the Tree

It was a pretty park - filled with healthy trees, thick with branches of leaves, and it was also spacious. Eve looked around and nodded in satisfaction. There were other wizards and witches milling around the public place.

There was a huge playground just a few yards away, and an ice cream stand just to the side of it. Young children and parents congregated that little space. Eve stared at the picturesque scene for a bit before shaking her head and moving towards a large tree that was hidden a bit behind the first few rows of other trees.

She could still the people, but Eve doubted they could see her. At the base of the tree she sat down comfortably before taking out a book and began to read.

After everything that Markus had been threw in the last few days. The receiving of that letter from Hogwarts, getting his wand, getting his books. This park was his last glimpse of sanity, a world he hardly belonged too. After seeing all that he had today how he could he consider any of this park natural still he saw small children playing around and wondered just how many of them were going to receive letters. How many of them would go on in there lives blissfully unaware of the worlds true secrets.

Markus wheeled his chair threw the park all be it a little difficult due to the nature of the terrain but do able. Five years he had been stuck in this chair aware that he would never stand up, or be able to walk again. it wasn’t tragic to him not any more. At first there had been a lot of crying but one day the tears simply stopped, he didn’t care anymore this was his life. At least that’s what he had thought until he got his letter. Magic… could it really fix his spine?

As he came under the shade of the trees he tried his best not to focus on any of it. instead he pulled out one of the books he would have to be reading for his classes. That he had picked up in that weird store in that weird street. “Life is all just so weird now.” he sighed as he spoke. Not really taking notice to the woman who was right beside him. he had been so focused on his own thoughts that he hadn’t even noticed her yet.