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Chapter 9: An Unexpected Surprise

The next morning, Selina awoke to, what sounded like, a horse moving towards her through the trees.
She opened her eyes just in time to see said horse and a rider approaching her.

"Woah, Tanny. Stop." The rider said to the horse as he noticed Selina.

The horse stopped right beside her, and the rider looked down at her while he spoke.
"What would a lovely young lady such as yourself be doing out here, in the middle of nowhere, all alone?"

Selina stared at him for a moment. He was quite good looking, and, with the added touch of his properness, he was quite appealing to her.

"Trying to find my way to Hogwarts School." She finally replied.
"Well, that's rather interesting." The rider said.
"I was just heading back there myself from a visit with my parents."

Selina smiled.
"Do you always ride your horse back and forth between Hogwarts and your home?"
"Actually, I do. My home isn't far from here." The rider replied, climbing down from his horse.
"But seeing as we're headed the same way, would you care to join me?"

Selina continued to smile and stood.
"That would be nice, but if we're going to be travelling together, we should have an introduction. I'm Selina"
"Quintus." The rider replied, taking Selina's hand and kissing it gently.
Selina blushed a little, but looked rather interested.
"Ahh, a Latin name. That explains why you're so proper."
Quintus smiled.
"You sure know your historical languages, but how does that explain what I'm like?"
"Well, it's quite simple really. Anyone who had a proper upbringing usually has a good name, being proper in itself, as the parents feel it's proper to do so. They then bring the child up to be proper as well.
"Having said that, would I be right to think that your parents are proper as well?" Selina explained, never having used the word 'proper' so many times at once before.

Quintus was amazed.
"My, my. You certainly are intelligent to be able to think like that.
"And yes, my parents are also proper, but shall we get going? We have quite a way to go still."
"Of course." Selina replied.

"Here, let me help you up." Quintus said, gently lifting Selina onto the horse.
Selina giggled a bit. "Thanks."
"No problem. This is Tanny by the way." Quintus said as he climbed on behind her.
"That's a nice name." Selina replied.
"Alright Tanny, let's go." Quintus said.

And with that, they headed off towards Hogwarts on horseback.

They rode in silence for a while, then Quintus spoke.
"You never did say why it was that you were out here in the first place. Did you expect
to be able to walk all the way to Hogwarts before the weekend was over?"
"Well, it's somewhat of a long story, but to summarise, I normally attend Hogwarts, but this year my mother asked me to attend the school that she teaches at, Cackle's, and I agreed.
"My mother and I just haven't gotten along at all, so I ran away to return to Hogwarts." Selina replied.

"Well, I think you made the right choice. I wouldn't have met you otherwise. I'm new to Hogwarts and could use some friends. Especially a lovely female such as yourself." Quintus said with a smile.
Selina blushed again.
"You're new? That would explain why I haven't seen you before. How are you finding things?"

"Well, it's defiantly nice. Except for the lack of friends and that potions professor that is." Quintus replied.
"You mean Professor Snape? Everyone thinks he's got something against them. All but a few anyway." Selina said with a slight laugh.
"Well, he does have something against me. It seems he and my father were worst enemies in school, and he's carried that over to me." Quintus replied.
"That's too bad." Selina said.

"How do you find him?" Quintus asked.
"Well, he's not too bad towards me, but that's only for two reasons." Selina replied.
"Which are?" Quintus asked.
"Well, first off, I'm in Slytherin, his house." Selina started.
"I got put into Ravenclaw." Quintus said.
"That shows. But secondly, I'm his daughter." Selina finished, wanting to get that out of the way.
"You're..." Quintus said, unable to finish.
Selina nodded quietly.
"But you're nothing like him!" Quintus exclaimed.
"I know, I try not to be. You can hate me if you'd like." Selina said.

"I'd never hate you! You're way too nice, not to mention beautiful." Quintus said.
Selina blushed once again.
"You're quite nice yourself."
"Well, if that's the case, do you...do you think we might be able...able to start a relationship?" Quintus asked nervously.
"Of course! That would be wonderful. If you're sure you like me enough that is." Selina replied.
"I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't positive." Quintus replied, snaking his arm around her waist.

Selina smiled and covered his hand with her own, thinking that her decision to go to Cackle's may not have been such a bad decision after all.

Another author's note: Lol, Quintus is such a flirt. I didn't notice that until I was typing that out.
But anyway, a few notes on name creations here, lol. Quintus was formed because I was stuck for a guy's name, and the name was one of my favourites in Latin class. And Tanny was just kinda
created.

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