Harry and Morgan were both wearing smug look as Sylvia was nuzzling Hermione with possessive pride.
"Solves one problem." Harry replies, "Hermione, why don't you and Sylvia go into her stall and spend some time together. I will see that you're enrolled into the Herald's Collegium."
Corina met him in the hall along with Draco. "What the hell was that all about?"
"Sylvia knew Hermione was her Chosen but wouldn't make the Choice, so after Morgan lectured her, she finally Chose Hermione." Harry explains
"Wow, that's a new complexity on things. Where is Hermione right now?" Corina questions
"With Sylvia in the stable." Harry replies "as it should be for a newly Chosen."
"I'll go to the Girls' dormitory and get Hermione's room." Corina states, "You inform Teren."
The rest of the afternoon was spent getting Hermione settled into the girls' dormitory seeing as it was summer, it was easier to get everything settled and set up Hermione's new class schedule for the upcoming term. Since Remus was Hermione's guardian, she was transferred from his custody to that of the Collegium. Visiting Seshel, the housekeeper for Trainee uniforms. Not so incidentally, they did get find out that they weren't needed for anything so they could take Draco and Hermione to Burning Pines and White Foal Pass.
Draco was staying the night in the Harry and Corina's outer room in a bedroll, that way they could leave at first light. Hermione was in her dormitory and already fast asleep.
Corina woke an hour before dawn, she went and got Hermione up, she and Corina went to the bathing room in the students' hall. Corina explains that a bath was needed after working with the Companions, arms practice, and just before dinner or at least a good wash then a true bath. She showed her where the towels, supplies for moon-days, laundry chute. They then went into the kitchen and got a breakfast tray from the pantry.
"Mero has a pantry for food for us if we're still hungry, but he plans all the meals in advance. So keep in mind that you can't just eat everything." Corina explains after they were heading back up to the tower.
"Corina, why did you choose a tower suite?" Hermione questions
"My Gifts are mindspeech and Empathy, which is to say that once my Empathy began to show up, I got a decent education of the ways of man and woman. I chose a tower suite because it's far enough away that I don't have to actively shield!" Corina explains as Hermione opened the door on the landing. Only to find Draco and Harry both awake a dressed.
"After we eat, we're meet the Companions." Corina states, "I've already got one of those magical tents, so we can camp out if we have too."
"But I don't know how to ride.." Hermione and Draco states
"We'll teach you. Trevor agreed to take you, Draco. His quote 'What are friends for?'" Harry responds, as they start on their breakfast.
After breakfast, they went to the Companions' stable and tack shed, where Corina, Harry, Hermione, and Draco got the Companions' tack. The bitless hackamore, saddle blanket, saddle.
Draco watched carefully as Corina and Harry saddled their Companions. He followed after them, along with Hermione, who was enjoying that she had a Companion herself. She was going to be a Herald just like Harry and Corina, after a few more years of study.
Harry went over and checked on Trevor's tack, to make sure Draco got everything done correctly.
"Trevor helped." Draco admitted sheepishly.
"You did well." Harry praised as he went over to Morgan. "Watch me and copy, what I do."
Draco and Hermione watched as Harry, put one boot in the stirrup, and swung his other leg over the saddle and he was seated.
"We can get you a ladder if you need one. Hang on to the pommel of the saddle." Corina states as she demonstrated.
The other two followed suit, soon they were out and the Companions headed out the Gate, Harry gave their names to the Gate guard for the list of outgoing Heralds or Trainees.
"Where are you heading?" the guard questions
"South, White Foal Pass, and Burning Pines. We might decide on side trips while we're out. Either Forst Reach."
"And Sorrows one." Corina added much to Harry's confusion.
"aye, I'll mark it down." the guard responds
The went out the South Gate.
The Companions made their way through traffic, once they were out of the city itself.
"Harry, just why did you tell that guard where we were going?" Draco questions,
Harry motioned for Draco to ride next to him, so Trevor moved up to match paces with Morgan. As Hermione's Sylvia was doing with Corina's Dasher. "The guard has a list of every outgoing Herald or Trainee, depending on the time so that if something happens, they will get rescued."
Draco thought about that. "Makes sense, wouldn't want to hear the Death Bell for say a trainee."
"Yes, that would be tragic." Harry replies
Hermione was questioning Corina, what Sorrows One was.
"Its a part of Valdemar that runs to the Forest of Sorrows, legend said that Vanyel cursed the forest to take a life of its own, but I don't think it works anymore. Since the Mage storms that is." Corina replies, "Sorrows one lays a village, where Dirk's family lives."
Harry overheard that.. "Why are we going to see Dirk's family?"
"Because I'm an adopted member, since the third year, I stayed behind and Dirk decided to drag me home to visit his sisters and brothers. Next thing, I know I'm part of the family to a bunch of madmen, they are all like Dirk!"
"Who's Dirk?" Hermione questions
"He's Basic Orientation instructor, you'll be in that class when summer recess is over, and Dirk also teaches Gifts, his Gift is Fetching, which is moving things with your mind." Corina replies "if we get back in time, I'll introduce you two."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Harry questions shocked that this was something he didn't know about Corina.
"We weren't exactly together in our third year!" Corina exclaims twisting in her saddle to look back at Harry. "You were fighting your own issues."
"What?" Draco questions
"Harry here, didn't learn that duty comes first until very recently." Corina explains then told them about their years of training.