Nature's Fox

After using journal after journal for my travels, taking notes and writing for the book, it seems almost ritual to start a new journal now, on my newest journey. Hogwarts.

Teaching. Up untill last year, I would never have really considered it. With Angel and I traveling so much, always together, always somewhere new... it is a good life for us. We didn't need the same scenary, just eachother.

But after the book was published, and Ang got her degree... It more or less came over us that it was time for something new. So here we are. Her, a professor of Muggle Studies. And really, who better?

As for myself? Hogwarts newest Herbology professor. It is the dream job. I have learned so much about this subject. It is my passion, my love, excepting Angel of course. To give these students that knowledge, to set them on the path to learning what I know... that is the next step on my path, my journey.

And now on to Ang. My Angel. My love for her, even after all these years, continues to grow and grow. I love her more and more each day. Every touch, every glance, every whisper in whatever language we decide to use, be it English or French. Tonight made me more aware of that then ever.

With the Heart's Bud here, and awaiting planting (more on that later), we have had to keep it in slumber since it first sprouted. Ang, bless her and her black thumb, is still a help. In the time we have been here, we have met in the greenhouse to play for it. Last night was perfect. Wine, my music, my Angel's voice... it all combined to bring the moment to perfection.

And tommorrow, I will be taking the 4th and 5th year students to plant it. Soon, a Grove will exist on Hogwart's ground. And all from the Bud that I was able to grow from my own Heart's tree.

Excitement does not even describe how I feel right now. I can't wait. I hope the children enjoy the experiance. Being a part of something so rare, so beautiful.

And Ang will be there to share it. Perfect.