<div class="floatleft">(http://www.modelresource.ca/Scene/Feb09/hugo_1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Laurent Valeris<br/><strong>Age:</strong>17<br/><strong>House:</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Cat<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Faded school robes with a fraying bottom hem.<br/><strong>Date:</strong>Sept. 2, 2018 morning<br/><strong>Location</strong>Slytherin Table<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Kylee Boren<br/>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Laurent had been idly studying instructions on wand positioning in between the last bites of his breakfast when someone gave his shoulder a nudge. Looking to his side, he noticed Kylee had sat down next to him. Laurent was genuinely happy to see her; Kylee was one of the few people Laurent really called a friend at Hogwarts. She was one of the people who really made it a home. Laurent tapped the enormous book with his wand, letting it shut of its own accord as he turned to talk to Kylee. He had big news.<br/><br/>"Summer was actually good," he said, leaning one elbow on the table and resting his cheek in his hand to better look at Kylee. "I mean, Dad did get us chased out of Channingmere and we spent a week on the lam, one step away from the Ministry, but what else is new?" he mumbled, a little embarrassed to talk about what had actually happened over the summer. Kylee was one of the few people who he would tell such things. That never meant she was the only one who knew. Inevitably, some Hogwarts family lived in the small Wizarding towns Michel Valeris spent his days grifting, scamming, and thieving in. And they inevitably reminded Laurent the next year about his summers. Loudly, and in front of everyone.<br/><br/>"It wasn't all bad though," Laurent perked up. "Dad spent July and most of August in Normandy hiding out, so I got to spend some real time working and studying on my own," he smiled, leaning in and motioning for Kylee to do the same. He had a secret to share. "Gave me the time I needed to do it. Kylee, I'm an animagus now!" Laurent whispered, his voice full of excitement. He'd been working towards this ever since he'd heard about them in third year, and he had accomplished it. And so far, besides filing paperwork with the ministry, he'd told nobody else. All summer, he'd wanted Kylee to be the first to know.