life had not taken her where she had always expected it would - - - she had never thought she’d end up here again, under the roof of hogwarts, teaching. had never expected that the interest she had taken in history so long ago, all those old books and older stories, those dates, those names, those timelines, all would add up to this. they put her in a classroom neither in a dungeon nor in a tower but somewhere near the center of the castle, a view of the lake shimmering through the windows, and somehow it felt right. she has been trying, all this time, to be different and yet remain somehow, at her core, herself. she has been trying to be better, which is why she’s heading for the greenhouses now, and the other professor who had been at hogwartrs the same time she had, just a year ahead. “neville longbottom?” she calls, peering through the stems and leaves of plants as she walks in. “are you in here?” her hands are folded carefully in front of her, she moves through the waving leaves as though afraid to touch them. when she finds him in the middle of all of it, she offers a smile that’s.....not shy, no, but hesitant. “you were a year ahead of me while we were both here, but we never truly met. i thought, since we are both teaching now, i should properly introduce myself. i’m astoria greengrass - - i’m here to teach magical history.”