The Outside

[JESSA MAE JERGANS]

Jessa Mae Jergans was a farm hand by trade. She had grown up in her fathers footsteps on Blenkinsop Farm. Her father had been working there since he had graduated school and after Jessa was abandoned by her muggle mother at birth, her father brought her back to the farm with him and the two had lived close to it since. Neither one of them ever thought about leaving. Why would they want to? The farm was a family. The farm was their home.

Jessa was born with an Animal Affinity, so she was always rather gifted with animals, making the farm a perfect profession for her. She liked being outside in all weathers. She liked feeding and riding and caring for the animals. So, on her days off, the ones where she bothered to leave the farm at least, she was drawn to the pet shop in Diagon Alley. She wouldn't get a pet. She had plenty of animals on the farm that she loved. Every once in a while she would wish she had a cat or a dog or an owl of her own, but she knew that she didn't need one. And, if she did get one. She would get one for a better reason than just wanting company on a stormy night. Even though she wasn't shopping, she liked to come in and interact with the pets. She liked to know that the pet shop was treating them well. They always did, but Jessa felt better hearing it from the animals. She couldn't speak to animals, but she could communicate with them in a way. She knew if they were happy or sad or in pain or hungry. She understood them. And they understood her; better than people did, she feared.