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Rockywizardia
Levi flipped through the comic, sucked in by the different illustrations and vibrant action sequences on each page. It seemed like nobody around here had heard of DC or Marvel but he had been reading and collecting them ever since he was in first grade. The stories weren't exactly stimulating literary-wise but they could be pretty exciting. He had tried reading a few wizard comics but they never seemed to entice him as much as the muggle ones such as X-men and Batman. He wished he could find somebody else who shared the same taste as him but it was practically impossible.
As a voice spoke up nearby, he lifted his wide dark eyes from the comic and smiled at the Slytherin girl. Samira was one of the first new friends he had made in Diagon Alley and he was glad to see a friendly face for once. Most of the time, he kept to himself and avoided other students like the plague. He wasn't intentionally antisocial but he didn't trust a lot of people and he had several reasons why he couldn't. However, she had proved herself to be a decent person so he gestured to space beside him.
"Hi Samira!" the Gryffindor chirped, putting the comic down. It would have been rude to read while she was talking to him. "Oh, Vlad? He's my bat. I guess you could say he's my familiar since I don't have an owl or anything. Er...so how are you doing?"
Samira smiled brightly as she sat down next to Levi, now completely reassured no one would poke fun at her. She honestly didn't know how to handle that, since it has never really happened before.
The Slytherin let out a small gasp as she looked more closely at the creature on Levi's arm. It
was a bat!
"Oh, Levi," she breathed.
"He is so adorable, and Vlad is such a cute name!" That was so cool, being different and having a bat instead of an owl. The thought was appealing to Samira. She wish she had thought of bringing a bat. She would love to see everyone's faces. Answering his question, Samira waved a nonchalant hand and said,
"Oh, me? I'm doing fine. Just really happy to be back, you know?" Hogwarts was here home, here real home. Since she never really had a solid home outside of Hogwarts before, this was like her safe haven.
"What about you? Been up to anything?"