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Nika smiled as she mentioned Sugar Quills. Nika wasn't too fond of them, but they were Emily's favorites so she has had her fair share of those too. But back to the frogies, "Yeah, chocolate frogs are definitely my favorite! Besides they come with a cool trading card!" She said happily. Then she remembered that time that she was with Ari in the common room and they ate the chocolate frogs and Nika was disheartened because she got Gryffindor again. "Oh and guess what!?! I was with my friend Thea the other day and I had a chocolate frog and I didn't get Godric Gryffindor! My first non-gryffindor card!" She said with a huge smile. Things like this excited her. "It was slytherin instead." She muttered below her breath but hey it was a new card all the same.
"Yeah a lot of my friends really like the subject, but this term it's awful! that Lord Borr-face-guy doesn't even show up!?" She said with a chuckle. "One of my friends told me about this group that's starting up and they're gonna have some older students teach younger students real DADA! I think I'm going to join." She said smiling proudly. "That would be really cool! Do you know how to do it? I'm really terrible with magic... and from what I've heard from Tayla your really smart." She said raising an eyebrow. Tayla. Where did that girl go!?
Trading cards were cool indeed!
'Yep, I sometimes like the cards more than the actual chocolate.' Ari chuckled.
'That's something, all right. I think congratulations are in order.' the firstie laughed as Nika told her she finally got a non-Gryffindor card.
'So who'd you get?' Ariadne asked interestedly.
'I'm hoping to get Severus Snape one of these days, I don't know why but his persona fascinates me.' she added pensievely.
'I didn't catch that, sorry.' Ari had to ask for clarifications as her friend had only mumbled the last part.
Ari laughed at Nika's joke but then her eyes grew bigger when the older Gryffindor mentioned the DADA group.
'You mean like Dumbledore's Army 80 years ago?' she asked excitedly.
'I'd definitely like to join too. Is there a sign-up sheet or something like that?' the firstie was beaming. Ariadne blushed when Nika told her she had heard she was smart.
'Err-sometimes I am, I suppose.' she replied quickly, then changed the subject back to the spell.
'I remember reading about it at the library. The incantation was a combination of the Latin word for smile and the one for being miserable. So...something like...Ridere miserabilis!' the girl pointed her wand at the snowman's mouth, and apparently the spell worked, making it turn up and down alternatively.
'There. Do you think our snowman needs anything else?'