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Lottiepot 
The food was just amazing, Terry couldn't imagine how muggles could live without all the fantastic sweets that he got to eat, well was encouraged not to eat but this was his change and his mother couldn't exactly stop him could he? "That's okay" he grinned, he didn't mind helping others after all. "Oh. Me too! Would you like one of mine?" he asked holding out a chocolate frog towards her, he bought a little too many for his stomach to hold.
"I'm Terry" he introduced himself with a friendly smile. "Or Turtle if you ask my sister" because like many other siblings, they had nicknames for each other.
His expression changed from a smile to a hurt frown as she told him to take the rat away from her. "She won't hurt you, she's really friendly" the twelve year old pouted, tickled Brie's head and placed her back out of sight into his pocket. Why were girls always scared of rats? They were friendly and his was so shiny and pretty that he thought people wouldn't mind it. Besides, a rat was something that was on the school list so he expected more people to have one. Instead, most seemed to possess a cat.
Ari eyed the boy suspiciously. No one offered free chocolate. No one!
'That's ok, I'll go buy something myself.' It was nice that he offered though. '
Pleased to meet you, Terry.' Ariadne replied.
'You can call me Ari. It's short for Ariadne.' And easier to remember, as most people pointed out.
His sister called him WHAT?
'Why?' the girl had to ask. Luckily, she didn't voice the first thing that came to her mind, which was
'You don't look like a turtle to me.'
The fifth year could tell that her comments about his pet had hurt Terry. She hated rats, but she was not mean, and offending younger children was most definitely not her daily routine. Come to think of it, her cat Pluto wasn't a beauty, but she was still upset when people called him hideous. And she was fifteen, and a Gryffindor, for Merlin's sake!
'Sorry, I might have overreacted.' Might have, mind you.
'She's actually not that bad. Quite p...' Come on, you can say it. 'Pre...'. Lil' bit more.
'Pretty.' There. She said it.