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Finally, Selina saw Kurumi. Oh they needed to catch up SO terribly. It had been torture not seeing Kurumi all summer. July had been... hard for Kurumi to have any company and Selina understood why. But she had been spirited away to Lewis for the whole month of August, which meant no Kurina time. It was not that Selina was a jealous best friend, but more that she missed her friend more than she could ever put down in words. Their friendship was one of those friendships that sort of defied description. And they had so much to talk about.
So she bolted over to her friend and threw her arms around her in a bear hug. Although, she was sort of curious as to why Kurumi was laughing... Ah well.
When she pulled away she was going to ramble on and on about how much she had missed her when she noticed something odd. Kurumi was wearing her prefect badge. Didn't Kurumi make Head Girl this term? Why was she wearing her prefect badge then? "Erm, Kurumi?" Selina said curiously, "Why aren't you wearing your Head Girl badge?" Odd.
Wind all but knocked out of her by Selina's hug, Kurumi could only awkwardly pat her best friend's shoulder for the time being. Once she could, you know, breathe again, Kurumi was able to return the hug properly. Kurumi was a little surprised by the...desperation? of the hug. They HAD just been on the train together and spend time dealing with chaos on the platform back in London. Then again, there had been a lot that had gone on between the train and Hogwarts and they had been separated during that time so anything could have happened.
Still, Kurumi hadn't ever really been worried about Selina. Not because she didn't care, but because she knew that it was going to take a lot more than a train suddenly stopped and some falling luggage to really hurt her best friend. Selina was physically invincible as far as Kurumi was concerned - but made up for that emotionally, which Kurumi always admired. It was a brilliant balance. Almost as brilliant as Selina was
minus things concerning Potions.
But before Kurumi could say anything she felt like the wind had been knocked out of her...by Selina's words. Kurumi really had forgotten about, well, all that. About how she felt as though she had let herself down but more importantly she had let Gryffindor down. There hadn't been a Head Girl from Gryffindor for something like 8 years now. In Kurumi's time at Hogwarts there had been more than enough Slytherin ones, a Hufflepuff one, and now....two Ravenclaw ones. It was a thought that both infuriated her and crushed her.
Where had she gone wrong? Had she not done enough? Was it because of her E in Transfiguration?
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I...I don't have that badge....Selina....I wasn't good enough for it..."
Because what other reason was there? She had been a disappointment to someone.
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DaniDiNardo It was just as she expected, Kurumi did not like talking about her mother and in fact she found it hard to do so. This was expected and Lex couldn't have not understood. She nodded slowly, taking in all the girl had said. "I get it...I don't like when people bring up my mother at all..." She trailed off a bit wonder if she should have told her the next thing that was at the tip of her tongue. She might as well as since Kurumi was being so honest. "I broke a boy's jawbone ones for telling me that I didn't have a mother. He shouldn't have said that." He really shouldn't have and he never did again...not that he ever uttered another word to her anyway.
"Wow that's so cool! You have to teach me both, pleeeease?" The 11 year old begged. "We can go down to the kitchen together and make your yummy cookies then eat them together!" And no this invitation was not to be extended to anyone else because she wanted to be alone in the kitchen with her...more cookies that way!!!
Lex looked over at the girl, more than a little offended and she gave a little gasp. "It was not just about a sticker! It was the principle of the thing! She knew that I fancied stars to hearts and as a teacher she should have seen to it that I was properly rewarded for my efforts but noooo, just because I might have broken one of the feet of her chair and made her fall infront of the who class--who laughed by the way--she felt she had to teach me a lesson." Little did she know that it would take more than a heart sticker to teach Alexa Christina Cambridge a lesson. Lex started laughing. Just the fact that she said he wanted to make a sandwich sounded funny. Didn't Headmasters usually have someone to do that for them? "Wait so then...you guys got what you wanted in the end?" Otherwise being attached to something would have been a waste.
She nodded slowly to what Kurumi said then followed her gaze to the teacher's table. "So why don't they like us?" It wasn't very nice to not like lions afterall.
Kurumi didn't say anything in response to what Alexa said about her mother and the story about her hurting the boy. Everyone dealt with their pain in a different way and Kurumi wasn't one to judge. Her mother would have been appalled and ashamed of her if Kurumi had reacted in that way. Although, she had shouted at Ellie two terms ago in the Great Hall when she had come down on Kurumi like a vulture for talking with Treyen. The Hufflepuff Head Boy, and her best friend besides Selina, had always been the one who was best capable of comforting her...and that is what he had been doing. It was the first time Kurumi had ever really raised her voice at anyone. Not only raised her voice...but insulted someone. Kurumi probably would have slapped her if Treyen hadn't been there, but only because doing so would have upset him.
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Oh, um, sure," Kurumi nodded. "
I'm there almost every day, so just catch me in the common room sometime and I can take you. I might even be having some baking lessons with the house elves this term as well...assuming they agree to it." She needed to ask them properly first.
Kurumi frowned a little, wondering if Alexa was perhaps too young to really understand the meaning behind what she was about to say. She also seemed a bit too proud to be able to really reflect and see that she too could be at fault for her actions - something that would come with time, she hoped. "
It isn't...always about getting your way," Kurumi simply shrugged in response. Although, Kurumi had never actually gotten her way growing up. Always the neglected one in school and in town. Only her father and brothers ever showed any sort of appreciation for her existence. "
The Headmaster heard our request and an agreement was made, a compromise I suppose you could say. But it was better than most of us had hoped for."
Kurumi's eyes especially feel on Professor Scabior, lingering there for a moment before returning to Alexa. "
Everyone has their own biases," she simply laughed in response. Just none of them really seemed to favor Gryffindor in their bias.
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Pips Pips jumped when he heard someone call his name. He almost dropped the scary pink plant. He turned to see the Prefectsie with the shiny red badge offering help. "Pips is honoired that Mistress Prefectsie is offering help. But Pips is a brave elfsie, he is. He and the other elvsies can carry the big scary plant to Headmistress with Red Hair and iron their ears afterwards. But elvsies is most grateful that Mistress Prefectsie has offered her help, they is. Mistress Prefectsie was very kind ans kept her badge very shiny. Very good studentsie, Pips thought.
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Oh I don't doubt that you aren't brave, Pips," Kurumi giggled before glancing at the plant again. It just looked so....big. "
Just...please don't iron your ears....you know how sad it makes me to see you all with burns like that."
Kurumi would remind Pips that she preferred it when they called her Kurumi, or Miss Kurumi if they had to add some sort of title to it, but she let it go for now. Probably would only cause him more distress.
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Seeing Kurumi start talking to a little creature Angel cocked her head to the side questioningly as she quietly whispered to the older girl “Are those house elves?” she suddenly asked… the older girl had mentioned that they were welcoming and she seemed quite… familiar with them… in fact right now Annie just wanted to pick one up and hug it!
Of course she did have some sense of self-control…
Turning her attention now to the younger lioness, Kurumi nodded her head. "
They are! This one is Pips and the smallest one over there is Toddles and that one is Beezley," she explained as she gestured towards each of them. And that pink plant...well...Kurumi had no idea what that was besides somewhat frightening looking.
Probably something that Professor Bentley would like to have in her greenhouses though. Not that that thought was too encouraging though.
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Toddles A familiar studensie voice made its way down to Toddles way at the bottom of the plant. "Miss Kurumi? Toddles is down here, helllloooo! He's being a good elfsie!" He was going to wave but his hands were too busy lifting the plant above his head so a tiny baby elfsie foot waving in her direction would just have to do.
Speaking of Toddles.
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I see you down there," Kurumi laughed, waving at the young elf. He had grown a bit, hadn't he? Hopefully a little more mature as well...although the Gryffindor somewhat doubted that. But...aaaaaw LOOK AT THE WAY HE WAS WAVING HIS FOOT. Kurumi really...REALLY wanted to just scoop him up and hug him...but that would be a bad idea.
Him holding the plant and all.
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Pips "Hello Mistress Prefectsie," Pips said, still struggling under the weight of the plant. "Toddles behaves today, so Nimma and Pips is giving Toddles a treat after they is ironing their ears," he clarified.
"Elvsies must be going to Headmistress with Red Hair now," Pips said sadly to the Prefectsie and gently pushing Toddles' waving foot back down. "Then elvsies is ironing ears and is giving Toddles' his treat and then they is going to bed, they is. Tiring to for the elvsies." Yes, it was, indeed. "Goodbye, mistress prefectsie!" Pips led the plant and the elvsies away once more and in the direction- FINALLY- of the Headmistress.
Again with the ironing of the ears comment... but Kurumi refrained from saying anything on the matter and instead smiled and nodded.
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Alright, be careful!" Kurumi called after the elves as they made there way towards the staff table with...the plant. She would be seeing them soon enough in the kitchens
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Nearly Headless Nick Sir Nicholas was in an excitable mood, or at least, as excitable as one could get whilst still maintaining their dignity. Wafting up through the floor beneath the table, Nicholas rose to hover amongst the students, keeping his eye out for the first years.
"Good day!" he cried. "Welcome to Gryffindor!"
As soon as the elves had gone the Gryffindor table had another guest. "
Good evening, Sir Nicholas," Kurumi greeted with a polite bow of the head. Kurumi had a fear of ghosts, but Sir Nicholas seemed to fall in a category all his own. The sort that was not frightening.