SPOILER!!: Lady of the Lake
History of Magic had always been one of Ari's favourite subjects, though she found Professor Scabior a bit scary. 'Sounds fascinating. I think I'll look for a copy in the library to read it myself.'
Really? She couldn't go to bed without reading? Wow. 'Considering how much reading we have to do for school, I suppose none of us goes to bed without reading at least a bit on any given day.' As the daughter of a bookshop owner, Ari loved reading as much as the next person, but her reading style was rather different. 'In my case, there are times when I read hundreds of pages a day for weeks, but also times when I don't read at all.' It depended on her moods. 'I wish I were as consistent as you, though.'
Sarah was being really nice, Ari was happy to take a seat next to her, though she still felt a bit guilty for interrupting her new friend. 'Not yet, but we've barely started, so I expect the workload to increase week by week.' It would be much easier if she wouldn't have so many things going on in her personal life to add up to the pressure of exams. Trying not to dwell too much on that, Ariadne changed the subject back to her housemate.
'It's good that you are such an avid reader, but there will be plenty of time to study. You should cause some mischief too, that's what Gryffindors are good at.' Ariadne winked. 'In my second year, my best friend and I used a wooden board to slide off the moving staircase, it was loads of fun. Now I wish I'd done more things like that.' Because time flies so quickly...She was a fifth year already!
"you really must look for it!" Sarah said eagerly. Sarah thought about what Ari had said, true she always read. "I try to be... my father said he was like this when he was my age, yet as the years went by he found it hard to read, running out of time."
Sarah was rather astonished that someone else shared her point of view. Sometimes she just felt like a robot... being a goody goody. She hated being that way, as home she used to scheme all day. Yet she hated loosing points. "
I want to have fun and do mischeivous things... I so badly do, yet, I don't want to loose points. Also I have no one to do it with..." to her surprise Sarah felt her eyes watering. She never used to be like this, yet recently she began to get all emotional. She felt sorry for herself that was the truth. She hated being the person she was not, she was a free-sprited girl who was forcing herself to act like a dull docile girl. The reason why she read to much was that reading was her refuge. Before Hogwarts it was her past-time. Reading was done when one had nothing else to do, no friends to talk to or play with. Hopefully Ari was still not feeling bad about disturbing Sarah, as Sarah welcomed her, she was only reading to fill time. Sarah wanted to have fun. Real unhibited fun. Like the time last year when she climbed trees during a lesson. She was itching to just let her hair lose. To jump in the puddles -enjoy her childhood, which was quickly galloping away. She wanted to stay young forever