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SPOILER!!: Lux Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy  The train ride had seemed longer than usual without Bay, so Lux was pleased when it was time for her to get on the carriages. She was hungry despite the Chocolate Frogs and cucumber sandwiches from earlier, so the feast sounded amazing right now.
Trying to ignored ow hungry she was, Lux searched for a carriage, finally spotting two familiar faces and making a beeline towards them. "Hey, Zhenya. Hey, Zeke. Mind if I join you guys?" Oh, and there was a new face as well! "Hi, I'm Lux."
Zhenya was engrossed in the Thestral conversation, and when she heard her name, she turned to see Lux. She smiled brightly at her friend, " Hiya Lux! Come onboard!" because the more the merrier, right? SPOILER!!: Tia Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Oh good they didn't fancy walking to Hogwarts from Hogsmeade station. Relieved when they got into the carriage with her, she smiled when the Slytherin girl introduced herself. Zhenya. And funnily enough, the boy's name also began with a Z; was this a thing or something? "Tia," she introduced back. No last name necessary considering they didn't because apparently students were on a first name basis at this school.
"I'm not really sure, but i know I can't see them. I've just read about them." Well a little bit anyway; there wasn't terribly much information out there about them. "I think you have to have witnessed death at least once though ..." She glanced between the two of them, "Wait, you both can see them then? What do they look like? Are they really bony and skeletal-like , as I only read about?"
And before she could inquire too much on what it was like to see them, they had someone else join the carriage; a Hufflepuff judging from her robes which meant three houses were represented in this carriage. Which also meant, hopefully, that her brother was right about her being Ravenclaw thing. Or maybe she was just overthinking things, but hopefully not this time. Lux; not a Z name. "Nice to meet you, Lux. I'm Tia." She said happily. "So what year are you three in?" Maybe some other fourth years besides her and the mystery girl from Malkins.
Tia! " Nice to meet you, Tia," Zhenya said. After Tia spoke of her knowledge of the Thestrals, and asked if they could see them, she looked to Zeke, then back to Tia. " Yes, I can see them. Well they… they look a bit like a skeletal reptile winged horse… thing," she looked at the beast, trying to find a way of describing it.
" I'm fifth," Zhenya said, then quickly corrected herself, " No, I'm sixth!" Gosh, and just like that she was a sixth year! Golly gosh, it was so surreal. SPOILER!!: Zeke Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera Success, that's what this was. His first day/night back at school and he was already making the most of it. Because yes, spending HOURS at the library with Zhenya was totally making the most of it. Totally. So worth the study time. He even decided that sitting in a carriage wasn't so bad, it was even cooler than the boats from last year, cause he had good company. Not that his company last year had been bad, no, it had been awesome, but... but... Zhenya.
"Nice to meet you," he replied to Tia. That was an easy enough name to remember. Three letters. T. I. A. Yep. Their carriage was almost full, and he supposed it wouldn't start moving off until it was, so it was a good thing Lux turned up when she did. "Hey Lux, had a good summer?" he asked conversationally, pulling his knees in a bit in case they took up too much room. Boy legs.
Tia was, interesting, and it was cool that she knew so much even though she couldn't see the thestrals. The death thing was a little awkward, but not as bad as it could have been. It was kind of nice that he wasn't alone in seeing them then. The seeing death thing was easy enough to understand, but he wanted to know how that meant they could see them, like, HOWWWWW did it work?! He wanted to know. Perhaps Professor Thompson knew? "I can, yeah," he answered with a nod, "they look starved and half dead, and... kinda creepy." The white eyes and the bones, definitely creepy, but creepy COOOOOOL.
Conversation about dead and semi-dead things wasn't all that fun though, so he was happy enough to explore a new avenue of conversation. "I'm a second year, how 'bout you?"
And wait.........
WAIT!
Hold your Hippogriffs!... or Thestrals - since they were more appropriate.
HE, Zeke Rogers, was in a carriage full of girls.
HE, Zeke Rogers, was 'pulling chicks' and well ahead of his fourth year.
This was weird.
Zhenya looked at Zeke as he spoke of the Thestrals, and she thought to herself that he must have so many questions buzzing around his head. She couldn't disagree with his description of them, either. It was pretty spot on.
But since she didn't really want to be speaking about death, or of her grandparents, she pulled out a box of Bertie Bott's and offered them around. " Anyone want some? It's too much for me to eat by myself." It was true. She could try but it might take her all year.
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