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Lissy Longbottom 
Scarlett chuckled. That was a lot less dramatic than she thought, which was a good thing, she supposed. If the tree was really THAT vicious it probably would have been chopping down years ago. "That's good I suppose - that it didn't really kill you, I mean. It probably gets this every year - tons of anxious, annoying first years trying to get past it. It's probably annoyed by all of us," she laughed. It was true that the tree was probably NOT a fan of all the kids gawking at it. If trees had feelings and everything, which...she thought they did? Maybe? The magical kind did, at least.
"We did! It was SO fun - and we probably got away with it since WE didn't do anything bad at the feast," she joked with a sly grin. Although that hadn't helped their points standing very long - they were already all the way in last. So much for an optimistic outlook after all those negative points..."And it was just with us, and we were all painting already anyways, it was just for fun. And that stinks - I heard that Murdoch can be SUPER tough. I'm actually scared of getting hurt and having to go see her at the Hospital Wing!" she admitted to her Slytherin friend. Although she was sure her bedside manner HAD to be...somewhat good for her to keep this job, yeah?
Was she making friends? She nodded with a smile. "I am! My dormmate and I got to decorate all our curtains and stuff the other day - I'm not sure if that's allowed, but no one has said anything about it! How about you? How are the other snakes? Nicer than Murdoch I hope," she said.
Ariadne laughed but then she gave Scarlett a more serious expression.
"Oh, don't let the tree fool you--people DO have a reason to be worried. Trust me. Had I been a few feet closer, I would have been TREE TOAST," she explained. Speaking of which, she should really scoot a liiiiittle further back, just in case. That last swing of the tree was a little too close to comfort for her. Scarlett's paint party sounded like a lot of fun, and it sounded like it had really made her happy. Hufflepuffs were like that, she'd heard.
She perked up when the Hufflepuff girl mentioned decorating her dorm. "NO WAY!" she said.
"That's so cool! I'm going to find all the other Slytherin first years and suggest we decorate our dorm, too!" she exclaimed.
"It's so dark and damp down there. Don't get me wrong. I love my house, and I wouldn't trade my sorting for anything in the world, but the Slytherin Common Room isn't exactly roomy." But it was HOME now, and it was really starting to grow on her.
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A Curious Porcelain Doll Look at all the children, enjoying the sun and the outdoors.
Was that a trick of light, or had a small figure just run across the grass. Was that a giggle emitting from the figure?
Left in the grass was a day-planner that belonged to a Professor Nana Ichihara. Some of the pages had been torn, and written in red crayon all over a few of the pages were the words 'WHY WON'T ANYONE PLAY WITH ME?'
Ariadne flinched when something blazed past her vision. At first, she thought it'd been the tree, but it was too small and too low on the ground to be the tree. If the tree could get THAT low, she was in trouble.
"What was that?" she asked Scarlett. Something else on the ground caught her attention then, and Ariadne pushed herself up off the ground. Approaching the planner, she picked it up and read the bold red words on the page.
"Why won't anyone play with me?" she repeated.
"Hey...come look at this. It sounds like somebody's REALLY lonely and looking for friends." Maybe THAT was who had left the planner behind. Ariadne looked around, but everyone seemed preoccupied with something else.
"Don't be sad!" she called out.
"I'll be your friend! I'LL PLAY WITH YOU!"
The kids here at Hogwarts were a little old to
play, but...maybe they meant play Quidditch! Ariadne could do that!