Originally Posted by Watson

Her full name? "Olivia Alice Holden. My parents couldn't decide between Alice and Olivia for my first name so they settled on having one as my first and the other as my second," she beamed. She was named Olivia after the Bard's famous Shakespearean character from Twelfth Night. Alice, named not for the Twilight character (though she had wished that to be the reason when she was twelve because Alice Cullen was spunky), came from her parents simply liking the name. Her eyes widened at his full clan name. Woah. That was a mouthful and if she pronounced it, she's probably butcher the pronunciation... but it was also awesome too. Schermerhorn-Astor? Sounds like an ancient Viking clan! "Woah. That's long but that sounds like it was a name befitted for an ancient Viking warrior clan." Olivia smiled, imaging the conversation that Ace's parents must have had to name him. With a raise of her right eyebrow, she leaned in to ask, "So who won out of your parents for naming you?"

His dad's dad's family were muggles? So was Ace also a halfblood? She blinked, taking note that he didn't know too much about them. Were they not spoken of fondly? Olivia restrained herself from asking that question. She'd save it for later as Ace went on to describing Sweden and the northern lights. "You've SEEN the Northern lights? What are they like?" Ugh. She was thoroughly envious. She had always wanted to see them. Her father had gone on a business trip when she was very little.

Olivia enjoyed the curious smile Ace had given her and this only fueled her silly, teasing nature. She nodded in agreement with his murmur. Bringing her index finger up to rest gently on her lips, she pretended to look oh so very serious. "I'm secretly a spy working for the Australian government," she winked. She had always liked the idea of being a spy. The uncertainty and adventure aspect thrilled her to no end. As to the family question, Olivia held her hands together and interlaced her fingers with each other. She nodded when he asked her about it all. Yeah... Her mother suffered memory issues and she didn't even remember Olivia in the end... but she didn't need to mention that. That was probably too sad. She smiled a little when he nudged her with his shoulders and reached up to touch his arm with her hand. "Oh yes, it's my dad and my brothers, Marc and Simon. They're good. It took us a while to become a family again. It's still tough from time to time but I think my brothers take my mother's passing the hardest. Marc is the eldest. He's a muggle. We didn't really interact as children because he's a lot older than me and I was "weird" because of my magical abilities. He's ten years older than me. He's nice." Was she still resting her hand on his arm? Whoops. Her chinks turned a slight shade of pink. She slowly pulled it away. That was probably too long, hm? "I'm closer to my brother Simon. He went to Hogwarts and helped me figure out everything here. He constantly teases me about being a Gryffindor... He's a Slytherin." She shrugged her shoulders, remembering her first letter from Simon when he heard that she was a Gryffindor. Heh. But anyway... Woah! That was a lot about her siblings and family. "That's a lot about my family though... what about yours? I know you have a baby half sister, yeah?" She had remembered him speaking about it or she could have sworn that it was him.

He'd help her? Great! "I'd love to have your help and insight!" Then when he mentioned that an igloo caving in could kill them, she nodded solemnly. Yeah, that was true. "Merlin, that wouldn't be a fun way to go." She shivered at the thought of that. There were a lot of things that could kill them here at this school. Death by Cold... Death by freaky monsters... Death by spiders... And now an igloo. "We did survive last term though. If we survived that, I think we'll be more than okay. I feel like earning a degree from Hogwarts is partially the educational aspect but also a survival course too especially if you're good at finding trouble."