Lettie strolled back into the common room, looking rather proud of herself, and was escorted by her Maine Coon cat, Ornlu, who was walking behind her.
She spotted someone familiar on one of the sofas nearby and walked over, showing her hand that until today, had been purple and bruised. "Look!" Leticia said and waved her hand around. "It's all better, it doesn't hurt at all!" She gave a very smug smile and plopped down into the seat next to Ott.
"So...". She said and looked over to him, "Ricco's punishment is up to me." Lettie sighed, and for once Ornlu wasn't right next to her. Instead, he wandered off towards the far side of the room, sniffing.

Watching Ornlu waltz off, he chuckles "I guess he didn't want to be closer to me then needed."

Touching her hand, gently he says "It must feel better, to be able to wave it around. I'm glad to hear that."

"That's really got to be a hard decision. I wouldn't have any idea, of even where to start. What are you looking at do you think? Something difficult, scary, embarrassing?" he asks with a thoughtful look.

Dru suddenly became aware how loud she was being. She glanced around the room and noticed a boy who was trying to act like she hadn't just made him jump. Ooops.

She looked back at Cam and addressed him again, this time her voice was quiet, just a bit louder than a whisper. "You're being really mean, and not all girls are liars. That's like saying all boys are... are smelly."

Dru sniffed the air discreetly, there was an interesting smell around but she had no idea where it originated from.

Lettie looked over to where her cat had wandered off. "Maybe. It's possible that he smelled something he wants...or maybe he hates you so much that he doesn't even think you are important enough to attack." She shrugged and looked her hand over again.

She smiled, "Yep. It feels much better. That paste really worked. My hand is still a tiny bit yellow, but that's okay, it's much better than purple and black." She sighed and enjoyed her Hogwarts experience completely for the first time.

"It is hard. I don't know what to do, I mean...I know it should be difficult, but I don't want it to be something that he'll regret for the rest of his life. I don't want to be cruel about it I guess, that's not right." Leticia watched as Ornlu knocked a small book from a shelf and started to bat at the cover like it was alive. "I know that Lawson wants it to be worthwhile too. What if I have Ricco do nice things for people? Maybe he'll learn."

Putting his arm on the back of the couch, he nods, "That might be an idea, maybe without magic, though. It would teach him to be more humble..."

Everyone could learn more about that...including me he thinks to himself.

'Hmmm...no magic would be good.' Lettie thought to herself as she spaced out again and watched Ornlu attempt to decapitate the book he had toppled over, and failing miserably. "He was awfully rude to the professors too...maybe I should make Ricco help them out with stuff."
After a few moments, Leticia stood up quickly again. "I feel like going to the greenhouses. Want to come?"

Standing up with her, he answers "Absolutely."

Wondering if Ornlu would be joining them, he says nothing. Perhaps we'll be alone... he wonders, but positive that wouldn't be the case.

"Good." Lettie said and grabbed the boy's wrist like she always did, leading him toward the door. Ornlu was busy chewing on the edge of the old book, only looking up when Leticia showed signs of moving.

"He needs to find friends." Lettie said to Ott about her cat. She closed the common room door behind them, leaving Ornlu inside and free to do whatever he pleased. "I wonder if the herbology professor is there, I've never liked that subject very much, but I like flowers." The girl said happily as she led the way to the greenhouses.

Smiling, he let's her lead him out by his wrist again. Maybe one of these, times, I'll just take her hand, and not let go, right away...

Mystic finished writing her letter. She gathered up her letter, ink and quill and put them in her black bag then got up and left the common room to head to the owlery.

Lyra was beginning to get bored. She stared through the room watching and listening to the people's stories. Lyra then grabbed her wand from her robes and pointed it at a empty chair, she had so far succeeded in the levitation charm on small objects such as goblets in the Great Hall and thought it was time to go over to something bigger so she said "wingardium leviosa" while pointing her wand at the chair and, much to her surprise, it flew up, levitated for a few seconds and then she placed it on the ground gently.

"Bravo!" Sydney called from behind as she saw Lyra levitate a chair. Sydney walked towards her and sat on the ground next to the fire place. "Lets try some more spells, come sit here." she said patting on the carpet.

"merlins beard! you scared me!" Lyra screamed when she heard a voice behind her. She had been so lost in thought when she had been trying to use that spell. " you really are a sneaky slytherin, sneaking behind me and then yelling Bravo!" she said , her breathing fastened but she wasn't angry and to show it she laughed. "yea lets try some spells" she said smirking and got up from her chair and fell down on the carpet next to the warm fireplace.

Sydney giggled when she saw her friend scream. Scaring Lyra was not Sydney's intention, however little fun can't hurt, can it? "I can be sneaky at times" She said winking at Lyra. Sydney took out her charms book and started flipping through the pages. An interesting spell caught her sight, she glanced at Lyra quickly "Look here" She said excitedly.

Lyra looked at her spell book "that is a handy spell" she said and her mind went racing with all the possibilities she could do with that charm and she smirked "lets try it on Daisuke's cage" she said and rushed upstairs to grab her owl's empty cage for she had send Daisuke and Kira outside to fly. Running down the stairs and to the fire place she fell on the carpet again, placing the cage in front of them. "you try first" she said grabbing her wand already, eager to try it out.

Xehanna walked through the huge painting into the Slytherin Common Room. She noticed a few people talking but she just went to the granite in front of the fireplace and sat staring at the fire. She planned on coming in and reading but she got so mesmerized by the fire and let it capture in her eyes. It flared up and left her eyes red with rims of black as if she was hungry or thirsty.

Lyra had noticed another person was sitting in front of the fireplace, she turned around a little to look who it was and saw a older girl watching the fire. "hey" Lyra said to the girl

Diane first returned Dru's smile but with an innocent intent. Her attention was brought back to the boy when his finger gave her a mark in the middle of her forehead. She frowned at the finger, which meant she was pretty much staring up cross-eyed. That had caught her offguard. With her wand out, she scratched the offended area.

And then came the first snort. Following, came the little sniggering. Which soon grew into all-out howler. "You win," she said in between laughs. "That must be some amazing magic with your finger. Powerful liver too. You know what? You are right," she leaned over, held her palm to the side of her face to whisper, "I am a girl."

"You said your name was Cam, right? Or should I call you firepants?" She smiled really wide. "Liar liar..." Now she looked at Dru again, this time purposefully, wand still twirling between her fingers.

Cam looked evilly into Dru's eyes. Mwahahaha. Oh he got her in control now, she was probably scared of him, deep in the inside probably. Too bad she just wasn't showing it. Wait. MEAN?! "I am NOT a meanie. Youuuu're the meanie for calling meeee a meanie." Didn't he already say that before but with different words? Hmm. Lame memory he had. But anyways, this girl was a bit shorter than him. Yay! He was such a midget most of the times but not now.

Girlssss had coooties which obviously meant that they were liars. Those two things had nothing in common but it was just all true. "Boys aren't smelly, I'll prove it to ya!" He held up his hand in front of her. "Here, sniff mee, I'm clean."

...That came out the wrong way. He quickly put his hand down. "Neeeevermind, you don't deserve to sniff me, yeah." That also came out the wrong way but well it was true--she didn't deseeerve to sniff him. He smelled of girly shampoo from the shampoo he borrowed from all of those girls last term. Lemon and jasmine smell from Willow... Cinnamon from Evolette. He wasn't sure if he had gotten any other shampoo from girls but ah well.

And then... the other girl brought out her wand! NOW he was scared. You don't want to mess with a first year with a wand because they usually blow things up. And that's from his own experience last term. "Baaaackk offff, I have a poking finger and I'm NOT afraid to use it!" He held up his finger in front of her and then stepped back a couple of steps.

Were they afraid of him? He wasn't even sure now. But... she started laughing. LAUGHING AT HIM?! Cam wasn't sure if she was laughing AT him or laughing WITH him. He wasn't even laughing at all... so she had to be laughing AT HIM. But it could've been a mix of both. He felt relief when Diane said that she was a girl. She was so close when she whispered to him though. He was even more scared, mainly because of the cooties she was possibly holding.

"Huh? Nuuu. My name IS Cam. It IS Cam. Nothing else but CAM."

It took her a second to realize that someone was talking to her. Then another couple of seconds to break her concentration and respond. her eyes turned back to the slytherin green they usually were and she was calm."Hi there. What's your name?" she said to the girl. she looked a little younger than her but Xeh didn't mind. "Oh duh sorry. I'm Xehanna." She said.

Lyra smiled "i'm Lyra, Lyra Riddle and your, Xehanna? cool name! not something you hear often" she said. "Beautiful fireplace isn't it?" Lyra said and stared at the fire. "your not a first year huh?" she asked , her eyes still fixed on the fire , not realising how stupid the question was.

Even though Cam only raised his hand for a moment, it was long enough for Dru to get a whiff and for her to make a stark realisation. "You do smell!" she shouted with glee. "You smell like a girl! You're a girl too!"

Dru was bouncing on the balls of her feet as Diane began laughing at the boy and he got annoyed at her. The energy from Diane's sudden outburst of laughter gave Dru some extra courage.

"You smell girly, and you're a liar.... We should call you... Girly Firepants!!!" Dru cracked up laughing at the name she had just given him. "Girly, Girly, Firepants!" she sang.

Dru looked up at Diane, who still had her wand out, with a smile still plastered on her face. At least if Cam did try anymore finger magic, then Diane's wand would protect them.

Xehanna smiled and her eyes turned orange from being happy to meet a new...friend. "Well Thanks. And yeah its really pretty. The fire that is." She said making sure the girl didn't think she was superficial. "No not a first year anymore. I'm a third year now." She sighed and her eyes turned grey in sadness from remembering the good ol' days of being a first year. They turned back to her calm slytherin green. "Are you a first year?" she asked.

"Alright! Alright! Don't get your firepants in a twist," Diane said while she held her hands up and keeping her wand back on her pocket. "I don't want to face off your mighty finger now. I like your overactive personality. What do you say? Since you are a girl too, you won't have any problems being in our group of meanie firepants liars, would you?"

Prompting an arm around the couch back and leaning her head over it made her look... even younger and playful when she smiled that kid smile.

"I've many problems with subjects I don't know, and I'm sure Dru could also use a hand that with exploring Hogwarts and to get to know the castle..." Maybe sensing Cam's uneasiness around her, Diane stood, came from behind and hug-perched herself from his neck. "Pleeeease~"

Lyra had been staring at the girls eyes with her mouth open so that she didn't really hear her ask something. "huh wha? oh yea!, yea i'm a first year" she said and out of nothing she blabbed "are you, i mean , your eyes just flashed different colours!, how you do that?" she asked in a amazed voice as though she wanted to learn it right away.