Kel frowned when Livveh cut her finger. "You alright?" he asked, then rolled his eyes. "Yeah, Liv. Thank you ever so much for hurting your poor little finger just to cover me in sand." He sighed as she kept dumping sand on him. This girl is hopeless.

He smiled, though, when he realized that the lower half of his body was fully covered in sand. "Not bad," he said with a smile, still piling on dirt onto his shirt.

Watching the little sand men trowing darts and arrows at each other was just making Nate angrier. he wantedto fight, not watch little sand people he had made fight. He grunted in aggitation and ran a hand through his hair before noticing some of his people disappearing.

HE didnt even have to look aroudn to guess who it was. Without looking up a swish of his wand, a gust of wind bounded toward Dani who was hiding. it wishpered.. "Dannnnnnni" as it went past. It didnt even make him smile.. thecruelty of it all.

Dani jumped at least three feet in the air. "What the -" She walked the rest of the way toward Nate. As she was about to run up and hug him, she saw the angry look on his face. So instead, she walked slowly over, put her hand on his shoulder and asked, "What's the matter?" He was one of her only friends and she was worried about him.

Cam hesitated for a moment because Allie was... much much shorter than that person. But the facial thingy--it was laik they were twiiiins! And oh she was, because she knew his name and EWWWWWW. She hugged him. Why must some girls hug him so? Why not... a simple handshake or a nice poke? Huggssss weeeere just fuhhhreaaakin' him out. But instead of saying hi and all, he looked at the wand.

"Droooppp that wand noow, missssy. My precious sand will NOT be hurt by magic!" Whoah. HE FELT LIKE A KING. Ohhhh yeah. He was the boss noooow. Even if she was like waaay taller than him, yeah. And after that, it was the right time to say hi and all. "ANYWAYSSS, HIIIIII ALLIE. I know, where the heck were you?! I've been trying to stalk--find you and alll! And I've been doing greaaaat!"

Great? Really. Hmm. "So ya wanna play with me with the sand?"

She laughed for it truly did sound funny. Livvy stuck her tongue at him and replied, "I'm fine by the way. Don't worry. My poor finger will survive. If it were more then I wouldn't be able to transform you into a merman and OH NOES! What ever will you do, eh?" She sniffed and stuck her chin into the air. This boy is hopeless. (XD)

"Pfft. Of course it ain't bad. I'm a merman slash mermaid transformation expert," Livvy said as she began to form the shape of a mermaid tail on the lower half of the body.

Allie couldn't help but laugh. Cam could be completely ridiculous sometimes. "Calm down Cameron." she said releasing him."I was just about to do my Transfiguration homework. Your sand is safe." She sat back down on the sand, and took a quill out of her bag and waved it in front of him to prove to Cam that she wasn't going to make the sand disappear. "I've been around, going to classes and stuff. I would love to but first I gotta do this Transfiguration thing....uhhh do you happen to remember the spell?"

Nate could barely hear the startled expression Dani let out as the gust of wind blew past her. He let a small smile curve the end of his lip as the men started to fight. No more men disappearing now.

Dani appeared then but Nate felt her hand on his shoulder before he actually saw her. "Im fine." he lied. He wasnt one for telling his... life but then again.. it was Dani. She was his bestfriend... even if she was a firstie.

"That would be horrible, Liv!" He grinned at her sarcasm. "I'm not sure I'd be able to find anyone with as good as merman making as you are." Heh. That sounded a bit funny. "But really, I'm glad you don't need finger amputations or anything. But, I'm sure if you needed it, the nurse probably has a band-aid..."

"Nuh uh uh this is strictly a merMAN transformation." he said sternly. Although he knew that Livveh was just stating she's an amazing sand building artist, there was no way he was turning into a mermaid. He raised his head to watch what Liv was doing to his sand-covered feet. Oh. A merMAN tail.

Dani looked up at him, attempting to catch his eye. "Don't lie to me." She said, her voice full of anger, hurt, and concern. "If you don't want to tell me then don't tell me, but don't lie to me."

She leaned her head against his shoulder slightly. "So, if there's nothing wrong, why are little sand men decapitating each other?" Her voice was playful. If he didn't want to talk about it she wasn't going to push him.

"You bet you won't. One.... no one is as detailed... and two... not many people like playing in the sand and getting themselves dirty," Livvy said, smirking slightly with pride. Aw.... if only she had lived near the beach. Life would've been PERFECT. But now... they had their very own sandbox! It was perfect! It was more than perfect. It was AWESOME!

Livvy rolled her eyes at Kel. "Oh ha ha. No need. My finger can take it," she said flexing her finger to show off its "strength".

"Well... MerMEN have those tails too, so just deal with it, buddy boy. The real distinction between the genders are the sea shells on the chest, but don't worry... I won't make those because I'd feel really uncomfortable, so stay put," Livvy said, firmly and pet his head gently.

She crawled, yes crawled, over to the tail once more to do the whole scaley design. Boy did she love making mermen and mermaids. She should do this for a living.

Calm down? What was she talking about? He was calmed down, and he was acting the uuusual for him today. And yay, the hug was goooone. "Oh really? Safe? Phewwww!" Because sand particles were made from crushed rock and then the ocean currents would make beach erosion and spread the sand everywhere. And there were black sand from volcanic eruptions and some other colored sand, he was sure there was one from micro-organisms. Yup. It was aaaalll part of nature. Or science if you want to call it that.

"Transfiguration, huh?" YAAAAY TRANSFIGURATION. That totally rawwkkkeddd. Because he got to turn into a canary and all for a few seconds in the last lesson. "I do. It's Evanesco. Eh-van-es-koh." And he took his wand out.


"And the wand movement's more like a tight circle." He did the movement, shooowing Allie. Random buuut... HE WANTED TO VANISH PEOPLE THAT HURT SAND FROM NOW ON.

NAte looked over at her seeing the frustration in her eyes and ran a hand through his hair. 'Just.. family problems. Seems my uncle has become a little darker than necessary and is taking peoples lives. No matter how hard i try top act.. normal.. my familys history comes back to me. They want me to join the line but.. I dont wanna kill people." he said some of the sand men falling and others stopping and staying still.

"Eh-van-es-koh." she repeated. Right. She had totally known that. She was just asking to make sure she remembered her already known knowledge. "Thank you, Cam...for reminding me."

Soo now too get to vanishing. She placed the quill in front of her, and pointed her wand at it. "Evanesco." she said, doing that circle thing with her hand. Then POOOFFF!!!! It was gone, just like that. Hmmm that was pretty coool. Maybe she could vanish more things later....like that hideous sweater her great aunt had got her for Christmas last year. A mischievous smile came on her face. Ohhhh yeahhh that thing was gone as soon as she got back to the common room.

Dani lowered her eyes. She had no idea what to say. He seemed so... sad. "I don't want you to kill people either." She pulled him into a hug. "And you don't have to. You aren't your family." She looked up at him, trying to get him to see what she couldn't find words for. She believed in him. He could do whatever he wanted to do. And she would always be there for him.

Nate shrugged. "It just aint that easy. My family...... we are a big pureblood family. I just cant.. not do what they want me to do. My other family member.. my counsin Tom, he tried doing that but... now hes locked in my uncles basement. Only gets fed onece a day." he said letting out a breath of air and running a hand through his hair.

"I dunno what im going to do. I wont kill anyone but if i ever do anything bad.. please dont hate me" he said lowering his eyes and looked at his tirling wand.

"You have a point, Livmeister." Kel agreed. And, three...he was pretty sure he wouldn't be doing this with anyone else, anyway. Because...it was sort of embarrassing. But, this was Livvy, and she was pretty cool. Weird, yes, but cool. "Oh, and good. I was worried about your poor finger."

He knew his ears had gone red. "Well get on with your merman tell making, then." he said, rolling his eyes. Right. Well, at least he knew he wasn't going to be a mermaid...that would be humiliating.

"You're talented." he commented, watching her put the designs in the sand. "But...wouldn't it be much easier with a wand? More precise? Surely you know a blowing spell...or a carving spell or something. Augamenti might even work..."

Livvy just nodded knowingly. Of course... of course. When was she never right? She should stop being so right these days. Be wrong. Be opposite for a change. Well... that'd be different. "You should be," she said, pouting.

At what Kel said, Livvy rolled her eyes. "First of all, it's Aquamenti not Augamenti... and second of all, that would be no fun. What's the fun in building something with your wand? Why not do it yourself? Don't you enjoy the sensation of accomplishing something yourself without magic? Don't you love gazing upon something that you built with your own bare hands? Have you never done so before?" she inquired.

Dani gasped in shock at his story. "That's horrible." She listened to the rest of his story. "Nate, I could never hate you. If you need somewhere to stay you could always come stay with us. I'm sure my mom would be fine with it." She worried about him so much. "Look, for now you're at Hogwarts and they can't get to you here."

She didnt understand. She didnt know his family and hoped she would never have to. Shaking his head he gave her a smile. "Dont worrya bout it. Ill be fine. " he said hoping.. he would be.

"It's cool." Reid said reassuringly before chuckling at the way she was reprimanding the imp. He was pretty sure Cid didn't understand what Via was saying, although he probably did understand the tone. "I think it's kinda cute actually and I love Monkey's so we're all good." Reid informed her while grabbing Cid down from his head when Via's efforts were all in vain. Although it looked cute when she was trying to reach for the imp.
Reid's smile faded a little and became just the tiniest bit tinged with sadness. "We all do, I'm just not sure if she'll make it out alright this time." the last was whispered as if he was trying not to let Ruby know just how concerned he was.

"I know he wouldn't understand me unless i talk on his language," she chuckled. "I looked crazy when i was even teaching him to speak French." That was one scene she couldn't forget. "Well thank you for that," Via commented when he removed the imp which was comfortably sitting in his head. "It was hard for me to reach him. You're too tall." She even had to tiptoe. "But i say he loved it in your hair. Maybe he thought it was a nest," she joked as she carried the imp on her arms. His hair was blonde.... so that might have been a reason.

The thing about Sakura... maybe he would have to ask him without Ruby or she should just keep out.

"I'm not that tall..." Reid said pouting slightly when she said his hair looked somewhat like a nest. It wasn't his fault it was tousled, blonde and shiny. The perfect imp hiding place. "You tried to teach him French?" Reid asked with an amused smile, "I'm sure that would have been interesting." In other words extremely funny and something he wished he had of seen. "I'm sure you didn't look crazy though." Somehow he didn't think people would ever assume she was crazy.

Looking at Ruby he sighed slightly, she didn't seem so talkative. "Do you mind if we catch up later Ruby? We can talk more but maybe in a more private environment?" Reid suggested gently, not wanting to hurt the girls feelings. "Come on Via while we walk you can ask me anything you want and I'll give you as truthful an answer as I can." When Reid said anything he really did mean anything.

Via was surprised when Reid had to cut the conversation between her and RUby but it seemed like they needed more time for a private talk. She waved goodbye to Ruby.

So they continued walking and she smiled at him and shook her head. "Has anyone told you... you look cute when you pout?" She pet the imp on her arms and stopped for a moment then laid the cage on the ground. She opened it, "Say bye bye to Reid," she said as she again locked him inside and carried it. "He hasn't done something like that before. He didn't want brunette probably." ABout the French thing, "Yeah.." she said feeling a bit embarrassed about mentioning it. "When he was still a baby. I visited him every other day and once on my visit i taught him some basics... that was so lame." She looked at him, "You can laugh... Thinking he could speak is one of my silly ideas. I was never good in French. Never." that memory will always make her laugh as she glanced at the imp inside the cage, "I was just feeling sad those times... Now i see how funny the things i do when i'm sad."

"I don't think they have. Then again some people may have been afraid I'd hex them if they said I was cute. I wouldn't have of course but it was all about image. Either way I'll take your word for it." Reid said while running his hand through his hair and messing it up even more. Laughing slightly Reid waved bye bye to Cid as he disappeared inside his cage. The imp really was cute. As were Via and her crazy ideas. "Well French is a romantic language, however I am ashamed to say that after five years of taking French lessons I remember practically nothing." Reid had a grin on his face and didn't look ashamed of the fact at all. "You shouldn't feel embarrassed, even if he can't understand the language he can still listen and sometimes that's what we all need. Someone who will listen without judging us. I hope your not sad now though." The funny thing was he meant it when he said that, it wasn't just some meaningless thing he threw into the convo like he had done sometimes back home. "So is there anything you want to know about me?"

"You don't look that mean to hex someone," she complimented and she watched him ruffle his hair, "I like your hair better that way. Makes you look more a Reid." She was just hoping she was not boring her with her crazy thoughts. What he said after the French thing was so heartfelt. She again smiled.... That's enough. She have done nothing else but smile through out the time she was with him. "I'm not.." she answered.

Now what was she supposed to ask him? She had no idea, she doubted it. "Hmmm... What do you like to do during freetime?" Okay, that was a funny one.