And he was done. Olly was about to turn to leave when the kid spotted him. For a second Olly thought he was going to be mad, but nope he didn't care at all that he had been standing and watching. Good. But then he started asking him questions about stuff Olly had no idea how to answer. That was not good.

"No, sorry." He glanced around the room for some sort of cupboard or anything. "Ask a teacher, maybe?" What was on this floor? Runes, yeah? Even though the drum was apparently not properly tuned, the kid was still pretty good. Not that Olly really had a lot to compare him to. "How long have you been playing?"

Esme giggled as Azura told her that she didn't think she would like being called that. "Oh, same here. I don't think my mom did either, but it did seem to work with her name and she is rather sassy." From what she had heard, her mother had been even more of a firecracker when she was younger. She supposed that was where Juno got her sass from. "You're right, it doesn't but I'm sure that we could find something that does!" And what would go with Esme...?

Hmm.

"Well, if you can't find anything, you can listen to the CDs!" It would just have to wait until Christmas was all, since that was when she would be going home. Esme didn't know if she could stay at school during the holidays because she always ended up getting homesick and missing her parents. She even missed her brother...kind of. "Yep! And I can play multiple ones too, but I haven't gotten into them like she did." Casual playing was more her thing.

As Azura started to play her song, Esme wanted to tell her how lovely it was, but she didn't want to distract her in the middle of the song.

Esme's mom sounded pretty cool, she didn't think Sassy would describe her mother at all.. Clumsy, soothing and happy. That was her mother. "It DOES work with her name and it has a nice ring to it, so." The younger girl trailed off a bit as she tried to think of what would go with her name. "Hmmm, well Azura and the Blue Skies!" The younger girl said with a happy smile. "Eyes as blue as the Azure sky and all that.. Azure is another name for Blue! So.. yeah." Yup! If she was in a band, that is what it would be called!

The only thing that she could think of right now to go with Esme was either Elephants or Eggplants and neither one of those was very nice, so she decided to think some more and not actually bring those up!

Azura nodded, "I'll see what I can find!" She was excited to hear the band now, she was going to the library the first thing, perhaps they had music there?

She smiled as she concentrated on playing her song..It was still a slow tune, but it was gradually getting faster, until she finished it off with a bit of a flourish and then turned and smiled shyly at Esme..

"That's all I have do far." She said with a bite of her lip.

Carl was busy exploring the Hogwarts Castle. It was huge and every single floor had something to explore. There were also a lot of facilities he had not read about in his text books about the school. Like this music room! He was a bit disappointed when he first found out that music was not taught at Hogwarts - not that he was any good. He liked listening to music.

And you know what was better? Somebody was playing the Star Wars theme on a cello. That was absolutely amazing because it was one of his favorite films. Carl stood outside listening for a moment, then walked in to find ... "Hey, Mel!" He smiled brightly. He had always thought of this girl as fun and mischievous, and would not have guessed that there was a classic?sort of side to her. "You. Are. Brilliant." He commented when the piece was over.

Unaware that aaaaaaaanyone was listening she just continued playing and grinning to herself. Her little nerd!girl heart was so happy with the fact that star wars was being played. Looking up when she heard her name – who said…IT WAS CARL!

“Hey Carl!” She grinned back at him and grinned widely, beamed was more like it. The little shirt thing just shifted her Cello and began tucking it away, well for now at least. “What brings you up here?” She asked excitedly only to grin even more and nooooo she wasn’t blushing about anything. “Brilliant? Me…no, I’m just a bit nerdy?” She admitted with a grin.

It wasn’t anything to be ashamed about heck, every superhero needed their alias and hers…was a comic book reading cello playing witch. “How’s hufflepuff?” She asked happily “my sister’s boyfriend’s a puff he’s really nice…gives great hugs” she nodded….though she didn’t get them from him often more because well, he was weird.

SPOILER!!: Hady

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SPOILER!!: Olivia

Olivia nodded in confirmation. “Yeah, it was definitely an accident.” She wasn’t normally clumsy or have the desire to make a complete and utter fool of herself in front of others on purpose. Doing her best to act normal as the other girl’s attention seemed to be completely on her, she hoped she wasn’t being sized up for anything.

Right…like there was a reason for that, Stone?

“Yeah I am. Nice to meet you, Hady,” she answered with a polite smile. That made two of them she knew. One her age and one older since the girl in front of her was definitively older. “I’m Olivia…” she said, returning the introduction and nodding. “Guitar…at least I’ve been working on learning it.” And unfortunately hadn't been able to convince her parents to allow her to bring it. Though surely there had to be one around.

"You're really good."

No harm done really. Nothing was broken and the girl was in one full piece minus maybe a few bruises come morning time. "I figured that was the case. At least you weren't hurt." She offered her a small grin.

"Nice to meet you Olivia," she greeted in return nodding her head. Another firstie just as she'd expected too. This year was just filled with them it seemed but no big deal. "I'm a fifth year." Might as well confirm this just in case the blonde in front of her was wondering. Yeah she might be on the small side but she was older. No she wouldn't dangle her older age over the younger kid either, that wasn't how she worked.

Guitar though? Now there was something she could appreciate. "Oh yeah? I've been teaching my cousin to play over the summer. Are you taking lessons then?" If she was she was no longer being here at Hogwarts.

"Thanks, I'm still learning."

Yeah, her hurting would be just more icing on the cake.

But she was fine, they were both smiling and they had been introduced to each other. Fifth year...that would make sense given she, Hady, hadn't seemed to be as upper classman as Tia, and certainly not as young as see. "1st year..." Olivia remarked about herself in turn, "but you probably figured that out." It wasn't like it was all that hard to decipher. Smaller stature...check, less experience around the castle...check; clumsy...check and check. Though if she wasn't lucky, that third one would continue on in later years. She'd have to work on it just to be sure of better luck.

"Mhmm," she confirmed, both to the playing of the guitar and the lessons. "Slow going, but its something I guess." Maybe she could try on her own so she didn't get too rusty before next summer. As for Hady saying she was still learning... "I suppose musicians are always learning," she added with a shrug. There was so much out there after all since it was a subject matter that had been around for centuries.

Esme nodded Azura agreed with her mother's reasoning on the name for the band. She had to admit that it was rather fun and creative. "That sounds like a really nice name. I didn't know that Azure was another name for blue." Huh. You learn something new every day. She wondered what would go with her name. Definitely not a colour since she didn't know of any that went with her name. Besides, that was Azura's thing.

"Maybe I can be Esme and the... ummm... Elephants?" Maybe?

Another nod as Azura told her that she would see what she could find. "Awesome. Hopefully you will like it." But if not that was okay. She wouldn't stop being someone's friend just because they weren't a fan of her mom's music; that would be plain silly.

For the moment she was listening to the music. The whole song was absolutely lovely. "That's really good!" she said as soon as Azura was finished. Esme wondered if she could manage to play it herself just from listening to the song.

Bam, bam, bam, bam bam bam! Carl grinned happily. He loved Star Wars and it had been a long time since he had watched the film or in fact, listened to the theme music. Moreover, it was his friend Mel playing it! Wait, was it just him, or was she blushing? She was indeed grinning a lot. Oh well, it must have been the lighting. He smiled super wide back at her.

"I was exploring Hogwarts and I heard Star Wars being played, so I just had to come and compliment whoever was performing." Carl replied. "Nerdy??? Nooo, not at all! Liking a good film and some good music is not being nerdy." He waved away the statement in disbelief.

Pulling a stool closer to Mel, Carl sat down. "It is great! The Common Room is cozy, our Head of House is nice and everybody is friendly to each other." He nodded and asked, "How is Gryffindor? I knew you would get Sorted there." Actually, he had not thought about the Sorting much on Platform 9 3/4 and the Hogwarts Express, but after the Ceremony he realized how her character suited the House of bravery and courage perfectly. "Maybe that is another Hufflepuff trait! I give great hugs too." Though not many people wanted to be hugged by him. They were just strange that way.

Carl seemed excited really and that was great. She was too, but that wasn’t unheard of with her. “Thank you – it’s a fun thing to play!” she admitted with a grin before rolling her eyes at him “pffffft come on I am such a nerd.” She was arguing this with him and for good reason. Well, she thought it was good reason.

“I am such a nerd Carl, you have no idea.” She grinned before sitting down again. “I come on I completely collect comic books…and well books that are comic-esque” she admitted. “Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little life series is one of my favorites…and The Walking Dead…” she admitted with a lopsided little grin. “I’ve even seen the old Scott Pilgrim movie from the early 2000’s and its pretty good” she admitted with a grin.

“mmm’also a huge fan of the avengers and the marvels stuff in general…and well, DC’s good too but I’m a marvels person” she admitted with a grin. “ooooh and my absolute favorite hero is one my sister says is tooooooo ‘vulgar’ for me” she laughed and grinned over to him. “You know…deadpool? He’s hilarious…and well, for DC my favorite is Harley Quinn.” She admitted with a wide-eyed grin. “What’s your thing?” She favorite thing she asked excitedly.

“Really? That doesn’t surprise me…do you have an annoying portrait for your entrance?” She asked intrigued. “We don’t even know the portrait’s name she’s never given it…everyone just calls her the fat lady” she admitted with a huff feeling sorry for the bearer of the name. “She’s horrid though…well, a horrid singer. She keeps trying and even ignoring people because she wants to do what she’s doing and not let us into the commons” she admitted with a groan.

“Gryffindor? It’s awfully red.” She admitted with a laugh. “There’s actually a boulder in the reading area? It’s called pride…I think Professor Flamsteed brought him with him?” She shrugged and smiled over to Carl. “Sometimes I’ve had snacks on the rock while working on essays” she admitted with a big old grin. “I lucked out though because I’ve got Sammy as my dorm-mate” she admitted with a big grin. “do you like your dorm-mates?” She asked before grinning at the hugging comment. “We should test this out and get a bunch of people to hug hufflepuffs and find out if they indeed are good huggers” she grinned.

SPOILER!!: Olivia

Yeah, her hurting would be just more icing on the cake.

But she was fine, they were both smiling and they had been introduced to each other. Fifth year...that would make sense given she, Hady, hadn't seemed to be as upper classman as Tia, and certainly not as young as see. "1st year..." Olivia remarked about herself in turn, "but you probably figured that out." It wasn't like it was all that hard to decipher. Smaller stature...check, less experience around the castle...check; clumsy...check and check. Though if she wasn't lucky, that third one would continue on in later years. She'd have to work on it just to be sure of better luck.

"Mhmm," she confirmed, both to the playing of the guitar and the lessons. "Slow going, but its something I guess." Maybe she could try on her own so she didn't get too rusty before next summer. As for Hady saying she was still learning... "I suppose musicians are always learning," she added with a shrug. There was so much out there after all since it was a subject matter that had been around for centuries.

Hady had only guessed that the girl standing currently uninjured from her tumble before her was a firstie based on the simple fact that she hadn't recalled seeing her around the castle at all before this term. "I somewhat did but given my size and the fact I'm around the same height as a lot of you firsties I hardly make guesses anymore." Yes a few of the firsties were rather smallish but some really were close to her height already.

Nice. Lessons were always a good thing when one could take them. "There's a guitar over in the corner," Hady replied gesturing with her hand, "if you wanted to practice." That was most likely why Olivia had come here. Or she just wanted to get away from everything else like she herself had wanted. "How long have you been playing?"

Azura nodded as Esme spoke. "Mmmhmmm, so basically my name is just a fancy way to say Blue! Fun huh?" She said with a smile as she looked over at the other girl, and tried not to giggle as she came up with Esme and the.. Elephants!!

Though, she failed miserably and burst into giggles at the name. "That was better than what I thought of! Esme and The Eggplants!" She said with another giggle as she tried to control herself! She didn't want to giggle herself off a piano bench..

Again.

Azura beamed up at Esme as she said that her song was good!! "Really? I'm so glad you think so! You are actually the first person that I've ever played it for.. so..I'm actually super happy to hear that you liked it." She said with a warm smile over at the other girl.

As somebody who could not play any musical instruments, Carl could not help but be a bit jealous of Mel. She could play the Star Wars theme whenever she wanted and that was so cool! At the same time, he was happy that she was his friend and he grinned at her before raising his eyebrows. "Hmm, are you?" He was still skeptical, not because he thought she was not clever, but because his idea of a nerd was far from her bubbly image. He was willing to listen to her explanation, though.

Ooh, comic books! Who didn't love comic books? Well, some adults didn't, but they were just strange. Mel seemed to know a lot about Muggle comic books and films, which was quite impressive. "I love comic books too! I am not allowed to collect them because my aunt and uncle think they are a waste of money, but if I had all the gold in the world, my bedroom would be called a comic-room instead." Carl laughed. "I prefer DC though. I do like Marvels and Deadpool is absolutely funny except when he is - 'vulgar'. My favorite hero is Green Arrow." He said.

The Fat Lady! That must have been the magical portrait everybody, or at least most Gryffindors, were discussing about in the History of Magic lesson. "Look on the bright side, you get to interact with a magical portrait everyday! I kind of wish we had a portrait for our entrance. We have this stack of barrels and we have to do ... something to get in." The Hufflepuff ended vaguely. To be honest, he thought they were more mundane than bad singers.

He laughed at Mel's description of the Gryffindor Common Room. "The Common Rooms reflect the Head of Houses' interests, don't they? We have an indoor garden and Professor Myers teaches Herbology." It was a great place too. He was hoping to do some planting on his own sometime because he liked gardening. "Yeah! There is Brady - he is nice and once he stuck his head in a chocolate fountain." That was epic! He grinned at the memory and his smile widened at the hugging idea. Reaching his hands out, he wrapped his arms around his friend and hugged her. "Am I a good hugger?" He asked when he let her go.

”Yes yes I am.” Mel nodded definitively – it was something her…well, he was basically her brother-in-law had always said at least in a friendly way. “My whole family is sort of?” She admitted with a shrug of her shoulders.

“You aren’t allowed to? That’s too bad…I think my brother got me into them so that I’d have something that wasn’t dangerous to collect” she added with a grin. “really a comic-room?” She asked and grinned. “You should charm your trunk with an undetectable extension charm sometime…we can both try it maybe? And then we can collect all the things we want to collect and not run out of space!” She offered with a giant grin. “Might want to attach a charmed ladder incase you fall in though” she added as an after thought.

“Really?...he is vulgar my sister still doesn’t know I’ve seen his stuff…I snuck in when my brother was watching things” she admitted with a grin. “wait you get magical barrels?” That was kind of cool. “yeah I guess they do especially since Professor Flamsteed has Pebbles the pet rock…Pride’s cool though we take pictures on her sometimes” she admitted with a grin.

“Brady?...I think I met him on the train we were tossing these gross rock-hard-cupcakes out the window at trees” she admitted with a laugh…”actually doesn’t he play music?” She asked intrigued more because it would be nice to have someone to talk music with…and then she saw him reaching forward and the hug was happening and she barely had time to react or even give him a hug back.

“I’m not sure” she muttered a bit and gave Carl a little lopsided grin. “But yeah of course you are…I’m not sure if I’m a good hugger” she added trying to make it seem like her little comment was about her hugging ability and well nothing else at all.

Another piece of random information for her memory bank."That is pretty fun. I don't know anything about my name besides that it's French and apparently means beloved." Her parents weren't even French, but she didn't care. They had picked rather unique names for her in and siblings because she had never met anyone else who had the same names as them.

Esme and the Eggplants?? HAHA!! "Gosh, can you imagine? And we'd all be dressed up as eggplants." She giggled. Okay, that wasn't what her mom had done, but there WAS a mascot for her band, and it HAD been a lemur. Funny stuff.

"Of course! I'm glad that I got to hear it first." She smiled before trying to copy what Azura had just played.

Azura smiled warmly at Esme, "Well, it's super pretty, I like it a lot, I've never actually heard it before." She said with a warm smile. Beloved, that was super cool! Her name was basically.. Blue Snow.. So.. Yay?

Azura giggled a bit.. "I know!! But at least you would look good in purple! She said as she shook her head and giggled some more. "Or perhaps you could have like an Eggplant as a logo? That might be better than dressing up as one!" She said with a giggle as she looked over at the other girl.. She liked this! Friends! The first year was really liking hanging out with Esme, they needed to do it more often!

"Of course! I'm glad I got to play it for you." She said with a nod as Esme tried to play it.. Ohh she was really good!

Awww, Azura was so sweet. "Thanks! I think the same of your name!" Esme literally knew no one else with that name, and had in fact never knew that it existed. There was something really nice about having a unique name; the standard ones could be rather dull, though some of them were really pretty. Rachel for example.

Purple WOULD look good on her, and she did like the colour. Azura was right about that. "And I think you would look good in blue." Because of the azure and all. She giggled, thinking that with their colours they would look like a grape and a strawberry. It was rather funny actually. "That's true! Or I could make someone else dress up as one." Naaah, that would be mean. The logo was a better idea for sure.

Hehe, they were so silly.

"I'm sure that lots of people will want to hear it!" she said as she continued to play the song. This was fun.

Azura smiled softly at Esme as she spoke, "Thank you so much." Not many people had complimented her name and she had felt a little weird about it.. Weird name, weird eyes.. big old Klutz.. she wasn't exactly made to fit in..

Jasper's words came back to her in a rush though,"Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?" She closed her eyes for a moment as she thought of that and smiled a little.

Azura smiled, "Well, it's a good thing that blue is my favorite color then! She said with a laugh, she liked being in Ravenclaw, blue everywhere!!

She giggled a little, "Only if you didn't like that person!! She said with a shake of her head as Esme played her song and the little first year smiled up at Esme..
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"I hope so! and I hope I can continue to write more music.." She said with a warm smile..

Carl grinned. He chose to stop the debate about whether or not Mel was a nerd, because she seemed to like the fact that she was one and he was not going to take that away from her. "Do you have a big family?" He was curious to know more about her, especially after he heard that she did not have a mother.

"Oh," he said, then laughed. He could totally imagine the Gryffindor collecting dangerous things. "Yes, that is a good idea." He had read about the undetectable extension charm and cases where ladders were necessary. They might be the first people to use the charm to collect comic books. He was willing to give it a try, once he had mastered the spell.

"Cool! Sometimes I wish I had a brother so that I can sneak into his room and read his comic books just for the sake of it." Unfortunately, Carl was an only child. At least he did not have another older person telling him what to do and what not to ... that was an advantage, right? "Yeah, but I don't think the barrels are as interesting as the Fat Lady." He said, in case Mel got too intrigued by the entrance to their Common Room. "Can I visit your Common Room? I really want to see Pride." He was pretty sure going to other House Common Rooms was not allowed, but thinking about it never hurt.

Laughing, the boy wondered how cool Mel could get. "Do you mind if I ask why you were throwing cupcakes at trees?" He paused a bit before replying, "Uh, does he? I am not sure." That was a shame, because he really should know everything about his dorm mate. He made a mental note to ask Brady if he played music later on.

He returned the grin - a wide one. "Everyone is a good hugger!" Carl said. "I like hugs, so you have to be vigilant." Like just now, when he hugged her out of a sudden. She seemed taken aback and he hoped she knew that it was a friendly thing.

When Carl asked about her family she just shrugged her shoulder and nodded. “Yeah…I guess I do?” She let out a small laugh before tapping on her finger while counting…”lets see…I’ve got about two older brothers and two sisters as well” she nodded….”oh and I’ve got a bunch of cousins? Like five on my dad’s side and then 9 on my mums side?” She admitted….”but really its more? Y’know with second cousins and well…my well…sort-of-uncle-guardian guy’s family are pretty much cousins” she admitted with a grin.

“do you? Have a big family that is?” She asked and grinned over to him. “I’ve never cast that before myself…the extension charm but m’planning on working on it” she nodded and grinned more to herself then any other reason. “I mean…that would be one great way to keep my weapon collection all safe eh?” She loved the idea really.

When Carl mentioned being an only child Mel just tipped her head at him and furrowed her brow. “So…you are kinda like Tenacius then? He’s basically an only child…is it quiet?” She asked because that was what she thought would be interesting the sort of quiet that most likely came from not having siblings. “You can visit me and borrow mine” she grinned over to him and nodded. Yep. She was sure India’d be okay with that.

“oh well if you just hope into them then that isn’t fun” she shrugged. “oh you want to see pride?” She asked and grinned. “Of course you can visit but I’ll have to charm your robes and well…give you the password” she nodded. This was going to be fun wasn’t it?

“Oh…the cupcakes were…rock solid?” She shrugged, “my sister Amelia tried baking and she’s…she’s bad? I nearly chipped my tooth and decided it’d be fun to practice aiming at moving targets…?” She shrugged. “truth is I was hoping that Quidditch would be a thing…I’d want to be a beater or a chaser even” she nodded and grinned over to him. “Come on Carl not everyone’s a good hugger…what if the person has the personality of a cactus? All prickly and not…warm and friendly?” She raised her eyebrow at him. “Hugs are fine I guess? I’m more the lone wolf person…well not lone but y’know? Like the tough adventurous non-damsel-girl?” She nodded because that was how she viewed herself.

Ask a teacher? Did he mean he has to go out of this room and walk the extra mile or so somewhere to ask an old person something they likely had no clue what its about?

"Eh I'll just go look around here. Maybe its somewhere in one of these cabinets or something." Besides much more fun to turn things upside down. Just like his room!

"How long have I been playing?... What the drums?" he shrugged slowly as he tried to do the maths "I dunno, since I was seven? Its just a hobby though, I play the guitar and the piano and singing... But yeah music, its been part of my life since its kinda a thing in our family." nod nod.

"Hi I'm Tenacius by the way." he said as he waved the other boy hello "Do you play uh--" the boy with no name?

Carl's eyes widened as Mel counted the number of family members she had. Two brothers, two sisters, fourteen cousins ... that exceeded the number of fingers one had! He did not know that that was possible. "No, my family is quite small. It's basically just my aunt, uncle and me. I don't have any brothers or sisters or cousins ... and my parents passed away when I was a baby." He shrugged, trying to convey that he was okay with talking about his parents' deaths.

Grinning at the Gryffindor, he asked, "You have a weapon collection?" That was really cool. "I have another idea - you could charm the ladder so that it disappears if anybody who tries to sneak in. They would have to risk a fall if they want to steal your weapons then." The number of charms they would have to study was growing steadily, but he was ready for it.

He would not have guessed that Tenacius was an only child. But then, you never knew who had siblings and who did not, so it would have been dumb to judge somebody about that. Carl nodded more to himself before replying, "Yeah, I guess. It's not like we don't talk, but we are more ... peaceful?" Like, he did not argue with his aunt about getting the best toys, or fight with his uncle about who had the stronger character in a video game. He laughed when Mel suggested to lend her one of her siblings. "Thank you for the offer, but I think they would prefer living with you."

Wait, what? Did she think him visiting the Gryffindor Common Room was possible? "Oh, I - okay!" He nodded, not knowing what he was agreeing to. This was breaking school rules. This was performing complicated charms. This was leaving a bad impression on his Professors. This was crazy, and he really wanted to give it a try!

"I seeee." Carl raised his eyebrows. It was a funny reason really, but not an unreasonable one. He nodded appreciatively as Mel admitted that she wanted to play Quidditch. "If you were a Quidditch player, I would be your number one cheerleader." He would create a Melbourne fan chant if he could! "So ... what are Beaters and Chasers again?" His knowledge about Wizarding sports was limited. "Well yeah, but at least you are not a cactus. Not a teddy bear either, but somewhere in between." The tough adventurous non-damsel-girl. That was quite an accurate description of her. "You will eventually soften up to my hugs, Miss tough adventurous non-damsel Mel!" He grinned.

Esme smiled at Azura when she thanked her. She was just saying the truth because it really was a lovely name. "Well, that's great then. Being named for your favourite colour!" Not too many people could say that - unless their name was Red or something. "My favourite colour is pink, but that wouldn't work as a name!" It would be weird to have a kid named Pink.

Giggle. "Yeah, it would be pretty mean but I don't think that there is anyone I dislike besides that hag." There was no way that she was going to have that old bat anywhere near her, so that costume idea was out the window. Besides, what if evil magic was performed on her for trying? The risk was all too real and Esme was scared. Better to think of happier things... "I am sure that you will be able to write loads more! You have the Ravenclaw creativity." Nod.

"I know right! and Azure is such a pretty name for blue." She said with a warm smile before she burst into giggles as Else spoke again. "Well, perhaps Magenta? That could be an interesting name? Ohh or Rose!! That's a shade of pink." She said with a nod of her head.. "You just have to be creative, unless you like Puce or something.. there's no hope for that.. Or Orange! The younger girl burst into giggles again at the thought of someone named Orange!!

Azura shivered at the mention of the hag. "Have you seen her? I've heard she's creepy, but I've never actually gotten close to her." Thankfully! She didn't want to hear about her death, thank you very much!

Azura nodded.."I think I do, don't I? And as soon as I get time, I'm going to start working on another one! I've been busy with classes! She said with a warm smile. [/color]

Esme nodded. It really was a pretty colour name and blue was a nice colour even if it wasn't as nice as pink. "Rose is a perfect name! And it's not too common either, which is nice" She had never met anyone named Rose before. What a perfect suggestion. Maybe she could give her future daughter that name - if she had any kids... "Puce would be a cruel name to give someone," she said with an amused snort.

Ugh. WHY had she decided to mention the hag? Frowning, Esme started playing a random melody. "I've seen her a few times and she is absolutely horrible." In her opinion everyone should stay their distance from her because she probably ate people.

"I definitely think you do! I know what you mean about classes. I can't even imagine what my Fifth Year will be like." Ah well. No point in thinking about that now when she still had a while to go.

Azura smiled as Esme spoke. "It is a nice name isn't it? I like Flower names, Well, Rose, Lily and Daisy. Names like that, I don't think Carnation or Daffodil would work well." She said with another giggle, and let out a louder giggle as Esme snorted. "Right? It would be terrible." She said as she shook her head and laughed more.

Azura caught Esme's frown at the mention of the hag and she bit her lip a little, wondering what was bothering her friend. "Did.. something happened with.. the hag?" She asked curiously. She heard about a terrible "class" But.. was there more to it than that?

She smiled.. "I'm glad.. I really like being in this house and while I don't think I'm as smart as some of the others.. I am pretty creative." Azure said with a smile. Rachel and Jace seemed super smart.. She couldn't compare to them.. but she could be her own thing.. And she liked that.

Azura nodded. "Fifth and seventh years sound terrible with how much coursework we will have.. but.. I'm sure you will be able to manage Esme!" She had faith in her friend!