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Pinky 
Merlin was like an overgrown kitten... always wanting to play. He wiggled around a bit and mewed at the other kitty. My name's Merlin, what's yours? I belong to the pretty girl that smells like catnip. Isn't that odd? That she smells like that? Anyway.. wanna hide under the sofa and attack people's ankles when they walk by or sit down? Or have you got something better in mind? He too began to flick his tail back and forth and twitch his whiskers a bit. Hehe. FUNTIMES!
Lexi watched as Kurumi correctly put her s'more together and began to roast her marshmallow. Good girl took direction well. Hehe. Lexi actually followed suit and when her graham cracker and chocolate were prepared she skewered her mallow and stuck it directly in the flame.
FIRE. Gah how she loved it so. She bet she could make THIS fire bigger... wonder if Pat would say something about it though? Prefects. Pfffffft.
OH she actually knew this one!! All that research about America she had been doing was being useful already. Hehe. "
Well historians think that perhaps the Girl Scouts of America may have been the first ones to make them... they camped out a lot or something... but, yeah. Americans like, invented the s'mores," she said proud that she knew something that Kurumi didn't. It was juvenile, she knew, but it felt nice sometimes...
Walnut's eyes narrowed for a moment as he watched the cat wiggle around like a worm. Was this one of those cats that was forever in kitten phase? If so, Walnut didn't have time for chasing after string...
Attack people's ankles...I rather like this idea of yours, Walnut purred jumping off the table and waddling his kingly self over to one of the sofas where he proceeded to wedge himself under it when...he could wedge no more and still had his stubby back legs and tail sticking out.
This was SOOOO the other cat's fault!
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Girl Scouts of America," Kurumi whispered scratching the back of her head and trying not to look as confused as she really was on the inside. "
I wonder what gave someone the idea to mix marshmallow, chocolate and...." she paused trying to remember what Lexi had said these not really a cookie but not really a cracker crackers were called. "
...these together."
Frowning a bit, seeing as her marshmallow was now a black smoldering mass on the log in the fire, Kurumi looked back at Lexi and her eyes flicked between the girl's face and the bag of marshmallows.
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C-C-Can I have another marshmallow?" she squeaked. "
I-I seem to have dropped my first attempt..."
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Lady of the Lake 'Sure. The kitchen.' Ari muttered. Of course, it was the obvious, logical choice, but she had to go over the top and suggest the Room of Requirement. Better move on to the question.
'My mum was. She was a Ravenclaw, she's been telling me stories about Hogwarts ever since I can remember, she is still very fond of the place. Her family, the Marchbanks, have beein in Ravenclaw for generations, and here I am, breaking the tradition.' Ariadne said, proudly. She hoped Kurumi wouldn't ask her why she had her mother's surname and never even mentioned her father.
'What about you? Are you the first of your family to come to Hogwarts?' Ari hastened to ask. 'So it's home...Do you have any pictures with it, though? I'd love to see some.' she wondered.
Kurumi giggled a bit. "Breaking tradition can be a good thing at times." It was something that seriously needed to happen back home. "
I know loads of great people in Ravenclaw, and I thought that I would be sorted there to be honest." Seeing as she was a bookworm and workaholic. "
Sorting hat must have seen something unique in us both besides our love for studying," Kurumi giggled.
Kurumi didn't think much of Ariadne's lack of mentioning her father and assumed that that meant that he had not attended Hogwarts. After all, she would leave her mother out of the conversation considering she was a non-magical. "
My father and two of my other brothers were also in Gryffindor. My other brother was in Ravenclaw though. Father was the one who broke the tradition in his family. Apparently, they were all Slytherins."
Which reminded her of some other research she needed to do in the library.
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hannah_bry27 "It does look that way, doesn't it?" Lucas commented with a chuckle. "Diego is a little egocentric. I should have expected this." He scratched Diego's head with a grin.
He was a little surprised when Kurumi asked if she could ask him a personal question. What did that entail? Thankfully, it wasn't anything big. "Oh, it's not really an interesting story or anything." He shrugged. "I actually went to school until my second year, but I never really kept in touch with any of the friends I made back then, so I kinda feel like I'm starting fresh. Anyway, my granddad got sick a couple of years ago and came to live with us. There were four of us kids, and my mom was pregnant with another one. My dad works a lot, so he couldn't be at home as much as he would have liked. It was really just because my mom needed an extra pair of hands to help out with Granddad and the other kids." He smiled. "Granddad's fine now, by the way. Recovered quite nicely. Although he is pretty cranky... But he was sort of like that before. There might have actually been improvement in that department." He laughed lightly. "I'm back because Granddad's alright, and the kids are older now, plus Mum had the baby a year or so ago. Kind of a boring story. Sorry. Why do you ask?"
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As is Walnut," she laughed poking the cat lovingly in the side. "
He considers himself King of the Common Room. Perhaps he will have to accept that he may become the co-ruler..." Either that, or there would be much fur flying and a mess to clean up later.
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That isn't a boring story," she said snaking her head. "
I think it is fantastic that you and your siblings stayed home to help your family when it was needed. You all must be very close." She had to admit, she was a bit jealous, but her family had pulled through for each other when needed. She wasn't sure she could imagine all her brothers being willing to do the same. "
N-No reason really. Well, unless you want to count my curiosity," she blushed. "
Is that why you got into literature? To escape into a world that was less stressful?"
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Bumblebee John entered the common room and found an empty spot on a couch. He sat there staring at the flames in the chiminey. He simply sighed and rested his head on the couch...
Kurumi recognized the newest addition to the common room for Diagon Alley. At least, she was pretty sure that she had seen him in the ice cream parlor the same day she had been there.
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H-H-Hello," she squeaked waving from her place by the fire. "
W-W-Would you like to make a s'more? They are delicious!"
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Kaos.Doodles Jump up step. Jump up step. Utter ridiculous password. This process had become so...routine. Legend didn't even have to think about entering the Common Room. As the door swung open and he made his way up the small flight of steps his eyes glazed around at the full room.
"HELLO GRYFFINDORS" His loud voice boomed in the room. With a satisfied smirk on his face be plopped down into his favorite arm chair facing the on going fire.
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Oh yes...Kurumi had been RIGHT next to this boy when HE had crossed the line and lost Gryffindor house points before they had even tucked in to their first meal at Hogwarts.
Instinctively, she closed the lid on her box of cookies and set the box back on the table. No cookies for you...Legend Chosen.
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Evening," she said with a slightly cold tone hidden beneath her smile.
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hermione23 Septimus had a feeling he knew one of the things she was thinking about. "Is...is it Adam?" he asked her with caution. He didn't want to make her angry because he had brought up a touchy subject, but he didn't wan to act like he couldn't be there for his friend.
Kurumi's face dropped and she turned her head towards the fire and hunched her shoulders. "
...yes..." she whispered as she swallowed the urge to cry. "
I...I guess you know that he has left Hogwarts then?" She still couldn't bring herself to turn around and look back at the second year.
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TwistedHearts Zara was about to gulp and take what Kurumi said seriously. She stared at Kurumi. That was when the girl burst giggling, and so the truth was revealed. Zara exhaled loudly, with her hands on her heart. "You know, for a second there I thought you really were."
"Me? I like any kind of music that doesn't sound bad. Well, I guess that's very general. Hmm. Probably classical music too, and those piano instrumentals. But I've learned to love acoustic renditions, RNB, and pop, too." She smiled. "So, you play any instrument?"
Kurumi giggled. She clearly had been spending too much time with the likes of Salander and Josh if she was going to use sarcasm like that. "
I'm sorry," she said bowing her head.
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Well, as I said earlier, mother trained me in classical piano, and that is pretty much the only instrument that I can play besides the koto," she said shrugging her shoulders. "
Oh, sorry. The koto is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument. I haven't been playing it for very long though, just a few years upon mother's insisting. She want's me to learn the traditions of my home country."
Kurumi shook her head a bit. The more she was forced to learn about it, the more she wanted to get away.
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How about you?"
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potterfan180 Cove never denied roasting marshmellows. "Sure, thanks. I'm Cove Brett."
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Pleasure to meet you, Cove," Kurumi smiled. She sure hoped that she had said that properly. "
I'm Kurumi, Kurumi Hollingberry. Third year," she said bowing her head while extending her none skewer holding hand towards the girl for a handshake.
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fanficfanatict Selina was very confused momentarily when Kurumi said that she had signed up for Quidditch. She had to pause and then pinch herself. When she felt a sharp pain shot up through her arm she knew she was not dreaming this. Taking her time getting through the sentence Selina said,"You... signed... up ... for... Quidditch? As in flying Quidditch?"
It finally hit her body like a shock wave and Selina jumped on her friend, "No way! Kurumi I'm so happy for you! Oh my Merlin we have so much to do for try outs! You are going to be fantastic. Gahhhhhh!!!!!!"
...Selina liked Quidditch.
Happy wasn't exactly the word she would use to describe her feelings at the moment. Words like petrified and nauseous did however.
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T-T-Th-Thank you?" she said before getting a slightly panicked look on her face when Selina got one of those crazy looks on her face. Kurumi knew that the little red head was going to put her through the ringer several times over. Would probably even force her to practice flying and Quidditch in her sleep...if Kurumi was even allowed to sleep.
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