Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"I'm afraid I didn't know him very well," Kurumi frowned. "We spoke a few times in the common room, but he was much closer with my friend Fee." Kurumi had been more than a little indimidated by older students and had made a fool of herself on more than once occasion. Things had fallen into place a little better her second term though, clearly, since she now had more close friends in the 5th and 6th years than she did her own year.




Kurumi watched in horror as the harpy that Connor had turned himself into attacked Dani and she rolled her eyes at the blonde for not taking the hint and backing off. If it had been a rabid dog, foaming at the mouth, would she had still insisted that she go over and pet it on its head and try to snuggle it. She certainly hoped not, because that would not only be foolish, but suicidal as well.

Kurumi didn't like thinking about Connor in that light, but in doing some research about Veela in the library she had come to the conclusion that if and when he became what he was right now she really had no other choice.

Marching over towards the commotion, she arrived just as Connor had finally removed him from his perch and had hidden himself behind the tree. Not sure what had come over her in the moment, perhaps it was a lot of pent up frustration, she snapped her head around and faced Dani.

"Dani, look, I know that you want to do the right thing, but you are bloody blind if you think you were helping the situation," she said trying to keep her voice as even as she possibly could and pointing to the girl's torn clothes and small wounds. "You have only been feeding fuel to the fire, literally." She wanted to tell the girl to just step back and go get herself checked out in the hospital wing, but she figured the girl was going to be too stubborn to do so. "You are lucky he didn't try launch balls of fire from his hand."

Turning her head around, Kurumi walked around the tree, folded her arms across her chest, and looked down at the mess of feathers that Connor had found himself in. "As for you," she said thrusting her arm out towards Dani. "You could have killed her! You let yourself get caught up in your emotions and you lost control." She dropped her hand to her side and she remembered the conversation they had had about controlling their abilities. Yes, Kurumi's were also emotionally triggered and were set off easier than Connor's, but without the stark contrast in personalities. Kurumi's voice quivered slightly from fear. What if he transformed back and ended up attacking her?

"We all know what anger is, and we've all felt it, whether as a fleeting annoyance or as full-fledged rage depends on the given situation. Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive like what YOU just allowed yourself to do, it can lead to disaster and ruin the overall quality of your life. And it can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion," she narrowed her eyes and folded her hands once more. "You allowed yourself to go there and you could have done something you would have really regretted." She snapped her head around to look at Dani. Where WAS she getting this confidence from? She really wasn't sure, but best to finish her thought process before she went back into her cookie cutter mold. "You were only upsetting him more when it was whatever was said between the two of you that set him off. Did you WANT him to kill you? Did you think that would fix whatever was going on?"

Kurumi then looked back at Connor, her expression still stern but her eyes delivering a message of pity. "A man is about as big as the things that make him angry, Connor," she whispered kneeling down now to look more directly into his eyes, but making sure she was still keeping a safe distance, her right hand tucked into her robe's pocket on her wand ready to use it if needed. "We talked about this. If you give in, forget forget manners, forget etiquette, forget who you are as a person, you cannot attain anything."

She scooted a bit closer. "I am not telling you to deny that this part of you exists. I am asking you to acknowledge it and not let it overtake you. What if you had killed Dani..." she paused and picked up a stray feather. "W-W-W-What if you had attacked me?"

Originally Posted by Fred is awesome

'Hey, you'll be brilliant! William's a little sore about not getting on the team... Aren't you?' Rose spoke to Kurumi and William at the same sort of time!

Originally Posted by Fred is awesome

'Oh, sorry, William!' Rose grinned 'You'll get on the team next term though! Woah, he gave you his old broom? He must think you're good!'

Originally Posted by Presley Black

Presley nodded. Okay. This was nothing like hitting a bludger. You didn't want the ball near anyone. "Okay. Thank you for the clarification," she smiled. There was a lot more to this game than she'd origanally thought.



"Hey Rachel! This is William. He's teaching me baseball. It's a muggle sport, but you probably already knew that. William, this is Rachel, she's like, my best friend." Pres introduced her two friends. "Can Rach play?" she asked William.