Text Cut: Sarah
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Princesspower 
"you really must look for it!" Sarah said eagerly. Sarah thought about what Ari had said, true she always read. "I try to be... my father said he was like this when he was my age, yet as the years went by he found it hard to read, running out of time."
Sarah was rather astonished that someone else shared her point of view. Sometimes she just felt like a robot... being a goody goody. She hated being that way, as home she used to scheme all day. Yet she hated loosing points. "I want to have fun and do mischeivous things... I so badly do, yet, I don't want to loose points. Also I have no one to do it with..." to her surprise Sarah felt her eyes watering. She never used to be like this, yet recently she began to get all emotional. She felt sorry for herself that was the truth. She hated being the person she was not, she was a free-sprited girl who was forcing herself to act like a dull docile girl. The reason why she read to much was that reading was her refuge. Before Hogwarts it was her past-time. Reading was done when one had nothing else to do, no friends to talk to or play with. Hopefully Ari was still not feeling bad about disturbing Sarah, as Sarah welcomed her, she was only reading to fill time. Sarah wanted to have fun. Real unhibited fun. Like the time last year when she climbed trees during a lesson. She was itching to just let her hair lose. To jump in the puddles -enjoy her childhood, which was quickly galloping away. She wanted to stay young forever
Blink. One minute ago they were talking about books, and now Sarah was on the verge of tears?! Ari tried to hide her surprise while listening to what her younger housemate had to say. When she finished, Ariadne gathered the girl into a hug.
'Do you want to know what I think?' she spoke soothingly.
'You worry too much. No one cares if you lose a couple of points. Many Gryffindors do, and they're still popular and well-liked by housemates and Professors alike. And they don't take points off for everything. The staircase incident? I didn't lose any points. And anyway, I'm sure you are earning plenty of them, considering how dedicated you are to your studies.' This part had been easy enough. But not having friends...
After a short pause, Ariadne continued:
'As for someone to do it with...I'm sure you have loads of friends, and you can still make new ones every day. You just have to look around more.' No one could have said that Ari was friendly when she first arrived at Hogwarts, but somehow she had managed to blend in. She was sure Sarah would do too.
'But enough sitting around.' she decided.
'We can go and do something fun right now. Whatever you want.' the older Gryffindor smiled, stood up and extended her arm to help Sarah get up too. No time for melancholy.