Girls' Bathroom
 

Girls Only!! (That includes you Misters Potter and Weasley!) A funny inscription etched on the door with a potions knife reminds us all of the great deeds Harry Potter and his friends performed during their time at Hogwarts.

OOC Note: All SS Board Rules and School Rules apply in this bathroom. Violators may be punished both OOC and IC should they break any of those rules.

Chrissy/ Violet
 

Selina walked inside the bathroom with her sneakers squeaking away with each step. School was barely even begun and she had already attracted some drama. Elektra had pretty much blown her off during the opening feast and she had no idea why. She had an inkling but no concrete answers. Things with her were beyond weird. And not to mention but they were already well into the first week of school and she had not seen Violet at all. Was Elektra keeping her away? She hoped not.

One of the bathroom stalls jiggled a little bit before the door opened and out came a very familiar brunette. It was Violet who was adjusting her dress. She brushed aside some of her hair out of her face and then turned to head towards the sink to wash her hands. After she had done so she noticed there was someone else who had entered the bathroom, who had very squeaky shoes. When Violet dried her hands she leaned over to look who it was and she gasped seeing Selina Skylar. Violet said excitedly,"Ahh Hi Sely!" She skipped over to her best friend and asked lightly,"How are you?"

[Elektra's Outfit]Humming to a song she had listened to while she was away with her brother, she continued to take in the sights of her "home." Hogwarts hadn't changed. She was glad. If it changed any more she would be walking around like a chicken without a head. Humming a little louder which turned to singing as she saw no one around in the hall she ran her fingers through her hair and looked around for that famous bathroom. "Now that you're gone
I feel like myself again, grieving the things I can't repair and willing..." Elektra sang out a little louder until she walked into the bathroom and her voice cut right off seeing Violet...and...oh bloody hell. Selina as well. Elektra stood by the entrance to the bathroom looking at Violet and Selina and Elektra clears her throat. "Ignore what you just heard."

Selina grinned ear to ear when Violet spoke to her. It seemed that she had been wrong after all- Violet was not mad at her. That was a relief. She was afraid that somehow whatever Elektra was mad at Selina about had caught on. No such thing had occurred. "I'm great Violet! How about yourse-". Just then a soaring, rich alto timbre filled the bathroom.

The redhead turned her head to the side and saw Elektra standing in the bathroom. For a moment, with all of them standing in the bathroom, it felt like old times. It wasn't old times anymore though. Things had changed... They all were so different, "Um... Hey Elektra."

Elektra just looked at both of them. She felt a little awkward walking into the bathroom singing as loud as she did and even in front of Violet and Selina. Oh bloody hell that was too embarassing. Elektra lowered her head for a second then picked it up and walked to the sinks and turned the faucet as she looked at herself in the mirror seeing that she had little bags under her eyes and she looked over at Violet and Selina. "You can continue talking what you two were talking about before I embarassed myself in front of you lot. I'm not staying in here. I think I might take a walk around the school grounds." Elektra grabbed a paper towel and lightly dampened it and fixed her makeup that was under her eyes and turned the faucet off and she looked at herself in the mirror once again and she sighs and tosses the paper towel over her shoulder hitting it into the garbage and she looks over at the garbage shocked that she got it in and she looked at Violet and chuckled. "Looks like I am pretty good at sports not involving a broom right?"

Elektra was talking to her again. Thank Merlin. It was like some kind of miracle. Perhaps the whole episode at the opening feast was a sort of flop. Maybe everything she had been pondering the last few days was really just nothing to even worry about. Sure, Elektra was leaving to go off and wander the grounds, but even before she left Elektra was not one to stick around in one place to long. She was a free bird. Whatever was wrong before seemed to have escaped Elektra's mind.

Selina chuckled at Elektra's comment about the broom and said, "Yeah that experience at my house proved that perhaps you should stick to things on land, don't you think Lek?"

Feeling a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders Selina replied, "Why would you feel that way? It sounded great Elektra, really it did." Thank Merlin that things were better now. All was forgiven.

Elektra raised her eyebrow looking right at Selina. Did she really just speak to Elektra. Who gave her the right to talk to her? "Last I checked I was talking to Violet...and not you so..." She said before shrugging her shoulders and looked around. "I don't think my mouth ever blurted out the words, 'What do you think Selina?' now did they?" She looked at Violet. "Look I'll be by the portraits if you want to talk to me without her around." She said shooting a look to Selina with her piercing emerald eyes then looking back at Violet.

Shock. That was the only sensation that Selina felt at the present moment. Elektra, who was being pleasant several moments before, had turned to Selina and snapped at her in a matter of seconds. She was taken aback by the sincerity in Elektra's voice when she unkindly told Selina that she was not speaking to her. Not only was it rude, but it was unexpected. Elektra was her friend and although things had been awkward at the feast she assumed everything was fine.

Why was Elektra treating her like this? What had she done to offend her? "Talk to me without her around?" Selina repeated in shock. Elektra had just verbalized that she did not want to talk with Selina in the room and had insinuated that she did not even want to talk to Selina. The redhead took a step forward and said, "What is that supposed to mean? Why are you being such a jerk to me?"

Every single time Elektra looked at Selina all she could think of was when she went to the three broomsticks and saw THEM together. HOW DARE SHE! How dare she have the nerve to take him from her. Selina was already pushing Elektra enough since the feast, but now...she couldn't fight it anymore. Elektra just finally snapped at Selina. "Tell me Selina how do the sloppy seconds taste?" And just like that...you could feel the tension in the bathroom. You could cut it with a knife. Elektra just simply gave probably the meanest glare she ever gave to Selina. But in the back of Elektra's dark mind was Oh, Merlin why is Violet here right now? I don't want her to see me like this. But that anger was start to boil up inside of her, and one wrong move could turn this conversation ugly.

Sloppy seconds? Was Elektra seriously going to bring her boyfriend into the conversation. What did Gideon do that was so terrible. Yes, Selina knew that Elektra and Gideon had kissed- he had told her- yet Selina could not even begin to understand what Gideon had done that was so terrible. More importantly, why was Elektra punishing Selina for dating him? Sloppy seconds... that was the most offensive thing she had ever heard Elektra say to her.

The redhead fished for some sort of reply to Elektra but came up short every time. There was not one thought that could coherently form in Selina's mind. She was even more shocked than she had been several seconds prior. Then she finally could formulate some sort of thought. "Sloppy seconds?" she repeated in disbelief, "What do you mean sloppy seconds? How dare you say that to me."

"HOW DARE I?! HOW DARE YOU!" Elektra shouted to Selina. Wow...she didn't think she would snap like this, but this anger has been building up inside her for months. "To think I was gonna come by and surprise you lot, but then I had to stumble into the Three Broomsticks to find my 'Best Friend' being all cute and cuddly with Gideon bloody Gert. I swear if my heart could have it would have fell right through my chest and crumble onto the floor from what I saw. How could you do this to me? I thought you were my friend Selina! I THOUGHT I TRUSTED YOU!!!" With suc anger Elektra yelled and punched the mirror above the sink feeling the glass crack and cut into her skin and she ignored the pain. This was nothing compared to what she had went through in Russia. Elektra lowered her hand letting blood fall from her knuckles and drip onto the floor as she tried to control her heavy breathing.

"I didn't know you liked Gideon, Elektra! I was not stabbing you in the back for dating someone I liked, especially because I didn't even know you liked him. You never told me! I had to find out from my boyfriend and it was kind of awkward, alright? Don't act like this is my fault and I betrayed your trust. You decided not to tell me, you decided to leave without saying goodbye, you decided to leave again when you came back the second time. Don't blame me for what happened. I am your friend and am still your friend!"

In a fit of rage Elektra punched the mirror a part of it shattered and sent blood trickling down her hand. Selina's face when white and she stepped forward to help her friend, "Merlin Elektra! Let me help you-"

Elektra was now giving a blank stare. Elektra was just not there anymore. Her mind wandered off. It wandered off to a very dark part in her mind. As she looed down at her hand she started having just horrible memories. Memories she wished she had forgotten. They were toying with her mind now. They just wouldn't stop. She was slowly snapping out of it when she looked up at Selina who was stepping towards her, but Elektra didn't see Selina. She saw something else and that caused Elektra to react by throwing her hurt hand up hitting Selina in her face with the back of her hand. "Stay away from me!" Elektra shouted.

Elektra was hysterical. Her usual grreen eyes were ridden with fast at the sight of the advancing redhead. Yet, Selina was too concerned to even take notice to the crazy behavior of her friend or at least her old friend. The blood was all over the place from Elektra's hand. She just wanted to help her in any way she could.

She took a step forward toward Elektra and suddenly she was back handed by Elektra. Contrary to the way Selina held herself she was small. True, there was fire behind the tiny girl but she was not strong in any way but personality. She was athletic and fit, but Elektra had a few inches on Selina. Not only that but Elektra was raving like a mad man, when she hit Selina she was aiming to hurt her.

As her hand blasted across Selina's face she went stumbling back and out her hands behind herself to catch the sink. In pain she turned her face away from the two girls in the bathroom. Her fingers reached up to her mouth and pulled it away to examin the damage... she was bleeding.

She looked wounded at Elektra and said softly, "Elektra...?"

Elektra still looked in shock as she looked at Selina blinking a couple of times and started to feel a slight pain in her hand and she looked back down at her hand and she winced slightly seeing the blood trickle off her fingers and she looks back up at Selina then over to Violet and swallows spit. "Vi- I- I think I should go...back to the common room and get myself patched up...right?"

Anyone?
 

Skipping into the bathroom before her Care of Magical Creatures class, she just needed to put something on her face. She was never good at this so she needed more time.

Muggle make-up.

Erin walked towards the large mirror opposite the cubicles, moved closer and started fiddling the things from her bag. Oh there it is! First things first, powder. And then, the blush on. Bam! She doesn't know how to use this.

And Selina could not move, she could not speak, she could not do much of anything. Elektra had hit her. That was the only thought that ran through her brain over and over again. Elektra had hit her. She had actually tried to and succeeded in hitting Selina. Where had that come from and why did she hit her with all of her might?

Selina's blue eyes sparkled in tears... she was in pain, she was bleeding and Elektra had caused it. Without another word she looked Elektra dead in the eye and left the bathroom. She had to get to the Common Room as quickly as possible.

Helga strolled into the girls bathroom, feeling drained. She looked at the inscriptions on the walls. The life of Potter amd Weasley seemed exciting, unfortunatly they didn't attend Hogwarts anymore. She sighed, it would of been alot more exciting.

Zhenya held the door open for Laura as she walked in to the bathroom. She took one look in the mirror and laughed. She was COVERED in mud, her hair was hard as the mud hardened. Her face had smudged mud with tear lines streaming down her face from laughing so much. She had a bruise on the side of her face where she must have either ran into a Topiary or smacked on the ground, and her leg had a bruise all down the side. It was from the bindings which must have pulled her leg when she and Laura kept falling down. How did she not have any broken bones? It was a very funny sight.

Laura walked into the bathroom and went straight to a mirror she couldn't believe how she looked, her hair had mud in it, her face was covered in mood, her clothes were covered in mud and her arms had bruises on them but well at least she had no broken bones which was a good think, if anyone had seen them like this they would have had a fit. "We look like we've been fighting in mud." Laura giggled.

Zhenya agreed - "I'm just thankful that there was no blood," she said. "Although that would be even more convincing - we could have walked the corridors pretending we had gotten into a punch up," she laughed.

"Wait!" she said, and pulled out a camera from her bag. She thought it might come in handy to remember the Hogwarts Celebration, "Come here," she said to Laura and set the camera up on timer. She smiled at the camera, waiting for the flash to go off.

Laura smiled at Zhenya as she went and stood next to her, she was glad that she had made a friend for life. "Your going to be my friend for life." Laura smiled as she looked at the mirror. "Seriously I wonder what would happen if we went like this too a Professor office." There was mischieve in her eyes as she thought about what the Professor would say.

Zhenya pictured the look on Professor Lafay's face if they went to see HER! She couldn't hold back the laughs or the tears. "I'm sure we would get points taken," she said between breaths. It was just too funny to hold back.

"You're my friend for life too Laura," she said, poking one of her bruises and laughing.

Laura looked at Zhenya and smiled when she said she was her friend for life, it was great she had just made a new best friend. "Why don't we go and see the evi Charms Professor or that old Quidditch Professor." Laura laughed, she would load to see their faces when they walk upto them covered in mud, they would sure ask a lot of questions but well Laura wouldn't care though maybe they should just wash it out.

Zhenya just pictured their reactions in her head. It would be funny... after it happened. "I think the bruises and everything is enough to stir up something in the Professors without all the mud," she said laughing. "I don't even know what my face will look like under this beautifying mud mask."

Laura looked at Zhenya and smiled. "I think we should get rid of this mud." Laura then looked down at her clothes. "I wonder if I could try that cleaning spell." Laura was sure she could do it, though she had no idea what the spell was. "So what do you think about using a cleaning spell to clean our clothes?"

Zhenya's mind caught on 'cleaning spell,' and she got out her wand, pointing it in the air, and said "Aguamenti," and let the water wash down over her. She laughed, and pointed it at Laura, spraying her with water. Well, it was only a tiny jet as she didn't have the amount of concentration she needed for a strong jet. It was like a dribbling tap. Zhenya was wet enough to be able to get paper towel and scrub the wet mud from around her mouth. "Sorry Laura, I couldn't resist," she said laughing. "And I'm sick of tasting and chewing dirt - bleugh!"

Then she remembered something about a cleaning spell... "Oh yeah well there's Tergeo which can be used to wipe things clean, how about we try to use it and see where it goes?" she said.

Laura looked at Zhenya and smiled as she took out her wand and pointed it in the air and said. "Aguamenti." Laura jet wasn't of water wasn't very strong and she giggled when Zhenya spayed her with water, she quickly sprayed Zhenya's hair and face with water. "I couldn't resist either." Laura laughed as she stopped the jet of water and looked in the mirror. "We look better now except well it looks like we've been swimming."

Zhenya opened her mouth and took a few big gulps of the water streaming from Laura's wand. She was glad she had wiped at least some of the mud away from her face or she would be swallowing the mud right now.

"Well let me try it," she said, pointing her wand on her. "Terego," she said, pointing it all around her face, looking at her reflection in the mirror. She thought about wiping the dirt and mud away, which it did. "WOW," she said as her face was suddenly in full view again. There was a scratch right across her cheek, which was totally bruised and red. "Oh gosh," she said. "This doesn't look very good," she laughed.

Laura smiled at Zhenya and then did the Terego spell, she looked at the Mirror and like Zhenya there was a scratch on her left cheek. "I can't believe I didn't notice that before." Laura giggled though it did sting a little she wasn't going to go anywhere near the evil nurse so the scratch would have to go away on it's own time. "It's been a great day today."

"Yes, it has," Zhenya said, putting the spell over her entire body - clothes and all. After about 10 minutes, she looked pretty clean, and so did her clothes. Wow... this spell is great! "What a fantastic spell! No, I don't believe I couldn't feel it... well, until now," Zhenya said and laughed. She patted around her cheek, which felt very tender. "I'm sure it will clear up in... uh... a few weeks," she smiled.

She walked over to a wall near the famous Chamber of Secrets 'opening' and sat against the wall, staring at it. She knew it wasn't good to sit on bathroom floors, but she didn't want to leave the reality. Laura was not in Slytherin, so they couldn't just go back to the common room. As icky as it was, she wanted to spend more time with Laura, even if it was in the bathroom.

"So... tell me about yourself," she asked Laura. "Um... or did you want to go somewhere else other than here?" she asked, glancing around.

Laura smiled at Zhenya. "Well I'm in Hufflepuff and my twin sister is in Ravenclaw." Laura sighed. "I'm half and half." Her dad was a wizard, her mother was muggleborn and that was why she had tried to hide magic from them when they were small. "What about you?" Laura didn't want to leave the Bathroom since well she couldn't take Zhenya to the Hufflepuff common room since she was in Slytherin.

"Hmm I'm pure blood," she said, indicating her Slytherin logo. She laughed then, "Just kidding! No - well I am pure blood, but I think it's a load of phooey! My dad was born here and his entire family are pure blood, and my mother was born in Russia to a really well-known pure-blood wizarding family there. Well, they're only well known here. I guess like the Black family were known here all those years ago. I have a brother, Dimitri... I call him Dima, he has been left here for 2 years. He's travelling. He will be home soon though I hope," she looked sad. "I miss him..."

After a moment or two she realised it must have been awkward. She cheered up.
"Who is your twin?" she asked. "What do your parents do for jobs?"

For Jez.
 

Pam ran into the bathroom, tears flowing, note in hand. She ran to the nearest wall, and kicked it. Anger madE her hair red, sadness made her eyes blue. Part of her wanted to scream at the top of her lungs until she had no more voice. But another part of her wanted to hide. Run and hide and to never be found again. She resulted to curling up in a ball on the floor. She wanted to show Jez and Nate that she was strong. That she was able to make it through everything. But with each heart wrenching note from Jared, and each agonizing day waiting, she didn't know how she could hang on.

Laura looked at Zhenya. "My dad works for a big company, he's head of a branch in Bedford, my mother well I can't remember." Seriously how was Laura supposted to know what they were doing. "We've had to move to Bedford for my dad, since he's just got the job in the summer." Laura looked at Zhenya and sighed, she had heard that sometimes Pureblood children didn't like halfblood, well hopefully Zhenya wasn't one of them. "She's Lana Hyde." Laura smiled. "I'll introduce her to you sometimes."

"I'd like that," Zhenya said, leaning to the side to rub her sore backside. "Wow, sounds like your dad is pretty important to the company! My dad works as a healer, but before that he worked at art investigations," she said with a smile. "We used to call him Sherlock Artaholic. And my mother is a muggle teacher, teaching kids who are in reception to year 3. So she was able to home school me with a mixture of muggle and magical subjects and it was good. I learned a lot, but still - coming here, there's always a few topics I'm completely lost with. Like Arithmancy, that's HARD!" she said.

Mickey saw a girl run past her, hair changing color the girl started to beat up the wall. "Woah there girly, what did that poor wall ever do to you?! I mean it has walked into me a few times..." Mickey joked looking in the reflection of the girl in the mirror in front of her. Turning around she leaned against the sink and wiped her hands on her skirt.

Pam whipped het head around to lOok at the girl. "it's not the wall thts the problem." although, now it caused her foot to start throbbing. But she ignored it. There was much bigger pain in her heart. Her parents, Nate, Jez. People she loved will all be gone soon. Sooner or later, Pam will be alone, and there won't be anyone to tell her otherwise.

Jez had heard a thud in the girls bathroom on her way to the Arithmancy classroom, and had come in to investigate. She immediately saw Pam curled up on the floor, and a Hufflepuff girl leaning against the sink. She couldn't exactly miss Pam's red hair and blue eyes either, and she'd picked up enough of the meta colour-code from her and Jordan to recognise the signs. "Pam, are you okay?" Jez crouched beside her friend, putting a hand gently on her shoulder. "What's the matter, what happened?" She glanced up at the Hufflepuff girl, hoping for some kind of explanation out of either of them.

Pam looked up at Jez, glad to have a friendly face. And not just anyone's face. Someone who'd understand. She wiped the tears from her eyes, and handed her the note. The one that had made her want to strangle her mom. If Team Wolf didn't get to her first. The thought made a new stream of tears flow. She couldn't take much more of this.

SPOILER!!: the note

My Pam,
I'm sorry I haven't said anything to you as of recent, but I'm afraid Team Wolf is close to finding my location. And maybe sending you and your father letters is speeding up that process. But I would rather speed it up and tell you what needs to be said. Pamphylia Elaine Barstow. I am so proud of you. You didn't have to get into Hufflepuff for that to happen. Being a Ravenclaw shows that you have the brains to do anything. You don't need strength, or even bravery, those things are aquired over time. But you have a brain. Use it. I love you.
Samantha Barstow.

Jez took the note and read over it. She looked up from it to Pam's face, a smile of relief creeping over her face. "She's okay! Your mum's alive!" Thank Merlin, because Jez had really felt like a murderer. Then she noticed the tears. "Pam, she'll be okay. Your mum is a smart one, she'll find a way to your dad and my siblings." She squeezed Pam's shoulder comfortingly, then stood up. Fetching two balls of toilet paper from a nearby stall - not Moaning Myrtle's one, she didn't need that today - she wet one at the sink and passed both the damp and dry to Pam. "Your mum is so much like you, I bet my wand she'll survive. It's a promise." Jez looked Pam in the eye. "Promise," she repeated firmly.

Pam tried her hardest to stop the flow of tears. But she couldn't. "Did you even read the first half of that letter? My mom's going to get captured and killed because she sent this letter." She said, pointing at the devilish paper. She wanted to take it and throw it in one of the toilets. But she wouldn't do that. It was probably the last thing her mom ever gave to her. She took both the damp toilet paper, and just held it in her hand. Then she got up and started pacing.

"Don't you know what this means? Because my mom was stupid enough to send this letter, and apperently one to my dad, she's going to get captured. Why would she do that?!" Pam voice had risen in volume. But she didn't care. She didn't understand why her mom would do something like this.

Elektra was fixing her eyeliner in the mirror. She really wasn't used to applying her makeup on using her right hand instead of her left. Her hand was still hurt from...well...THAT little incident. It never escaped her mind. She couldn't stop thinking about it. All of that anger, that fury...it was bottled up inside for over a year and finally she had let it out, but she let it out on someone she once called a friend. As she finished up applying her eyeliner she looked at herself and for a second thought she saw the mirror just crackle and break right in front of her eyes, but her mind was playing tricks on her after she looked down and looked back up. The mirror was just fine. Elektra let out a slight huff. "Bloody hell..."

Selina walked into the bathroom utterly exhausted. Try outs today had been really long and well it seemed that she was not the only one who was tired after a long week of try outs. She could tell from the final try outs that everyone was exhausted from the extensive and rigerous try outs she had held everyday that week. But if the team thought she was going to slow down they were sorely mistaken. She had only just begun. The team was going to work hard this season to bring home the gold. After all she had had two great Captain's before her and she did not want to dishonor all of their work.

As Selina walked into the bathroom she missed the brunette standing in front of the mirror. She was too tired to notice so she approached the sink and ran her hands under cold water. Then she splashed her face with water... ugh much better.

Elektra really hadn't been getting a lot of sleep lately since she had been back. She was missing her brother...and she was also missing someone else, but that is a story told for another time. Elektra noticed red hair walking into the bathroom from the mirror but she thought her mind was playing tricks on her again so she ignored it and just went back to fixing her makeup again as she noticed now that she hadn't put any mascara on her eyes. How silly of her. She reached into her bag for her mascara and then looked up and there she was. Selina Skylar and Merlin she looked terrible. She knew Quidditch try outs were going on and with Selina being captain...well...Elektra thought that maybe the young Gryffindor was just doing too much for her young age. Elektra wanted to say something, but wasn't quite sure what to exactly say so she thought of the only thing she could think of at the time which was, "You look terrible."

Selina continued to wash the try out troubles from her face when she finally shut the sink off. As she started to wipe her face with the towel in the bathroom she heard a familiar voice talk to her. The redhead continued to pat down her face with the towel as she replied, "Elektra... how is your hand doing?" She said her last comment with a little fire behind it. Selina had walked around school for a week and a half with a gigantic bruise on her face. There was some bitterness on Selina's end toward Elektra now.

Selina...sounding bitter?? This was something she hadn't heard in a while. Elektra smirked to herself and she looked at her hand and then back up into the mirror. "Better than that face of yours was doing I'm sure. Shame I'm going to have a scar, but then again...It'll be a nice reminder of the time I personally finally got you back from the time at the ghost ship and everything else that you caused to ruin my life with, but I digress." She said coldly back to Selina finally glaring over at her and then raised her eyebrow. She honestly didn't know if Selina was going to have some payback coming to Elektra right about now, but Elektra was ready. She could take a hit or two from the little red-headed midget.

Selina rolled her eyes at Elektra's comment. There was no way that the Slytherin did not see Selina's bruise for the two weeks that it had been on her face, everyone had seen Selina's bruise when the entire school congregated in the Great Hall. The brunette had hit Selina hard enough to make sure she really bruised evenly as well. But when Elektra spoke about her hand Selina chuckled, "You were the idiot who hit the mirror. That scar is a reminder of the time you were stupid enough to punch glass... not hit me."

And there she went off again talking about Selina ruining her life. The redhead still had NO IDEA what she did to make Elektra so upset with her. How did she ruin her life? Elektra wasn't even around for Selina to ruin her life. Elektra left the school and left Selina to her own devices in the time she was gone, "I ruined your life....? Tell me, how did I do that being that I was here and you were Merlin knows where. I couldn't do anything to ruin your life if I didn't even see you."

Elektra just sighed and then looked down and then back up. "Listen...you really have no idea what I went through the last year so I think it would be a little wise...SELINA...that you don't tick me off anymore than you already did. We don't want a repeat of the bathroom a couple of weeks ago...do we? Merlin knows I don't, but still...if you want I won't hold back." she said coldly leaning towards Selina only inches away from her ear. "Oh, and I am curious..." She paused and then leaned up right against her ear whispering coldly to her. "Does it still bother you that you are my sloppy seconds to Gideon?"

The redhead rolled her eyes when Elektra freaked about Selina not knowing anything about her.. Selina was so sick of that comment. It seemed that everyone she knew was some troubled soul that couldn't ever be pushed or they would have a meltdown. She understood that everyone had troubles but Selina had troubles too... She never let it consume her. She was stronger than to wallow in self pity.

"Oh shove it Elektra.". Selina said, "I'm not going to fight with you to satisfy some sick need you have to convince yourself that I'm the bad guy. You hit me.". But when Elektra whispered in her ear aboit Selina being Gideon's sloppy seconds the redhead very nearly screamed. She stepped away from Elektra so she would not hurt her, "Shut up Elektra. I'm not his sloppy seconds. You kissed him and he kissed me. Grow up."

Elektra chuckles. "Not only has fire in her hair, but has fire in her heart. Well this is definately a Selina I have not seen in a while." She said with confidence. "Listen sweetheart...you can act all tough, but deep down you know bloody well that between you and me...Gideon still thinks about me even when he is around you. I bet that when he holds you he is thinking about me in his arms looking at my devilish emerald green eyes." she said taunting her now. Elektra wasn't going to hold back. She was not going to be weak anymore. "You don't scare me...little one."

Selina crossed her arms as Elektra continued to attempt to taunt Selina. The redhead was nothing short of uninterested in what Elektra had to say. The brunette was obviously trying her hardest to jab at Selina's insides and hurt her feelings. But to be honest, after Elektra hit Selina, the fourth year did not really care much for any of Elektra's purposefully hurtful words. She could make fun of her being "fire" or whatever she pleased all she wanted.

But when Elektra brought Gideon into the situation and his affections toward Selina the redhead froze up. That was a subject that really affected Selina. Although Selina knew that Gideon cared about her and she him, there was a part of Selina that was afraid that he preferred Elektra. After all she was his first kiss and honestly the pair of them had never really talked about Elektra besides the one time he let it slip that he and Elektra had kissed. Selina was not an insecure person per say, but she cared a lot about Gideon and the thought of him thinking about someone else while he was with her made her insides hurt, but she could not let Elektra see her hurt. So she gave a stiff upper lip and tried to retort back to Elektra, "That's not true. You don't know anything about him. You took off before you even got the chance to know him."

She was getting right under her skin. Perfect. Her plan was all coming together. "You and I both know deep down that if I didn't leave, Gideon probably would have chosen me, but since I left...he referred..." Elektra picked up a strand of Selina's hair and then let it drop down and she tilts her head. "to miss Selina Arden Skylar." Elektra just smirks. "Look at you trying to act like this isn't bothering you. Selina, you may be a tough Quidditch player with a hard exterior, but underneath that- once you peel away all those rough, hard layers- you are nothing but a scared little girl."

Elektra was trying to get under Selina's skin and to an extent she was succeeding. It was not that Selina cared what Elektra thought or said, but more that Elektra's words verbalized a thought she never liked to think about, that she was second best. That had always been Selina's fear in everything she did, that was why she stuck to Quidditch because she loved it and because she knew that she was decent at. Everything else in her life, though, she was second best. Violet was the prettier than her, Kurumi was smarter than her, Elektra was stronger than her, Gideon was a better flier than her, Christopher was more well- read than her, the list went on and on. It was not a secret that Selina was second best in everything she did and she was usually okay with that, it was just the way things were, but the thought of being second best in Gideon's mind really upset her.

So when Elektra touched Selina's hair the redhead pulled her face away from Elektra. She would not be chastised for Elektra's own amusement. "You know what Elektra. I'm not a scared little girl under all of these layers or whatever you want to say. You can say whatever you want, but it was never my intention to hurt you, the only one who keeps doing all of the hurting, physical or otherwise, is you."

-reposting cause i am a bad girl-
 

She smiles softly and then scoffs. "You keep telling yourself that. Just know this: I think it would be best to watch your back....little lion cub. You never know when the snake might make her move." Elektra chuckles and backs away from Selina and starts backing out of the bathroom then gives Selina a wink before she stepped out into the hallway.

As she walked along the second floor corridor, Gwendolyn looked down at her cat. This was probably one of the most stupid ideas she ever had, but she wouldn’t realize it until… in a few minutes, actually. After opening the bathroom door, she looked over her shoulder to see if Jinx was around. Eeeep- where is he?, the Ravenclaw asked herself and then heard a ‘meyow’ coming from the bathroom. Realizing that Jinx was already inside, Gwendolyn stepped in and scaned the place. So her bestie hadn’t arrived yet.

She then took her wand out and started taking a few steps towards the mirror. This is so totally a good idea! NOOOT Hmm. She was going to wait a few more minutes until Ari would arrive. She promised her bestie to cast the spell when she would be around too. Ha! I’ll show her that I won’t screw it up! Psh. Why would she even think that?!

Ari tried to convince herself that the reason why she was tagging along was purely to make sure that her bestie didn't do anything stupid. Like some kind of voice of reason. Tried in vain, that is. Even she herself couldn't hide the fact that she was in on Gwen's plan out of excitement and most of all curiosity.

Entering the girls' bathroom located on the second floor, the young Gryffindor immediately spotted her friend and the girl's cat. 'Here I am, sorry to have kept you waiting.' Ariadne announced, with tremor in her voice both due to enthusiasm and fear if something went wrong. 'So...um...what should I do, exactly?'

Tsk.Tsk.Tsk. Calm down… you’ll manage to do the spell, Gwen tried to convince herself as she walked slowly towards the mirror with the cat by her side. Kneeling, the third took the cat in her arms and hugged him. Awww. Jinx was so cute and fluffy. AND CUTE! As she heard the door swing open, the girl turned her head and saw her bestie entering. ‘I… was expecting you’ she said on a very serious tone.

‘Well… you can… observe?’, Gwen said and clapped her hands together. But- ‘Actually. Hold Jinx for a second’, the girl went on talking, passing the fluffy hairball to Ariadne. Then she took out her wand and pointed it at the cat. ‘Calm down. I won’t hit you’ Actually… ‘Errr… you know what? Better put him down’ What? Just in case…

Right. The incantation-Multicorfors… Multicorfors, she repeated a fe times in her head. Well, perhaps Lewis was right. The incantation seemed to be fine. ‘Ready?’ Now watch and learn.

Observe. Right. She could do that. Ari could sense some nervousness on Gwen's part but decided not to comment on that, trying to avoid Gwen snapping at her. 'Hold him? Suuure.' the Gryffindor said, a bit too eager to please. Jinx wrestled in her arms for a while, but eventually gave up and nestled himself against her. He surely had no clue what was about to happen.

When Gwen pointed her wand towards them, it dawned on Ari that the spell might hit her too. What if she turned into a cat?!? That wasn't very likely to happen, but nothing compares to the vivid imagination of a child. Mercifully, Gwen suggested she put the cat down. Ari let out a deep breath she didn't know she had been holding.

Her throat constricted when Gwen asked if she (or the cat, who could tell?) was ready. 'Go on then.' Ariadne said bravely, very unlike the way she actually felt. Fighting the urge to cover her eyes with her hands, Ari watched her friend.

*ehem-hem*, Gwendolyn cleared her throat and tried to avoid letting Ari see how her hands were shaking. And her voice would probably be trembling too. Truth be told she was a bit unsure about this. It would be to late to back off.. soooo ‘Right. Here goes’, she said, more like she was trying to encourage herself. While pointing the wand at Jinx, Gwen cleared her throat once more and took a deep breath. ‘Multicorfors!!’, the young Ravenclaw said loud and clear. She only felt something like a soft wind in her hair. It was probably the effect of the spell which she cast nearby… maybe her friend felt it too.

*blink-blink*

What? I don’t get it…, she thought as she looked at Jinx. ‘Nothing’ FAAAIL. Oh well, maybe Lewis was wrong. The spell was wrong. It didn’t do anything… Hmph. As she kneeled to check if the tail of her cat didn’t even started looking blueish, she was able to spot a part of her own hair which was now…. BLUE!?! Touching the blue stripe of hair, Gwendolyn’s hands started shaking.

She immediately started running towards the mirror. ‘It’s blue! A-ari…. It’s blue!’, the girl squeaked.

Ari had to admit, Gwen had mustered an impressive amount of courage before saying the incantation. Which is why she was baffled when she stared at the cat and nothing happened. The delivery of the spell had been flawless, Ari thought, so maybe the incantation wasn't right. Who knows what dodgy place Gwen had found it in? 'Where did you find the spell anyway?' Ari asked, still staring at Jinx, waiting for him to turn blue any minute.

'It's blue? What are you talking about? Jinx is no more blue than I am.' Ariadne replied, puzzled, only after that actually looking straight at Gwen. 'Oh, you meant...that.' Ooops. Gwen's hair was blue. Well, not totally, just a streak of it.


'Err-there should be a counter spell, I'm sure we'll find it in some book.' The Gryffindor considered taking her friend to the Hospital Wing, but quickly realized that made no sense, since she wasn't hurt in any way. 'I'm sure we'll fix this. But I must say, it looks really becoming on you.' The girl was being dead serious.

Still looking puzzled at her cat, Gwendolyn had no idea what she should do. ‘Hmm?’, the Ravenclaw mused, not raising her eyes to look at her bestie. ‘Lewis gave it to me’ Uhum. That should remind her of ‘thanking’ him for the good advice as soon as possible. There was no way she did something incorrect. Either the incantation or the wand movement was wrong. Better yet- HE was wrong. Totally.

‘What am I going to do?!!!’ Merlin’s beard! It was blue and it was all her fault. Hmph. Think, Gwendolyn! Think!, she told herself while twirling the wand in her hands. ‘Got it!’, she said out loud and then cleared her throat. ‘Finite’, the girl said loud and clear, pointing the wand at the terrible blue colored streak, but this didn’t work either. ‘I don’t get it’ At least this spell was good. And she knew she was able to cast it with no problem. Maybe she should have pointed it at Jinx, just like she did when casting the color changing charm? The third year thought for a moment and then tried it again. Fail. Twice.

After looking once more at her reflection in the mirror, Gwen tried thinking of what she could do. There were no other options. Finite or Finite Incantatem wouldn’t work… she couldn’t go to the Hospital Wing because the Healer would probably kill her for keeping her from getting to other patients in time ,when she wasn’t even injured… the color changing potion was too hard to brew and it only lasted for a couple of hours… and that was it.

As she eard Ariadne’s remark, Gwen acted totally unlike her. She didn’t give her bestie a cold look and didn’t reply anything rude. She just… laughed. There. Because it was funny. And stupid. But mostly funny.

*MEE SQUEEEAAAK SQUEEE MEEEEP!!

"If you are going to insist on soaking in my pumpkin soup at dinner each night, then there is no other way around it," Kurumi sighed as she fussed with the pygmy puff on her way to the girls' bathroom. One thing was for sure, Momotaro II was just like Walnut when it came to bathing, only the pygmy puff didn't foam at the mouth. Walnut did, and it frightened her to bits when it had first happened. Hair on end and hissing and foam. Kurumi had thought that the feline had gone rabid at the mere thought of water. “Honestly, this is the third time this week already.” And she had only had the pygmy puff for somewhere around 36 hours. This was going to be a long week.

Entering the girls’ bathroom, Kurumi was pleased to find it empty and immediately headed over towards one of the sinks. She turned the handle on the hot water and plugged the drain, sticking her hand in the basin to test that the water wasn’t too hot an mixing in cold water now and again whenever it felt like it was. “Now, bathing really isn’t all THAT bad,” she said with a heavy sigh, pygmy puff on her shoulder as she reached into her bag for the flea shampoo she used on Walnut. “A bath teaches you to take time, meditate and be mindful of your body.” Because, you know, pygmy puffs needed to be mindful too. Just because they were small balls of fluff did not excuse them from this. Nope.

Once the sink was filled, Kurumi ever so slowly lowered Momotaro II into the warm water.

*MEEP MEEEEEEEE SQUEEE ME ME MEEP*

“Stop stop stop,” Kurumi said as the little guy began splashing water all over the place and, in the process, mixed the shampoo with the water, causing the entire sink to turn into a lavender scented bubble bath. When the flailing stopped, Kurumi’s shoulders relaxed. “There, you see? This isn’t so ba---“ But her hands were holding onto nothing.

O__________o

WHERE DID HE GO?!

Bubbles floating all over the place and the front of her robes soaking wet, Kurumi’s wrinkly hands searched the contents of the sink for the pygmy puff only to find that he really was…gone?!?! FUDGESICLE! Professor Williamson was going to FAIL her.

*MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP*

The sound was coming skyward and Kurumi wibbled slightly. He was squeaking at her lovingly from the Great Beyond…wait a second… Her head snapped upwards and saw that the pygmy puff had managed to get stuck inside one of the bubbles made from the shampoo and was currently floating around in the air squeaking and looking rather pleased with himself. “Sorry to burst your bubble, Momotaro II,” Kurumi sighed, mentally slapping herself for the horrible pun she had just made, as she poked his bubble and caught the tiny creature in her hands.

Returning to the sink now, Kurumi proceeded to finish shampooing the pygmy puff, taking extra time to massage the solution into his fur and hopefully relieving any tension that his round frame may have, Kurumi turned on the water again and carefully rinsed him off until not more suds came off his fur and then used a Hot Air Charm to dry him.

“Done,” she said in an exhausted tone. “How about tomorrow you decide not to swim in my pumpkin soup, okay?”

Presley skipped into the restroom and stopped dead at the sight. Kurumi Holligberry was....bathing a pygmy puff? Presley stepped past her to wash her hands at the sink, almost not daring to speak. But she obeyed etiquette and nodded her head at the other girl. "Something happen?" she asked in confusion. Pygmy puffs were usually pretty good about keeping themselves clean, this one must have not.

Pres scrubbed her hands with her favorite peppermint soap, and hoped the Kurumi wouldn't look at her like she was a stupid little kid. To be honest, Presley envied the fifth year more than she could ever remember wanting anything in her life. It seemed to her like Kurumi had everything just handed to her. She was in gryffindor, which meant brave, the smartest person with always top scores, prefect in her fourth year, a good baker, and everybody liked her. the same could not be said for little Presley, who couldn't convince the headmaster to skip her up a year even though she was in Ravenclaw. She was dying to ask Kurumi how she managed it all, but with the intense fear of being ridiculed, she kept her mouth shut.

Drying herself off now, and glancing sideways at Momotaro II just in case he decided to get himself into even more trouble somehow, Kurumi's head turned when she heard someone else enter the bathroom. Did something happen? More like what didn't happen! Thankfully, Kurumi had cleaned up the mild disaster to a certain extent and the only real issue right now was a very slippery floor.

"Just...giving this guy a bath," she said, stating the obvious. "He likes to, um, bathe in pumpkin soup." Something about it being good for his fur perhaps? Kurumi really had no idea. She would have to look up the benefits of pumpkin later in the library. "Be...careful, the floor in here is still a little wet." As in, do not slip and fall, please.

Her hands were covered in dirt, and who knows else what, she gave them a double wash for good measure
Olivia left Flippert on the side of the sink while she washed her hands. His fur was dirty too, from when she was carrying him, and he probably rolled around mud when they were outside. "Awwwww, that's the cutest", Flippert was lapping up water comming out of the fosett, Pygmys need to drink too, not just eat!
Then, Flippert jumped into the sink, landing ontop of the plug so he could have a bath. Gee this was an independant Pygme puff. He floated and cleaned his fur in the water, she diddn't even half to scrub. After that, Flippert jumped back up to the edge of the sink and shook the water off, getting it all over Olivia.

Post #3 - Pygmy Puff Diaries
 

Ella walked into the girl's bathroom after having a major sneezing attack. She didn't know what in the world had caused it to happen but as she was wandering the halls she started to sneeze and couldn't stop. It was all very strange and she figured she'd better go blow her nose or something to prevent it from happening again. Perhaps she was allergic to something or someone at the school?

She walked up to the mirror, frowning at her reflection. Her nose was very red, and itchy. She turned and went into the stall, coming back out with some toilet paper and began to blow rather loudly. Good thing the bathroom wasn't too crowded because she sounded like a trumpet or something at the moment.

Cardigan walked into the Girls Bathroom to clean up the teary mess known as her face.She splashed some sink water on her face,hoping it would help.She trudged on over to the mirror to check her tear stained face,hoping the water had wiped away the tears and calmed down the redness.Sadly,it didn't help one bit.As she turned around to exit,she noticed the person she least wanted to see was present:Ella Bishop.With a scowl,Cardigan walked over to her,not really looking at Ella so she wouldn't see her red face.Besides,Logan would never listen to her,since he hated her so much now.They weren't really best friends anymore.Well,at least in his eyes.With a deep breath,trying not to burst out in tears,she asked her 'friend',"Ella...I need to...ask you something."She figured that he would for sure listen to Ella,seeing they were in a relationship...

Ella felt an uneasy feeling come over her as she saw Cardigan. Okay, oh no. She's going to hex me... Ella thought, remembering how Logan had told her about their fight. She turned to face her, noting the red puffy eyes, and tried not to fling herself at the girl to hug her. No, that was probably the last thing Cardigan wanted. She bravely looked her in the eyes, wondering how this conversation was going to go. "Erm-Hey Cardigan. Of course, ask me anything." Ella said nervously. She knew she needed to apologize but figured she would see what Cardigan had to say first.

"I need you to..to..tell Logan something for me.I don't think I can risk doing it myself.I just want you to tell him that I never hated him and I never will.He`s my best friend and always will be.Even if he doesn't want to be my friend anymore,I`ll always be his.Also,that I hope he doesn't despise me anymore.Oh,and that I'm still looking forward to the Mustaches,'Cardigan finished with a very much so fake grin,not that anyone could tell or something like that.She felt like crying,right there and then.It was so obvious:her best friend,erm,ex-best friend hated her and didnt want to be associated with her.He never wanted to tell her about him and Ella when he told a bunch of other people.She felt like a part of her had died....

Ella listened to Cardigan as she gave her the message for Logan. Her eyes grew wide as the girl continued to talk, realizing how mistaken she was. She grabbed Cardigan by the shoulders gently, wanting to tell her what she knew, wanting to offer her some kind of relief. "Cardigan, listen to me okay? I'll tell Logan all of that but you need to know, he doesn't hate you. He was really upset after your fight and I found him and he looked so depressed. I'm pretty sure that he feels like he let you down, that you hate him now. He definitely doesn't hate you though." She said, letting her hands drop to her sides. "I think he kind of assumed you knew about us, I did too actually. I'm just sorry I didn't tell you. He feels the same. I want to apologize to you. I know it probably doesn't mean much but I'm sorry and I don't want you to hate me because we were, well we were friends right? Even if it wasn't the way you and Logan were friends." She looked at the girl, pleading with her eyes for Cardigan to forgive her. "Just-if you want to be mad, be mad at me but not Logan. He wants to be friends with you again, I know it. I know he's sorry and I'd go find him if I were you. He wants to apologize anyway..." Ella let out a small sigh, out of breath from her little speech. She looked at Cardigan, waiting for her response.

Cardigan listened quietly as Ella gave her little,erm,big talk.He didn't hate her??Well,it sure didn't seem that way!When you don't like someone or don't wanna be associated with 'em,you avoid them.Guess what Logan was doing?Avoiding her.As much as she wanted to believe what Ella said,somewhere in her,it just didn't seem true."D-don't worry Ella.You'll always be my friend.Real friends always stick,"She said,in response to all that Ella said."When should I,go tell him and all?I'm not sure if now's the right time."

Ella was waiting for Cardigan to yell or walk away or hex her...something. She definitely didn't anticipate what she said next. "We-We will? You mean you don't hate me?" Ella felt like the weight of an elephant had been lifted off her. She wanted to jump into the air or something but she knew it wasn't the time. "I don't really know if there is a right time. I'd just go and get it over with. I know he's nervous about apologizing but only because he thinks he knows he made you sad and he's afraid you won't forgive him..." She said, looking down. "I think you'll both feel better once you talk."

"O-Okay Ella.I'll do that,"Cardigan said softly,yearning and pleading,in her head,for it all to be true.If that's how Logan thought,he certainly didn't ever have real friends before her.Well,she didn't either,but she still knew how the whole deal worked and stuff.No offense,though."I-I,think I'll go now.Thank you Ella,"She said with a smile as she huggled her friend and slowly walked out of the Girl's bathroom.Here it goes...

Ella returned Cardigan's smile. "You're welcome." She felt a surge of happiness when the girl hugged her, relieved that they could move forward from this still friends. "You guys will be fine." She offered as a last source of comfort before watching Cardigan exit the bathroom. She just hoped Logan would find the right words to say. She wasn't too worried though, he usually did.

Nerida held her green-erm chocolate covered pygmy puff to the bathroom...You would think a pygmy puff would have manners especially a lady pygmy puff, but I guess Squeaky decided she wasnt going to use those things...Squeaky had bits and pieces of cake in her fur, it was a mess. I started running some mild hot water into one of the sinks, feeling it I made sure it wasnt to hot nor to cold. I placed Squeaky in the sink and picked up the soap ready to start cleaning her. The soap slipped out of my hands and I bent down to pick it up, when I stood up, there was no Squeaky, just soapy water... I grimmanced and started to search the bathroom...Its not something I did every day, so it should be fun... I looked in all the stalls, no luck. I looked in all the other sinks. Sighing I walked back over to my sink, where I saw a green puff ball swimming in the water. I didnt know Pygmy Puffs could swim.. I whispered. I picked her up and said You know Sapphira you gave me quite a scare, I thought I lost you. I finished getting all of the chocolate out of her fur and then I took a towel and dryed her completely.

Laura was upset after having a fight with Lana and so she had been crying and after that she decided that she was going to clean her face and so she had come into the girls bathroom to make sure that her eyes didn't look so bad she didn't want anyone to know she had been crying and she didn't want Lana to make fun of her for crying over a silly argument.

Sophie came into the bathroom with her hands full of dirt. She had just been placing her Transfiguration vases around the castle and had more moments of flower-rearrangement over the task.

She recognized Laura and smiled while getting to a sink. "Hey there, Laura!" Only after she was done washing her hands was that Sophie noticed Laura didn't seem well. "Are you okay?" She asked her friend while shaking her hands to dry them off.

Laura looked at Sophie and smiled, she had missed Sophie a bit, she hadn't seen her since the last time she was in trouble and she was sure that the Sophie was upset with her about it. "I'm fine." Laura smiled. "I've just had a bad day that's all." Laura wasn't sure what to say or do.

Sophie was still shaking her hands and looked curisously at Laura. She wasn't getting into trouble and hurting herself again, was she? "You're not hurt or anything, are you?" The girl's eyes were puffy and a little red. "Were you crying?" Whyyyy had she been crying?? Hogwarts' SO awesome! No one should be crying at Hogwarts!

Laura looked at Sophie and sighed. "I'm not hurt no." Seriously what was with all the questions, she decided that she might as well tell the truth to Sophie though. "Yeah I was crying, I've just gone into a fight with my twin sister and now I think she hates me." Laura sighed.

What? "She doesn't hate you! She's your sister! Sisters never hate each other!" It just didn't make sense to Sophie. Family loves you no matter what you do. Right? "Tomorrow you both will be as if nothing had happened, you'll see!"

Laura looked at Sophie and sighed. "I doubt it, I'm sure she hates me, she wants to read every book in the Library before we leave Hogwarts and I told her it would be impossible but well she didn't agree with me and we sort of got into an argument." Laura hoped Lana would forgive her soon but well they would see.

Sophie blinked. "That sure is impossible!" But then again, Laura's sister was in Ravenclaw, right? Maybe not that impossible then... or not. Anyway. "You'll be fine, trust me!"

Pygmy Puff post #4
 

Before Laura could answer, Sophie gave her a reassuring smile and looked at the Pygmy Puff on her shoulder. "I've just washed my hands, Lavender, now it's your turn!" She put the creature in the sink and slowly turned it on again. Lavender looked up at Sophie as if she was begging not to be cleaned up. "Haha, don't look at me like that, Lavender! It's good to feel clean, you know!" She watched as water fell on Lavender and it got smaller and smaller while its fur got all wet. Sophie giggled and looked back at Laura. "Isn't it sweet?"

Sophie didn't bring her shampoo or anything with her, so she would have to use just the soap. "I hope you get all fluffy with this!" First she put soap on her hands and rubbed them together to make bubbles. Then she started washing Lavender as carefully as she could, trying to not leave any dirt on her. The Pygmy Puff looked funny all wet, but it was looking adorable now that it had soap all over. "How cute are you, Lavender! Bubbles look really good on you!" Sophie didn't know it, but she was lucky that Lavender was a quiet Pygmy Puff, otherwise it would be squeaking extremely loud now, as it was most definitely not enjoying the bath. "Look, Laura, how cute she looks!" Heh!

Sophie turned the Pygmy Puff around to see if she had left any dirty spot on its fur. "I think I got it all." She said, placing Lavender under the falling water once again. "Lalalalalala! You'll look lovely when I'm done, Lavender!"

After the soap was gone, Sophie held Lavender up. "I wish I knew a spell to dry you off, Lavender, but unfortunately I don't..." She pulled out a small towel out of her bag and put it over the Pygmy Puff. She felt Lavender moving around under the towel and giggled while drying her. "You sure don't like showers, do you, Lavender?"

Tadah! Lavender was almost 100% dry, but its fur was now all messed up. Sophie laughed softly. She put the towel owl and pulled out a little brush from her bag. "Almost done!" She gently brushed all of Lavender's fur. "You're so fluffy now, Lavender!! You look even cuter and more adorable than before!" She said happily. The Pygmy Puff moved its little nose as if it was sinffing something. "Didn't I tell you it felt good?"

Presley smiled awkwardly, not really sure what to say. She nodded when Kurumi told her to be careful of the floor. "Thanks for the heads-up." She smiled again, stepped past the puddle on the floor and slipped out of the bathroom feeling incredibly confused, and a lot like a freak. It was strange to her, how someone could make her feel so intimidated. Presley had been raised in a society where she was snappy and to the point, no matter the age of the person she was talking down to. But it was different at Hogwarts. Nobody here cared that her family was rich and famous. To them, she was an awkward little thirteen year old, and she definitely felt that way right now, not sure how to react to Kurumi.

>.< sowrry!
 

*blink blink*

Wait...what had just happened? Had the Gryffindor said something wrong? She hadn't meant that the girl wasn't allowed to be in the bathroom because Kurumi was bathing her pygmy puff. In fact, she was done doing that and almost done cleaning up, so there really was no reason for her to leave.

Setting Momotaro II on her shoulder, his favorite place because he could see everything, Kurumi did some last minute cleaning up and then headed towards the door feeling unsure if she should try and catch up with Presley or not.

Ella paced back and forth in the girls' room, waiting for Laura to show up. She wanted to talk to her friend but was nervous how she would react. She took a deep breath, deciding it would be fine.

Laura had heard that Ella was looking for her, but why would she want to talk in the girls bathroom, seriously they could have talked in the dorm or anywhere else, and was Sophie and Carigan involved in this or was it just Ella.

Laura didn't have long to wait, as she walked into the bathroom, she saw that Ella was the only one there, so obviously Carigan and Sophie had no idea about this. "Sorry if I'm late." Laura smiled at Ella, "I got a bit held out."

There she was, standing right in front of Ella, and Ella had no words. Why hadn't she written down what she wanted to say? That would have been better. Easier. Instead, she decided to start with something simple. A greeting. "Hey Laura, it's fine." She said, smiling at her friend.

Ella walked over and leaned her back against one of the sinks, looking at Laura nervously. "So I was just-well I thought we could talk about-" There she went again, not knowing what to say. "I want to know why you keep doing things to lose points for Hufflepuff." She finally blurted out, covering her mouth with her hand when she had finished. Eyes wide, she looked at Laura, hoping she wouldn't be furious.

Laura looked at Ella puzzled, didn't she want to be friends with her anymore and this was a way of telling her that without hurting her feeling, or had the Gryffindor boy told her to have nothing to do with her because she was trouble.

Laura sighed and she leaned against the wall with her hands over her chest, "I gain points and I lose points, I've actually gained about 80" okay so it could have been much higher if she hadn't lost all the points but well she never lost what she didn't have.

Laura looked at Ella trying not to cry. "If you don't want to be my friend, just tell me Ella." Laura sighed, it wouldn't be the first person who had decided she wasn't suitable to be friends with, and well she didn't have a sister that was good enough for Ravenclaw and very smart and was hardly in trouble and what was she nothing, if she didn't play up when people actually recognise her, no she would just be another student.

Off to bed after this!
 

Laura was confused, that much was evident by her facial expression. What worried Ella more though was the fact that she also seemed hurt. No, that's not what Ella had wanted. "Laura I didn't mean it like that." She said, taking a step towards her friend. "We all make mistakes and I know you've worked just as hard as everyone to help out the house." She added, giving her friend a smile. "I just-I think sometimes maybe you act on impulse and forget to think about the consequences." She said, frowning suddenly. "And maybe if you have trouble deciding if you should or shouldn't do something, maybe you could ask me...or Soph or Cardigan?" Then, she looked up at Laura and tried to show how sincere she was being. "And of course I want to be your friend. You're fun and nice and smart. We'll always be friends." She said reassuringly, reaching out to give Laura a hug.

Laura moved away from Ella, she didn't want a hug from someone who made her this upset. "You don't understand at all do you?" Laura sighed, she was really upset now, she sat down on the floor, she didn't care about it being cold or anything but she was crying now. "You don't have a twin sister that is clever and is smart and in Ravenclaw." Laura sighed, seriously how come she was so upset about being parted from her Sister. "We were always together until we came here but now.." Laura thought a minute before she suddenly stopped speaking for a few seconds before continuing. "It's okay for you, Sophie and Carigan." Laura sighed. "Your all smart and brainy."

Poor Laura :(
 

No hug? Ella felt quite sad about this, she hadn't expected the talk to get this serious. Sitting down next to Laura on the floor, she pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin there. "Explain it to me then." The first year said softly, her attention on her friend.

Laura was right, Ella only had a brother and couldn't imagine what it would be like to be torn apart from one's twin. She continued to listen, not wanting to interrupt. It was the first time she'd seen Laura so upset and it made her heart hurt. When her friend had finished, Ella began to talk quietly, looking into her friend's eyes. "Laura, I don't know what it's like for you. I'm sure it's hard, not being with your sister but it isn't like you're all alone here." Hufflepuff was actually a pretty wonderful place to find friends. "Plus, maybe you and your sister could find a time during each day to get together, for a meal or something?" That might be nice, then they would see eachother frequently.

The little badger rolled her eyes when Laura went on about her being smart and brainy. "Laura...do you know how much studying I did even before I came to Hogwarts? I was so afraid that being a muggleborn would put me behind that I went nuts learning things...the only reason I'm so 'smart'" She said, making finger quotations around the last word, "is because I was too scared to just come and learn at the same pace as everybody else."