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Post by quidditchgirl on Sept 1, 2005 20:44:05 GMT
Emma strode into the room, trying to keep her winning smile from faltering. She so wanted to make some friends here! three people were inside. they looked a bit uncomfortable, which didnt really make
Emma feel any better. Before they properly noticed her, she spoke out- "Hello! I'm Emma Blake." Luckily, she kept her voice from cracking.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 20:53:44 GMT
Pandora watched as her attempts at friendliness were instead terrifying Mariza all the more. Pandora raised an eyebrow when Gerek punched Sonic’s cage. “Lovely owl,” she said with a hint of sarcasm. Realizing her attempts at making the others more at ease was failing, Pandora quickly latched onto Gerek’s attempts at conversation. She turned back to Mariza and said softly, “So you like Potions? Wonderful. I find them fascinating myself.” She lifted the large black book in her lap, careful not to lose her place, and showed its cover to Mariza. Potions for the Ages. She set the book back down and managed a much warmer smile this time. “Don’t worry. I’m not going to bite you.” Pandora said in a half-joking manner.
Suddenly another girl appeared in the doorway and announced herself. Pandora looked up at her and gestured absently to the seat next to her. Maybe this newcomer could put Mariza at ease.
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 20:53:52 GMT
Mariza looked at Emma, her hair was flowing around her face. Mariza didn't know if she liked this girl more or less than Pandora, who was still staring at the window to Gerek.
"Hi, I'm Mariza," she whispered. Emma still had a huge smile on her face, Mariza was scared that her jaw may break off. Gerek didn't seem to care that she had walked in.
Noticing Pandoraa again, she tried to be friendly.
"Oh yes, my family have been good at potions for a long time! J'adore potions,"
Mariza heart stopped. She mentioned her family. Damn it and most importantly she had spoken french. She usally did that with her parents. Give the details to her dad and basics to her mum who was french because her mother was always to bust to listen to her in deep conversation usually.
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Post by quidditchgirl on Sept 1, 2005 21:01:27 GMT
Emma's smile slipped a little as she noticed how put off Mariza was at her arrival. She sighed a little, and regained her normal look, no over-impressive smiles. She was a little upset about mariza's expression, but said in a normal voice- "Mariza? What a wonderful name! Mine's soo boring-but Mariza is beautiful! And who are you?" She directed this last comment to the girl with the book, with the cat. The boy was still silent
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 21:04:22 GMT
Pandora smiled as nicely as she could manage and stated, "I'm Pandora Elia Munio, of the Italian Munios." She grabbed her cat and hefted his weight into her lap to make room for Emma. He grunted unhappily and shifted back into a comfortable position.
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Post by quidditchgirl on Sept 1, 2005 21:07:52 GMT
Emma grinned happily at Pandora, and accepted the offered seat. "Wow- You to both have such interesting names! My sister is called Maeve- i love that too, but mines just silly. So, what are you reading?" Emma glanced at the book in Pandora's hands, and lent over to scratch the cute cat's head. It purred happily.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 21:13:14 GMT
Pandora looked down at Orpheus, her tabby as he greedily accepted the extra petting. She managed a bit of a frown for a second and then put her smile back on and lifted the book so Emma could see. “It’s Poitions for the Ages,” she stated calmly, “Mariza and I were just discussing how we’re both good at potions. What about you? What’s your preferred subject?”
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Post by quidditchgirl on Sept 1, 2005 21:18:35 GMT
Emma patted Orpheus once more, and then drew her hand away, smiling happily. She glanced once at the book, then grimaced.
"Erm...NOT potions! haha-no way! i am definatley not good at them. once i was supposed to make a simple, harmless potion for my sister Jess's cat to get rid of fleas-but instead i turned the cat INTO a flea! well, she may have disspeared-im not sure, we never found her again though!" Emma grimaced again at the thought.
"Anyway, i love quidditch and charms best-especially quidditch!" As she thought about flying, Emma's eyes glazed over slightly. She shook her head, then smiled at Pandora.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 21:30:22 GMT
As Emma talked about turning her sister’s cat into a flea, Pandora pulled Orpheus a little closer to her chest protectively. She watched Emma’s eyes glaze as she talked about quidditch and then looked over at Gerek with a look that screamed ‘help me’. She sighed and smiled weakly at Emma trying to remain as friendly as possible.
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Post by quidditchgirl on Sept 1, 2005 21:33:38 GMT
Emma froze sadly as she saw Pandora drawing away. 'Great' she thought 'i've gone too far again!' then, out loud, she added- "Oh. I'm sorry, i go off sometimes!" She tried a small chuckle. And failed. "Am i boring you? Maybe i'd better go..." Reluctantly rising, Emma glanced at Pandora, hoping her to ask her to stay and chat more...
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 21:35:37 GMT
Mariza looked between Pandora and Emma. She liked the fact that no one was concentrating on her.
"You can sit here if you like?" She said to Emma, she nodded and sat down continuing her conversation with Pandora.
Mariza sat down with Gerek. They started to talk and finally they we're getting along. Mariza still wasn't sure about him and Pandora, there was just something off about them. Emma, on the other hand, was nice but Mariza had the distinct impression she wasn't smart, though she didn't show it.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 21:50:54 GMT
Pandora sighed reluctantly. Emma was nice enough she supposed, just a bit too desperate to make friends. Pandora could understand that. She put a smile back on and said, “No. You’re fine. Sit back down.” She released her grip on her cat and he quickly made a new bed in her lap. Pandora opened her book and looked back down at the potion she’d been studying earlier. This would be interesting if she could pull it off….hard to get the ingredients though. She looked at the carefully drawn image of a man choking to death on the bottom of the page and wondered how long it took to work.
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 22:03:58 GMT
Mariza looked at Pandora and then at her tabby. Mariza gasped for breath. She had a tabby as well, her cat was at home. Her mother had protested that her cat would not go by train because it was not proper.
"You have a beautiful tabby," Mariz said hoping that Pandora would react nicely. Emma still had her smile on her face. It may have be forced, thought Mariza, but it helps.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 22:12:00 GMT
Pandora looked over at Mariza and swelled with pride a little at her kind words. “His name is Orpheus,” she said proudly as if introducing a proper gentleman. “He’s been with me for 5 years now. He’s an excellent cat. Mother says he was from good pure breeding stock out of Hampstead.” Latching on to a topic she hoped would not scare Mariza off, Pandora quickly added, “what animal familiar did you bring with you?”
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 22:28:29 GMT
Mariza finally felt welcomed with Pandora, Gerek smiled like Mariza had accomplised a very hard task.
"I've got a tabby as well, she's called Mercedes. She's such a beautiful cat. I didn't bring her with me, my mother thought it er... unproper I think she used to bring a cat onto a train."
Mariza, of course agreed with her mother about it being not very healthy but she didn't want Pandora to feel like she was anything lesser about bringing her cat onto the train. Mariza smiled again, not out of being friendly or being nice. Finally, she was smiling out of habit again.
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Post by pandora on Sept 1, 2005 22:46:04 GMT
Pandora’s smile faltered a little when Mariza said her mother thought it was un-proper to bring the cat on the train. “I see nothing at all wrong with it. Orpheus is perfectly well behaved and less prone to filth, unlike owls. He constantly cleans himself and is perfectly groomed.” She tried to keep the irritation from her voice. Having her manners questioned had never been something Pandora had ever had to endure before. She looked quickly back to her book trying not to lose her patience with Mariza. Slytherins weren’t known for patience in the first place and Pandora felt she had just practically achieved sainthood by not blowing up at anybody.
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 22:52:26 GMT
Mariza had never been snapped back like that and neither did he ever wanted to be again. In her case, it was criminally vulgar to snap at someone, her father told her it was.
"Well, my cat will be sent to me after the sorting hat ceremony. It will be in whatever common room I am in and you should snap at people.!"
Mariza didn't like arguing, it wasn't her type of thing to do. She would rather just forget it but she had the suspision was not that kind of person but then again, everyone in the train had surprised her.
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Post by cokacola1331 on Sept 1, 2005 23:04:57 GMT
Gerek snapped out of the trance he was in.Umm..he said mumbling.I must have dozed off. Gerek sat up straight and looked around the compartment. There was a new girl in the room now. "Hello" he said still quite drowsy. "My name is Gerek Boulevard",what is yours? he asked the new girl.
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Post by marizalibra on Sept 1, 2005 23:20:03 GMT
Mariza anger was stopped by Gerek's words. Instead, she giggled, it had been known she hated her giggle but she giggled none the less.
After all that, Gerek had dozed off? Finally, she had found some she liked. Gerek didn't seem to notice that he was behind the times but the rest of them did.
"She's Emma Blake, she came in here a couple of minutes ago..." Mariza told him.
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Post by cokacola1331 on Sept 1, 2005 23:24:06 GMT
Oh. "Hello Emma" he said sounding tired. Gerek stretched a little than let out an enormous yawn. Remembering he was with three girls. He quickly apologized. "So what else have a missed" he asked laughing.
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