Once Along The Shore Line (anyone)

[DJMichaels]

D.J. breathed in deeply as she stopped jogging for a moment and put her hands on her knees and continued to breathe until she filled her lungs with sweet air. The cold crisp wind wipped at her face and blew some loose strands of her blonde hair into her eyes. She brushed her hair back and tightened her pony tail. She looked up and raised her right arm before starting off jogging again. Over and over equations went through her mind. She was a witch, sure, but that didn't mean she couldnn't worry about muggle colleges. When D.J. went home over the summer she took muggle courses so she could graduate from Highschool and still be able to go to college. She had this all worked out from the beginning when she first went to Hogwarts.

As her feet hit the tightly packed dirt she could hear the thumping of her heart pumping more and more blood into her body. She smiled as she put her hand to her heart and felt the rythymic beat proceed through her hand. D.J. loved the feeling of being healthy, she was raised to believe that if she didn't take care of herself she wouldn't end up like she had wanted to. Rich and powerful. D.J. was a health nut, if she ate out of her diet she would be horrible and not eat at all the next day. Or at least not eat as much. Nothing was wrong with her, she just had a routine schedule of jogging, eating, self-defense lessons, and then push ups before bed.

She would wake up each morning, refreshed and ready to roll. No classes would bother her, she would be wide awake until she did her push-ups before bed. Every morning around 6 she woke up and jogged along the shore line of the lake. Sometimes once, sometimes more than once. Normally it was just once though. If she jogged more than once along the line she normally grew rather sore from the blistering cold. When she jogged in the spring, then it was okay to jog more than once. D.J. stopped jogging again, put her hands on her knees again, and lowered her head. When she raised her head she saw a figure walking towards her. With curioisty, D.J. straightened up and put her hands over her eyebrows to shield the sun when she looked.

[bellatrixlestrange]

Faith let the heavy doors close with a thud. It was cold outside, a fresh, crisp coldness that filled her lungs and sent a slight shiver running up her. She pulled her cloak tighter round her body and locked her arms together. There was a chilly wind blowing, whipping her long, blonde hair behind her. Faith pulled her scarf over her mouth and started to trudge down into the grounds.

Faith had woken up early, again. It wasn’t like her at all; she would normally sleep ‘til noon if she could, but this morning, she was up and dressed at ten past five and seeking a bit of fresh air. She continued down the frost-bitten path towards the lake, which was looking somehow paler than usual and started to wander near the shoreline, occasionally stopping to skim stones in the water.

She stood doing this for a few minutes until the sign of a tentacle from the giant squid told her it may not have been a good idea to disturb the water so early in the morning. So, she dropped her remaining pebbles on the ground and continued to walk.

After five minutes or so, she saw somebody, hunched up as though out of breath, by the side of the lake. She quickened her steps until she reached the person and smiled.

"Hi," She said, "I'm Faith..."

[DJMichaels]

D.J. smiled widely as a girl approached her. The girl had long blonde hair, and D.J. seemed to have seen her before. Was she a Gryffie? That would explain why D.J. had thought her so familiar. But, there could also be the possibility of her talking to her in the hall. But, D.J. didn't remember having a conversation with her before. As she played with her pony tail she started to speak, but stopped when she realized she was starting on the wrong word.

"Hi! I'm Donna Jo Michaels. Freinds call me D.J. or Deej. Either or is just dandy with me. Isn't it freezing out? But,t he fresh air does your lungs good, especially with all that smoke that fills them from the fireplaces and potions and everything like that. It's not very healthy at all. What's your name? I could've sworn I've seen you around before. But, honestly I don't think I ever heard your name." D.J. greeted as she raised her hands above her head and stretched with a tired muscle stretch in her lower back. She then looked at her watch.

"Golly jee! It's nearly 5:30! I've only been out here for thirty minutes. That's not a long time. Normally I'm out here for an hour and I have ran twice along the shore line. And that's beyond my limit. Don't you think that's weird? I have jogged much more than today, in a larger amounth of time. Oddity." She bit her lip and tilted her head as if thinking of this.

[Seth]

Cracking his neck from side to side, Seth got up from his bed stretched his arms high into the air. Sliding onto the floor he began his morning crunches of 4 repetitions of 50. Counting quitely he closed his eyes smiled, "49, 50." he said as he finished his last set. Sitting up he rubbed his hair and got up from where he was sitting.

Looking around the room, he noticed everyone was still asleep. Seth had always been an early riser, and being very quiet every morning, no one ever noticed his early awakening. Pulling up his blue jeans he went over to the window and smiled as he saw that the sun had been peeking out and the morning was well on its way. Buttoning his pants, he threw on a muggle sweatshirt that his parents had given him for Christmas. Going over to the mirror he fluffled his hair and wrapped his scarf neatly around his neck, and then grabbed his cloak to place on top of his sweatshirt. Once on, he walked over to get his gloves and beanie. Pulling each on nice and slowly, he looked at the book that lay on his bed. Thinking against taking it for some reason, he walked out of the dormintory and out of the common room.

Walking through the corridors he heard his shoes squeak with each step, trying to be quiet he began lifting his shoes high with each step. Laughing at his walk, he made his way to the front of the castle. Entering the outside, he tugged on his beanie and pulled it down further. He heard nothing but the sound of himself trudging through the snow. Making his way towards the shoreline, for a relaxing stroll around the lake, he saw 2 girls talking. Smiling, at the sight of other people that enjoyed coming out early he walked casually over to greet them.

Seeing that the girls had looked to be just meeting each other, he introduced himself upon arrival. "Hey." he said with a nod upwards of his head. "What brings you 2 girls out this early in the morning?" he said smiling, knowing that the answer for one of them would be jogging as she had looked as though she had been. "Oh, I'm Seth Booker by the way." he added as he extended his hands to the 2 girls, one for each girl to shake.

[bellatrixlestrange]

Faith grinned as she listened to D.J. Although she couldn't help being amazed that someone was so alive this time in the morning, she recognised a nice person when she saw one.

"You mean you're up this early every morning?" She asked, slightly disbelieving, "Woah. I'm normally not properly awake 'til atleast lunch." She yawned, right on cue, "As you can probably tell." She laughed.

At that moment Faith heard a voice behind her. She turned round to see a tall boy walking up to them a both. He introduced himself as Seth Brooker.

Faith shook the boy's left hand, laughing.

"I'm Faith," She smiled, "And I'm not up out of choice, I just needed some fresh air. Plus," She pulled a peice of parchment and a quill out of her pocket, "I thought a morning stroll would bring some inspiration. Instead though it's just made my hands so cold that I can't write."

She grinned...

[Seth]

Seth was pleased that he made the girl laugh. "Pleasure to meet you, Faith." he said shaking her hand. Seth always made sure to use the persons name when he meet someone new, that way, he will not forget.

"Inspiration, huh?" he said avoiding eye contact and kicking the snow around him with his foot. "You write music?" Seth said in hopes of meeting someone who he could possibly share his love of music with. Seth felt a sudden breeze blow past. The breeze made him pull his cloak closer to him in hopes of keeping warm.

[bellatrixlestrange]

"I try," Faith shrugged, "But the only time I seem to write well is when I don't have any parchment handy."

She put her hands back into her pockets, shivering as the gust of wind died down.

"I can't believe you run in these sort of temperatures," She said, smiling jokingly at D.J, "Are you an early riser like D.J, then?" She added, switching her gaze...

[Seth]

"Extremely cool." Seth said feeling interested in Faith's music writing. Faith made a comment about the other girl running in the cold, and looked her up and down. As what he did to all girls when he first met them.

"Yeah I'm up practically every morning at this time. I come out every morning to read and get some fresh air before the long day ahead of me." Seth looked away and noticed a group of girls that had exited the castle, ignoring their loud laughs and high pitched voices he shook his head and smiled and nodded at Faith, as he didn't really know what to say.

[DJMichaels]

D.J. looked up as someone else joined them by the lake. She tilted her head and listened to the two talk. Being silent, really wasn't something she was ever good at. Biting her lip to stop herself from talking she looked around once more, wanting to jog again. Only when she heard music spoken did she open her mouth to speak.

"You write music? You two should really speak to Vanessa Nicholson. She's a wonderful music writer. I've actually heard her play before. Jasmine Anderson sings as well, the two of them are wonderful together.Oh, and hi I'm D.J. I'll leave it at that, my usual introduction is too long for saying it twice in ten minutes." She said with a small smile before she looked up at the now brightening sky. D.J. laughed once more as Faith mentioned cold weather and jogging.

"It's a habit. And if I break my habit I am so screwed up for the rest of the day. Jogging in the morning, crunches after lunch, and push-ups before bed. I have been doing it since I was oh, I don't know, 5? 6? And don't get me started on my diet. I miss one meal and I can't focus the rest of the day. I have to have my daily source of vitamins and that's hard considering I'm Jewish and can't eat meat and milk during the same meal." D.J. shrugged and crossed her arms as the wind picked up a bit and blew her hair into a more whispy mess.

[Seth]

Seth payed full attention to D.J. as she finally spoke up. "Vanessa and Jasmine huh? I'll have to look into that." Seth said with an interested tone. Closing his eyes as yet another cold breeze flew past, feeling calm and relaxed, he heard D.J. talking about her physical fitness and such. Seth smiled at D.J. as he opened his eyes slowly. "Being physically fit, is the best thing for you." he chimed up. "I may not look it, but I got some big guns underneathe these layers." he said sacrasticly at the girls, flexing his arms and chuckling at the sametime. "I bench press about 200 pounds." he said proudly talking up an act.

After that last comment he couldn't hold in the laughter anymore, "Nah, I'm just kidding, I am such a weakling. Wish I could do what you do though, I'd love to have the energy for that." he said looking down at the ground and rubbing his hair, as though itching it.

[DJMichaels]

D.J. laughed lightly as she finally took her pony tail out and retied it back into a messey bun. Her green hazel eyes looked across the grounds, watching the girls walk to and fro. She tilted her head, they were like little mice. Ehhhh, mice. She thought as she quickly looked away. Her eyes rested on the calm movement of the lake and she tilted her head at that. It was almost completely stationery, but not quite.

"Yeah, look them up. Vanessa Nicholson Hufflepuff. Jasmine Anderson Ravenclaw. Keep them in mind..." She trailed off. The lake seemed to be putting a daze over her, she quickly snapped out of it and shook her head vigourisly. She was okay now. With a sigh she turned back to the two people she had just meant and shrugged.

"My energy is hereditary. I'm so hyper it's not even funny, I scare most people away. I'm surprised I'm actually calm right now. I haven't talked to anyone in over an hour. It does get boring out here though. You're welcome to join me anytime you want. Though I warn you, I'm not waiting. I'm out here at 5 on the dot." She added.

[bellatrixlestrange]

Faith kept quiet as they talked, grinning at Seth's jokes and looking slightly bedazzled when D.J talked about her routine. She was quite happy to be silent at this time of the morning. It wasn't normally her but then again she wasn't exactly her this early.

She laughed when D.J commented on her hyperness, but couldn't help doubting that it could be heriditary. Faith could go pretty mad sometimes but her parents were quiet, strict people that didn't look human enough to be loud.

"You two should jog together," Faith said, when D.J had finished, "I can be there in spirit," She laughed, "I prefer broomsticks to two legs anyway!"

She smiled, and shook her head back to get her hair out of her eyes...

[anderson]

Jasmine walked outside into the fresh crisp air. Closing her eyes she smiled as the wind blew lightly. Her dark brown hair blew along witht he wind and she took a deep breath and sat down on a cold hard bench. Crossing her legs she took out her music note book and rest it on her lap. Searching in her shoulder bag for a pencil or pen she picked one up. Jasmine didnt feel like using a quill and thought it was too much work. Smiling she opened her note book up to a fresh page and put her pencil to her mouth and started to think. Valentimes day was coming up soon and she thought of writing some nice poems for her friends and that special some one. Smiling even more she thought of music. The sound of the panio ran through her head and she listened to the sweet music. Closing her eyes she hummed lightly the lyrics to the panio song that was in her mind. "And I keep on fallin in and out in love with you" Jasmine sang out and opened her eyes still imgaining the panio in her head. Turning towards the paper she pulled her ones up to her chest and began to write.

Closing her eyes once or twice she bagan to think of lyrics instead of a poem. She still had time left for Valentimes day. Smiling she moved her head back and forth and started to think more. Continuing to write she looked at her paper and read some of the lines she had down. Humming the melody lightly to herself she thought it was good enough for her taste. Taking a deep gut breath she opened her mouth.

"I sat alone in the cold empty room
Reliving the darkness and hatred of my past
And then its sneaks up behind me in the time of my sorrows
It makes me relive the part where you hurt me
When will I ever get that part of me back...
And now I am still washing away the bruises that you left
But my heart well never feel the same again...
Well I ever become brave...
Like a mighty lion
Can some one just tell me.....
When I will feel better......" Jasmine sang out as tears stung her eyes.

Pushing the tears away with the tip of her sleve she put the note book back in her bag and stood up. Walking down a path by the lake she noticed some people gathered around. Feeling nervous she stood her spot wondering if to go up to them or not. Gulpin she took steeps towards them and didnt notice any of them. Looking at the snow covered ground and not making any eye contract with them. "H-H-Hi" Jasmine whispered and wished she didnt even apparach them. Still feeling nerverous she replayed the lyrics in her head.

[VanessaLink]

(Did I hear my name mentioned? Alas, I did.)

Vanessa Nicholson smiled contently to herself as she looked in the mirror. It was 5:30 in the morning and she was already up and ready for the day. Her light brown hair was curled at the ends, and it bounced with every step she took. Her brown eyes twinkled in the light, and sent off a dazzling gleam to the very dark and depressing corners of the room. As she grabbed her beat up old messenger bag, she clicked on her CD player to play and made her way out of the dormitory. She smiled at a few Hufflepuff's before making her way out of the common room and down to the lake.

The frostbiting cold nipped at her nose and she smiled softly as she felt a snowflake fall onto her face. She brushed it off and turned onto the path that led down to the shoreline of the lake. Her music flowing softly around her in a tone of blissfull happiness. It was one of her own cds. She had recently recorded it, in fact there was a duet with Aryeh on there that she hadn't listened to in forever, or at least what seemed to be forever. Vanessa turned it to number 5 and listened intently.

"Forgive me, I'm not what I used to be. You see me, and all you see is something. My heart was in your hands. And then you ruined all my plans. I can't forgive you, cause you were the death of me. Silent tears fall pillow, my eyes are weary to the world around me. My heart is racing with wonder, why can't you just forgive me? My heart was in your hands. And then you ruined all my plans. I can't forgive you, cause you were the death of me." Vanessa sang the chorus along with the music and her eyes started to dance once more. She scanned the small crowd of students and spotted Jasmine Anderson, her best friend. Tucking her hair behind her ear, she made her way down and smiled brightly.

"Almost V-Day. I'm so nervous. It'll be the first time I go home for it, which means I can participate in the V-Day parade. Remind me later, to call my aunt and schedule an arrival. Okay?" She asked as she nearly jumped on Jasmine's back. Vanessa laughed and jumped down before standing next to her and looking at the others. One person was recognizable. D.J. Michaels, the eccentric girl who could make Vanessa laughed.

"I'm Vanessa Nicholson. What's with everyone and being up this early?" She asked with a confused expression on her face that was definitly priceless.

[DJMichaels]

"Speak of the devils. We were just talking about you two." D.J. greeted with a sly smile. She looked at Vanessa who seemed to be happy, she noticed she didn't sutter when she first spoke so that was good; she was getting better. Jasmine seemed a little nervous, nothing a good friend couldn't cure. D.J. jumped from one foot to the other, anticipating her next move.

"So, still have that theatre thing Nessa? That was soo cool. I enjoyed going to it the first time. I would like to go again. Though, I don't know if I would be allowed. It's odd. BUt, anyway...what are you doing out here this early? I'm jogging. I didn't expect to see you two out here this early. Early to bed early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise. How early did you guys go to bed?" She kept hopping. One foot. Then the other. But, her voice never faded.

[Seth]

Seth smiled and listened amazed as D.J. talked about her energy. "I would love to join you sometime, I need a good awakening, plus, you wouldn't have to worry about me being late, I'm a very on time person." he said smiling.

Seth laughed as Faith made a comment about her prefering her broom to her 2 feet. Looking at the ground as he finished up the last of his laugh, he heard footsteps coming their way. Looking up, he noticed a girl who he had known as a Ravenclaw, but he did not know her name. As she approached them, Seth felt uneasy as she casted a feeling of nervousness around them. Seth was never the one who had to deal with nervousness, for he just genuially wasn't shy.

Giving the girl a warm smile to let her know that she was welcome in their group, Seth put up his hand in a wave position, "Hey, I'm Se," he began to say, but before he could force out the 'th' another girl had jumped on the nervous girl's back. She introduced herself as Vanessa Nicholson. Wondering why the name had sounded familar, because he had never seen her before, D.J. spoke up and said speak of the devils. Thinking back into their conversation Seth remembered D.J. saying something about Vanessa's talent for writing music and assuming that the other girl was Jasmine, she had been the one that D.J. said could sing very well. Smiling back at Vanessa's introduction, he began to rub his curly q's on his head.

"So you 2 are the musical ones that D.J. had spoke wonderfully about. It's a pleasure to meet you 2, I've been waiting 6 years to meet people around here that had a love for music as myself." he said with tons of excitement in his voice. "Oh, and I'm Seth by the way, an early riser, you could say." he said putting out his hand to the 2 girls.

Noticing that the D.J., Jasmine, and Vanessa had all seemed like good friends he nodded his head and smiled, hoping to make good friends with these girls.

[anderson]

Jasmine tucked hair behind her ears as she always did when she felt neverous. She was a rather shy girl and always felt nervous around groups of people. Gulping she than screamed as Vanessa came up behind her. Laughing she looked at her best friend and hugged her. "Vanessa! Dont scare me like that!" Jasmine said smiling and pulling away from her. Looking at the boy who had said his name she felt a little embarssed becuase she didnt say hers. "Oh excouse me my names Jasmine Anderson but it looks like D.J has already you guys about me though." Jasmine said smiling. Looking at D.J she wondered what she had told him. She wasnt all that good of a signer but she tried.

Looking at Vanessa Jasmine took a deep breathe and took out a piece of paper from her coat pocket. It was nice and neat and had pictures of people singing and acting. Looking up at Vanessa she felt tears in her eyes. Her dream was just about to come ture but she didnt know what to expect. "Vanessa..... Just a couple weeks ago a scout called me and told me that I was accepted in Julliard school." Jasmine said handing her find the piece of paper. "Lana sent in a tape of me singing and acting and they called me back for this school term. I didnt go but I am in three years." Jasmine said wiping tears with the tips of her sleve. Looking up at the other people she didnt spoke. She was speakless at the moment and waited for Vanessa reaction.

[VanessaLink]

Vanessa smiled and nodded at D.J. She was always really hyper and spoke extremely fast that Vanessa had trouble understanding her at times. Vanessa chuckled when D.J. stopped talking and shook her head in wonder.

"Donna Jo, you never cease to amaze me." Vanessa said to her friend. D.J. always spoke about Vanessa and her talents, and Vanessa seldom spoke about D.J. and that girl's talents. But, D.J. really had only a few talents. And that was her ability to stay in shape and her ability to talk without taking a breath. Vanessa came back to Earth when Seth introduced himself. She smiled at him and shook his hand before looking at Jasmine.

"You what?!" Vanessa asked with exctiement in her voice as she took the paper from her best-friend. She read the words over and over again. Her lips moving with the silent reading. She couldn't believe her eyes. It said it right there, in ink. Vanessa flipped through the brochure. Juilliard was one of the best schools of performing arts and Jasmine had gotten accepted. Vanessa squealed and hugged her friend with a proud smile on her face.

"I can't believe this! Jasmine do you know what this means?!" Vanessa asked as she stopped jumping up and down and screaming. She was still smiling and she knew it was a big smile. Vanessa waited patiently for Jasmine to celebrate with her.

[DJMichaels]

D.J. just looked at Vanessa and Jasmine, a bit lost in what was happening. Not being a big music person she normally didn't understand anything those two girls said but, she knew this was something excited to have Vanessa jumping up and down screaming. That girl never got excited that much. She tilted her head and waited patiently for an explanation. None came.

"Um kay? What was that all about? Keep in mind there are some people, or person, here that doesn't do music. Aye? Now, what's with all the," D.J. jumped up and down while screaming to emphasize her point,"eh?" She finished her sentence, settling down a bit but a small smile still creeping across her face.

[KelseyMattie]

Kelsey sighed in increasing boredom and frustration at her Violin. Her mind didn't want to think up anymore songs, she had written almost 20 songs in the past 2 weeks. But that was only because she had been "Socially Seperate" from almost everyone... no everyone. All she does now-a-days is go to classes, do her homework and work on her Violin songs up in her Dormatory all day long. (Her grades are getting much better because of all the time she spends on her homework) She laid down her Violin and rubbed her green eyes. She wasn't sleepy, but she was tired! Tired of playing the Violin so dang much!

Kelsey stood from her bed and put her Violin inside the sleek black case, trimmed with black velvet. She placed the Bow inside and gently shut the lid, locking it magically. She grabbed the three notebooks from her bed and looked down at the covers. One was green and was labled: Sad Songs. The next was red and labled: Love Songs. The last one was purple and labled: Journal. She took a deep breath and tried to forget the many things inside of that journal. She placed the notebooks inside her trunk and then put her Violin Case beside it.

Sighing with the boredom she has been feeling for almost three or four weeks now, Kelsey walked out of her dormatory and down the many corridors to the Great Hall. She almost never eats Dinner anymore, maybe a few bites here and there. But mainly she would go, sit and when no one would even look her way, Kelsey would escape back into her dormatory. She passed the Great Hall and onto the Grounds. She got near to the lake and sat down at a random tree, noting the small group of people not far from her. She wished she could go over and talk to them, but didn't know anyone. Well except D.J. She sort of knew D.J. only met her once though and wasn't a close friend or anything... still she wished they would talk to her.