A Letter is Sent (( Pyro ))

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass was walked around the owlery to find the correct bird to deliver the letter. Not really sure if Pyro wanted to talk anymore, she decided to send a letter instead. She just hoped he didn't think she was pressing the subject. She opened up the letter and scanned it one last time.
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Pyro,

I hope this finds you well. I'm so sorry about Mary and I arguing the other day in your moment of need. That was not what I was planning on at all. I'll make sure I send a letter of apology to her as well. I was not trying to insult any of you.

I just wanted you to know that I'm there for you. I'm not really sure what you need to do, or how to do it. I just don't really want to see you end up in a bad situation. Every person seemed so cold talking about basically buying your family, and I really just don't want to see you in another situation you just left. I knew you wouldn't come stay with me, but I just wanted you to know you have options. I'm sorry your having to go through this, and if there is anyway I can help, I will.

I know alot of this is over me. It didn't seem like you were having any major problems until I came along. I completely understand if you want nothing to do with me after this. I just feel like our friendship has caused too many problems for you. I just can't help but think this is entirely my fault.

If you want, I'll be in the Room of Requirement to try out my new sword that a friend gave me. Your more than welcome to join me. If you don't want to talk and want to get some aggression out, that's fine. I'm more than willing to take a beating to make you feel better.

Truly,
Cassandra

P.S. Maybe I can beat you with my new sword since I apparently can't do it with a shinai.
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Cass tied the letter around the owl's leg and let it go. Sighing, she headed to go practice.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

Pyro walked along through the courtyard. he heard a hoot from above him and looked up just in time to catch the letter that fell at him. He watched the owl go off on its merry way. Than opened up the letter and read it. Ones he had finished reading it he sighed and folded it up. he headed back into the castle and made his way to the Room of Requirment. It was easy for him to find the door. he opened it and sure enough, there was Cassandra.

he stood at the doorway for a while before he Coughed to catch her attention. he stood leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed. the letter hanging over one of his elbows. "I recieved your letter." He said. he sighed and stood up straight. "none of this is over you. My parents havent even heard of you yet. Ive been having this family problem basicly all my life, its just.....escalated another level."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass continued to work on the dress she had been working on for a couple of weeks. She was working on the hem while the scissors and thread continued to do their work. It took alot of concentration to work on dresses like this. As she continued to pin pieces of black brocade on the white train, she magically worked the scissors to do some work on the bodice. A cough broke her out of her reverie, and the scissors and thread dropped to the ground. " Damn!" she cursed.

She stood up to see Pyro in the doorway. " I really wish you hadn't of done that. It's very hard to keep my concentration going when I do that." She picked up her scissors and thread of the ground. Her bare feet padded along the ground as she busseled the train to the back of the dress. " It's a replica of a dress from the House of Worth. Even though I don't expect you to know what that is, I did want to explain it to you."

At her command, the dress dummy found its way into the corner of the room. " So, its been a long time coming? With your family, I mean?"

She went to the corner of the room and picked up a longsword with a pearl inlaid handle. Cass once again balanced the sword on her hand and looked at how it balanced. She turned the sword around and held the blade in her hand. The hilt was held toward Pyro. " The tang's nearly perfect. Wanna see?"

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He watched her work. she was avoiding the subject. he shook his head. no, he had no idea what the House of worth was. He than nodded. "yea, I bet dad was just waiting for an excuse for a long time, I just had never done anything bad enough." He fell silent again. It seemed like she was trying to avoid the subject again. he was about to press her when she pulled out the new sword.

His breath caught in his throat at the site of the buetifulll sword. He reached out to grab it, but he looked at his wrist brace and put that arm down and reached with his left. He took the sword and held it verticly in front of his face. Looking at the buetifull craftsmanship. and feeling the wonderfull balance. "wow, this, this thing is splendid."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

She smiled to see his satisfaction. " Thank you. It was a gift from Caiest. She said it didn't fit her, but it worked for me quite well."

She sat down on the ground as Pyro inspected the blade. " I know you wanna talk about what happened as do I. I'm really worried about you." She sobbed a bit. Wiping her eyes with the sleeve of the white button down shirt she wore over a black tank top, she said, " You can tell me anything, you know? I'm not going to judge you like it seemed everybody was doing earlier. Your my friend, and my friends come before my house anyday."

She looked down, embarrased she was crying. " So, if you wanna talk, talk. I feel responsible for that mess earlier, and I didn't want to get into with Mary." She put her head in her hands and sobbed.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He still looked up and marvled at the blade. he gave it a few little practice swings to check its balance again. He listened to Her at the same time. he heard her begin to sob and he stoped with the sword and looked at her. he brought teh tip of the sword down to the ground.

Oh no, if there was one thing he didnt know how to handle, it was a girl crying around him. "hey, listen to me. None of that is your fault. My family didnt even about you. There is no possible way that any of this is your fault. And besides, dont worry about it, im fine. Sure it was a bit of a shock at first and I had a slight anger reaction to it, but thats passed. Ill just move in with Mary for the summer and work out some financial issues, and than find a place of my own, Ill be alright."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass looked up at him. " How can you say your going to be alright? Everything is falling down around your ears." She sniffed a few times and regained her composure.

" Moving in with Mary, huh? I guess she would be more appropriate than anyone else. I mean, the two of you are apparently really close." She was a little acward about it, not really wanting to admit that she had foolishly fallen for him.

" I got in touch with Craig. If you want, you could work at his school. He is more than willing to give you a job. I thought it would be fun for you at least teaching martial arts." She was getting more ackward and ackward by the minute. She didn't know if she wanted to see him all summer, but she wanted to help as much as she could.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He shruged. "My world isnt falling about. I hardly considered my home life to be part of my world. All this is gonna do is make my life just a bit more difficult." He looked at her. "And whats that suppose to mean? Yes me and Mary are friends and yes we are close. But thats how it will stay, friends. Shes offered me a place to go for the summer. and i think at this point It would be best for me to go into another wizarding families home."

he fell quiet for a moment. "as for the classes, Id would be fun, but not at the moment. maybe around the end of the summer I can do some part time work at the school, but thats about it."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest. " Fine. If I have to spell it out to you. I'm just a bit....jealous. There! I've said it. Are you happy?"

A little upset that she had to admit that, she tried to veer the conversation away from Mary. " So, what did you tell the ministry about your father, if you don't mind me asking? I'm hoping that we're good enough friends to speak about such things."

She pulled the the white shirt off that was covering her black tank top. A very prominent scar graced her left shoulder. She tried to rub the soreness out of it before picking her shinai out of the corner. " I'm pretty sure I like the new one better. It's light enough for me to wield with one hand. This one's a little two heavy for me."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

No kidding, pyro thought to himself. He looked at her. "well, what for? theres nothing to be jelous about. Me and Mary are just friends, thats it. or is it just that im moving in with another girl? Would it be any different if I moved in with a guy? like Kris or someone?"

He fell silent and than chuckled a little at the memory of all the the stunts he had pulled. "Oh you know. I would act the opposite of 'proper' in formal dinners. I sent those letters off in my fathers name calling the ministry all sorts of names. Cant really remember any of the specifics."

"oh yea" He remembered he still held her sword. he twirled it around so that he was stilling holding the handle, the sword lay flat under his arm and the handle was presented to cassandra. "Nice sword."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass' cheeks flushed at the comment about him living with a girl. " Yeah, it probably would be different if you went to live with a guy." Cass uncrossed her arms and sighed. Cass waived her hands in the air. " Never mind. Forget it. I'm just causing more problems for you. I'll just deal. I really don't have a choice but to deal."

She took the sword away from Pyro and wiped the blade with a clothe she had sticking out her back pocket. She grimaced at the mention of what he did to his father. " Aggrevating him much? Why would you want to do something like that? Was it worth it?"

She looked at the mirror in the back of the room as she thrust her sword toward an imaginary opponent. Making a few stabbing and slashing movements in the air, she finally lowered the blade. " So, want to get out some aggression? Your more than welcome to a blade." She thrusted her head toward a few weapons of the back corner of the room.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He shook his head. "Nah, your not causing problems. Just voicing your opponion. I respect that." He watched her clean her sword for a little.

His shoulders kinda sagged a little as she asked him for a quick sparr. He shook his head and lifted his wrist. "unfortunatly, I cant. I cant hold onto a sword with this hand, and i basicly hurt it again in a sparring match against Caiest."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass nearly jumped at the mention of his arm. " OH my God! I totally forgot! I didn't mean to be so, well, rude about that." She placed her sword on the ground and looked up at him.

" So, you never answered me. What made you want to aggrevate your father so much?" She summoned the dress back to the middle of the floor, and charmed her scissors once again. She took a needle out of the top of the dressmaker's dummy. She pointed to a piece of brocade that was coming unsewn to the white undergown on the train. " Could you please hold that down while I sew it back? It's a little hard without three hands."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He chuckled. "heh, yea it is a easy thing to forget, trust me." he nodded and held down the piece for her.

"well, I wanted to agrevate him because hes a slimy little toad. to afraid to fight me directly so he uses magic, knowing full well im not alloud to use magic outside of school. So, I decided to go on a dirty track of warfare."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass thanked Pyro for holding down the fabric. The scissors laid themselves on the ground, and a measuring tape began to take measurment on the bodice. " Playing dirty? I never took you as a guy to play dirty." She sewed the delicate satin to the velvet, dodging Pyro's fingers as she worked. "I guess I see a different side of you. Your just not Pyro the Slytherin to me." She looked at him with an affectionate smile. " Your just, well, you."

Finally securing the brocade, she stood up. " So, what's the deal with your Mom? Is she a good woman? Or was she? I know how parents' can change. My mother used to adore me, but since Dad died, she can hardly look at me. She hates me for not being able to help him, even 'with all my magic tricks' she once said. Was something like that with her?"

She looked at Pyro with a bit of wonder in her eyes. She flicked her measuring tape in his general direction, and it began to work its magic. After taking several measurments, she smiled. " Perfect!"

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

Pyro shruged. "Mom is fine, I really dont have much of a quarrel with her. Only problem is she does everything father tells her."

He eyed the measureing tape. "perfect for what?"

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass smiled as he asked for what. " Oh, nothing. Something I"ve been desiging for a while. I just think it would look good on you." She handed him a sketchpad that had been lying on the floor. A drawing of a man in what look like a pair of blue jeans and a red shirt with a dragon design on it. " I just thought it would look good on you." She winked at him.

She sat indian style on the floor and began to color in the rest of the drawing. " That's good about your Mom. What about the rest of your family? When you talk about them, you seem almost like your ashamed of them. I mean, I know what its like to be ashame of your family. Mudbloods really don't have anything to be proud of." She bent her head down and pulled out a yellow pencil. YOu could hear her scribbling on the pad.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He looked at the sketch. "hmm, looks pretty good." He handed it back to her and than shruged when she asked about his family. "well, most of them served lord Voldomort" Pyro had found that he had forever been able to say the name without cringing, unlike most of the world. "well actually, all my family served him. Got pretty powerfull to. but, most of them died in the big fight against him. All thats left is my home family and a aunt and uncle."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass blushed at his compliment, but she didn't seem to effected when he mentioned Lord Voldermort's name. " Really? Sorry if I don't act more surprised. I've heard horror stories, but there are always horror stories when there is a struggle for power. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see anything happen like that again, but-," she stopped suddenly.

" Is that where you got your hatred for muggles? Really, why do you hate them? I just remember Mary saying something about Muggle torture and you. I just wonder what would cause you to hurt someone who never did anything to you, or be able to defend themselves against you if there was a real fight."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He fell silent. he had never given it that much thought. he had disliked muggles ever since he was able to form coherent thoughts. he looked at her and shrugged.

"I suppose that could be a reason why. Although, most of them really havent shown me why I shouldnt. And besides, why must we wizards hide from them! we are clearly stronger than them, yet, it is us that must hide. it sickens me."