Pixies and Butterflies.((Katie-May))

[Flo Murvac H4]

“Squibbles! Get…Away from the butterflies!!” Flo scolded at her cat, as it was chasing a pair of butterflies that were fluttering about. She grabbed at Squibbles and picked him up. “You silly cat!! I’ve told you; don’t...Hurt...The butterflies!!” Squibbles looked at Flo and then to the butterflies. “Meow?!” He asked, and Flo rolled her eyes. Waiting until the Butterflies had gone, and making sure there were no more flying around, Flo put Squibbles down and watched him pay with his shadow for a while. It was a nice day, not too cold, and too hot. Just right. But Flo was wearing her butterfly beanie, and had taken her butterfly bag. “You silly cat.” Flo mumbled as Squibbles pounced on his own shadow. “It’s your shadow. It’s not going to hurt you.” Squibbles didn’t look convinced and pounced after his shadow again.

They were in the courtyard, and Flo was just walking around the castle when she had caught Squibbles jumping at the butterflies. Rolling her eyes, Flo opened her butterfly bag and looked inside. Not much was n there. A chocolate frog, a spare pencil, and a bracelet that Flo had found one day. Flo picked up the bracelet and looked at it. It was blue, with little Flowers on it. Flo put it on, and then quickly took it off. It wasn’t hers, so she better not try it on. I wonder who it belongs to? Flo wondered every time she looked at it.

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Pulling her pale-baby-blue scarf over her neck and wrapping it tight, Katie-May Harrow jumped out of the Ravenclaw Common Room, skipping with cold. She knew from friends it wasn't really all that cold that day, but she had always felt the chilliness more than others. Stilling her chattering teeth, she stuffed her hands into her pockets, careful not to harm her three bracelets. They were all different shades of blue, with pretty silver wired patterns twined around them. Decorating the wire were tiny little flowers, white and black. They had been given to May by her older brother, on her 10th birthday. Sadly she had lost one of the pretty things earlier in the year, though Leon didn't seem to mind. Smiling at it as it was hidden under her white coat, she plodded down the many sets of corridors, arriving on the ground floor with pink, frozen ears.

After snatching a fresh piece of warm, buttered toast from the Great Hall, May rushed out to the Courtyard. It was almost empty, though a few people were dotted here and there. Almost jogging with the cold, May scuttled over to a part of the beautiful area. Just as she reached her favourite bench, she jumped up high in the air. "Hey!" She shouted loudly. She had almost- almost, stepped on a tiny cat which was prancing madly about. Soothing the frightened thing with her voice May bent down to pick it up, and stroked the silky fur rymatically. "Hello little kitty- where do you come from?" She asked it softly, almost expecting it to answer back.

Just as she did, she noticed a girl nearby. She was a third or fourth year- May couldn't tell, with a warm butterfly hat and a similar bag. Curiously May dropped the cat onto the ground, and walked up to the elder girl. "Hello!" She spoke cheerfully. "Are you Flo? I think you know my brother- he told me about you and your butterflies." May grinned. Her hands were now petting the cat which circled her jeaned legs, the braclets clinking against each other.

[Flo Murvac H4]

Looking up, Flo smiled. She recognized Katie-May instantly. She had seen a picture of her that Leon drew. "Ah, the Peskie Pixie that I've heard so much about! Yes, I know Leon!" Flo giggled at the Fact that Katie-May had recognized her from the butterflies. Flo watched as Squibbles got many pats from May. "I see you've met Squibbles. Silly cat, what did you do!? Hope you weren't chasing butterflies again." Flo watched as Squibbles looked at May sweetly. he noticed that May was wearing bracelets. Flo looked at them closely. They looked exactly like the one Flo had found earlier that year. Flo looked at May again. Then she looked at the bracelet she was holding and stood up. "I think...I don't know, but, I think this belongs to you." Flo showed May the bracelet that she was holding. "It looks like the ones that you have on your arm there, so..." Flo pointed to May's arm.

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May stood up, smiling at Flo. The cat still twining her legs, she sat down on a nearby bench, and with Flo, stared at her pretty bracelets.
"There nice aren't they- and i have lost one, i used to have more. Leon got them for my birthday two years ago...but where did you find it?" Carefully, May took the bracelet, and slipped it onto her slim wrist. It clicked against the others, falling in place perfectly. Grinning, May noticed her own tiny kitten, tip-toeing towards Squibbles. Flapjack pounced on Squibbles playfully, and both rolled about, May's own little Tabby yowling happily. Laughing with amusement, May waited for Flo's answer.

[Flo Murvac H4]

Flo watched as the two kittens started to play with each other. Smiling Flo gave back May's bracelet and explained. "I dunno. I was just walking round here, actually and i found it! I've been carrying it in my bag ever since!" Flo shrugged. It was certainly a coincidence. Flo watched the two cats again as they started to play with a leaf. "Aw!! look!!" Flo pointed at the cats as Squibbles meowed at Flapjack. Flapjack looked a little surprised, as if Squibbles had said something funny. "So cute!"

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May nodded, then paused for a little moment. Afterwards she slid the pretty bracelet from her wrist, leaving the three others jangling merrily with each other. She handed the braclet to Flo, smiling all the while. "Here Flo- you can have it. As a memoir of....." She paused, giggling. "...of something i don't know. Tehe!"

Still grinning, May slipped the bracelet onto Flo's hand, then watched the kittens. They were so cute! She lent over and rubbed Flapjack's tummy, grinning as he began to purr uncontrollably. Just when May gave him a last big scratch behind his ears, he jumped up and pounced onto Squibbles once again, meowing and yowling. Birds flew from the trees, shocked at the noise, and Squibbles and Flapjack both jumped up into the air, as if trying to catch the winged creatures flying away into the horizon.

[Flo Murvac H4]

Flo looked at the bracelet and smiled again. "Aww, thanks!!" Flo put on the bracelet and started to play with it. "Thats so nice of you!" Flo watched as the two cats tried to jump at the birds. It didn't really make Flo haooy that the cats were tryiing to catch the two birds, seeing as she loved anomals so much, but Flo decided to ignore it. The birds had flown away anyway.

Flo looked at May and smiled. "So, your in first year right? Having fun?" she asked, still playing with her new bracelet. Flo decided not to add that she knew that May had been ill earlier that year. It wasn't a thing you would say, when you just met a person.

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May grinned as Flo thanked her for the pretty bracelet. She looked around as people went passed slowly, holding back an amused snigger as one Gryffie walked past, and almost tripped over the cats who were now dancing around oddly. Then Flo asked her about her year, and she answered with a huge smile.

"Oh- it's been absolutely wonderful! Leon told me about everything, but I never realised it was so…”She searched for the right word. “magnificent! It’s everything- the castle, the lake, the people and the magic. Even the teachers. And the lessons are so brilliant and informative. I can’t wait until the next holiday so I can go back home and show mum what I have learnt! I’m not going back this holiday, though Leon is. Are you?” May questioned the girl before as she took a bar of chocolate from her pocket. Taking a tiny piece from the corner and nibbling it, she offered it to Flo.

[Flo Murvac H4]

Flo watched as the Gryffindor tried not to fall over the cats while walking past. The cats just stopped and looked at the person oddly, and then continued prancing around. "Yes, It is fun here. Most people are friendly. But yeah, I'm going back on the holidays. Dad's going to have a break from work, so I have to go, Because it might be the only time i get to spend with the whole family. Even if it includes my brother." Flo had even arranged to sit with some friends on the way back. It was going to be a good holiday, Flo hoped.

Flo smiled and took a piece of chocolate. May was very nice. Biting down on a bit, Flo looked around. The cats had wondered of somewhere. Flo turned her head and saw the cats chasing a leaf that had fallen from a tree. "Cats chase anything." Flo told May, starting to giggle as Flapjack attempted to jump on it, but missed, and kind of did a roll, then springing back up, as if nothing happened. "So, If your not going to go home for the holidays, what are you going to do here? I stayed once, and there wasn't much to do, except finish homework. But that was probably because My brother stayed the same time as me, and well..." Flo could remember the day that Tim had turned Flo's hair bright green. Flo was not happy about it, and her brother knew about that...the day she got back at him by taking his pet rat and turining it broght pink.

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With a confused look, May thought hard. What would she do? Several of her friends were also staying in the school, and she knew she would have fun with them. Saying this, she took a flask from her bag and sipped at it. It contained an odd muggle drink and was named ‘Sprite’. Drinking again, May offered it to Flo.

“It’s great- you can use the lid for a cup if you don’t want to drink straight out. It’s fizzy, and very refreshing.” With a smile she watched the cats again. “Yep- they sure do! Wouldn’t you love to be one? Though I guess a butterfly is more your taste!” She chuckled loudly, and whistled. Flapjack responded immediately, hopping into her lap with an odd ‘smile’. Kissing the kitten’s furry head like she usually did, May scratched him in just the spot he liked, smiling as he purred loudly. “So what’s your family like? Will you look forward to going back…or not?” She questioned Flo with a friendly tone. May knew Leon was not looking forward to going back to their parents, and was mightily pleased she was staying at Hogwarts. She couldn’t stand even a day with her annoying pain of a baby brother.

[Flo Murvac H4]

Flo smiled, but shook her head, as May offered her a muggle drink. "Chocolate and fizzy drinks taste weird when you have them after the other, don't you think?" She asked May, not really expecting an answer. Looking over to the cats again, Flo kept smiling. "Yeah, I did think of a butterfly at first, but then...thats an insect, so, i guess a cat would be my second choice. but I would probably have to learn to control myself from hurting birds and butterflies." Flo said, glaring at Squibbles as she said butterflies.

"My family? Well...Uh, not much to say really. Tim is the most annoying brother on the planet, my mother Is kind, aswell as my father. Theres nothing really interesting about my family. As for looking forwad, when I go back, I am, really. I'm hoping my brother will change his mind about coming with me on the train ride home, but i doubt he will." Flo stretched her legs out, and crossed them again. "So, made lots of friends so far? Coming here, you meet lots of friends for life." Flo asked May. flo hoped May had made some friends for the time she had been at Hogwarts.

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May grinned as Flo spoke. Her family seemed so, well, normal. What Katie-May would give for a family like that! Smiling, she listened to the girl and sipped from her drink. She thought to herself- yep, chocolate and Sprite did taste odd together! She tucked the bottle back into her bag, recovering just ask Flo asked her a question. She thought hard. She had made quite a few friends, though none she would call her best. There was Mikayla and Danielle, and a few of Leon’s friends she had met. She half-nodded as she spoke the names to Flo.

Although she had been at Hogwarts for quite a time, May hadn’t made that many friends. She had, of course, met lots of people, and most of them were great to be around. Maryn was fun and could always make you smile, Mikayla and Danielle were the same and could always make May feel normal when she had an odd turn. She couldn’t call Flo a proper friend yet, though she too was great to be around and could always make May smile. She did so then, as Flapjack leapt with a mighty spring off of her legs, landing perfectly on the ground and swatting one limp paw at Flo’s own cat.