Watcha catch? (Mikayla)

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn snatched her hat off her dresser as she headed down from her dormitory. It was Saturday, and she was going fishing with her friend, Mikayla. Maryn first met the little Ravenclaw years before and they both lived not to far from each other. Maryn smiled remembering the days of Mikayla's mother telling Maryn to watch her. Mikayla liked to run around. She was a regular tom boy and Maryn liked her like that. Mikayla was smart and knew what she was doing. Maryn briskly made her way out of the common room. She felt the warmth of the castle around her. Maryn wished she could feel like that the whole day, but she knew better. She knew the cold air was going to tingle down her spine and that thought made her shiver in the warmth. Maryn tugged at her scarf and walked through the castle with her fishing gear in hand.

When she reached the lake, Maryn couldn't feel her fingers. The cold surrounded her and that was all she could feel. Why did Mikayla insist that they fish in the cold? She was an odd one that one. Maryn's long light brown hair blew in the wind. She was wearing her favorite dark wash jeans, a pink tank top under a red long sleeved shirt, a creme jacket with fur on the collar, ugg boots, a red scarf and matching hat and gloves. Even with all of that, Maryn was still as cold as an ice burg. She finally reached the lake. Maryn saw no sign of Mikayla so she sat down on a huge rock waiting for her.

[kristian]

Mikayla leaped out of bed remembering her plans with her dear friend Maryn! They have known each other since before Mikayla came to Hogwarts. This morning they were going to go fishing. Mikayla had always been a tom boy at heart. As she started putting on her shoes she remembered how Maryn always used to have to babysit her. She was excited because this will have been the first time seeing her since Mikayla started at Hogwarts.

She darted out the door and headed down towards the lake. As she got closer to the lake she could see Maryn sitting on the ground shivering while wearing a scarf, hat, and gloves. "Thats definitely Maryn" she thought aloud. Suddenly all of the memories they had shared flew in to her head.

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn looked around impatiently until she spotted Mikayla. She jumped off her rock and smiled at her friend. "Hey, girl. I haven't seen you in ages." She called as she walked closer to her. Maryn hadn't talked to her since she had started her first year. She had so many things to do with classes, homework, friends, and Leon. He wasn't exactly her boyfriend, but was close to it. She had so many things at Hogwarts she didn't have time for old friends or even to write her own parents. However, they didn't seem to mind. They had not rushed to send her an owl or anything like that. Fine, if they weren't going to mail her then she was not going to send them a letter either.

Maryn looked at Mikayla over joyed that they were finally going to spend time together. "So, are we going to fish or am I just hear to model the fishing rods?" Maryn asked joking. She held up the rods, smiled and leaned against them pretending to be a model. Maryn laughed at her model attempt. Maryn then leaned down to pick up the old tackle box she had brought to school that year. Mikayla had told her they were going to go fishing months ago so Maryn had brought the box. "Ok, so how exactly do you fish Micky?" She asked using the old nick name. They both had nick names they had used for years and Maryn loved them. She looked at Mikayla waiting for a response.

[kristian]

Mikayla stood there some what overwhelmed. It seemed like her long time friend was a stranger her hair was longer and she wasn't as short and awkward as she once had been. "Oh my gosh what happened to you?" she said jokingly.

Mikayla stood there laughing about Mare's statement she made about modeling." Up to old habits huh Mare?" Mare was Maryn's nick name that Mikayla had made up one day while they were at her house playing around. "Fishing is simple." Mikayla said. "All you do is put a worm on the hook, cast the rod into the lake and wait for something to pull at the rod." "When you feel a tug call me and I'll help you from there." Mikayla was an expert at fishing her grandpa taught her . In fact her grandpa taught her most things because her dad wasn't ever around. Neither was her mother. They were always on trips around the world at work or just didn't have the time for her. Thats why she was babysat alot by Mare.

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn shrugged at Mikayla's comment. "A summer inside will do that to you." Maryn said softly. She had been inside almost the entire summer. She had been grounded after sneaking out of the house right after the Diagon Alley Attack. What did her parents want her to do? Stay in the house the entire summer? She defiantly wasn't going to do that. After being grounded, she stayed inside and became pale. Her hair grew a considerable amount in that few month period. Maryn couldn't help it if she had fast growing hair to start with. It seemed to grow faster in the darkness. She had become older. She was thirteen so it was about time she grew her hair out and looked like a teenager and not a short haired eight year old.

Maryn approached the lake listening Micky's teaching. "Simple enough." She said. Suddenly, Maryn realized something Micky had said. "Wait, do I have to kill the poor little wormy?" She asked with her little puppy lips. Maryn didn't want to hurt the little worm. She didn't want to touch it either. Maryn laughed at her own face and then looked at Mikayla waiting for an answer.

[kristian]

Oh no know I knew that question would come up sooner or later. Mikayla thought to herself. "Oh brother! I guess I'll just get a worm for you." "Just promise me you wont ever use those big puppy dog eyes on me again." Mikayla said laughing.

"Your such a little sissy." Now she was cacking up at the thought of Mare even holding a worm much less putting it on a hook. "See Mare the little animal activists." Mikayla said teasingly. Plus she always was afraid to get her hands dirty. At least her personality hasn't changed. Mikayla thought to herself. After Mikayla got their rods all situated they sat back and waited patiently for the least little movement in the two rods.

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn laughed as Micky baited her hook. "I promise." She said knowing she probably sue them again. Maryn liked her little puppy mouth. It made her look funny. One time, her aunt to a picture with her mouth like that and it moved in the end and you could watch Maryn bust out laughing. She watched as the poor little wormy met it's fate. Maryn loved all animals even worms. It was so mean the way people treated them. Maryn's father had always wanted her to go muggle deer hunting. Of course, Maryn refused to hurt a cute deer. That would just be mean.

Maryn laughed again. "I am not." She declared. "Well, maybe a little." She shrugged still laughing. Maryn laughed a lot. She couldn't help it at all. That was just a Maryn trait. If people couldn't take it, then they didn't have to talk to Maryn. She couldn't understand what Slytherins had against laughing and smiling. Didn't they ever smile? It seemed they didn't unless it was an evil smile. Maryn went over to Micky, and grabbed her fishing pole with disgust. She didn't want to see the worm in pain, but she knew she had to. Maryn ran over to the lake and quickly casted it in the water so she didn't have to see the worm any longer. She looked over at Micky. "So, how am i doing?" She asked.

(Note-all the god molding is being done with permission.

[kristian]

"Your doing great!" Mikayla replied sarcasticaly. "No I'm playing your actually pretty good for a beginner." Mikayla loved picking on Maryn but all in good fun. "So how have you been doing here at hogwarts without me?" Mikayla asked making a sad pouty face.

"Do you have a boyfriend yet?" "Any knew best friends?" Mikayla was a very curious person she had held the questions in as long as she could and now they were all kind of spilling out of her mouth. Mikayla couldn't stand what seemed to be a kind of awkward silence between her and Mare.

[Maryn Livley]

"Thanks." Maryn said watching her fishing rod jerking by the fish biting off bits of the poor little worm. Maryn laughed a bit because she didn't think she was doing well at all. Micky was probably just being polite, but she could have been serious she wasn't sure. Maryn laughed at Micky's comment. "Just because you’re not in Gryffindor doesn't mean you’re all alone." Maryn laughed. "You need to make Ravenclaw friends is all." She laughed at Mikayla's pouty pace. "Cheer up." She laughed happily. Maryn was having fun fishing. It was a new thing for her, but she was just glad to be hanging out with her friend. She hadn't seen her in so long and life was boring without Mikayla.

Maryn laughed at all of Micky's questions. Maryn also asked questions out of no where, but that was just part of her. She couldn't change her curious side and didn't want to. Curious people always got the facts. They made it a point to get truth and not lies. Maryn was that way and wished everyone else was too. "I don't really have a boyfriend." Maryn shrugged. "Well, Leon, but we aren't actually dating. We just went to the Ball together, but you never know." She said thinking about him. Maryn liked him very much, but she didn't know if it would work out. "Yea, I have tons of friends this year. Flo, Alyson, Elisabeth, Leon, Cougar, Rosaliz, and tons more. Yea, there great." Maryn paused. "What about you? Any new friend?" She asked looking at the fish totally miss her bait.

[kristian]

"Well..." Mikayla replied. "There is a girl named Danielle she is really nice and she is a first year too!" "But thats pretty much it..." Mikayla said sounding kinda disappointed in herself. "Well I have all year right?" "I just need to be a little more outgoing." "Whoa that fish is really digging in!" Mikayla said running for Mare's rod to help get it out of the water.

Mikayla finally got the fish up onto the ground and took it off the hook. "So tell me more about Leon.." Mikayla said tossing the fish in their little bucket. "Is he cute?" "Is he smart?" "He isn't like that one guy you dated, remember Rick?" Mikayla said laughing. "Remember he was so crazy always chabberimg about a fifth dimension and stuff what a loon." Now Mikayla was really cracking up.!

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn smiled. "Good for you. Believe me, I was shy my first year. Hogwarts is even more fun when you have friends." Maryn exclaimed. She looked at Micky as she comment. "Yep, all year. Just be yourself. Act like you do with me." Maryn said looking at her fishing pole. It was now shaking violently and Micky cam over to pull the fish out. Maryn looked sadly at the dying fish with a hook in its mouth. "Poor fish." She said softly. Maryn watched Mikayla take the fish off the hook. At that moment, she was glad she wasn't a fish. They were so helpless and in some ways, she felt bad for them. They were born to die it seemed. Maryn then realized something she thought she had forgotten. Mare's parents though she was destined to dies, too. They thought Gryffindors were like fish. They dies easily. Maryn knew she would try her best to not let that happen to her, but she couldn't prove anything.

Maryn sat down deciding to take a break. She looked at the fish and then at Mikayla. Mayn smiled when Micky brought up the subject of Leon. "Yes, he's very cute and smart he is a Ravenclaw like you." Maryn smiled and paused. "I really like him, you know? He has a sister in your year. Her name is Katie-May. Do you know her?" Maryn asked. She laughed at Micky's next comment and then looked at her with a funny look on her face. "No, Leon is not like that. He's special." Maryn sighed. "So, I hope you don't have a boyfriend. Your way too young." She laughed waiting for a response.

[kristian]

"Funny.." Mikayla replied sarcastically. "I do like someone." "But you probably think I'm too young to possibly like someone!" "So I just won't tell you." Mikayla said making a stubbern face."No I'm just playing, his name is Mitch." "I'm glad you finally met a descent guy."

"How about I throw that fish back in I think its still alive and its probably too small to eat." "And I can tell your getting squimish." Mikayla said laughing at the look of Maryn's face. "Man I haven't seen that green of a face since... well nevermind." Mikayla said remembering a certain incident that happened one time in Lodon. "Well, what do you say we do something besides fishing?" How about we go shopping?"

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn couldn't help, but laugh. "Of course you can like someone! Just don't think about dating little missy!" Maryn said doing a perfect impression of her mother. "Seriously, I haven't even thought of boys until Leon came along. Wait until third year. You will know all the boys better." She said nicely. Maryn stared at Micky. She had heard the name Mitch before, but couldn't put the face, year, and house to the name. "He's a first year, right? What house is he in?" She asked suspecially. Maryn really didn't care, but she just hoped he accepted her because she if he and Micky saw each other a lot, she might not get to see Micky. She would hate to have Micky out of her life. She would never be able to stand it. Maryn smiled at Micky's next comment. "Yep, I'm glad too." She said thinking about Leon.

"Yes, please!" Maryn said looking at the poor fish. It was so helpless and forgotten. She could see it struggling for air. She shrugged. "I just don't like seeing it like that." She replied softly. Maryn looked at Mikayla. "Are you crazy? You can't leave Hogwarts until holidays. First years aren't allowed in Hogsmead either." She said lovingly. "Hmm, we could do something else. I don't know what though." She said.

[kristian]

"Well" Mikayla began "Mitch Collins is his full name he is a Slytherin 1st year." Mikayla still was finding it hard to believe he was a first year. "Oh, I know... I don't even know him hardly I wouldn't go out with him." "I wouldn't have the courage besides he wouldn't date a girl like me anyways." Mikayla said sounding a bit down. "I forgot that first years aren't allowed in Hogsmeade." "Drat!" Mikayla said angrily.

"I don't know what I was thinking when I the statement about going to the mall." "I guess I just forgot, that we aren't at home anymore and we can't just go anywhere." Mikayla said remembering the past. "But, we can defiantly find something else to do after I was my hands." "They really stink!" Mikayla said while plugging her nose.