MiddleEarthRoze

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Rozalia grinned at Dani's quip - she was glad to see that despite her disadvantage, she was still able to make jokes. She was also interested to learn where Dani lived; Seaham was about an hour away from where she lived herself. Perhaps, if their friendship grew stronger over the year, she could invite Dani over to her house in the holidays. She'd never had many friends round, mainly because she didn't really have many good friends as a child, not with moving so much.
"I've been to Seaham a couple of times - it's really pretty there." Roze replied with a smile.
At that point, the older Ravenclaw boy had recommended for then to be moving on, so Roze waited for Dani to pack up her whiteboard before standing up herself.
"Do you guys know what we have next? I hope it's as interesting as this morning; apparently some subjects are boring-" Roze trailed off in her sentence as the three of them exited the Great Hall, only to see a stew-soaked Wade about ten feet away in the corridor. He was giving Roze a glare much akin to a lion seeing a gazelle; a triumphant fury. For a moment, Roze felt fear, her hair lightening to show it. He must have noticed her laughing at him after the fish-stew incident. His wand was already raised, pointing directly at her. Roaring 'Diffindo', Roze was lifted off her feet and thrown backwards, a sharp tearing pain springing across her arm, which she had thrown up before her instinctively. Falling to her back and skidding a few feet backwards from the force of the curse, she clutched at her arm, blood trickling from the wound. From what she could see, it wasn't too deep, but it was enough to scare her, and cause enough pain for her previously pink curls to become an almost black colour. Panicking, she scrambled around for her wand as Wade walked forwards, ready for a second attack.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

The abrupt change in tone and conversation wasn't missed by Roze, but she knew not to pry in people's business. When she went to a Muggle Primary school, she always clammed up about her Mother and that side of the family - having to lie to her Muggle schoolmates anyway about the magic, she often just said her Mother travelled with work a lot; the truth was a bit too painful for a young child to admit to. Because then it brought forth questions of her death, and the manner in which it occurred. Not something child should have to lie about all the time.
"Well, my Dad's family was originally from Italy, but I'm from Yorkshire; I've never really kept the accent though, considering we moved around a lot." Due to several extensive holidays in her Father's native Rome, and moving around various army bases down South, she'd never picked up the rather prominent Yorkshire accent. Even now, with her home now firmly settled in the moors, she was sure she'd retain her classic English accent. However, whenever she went on a rant in Italian (she and her brother were brought up with both languages, much to the insistence of her father,), she found it hard to drop the accent of it afterwards when speaking English.
"What about you Dani? Whereabouts are you from?" She asked, turning towards her other new friend. What with the lack of speech and all, there was no guessing from an accent. While asking, Roze glanced at her watch. 20 minutes til lunch ended - plenty of time for poor Dani to write something up. She was defintely going to have to learn sign language for her.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Flying class is coming! Maybe we can have a first year 'little league' or something. Pick up games.

Just curious: Is there an overwhelming interest in playing sooner rather than later?

@Eyeris

Definitely! I'd love to have some fliers from the first-year. Perhaps Hogwarts could have overrun the rule entirely, what with HP becoming a first-year seeker? Roze would sure love to be a part of the team - it would increase the animosity between herself and the Slytherin Quidditch team as well. :)

@AbysmalDemon
I'm going to get a post up now, maybe when the three are walking out of the Hall, Wade intercepts them? He'd probably have seen Roze laughing, so he wants tome revenge. Probably wing a curse or something at her (I've got one in mind) - I'll write up my post now, then maybe one of you can write us leaving the hall once our conversation is over?

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Shit, that reminds me I wanted to ask this. @Eyeris when do Ravenclaw quidditch sign ups/tryouts begin?

@AbysmalDemon

Doesn't really matter for first years, as we're not allowed broomsticks - so we can't get on the team anyways.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Nolan's gonna make sure all this Slytherin bashing comes back to bite you.

Moirah too.

@Prints Avoid

Just so you know, Roze doesn't give a damn about houses. In fact, she gets pissed when people stereotype the houses. It's just the entire Slytherin quidditch team chose to be dicks to her and others, so she doesn't like em. :)

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Haha, Dan would be working quickly if that were the case. Perhaps another fight breaking out between herself and Wade, and Dan jumps in between them? That would probably get him a detention. I don't think Roze is the type to try and corrupt a sweetheart like Dani anyways - not on purpose, at least. She sure can get caught up in the heat of the moment - as shown by the train. Nothing like an Italian temper. :)

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Roze winced slightly in sympathy for Dan. She'd never apparated herself - always preferring broom, floo powder, or just muggle transport rather than journey with her Uncle or Brother in that magical way. She'd heard it was awful though - like being stretched and ripped apart and put back together again in a different place. And sometimes splicing happened. Yeuch.
She noticed Dan's brown eyes dimmed slightly - in sadness? Maybe he was just disappointed that he'd missed the first day. She could understand that, she supposed. However, they lit up once more in amazement as he took in her pink hair, and she let out a laugh. His eyes suited happiness better than sadness - they lit up like a rich mahogany fire.
"Oh, yeah. You'll be seeing a lot of this. I'm a..." she paused, thinking about the term her Uncle had used. "An... em- empathetic met... metamorphus? No, an empathetic metamorphagus! Yeah, one of those. It means that my hair and eye colour changes according to my mood." She said, smiling triumphantly as she remembered the words. Quite the tongue-twister it was. "Pink means I'm amused. Blonde is happy, grey is tired, brown is neutral. It's quite self-explanatory. It means I'm an awful liar though." She said with a sigh, then paused - she'd not mentioned the more negative emotions, and what colours they produced. She didn't like seeing them herself. Changing the subject, she looked at Dan.
"So, whereabouts in America did you move from? I'm assuming you've moved over here for a bit, otherwise you'd be at one of the American Wizarding Schools. I've read a bit about them - I think there's two. Anyways, I hope England is a good substitute for you." She added. His accent hadn't been hard to pick up on - it was fairly prominent, especially among all the British students at Hogwarts. Her Uncle Bobby had an American accent, having spent a few years over there once he'd left the Muggle Army - the Auror's office had sent him to spy or something. He came home when her Mum died (A fact she hadn't mentioned, nor cared to mention to anyone just yet), and stayed in England when her Father was at work, but he was in the States for most of the time. It was only four years ago that he'd begun reporting full-time to the Auror's office situated in London. He'd said it was to mentor her brother, Leo, who had joined the Auror's as soon as leaving Hogwarts - but she could always tell when things became strained in her family, and when they lied to her. Everytime her Uncle visited, she would hear him, her brother and her father discussing things late at night while she was in bed - although never being able to catch a full conversation, the tone was always grim, and words such as 'death' and 'darkness' were often uttered.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

@TaliPaendrag@AbysmalDemon
Haha, not sure where Roze has her stance on the whole relationship thing at this point in her life, so I think we're safe so far when it comes to third-wheeling. I have a feeling she'd find the whole falling in love at 11 thing quite pathetic - so she'll be giving Layla and Ajax a few more withering looks in the near future I bet. XD Not that she'd friendzone poor Dan - maybe get a bit further in the dreaded puberty thing first haha.

Detention together sounds fun though - however, Dan doesn't have detention, and neither does Dani, I think? Perhaps the three should participate in some late-night escapades and get caught, thus giving detention to all; pushing it up to two for poor Roze. Looks like she'll be setting a record. :)

I also reckon lunch would finish pretty soon. What lesson is next?

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Haha, yeah. Definitely in terms of personality, humour, and slightly with the Metamorphagus thing. She's not a proper one though - I made it a little bit more unique, as I didn't want to just have a mini-Tonks. :)

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Roze couldn't help herself by chuckling slightly at the newcomer's flustered state, but she gave him a warm smile to ease him.
"Hi there! I'm Rozalia - feel free to call me Roze or some other nickname, most people do. This is Dani - she doesn't talk, so she uses a whiteboard." At this point, Roze paused as the poltergeist appeared, and Dani keeping tight hold of the said board to make sure Peeves didn't get his ghostly hands on it. She began chuckling again as Peeves began his taunts. Leo had told her all about the mischievous spirit that roamed the castle. Dumping buckets of waters on people's heads, filling ink pots with paper, loosening chandeliers from their fastenings and giving false directions to first-years were some of his favourite pranks to pull, among other cheeky things. While blowing raspberry, he stopped mid-blow and flipped upside down in the air, peering at the three of them from beneath his legs.
"Ooh! You're one of those shape-shifters aren't you? I bet you're not really that good-looking; I bet you have warts and a BIG HAIRY CHIN!" He bellowed the last three words, aimed at Roze, so that it filled the entire hall. The teacher's didn't even look up - although some of the ghosts in the vicinity gave disapproving looks. However, most of the children - especially first years - turned to see the commotion, some of them laughing themselves.
"Not as hairy as yours will be after I hex you, Peeves." Roze shot back in a joking tone, still laughing slightly. "But I'd rather be friends with you Peeves - I've heard some brilliant stories of you and your pranks. My brother Leo told me - I do believe he helped you out sometimes, right?" She asked amusingly. Peeves paused again, narrowing his eyes suspiciously at her.
"Oh, so you're the annoying little sister he was always complaining about." He sneered. "Just because he was your brother doesn't mean I won't prank you, or your pals."
"Oh, I expect pranks. However, I do know that there are a bunch of Slytherins over there that you could get a far better reaction from if you, say... dumped a bowl of that fish stew over their heads." Roze replied nonchalantly, glancing at the Slytherin Quidditch team sat on the other side of the hall. Wade had a black eye, and she noticed he was sat rather gingerly on the bench - on a nice cushion, no doubt. Looking back at Peeves, she noticed he gave her a wicked, conspiring grin before fading from sight. Grinning at Dani and Daniel, Roze began eating once again.
"Don't you guys worry about him. He looks for easy targets - I'm not one of them." She said, then burst into quiet laughter as she heard a large clatter and splash behind them, followed by Peeves being chased out of the Great Hall cackling by fish stew-soaked Slytherins. "However, they were. Oh wow... they're going to be stinking of fish all day." Thoroughly amused by the events that had occured, Roze's previously blonde hair had become a pale bubblegum pink. A common colour for her, for she was easily amused by many things, but more than one person had done a double-take at the sight of such a suddenly odd hair colour among the sea of blonde, brown and black.
Once the commotion had quietened somewhat, Roze looked at Daniel, who had remained quiet for the time being. "So, it's nice to have another Ravenclaw! There weren't many this year, for some reason. So, how come you were late, if you don't mind me asking?" She asked, twirling one of her still pink curls around her finger.