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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 2, 2007 23:46:16 GMT -5
Conner lacked the urge to go eat down in the Great Hall, breakfast seemed to be cluttered with students shoveling food between there faces and he could not face the interaction with his fellow classmates. A visit to the wing he thought would be a welcoming sight for Aria and Ace if he were awake.
He passed the few first years that lingered behind in the common room and set out to visit his two new friends in the wing, he had high hopes Ace and Aria were no longer in pain. The door was ajar and it seemed all right to enter, it was only him and the sick there and he knew he’d be quite and not disturb those trying to rest. Almost inaudible lurking towards Aria, who was sitting pushed up by a stack of pillows. Ace seemed to be awake, the quiet chatter could be heard before Conner got to his bed, he hoped again that he was not in the pain he was last night.
“Is he alright….” He lipped the words out to Aria, before coming around the bed to sit with both of them.
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 0:04:49 GMT -5
"We'll both be fine. Just a little complicated Dark Magic. It'll take time to heal now." She said, leaning back into her pillows. Although she hated being so helpless, she loved being pampered and comfortable. She looked at Conner's worried expression and returned it with one of concern. "It's okay...He's just sleeping. He'll be off playing Quidditch pretty soon and winning the Cup for Ravenclaw." She smiled encouragingly and sat up completely now. A wave of dizzyness came over her, making her lay back again. She sighed. And just when she thought she would be able to go back soon.
"I might leave this afternoon..." She said, trying to keep his spirits high even after he noticed her dizziness. "This is nothing considered to what my father use to do."
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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 3, 2007 0:17:56 GMT -5
"Has he been up since ... you know when she burned him?" He gave a quick glance at his hands outstretched against the bed, fresh wrapping nonetheless.
"And are you sure you feel alright... that was a pretty nasty gash she left on your side there." He took his eyes from Ace and looked at her, playing with his thumbs on her bed he made sure he didn't land near her feet when he sat down
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 0:26:53 GMT -5
"He's been getting up once in awhile...but he doesn't really talk. He just moans in pain and..." She shuddered, thinking back to the previous night. "But the nurse said he's getting a lot better and she'll be able to let us both out soon." She grew silent, thinking about how unlikely it was for Ace to get out today. He was in such bad shape. She examined her own wound. Luckily she knew Dark Magic, including many of the countercurses. It was healing nicely. Skin was beginning to grow over the gash, making it into a nice, long but sensitive scar.
"She could never hurt me. Just...temporarily immobilize..If that's what you would call this."
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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 3, 2007 0:31:09 GMT -5
"I'm really glad to hear that, for both of you." He sat there on her bed, unsure what to say next or if he should say anything at all. "I know we just met, but I'd hate it if you two got hurt. Ace with his love of quidditch, I mean she got him in the place that is most important spot for his position."
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 0:41:16 GMT -5
Aria nodded angrily. "I know...she made sure to get him right in the hands. He won't even be able to fight her when he gets out of here. Bloody shame too.. I might do it myself. You wouldn't believe how...er, understanding Professor Sicoft can be when a random Gryffindor gets hurt at the hands of one of his students." She cracked her neck and reached for her wand which was on the bedside table. She contemplated spells that would be very useful and fulfilling.
"You can always help." She said, looking up at him.
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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 3, 2007 0:46:39 GMT -5
"Understanding ... Well he threw a bloody fit down there and I'm sure he's lurking around in the dungeon brewing over her hurting you. Thanks for the invite but my expertise lies with charms and herbology, not the dark arts, though I'm sure he'd like a piece of her." He had to laugh, it was quite the most honest thing said so far, Ace would want her head on a silver platter
"Put that wand down, please, I'd feel more comfortable." He made a joke out of it, but he was quite serious, he didn't want her to set off a charm or two
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 1:01:41 GMT -5
Aria looked at the wand and then she looked to Conner. "Sorry...It's a bit of a habit..." She awkwardly set it back down and stared at the ceiling. It was so strange having people that were actually concerned about her. It made her smile inside and occasionally outside, though she wouldn't let anyone see that one.
"Thank you for looking out for us. It's good to wake up after a long night and have somebody here waiting."
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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 3, 2007 20:42:40 GMT -5
“Yeah, Yeah no problem …. So.” The pleasure and relaxation was a relief from the heroic attributes his name had been given, even though he felt like not hero “I guess the whole school knows … even though only a handful of us where there.” He blinked his eyes at her a few times, unsure what to say next or if he should just wait for a response
“You know, that Rani girl was worried about you two as well.” He quickly chirped up, and smiled happily as if comforted by something
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Post by Rani Anihpares on Sept 3, 2007 20:47:34 GMT -5
Rani walked over to Aria and Conner and waved shyly. "Hello, how are you guys feeling? Is everything better than yesterday?" Rani looked at Ace who didn't appear to be awake yet. "How is he?" Rani dug in her robe pockets and pulled out an apple for Conner and Aria. " I brought these because I thought you might enjoy them." Rani held out an apple for each of them.
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Ace Clearwater
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Sept 3, 2007 20:52:41 GMT -5
"I've been better; my hands feel like shit though." Ace had taken the opportunity to wake up and greet his two guests, who undoubtedly visited him because of his talent at quidditch
“I hope I’ll get to ride the opener, but according to her I won’t be allowed to pick a single thing up for three weeks.” He gave a quick nod in the direction of the nurse, and then held his wrapped hands up. “I’m a bit bummed about that you know, fancy a little flying but I guess can’t do much with hands like these." He started to laugh but pain tolerance was still low and had to end the laughing quite quickly
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 21:02:12 GMT -5
Aria took the apple graciously and bit into it. It was the first solid food she got since coming into the Hospital Wing. It was the most juicy, and delicious apple she ever have. She looked at Ace and nodded to acknowledge his presense. "You look much better, Ace." She said before taking another big bite of the apple. She sat up straight in her bed and looked at the two visitors.
"It's good to know I actually have friends now. Thank you for coming."
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Post by Aidan Brock on Sept 3, 2007 21:04:47 GMT -5
He was in awe at the sudden outburst from Ace; he had not expected it to be so quite sudden. "Thanks ..." He smiled at Rani for the apple but his appetite was still uneasy so he pushed the apple to the bottom of his pocket for later. Ace clearly had set the present mood of the room; everything went from a melancholic atmosphere to a joyous feeling as if a band was playing ‘for he’s a jolly good fellow’
For a split second it time, it felt relaxed, it was nice having a group of people to talk to. “Tragedy brings people closer together … I guess.” He looked around the room, they were not the only ones, and it had filled up quite a bit since last night
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Post by Rani Anihpares on Sept 3, 2007 21:07:34 GMT -5
Rani nodded toward Aria. "Yeah, same here. So Micira... she's acting really REALLY strange. She was trying to be nice to me... she brought me my books back.. see?" Rani acknowledged her bag and had a confused look on her face. "Do you think it's just a plot to be mean again, or do you think she's sorry?" Rani looked to Ace. "I'm sorry about your hands... It's not going to help our team to have you unable to play."
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Sept 3, 2007 21:13:20 GMT -5
"I'd so oblige in helping you figure that out but as you can tell, my hands aren’t exactly wand ready." He laughed, setting his hands face up against his thighs
“And I will bloody well be there cheering the team on, Zachary the backup is a large oaf though … be a bit of pure luck if he manages to get off the ground let alone catch the bloody snitch in those grubby hands of his.” He had to calm down, as the nurse reminded him through out the night, stress won’t make wounds heal faster.
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 21:17:35 GMT -5
"I wouldn't put it past her to fool you." Aria said angrily, biting her lip to hold back from cursing loudly. "I wasn't kidding when I said she would regret it if she hurt you. That rule is still in effect. Once I get out of here, she better hide." She clenched her fist and glared at the ceiling. She was tempted to grab her wand and march out now, to curse the hell out of Micira before she had a chance to fulfill her sick plan of pretending to be nice to sabatoge her new friend. Rani didn't deserve that....She was too nice.
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Sept 3, 2007 21:29:47 GMT -5
"Don't worry ... I am sure she will get her own." He quickly added, he noticed her mood change from happy and cheerful to infuriated, even he was feeling a bit of wrath towards her He only hoped he could pick the wand up and stun her over and over again, he wanted so badly for her to fall off her broom, emotions stormed themselves around in his head like a thrashing mental patient hellbent on escape.
"Hey maybe we will be lucky, she'll fall off that broom of hers." He let out a roar of laughter, maybe only he found it funny but he hoped the other did as well.
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 21:50:19 GMT -5
Aria laughed as well, picturing the scene clearly in her head. Although gruesome it was, it was very humourous none-the-less. She haven't laughed this hard in awhile. Did someone actually share her taste in dark humor? She looked at Ace and grinned. She would make sure that Micira fell off her broom the next time she rode on it. That was a promise.
"Think of any creative ways to get back at her? You can burn her bloody hands off. Then we'll see how good she can play Quidditch."
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Post by Beth Lilac on Sept 3, 2007 22:26:26 GMT -5
Beth ran as fast as she could to the Hospital wing. She had been away from hogwarts for a family matter and she had gotten back when she heard what happened. Tears streamed down her face as she ran, the thought that her best friend and her new friend were hurt scared her because she didn't know how bad they had been hurt. Beth skidded down a hall way and ran through a bunch of people not giving any notice to them when they started yelling at her. All she cared about was getting to the hospital wing to see Ace.
When she got into the Hospital wing she pushed past a couple people who were just standing around and went right to Ace's side. Tears began to spill harder down her face when she saw him his hands were all bandaged up and he looked horrible. She couldn't believe something like this had happened at Hogwarts.
"Ace oh my god , I'm so sorry i wasn't here I'm so sorry " she sobbed hugging him around his head doing everything in her power to avoid hitting his bandaged hands. "Who did this , what happened ? please tell me. Who ever it was I'm gonna kill them i swear I'm not even kidding.No one hurts my best friend and gets away with it. Are you OK ? Oh my god I'm really so sorry i wasn't here " she said again still sobbing.
She felt like a bad friend because she hadn't been with him when it happened.There was this thought in the back of her mind that if she would of been there she could of stopped it, but she knew that wasn't true . Nothing would of stopped it especially not her but she still couldn't help but feel guilty.
She looked over at Aria and shook her head . " Are you OK Aria?" Seriously someone tell me what happened please."
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Sept 3, 2007 22:33:05 GMT -5
"Come closer ...." He let out a raspy whisper, barely audible “That … Now that was an entrance!” He burst out laughing, he could not help it he laughed right through the pain and the clear stern look the nurse gave him from the far side of the wing meant people must leave or be quite “Oh I suppose it was a little of this, a little of that, mostly that witch Micira’s fault.” He gave her a smile and reassured her “Look, Beth, No hands.” He waved his wrapped fingers and palms in the air still laughing but soon the pain set in and he had to set them down against the soft blankets of the bed
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 22:44:53 GMT -5
Aria laughed at Ace's antics and looked at Beth. "Yes, I'm great. Conner and Rani have been reigning their grace upon us." She said, just as dramatically as Ace, motioning to the two that were pushed aside in the rush to see Ace. She brushed her black hair out of her face and smiled. "We're both going to be fine. Though I feel bad. From what I hear, it's my fault Ace got hurt." She looked down at her own, unscratched hands and sighed heavily. If she had been quicker, the curse would have missed her and Ace wouldn't have kneeled down and got hit by the following spell.
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Post by Beth Lilac on Sept 3, 2007 22:46:19 GMT -5
Beth wanted no more then to smack Ace, she didn't find his little jokes funny at this moment. Beth just shook her head at him but smiled at the fact that he was OK enough to laugh.The whole way to the Hospital wing she had had a horrible image of Ace lying dead in the bed in her mind , she was just glad he was alive and OK. She was still worried though and now she was mad.
"Micira , that Gryffindor girl ? she did this?" beth said sitting down on Ace's bed facing him . " Seriously what happened to make her flip out on you all? Theres got to be a reason" she said whipping the last of the tears off her face.
"I'm gone one day and all hell breaks loose, honestly cant these things happen on days I'm here ?" she said just in general, not really to any one . She turned her attention back to Ace waiting for him to explain what had happened.
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Sept 3, 2007 22:51:32 GMT -5
"Argh, you sat on my feet, don't hurt those two." He laughed before motioning for her to hug him "It was totally not your fault Aria, please don't think that." He turned his head and smiled at her, hoping deep inside she did not think it was her fault for what had happened. If it was anyone’s fault it had been his, he was always stuffing his wand into his pocket in the place he could not reach it. “I think I grabbed for the wrong thing, defensive stance 101.” He let out one more laugh, before putting his head back on the pillow
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Post by Aria Darke on Sept 3, 2007 22:58:21 GMT -5
"Ace...." She moaned weakly, wanting to laugh, but now having a guilty conscious. She nodded and smiled, attempting to make it look like he was right all along. Her smile faded and she looked away from him. She wondered how he could make jokes when he was in so much pain. All she was thinking about was how good it would be to be able to walk around the lake or struggle Micira.
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Post by Beth Lilac on Sept 3, 2007 22:59:48 GMT -5
Beth hugged him and for the first time since hearing the news she felt like everything was gonna be OK. When she stopped hugging him she turned to look at the two people she had pushed out of her way in her run to get to Ace.
"I'm so sorry i didn't mean to push you both. I was just really worried and basically freaking out" she admitted smiling at them both. "I'm Beth Lilac by the way"
Beth stood up and walked over to Aria, where she sat down next to her as well and hugged her. " I don't believe it was your fault , i just think you all were in the wrong place at the wrong time". She shook her head again and sighed ."i don't think Ive ever been that scared and hysterical in my life, and i don't think Ive ever run that fast in my life either" she laughed.
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