Ace Clearwater
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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure!"
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 15, 2007 0:18:56 GMT -5
Ace felt the innards reach out of his throat and grab a hold of his tonsils and yank them back, nerves were setting in on the match ahead. His attention was skipped from quidditch to Beth who had just entered the drenched courtyard, the clouds darkened as he invented her over to sit with him. Quickly tossing his rain garb over the spot she’d occupy, after all it was common curtsy to prevent her pants from getting wet.
His soaked hair swooshed itself from his eyes, he waved in motion for her to come over and greeted her arrival with a warm hug. “Quite wet, suppose it’s the Xeies in the clouds … yes, it must be.” He soon found himself in an open conversation with himself, his attention not really on Beth and her presence
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 16, 2007 23:18:20 GMT -5
Beth walked over and hugged Ace before she sat down next to him. She listened to him talk to himself and she just sat there and waited till he was done. She had known Ace long enough to know that when he began talking full out to himself that he was nervous or worried about something. She thought that it must be Quidditch so she rested her arm on his shoulder.
"Don't be nervous about the first Quidditch match Ace, your going to do amazing. Your teams going to win . I just know it " She said smiling she then moved her arm and patted him on the arm. " So, what exactly do you think the ministry's going to do now that Verto is back ?" She asked trying to change the subject to get his mind off of the first Quidditch match.
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Ace Clearwater
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 20, 2007 11:36:43 GMT -5
“I couldn’t imagine, though from his face I’d think he wouldn’t dare try to infringe upon Hogwarts. If you ask me I am thrilled Verto returned, your mother’s heaven to Betsy appearance has changed.” Ace began to sway back and forth, smiling that Beth was talking to him but that didn’t take the nerves of quidditch away
“Oh Beth thank you for being here for me always, but since my hands got burned I fear the snitch will be that much harder to actually catch.” Looking down towards his own hands as he spoke the scars still showed from where they had been burned, the healing he had being doing to get them scar-free hadn’t quite worked in fact if anything it made it worse.
The year was so traumatic that all students hoped for some normality to return in the halls, but it was but a far cry from reality at the time. It was Saturday morning, the drizzle of fall was full swing and the trees were barren. The cold air swirled around them, Beth and Ace’s hair both some-what long danced with it but it didn’t take the bitterness felt on their faces. Ace shifted his body closer to her, pulling out his wand he flicked it and heat emitted from the tip warming their soaked bodies as best it could.
“Great weather we are having right ….” He smirked and looked onward
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 24, 2007 18:02:23 GMT -5
"I hope he doesn't come back . I don't think i could go through another near death experience" Beth laughed as she sat next to him."My mother really has become a much happier person now that Verto is back . I can honestly say now that hes back everything seems to be a lot less stressful"
She watched him as he swayed back and forth. She smiled at him but then frowned as she listened to him talk about his hands being burned. " I'll always be here for you Ace no matter what. You are a brilliant quidditch player Ace, i don't think you will have any problems catching the snitch .These burns on your hands are just a minor set back and i believe that you will be brilliant in the match." She reached over and softly ran her fingers across one of his hands. She then pulled her hand away in fear of hurting him.
Beth pushed her hands into her pockets as the wind blew. She looked up at the sky and shook her head. The last year had really been hectic, nothing until now seemed to go right. As she thought about it all she couldn't help but cringe and pull her cloak tighter around her in search for comfort. Her hair danced around her face as the wind blew harder. "Oh yes just the greatest weather we've had all year" she whispered sarcastically. She looked over at him and laughed.
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Ace Clearwater
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw quidditch seeker
"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure!"
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 25, 2007 22:53:38 GMT -5
"Well like I always said the Lilac's were cold blooded at heart." Ace let out a roar of laughter still huddling next to her but ready to dodge a smack if need be Beth was quite keen on whirling that wand resulting in a hard smack of wind against their face. “What was Verto muttering about last night, I could barely make the words out but it sounded like he has had a good reason to be away, I’d hope.”
Shrugging his shoulders back, scrunching his eyes tightly together he began to gleam with a full-toothed smile to get Beth in the laughing mood but still wondering what exactly Verto mumbled about the evening past.
“I blame this weather on you and the whole Lilac clan by the way …” He winked pushing himself away from Beth a tad more, still holding his wand that emitted heat for both of them
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
Posts: 86
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 25, 2007 23:19:53 GMT -5
Beth laughed and shook her head at him. She was going to smack him but he expected it so she decided to wait and catch him off guard. She waited for him to stop laughing to answer his question.
"I honestly have no idea what he was saying. He was pretty much whispering. All i caught was he had a feeling something bad was going on here so he decided to come back. Other then that i didn't make out any of it . What do you think he was doing while he was gone?" She asked laughing at the face he was making.
"I asked my mother last night what all he was saying to her but she just kind of waved her hand for me to drop it. Then she said she had things to discuss further with Verto and she then left without another word. She was unusually happy, its a little odd to see her so happy again after so many months of her being sad and spacey"
Beth laughed again and then reached out and smacked him in the arm . " Oh yeah blame the horrible weather on my family." She watched as Ace moved a little ways away from her which made her laugh even harder.
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 25, 2007 23:28:31 GMT -5
Alixas strode into the courtyard slowly, walking through the rain, not really paying attention to her surroundings as she let herself get soaked. She loved the rain and always did. Pulling her hair back into a ponytail she looked around for the first time, seeing what was around her.
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Ace Clearwater
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 25, 2007 23:32:04 GMT -5
"I think your mother would fancy a bit of snogging with Verto if you know what I mean." He nudged her in the side with his elbow, laughing before becoming serious "Personally I think he was looking for something, I came across a book this past summer. The same summer in which you never wrote me, yeah that summer would be the one. The book had a bit of passage about something; oh hell what was it called." Knocking his fist against his forehead to ramble his brains for what particular thing he wanted to remember
A few moments of silence were broken up with him shouting “Atrium … yeah that was it. This thing is suppose to withhold glory for the one who finds it though most take it as mere folklore but it mentioned that one willing to search would have to be brilliant beyond the ordinary so I’d imagine it’d be Verto looking for something like that. Thought he never struck me as someone who’d want glory but the thing also added that it withheld many things.” Clicking his tongue against his cheek he scrunched his face unsure of what else to mention, he was out of breathe from talking so rapidly that he barely noticed Alixas had popped nearby them
"Alixas bloody hell girl where have you been lately, its been ages." Jumping to his feet he gave her a quick hug and offered his seat on the bench, settling himself on the ground though it was wet his wand manged to draw away some of the water
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 25, 2007 23:36:23 GMT -5
Alixas quickly hugged him back and took his seat hesitantly. "You didn't have to get up, I would have been fine standing. And as for where I've been, I've been around, but mostly just daydreaming, as usual." She laughed softly before turning to Beth. "Hey Beth! Its good to see you!" Leaning over she hugged Beth.
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Ace Clearwater
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw quidditch seeker
"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure!"
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 25, 2007 23:40:24 GMT -5
"Bloody hell woman Hogwarts isn't amount day dreaming, I've been so busy this year I don't know how you mange the time to day dream." Shaking his finger like a mother would to a bad child, lecturing wasn't really needed but it felt good for Ace not being the one lectured “Don’t blame you though, this year has been so hectic hell we have O.W.L.S this year and everything and with the ministry the way it is.” He mumbled on before remembering to show her his burned hands, shoving them in her face he remarked how if it wasn’t for his brilliant spells his hands would have been littered with scaring
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
Posts: 86
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 25, 2007 23:46:09 GMT -5
Beth laughed out loud and then shuddered at the mere thought of her mother and Verto snogging. She sat there and waited for Ace to remember what he had read. She silently laughed to herself as he banged his fist into his head to remember. When he shouted and began to ramble on about the atrium she listened intently then shook her head. At that moment Alixas came over and Ace jumped up to hug her, once Alixas was sitting down next to her she leaned over and hugged her .
"Hey! Alixas its been a long while since we last talked , how ya been ?" She smiled at her friend and then waited for her to answer but before she could answer she turned to Ace and cocked her head to one side.
" The Atrium you say , i swear Ive heard that somewhere. WAIT! I think that was brought up in the conversation that my mother and Verto were having. I didn't catch anything about it but i know i heard the word Atrium." Beth folded her hands on her lap and then rocked back and forth trying to remember anything else that she might of heard the night before.
" Verto doesn't seem like the type of person who would want fame or glory so why would he be in search of something like that. I doubt it even exists " She said not really to anyone but just in general. She was still rocking back and forth and was now rubbing her hands together to keep them warm.
She turned back to Alixas and frowned. " I'm so sorry that was so rude of me to cut you off"
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 25, 2007 23:47:31 GMT -5
She nodded. "Tis its true that I shouldn't be daydreaming,, but honestly its better than thinking about anything else thats going on around here. Honestly theres enough drama, I could watch a week straight of soaps and still not get through even half of it."
Alixas looked at his hands and flinched slightly, thinking of how they could have been worse.
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Ace Clearwater
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 25, 2007 23:48:58 GMT -5
"I would not put up with that Alixas, you are more then welcome to slap her for cutting you off so rudely." Ace shook his head violently in dissapproval of Beth over-taking the conversation like she did
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 25, 2007 23:52:35 GMT -5
Alixas shook her head. "Oh no, I shouldn't do that. Next time I hurt someone, even if it's just a scratch, I'm suppossedly going to be 'expelled'." She put air quotes around the word expelled, as she said it.
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 25, 2007 23:58:59 GMT -5
"I'm so sorry , that really was rude of me!" Beth said regretting it now. " Hey since when do you give permission to hit me? Huh ? " She couldn't help but laugh as she watched Ace shake his head violently back and forth .
" We definitely don't want you to get expelled so don't go around hurting people ok " she joked smiling at her.
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 26, 2007 0:08:27 GMT -5
Alixas raised her hands into the air. "Oh don't worry! I won't!" She seemingly 'fell' and pushed Ace, though not hard enough to send him into the mud. "Opps! Ha, Sorry Ace. Couldn't resist."
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Ace Clearwater
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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure!"
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 26, 2007 0:26:39 GMT -5
Quickly regaining his balanca he flicked his wand sending a lot of water pouring on her. It made the already wet clothes even wetter and Ace laughed before sending another pile of water at Beth. 'Perhaps next time you won't fall into me, Alixas, even if you do it on mistake."
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 26, 2007 0:28:59 GMT -5
She gasped as a jet of freezing water collided into her, and this time she threw herself at Ace, crashing them both into the mud.
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 26, 2007 14:02:59 GMT -5
Beth laughed as she watched Alixas "accidentally" fall into Ace. When Ace got back up and poured water on Alixas she really should of known it was coming at her too, but she didn't, and it was a major surprise. When the water hit her she screamed and jumped up trying to shake the water off of her.
"ACE! Why did you frickin do that ?" She tried to sound mad but lost that battle when she watched Alixas tackle Ace in the mud. She shook herself a little to get some of the muddy water off of her that just came flying at her from the puddle they both had just landed in.She then sat back down and just laughed as she watched the other two .
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Ace Clearwater
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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure!"
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 26, 2007 15:53:05 GMT -5
Two loud pops were heard followed by smoke through out the courtyard, Ace muttered “Lumos” over and over again but it made no difference. The darkness would not dissipate no matter how many times he muttered lumos. Even the rain drops halted from falling upon them, the courtyard was in total darkness that it took everything in his head to mutter a few jinxes to clear out a path to find Beth but he was unable to find Alixas.
“What is going on!” Ace began to shout, holding Beth’s hand making there way through the dense black smoke but the words never left his tongue to find her ears Nothing was audible for a moment he thought perhaps the loud pops had deafened him
He flicked his wand again and again frantically trying to get light to emit from the tip, hoping Beth would do the same. Finally his wand burst with light but it only gave them enough to step cobblestone to cobblestone, nothing broke the darkness and nothing broke the silence.
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 26, 2007 16:00:55 GMT -5
Alixas looked around, shaken by what was happening, she couldn't see, she couldn't talk, she couldn't hear. Frantically she tried calling out for the others again, with no success.
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
Posts: 86
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 26, 2007 16:40:48 GMT -5
Beth jumped to her feet as she heard the two loud pops. She instantly became terrified when the smoke erupted in the courtyard and she pulled out her wand trying to use "lumos". No light was seen anywhere around her and she didn't understand why. She tried to look around and find the others but she couldn't see anything but smoke. When Ace grabbed her hand she gripped it for dear life not wanting to be separated again.
"Whats happening? Where's Alixas?" she screamed but she doubted that Ace could hear her. She continued to try and get her wand to cast light around them but it failed every time. She saw a small light that seemed somewhat far away but really it was right next to her.
She was really starting to freak out now . All she wanted to do was get inside the castle where hopefully everything was normal and where they could figure out what was going on. As she continued to move toward the castle still holding Ace's hand she silently prayed that Alixas was alright.
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Post by Alixas Koritsu on Dec 27, 2007 1:23:15 GMT -5
Alixas scanned around her once more, hoping something had changed, hoping that she would see the others.
She cautiously walked forward, trying to light her wand, only to find out it wouldn't light. Keeping it tight in her hand she inched forward, not knowing what lay ahead of her in the smokey courtyard.
As she moved she tried to understand what was happening or what the two pops were. Were they pranks, or was something horrible happening here in the courtyard.
She tried calling for the others again, basically screaming silence. If the situation hadn't been so serious, she could picture herself laughing at how it seemed she was playing charades, but everything was horrible now. Reaching a hand out she seemed to come into contact with something. She hoped it was the wall.
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Ace Clearwater
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Post by Ace Clearwater on Dec 27, 2007 14:00:44 GMT -5
The thick smoke made the movements nearly impossible, his grip on Beth was loosening but they both still managed to move through out the silence. The sudden abruptness of sound entered Ace’s ear drums, hinting that spells were being sent in each direction as screams could be heard. Through the roar of blasts from different jinxes, Ace could barely make out the voice of Alexander Verto directing the teachers to man the positions. Had this been possible that Verto knew of this attack and as not to scare the children avoided making note of it?
Ace had always thought he was in good with Verto, a teacher’s favorite student was a title Ace would gladly take from him. Ace at this point was only holding onto Beth by her finger tips, still trying to gain his sight through the smoke that got even denser and darker as the moments proceeded.
“Lumos maximus!” Ace roared as the light grew from his wand and gave a better clearing of what lie ahead, but it was a mere few feet he achieved through this method It felt like a newborn learning to walk as they made there way to some sort of refuge, out of the smoke and out of danger. Pieces of the once bewitched figures of the courtyard were being utterly destroyed by spells, every few moments a piece would fly through the smoke, nearly hurdling itself into the them. His grip was lost as Beth moved deeper into the smoke, he had lost her, Ace Clearwater had lost her. His knees buckled as stonery flew forecfully into the bottom of his back, through the pain he yelled out for Beth but she was gone. Though the yelling managed something, it managed his capture as Ace soon found himself bound by ropes flying through the smoke landing on a hard floor.
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Beth Lilac
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
"Just because you've got the emotional range of A teaspoon, doesnt mean we all have"
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Post by Beth Lilac on Dec 27, 2007 14:36:46 GMT -5
Beth couldn't see anything through all the smoke. She was slowly losing her grip with Ace and it scared her more then anything, she couldn't lose him, not now. As they slowly moved inch by inch through the thick smoke and deafening silence it seemed as if they were getting nowhere. Her wand was still in her left hand as she held onto Aces hand with her right one. She cast lumos and for once it worked but she could only see a foot or so in front of her before it went out again.
A sudden explosion of sound erupted all around her and she turned her head trying to see who it was but she knew one of the voices as Alexander Vertos. For some odd reason she felt uneasy hearing his voice and she wanted nothing more then to get inside the castle away from all the noise. Spells erupted all around and she ducked down low trying to stay clear of them all. Her grip with Ace was centimeters from being broken and she tried desperately to keep her hand in his.
Beth ducked a huge piece of stone and in that instant, that one second her grip with Ace was lost and she no longer knew where he was. "NO ACE, NO COME BACK" she screamed but her voice was not heard by anyone but herself. She tried to reach around her to find him but it was no use, he was lost in the thick smoke and the never ending debris.
She screamed at the top of her lungs as tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She had lost her best friend in the midst of all this chaos . She had the urge to stop and go back to find him but something inside her told her to keep moving , to get to the castle and to safety. She stumbled up a step as she realized that she was at the entrance to the school now. She crawled up the steps and with everything in her she pushed the huge oak doors open , still clutching her wand in her left hand. Her right hand empty. As she tumbled into the main part of the castle she could see everything around her but it was all a blur because she was still crying. She tried to get to her feet but she couldn't she just collapsed . It was beginning to hit her that she just lost two of her Friends in the thick smoke. She hoped that they were ok but she had a feeling something horrible had just happened.
She wasn't sure if her mother was outside with them all but she had to find out where she was. She slowly got to her feet and ran as fast as she could to her mothers office. She screamed the password and then ran taking the steps two at a time to the door. She banged through it and saw her mother standing behind the desk looking out at black smoke . Through the window you could see a faint green light here along with a faint red light there. " MOTHER! THE MINISTRY IS DOWN THERE AND ACE IS LOST IN THE SMOKE." she screamed as she ran over to her and hugged her . She continued to cry . " Why aren't you down there helping? We've got to go find Ace and...and.... Alixas" she pulled away from her mothers embrace and grabbed her hand trying to pull her out of the room but she remained still just looking out the window.
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