Getting to know [hufflepuffs]

[Ebony Arka]

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A beautiful room, wonderouse in it's own right but this one decorated by it's inhabitants, posters and pictures, love notes and photographs adorning walls and hearboards and bed side tables. Curtains on four posters tucjed back and shoes stowed neartly under beds, well for the most part. Ebony lay exhaustedly on her bed, feet on her pillow and head in her hands, one curtain had fallen loose and her shoes lay at ehr side amongst the piles of books and paper she had dumped there, clutched in ehr hand was a letter from her mum, and she was reading it intently, it was tattered and frayed at teh edges but it still amde the girl smile as she relived its memories and the joy it had bought her at teh end of a first long week at school. She smiled to herself at the younger her trapped within the page of letters.

Putting it aside she continued to delve through her things unti lshe found the phtotograpj she was looking for, a wizardingone containing all the 5th year hufflepuffs taken at the end of the summer term, Lots of familiar faces wavesd up at her and she laughted, placing it to teh wall she stuck it abover heaer head before returning to adding pictures and drawings to the wall. Soon her spot looked fully settled in again. Returning to the bed she flopped back into the hole she ahd left in her little nest, her searchings had unearthed a whole pile of photographs, lying forgotten amongst her school things. Slicking through them her smile grew more sad, How many of her friends would return this year to Hogwarts? She glanced around the empty dorm, willing it to fill. Who was still here? That was the question ,teh start of term gauntlet. And of course the new ones. The frightened little first years, how many had made the journey thus year, the numbers were getting smaller. Frightened faces getting less and less. It was all changing.

Sitting up on her bed Ebony realised she ahd been subconciously muttering to herself, Thank the gods the dorms still empty Stormy she said out loud to the small griffin settled on the little chiar beside her table. She smiled to herself. Empty and full of promise, that was the way the room was best. Twisting around she started moving books, putting them back into her trunk or stowing them in the cabinet. By teh time her bed was clear again a good half an hour had passed but the room was still empty.

With a quiet sigh that seemed to move softly through the room with an almost audible murmer. She lay back and closer her eyes, breathing deeply, taking in the smells of the room, it currently smelt mainly of dust, unused as it had been. She closed her eyes, imagining. She couldn't wait for the others to unpack.

[Lilly Potter]

The eleven year old girl ran up the stairs to the girls' dorms in twos. Her pace was hurried because she longed to jump on her full sized bed and relax; after having an encounter of deadly elder students, one had to be worn. She was curious as to if her new best friend Silvana was up in the dorms, the girl was so quiet, Lilly hardly knew when she walked in or out without saying something. Lilly smiled as she reached the top step and walked into the dorm almost dreamily. The scent of lilies surrounded her and she always wore a smile when she was happy.

She walked over to her four psoter bed but lamost tripped over the leg of another girl's. She caught herself with her fast movement and blushed. She looked up to see a fifth year on the bed, unsure of wether she was asleep or not, Lilly bit her bottom lip. "Sorry." She whispered quite audibly; she walked down two beds and sat on the edge of her mattress. She was young and new, her future so muddled that even if she had Divination this year with sixth years they wouldn't be able to tell her the exact truth. She glanced over at the fifth year, Lilly didn't want to wake her so she simply layed back on her bed.

[Ebony Arka]

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Girls stick together, or so the saying goes, and of hufflepuff girls this is almost certainatly true, for although girls can be bitchy this particular lot are generally nice. They look out for each other in short. If they're happy or if theyre sad they share it all. Thats what the first years have to learn. Love and unity is what holds this house together.

Lying perfectly still Ebony heard another girl enter the room, walk across it, trip and then sink onto her own bed perfectly silently. She still had not speak, Ebony suddenly remebered that with her eyes closed she appeared to be sleeping. She Half considered lying there, eyes shut and just speaking but she was aware that the effect of it ussually unsettled people so she decided against it.

Sitting up slowly she opened her eyes, blinking quickly so that she became acustomed to teh light, Raising an hand in greeting to the girl she siad. Hello there, Im Ebony. she studied the girl for a minute, she half recognised the eyes from photographs, but it coudn't be? Could it?. Ebony cast her mind back to the sorting ceremony,and she had the strongest feeling that she was right, But she said nothing. Let the girl speak in her own time.

Swinging round so that her legs were off the side of the bed Ebony planted her hands as though about to rise but then changed her mind. She gave the small girl a friendly smile.

[Lilly Potter]

When the girl spoke, Lilly turned her head and sat up as well. Her shy smile shone weakly and she had a nice look slappe don her face; she was truly nice but when confronted she was very shy. She gave a little wave to the fifth year. "Hi, I'm Lilly Potter." She put her hands neatly in her lap and looked down. She place a thread of hair behind her small ears and returend her glance up at Ebony.

"Ni-Nice to meet you." She hadn't been sure what to say but she knew the older hufflepuffs had expectations as to how their house acted as a unity but Lilly and Silv hadn't been confronted about it, or at least not together at all. Lilly saw that alot of girls were best friends and the whole hosue was one giant circle but Lilly felt like an intruder if she tried to join in so she simply stayed out of the way and only found empty spots at the long table to sit at with Silvana.

[Ebony Arka]

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Being new is hard, very hard. New places, new faces getting to know people. Its possibly one of the most difficult things to do in your life. Esspecially for those comoming to Hogwarts. No group of friends coming up with you or anything like that. Its hard, ever so ever so hard.

At the girl said her name Ebony knew she had been right, it was indeed the daughter of the famous Harry Potter. She felt suddenly sorry for the grl, with a reputation like that to follow how would she manage? Quietly she flexed her left fingers before standing up suddenly and slightly jerkily. She stood there for a moment in md movement, wondering if waht she was about to do was such a good idea.

Stretching her arms back she swept he rlong hair back out of her eyes and kicked off her shoes, tucking them under the bed with one foot, with that done she could delay no longer so she walked slowly across the room to stand by Lilly. Indicating the bed sh said quietly May i sit down? She gave the girl a welcoming smile, trying to show that she just wanted to hep her settle in. How must it feel, her parents having both been in Griffindor to be in Hufflepuff? She wuld just have to show her that hufflepuffs also knew how to have a good time.

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[Lilly Potter]

Lilly was so very timid she watched the girl with large emerald optics, inheirited by her father along with the dark hair, but she gained her mother's body, a definate plus to the mix. Lilly tried to smile was she was wary of anyone picking on her, in her house or not. She was slightly unsheltered with her brothers in Gryffrindor and Teddy in Ravenclaw, of course no one was there to always protect her.

The girl came over shoeless and Lilly smiled, it was a coincidence, she like to be barefooted when she was relaxed as well, she knew others who kept their shoes on. The girl nodded at the question; she scooted some to make room for the girl to sit comfortably. Ebony seemed interested in something. Lilly first thought of her blood but she didn't find anything significant at all, so her father was famous for the destruction of Voldemort, really that shouldn't make her famous, although she was slightly down about the house situation. She loved this house though, her first best friend here was in this house and Lilly was grateful for the Hat.

[Ebony Arka]

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Sinking carefully into the space that hte first year had made for her Ebony smiled. She curled her toes gently so that they clicked and smiled again, looking down at them she tried to think of somthing to say. She took a deep breath and then sighed, still trying not to adress her feet. I, I guess it;s hard being stuck in Hufflepuff, here with us loosers when your brothers and friends are all in Griffindor and Ravenclaw she said, half hoping that the girl would protest their looser status violently. She smiled Still we're not all bad. she smiled and stretched.

She was half tempted to reach put nand put her arm rounfd the girl to give her a quick hug. No. said a voice in her head resolutely Don't, then she'll know your a fecking dyke and that'll put your realtionship off to a wonderful start. Not/ and so she didnt move jstu sat tehre with her arms pushed out behind her to keep balanced trying to think of encouraginf things to say.

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[Lilly Potter]

Lilly heard the click and almost snickered at it, her own joints cracked when she did certain things but she would pop her big toe to annoy her brothers alot. She looked at Ebony with a kind smile. "Hufflepuff isn't bad, I met my first best friend here, she has to be the savior of my sanity as a quiet girl." Lilly smiled at the comment of Hufflepuff not being all that bad. "Trust me, I would have loved to be in Gryffindor but Hufflepuff suits me better and I think I'll more friends here because of me, not my brothers or my last name." Lilly shrugged off the notion without a second thought and smiled again, she was happy here and wouldn't change.

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[Ebony Arka]

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Finally she overcame her worries, and reached over giving the girl a quich one armed hug, Thats good to ehar she said Im sure you'll be happy here. and then she smiled happily, gettin up she headed back over to her own bed, opening up her trunk and leaning into it, she realised she ahd forgotten to put some of her posters up. You got anything to put on your walls? she called out, her voice muffled because it was coming from the depths of her trunk.

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