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Amber Anders (amber_or) wrote in hogwarts_or,
@ 2007-12-29 19:17:00

In the Library [open]
Amber had spent more time in the library during the past week than she had during the last three years combined. It wasn't that she had a lot of homework. In fact, she had finished her assignments days ago. She was really starting to regret that now. There was nothing to do when classes weren't in session and the majority of the students were at home.

Home. Amber was supposed to be there now. She would be there if it weren't for her mother's latest "friend." He had persuaded Mrs. Anders to spend the holidays with him in Spain. "You'll have much more fun at school," her mother had written. Amber found that hard to believe. Anything would be better than reviewing her notes for the thousandth time.

Amber dropped her knapsack onto an empty table and rested her head on top of it. She supposed she could use this time to start reading ahead. Or, she could actually look for something to read for fun. Amber nearly chuckled at that idea. Somehow, she doubted she'd find any books here that would hold her interest.

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neville_or
2007-12-30 04:40 pm UTC (link)

Considering that it would actually be roughly 22 years from now that he read the books in the Herbology section, Neville figured that he might as well brush up on them. If he was honest, the real reason that he wanted to read them? Well, his parents both seemed interested in Herbology. So, he wanted to be able to impress them. Yes, he knew exactly how lame that sounded.

So, that was what brought Neville into the library on this cold December day. He would have enjoyed going down to the lake, but it as really cold! Spotting a head on top of a backpack, Neville jumped a little. When he heard the sound of breathing, he relaxed a little. There was no telling what might happen around here. And if he could believe that he had traveled 22 years into the past? Well, he could believe a severed head would lie on a bag.

Wondering who this girl was, Neville decided that it couldn't hurt to attempt to make friends. She couldn't say or do anything else that the students in his time hadn't already done to make him feel stupid. So, walking over to her table, Neville tried to calm down. After all, she couldn't know who he was, right? And he had to pretend to not know is way around. Isn't that what people told him?

"Hi. I'm really sorry to bother what looks like a relaxing nap on your knapsack - HEY that finally makes sense - I mean, anyway, do you happen to know where I can find the Herbology section?" There. Simple enough.

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amber_or
2008-01-01 11:27 pm UTC (link)

Amber squinted up at the boy for a moment. She couldn't recall ever seeing him before, so she didn't feel even the slightest bit of guilt when she realized she didn't know who he was. The fact that he hadn't called her by name was also comforting. That meant he couldn't be a family friend.

"The Herbology section?" Amber repeated. She glanced around quickly, hoping to see some sort of clue that would point her in the right direction. "I think it's over there," she gestured to her left. Amber shrugged her shoulders slightly. That guess was as good as any.

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neville_or
2008-01-02 07:36 pm UTC (link)

Neville actually knew for a fact that the Herbology section was to the left. It always seemed to weird to him that no one else spent as much time as him in that section. It was amazing to him that people didn't realize how much interesting and relevant stuff you could find when you just looked at Herbology books. Like in fourth year with the Triwizard tournament and gillyweed.

But there was no point in thinking about things like that right now. He was going to try to make friends. "I'm Neville Lo...Linton." Ouch that was almost really bad. He really had to remember to use that new name. "I'm one of those new students." He hated lying to people. It wasn't part of his nature so he would avoid having to do it as much as possible.

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