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Lucy Elkins is not your mother. (lucyelkins) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-04-06 21:51:00

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!1998: 04, !incomplete, lucy elkins, nikolas vaisey, sam capper, seamus finnigan

Who: Lucy Elkins, Nikolas Vaisey, Sam Capper, Seamus Finnigan and any other trainees who wanna pop in!
What: Animagus practice
When: Tuesday evening, following dinner
Where: Quidditch Pitch
Rating/Warning: PGish, I'm sure.

Following dinner, Lucy managed a moment back to the Ravenclaw tower to get herself ready for the night ahead. Although she had been spending many nights previously studying on her own, she hadn't really made much head way. It had taken the many hours with McGonagall to really snap it all into focus for the girl. But now, she was well on her way to becoming- well, she didn't know exactly where her transformations were going but at least they were going somewhere.

She was actually quite excited to practice with the rest of the trainees. It had been quite some time since she and Nikolas saw each other outside of class or training and it would be nice to spend some time with him, even if it was with other people. And those other people would surely make it an interesting evening.

Just as Lucy descended the staircase, she spotted Nikolas and grinned widely.

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lucyelkins
2010-04-07 04:42 am UTC (link)

It should come as no surprise to learn that Lucy hadn't had many friends before this year came about. Although she was friendly with most of the girls in her dorm and a scattered few throughout her classes and year, she had only been able to call Roger and Branwen her close friends. Now, she had Nikolas and even she and Millicent had gotten along well enough. When she had been introduced to the rest asked to be apart of McGonagall's group, she had hoped this would help her make a few more friends.

Although they all got on well enough, she hadn't yet made the friends she thought she would. She was glad that both Sam and Seamus had decided to come along. It would give them all an opportunity to get to know each other a bit better.

"Yeah?" she asked, smiling slightly. "I'd been planning on going out tonight alone until I realized that it might be nice to have a little company."

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besserwisser
2010-04-08 01:16 am UTC (link)

"At this point company can only help," he replied.

Practicing this stuff alone had been even worse than in groups. At least during the formal lessons with McGonagall, they could all take some comfort in the fact that there were seven others just as miserable as they were. When it came to trying out a transformation alone, in an empty classroom or otherwise private space, you were forced to focus on the pain and the difficulty of the task, and the fact that you were experiencing it. Much less encouraging.

Nikolas caught sight of the nearest exit from the building - not the main one through the Great Hall, but another one that students tended to take on free afternoons after class. It was nearer to the pitch than the main entrance was, which helped tonight in particular.

"Here," Nikolas said, nudging Lucy toward it and hoping it was unlocked. He pushed the door open and was greeted by the brisk evening air. As they stepped out, he saw the pitch not far ahead. "I hope they're up there already. I want to get started."

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