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My eyes are open wide
And by the way,
I made it through the day
I watched the world outside
By the way,
I'm leaving out today

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Where am I? Owlery
Who am I with? Ghost
What am I doing? Sending a strongly-worded letter to my uncle.
What am I thinking? Why did they suddenly decide now of all times to get me into an arranged marriage?
What am I wearing? Sixth Year Uniform
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Arden rather enjoyed the quiet of the Owlery. Usually. Right now, however, he would rather be at his uncle and aunt's house just to firmly state how much he disliked them deciding his future for him. It was bad enough that they expected total obedience from him at all times, but to thrust a marriage at him at the same time? He never asked for that at all. However, his mother and father had an arranged marriage, and he was certain that Hamnet and Josephine were in a similar position when they were younger, not to mention that Jesse had been shanghaied into an arranged marriage despite his cousin's very obvious preferences for men. He was also very sure that Hamilton would have been in the same situation had he not been disowned. Nevertheless, Arden was certainly getting frustrated and kept reminding himself that he had just until the end of the school year before he had full access to his family's vaults. Then he could withdrawal enough money to last for a few years before moving out on his own and attempt to get out from under his family's thumb.

He finished writing his strongly-worded letter and tied it to his owl's leg, glad that Ghost was certainly up to the task of delivering a letter. The barn owl's trips to Hogsmeade notwithstanding, Ghost really didn't deliver much mail, only the mail that Arden sent his parents to let them know what was going on. Not that it ever helped, and Arden was becoming increasingly frustrated by his father and mother's seeming uncaring attitude toward what was happening to their only child. Maybe, Arden thought with a bit of annoyance, they wanted to make sure that they could get something of the money that he'd have access to once he became of age. The thought both repulsed and angered him, and he gave a slightly rougher tug on the knot than necessary and received a n** from Ghost as a result. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean to." He gave Ghost a pat and scratched right below her beak. "Hopefully it won't be a rainy evening. You go ahead and deliver this and don't worry too much about making it back here quickly." He watched the owl swoop out of the window before turning to walk out. Hopefully he could get this all straightened out.


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Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance

Up the steps to the owlery, Jonah prayed to every god he could think of that he wouldn’t have to deal with any other students today. His current plan of action was to drop off Circe at the tower, and then head to the library for some peace and quiet in the miscellaneous section among the quidditch books.

Of course he couldn’t be so lucky.

As he approached the entrance to the owlery he had heard the echo of a girl singing and he flushed. The absolute last thing he wanted was to disturb and probably embarrass himself in front of some girl. The floors could get slick in the winter—what if he tripped and startled her? He didn’t even want to think about it.

Jonah peeked his head inside the room and was pleasantly surprised to find Sonora of all people singing amongst the birds. He’d never heard her sing before, and with the acoustics of the room, he found her voice to be quite pretty. He couldn’t help the fond smile pull at his lips as he crossed his arms to lean against the doorway while Circe adjusted himself on his shoulder.

‘Of course she can sing…’ It wasn’t much of a shock, now that he’d thought about it. After all, Sonora was enamored with all things birds and music; why wouldn’t she have a voice comparable to those princesses he always saw in the movies? ‘Kind of reminds me of a nightingale…’

Circe seemed to be just about as interested as his owner, as before Jonah knew it the owl had taken flight to join Sonora at her seat, nuzzling against her arm in a request for affection. Jonah visibly tensed. ‘Way to blow my cover, Circe…’

Surely Sonora would want to talk to him. What would he even say? She’d catch on that he’d been upset the second she saw him, reading him like an open book, and then what? He took a deep inhale and watched for now, feigning a smile when her eyes would finally meet his. He kicked at the ground shyly, glancing away as soon as she did. “You, um… You have a really nice voice.”

“What? Nothing. What’s up with you?” He mentally smacked himself for that one. What an eloquent response! 'Try again, dummie.' “I mean, just… Dropping off Circe?”

At the mention of the time he pulled out his pocket watch to have a look. “Oh, right... I guess I lost track of time too. That’s okay,” He shrugged, “August and Ves were there, that was..fun.” About as fun as getting hit with a brick… ‘Or a bludger,’ He found himself thinking, his smile gone as quick as it had come thanks to the lovely reminder of his previous conversation. He knew it wasn’t even that bad, just a harmless little joke, but the year had been so tiring, so frustrating, Jonah couldn’t help it. Was this just what growing up was like? If so, count him the hell out.

He opted to focus on Sonora who had so graciously gifted him with an out to this conversation. He could sulk later--for now, he needed an excuse to abscond. “Did you even get breakfast this morning? You really should go and get something… It’s not good to skip meals like that.” He glanced over her shoulder at Circe, who was now flying in circles with Skyfire. “They’re probably still down there if you wanted to go…?” He chuckled faintly. “Looks like Circe has kind of kidnapped Skyfire for now anyway. Why don’t you go take a break?”

Jonah couldn’t help but laugh at Skyfire’s attitude. That was the sassiest bird he’d ever seen! “Y’know, I think the name suits him. Sure seems fiery, anyway.” He slung an arm around the girl’s shoulders as he led them out and down the steps, resigned he wouldn’t get the opportunity for some alone time like he’d hoped, but glad to at least be in good company.

“See, the sleeping’s your issue. I’m thinking something along the lines of immersion therapy… You last a full night, staying up through astronomy and the club won’t be so bad, right?” He stuck his tongue out at her when she changed the subject. What, did she think he’d possibly let this slide? Not on his watch—this would be coming back later. For now, the idea of flying his worries away for a while was tempting... “Yeah, I don’t see why not… Some extra practice certainly couldn’t hurt.”

They were going to tell their parents. Nevermind that Aldrick had already sent letters to their parents saying the twins were fine, being their usual selves. This time though, Chadwick had went too far. He kept trying to get Cenek to do his homework, and kept trying to cheat off of Cenek, and then tried convincing the teachers that Cenek had cheated off of Chadwick. Told them that Cenek had stolen Chadwick's homework. It was all ridiculous. Of course, the teachers were mostly smart enough to see who was lying, but there was still no stopping of it.

Cenek had written a letter to his parents, telling them all about it. HE ran to the owlry, and began trying to coax an owl down, of course, none of them wanted to accept his treats. Maybe, he should get a pet owl for himself.

Chadwick took his letter, that he had written quickly when he heard wind of Cenek's letter, and ran up the stairs to the owlry, only to run Cenek, who was trying to coax an Owl down to send his letter. "What are you doing? My business is none of yours to share with anyone, tattletale." Sure, Cenek was probably writing the truth to their parents, but their parents didn't need to know that.

Cenek sighed, "I'm tired of this! You keep acting like you're the good one, when we all know you're rotten to the core. I'm telling our parents, because I am so tired of everyone in this school thinking I'm the bad one, all because YOU managed to steal a set of Ravenclaw robes, and you're using that to ruin my name. Now with the cheating, that's it. I'm telling them."

Chadwick laughed, no one would ever believe Cenek, Chadwick had insured that, "Alas, you've been cursed. Tell anyone, and they won't believe you for a second. Especially when my letter is going to get there first, and yours will never arrive." Chadwick dove for Cenek and his letter, and thus, the chase was on and the two twins were running around the owlery trying to steal each others letters.

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Where: The Owlery
With Whom: Each other
OOC: Waiting for Finley
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They had gotten no where. Chadwick had almost slid in owl poop, Cenek had almost been pooped on by the owl, neither had sent their letter, neither had gotten the other's letter. That was when, Finley showed up. Finley summoned an owl successfully, the twins looked at each other, then took off toward Finley and his owl.

Cenek spoke before Chadwick could say anything, trying to get the point across by how important this was, "Finley, if you know what's good for you and the school you will let me use that owl, and you can summon another one for yourself, and not get another one for Chadwick." He hoped that Finley would help him out, they were in the same house and all, surely Finley could do this one favor, oh he sure hoped so, maybe Cenek could fix some sort of baked good for Finley to show his gratitude, because of course Cenek would be thankful.

Chadwick laughed, "Nice going Chadwick, trying to convince poor Finley, my housemate, that you're Cenek. Right after threatening him too! I'm appalled, you're usually much better at hiding your rotten self." Chadwick smiled ad looked at Finley, "Finley, can you help me out and get another owl down? Of course, finish sending your little brown owl off with your letter, I'm sure it's important. I'm just trying to write my parents, I'm sure you know how that is, trying to make sure they know you're okay and all." Was Chadwick laying the charm on too much? Maybe. It was vital that Chadwick's letter got sent first though, anything else and his parents might actually believe Cenek and Chadwick would be grounded for the summer.

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Where: The Owlery
With Whom: Each other
OOC: Waiting for Finley
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Chadwick scoffed, "What makes you think we have the same parents? We may have been separated at birth, only to recently learn of each other. Maybe I'm writing to the ones who raised me."

Cenek laughed, "If only I was that lucky, to not have grown up with you. Also, like what the heck Chadwick. You can't just keep pretending to be me. You're literally wearing your Slytherin robes. Obviously Finley can tell that you're Chadwick and I'm his housemate!" Then Cenek thought on what Finley had said, using the same owl. That was genious. Their parents could read both letters at the same time, maybe that would lead them to actually investigate. "Yeah, we can use the same owl, right Chadwick? Maybe if we aren't bickering an owl will come?"

Chadwick glared at Cenek and his logic, and agreeing with Finley. Why did Cenek always have to ruin his plots when they were with Finley? It was ridiculous, they could never have any fun if Cenek kept this up. Although... maybe this was a chance to get that letter from Cenek... Chadwick looked around for an owl, and pulled out some treats again, and the owl, who seemed much calmer now, came down to him. Chadwick gave it a treat and held his hand out for Cenek's letter. "Give me your letter, I'll tie it along with mine for the owl." Cenek sighed, but handed Chadwick the letter. Heh, the idiot. Chadwick pulled his letter out of his pocket, and tied it to the Owl's leg, then went to the open area, to shoo along the owl, and released the unattached Cenek letter to the open air. "Oops, I'm sorry Cenek! I must not have tied them on tight enough, better luck next time." Mission accomplished, their parents wouldn't be getting the letter for Cenek this particular time, they'd hear how many lies Cenek had been telling to the teachers, to their housemates, and was even telling about poor little Chadwick.

Cenek sighed and mumbled, "Of course it just accidentally slid out. How convenient for you." He looked to Finley, who quite frankly seemed tired of the twins non-sense, wasn't everyone? "Thanks anyways Finley. Who are you writing to? Your parents? I'm sure they're glad to get a letter from you, being that this is your second year. I know our parents were always overjoyed when Aldrick and Brook continued to write them, even after their first year." Cenek would try to be friendly toward Finley still... even though it was Finley's fault that his letter was lost to the wind. If Finley had just let him use that owl it would have been fine.

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Where: The Owlery
With Whom: Each other and Finley
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