Ravenclaw Common Room

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

Willow blushed a little. She had never really liked her last name. But she shrugged it off and said "I'm not entirely surprised to learn you're muggle-born. I'm half, myself, so I guess I know the signs." She lifted up her Defense book to show Niamh. "Such as, do you not have our textbooks? Most of the people in Ravenclaw spend the nights studying, from what I've heard."  

[Daliaveyani]

Monologue19

((Your fine I was going to excuse myself anyway and to go see whats up with the new house elves))  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

DFC1995

((Sometime later we should go together! I wasn't a house elf very long but I want to meet the new ones too a little later on ^.^If you don't mind Willow following you around a bit :3))  

[Daliaveyani]

((I don't mind at all (= ))  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

((Did you get the rp?))  

[Monologue19]

Pearls of Diamonds

Monologue19

((Did you get the rp?))

((Oh, I hadn't gotten it the first time, sorry about that! sweatdrop ))

Niamh motioned to the upstairs where they slept. "They should be up there, this is the first time I've been in here since I arrived. I got a little lost on the way back from the Great Hall. Although, I do have a keen sense of direction, and I found it eventually," she said with a little laugh. "So, what classes do you think you'll be looking forward to the most?" she asked.  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

Niamh motioned to the upstairs where they slept. "They should be up there, this is the first time I've been in here since I arrived. I got a little lost on the way back from the Great Hall. Although, I do have a keen sense of direction, and I found it eventually," she said with a little laugh. "So, what classes do you think you'll be looking forward to the most?" she asked.

Willow was amazed at Niamh's good fortune finding the common room in a castle that she had read was certainly more confusing than the average jungle, but the other girl's question had also caught her interest. "Oh, definitely Defense. Though history of magic takes a strong second." She paused, then quickly added, as if she had said it many times "It's not that I don't like flying, but I'm just not very interested in doing it. I'm only taking it because we have to, but naturally I plan to excel anyhow... What about you?" Willow sat down facing Niamh.  

[Monologue19]

Pearls of Diamonds

Willow was amazed at Niamh's good fortune finding the common room in a castle that she had read was certainly more confusing than the average jungle, but the other girl's question had also caught her interest. "Oh, definitely Defense. Though history of magic takes a strong second." She paused, then quickly added, as if she had said it many times "It's not that I don't like flying, but I'm just not very interested in doing it. I'm only taking it because we have to, but naturally I plan to excel anyhow... What about you?" Willow sat down facing Niamh.

Niamh nodded with interest. "Well, I am interested in history of magic, just because there's gonna be so much I don't know, being muggle born and all. But I'm equally excited for flying. It just seems like so much fun! I think I'll like Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures as well when it's time for them. There isn't much here that I'm not excited about, honestly." She giggled and pulled some candy out of her pocket. "Like these frogs! Holy cow! You want one?"  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

Willow chuckled. "Oh, no thank you. I don't like Chocolate, actually. I know, so weird, right? I always thought one of the most interesting differences between the wizarding world and the muggle world was the candy, though. It's just so different. Hey- you mentioned Care of Magical Creatures, right?" she asked. "Were you thinking of taking Arithmacy as well in your third year? Those are two of the classes I look forward to the most! Especially because," she began to dig in her bag, as if remembering something "you know...I think we are ready to start that stuff now....I can't believe they make us- here-" She handed Niamh a sugar quill, "wait for it."  

[Monologue19]

Pearls of Diamonds

"Ooh!" Niamh said, taking the sugar quill. She bit into it happily. "Yes, I'm a bona fide sugar-holic, that means chocolate, fruit, syrup, anything!" She then paused a moment to consider Willow's question. "I think I'd like Arithmacy, yes. It might seem odd for a Ravenclaw, but I'm not always a fan of "technical" things. I just like getting my hands dirty and doing stuff! Whether it's flying, handling creatures, or studying in the greenhouse...anything like that. Although I have to admit, I don't see why we can't take Arithmacy now anyway."  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

"I know!" Willow practically shouted. She paused and checked her volume. "I agree." She said more demurely. "But actually, Niamh, I think you've come to the right place. Consider this: most wizarding arts are very hands-on. Very little of it requires calculation. Potions and Arithmancy, yes. But even besides what you're already mentioned, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration and even some forms of Divination require not just wands and brains, but a will to get up and do. My father always says 'being a witch is not the lazy job!'" she laughed a little at the memory. Her father believed that some muggles kept jobs that weren't taxing in the least and required far too little schooling.  

[Monologue19]

Pearls of Diamonds

"Well, I hope so," Niamh said with a smile. Her expression soon unfocused as she began to think about other things. "I actually have no idea what I would have wanted to do had I never known about the wizarding world. So I guess I'm happy I came here! What do you think?" she asked, suddenly snapping back to attention.  

[Pearls of Diamonds]

Monologue19

"Well...I can understand that." Willow said. "You see mother and father had differing opinions about wether I should be told or not that I was a witch, so I spent the first six years of my life wondering why I was so strange and got along with father's friends better than mother's. I was originally also job hunting in the muggle world. So boring." She thought about some of her mother's reactions to sudden magic. "Say, how do your parents feel about Hogwarts?" she asked.  

[Monologue19]

Pearls of Diamonds

"Honestly...I'm not 100% sure. I don't think they even believed any of this was possible when I first got my letter. We all honestly thought it was some kind of prank at first. But it did end up explaining a lot. Whenever I would get mad, we'd have a lot of electrical problems. Now I know why!" Niamh said with relief. It had been hard, especially when there were rumors of her being "haunted" or "possessed". Not that her family had been too keen on those explanations either. "I think things might be weird for a while with my parents until...well, until something changes, I guess."  

[Nekko fire fox]

Nekko lays on the floor in front of the fire asleep