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I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do


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Sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ Yᴇᴀʀ || Rᴀᴠᴇɴᴄʟᴀᴡ || Mᴜɢɢʟᴇ-Bᴏʀɴ

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Eli flopped at the table, ready for the day to be over. He'd been in the library for several hours doing homework, and now wanted a break. At least right now he didn't have to worry about being behind. Though, judging from the amount of studying the older students seemed to be doing, he figured that he'd probably be doing the same thing. He just got to have fun figuring out which classes he was going to take next year.

Noticing Jean sitting at the table as wel, he slid down and looked over the cover of the book his friend was engrossed in. Huh, he actually didn't think he read that one. Then again, his taste in books tended to be horror books, so that might have had something to do with it. He poked Jean in the side and decided the easiest thing he could do was ask. "Hey Jean. What'cha reading?"



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Location: Ravenclaw Table
Thinking: Hrm, I wonder if I can score a book at the library too. Too bad I can't watch a movie while I'm here...
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I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

ℂ𝕌ℝℝ𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕃𝕐
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Single
Looking Quiet at the Ravenclaw Table with No one
xxxFEELINGxxx
Calm
xxxTHINKINGxxx
❝ This year wasn't half bad... ❞
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Don't worry your head off; ♣ ♥ ♦ ♠xxx
There's always a fate worse than death ♣ ♥ ♦ ♠xxxxxx
Pray you go quietly, quick and not violently ♣ ♥ ♦ ♠xxxxxxxxx
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spaceEcho slid into a seat at the Ravenclaw table with a faint grin on his lips, something that had become an almost unusual sight since this time the previous year. He still wasn't entirely over Kas. The break-up, yeah, that he was over. Actually, he didn't think he'd ever really been all that upset that Kas had broken up with him. He liked being with the other boy, but it wasn't the end of the world. The fact that Kas was dying, on the other hand, was a much tougher pill to swallow. Echo hadn't quite bounced back from learning that one of his best friends had a significantly shorter lifespan than was normal. Or fair. But... he was better than he had been. His eyes scanned the Great Hall curiously, though, when he realized who exactly he was looking for, his smile dropped, a faint blush appearing on his cheeks. Tanya. The Ravenclaw gave his head a light shake, his mood significantly dampened. He knew she was pretty much the only reason he wasn't drowning in depression every second Kas wasn't there to see it. All this time, and she was still pretty much the only person who could make him smile, no matter how horrible his mood was. But he didn't need to romanticize it. She was his friend. One of his best friends. She wasn't interested in him like that. Just because she was funny, and sweet, and pretty... he groaned. Dammit. This wasn't helping. He needed a distraction, but nothing presented itself. He scowled; where was his sister when he actually wanted her around? Seriously.


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xxx♣ ♥ ♦ ♠ No need to worry; we all meet our end someday
xxxxxx♣ ♥ ♦ ♠ Pray you go silently into the bleak dead of night




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xxxThe Current League Siblingsxxx

David had arrived fairly early to the feast and was scowling at the table as he tapped his fingers. A summer mostly at the Avery Manor was pretty much a nightmare, David already knew that. Then again, at least he got to stop at the League home in London. And, without any problems his new sister had been born in January, and he was fairly sure his parents picked the kid's name partly out of spite-after all Leah Ruby was a name that wasn't even vaugely connected to either side of the family. At least with him and Cathy their parents stuck with a family name of sorts. As he drummed his finger on the table, he heard a happy voice say, "You know a frown takes way more work than a smile. More muscles!"

David sighed and glanced at his sister and said, "I'm fully aware of the fact. Shouldn't you be sitting over at your own house table."

His sister frowned briefly before using a simple color change spell to turn the yellow and black to blue and bronze and sat down happily by him, "There. Anyways, at least I'm not visiting the Ravenclaw commons. It is only a riddle after all. And I'm way better at riddles than you are. Anyways, frowning can cause wrinkles too."

"Sure, I can use botox, it helps with headaches too," David answered bluntly.

"Grandfather would approve of that?" Cathy said surprised.

"More than your choice in friends, no doubt," David answered bluntly. "Next time you can dig yourself out of your own grave if you or one of your friends say anything that stupid in front of Wendy or anyone else for that matter."

"Ah, but I'm a Hufflepuff. Hufflepuffs are stupid, right? And, I'll take Healing like you want if I try out for quidditch again, but I'm not asking you for help and when I fail it, I'll just further prove the point. Fun, yes?" Cathy said with a big smile.

David raised a brow at his sister who was sitting beside him still sporting Ravenclaw's house colors at the moment thanks to the color change charm and he let out a long sigh and said, "How the Hell are you not in Slytherin?"

"The hat thought I was an obvious Hufflepuff," She said with a peace sign. "I didn't have to beg the Sorting Hat not to put me there or anything... anyways, why don't you go sit with the Gryffindors with Leo or whatever? You two are dating and-"

"And I'd rather not be murdered," David pointed out. "Obviously, my own house hates me as well, but they tolerate me at this point. And, I don't beg. I requested not to be in Slytherin. Honestly, at this point I could care less about houses."

Cathy had already dismissed her brother, rolled her eyes and looked around the table for anyone she'd recognize. She hadn't talked much to Jean that year for example. Being on the quidditch team certainly made her busier. And, she had invested enough time to find out that the Ravenclaw house entrance didn't require a password or tapping a special barrel a certain way like the Hufflepuff house. Not that she had bothered entering the Ravenclaw house, but it was fun to annoy her brother by telling him she knew how. And she could probably answer a riddle fairly easily. Riddles were really just word games after all.

xxxThe Current League Siblingsxxx

"Ah so when it is asked 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?' I know to name you," Cathy said partially sarcastic but smiling, quoting the question from one of the Roman poets: Who watches the watchman? Still smiling she added, "And Cathy is fine." Rolling her eyes she pulled a book in Chinese and began reading ignoring Sapphire and her brother. Cathy always wondered how Sapphire and Celeana could be sisters considering their very different personalities, but she supposed people could say that about her and her brother. Of course, David sort of had the point that Cathy did have a few Slytherin traits, she just cared about being liked unlike her brother seemed to.

David raised a brow at what his sister said and David sighed to Sapphire, "Ah, so you managed to set my sister into random quotes now. You know if she doesn't find someone else to sit with on the train home I'm now going to have to listen to that the whole way back to London."

"And, don't ask questions you really don't care about the answer to one way or another," David answered. "Just pick whatever answer you want to answer about that question. And, if you are using 'darling dearest' on me you obviously want something. It won't work and it is painfully obvious but still..."

He let out a long sigh, "Finally, as for the rules, considering how many points I tend to earn Ravenclaw each year and still manage to lose them all as well all on my own, I doubt me caring all for the rules matters one way or another. Other people's rules irritate me. I care about academics and my professional success that is about it. Didn't you realize that by now, Miss Snow." He rolled his eyes and drummed his fingers on the table and glanced briefly at the book Cathy was reading and sighed when he realized it wasn't in English.

xxxThe Current League Siblingsxxx

Cathy raised a brow briefly when she answered back in a language and realized that she had mentioned something about an individual wanting to speak in tongues. It was a quote, but not Latin. After a second she realized it was Italian and said with a shrug, "Italian, huh? Hmm... similar to my second language, Latin, but not quite the same. Oh well," She added returning to her book, shaking her head briefly.

David glanced over to his sister and her musing and then back to Sapphire who was focused mostly on taking more jabs at him. Honestly, it was probably more effective anyways. Cathy had more patience-or tended to appear so-and could be more composed if she needed or wanted to be. David got more irritable, though, he generally assumed that was seen as his typical manner at this point. When Sapphire pointed out that Cathy was friends with her sister David shrugged, "So? Why should that matter to you? I thought you didn't care all that much about your siblings one way or another. It shouldn't matter who your sister is friends with then." He raised a brow as she paused and then sighed as Sapphire went on.

"What do you want me to say? 'Go to Hell' as the future heir to my maternal family? Or 'go to Hell' as a big brother? Or just merely 'go to Hell' because nosiness is annoying and I just don't like people generally," David said dryly. "Besides, if you want to dig into family matters of my own it isn't like Cathy is my only relative at the school anymore. Hell, I have two blood relations in your own house. Not that one's blood actually counts, but that was his parents' problem."

He shook his head and let out a short humorless laugh to Sapphire's counter about missing him terribly and their conversations put her in a good mood. And then she mentioned another sister coming next year. David let out a short laugh, "Oh, another younger sister? That's nice. I won't have to worry about my youngest sister going to Hogwarts till long after I graduate-thank God."

David shrugged when Sapphire mentioned him calling her out for leaving Healing I to scold and thank her. "You'd actually have to do something worth mentioning for me to actually thank you. And, the whole rule thing was I wanted the most important class in my schedule not to be interrupted by some blonde hair Slytherin who thinks because she is pretty and half way decent in a few classes can act like she rules the school. Fairly sure you still have yet to catch up with me academically, by the way. Feel free to keep trying but it is a lot of wasted energy if you ask me." He made a short tsk and waved his hand in one movement as if swatting away a small annoyance.