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  1. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Sweeter Sounds Are Everywhere

    The path through the woods was strewn with sunlight and autumn leaves. Arvel walked beside Jacob while Clover sprang ahead, wagging her tail, sniffing the undergrowth, and snatching at the occasional bit of bracken. She was a daft dog, but Arvel was smitten. If he ever had a bad day at the...
  2. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Hilltop Spread

    It was a nice day for it. On this occasion, 'it' was a game of quidditch up on the hill south of Obsidian Harbour. A few makeshift hoops, much shorter than average, had been erected at either end of the field, and Arvel had brought his own quaffle. There were no bludgers. A real game wasn't...
  3. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Watch Them Fly

    Arvel was so desperate for an excuse to get out of the house, he’d have taken Analei up on an invitation to go skinny-dipping in a lake full of underfed piranhas. Luckily for him, she’d managed to get tickets to see the Kaikōura Kea versus the Thundelarra Thunderers instead, and, since the...
  4. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Dusty Love Letters

    Now that Arvel was (mostly) done crying, he supposed he ought to pack. The prospect of this task in itself nearly reduced him to tears again. In the four short years he had lived in his small apartment, he had amassed an extraordinary amount of clutter. Most of it was stuff he'd picked up for...
  5. Arvel Ayers

    Closed It's Not Something You Choose

    "I can't believe you're still not bored," Arvel muttered, as he bent down to pick up the soggy tennis ball for the twentieth time. He launched it as far as he could and watched Clover bolt after it with as much enthusiasm as the first throw. Someone should have warned him about adopting a...
  6. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Something Familiar

    Arvel had finally done it. He'd finally moved out. Granted, his new flat consisted of two cupboard-sized rooms and cost him two-thirds of his paycheck each month, but it was his, and most importantly it was miles away from the little shack in the woods with his parents. When he looked out of his...
  7. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Surpriise...?

    Arvel probably wasn't the first person who sprang to Analei's mind when she thought of the word 'party'. The closest thing to a party Arvel had ever attended was the Yule Ball, and on more than one occasion that had ended in tears. Still, it was her eighteenth birthday, and you only turned...
  8. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Little Changes

    Arvel stood outside the great hall, picking at a loose thread on the cuff of his robes. Dinner had started ten minutes ago, and the sounds of lively conversation and clinking cutlery travelled far down the empty corridors. Analei would probably be wondering where he was. He hadn't seen her since...
  9. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Grovelling

    Arvel felt sick. Physically sick. He stood outside the door to Professor Styx's study, resisting every impulse to turn around and walk back the way he'd come. Sure, he'd be closing the door on his chances of becoming an Auror, but at least he wouldn't have to grovel to the strictest, scariest...
  10. Arvel Ayers

    Open Hufflepuff Practice Y36 S1

    Hufflepuff,Practice It was pouring with rain. Had the match against Slytherin been any further away, Arvel would have suggested delaying practice, but they didn't have much time, and the team needed to be well-rested before the real game. Besides, if they could play in weather like this, a match...
  11. Arvel Ayers

    Open Spontaneous Dip

    Arvel stared out across the black, mirror-like surface of the lake. The cold breeze on the back of his neck was an unfamiliar sensation, but not altogether unpleasant. It had been so long since he'd cut his hair that he'd forgotten how much lighter it made him feel. He had decided he would keep...
  12. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Halloween Stargazing

    Arvel never went to the Halloween feast, but he had never not gone to the feast as much as he wasn't going to the feast tonight. For starters, he was sure nobody would really want him there anyway, moping around and generally lowering the mood. But also, he didn't have a costume. The only thing...
  13. Arvel Ayers

    Y35 Hufflepuff Quidditch Tryouts

    Arvel stood next to Analei on the pitch, waiting for the potential tryouts to arrive. He had never, not in a million years, expected to be made co-captain. Analei had all the qualities of a good leader; she was confident, kind, and intelligent. Arvel was just... well, Arvel. Part of him...
  14. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Lion vs Badger

    There was something almost therapeutic about practising on the dummies in the duelling chamber. Arvel thought so, anyway. It was the wizarding equivalent of punching a pillow, except twice as satisfying and infinitely more productive. He definitely wasn't going to struggle in the practical part...
  15. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Truth or Truth

    Arvel had never liked truth or dare. It was a silly game that always got out of hand, no matter who you played it with. Truth or truth, on the other hand, was a lot of fun - provided you trusted the other person, of course. Arvel did trust Abian. They'd been friends for a while, now, and were...
  16. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Nobody's Perfect

    Hufflepuff might have lost the quidditch match, but Arvel had scored a goal, and he hadn't been hit by any bludgers, so in his mind it was a victory. Not enough of a victory to be celebrated, but a victory nonetheless. He ducked his head as he entered the great hall and found a seat on the...
  17. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Staying Out of Trouble

    Arvel was not having the best of mornings. First of all, he'd overslept and been late for his first class. Then he'd misplaced an essay that had taken him six hours to write over the holidays. And then he'd accidentally bumped shoulders with Analei as they left the classroom. He was starting to...
  18. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Sucker Love

    When Arvel had told his parents he was going to Brightstone to watch the new year's fireworks with Analei, he'd been telling both the truth and a lie. He was going to the park, and he was going to watch the fireworks, but he certainly wasn't going with Analei. His parents didn't know the pair...
  19. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Practice Makes Perfect

    As far as holidays went, Arvel hadn't had the worst. His parents had mostly left him alone, he'd got plenty of homework done, and he'd even managed to persuade his dad to take him shopping well before the start of the new term, which meant there had been no last-minute rushing around Obsidian...
  20. Arvel Ayers

    Closed Worst Game Yet

    Arvel had never been more disappointed about losing a game of Quidditch. Still, he wasn't particularly sad to be back on the ground; the pain in his side was throbbing, and he knew he needed to get checked over in the hospital wing as soon as possible. He couldn't believe he'd been hit just...
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