A Lonely Stroll.

[Cosette Mayfair]

What better way to spend a Saturday morning that out and about in the gardens? Cosette had no where she wanted to be for the first time in a while and the only place she wanted to be was near nature and its beauty. Clutching her sketchbook tightly to her mint green blouse, she scanned the grounds in search of something pretty to sketch for today. She hadn't bothered to pick up a pencil and her sketchbook in what felt like ages, months even. Suddenly, out of the corner of her golden eyes, she spied a low wall of flowers emit from the gardens to the lower right. Blinking, she swore she had seen an empty patch of land sitting there a second ago. Why pass up a beautiful wall of flowers though, that seemed to be fresh in bloom even though it was nearing the end of winter? Smiling lightly, something that also seemed to be rare of late, she walked her way down to the gardens, always keeping the wall of flowers in sight. It wasn't hard either, the redness of them standing out perfectly among the slowly browning or newly laid green grass. Only a few feet away and she could see the other details of the flowers,the intricate stems and leaves that played all the way down to the dirt packed ground. The fifth had been sketching since she was a small child, loving it for a long time. She hadn't been able to get her muse much lately though, with the past few months all but a haunting memory she wanted to get past.

Cosette had never really shown anyone her sketches, it was that private for her. They were private, and most of them of late were quite sorrowful and maybe a bit disturbing to people who didn't understand. She sketched what she felt, what she saw deeper inside things and people...sometimes. Biting the inside of her cheek, her hand went up awkwardly to her auburn locks to twirl them, doing what she did when she was alone.Hugging her sketchbook a bit tightly to her, she let her thoughts wander for a bit, but not too far. If she got too absorbed in her imagination,which she usually did on many occasions,then she'd forget where she was and what she was doing. It's been a days, weeks or even months since she last saw her sister and brother. Though the last time she could remember was that she and Armand had a misunderstanding, it was about him teasing her which Cosette didn't appreciated at all. He was her brother and friend after all, which made it more difficult for her to handle. Instead of thinking about them she decided to just concentrate on her sketching followed later by her flute playing once she's satisfy with her work.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate walked outside into the fresh air.She felt somewhat better today.There was only a dull thudding in her head and she had got more sleep then usual last night.She yawned,still very tired.She didn't sleep much,usually cause she woke up feeling as if her heart was going to burst out of her chest or she was sometimes so warm she couldn't sleep.Breathing out Kate walked towards the gardens.It was one of her favorite places in the grounds.It reminded her of her garden at home and sometimes this made her feel better.She didn't see anyone when she walked in.She walked around for a few minutes exploring the gardens.She was walking along a row of flowers when she turned and walked straight into a girl. "Oh my God I'm so sorry"Kate said wondering where the hell the girl had come from.She hoped she hadn't hurt or interrupted the girl

 

[Cosette Mayfair]

As soon as she was done, Cosette checked her drawing. It was beautiful like the other ones, though this time she was sure she captured the image to it's best. She then returned her things inside her back and decided to play her flute, that was until she heard and saw a girl walking straight to her. Cosette didn't really understand why she was apologizing, after all she was now done with her work. She flicked her eyes, winking twice then directly looked at the girl blankly. "No worries." she spoke with her accent fleeing through the wind. Unzipping her case, she brought out her flute and a piece of parchment. On the parchment wrote her song, the song she made just yesterday due to her boredom at the same time inspiration. It was mostly about mother nature and the like, she felt it needed a song.

Her hand positioned on her flute, gently gripping it to it's fullest. As her lips touched her flute, she felt a zing. A zing of positive energy, flowing through her body. And so the puff started to gasp for air and blow it into the flute, creating a wonderful tone. The feeling was magnificent and the tone was breathtaking, she decided and checked every notes assuring it was really near to perfection. The melody went up and down, like flowing river waiting for it's end. Surely, Cosette had finished the song. As she was captivated by her playing the flute, she almost forgot that there was a girl near her. Still that didn't stopped the fifth year from playing her flute, now controlling her world.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate was glad when she realized she hadn't done any harm.She smiled glad the girl didn't mind.When the girl took out a flute Kate perked up.She liked meeting people who liked music and played an instrument.Sh listened to the girl play and when she finished Kate clapped her hands "Wow that was amazing,how long have you been playing"Kate asked curiously.The girl was really good and the music had sounded beautiful "I'm Kate by the way"She said smiling and putting her hand out.The girl looked older but Kate was sure she had seen her in the common room before.

 

[Cosette Mayfair]

As she finished playing her flute, she was a tad surprised to hear the girl clapping. "Was she clapping at me?" Cosette thought. The puff smiled at the girl, quite overwhelmed that her music was appreciated by someone. "Thank You, Since I was six." she replied smiling at the girl. Cosette placed her flute inside it's case, as it remained unzipped for the moment. "Pleasure to meet you Kate, I'm Cosette." Cosette introduced herself. She also shook her hand, noticing Kate was reaching out. She was please to meet someone today, "I'm guessing you're a Hufflepuff, am I right?" she asked her quite sure of what was she saying. Her French accent, flowing through the whole conversation. Though she also noticed that the girl wasn't from America, there was a distinct tone in her voice that made Cosette think she came from another country.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate smiled,that had been a nice distraction to the thumping. Wow that's a long time she said though she wasn't exactly sure how long because she didn't know what year the girl was in.She seemed nice,probably a puff.She had a real talent for the flute and Kate was a bit jealous as she had always liked to learn it,but she played the violin and that for the moment was plenty for her. "Nice to meet you too Cosette"She said smiling shaking her hand glad to of met someone today.She was distracted and that was a good thing,as she didn't think of certain things while she was distracted.From the accent Kate guessed she was French.Kate's nationality was a bit harder as not many people knew the Irish accent and she hadn't been there in a while so there was a mixture of the London accent in there too,at times.To make it worse Kate had nether red hair or lots of freckles which usually defined an Irish person. "Yeah, Fourth year,what about you"She asked wondering would Cosette guess where she was from.

 

[Cosette Mayfair]

Cosette was pleased that Kate liked her playing of the flute, and she wasn't really sure of what accent the girl was doing. Still that wasn't much a big deal for her, she just liked making new friends and that what mattered the most to her. She continued to smile at Kate, making her somewhat comfortable to talk to her. "I'm currently in my fifth." she replied to her. Before in her past years here in Hogwarts, she really liked attending classes but as she grew old she wanted to learn different things. She dreams of becoming a doctor to when she was young, though she really liked to be an artist. There were lots of thing swirling inside her mind, perhaps there wasn't much to say too.
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[Kate Archer]

Out of Character:

Sorry its so late!

Kate smiled. Cosette was nice and Kate loved her name. She was almost sure it was the name of the girl from the musical Les Miserables. She didn't know much 'puffs except for Tara and Dymetris and she didn't even know him that well. So she was only a year older than Kate,doing her OWLs,Kate was dreading those exams though she was kind of lucking because her friends were all doing their Junior Cert in third year this year,it was the equivalent of the OWLs here. "So how are you finding school,with the exams?"She asked sitting on the lede of a flower bed.

 

[Cosette Mayfair]

For the past year Cosette, wasn't really thinking about her future so much. She wasn't even attending classes regularly, which made the puff blush when she heard Kate asking her about exams and school. Now, Cosette never liked lying at all so instead she tried to answer as truthfully as she can. "Uh, Hogwarts is amazing as for the exams well ...dreadful." she replied hoping to change the topic. "So what instrument do you play?" Cosette asked wondering if her plan worked. She wanted to get to know more Kate, starting with the things she likes.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate smiled at Cosette blushing,she obviously wasn't that into school.She appreciated the truthfulness though,Kate wasn't sure if she had been that honest. "I see"She said smiling deciding it was best not to say anything else. Kate perked up at the next question. "The Violin"She said smiling."Also a small bit of piano"She said