Hot Lava

[Avie Mitchell]

It was raining incredibly heavily outside, and Avie was bored. He wanted to go outside, but he knew that he'd get soaked and in reality the slytherin didn't want to catch a cold. So, instead he was stuck indoors. That to most would be no problem, and generally Avie could find himself something to do, but he had failed to find Marcel, or anyone else, so he knew he would have to try and find something else to do. The slytherin boy wandered through the halls of the school, walking slowly, trying to think of something. As a promise to Marcel he had said he wouldn't look for the room without him, but he considered ignoring the promise and doing it anyway, because he was that bored. Avie paused, and realised that he was on the fourth floor. He had wondered what to do here, since as he came to realise he had two options, the library, which was definitely out, and the student lounge which was the only option really left to the boy. So with a heavy and bored sigh, he made his way into the room. Opening the door loudly and closing it loudly behind him. The slytherin half considered leaving the room and searching out for his roommate, just for something to do. Or even, Mason. But he hadn't seen either of them, and he was at the student lounge now, he decided he may as well do something here. Surely in a room, with a number of people, Avie could find something to do.

In the end, Avie decided to play hot lava, which was a game where the floor was lava and touching it meant instant death. So, Avie obviously climbed up to the nearest table. Dumping his rucksack into one of the seats and started playing. Since he was playing alone this meant that he couldn't exactly play it with someone, so instead, he decided to also pretend that he had go from one end of the room to the other, without touching the floor. Like a button at each end stopped the floor from erupting and killing all of the people who were studying. Avie set off, jumping from table to table. Sofa to sofa, practically walking over people's work. But, it didn't stop him. On a number of occasions he fell to the floor and then for the enjoyment of just himself preformed a really dramatic death before jumping back up and continuing. As his mind and enjoyment of this took over, he found himself not so bored. Of course, Avie knew that even if couldn't find something fun to do, he'd eventually come up with something. It was as he made his fourth time across that his noticed a young girl with her head in a book, she had not looked up once. He decided to keep an eye on her. Most of the other people in the lounge were older students. Those who were having to study, and most of them were leaving. Just this girl who was keep in her book. But, for now, Avie decided it wasn't worth it, and he continued playing his incredibly fun game.
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[Ravynn Mandy]

Ravynn Mandy had been looking for a place to read her book for hours, yet she couldn't really find anywhere. The library was full of a bunch of the upper years chatting about what they were going to do with their NEWTS and Ravynn had to admit that for the first time, the library was too loud for her. So, instead Ravynn was heading o somewhere else. She didn't know where, but she had hope that she would find somewhere that would be okay for her to read. Of course, she didn't know why she worried about it so much, when she was completely engrossed in a book, little chatting noises and things didn't tend to bother her. However, she had to be able to get into her book first. Someone had told her that the student lounge on the fourth floor would be a good place to start, so that was where she was heading. She had no idea what she would find here, but she hoped it would be nothing bad. Coming to the room, Ravynn quickly ducked her head in and looked around to see if there was anything she should be avoiding, but she couldn't see anything that looked remotely worrying, so she walked in and found a nice place to sit.

After more then an hour in the student lounge with no problems, Ravynn began to notice that the atmosphere in the room had changed, but she refused to tear her eyes away from the book she was in. After all, it was a good book. She really was enjoying reading it though, because it was the historical period of Harry Potter and she thought that every child born in the wizarding world should know these things. There was a noise or some sort of commotion in the room, but Ravynn was determined not to pay any attention to it, she wanted to get this book finished and no amount of shouting would or running around was going to change that. However, when the ruckus landed dangerously close to her, she felt that she had to look up. However seeing that it was only some boy who seemed to want to be annoying everyone. She didn't really know what his deal was, but as yet he had done nothing to annoy her so she figured it would be fine to leave him to his own devices. Turning her back slightly to the rest of the room, Ravynn stuck her head back in her book and continued to read.

Sorry it's crap.
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[Avie Mitchell]

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<SIZE size="50">Though he had been bored, this game of Hot Lava that he was playing along was about the most interesting thing currently happening. He was smiling and laughing. He was falling and being clumsy, he was sure that Marcel wouldn't be too happy that he was messing around so much. He knew that he was probably going to end up getting pretty hurt. He wasn't the smartest, and he was getting faster at every point. All it would take was one little slip for him to crashing down. However, as he kept playing he noticed a girl who must've been around his age turn slightly away. It was the same girl from before that had been so into her book she hadn't even glanced at him. While Avie didn't exactly do what he did for the audience it was weird that someone his age didn't want to mess around, or play Hot Lava with him, considering it was the best game ever. He loved it, why wouldn't this girl. Sure he'd come across a large amount of people in this school who were readers, but even at that, he could generally sway them to come join him having fun. it was all good. He had fun, and they did too. All it took was a little bit of looking up and staring at what was in front of him. He had spent so long staring at the girl that he ended up missing his step slightly and falling with a fairly loud thump to the floor. He laughed to himself. It hurt a little, but it was pretty funny to him. He sat himself up, and while some who had looked to see if he was okay, had turned away, he noted that the girl had not.

This bugged him more than a little bit. Maybe this girl was just like Kris, nervous and shy. So, with all the wisdom that Avie had, he wandered over to her. There wasn't a part of Avie that wasn't interested in getting the girl to see that there was much more interesting things to see and do than in books. He approached her carefully. Clearing his throat slightly, and hoping to get her attention. Though he noticed that it wouldn't. Which left one option, Avie walked more slowly towards her. He knew that he had to do it carefully. Then all of a sudden he just took the book out of the girl's hand and held it close to his own chest, as he ran away towards the other side of the room, running around the other students. Before jumping up onto one of the tables, and holding the book up above him, like Rafiki holding up simba to pride rock. He jumped across a couple of tables back towards the girl. "Hey," He said to her, "I got your book." He hoped this girl might give him a bit of chase, but it was maybe not. So he held the book in front of him. And then on a snap decision threw the book across the room. He smiled and laughed loudly and the book flew pretty far and smacked the wall before falling with a thump to the ground. Avie practically doubled over laughing. It wasn't even that funny. He just didn't like books, and didn't want this girl to always be reading when there was so much more that could be done for fun.
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[Ravynn Mandy]

The book was fast becoming more and more interesting as Ravynn continued to turn the pages. She was never sure what was going to happen next. She loved all types of books, but now that she was in school, she would be reading far less then she normally did, which she thought was kind of a shame seeing as she did enjoy it so much. However, she was very interested in the new types of book she would be able to get her hands on. She hadn't had much access to magical books before, she was mostly stuck with muggle books, which was what she was reading now, but she was really looking forward to be able to read all kinds of magical books. She wondered if magical libraries held the same genres as muggle libraries? Ravynn really hoped so, because there were quite a few 'muggle' genres that she quite enjoyed. Comedy, Romance and even Mysteries were only three of the kinds of books Ravynn read. She also liked things like History, Science Fiction and Young Adult. She had read almost all of the children's books she could, seeing as she was able to read since she was about two years old. Her carer used to joke that she was able to read before she could speak and seeing as she didn't speak much, she didn't doubt that at all. Ravynn suddenly became aware of someone near her, but she didn't look up. This particular section was quite complicated and she had already read it three times. She wanted to finish this book today, but if she couldn't get this section, she most definitely wouldn't be finishing it today.

Someone cleared their throat, but Ravynn tried to ignore it. Was someone trying to get her attention? Ravynn had no idea why someone would want her attention, usually they and she were quite happy to leave her alone. She was just minding her own business in the corner anyway, so what was the point? Suddenly, Ravynn was looking down at empty hands where her book should have been, but no longer was. Blinking, it took her a second longer then it should have to notice that someone had taken it from her. Ravynn spun around to notice that the boy who had been dancing around before was running to the other side of the room. Ravynn was really confused and slightly annoyed. She had no idea who this boy was, or why he felt the need to steal her book. Soon, the boy was holding the book like something from the Lion King and Ravynn was frowning at him. When he jumped back across the tables to her, Ravynn fell backwards slightly onto her bum from where she had been sitting on her knees. He held the book in front of him and Ravynn was about to grab it when he suddenly threw it away. Ravynn's eyes widened quickly as she wondered if this was going to damage the book. She hadn't finished it yet, she didn't want it to be damaged. The boy started laughing and Ravynn simply rolled her eyes in annoyance as she crawled across the floor towards her book. What was that boys problem anyway?

Ravynn made it over to her book, only to discover that it indeed was damaged. She sighed. She had hoped this would not be the case, as now it would need to be fixed, the spine was damaged and as such a couple of the pages were loose. Ravynn sat and placed the book in her lap before glaring over at the boy. Making a quick decision, Ravynn scooted closer to the boy and held the book up for his inspection. "Does this make you happy?" She asked, annoyance the only emotion making it into her words. She was not angry at this boy, she was just annoyed. He reminded her a lot of her brother, though Raymond often took care not to damage her property. Obviously this boy did not feel the same way as her brother, or perhaps he just did not care about property in general. Either way, Ravynn was annoyed that he was being a bully.​

 

[Avie Mitchell]

Running away with the book, the boy smiled to himself. He loved messing around, and to him this was also the perfect way to show this girl that it was a lot of fun. That she might also enjoy it as much as he did. He didn't really pay attention to the girl as he took her book. He didn't really care about her really. He just didn't like the idea of someone always reading and not enjoying what was right in front of them. Sure, part of what the astronomy professor had been saying was that he needed to actually focus. Avie lacked that, and perhaps this girl had too much of it. The slytherin boy wondered if that was at all possible. He knew that it could of course be, well he was sure. Asking the professor would help him know if it was or wasn't. He jumped over the furniture and back to the girl, where he did then throw the book across the room. Being sure to throw it in the general direction where there were little to no people. He then watched, through his laughter as the girl went to get her book back. Clearly not getting the picture that reading was boring and that she should be having fun. He just laughed slightly at the fact that she crawled. He half wanted to tell her to use those legs. But, he held back. Knowing that he didn't want to get kicked out the room for making too much noise. he didn't want that, they were just beginning to have fun. He could really feel it. He knew that soon the girl would start having fun too. he knew that she would. Though, she didn't seem to be walking too happily back to her spot, and then held up the book. Clearly looking over it.

He then frowned slightly at her question. His smile faded slightly. "Yeah, why wouldn't it" he told her, watching as she seemed to want to go back to the book, so Avie just moved himself forward slightly and then smacked the book with his hand, causing it to fall from the girl's grip. He laughed at this, then reached to where it was on the floor and slide it away. He looked back up at the girl and smiled at her. In his mind he was just being friendly, and was just trying to have fun with this girl. he didn't think that what he was doing was wrong, or that he was bullying her, he just thought that they were having fun. His cousins had done something similar to him on a few occasions and that had been fun. They'd often seen if Avie was faster than their dog. Which Avie totally was. He just smiled at the girl. "Are you having fun yet?" He asked her, still smiling brightly at her. He still saw nothing wrong with what he was doing. Avie didn't think that he was wrong. Then when he thought that she was heading to get it, he dashed to the book and then kicked it even further away. He was having great fun with this girl.
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This is not great..

 

[Ravynn Mandy]

Ravynn did not understand this boy in the least. She was sure that he was older then her, but by the way he was acting, she would have almost sworn that he was five years her junior, or even less so. He made no sense to her at all. Why was he enjoying this? Was he psycho? Ravynn shook her head at the boy, as he leaned forward. She was about to move away, as she didn't know what he was going to do, but soon he was smacking her book out of her hand again. Ravynn sighed as she looked at the boy. This wasn't funny anymore. It wasn't even funny the first time. Why did he feel the need to act like this anyway? As if to add insult to injury, as Ravynn was about to grab the book again, to check it for damages, she watch, helplessly as he pushed her book away. She just sat back on her heels and looked after it with a sad expression. She just wanted to sit in the corner and read and not have anyone bother her. Why did people seem to find the need to bother her, every time. Even her own brother annoyed her when she was trying to read and it just wasn't funny. She hated it, she was weird enough as it was, she didn't need people making it more obvious.

Ravynn looked away from him when he smiled at her. She had to admit that he definitely looked like he was having fun. Ravynn, however, was not having fun. She didn't have fun in this manner, not at all. In fact, she had been having fun before this boy came in and decided to disrupt things, he was very disruptive. She simply rolled her eyes at his comment and moved to retrieve her book again, only for him to beat her too it and kick it even further away. Ravynn stopped and looked up at the boy, her annoyance. Was that what she was going to call him now? Yes it was, because he was an annoying annoyance and he seemed about two bytes short of a full hard drive. "This is not fun for me." She told him, sighing as she hung her head and played with the wisps of hair that had fallen out of her braid. She would get her book back at the next opportunity, but if she tried to got for it now, he would only stop her again. She wasn't social enough to call him an idiot or tell him to leave her alone or even to call him annoying, usually she left that stuff to her brother, but he was not here, so instead she decided to play with her hair and maybe if she ignored him enough, he would go away. Though she really doubted it, she could live in hope.
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[Raymond Mandy]

Raymond Mandy was looking for his sister. He hadn't seen her in a bit, and she was in Hufflepuff. He always thought Hufflepuff was were the incompetent students went. He hoped Ray wasn't mad. It confused him. How did she get Hufflepuff? This was why he was not the Sorting Hat. Slytherin was great, but there was this kid he was worried about. He believed his name was Avie. He hugged a grumpy giant! The kid obviously had some problems. Ray Ray did not have any room to talk. He was picky and wild. But not wild enough to hug a giant. It made Raymond cringe.

He walked into the Student Lounge. He frowned at the sight of the kid that made him weary. He looked to a corner and saw his dear sister. She was in a corner. What a surprise. He skipped over to her and tackled her with a hug. "Rayvnn! What are you doing here? I have so much to tell you!" he exclaimed.
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Out of Character:

Sorry it's so short.

 

[Avie Mitchell]

Avie found it all pretty exciting. He liked messing around with her, and he knew that they were having fun, or at least he was sure that eventually, she would start having fun. He wouldn't have to do anything about it. Avie smiled at her, as he kicked away the book laughing as he did so. He was doing just what his cousins had always done to him in the name of fun. he knew that everyone was just having fun, there was no reason for him to get annoyed or frustrated. It was just all good natured fun. He smiled at the girl as she went to where he had kicked the book and was still standing. He almost chose her reaching out for it as the moment to kick it again, but thankfully that was not to be. "It is fun. You'll see!" he said to her stepping slightly away from the book as she reached out to grab it. He happily waited for her to take it back, and then once she appeared settled again, he just gave it a few moments before just walking over to her and taking the book. Maybe eventually she'd just stop trying to get it back.

He had been about to throw it away, when someone else spoke. Avie glanced over, he knew this other boy. He was a slytherin, Avie was sure he remembered him from the Slytherin house meeting. He didn't know his name, but he definitely recognised him. He was definitely someone that the slytherin boy sort of knew. This new person greeted the girl by tackling her and calling her, by what Avie imagined was actually her name. "Hello" He told the boy still holding on to this girl, Rayvnn's, book. He felt like if they knew each other that maybe they would have fun and he would have to leave. Avie wasn't quite sure what to do, so Avie just kept a hold of the book and looked between the two. Unsure as to what the next for him should be. he wanted to continue messing around with this girl Ravynn, but as three they could play a much better game of hot lava. "You guys wanna play hot lava?" He asked smiling happily at them both, wondering if they would want to play, it was a pretty fun game. "We could play tig, or something, or race, while playing hot lava?" he suggest with a small shrug.
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[Ravynn Mandy]

Ravynn wasn't angry or sad, she wasn't even annoyed anymore. What Ravynn now felt was pity for this boy. He seemed to have no idea what he was doing and didn't even seem to be able comprehend the atmosphere in the room, or her own feelings. He seemed like the kind of boy who, back home at least, would get into a lot of trouble and end up in perhaps a prison or something. It was really just sad now. Ravynn shook her head when Avie tried to assure her that things were going to indeed be quite fun. She seriously doubted this to be true and was about to tell him so when she was suddenly tackled to the ground with a hug. Slightly confused, it took Ravynn a second longer then it should have for her to realise that she was now in the hands of her over enthusiastic brother. Ravynn smiled slightly and pet her brother on the head in greeting. She winced at the fact that he was practically yelling into her ear and had to crawl a good distance away from him to stop the screeching in her ears. "Ray Ray, not so loud. You'll blast my eardrums." Ravynn did not want to become deaf. She quite liked being about to hear, though to be honest, she would choose loss of hearing over loss of sight. She enjoyed reading far more then she enjoyed sounds.

Ravynn looked up at the other boy in the room, though there were also others, this boy was the only one she was paying any attention too, mostly because he was hard to ignore. She had no idea what he was talking about with some thing he wanted to play. She looked to her brother, wondering if maybe he was familiar with the game. Whatever it was, if it was the same game he was playing earlier, Ray would play no part in it. Ravynn didn't play games as such, mostly she read and so playing a physical game was not something she was completely sure of. Blinking slightly and tilting her head up at the boy, Ravynn decided to ask what he was talking about. "What... what are you talking about sorry? A game of some sort?" Whether or not it was this supposed fun game, Ravynn doubted she would want to play, she wasn't into games as such and most often left that to her brother. She didn't even know the boys name. She wanted him to stop bothering her, so would this be the way to go? If it kept him away, maybe she should play a game with him?
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[Raymond Mandy]

Raymond frowned and sat on his knees when Ray moved away from him. He was not being that loud. She was just being sensitive. Girls were always so sensitive. No amount of magic could figure out the mind of a female. Raymond was considered a good boy from figuring that out at a young age. Ravynn did not look happy. She looked sad. Why was she sad? He stood up and turned to Avie. He was not particularly pleased to see the boy. He hugged a giant for Merlin's sake! He was not happy that Ray was talking to him, but he had just walked in, he did not know the full story. Raymond sighed.

He gave a curt nod when Avie spoke to him. He really did not want to get on his Head's bad side by talking to the boy. He saw a book in the boy's hands. He became confused. This kid did not look like the smart type. Raymond wasn't a genius either, but the book just looked so out of place in Avie's hands. "You don't look like the type of person who could sit down and read." he stated bluntly. He knew that he was giving a bad impression, but the kid did not look worth his time, or his sister's. Ray Ray raised an eyebrow at the mention of a game. He quite liked games. However, he kept his face straight. He looked back at his sister and shrugged. He did not know what the game was, but Ray seemed to be interested. His sister could not be serious. She did not like games. She hardy played games with him. How could she be interested with playing with this kid? Raymond could not say anything. He just shrugged. He had nothing nice to say, and he was not going to get angry. He found it unbelievable that he got jealous so quickly. He just shrugged. He'd be willing to play along, but in his guts he just felt fire. "Sure." he breathed. Raymond could not hide his feelings from his eyes.
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[Avie Mitchell]

Avie frowned slightly with the way the girl was acting. Why was she being like that. This was fun, he knew it was fun. His cousins had done it to him and it had been fun. How was this person not having fun yet. He just looked between her and the boy and just stood a little awkwardly. Maybe as three they could have more fun, and this girl might actually understand what fun was. He was hoping that the two of them would be interested. Avie obviously greeted the boy, as he would with any person who arrived to a small crowd of people. Though the boy responded with a statement that Avie was a little confused by, he didn't think he gave off the impression of someone who couldn't sit down and read. He couldn't, but that was really beside the point. It didn't matter however. He just smiled at the younger boy, shaking his head slightly, "I'm not, I can't really read anyway" he told him as if it was the most normal thing. Though to Avie it was just his life. He smiled at them both, before shrugging towards the girl with the book. "It's hers, we were having fun!" he told the boy. He smiled at the pair of them, he didn't really want to interrupt something between them if they were supposed to be doing something together. Avie really didn't want to be in the middle of it.

However, as it turned out, they both expressed at least a little interest in the game he was suggesting. Although the girl didn't seem to know what he was talking about, and the boy seemed unsure. Had they never played hot lava before?! That was ridiculous he had to fix that. "It's really simple to play" he told them both, before jumping up onto the nearest table. "You have to pretend that the floor is lava, and you can't touch it" he told them, he knew that the floor wasn't real lava, and he was looking forward to trying to play with others he hadn't done that in a long while. He had the book still held in his hands, though he now placed it down beside on the table. "I figure we could play tig, and if you fall on the lava you're automatically it" He told them trying to figure out a game that they could all play with Hot Lava. He wasn't sure if they would be that interested in what he was suggesting, but it would at least be a little bit fun. He grinned at them both, hoping that his simple explanation would interest them both into playing with him. He knew that they'd have fun, and while it was a little bit dangerous they were close to the hospital wing and it wasn't like it was really overly dangerous. "Come on, it'll be fun. I promise!" he told them, with a small tone of desperate. He'd been bored all day, and now here was his opportunity to not be so bored.
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[Ravynn Mandy]

Sorry, sorry, guys!

Ravynn looked from her brother to the boy. She didn't see what her brother saw evidently. Her brother must have known the boy though, because he seemed like he did. They were obviously in the same house, so perhaps they had met in the common room or something. She nodded at Ray Ray when the boy mentioned that it was her book. She didn't know what he meant when he said he couldn't really read though, everyone could read, so it was a strange thing to say. Ravynn stood up from the ground and dusted herself off. She didn't know if there were actually any particles of dirt on her or anything, but the action its self gave her something to do, other then just standing there looking like a loon. As she was standing she also straightened her robes and fixed her hair which had gotten slightly disheveled from chasing after her book and from Raymond attempting to tackle her and kill her sense of hearing. Shaking her head at the fact that she was now surrounded by overly loud individuals, Ravynn looked at Avie and smiled slightly. "It is one of my favourite books, I would appreciate you not trying to defecate it any longer."

Ravynn tilted her head slightly as she listened to what the boy was saying about this "hot lava" game. She had never heard of it before, but then she had not really played games before. She crossed her arms over her chest and watched as Avie placed her book on the table before talking about the game. Silently, Ravynn walked over to her book and grabbed it to her chest, hugging it tightly, she was never letting it go again, for fear that it would be completely destroyed. As it was the book was damaged, poor thing was probably missing a bunch of pages now. Though she was pretty sure she would be able to maybe ask a Professor to fix it. Surely the Charms Professor would be able to do it, maybe in the next class she would ask. She looked back up at Avie. "So, we run around on furniture and try to not touch the ground whilst trying to stay away from the person who is 'it'?" Ravynn asked, trying to understand the instructions herself. She still wasn't completely clear on it, or why someone would want to do it; it sounded like they would be damaging furniture if she was honest. "Does this not destroy furniture?"​

Out of Character:

In this context, Ravynn is using Defecate as a polite way of telling Avie not to "poop up" her book.

 

[Raymond Mandy]

Raymond sighed and placed his head in his hand as soon as the boy said it was Rayvnn's. He should have known, because Ray was never seen without a book. How could he be to stupid? He looked back up at Avie. He chuckled when he stated he couldn't read. This kid was funny, but a part of his heart ached at the thought it may be true. "How were you having fun with it exactly? The only fun my sister has is reading books, and that book is clearly closed." he asked. Ray Ray was confused. He had walked in on some sort of game they were playing? His sister nodded, proving that the book was hers. He wanted walk right out with his sister and pretend they did not see the bad luck charm that was called Avie. "Why didn't you tell me it was yours from the beginning?" he asked his sister quietly. It was not often when Raymond used French. It was only when he and Michelle were arguing that he spoke French. So, it was not a good sign that he was speaking the proclaimed language of love.

The Slytherin listened halfheartedly as Avie explained the game. It sounded like a lot of fun. Ray Ray quite enjoyed jumping on furniture and things of that sort. He watched as Ray went to get her book. As he older brother, he always made sure to keep an eye on her. He did not want her getting into trouble, or associating with people that were strange, like Avie. No one just went up to a giant and hugged them. That was insane. His sister appeared confused. She was not a consistent game player like he was, so he tried to understand her confusion. One would think people that read books were good at things other than just using big words. "You're just jumping on the furniture. See," he told his sister. He demonstrated by climbing onto the table that previously held the girl's book. He knew it was a bad sign that Rayvnn was sorted into Hufflepuff.
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[Avie Mitchell]

Avie wasn't so bothered by telling people that he couldn't read, it was just something to him that was. He looked at the boy who was from his house as he spoke, asking how they could have fun with a book and it not be reading it. "We were playing catch" he said with a smile, clearly still with no clue about how his actions had been towards the young girl. "My cousins and I play it all the time. It's a lot of fun" he continued brightly, though his tone gave no indication that he thought it was particularly fun. He liked the game, and since his cousins weren't with him at Hogwarts, he barely got to play it any more. He looked at the girl as she spoke, using a word he didn't know, and then the boy who seemed to be speaking something that resembled gibberish in his mind. "What is that? What are you speaking?" he asked incredibly surprised and curious. He didn't know what it was. He wanted to know what it was, he had never heard that being spoken before. Maybe it was a made up language by the two of them, that clearly seemed to know each other. Where Avie only vaguely knew one of them.

In his explanation of the game hot lava, Avie felt himself get more excited the prospect that he could play it with two people. It was a perfect opportunity. And from what he had already gathered about the two, neither of them really played it. So, he'd have the upper hand of knowing what it was and how to play it. It looked like the odds were in his favour. He could beat them. Be the best at it for once. When he played it at home, Avie being the youngest always ended up losing, falling into the "lava" first. Plus his cousins really liked winning where Avie just liked taking part, so he didn't even mind. He didn't need to win to be happy about it. He just liked having fun, and with two people to play it with they were really bound to have fun. The girl seemed to not really get it. Though her question cleared it up fine. "Yeah, that's exactly it" he told her with a smile. At her second question, he frowned slightly, glancing around the room, he had actually never thought about it. "The furniture is fine...I mean this school is magic, furniture must be stronger." He reasoned, of course it had to be, he smiled as the boy got up onto the furniture. "Come on, it'll be fun. Just try not to hurt yourself" he told her, offering out a hand to her to help her on to the table. If she chose to actually join them.
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