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[Ebony Aerius]

Ebony Fierce wondered around the street of Muggle city Sydney curiously. SHe had never been in Australia before and was very excited about it, herself and her team were in Australia to verse an Australian team, the Thundelarra Thunderers, she was excited, because last time they versed they were back in England. She smiled to herself, the Australian accent was most certainly interesting, and the sun was very hot for her, but she had spent a few weeks previous in New Zealand, a lovely little country. It was very hot there too, but she had adapted, without using magic. Sometimes, she suprised herself, sure, she loved her magic and had been using magic for a very large part of her life. But sometimes she returned to basics and put her wand away, but that was rare, because putting her wand away made her feel like she was doing what her parents had tried to force her to do so long ago, it brought bad memories. Rolling her shoulders restlessly, Ebony continued walking, soon smelling the smell of freshly baked cookies. She stopped and contemplated finding the source of these cookies. A frown crossed her face, she could go adventuring for the source, but she would surely get lost if she broke away from the main street, she was supposed to be meeting her teammates soon, but she decided that she would take a small detour, it wouldn't kill the boys to wait for a little bit.

Walking into a side street, Ebony's strong legs easily carried her to the source of the sweet smell. "Good morning, could I please have two dozen of your choc chip cookies?" She asked politely, her upper-class English accent very noticeable. The man seemed confused, but got her her order and she soon paid him and left. The poor gentleman was probably wondering why she got so many, but they weren't all for her! She had her teammates to think about, they'd all probably complain if she made her way to them with cookies they couldn't have, so she brought enough for all of them. As she crossed the road, her icey blue eyes set themselves on a small something that sat next to a building. As Ebony approached in the curiousity that probably got her into Gryffindor so many years ago, she gasped quietly. In a darker part of a back street was a little girl, why was she there? Memories of her old self came flooding into her memory as she remembered hiding away from muggles in London because she was thrown out of her home by her parents, but she was atleast ten, this girl didn't look ten at all. "Sweet heart, are you okay?" She asked, slowly approaching the girl so she could get a better look at her. A gentle smile crossed her face, something that was rare since on the Quidditch Pitch she was known as Bonnie Fierce, renowned for knocking a few heads with her beaters bat. "Would you like a cookie?" She asked, holding out one of her new steamy cookies she had just rbought.
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[Ariana Kelize]

It was a hard day for the eight year old Kelize. Her mother accidentally scolded at her when she protested about their family's current situation. The dilemma was causing Arya problems and her own insecurities were making it worse. The little girl felt very distant. Her younger sister, Audrey was a diabetic and had attacks frequently. The kids' parents focused themselves on the sick child and took care of her every single day. Arya, however, wasn't feeling too happy about it. She feels like her parents' don't care about her anymore. Her protests started that morning when the family were eating breakfast halfheartedly. They weren't as happy as they always were when it's December due to Audrey's illness and to Andrea's absence but the parents' tried to be cheerful about it. Arya didn't feel like eating and only stared at her food with a scowl on her young face. Her mother thought that this was disrespectful and warned her. Then her protests started. It did no good and only resulted to arguments. Arya ran out of house weeping as she run around the neighborhood trying to get away from their family problems.

Her father tried to catch her but she was a fast runner. She quickly lost him and found herself near a bakery. It only reminded her of her father and she started weeping again. If only Andrea were here, she thought mournfully as she wiped the little tears streaming down her face. For the past few days, Arya's parents had been very busy. Both with work and taking care of their children. They, of course, spent much more effort on their sick child than the others which made Arya insecure. She felt like her parents don't care about her anymore. She sat next to small building and buried her face on her hands. She, then started weeping like there was no tomorrow. Minutes passed and Arya felt like she had no more tears to excrete. She wiped her tear-stained face and face her surroundings. Later on, as she was playing with her fingers, a beautiful woman appeared on her view and gently smiled at her. "I'm fine Miss. Thank You" She replied with a fake little smile. The woman carried a plastic full of cookies. She showed it to Arya and asked if she wants some. Arya innocently nodded and replied silently. "Yes, please", she murmured.

 

[Ebony Aerius]

Ebony looked at the young girl, she seemed so small and vulnerable, it made Ebony's heart melt, she just wanted to pick the girl up and give her a big hug, but she restrained herslef until she knew the girl a little better and found out where her parents were, and why she was on the streets by herself, that was very silly. A girl so young should be at home, playing with dolls or annoying her siblings, or baking with her mother. That's what Ebony did when she was younger, she wasn't in the city, crying in a turn off from a main street. It made Ebony's heart sink, she hated seeing people in trouble and hurt, she also had a weakness for Muggles and Muggle-borns, because she was a Muggle-born, which meant that she had a Muggle family, and though they were horrible to her, she still cared, and she knew how important it was for a young person to have a family that they feel they can rely on and be loved by, this girl didn't seem to be from a loving family, why was she here by herslef if she was? Unless she was lost, or a runaway because of a family problem. There were so many possibilities, and the Beater wanted to know, and hopefully help the girl. Usually, Bonnie liked to keep at arms length from people, just so then they wouldn't realise what a huge softy she was, but that was mostly fans and the boys, because she was a Beater for a Professional team, she was also an older player, and the only girl on her team, she couldn't show weakness, otherwise she'd lose it for her team and all their hard work, and all of her own hard work, would have been for nothing at all. But this was a different case, this was a muggle girl, so she wouldn't know Ebony at all, only magical people would have a chance of recognising her.

Ebony nodded slowly, the girl didn't look okay at all, and Bonnie was still very worried about her. Though she was amazingly polite, so she did know her manners, which was a little suprising to the twenty-eight year old, she hadn't expected such manners. When the girl accpeted the cookie, Ebony smiled warmly, atleast she was eating the cookies, that was a start, but now it was time for some more pleasentries, and then names, because it was probably odd for the girl to accept a cookie from someone she didn't know, and she dind't even know Ebony's name. It seemed rude on Bonnie's part, being older and all. "You have lovely manners." She commented, before sitting on her knees so she was more level with the girl. "I'm Ebony Fierce." She added, holding out her hand, treating the girl with quite a bit of respect, probably more than someone her age would. "Are you sure you're alright? You look very upset."
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