Well first you go rip rip rip; Then you go snip snip snip

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia sat in the fashion area of the Conglomerated Arts Club; as usual, on her own; as usual. It had become a common thing for the Fifth Year Slytherin but she didn't mind so much because it meant she got to do what she loved most with little hasstle from anyone else - apart from the odd member of the club who came to use one of the various areas, but Nia stayed well away from them. This wasn't because she was anti-social; far from it as she was brought up in the spotlight and well used to large crowds, but it was different for her in school. People knew her, or at least thought they knew her as the fashion diva mean slytherin who was a snot nosed, spoilt rich kid who only hung about with ones just like her, which was far from true. Her friends just happened to all like fashion and take pride in what they wear, there was nothing wrong with that, right? And sure maybe some of the 'Glam Squad' had a bit of a bad reputation in school, especially when it concerned the 'Goth Gang' but Nia made sure to stay well away from any of that stuff.

Sighing as the same old, same old thoughts went through her head Nia shook it lightly. She had made the mistake of trying to do some of her homework, being her OWL year she had to try extra hard, but it wasn't working too well for her. Getting up of the beanbag she moved over to the sewing machine and picked up where she left off on the latest of her projects. Glancing at her sketches she looked back at what she had done so far and got back to work. It was a simple enough dress but when an idea came to Nia she had to go through with it, even if she liked it or not.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii was spending as much time outside as she could as the days got warmer and warmer. At the moment she was playing soccer with some younger kids and being an amazing goalie, if she did say so herself. One of the kids was running towards her with the ball and Dannii stood ready. The kid kicked the ball with everything he could and Dannii dived down to stop it. SAVE! Dannii's team cheered as Dannii stood up and smiled but she looked down and noticed that her leg was cut open and her shorts were ripped. Normally Dannii just would have kept playing, but these were her favorite shorts and she didn't want to just bleed all over them. Dannii pulled her wand out of her back pocket and tired to scrugify the blood off, which worked, but soon her leg had bleed all over them again. Dannii tried to reparo them, but that kind of spell had never been her strong spot. Dannii sighed and said she was sorry to everyone but she had to go get fixed up.

Dannii had gone up to her dorm room to get a band-aid and change into pants before heading down to the student club area. Before the conglomerated arts club Dannii remembered that there used to be a fashion club, surely someone there could help her. I just hope they will help me... Dannii thought while she walked down the four flights of stairs into the entrance hall and turning towards the student club area. Dannii stepped into the large room that was used for drama, wrock group, and the fashion club and looked around. At first she didn't think anyone was there but then she saw someoen on the oter end of the room working on something. Dannii walked up to her making some noise so she didn't scare the girl and tapped her on her shoulder, "Hey, I was wondering if you could help me with something..." Dannii said holding up the ripped clothing. Dannii gave the girl an uncommon friendly smile while she waited for the answer.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Contently, Nia got on with her work, humming a tune to herself to help drown out the hum of the sewing machine. Nia wondered why people didn't come down here as often as she did, then again people may say that she came down here too much and didn't socialise enough. This may be true and at times Nia did miss the company of others but she loved her friends and James; her boyfriend, why should she need anyone else. Plus she had the Cheerleading Squad which kept her busy and with Quidditch back this year she would have it to add to her schedule. Becoming consumed in her thoughts once again she continued with the dress, almost ready to fix the hemming. Hearing the door of the Club open Nia didn't bother to check who it was figuring whoever it was hadn't come to see her so she didn't need to worry about them. Hearing the person come closer she still didn't turn to see who it was, not until there was a tap at her shoulder.

Jumping slightly she stopped the machine and turned to see who it was. Nia didn't recognise the girl, something she wasn't surprised about - she didn't know an awful lot of people. Nia remained quiet as she listened to the girl talk, looking at the piece of clothing in the girls hand Nia remained quiet as she took the shorts from the girl and examined the damage. Looking up at the girl again she frowned her eyebrows, unsure why the girl had these shorts, but figured they must belong to her brother or a male friend - never expecting a girl to wear shorts like these. "Sure, this'll take to seconds to fix." she said, straightening her face and adding a small smile. Turning in her seat again she removed her dress from the machine and putting the shorts in its place. "So was the boy who owned these too embarassed to come down here himself?" she asked with a small laugh as she worked on the shorts.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii chocked down at laugh when the girl jumped. She was asking a favor, it probably wouldn't help her if she laughed. Dannii grined when the girl agreed to help her fix them and handed her the pink and grey stripped shorts. "Thanks so much! Your totally awesome!" Dannii said happily. Normally she wouldn't be showing so much emotion, but the girl was helping her after all. Dannii watched as the girl placed her ripped shorts in the mahine and began sewing them back together, maybe muggle stuff wasn't as stupid as most people thought. Then the girl asked what boy had been to embarressed to come down here to get them fixed himself. Dannii couldn't help but laugh at that. "No boy, Just little ol' me getting far to into my sports again" Dannii replied once she had finished giggling. The only boy she really knew was her boyfriend Azerail, and even the thought of him wearing shorts was a joke itself.

Dannii looked over the the thing the girl had been working on before, it looked like it was a dress. Dannii shuddered at the thought. Dresses were horrible, the only time she would wear a dress was at Yule Ball and even then she hated it. "Thats a um.. Nice dress your working on" Dannii complimented. She had to admit the color was really pretty... It was like a pinky orange. Dannii always had liked orange, and once upon a time believe it or not her hair had been pink. Ah the goth phase... How stupid was I? she thought reminising on her first year. "Whats your name anways? I'm Dannii" Dannii introduced herslef. The girl looked around her age, a bit older maybe. Dannii had never really seen her before though.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia nodded her head when the girl thanked her, “Mhmm.” was all that could be heard through her closed lips which held a few pins that she needed to hold the tear in place. Nia began to use the pins so thankfully there was no chance of her accidently swallowing them whilst coughing in shock when the girl informed her that the shorts belonged to her and not the boy the Nia originally thought, and that she had caused the tear whilst playing sports. Nia was far too much of a girly-girl to play sports that would involve herself getting harmed or ruining any of her clothes. The most she ever had was dancing and her cheerleading, her greatest passions after fashion. Although even when doing dancing or cheerleading she would never be caught dead in a pair of shorts like the ones in front of her right now, totally not her style. “Oh...I’m Sorry.” she said, awkwardly.

Nia went back to working on the shorts that were almost done, her eyes shooting back and forth between the girls and the shorts as she talked. “Thank you. It’s just something simple.” she said with a small shrug in response to the girls compliment. “I’m Efeyenia but everyone calls me Nia.” she said. “Nice to meet you Dannii.” she said as she removed the shorts from the machine. Holding them up in front of her she examined the tear, it looked good. “How’s that?” she asked, handing the shorts over to their owner once more.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii laughed at the girls awkwardness after she apologized, not in a mean way or anything she hadn't needed to apologize was all. Dannii grinned widely as Nia held up her shorts, they were good as new! "Wow thanks Nia! Your seriously awesome!" Dannii said holding them up to look at her favorite shorts. I guess you don't need magic for everything! Dannii thought. She had always wondered how muggles got along without it, but it turns out they had some pretty cool stuff. Dannii folded her shorts messily and stuffed them in her bag. "So I've never seen you before, do you like spend all your time here?" Dannii asked curiously looking around the room. She could see someone spending allot of time here. Hell Dannii could spend allot of time here if she felt like it. There was certainly enough to do by the looks if it.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia smiled when Dannii said thanks, taking that to mean that the shorts were done well enough for her. “Thank you. But really it was just a simple job.” she said, shaking it off. She had done a lot harder things; after all she did make some of her own clothes. Although she had yet to wear many of her own creations out in public, she liked them but she was far too afraid of ridicule and that no one else would like them. She knew she would have to get over this at some stage if she were ever to become a famous fashion designer. Nia cringed lightly when Dannii didn’t fold the shorts properly and just stuffed them into her bag but she wasn’t going to comment on that, she would soon discover herself what doing that would do to her clothes. At Dannii’s question Nia laughed shortly, “Yeah I suppose I do. Either down here or in my dorm room.” she said with a small shrug, having gotten used to how she secluded herself from all those around her, apart from her friends of course. “What about you? You’re not down here so where do you spend most of your time?” she asked, returning Dannii’s question to herself.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii nodded when Nia said she spent most of her time down here or in her dorm room. Dannii knew how that felt, most of her Hogwarts life had either been spent in her dorm or hanging out with Azerail. Dannii was making an effort this year to get out there and make friends, she was sick of being lonely, especially now that all her boyfriends spare time was being used for studying for OWLs. "I'm either in my common room forcing myself to do homework or outside playing sports or drawing" Dannii answered back. Lately she had been spending more time playing quidditch then anything. She had only made the team as an alternate this year and was determined to make first string next year, she had even bought weights to build up her arm strength. To most that might seem a little extreme but playing pro quidditch was Dannii's biggest dream and she would never get drafted if she didn't make first string of her house team.

"Do you like Quidditch?" Dannii asked randomly. If Nia did that would be awesome, someone to compare things with. If she didn't that would be cool too. At this point Dannii didn't care who she made friends with anymore she just wanted a friend. Dannii looked around and grabbed a folding chair to sit down next to Nia. "If I'm bugging you just go ahead and say so, otherwise I may stay here for a bit, its cool in here" Dannii said looking over at the instruments. At one point there had been a wrock group at the school but no one had really joined it lately. I'm way to clumsy to play an instrument, not to mention I would probably hate practice she thought.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia nodded at the Dannii’s answer about where she would normally spend her time. For some reason the answer didn’t seem to come as a surprise to Nia, especially the sports part. Nia had nothing against sports, she did like a few sports herself but there was some that didn’t appeal to her at all; although she mostly kept to her dancing and cheerleading when it came to exercise requirements. At Dannii’s question Nia shook her head without a moment’s hesitation, “No I do not.” She replied. She knew that being in the Glam Squad probably gave her an image of being afraid of a little dirt of breaking a nail but she was far from, as were others in the Glam Squad. Sure Isabella had been Captain and Chaser for Slytherin before she left and she definitely wasn’t afraid of getting dirty after some matches, Nia should know what with sharing the same dorm as her. “I have nothing against the sport, it’s just me and flying don’t go well together.” she said, a bit embarrassed by the fact that she was a witch and didn’t like to fly. “No you’re not bugging me.” she told Dannii with a soft smile. “It is nice down here, relaxing when the club meetings aren’t on and there’s always something to do. Does anything interest you?” she asked out of curiosity.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii nodded when Nia said her and brooms just didn't get along. Dannii could understand that, not everyone was a flier. Dannii smiled when Nia said she wasn't bugging her, one step closer to having a friend. Dannii thought for a few seconds while Nia talked about this place being relaxing and asking weather anything interested her. Dannii shrugged peering over at the instruments again, "Well I have always wanted to learn to play an instrument, but I'm not that dedicated to anything, and I know I don't have the patients to learn" Dannii answered taking her eyes away from the guitar. There were to many people who played guitar these days anyways, it just wasn't that original. Dannii tried to think of something else to say wanting to keep conversation going, this was harder the most people made it look. Dannii then remembered that Halloween was coming up in a few days, "So what are you being for Halloween?" Dannii asked. That question made her remember that she didn't have anything picked out yet. Damn it, why am I just remembering this now? Halloween is the best! Dannii thought. Usually she would have her costume picked out even before school was started, this year she just seemed a little preoccupied.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia laughed when Dannii explained about always wanting to learn an instrument but not in a mean way; far from it actually. To be honest Nia was the exact same. She had always wanted to learn an instrument but didn’t know what just yet. It wasn’t until her birthday last year that she every really thought about it when she met Riley, a Hufflepuff in her year who could play the guitar. They had gone to the music store in the mall and Nia had looked a few instruments whilst there but nothing took her fancy to be honest. “Same here. But I just don’t know what to play, there are far too many choices.” she said with a shrug of her shoulders. With the next question Nia grinned. She loved Halloween and the Yule Ball because it was an excuse for her to dress up. This year she was rather proud that she had made her own costume yet again and she was finished well in time of the Ball, usually she’d be cutting it fine by a few days. Reaching in to a bag she had at her feet she pulled out a hat and set it on top of her head. “It’s a muggle flight attendant. I went on my first place journey during the holidays and I had to put my own spin on it.” she said with a small laugh. “What about you?” she asked Dannii.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii smiled while Nia laughed, she hadn't been trying to be funny but she knew Nia wasn't laughing at her. Dannii agreed with what Nia said there were hundreds if not thousands of different interments how people chose was beyond her. It couldn't be that hard though, just chose whats available. Dannii watched as Nia put some strange hat on her head and said she was going to be a... flight attendant? Muggles could fly? Dannii hadn't know that. "Whats a plane? And since when can muggles fly?!" Dannii asked out of curiosity. Maybe I should have taken muggle studies, I really sound stupid Dannii thought resisting the urge to roll her eyes at herself. Dannii hadn't noticed that Nia had asked her about her costume until a few minutes after pondering the thought of how muggles could sprout wings. "Oh, I don't know what I'm going as yet. I guess I've been a little busy this year" Dannii answered. I guess I should get on that... I could probably get something during the next Brightstone weekend. Dannii told herself. Then Dannii realized she didn't even know when the next Brightstone weekend was, what if it was past Halloween? She was surprised at how out of it she was this year, maybe the stress of school was finally getting to her.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia wasn’t surprised when Dannii asked her what a plane was. Granted she only knew because she had grown up in a mainly muggle community due to her father’s commitments in the government. Despite this she had never really travelled via plane before as they usual apparated or used the Floo Powder network. Although this time round they had to be seen travelling by plane. It wasn’t overly that bad though and Nia had enjoyed it. Although it wasn’t until she saw the flight attendant’s uniform and she had started to sketch out her ideas for her Halloween outfit; it definitely made the plane ride go in much quicker.

Nia gave Dannii a short explanation of what a plane was and that muggle don’t exactly fly with wings but instead they fly inside a big metal can. It wasn’t the best explanation but she hoped it would at least work. Nia was surprised when Dannii said she hadn’t planned her outfit yet. Nia knew what it was like to not have the outfit finished so close to Halloween but at least she knew what she was going as. “Well do you have any ideas?, because I don’t mind whipping something up now that I’ve got my outfit finished.” She offered. Nia had no new projects to work on once she finished her dress and that wouldn’t be too long.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii forced herself not laugh during Nia's explanation of what a plane was? Muggles could fly around in a giant tin can? She would have to see that sometime. Maybe not all muggle inventions are that great... she told herself. A giant flying can sounded very unsafe to Dannii, what if it ran out of.... what was that word? Gas. Then it could crash. Dannii decided that she would stick to brooms for the time being, they seemed much more reliable. Dannii was a little shocked when Nia offered to make her a costume, they had just met why would she do something so nice? Dannii wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to get a costume though so she searched her mind for an idea. Nia was going as something muggle like, maybe Dannii could to? "Well whats that job muggles have, kind of like an auror but they have those metal wands that kill people?" Dannii asked. She had seen them before when she would go out clothes shopping. Usually they didn't shoot there metal wands unless someone else started shooting at them. Dannii thought it was horrible that they would kill people, shouldn't there be a better way to get them to stop doing bad things?

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia figured that he explanation may not have been the best way to describe what an plane was but she hoped it did the job. This is probably why Nia would never be a Muggle Studies Professor, or a Professor in general, she wasn’t good a describing things to people that was out of the ordinary. Nia felt the small silence consume the two but when it was broke by Dannii’s question Nia thought for a moment. “Oh you mean a policeman? Or woman rather?” she asked, not sure if Dannii would even know the proper name of them even if Nia had told her but it would be good if she at least recognised the name. Even though Dannii hadn’t confirmed if a policewoman was what she was thinking off Nia could already imagine what she was going to make in her head.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

"Oh yeah thats it!" Dannii replied happily when Nia suggested police woman. Dannii looked around the room once again and noticed a clock, or rather what time it was. "Oh crap! I have an astronomy essay due tonight and I havn't even started!" Dannii exclaimed. I'm doomed Dannii thought turning a little pale. It wouldn't have bothered her so much if it weren't for the fact that the astronomy professor was her sister and she felt like she had to do well. I don't know why... its not like she can tell our parents. That was to far for Dannii, she felt a pang in her chest at the thought. "I'm so sorry for this Nia, I'll see you tomorrow?" Dannii asked before slinging her bag over her shoulder and running out of the room. She had a few hours before astronomy began, she could come up with something... Hopefully.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia smiled when Dannii confirmed that the policewoman was what she had in mind for her Halloween costume. Nia was already coming up with a few ideas in her head and was getting excited about her first request for an outfit, it would have to be just perfect. As Nia became lost in her own thoughts of her the outfit was going to look she didn’t notice Dannii go a little pale as she mentioned her Astronomy assignment. When Dannii said she had to go but she would see her tomorrow Nia nodded her head in understanding; not a lot of people were like her and actually cared about their grades and work, Nia was just too lazy to care. “No worries Dannii. See you later.” she said with a small wave as the younger girl left. Nia turned back round to her desk and disregarding her dress she made a start on designing Dannii’s outfit.