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WHY DID MELANIE HAVE TO DO THIS TO HER? The cat was perched on her head, giving her a mini heart attack as she had to balance the creature. She sighed as she headed towards the courtyard. "Why must you be so cruel, Mel?" she mumbled, finally stepping into the space. It was fairly early, meaning not many people were around.

That only furthered her purpose, as the person she was meeting was one she had not met before in her life. Less people to examine meant that she wouldn't have to go through such a long, tedious process of elimination.

The quill pals system continued to mystify her, for it was fairly expected that the people would meet up with each other. Would it not be of use to at least give them a picture of the person? Pictures were sometimes not the best, but they would at least give the people a concept of what the person looked like. Sky blue eyes examined the crowd, trying to pick out a person who seemed to be waiting. It didn't take long to spot the boy sitting nervously on a bench, book in hand and appearing deep in thought.

She approached quietly, quite unsure with herself. The conversation she'd had so far with the boy hadn't been unpleasant, but she also took into consideration that people would occasionally put up a front. She sighed again before speaking up. "Hello?" she said, sounding more questioning than a greeting should be. "You're Michael, right? My quill pal?" she said, holding out a hand for him to shake. Feeling extremely awkward, she would simply sit down if when he took her hand.

Melanie hopped off her head, landing on the bench and then going towards the ground and looking up at the two humans. She motioned towards the creature, who had eyes just as blue as her owner's. "That's Melanie, by the way."

@Michael Miller

Thursday September 10th, 2020 6:34 am before breakfest.

Michael's stomach growled as he continued to loom out, waiting on the girl. He smiled as a girl made her way over to him. She was taller than him, of course , but was thinner and had blue eyes. Quickly he closed his book. Michael looked up as the girl approached, and held out her hand. He took it with a relieved smile. "Yes, I'm Michael, you must be Sapphire, beautiful name by the way" he said as he shook her hand. He smiled down at the blue eyed feline, "Hello there, you are truly beautiful" he commented down to her.

As he moved his stuff for Sapphire to have room to sit down, packing up his book in a hurry, he felt nervous again. "So umm, I really didn't think about what we'd talk about when we met, and just asked." He ranted slightly, chewing on his lip after, nearly making it bleed. A nervous habit of his.

"So how has your week been, already 10 dayd into the year and I've already figured out i will not be a potions master, though i have an art for charms" he said with a smile, joking has always helped him calm down and he hoped she liked jokes too.

@Sapphire Riddle

SHE SMILED, A BIT AWKWARD. "Thank you," she said in regards to his first statement. She listened to the awkward stammer of the boy as he attempted to explain himself- Well, that sounded unnecessarily accusatory. What she meant was that he was stating how this meeting had come to be.

She hummed. "Ah, it's alright. I find I speak better when in person, anyway," she said. "I find it hard to react when I don't have the usual stimuli that comes with tone and all that." She paused again, letting him say the other part of his dialogue, laughing slightly. "I myself am not bad at Charms. I don't say this with bragging intent, but I have only gotten one grade below an O in that class - back in my first year, if I recall correctly." She gave a meek smile.

She cast her gaze towards the cat. "You can pet her. She doesn't bite... normally. She will if you wake her up early, but normally she's not all that temperamental." There were much meaner cats she'd met. Hades was likely one of them, but she'd never seen the other cat in action- That was against the point. "Hm, it's before breakfast, correct? Or, not exactly before- You probably get what I mean." She sighed, having felt awkward for messing up her words. "What I mean is that we can go get something to eat, if you want." She tapped her fingers against the side of her neck, the thrumming bringing her anxiety down.

@Michael Miller, sorry for the short response.

The boys smiled at her offer, and reached his hand over to the cat, letting the feline sniff him first, until he got a sign saying he was allowed to pet her. "She very well mattered, Henry's cat is well mattered, though it has a mind of its own. I'm pretty sure he just sleeps wherever he wants, as i have woken up to him on my bed many times." He said as he petted the cat.

He looked up as the girl spoke, smiling softly as she messed up her words, making him feel better about his own speech. "Yes, it is before breakfest, do you want to sit in the hall together or out here? I haven't really sat with anyone besides Henry, and he is usually surronded by other people, so I'm fine sitting any where" he said, and blushed slightly when he noticed he only talked about Henry, though that was his only real friend. Hopefully this Slytherin can be his friend too, and not just a Quill pal.

He licked his lip, not knowing what to say, only to grince at the taste that came back. "Umm question, is my lip bleeding?" He asked, leave it to him to make him lip bleed the first time he talks to somebody.

@Sapphire Riddle

Terribly sorry for the late response. I got caught up in life and my most productive year on H.iO quickly disappeared.

SAPPH GAVE A LIGHT LAUGH. "I haven't met very many cats here. The ones I have are rather... trouble-making." She smiled slightly.

She nodded lightly. That didn't seem like a bad idea. She was also sort of wondering who Henry was and whether it was the one she knew, but that didn't seem like such an important question. It was a bit weird for her to have a casual conversation. Most of the time when she met someone there was a much more serious topic they talked about.

At the question, she glanced at his face. Huh. My brain must've skipped over that detail, she thought. Although she was normally very perceptive, she did get a little uncoordinated when she was nervous. "Yes, just a little. Do you need to clean it or anything?" she said. Meanwhile, Melanie seemed to be staring upwards into the souls of the children. There were times when she really hated just how human the cat behaved. She was, of course, a little awkward in the situation even without the odd cat. However, she always seemed pushed to help people. There were times she doubted her House placement. Those kinds of situations, she would admit, fell under that category.

@Michael Miller

Mike was feeling his lip, he knew if he let it be it would stop the bleeding and he wouldn't have to worry too much about it, but he couldn't help but wipe at it, fearing that blood would be down his chin if he didn't. He smiled, though it hurt slightly, "oh no, i just, wanted to make sure i was imagining it, thats all" he said, "He pointed at the great hall.

"If we go now, we can get apples or something and bring them to eat outside. Thats would be nice wouldn't it?" He asked. He loved it outdoors, especially near the summer, though he was on the backend so it was getting colder.

He knew being a werewolf, it was in his blood to love the heat of the sun or the feel of the grass but still, he felt like it was truly him that loved it, not the beast within him.

He looked down at the cat, and studied it as it looked up at him, was it studying him back? How peculiar. He smiled, he loved animals and this tiny feline was oddly his favorite at the moment, even if it wasn't of the same breed as his favourite cat, much less his favorite animal.