Damphires? That sounds Dangerous Open

Nico wasn't really much of a bookwurm, allthough she liked learning things. Broaden her horizon. In a school like this, it wasn't hard to find anything about anything. The Library was the centrum of most knowledge. Paper bundled up in leather covers. Or cardboard... Maybe cardboard. In the muggle world, those kind of books usually weathered real fast. It was a pitty. Thankfully in the wizard world, they seemed to have overcome that muggleworld error.

The redhead sighed and stretched before quietly walking in the Library. Lately, she usually came her during her patrols, making sure that no one was causing trouble. Girls pulling each others hair because one happened to topple over the others inkwell... Children truly are on edge at Hogwarts. The littlest thing makes them explode in anger, tackling the other like a bunch of rabid dogs.

A small smile tugged on her lips. It was calm today for a change. A very welcome change. As she casually walked around, her black mary janes tapping on the floor, Nico's iceblue eyes rested on a student holding a specific book. A chill ran down her spine. A fear that held her hand daily, creeped up to her neck. Like a wild animal feeling cornered.. No. She had to calm down. Not all students hated dhampirs. The catastrophe at the Great Hall had been a significant proof of that. It eased her nerves. Even if it was just a little.

However, if the opposite was true, that this girl was looking for more information about knowing how to hurt dhampirs, Nico felt she had to interfere. To educate them before things turned bad...

'Hello.' Nico smiled softly, her head slightly tilting to the side to look more approachable. Her strawberry red hair fell like waterfalls down over her shoulders. 'Looks like you're reading something interesting there.' The dhampir tried her best to not look intimidating but it was hard not to. Nico was incredibly pale, yet beautiful. Ethereal almost. Her iceblue eyes were decorated with a red batwing shaped eyeliner. On her cheeks there was a soft presence of blush. She almost looked like a doll. 'What do you think about dhampirs? They're pretty dangerous aren't they...'

She was testing her, but not that the Hufflepuff knew. Maybe she'd connect the dots sooner or later that Nico might fit the description of a dhampir, or maybe she wouldn't.

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Nico blinked at the girl in slight surprise. It was clear to the dhampir that this Hufflepuff wans't out to hurt anyone. Maybe the author but not anyone different atleast. The redhead smiled softly and nodded. 'We do have some questionable authors here and there. I'm relieved to see that you feel the same. Recently someone wrote something in the Daily Prophet which was rather questionable aswell. We're not entirely sure why... But I'm sure that that wasn't their best move...' She sighed, her hand reaching for her elbow to gently grab hold of it.

This girl wasn't used to cussing. Not that that was a bad thing. Far of it, actually. It meant that there was still hope. Hope within the first years, the freshmen of Hogwarts. Nico only feared that things could go south for them real fast. Hogwarts had its own way of igniting trouble. It wasn't really because of enemies on the outside of the castle walls... but more of the ones who lived within those same walls.

'Some people just like to cause chaos. Pain. Their reasons are usually questionable, to say the least. But... I'm happy to see that you aren't one of those.' Nico bowed her head gently as a greeting towards the Hufflepuff. 'I'm Nico. A dhampir. A pleasure to meet you.'

There was no need to hide it. Students usually wouldn't know right of the bat that she was a dhampir but that was perfectly fine. Let them figure it out, she thought. If they hadn't by then, Nico would see to it that only at the right time they'd know what she was.

@Paige Grant

Paige bite her lip, and nodded with a slight frown set upon her face. yeah, I heard about that, too. The whole newspaper thing sure was something..." in all honesty, it made Paige worried. What if they targeted werewolves next? What would happen? Pain. Chaos.Something Paige knew too well. she sighed. Doesn't the world;d have enough pain and chaos already? I mean... I don't know..." The world was chaotic enough as it was, wasn't it?

She felt bad for the damphires, it wasn't their fault they were considered "different," or "dangerous." They didn't choose this...
Paige's eyes widened. Her heart skipped a beat. She glanced at the book she was reading, then back to the girl. Of course, why didn't she realize before? :I'm Paige... a- " She hesitated. -a werewolf She spun around. She could feel herself start to panic. Calm down... maybe he didn't hear you... She cleared her throat. " Damphires, me and Nico were talking about damphires. We both find them interesting, so we came to research. Well, she noticed my interest and came over, actually. Her voice was calm, but no one but Nico would know she was lying, She didn't want everyone knowing Nico was a dampshire, it wasn't fair.

'Chaotic is a word for it, yes.' Nico nodded soflty. It wouldn't have been weird for her dhampir confession to raise some brows. She had expected the girl to maybe look weird at her or to not believe her statement. That it might've been just a way to get attention from a random stranger... But the Hufflepuff only responded, what would seem, surprised. Baffled? Nico was slightly flustered by her reaction but also glad. The redhead managed to find a kind spirit in this hellhole of a school.

Paige. What a lovely name. For a moment she couldn't help but wonder why their parents gave her that name. Had it to do... with books? Maybe that was a little too obvious. What the dhampir didn't expect though was the confession that quickly followed after hers. 'W-werewolf?' She said softly, trying to process that information. Truth be told, she hadn't met many werewolfs in her school career so far. Did she ever meet one? She couldn't recall.

A boy had overheard them talking about the creatures that were often referred as, in slang, as bloodsuckers. The young Prefect had counted on only interacting with Paige but it seemed some ears found this topic interesting aswell.

Her iceblue hues rested on the boys face, carefully taking in his features. 'Yes. Dhampirs. The half-human, half-vampire kind. Are you familiar with them, at all?' It wasn't a snarky remark. Not everyone knew about dhampirs, as she had experienced first class before. she wanted to see if maybe, maybe he already had a view on the rather unpopular race.

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@Paige That's okey. It happens to the best of us~

Vivian Seoigh was gliding through the library as usual (well--not really 'as usual', actually. She usually avoided the library like a plague) when she heard voices up ahead. She wasn't sure exactly why she'd come here, even though she'd made the decision only a couple of minutes ago. In reality, Vivi was still holding onto the hope that there might be a gym in this castle, even if she had long ago given up on the possibility of there being some sort of beauty salon around anywhere. For goodness' sake, it was the twenty-first century--how could there not be a gym. It was the mark of her desperation that Vivi, who hated working out, was looking for one.
Anyway, one word in particular had her hurrying over as quick as her feet could carry her.
'DaFire? Is that a rapper? Please tell me that's a rapper. You don't even understand how starved I am for pop-culture. This school is so, so boring!' She flicked her hair over her shoulder. She was a miniature blonde bombshell, with glistening blue eyes, perfect golden skin and long blonde tresses. She looked like the sort of girl who belonged on the beach in Bali, not in some library. Of course, Vivian happened to hold that exact same view. And even though she could be on the cover of a magazine, there was something about her--there always had been--that made you think she could be your fun, goofy best friend. And that was true--to a certain extent.