The Restricted Section Closed

Aravis was heading to the library looking for another book on dragons and serpents. She opened the door to the library searching for the book. Upon entering she saw a girl in the restricted section. The girl vanished as quickly as Aravis had seen her. Aravis ducked around a few of the shelves. She moved carefully and silently. However when she reached the restricted section she didn't dare go in, she wouldn't risk losing house points looking for someone. "I know you're there. I saw you when I burst through the door." Noticing that the door was now locked she turned behind her. Aravis sighed thinking she possibly imagined something. 

She went back to looking for her book. She walked the direction she was facing that was mostly towards the door. She realized she wasn't imagining anything when she tripped over something she didn't see. She turned around quickly not seeing anything. She took out her wand ready if anything came at her. "My father can sue you, don't you know! I could easily say you were in the restricted section. Reveal yourself now" Aravis said a little bit scared of who might be lurking around. She stood up quickly and looked all around her. Aravis's wand was pointed in every direction as she frantically turned towards the area she tripped.

Crap!  She thought. She didn't reveal herself, she knew she'd get in bigger trouble than needed. When she was hidden, she opened her bag and pulled out her invisibility cloak from her grandma. And she ran out the door. The last she needed was to get sued by a Slytherin. She never liked Slytherin house, they seemed to think they were above everyone else. She thought of a little joke to pull, she made sure that the cloak didn't move behind her, she snuck up behind the Slytherin, and yelled "BOO!" and ran out the door while letting out a little cackle. There was no way she knew who Verla was, her grandma had given her the cloak when she was little, she had made it herself. 
Her bowtruckle laughed out loudly. She covered his mouth as she ran from the restricted section. When she thought the coast was clear, she sat down and smirked and began reading the book she had taken. No one would notice an old text book missing. but then she read who the last person to use it was "In property of the Half Blood Prince" funny, she'd never heard of such a title before.

"BOO!" The voice yelled behind Aravis. Instead of jumping in fear Aravis whipped her head around and started casting hexes left and right. If anything she knew some pretty nasty spell should she need to use them. The door opened and Aravis chased after hexing left and right before slowing down to catch her breath. After a while Aravis continued her search for the mystery person. "I am Aravis Escanora a pure blood descendant of House Haven-Escanora and I will NOT be humiliated by some invisible person!" She repeated this over and over. Had her Aunt heard of the incident she would have sent a Howler to Aravis. She repeated it, and repeated it, over, and over again all the way down the corridors. 

And then she got lucky. She dropped a book she had been carrying. The book slid, hit something that wasn't there and then slid back towards her. Aravis smiled to herself and aimed her wand at the place. "Rictusempra, Tarantallegra!" She yelled casting the charm and the curse perfectly hand movement and all. "Now reveal yourself and I'll make the Tickling charm and the dancing spell both stop. I won't turn you in or else I could be blamed for what you've done as well!" 

She easily dodged the girls hexes, and she used the incantations of both of them. She poked her head out and looked at the girl startled. "You were humiliated? I humiliated a Slytherin, wait until everyone hears this. Oh, Verla Harness is the name, from Hufflepuff. You really should work on your targeting when you're hexing people, you could have hit one of the shelves." She giggled and took the cloak off, revealing her whole body. She put the cloak back in her bag, along with the book she hid from her. 
"I was only browsing too, I always wondered what was in there, nothing to creepy, besides one book that caught my attention. Anyway, pleased to meet you, sorry for startling you, I'm normally not like that." She extended a hand in front of her, which reminded her of when Draco extended his hand to Harry when they first met. Who knows, maybe becoming friends with a Slytherin wasn't such a bad thing anyway. Though she kept to herself that she had half blood, it was nothing to brag about any way. Having half wizard and half muggle blood made her think of the mean word people called them. Mudbloods. 

"In case you are deaf I'll repeat it once more. I will NOT be humiliated by an invisible person. There is a fine difference between will and was. You haven't humiliated me, you've only angered me. My target was invisible so it's not like I had a clue where to aim. I only missed by a smidgen." The other girl explained herself and then extended a hand. Aravis was unsure whether to take it or not. Was this girl prepared for what befriending Aravis could bring? She stared at the hand and then glared at Verla. A voice rang through her head. 'You need to make friends Aravis. People that will follow you or admire you. You need to demand respect.' The voice was her Aunt Farrah's. Aravis held her hand out and shook the other girls hand. 

"I know nothing about you but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. I'm Aravis, Aravis Escanora. You've probably seen me in The Daily Prophet. I believe the headlines were 'Young member of the House Haven-Escanora plans snake attack on muggles' or maybe it was 'Pure-Blood Aravis Escanora threatens muggles with pet snake.' Both are false but my family is quite hated on there." She basically spat the words out letting go of the other girl's hand. She had no clue how to be friendly but maybe the hufflepuff could help her mental state some.

"Too be quite honest, I did humiliate you because you waved your wand like a maniac. And I also don't read the Prophet much,  I only read books, the newspaper is a bit boring to me, though no one can see why. So you're a direct descendant? That's cool, I'm only a direct descendant from parents who don't want me." Verla caught the interest in her bowtruckle and he poked his head out from the inside of her hair and starred at the girl, no knowing whether or not to trust her, she was a Slytherin, though you can't judge a book by its cover. "I read about your aunt on there once though, she seems like a mean women, no offense, she just seems strict, or nasty, I don't know. Not my place to talk about her." She hoped Ollie didn't scare her, or startle her. She hid the book carefully in her bag, inside of her cloak, making sure it wasn't exposed or noticable. She began to walk away as if nothing happened, then she sat down and began to hum, just to see what she would do. She probably thought she was a bit absurd if anything.

"I waved my wand shooting hexes at something invisible, some bad things have happened in this school before so I would rather not have it happen again. It was self defense." Aravis said before noticing the bowtruckle. She had always found bowtruckles to be adorable. Verla walked away and began to hum. Aravis figured it was normal, her younger brother Maven did that all the time.Instead of getting suspicious Aravis sat down beside her rather calmly. "Well you're right about my Aunt. She is a vile cruel woman, my uncle is just as bad. Also on another note, your bowtruckle is adorable. I've always been interested in those creatures." Aravis did very much like to study them. She loved learning how the bowtruckles interacted with everything. 

Aravis sat there with Verla for a few more minutes and discovered even though she had not liked her at first that she was actually a rather nice person. "Do you like potions? Did you know that if you crush the Sopophorous bean with flat side of a silver dagger that it releases the juice better than cutting it? My mother taught me. One time she found a book with better instructions from someones notes in it. She copied it down with a quill so I have a somewhat similar version. However she told my father she left certain bits out. She said those bits were dangerous. I heard that the original copy is right through those doors in the restricted section." The dark haired girl said while pointing at the library.

Now she was getting somewhere and she felt happy about it. "I'm sorry about your your aunt and uncle. And thank you, his name is Oliver, I have a fanatic for magical creatures and drawing them. I suppose potions are alright, I read that in that book too. In fact, that's what I was in there for" Verla said and opened her bag and showed her the book she had taken. "I had once heard a spell once, I don't know where I heard it, but I found it in this book, it's one of the new spells that was created by The Half Blood Prince. Whoever that is." Verla kind of giggled, she had something in common with this girl already, they knew the same book. Oliver looked at Aravis kind of funny, but he gave her a slight and polite smile, showing that she was okay, and he said "HI!" to her and waved. Every time someone said that they liked her companion, or bowtruckles in general, he automatically liked them and would do anything to see them laugh at him. Whether it was a little dance, or a few tricks or trying to speak, it always worked. 

Aravis giggled at the bowtruckle. "Adorable." She said simply with a smile. "My Mother left out that spell in her copy of it. She said it was a wicked curse that shouldn't be used on anyone. I want to learn it in all honesty but I'm too young. My mother said that the half blood prince taught potions years ago, although I'm not sure which professor it could have been. That's pretty cool that you were hear for the book. I had wanted to see it but I don't want to risk losing house points. My house would probably kill me if I lost points." She joked with a laugh, rolling her eyes at the last bit. She found that she Verla was more similar to her than she knew. They both like bowtruckles, and both new the same restricted books. "My brother is really good with magical creatures. Well, my youngest brother Maven that is. He is too young to attend for now. My other brother who is here prefers Herbology and potions. I guess I'm decent at potions- I got an O so that says something." Aravis had a tendency to talk out of turn, which is what she was doing now. She had a hard time staying quiet unlike her brothers.