fresh air and boredom pv, Charlie Grace, Colin McCoire finshed

"Wow! That's a lot of greats!" "I cant believe I thought she was your sibling!" She chuckled. "If she went to school with old headmaster Dumbledore she-" Quinn stopped for a moment. "I....." She thought for another moment before she finally manged to get out "Wow..!" she zoned out thinking about how someone could live that long. She thinks Colin said something about liam. "What!" She snapped back to the grounds of hogwarts "Oh- That's Great!" She hoped she said the right thing.

Colin looked at Quinn with utmost confusion. "No, the Queen is not a boy" She assured him "Just the band, Their name is Queen." Quinn sated, He said that muggle magic is made to confuse him, And how he dose not understand some muggle things. "I guess it can be confusing if you did not grow up around muggles.." Quinn said.

Quinn saw how happy Colin was that she wanted to see him cast the charm. She thought he looked a bit like a toddler on christmas. He did a Swish and Flick Quinn assumed that it was to see if he remembered. He dug into his pocket and puled out a Raven feather, And placed it on his case. He casted the charm and the feather floated into the air. Did a small spin, Before falling back down onto the fiddle case.

When he asked Quinn to cast it She froze for a moment. She hadn't practiced the charm, But Quinn was not going to back down from a challenge. "Ok. Ill give it a go!" She declared. Quinn reached into her pocket and grabbed her wand, 28,2 cm chestnut wood and dragon heartstring. She took a deep breath, Moved her wand to do a Swish and Flick "Wingardium Leviohsa!" And very shaky the feather went into the air. Did a spin and fell. "Oh Wow! I did it!?" Quinn was amazed.

@Colin McCoire

Colin laughed as Quinn thought about how old his seanmamó must be. "You'd never know it if you saw her, though! She's got bright pink spiky hair and when she goes out she wears a black dress with silver jewelry. She saw it in a muggle magazine about music that's got rocks in it."

Then she explained how the Queen isn't actually a boy. "Oh! Yeah that makes sense! We have a picture of her in our house. Definitely a girl. But I didn't know she's a got a band! That's wicked! " He sighed. "I think you're right. Every time anyone mentions things about muggles, I'm interested of course, but it's also very confusing! Oh! I know --- since you know a lot about muggles, maybe you can tell me what a video game really is. These two muggleborns I met on the train talked about them, but they couldn't really describe it. I reasoned out that it must be some kind field glasses, you know, for watching a game from a distance. But I think they were making a little fun of me."

Then, after Colin challenged Quinn to try the levitating charm, he noted that she froze for a moment. Maybe she didn't know it or couldn't do it? But then she got unstuck and said try it. And she did! "Brilliant, Quinn! You didn't even have to review it first! You just took your wand out and did it --- that's impressive! I bet you could tutor charms!"

@Quinn Root

Quinn was shocked at the fact that Colins seanmamó, She assumed that it meant grandma, Had pink hair! "Your seanmamó has pink hair?! And its spiky? Like a mohawk?" She wanted to know more, It was very amusing to her a grandma with pink spiky hair. Colin said how his seanmamó saw it in a muggle magazine. He said something about music that rocks...? Must be Rock & Roll. Quinn thought.


Colin said that the Queen was a girl, And how he did't know that she had a band. "Ok, I-... " Quinn heasiaded. "You.. Don't get it, The Queen is The Queen, There's a band of the same name. They are not related, They just share a name?" She explained "Do you get it?" She asked. He sighed. And said how muggles are confusing. He then asked what a video game is. "Well... Let's see... I've never played a video game. I know a lot I think, But That I don't know." "Sorry" She told him "But if I had to guess, Its probably like a picture, but you can control what the people do?" She guessed. She honestly had no clue.

She hoped Colin had not seen her heastate, If he did he may have noticed that she did no know the spell very well. He then told her that she could be a charm tutor. "I don't know about that! Haha" She chuckled "But I do love charms.." She put her hand to her chin, Sat for a second. "Yeah Mabby, But your better at the charm then me! When you cast it, it fell softly!" She told him "Hey! Maybe we can both do it! Be charm tutors I mean..." She suggested

It seemed that two other students had the same exact idea she did, and now she was thinking her thoughts weren't so unique after all. She began to second guess herself, maybe she shouldn't bother the two. They both seemed deep in conversation, but this was also an opportunity to meet new friends.

Just go over there, she thought.

She recognized the tall boy with the messy black hair, perhaps she'd seem him in the hallway on her way to class. It's also possible he was in one of her classes as well but never talked to one another jsut yet. She gathered up her courage and made her way over, giving them both a slight friendly wave.

"Aye," she gestured at the grassy area, "ye mind if I sit 'ere?" Charlie gave a smile, thinking she hopefully met some friendly people as well. She'd hoped she didn't seem rude either, hopefully they weren't talking about anything too personal.

She noticed they were both Slytherins from their robes, and the girl seemed more put together. She made a slight comment to herself that the boy should eat more, he seemed really skinny but he was tall so it probably was the trick of the eye.

Colin considered the music with rocks in it and the Queen not being a boy but somehow connected to a group of singers that were. And then Quinn had said that video games were unlikely to be field glasses but more like enchanted portraits that you could control. He gave her a hopelessly confused look.

"Muggledom!" he cried. "I thought I was beginning to understand muggles, but now --- I'm not so sure! How can they control a magical portrait? I'll bet if I tried to tell one of the portraits in the castle what to do, it'd tell me to sod off!"

But the thought of Seanmamó with her pink hair made him smile. Quinn seemed to be interested in her. "'Maw Hawk' --- I've heard Seanmamó say that word, but I don't think her hair looks like any kind of bird. Actually I think it looks more like a Norwegian Ridgeback! --- There's like spikes of bright pink coming from every direction! She's really cool, though. Sometimes she tells Ma that she's going to pop down to London to check on something in Knockturn, but then she doesn't come back for a day or two! And when she does, she's dressed all crazy! Like this last summer she went several times --- she told us about all these people she met and their music. I remember she mentioned this bunch called Psychedelic Furs and some girl called Greetna Peng and something called an Incineration Festival. I don't think she saw the Queen this time. One of the times, she came home with her hair all blue and done up like a spiral! She brought us each a bar of Cadbury's, which was really nice, and said that when we got a little older and would completely whig out on her, she'd take us to a concert in London."

It was about then Colin saw a red haired girl walking towards them. And the talk turned back to charms. Quinn seemed to think her charm wasn't that good. Colin said: "But your cast was brilliant. So what if it wasn't perfect? You did first time and got it right! Brilliant!"

He laughed at the idea of them being charms tutors. "Haha! At least we've got the pronunciation right! It's leviOOOOHHsa not levioSAAAH!"

The other girl waved at them and asked if she could sit. She sounded Irish. Colin looked at Quinn with a slight shrug then back at the newcomer. He smiled back and said: "Aye, lassie, set yersel doon! I mean down! Er. I mean, aye you can sit!"

He turned back to Quinn. "She can sit with us, right? She is a Gryffindor!" He emphasised her house name and made a comical face. Then he laughed again.

@Quinn Root | @Charlie Grace

she laughed at Colin talking about controlling the photos. "I think we may need to take muggle studies in our third year!" She nodded at her own suggestion.

Colin told Quinn more about his Seanmamó "She sounds super cool! You know for someone who went to school with old headmaster Dumbledore!" She told him. Quinn saw someone a girl walking up to them.

He told Quinn how her charm was good. "It was good for a first cast I guess." She shrugged . Colions laugh made Quinn laugh. "We do got the pronunciation! Go us!" She said.

The girl Quinn saw came down to her and Colin. She asked if she could sit. Colin struggled to tell her yes. Quinn smiled at the girl. Colin then asked Quinn if she could sit, And said that she is a gryffindor.
"Yes, She can sit. And my moms a gryffindor!" She Laughed. Quinn then looked at the gryffindor, Taking a closer look she noticed that she had red hair. Colin must have known that she was a gryffindor based on her robes. She might be a first year, Based on height, Quinn thought. "Hello, Yes you can sit here" She told the girl "My name is Quinn! What's yours?" She asked the girl.

@Colin McCoire @Charlie Grace

interacting with @quinn root & @colin mccoire

Charlie took a seat on the soft grass, positioning herself in front of the two while sitting with her legs crossed. At first, she felt like she didn't recognize the girl, but realized it was the student that ran into her the other day, and possibly the cause of the mysterious tear in her DADA textbook. She had no hard feelings for it, it tends to happen but that's all she could think about when she saw her face.

"Quinn! Sorry lass I di'nt realize it was 'ou." Charlie grabbed her book from her bag and showed her to hopefully rejog her memory. "Charlie, 'ou ran into me de o'er day."

The tall boy didn't introduce himself but he seemed kind to invite for her to sit. He had a heavier accent than her, and it definitely wasn't Irish. She raised her hand to introduce herself,

"Charlie Grace," she gave a slight grin, "nice to meet ye."

His tie was slightly crooked, and it tempted her to straighten it. Though she'd rather not do that to someone she just met, it might be an odd first impression. She's not normally that picky either, she'd rather not her new acquaintance get told by a Prefect.

Colin listened as the red haired girl talked with Quinn. She seemed to know her already, from class. She must be Irish, Colin thought. Her accent's as thick as an oatcake! There must have been some kind of incident as she showed Quinn the torn pages of her text book.

After Charlie introduced herself, Colin realised that he hadn't. "Oh! Um. I'm McCoire. Er --- Colin, um. Colin McCoire!" He felt a hot blush rise up from his chest to his neck and face as they turned redder than any apple. He did impress himself a it by recovering fairly quickly. Maybe neither girl would notice? "So, um, where are you from?" Nice, lad! Just don't mention thick oatcakes! He loosened his tie even more than its usual half-tied state --- it felt suddenly tight around his neck. "Masel, my family's from here in Scotland. On the other side of Inverness."

"Anyway, it's nice to meet you too, lass! I suppose I should have said that earlier! Er. About your book, Charlie. I keep a wee bit o spellotape here. Um." Colin opened up his fiddle case and rummaged around in one of the compartments. Rosin, extra strings, interesting bird feathers, a curious bronze pendant, a couple of sickle coins --- ah! Down in the corner a roll of spellotape! "Found it! Would you like to fix your book?" He held the roll of tape in his left palm, waiting for her to either take it or else indicate she'd fix it later.

@Quinn Root | @Charlie Grace

Quinn finally noticed the girl as Charlie the one she ran into. "Oh right Charlie!" She said as Charlie showed her the torn book. Quinn felt her face tense. She still felt bad even if Charlie didn't care. Quinn shook her head in hopes to loosen it up. She hoped no one had thought of it as wired.

Charlie then introduced herself to Colin. Colin introduced himself to Charlie, He stammered with his words. He asked where she was from. 'Nice!' Quinn thought 'Now you wont have to ask, And you will know where shes from!' She found out that Colin is from scotland. She could have assumed this, but Quinn was kinda bad with placing accents.

Colin offered Charlie some sellotape to fix her book. 'Good now you wont feel as bad' She thought to herself as she gave a sigh of relief. She could not help but glance inside Colin's fiddle case. "You have some cool feathers!" She told him. He was digging through his case looking for the tape. As he was looking Quinn decided to ask Charlie. "So what brings you out here?" Colin found the tape and held it in his left palm for Charlie to take.

@Charlie Grace @Colin McCoire

She accepted the offer graciously, and allowed Colin to fix the book. She watched as the leather bonded back together, the stitch tightening the pages together. It looked brand new, as if she bought it from Flourish and Botts yesterday.

"Buíochas* Colin," she gave a pleased smile at his handiwork, "it looks brand new!"

She grazed her fingers on top the the binding where the torn once was, studier than hardened clay.

"Scotland, ey? Ne'er been, but aye 'erd it's highland is a sight to see," Charlie mentioned Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle, "maybe my family can take me 'der and get a McCoire t'ur."

Charlie then directed her attention to Quinn, but maintained her look to the horizon, slightly concerned that she didn't put any sunscreen on her face.

"Peace, aye guess," she leaned back and folded her arms behind her head, "some of de o'er students tend te make alot o' noise sometimes. I reckon yer here for de same reason?" The sunset became a dark orange, it reminded Charlie of a painting she'd seen once. Now the painting she's trying to recall couldn't come to her immediately, and surely was going to bother her for the duration of the conversation. It was at the tip of her tongue, but even then, she couldn't think of the name.