Childhood Friends Reunited![PV Charles McGraw] - Great Hall

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Tesla Stone

Fifth year, Hufflepuff

541 273

18 Dec 2022, 02:53

Date and Time: Dec 17, Early dinner time

Reducio

Tes's outfit: Hair bandana and wrist bandana, one green one red for the holidays. Thick yellow winter jacket, boots, jeans, and mittens. All slightly damp.
Note:As Charles McGraw and I know each other irl, all instances that may border on godmodding have all been discussed and agreed to. I.e.: Tackling and being picked up, and an assumption about activity.

Tes was having a fantastic day, and she wasn't sure it could get any better. It was saturday, so there were no classes, the sun was shining outside, there was no wind, plenty of snow on the ground to play in (and a good deal more of it melting out of Tes's boots as she came back inside, but that's beside the point. She's careful to avoid tracking it anywhere the house elves would have a hard time cleaning it up). She'd just run around outside until her cheeks were red and her stomach was rumbling, ready to go inside for a hearty meal and a nap by the tree in her dorm room.

Stepping into the great hall, the last of the snow and water falling from her aside from a few stubborn snowflakes still clinging to her bandana, she looked around at the Christmas decorations, feeling her heart swell with cheer at the realization Christmas was in one week! She was so excited! As her eyes drifted over the Slytherin table to possibly see Colin or Irina, she was disappointed to see it was practically empty with no one she knew. The Gryffindor table was much the same, and her own Hufflepuff table didn't have any of her friends at it, but she still began to slump glumly toward it, giving one last glance at Ravenclaw to try to catch sight of anyone else she knew. Her eyes ran over and she didn't see any of her friends from Hogwarts, but they stopped on one boy facing away from her.

Small in stature, hunched over a book, mousey brown hair, glasses on the table next to him. She couldn't see his face, and it may have been years, but it could only be one person- "Charlie!" Tes squealed at the top of her lungs, taking no notice of the startled looks from the sparse number of students near her, and bolted across the great hall towards her old friend. In her excitement she made no move to reduce her speed, slamming in the smaller student and toppling the both of them off the bench into a pile of tangled limbs.

"Oh my goodness! I didn't know you were coming to Hogwarts! I haven't seen you since you moved away, and I thought maybe you'd go to school somewhere else, and we haven't even sent any owls because I forgot-" as she was rambling she stood up, picking Charles up with her, hands tucked under his arms like a cat. She set him on his feet and brushed out his clothes before finally cutting herself off and plopping beside where he'd been sitting on the bench. She beamed at him excitedly, patting the surface and asking, "How have you been? Where do you and your parents live now? Light anymore plants on fire? I know you were real bummed about that one!" She reached across the table to stuff a roll in her mouth, finally giving him a chance to respond.

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Charles McGraw

Second year, Ravenclaw

6 16

18 Dec 2022, 16:49

Today was the day that Charles was going to study in public. He hasn't had much of a chance to get out and mingle since the train arrived due to being so overwhelmed by all the information he has access to. It’s not that he was being antisocial it’s just that he had other priorities to handle. Picking out Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger Charles started his walk to the great hall. Noticing the soft snow all around him and coming to the realization that Christmas is soon to be upon the world Charles let out a soft sigh thinking of all the antics his parents might be up to.

Finally arriving to the great hall Charles found a cozy little spot at the Ravenclaw table and opened his book to start his studies. After the consumption of one roll and a few flips of a page there was a loud squeal that almost sounded like his childhood nickname. He immediately tensed up knowing of the physical violence that was soon to follow. He dared not turn around and just hoped that he won’t get bruised up as bad as the other times.

The impact, the crash to the floor, getting picked up and dusted off, and the rambling was all to familiar. Charles barely heard Tesla’s first ramble as he was just happy to see an old friend’s face and was collecting his things that were flung about. As for the bombardment of questions he was ready and responded in turn. “Tes! I’ve been great! It’s so awesome that we are both here! My parents have moved back to America to continue their research you know them.” He beams softly at all the childhood memories flowing back into his thoughts but then remembered the flower. “I know I’ve told you I don’t like talking about the flower incident Tes! I was devastated I set my parents research back by a whole day!” Charles turns and scuffs the ground with his foot pouting a little.

@ Telsa Stone

Tesla Stone

Fifth year, Hufflepuff

541 273

26 Dec 2022, 23:26

Tes couldn't believe Charles was here, and she couldn't take her eyes off him as she helped him pick up a few of the things she'd scattered, also taking the time to put a few pieces of chicken and a particularly rare slice of beef on her plate. She listened happily as he mentioned his parents, pausing her eating for long enough to ask, "They're already in America? Don't tell me they stayed in the UK just long enough to get you into Hogwarts before going to do their weird plant studying somewhere else. They have a permanent house here though, right? So you can visit for Christmas, and you won't end up getting transferred to Ilvermorny," Tes stuck out her tongue in a jokingly mocking manner, "I told you my momma's family moved her to the UK just so she could go to Hogwarts, right? It just goes to show how much better it is! Although she had slightly different circumstances, which is also why its so important I stay here too," Tes scratched the back of her neck, glancing pointedly and not very subtly at the bandana covering up her werewolf bite. Charles and her had known each other their whole lives, and his parents had been around when the accident happened. She leaned in to whisper, "Remind me sometime to tell you what they do for us wolfie wizards and witches here! It's not exactly luxurious, but it's pretty neat they have a plan at all. I heard other schools just kick them out! But that's probably just a rumor." She grimaced, thinking of some of the werewolves her family knew that had a tougher time finding jobs. Hopefully it's just a rumor, she thought to herself, sobering up for a second before going back to being excited to see her friend.

Leaning back she kicked her feet onto the bench between them, throwing her head back and laughing as he scuffed his foot, embarrassed by her reminder of his first use of magic. When they were little they had their first instances pretty close together, and she'd been a little bit jealous that his had been so much cooler than hers. Just catching a bucket was nowhere near as exciting as lighting something on fire! "Fine, fine, I won't bring it up for at least a day! I just think it's cool that the flower incident had so much flair and excitement!" she paused, lifting her hands up and shrugging, "Even if the whole 'setting research back a day thing' was a bit less cool. Besides that though, what have you been up to? I haven't seen you in a year and a half! Your family was moving to Ireland last time I saw them, weren't they?"

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Charles McGraw

Second year, Ravenclaw

6 16

21 Jan 2023, 02:00

At the mention of Christmas and his parents Charles perked up. “Oh they absolutely got a house while they were up in Ireland just to put me into Hogwarts! Currently, though they have returned to America to continue their research on this and that. as for our Christmas plans they are supposedly taking a break to come visit me at the house so it'll be nice to see them and tell them all about the things I've learned!” Noticing her bandana and listing to her remark on the "wolfie wizards and witches" he leaned forward and whispered back “Oh it's great that there's a whole group of slightly wolfish folks for you to mingle with! From what I gathered Hogwarts is the place to be 'cause it's so inclusive!” Charles pauses and remembers his parents trying their best to help during the accident and from then on always being ready to assist Tes and her parents with their knowledge of potion crafting. It was a terribly stressful time but long past so Charles moved his thoughts back to the present conversation. When Tesla brings the flower up a second time Charles' cheeks flush and he mumbles “Well yes I suppose it was a bit flashy and exciting compared to other instances but it's still embarrassing!” Recovering from his embarrassment Charles clears his throat and continues in a clearer tone “I've been a bit of a bookworm lately studying up on all these books we were required to get! That might explain why we never saw each other until now... But before Hogwarts, I was helping my parents with their botanist work and learning about all sorts of cool plants! As for my parents, they settled into their permanent residence and for a time were doing work in Ireland but recently they got called back to America due to the discovery of a new subspecies of plant! What about you Tes, you do anything fun or interesting before Hogwarts?”

@Tesla Stone

Tesla Stone

Fifth year, Hufflepuff

541 273

16 Feb 2023, 02:51

Tes listened eagerly as Charles explained that his parents still have a house in Ireland, thankful that her friend wouldn't be taken away from her so soon after meeting again. That sounded a bit dramatic, even in her own head, but his parent's penchant for moving around the world was what separated the two of them in the first place. It was hard to stay in touch through owls when someone is overseas after all. She jokingly pretended to wipe sweat from her brow, smiling at Charles and saying, "It's a relief you won't be leaving! I was really worried there for a second," she glanced down at her plate briefly, smile falling a tad bit, "I really missed you, you know?"

She brightened once more, thinking of Christmas and all the fantastic friends she'd met here at Hogwarts, half-breed and wizard alike. "It's fantastic, everyone here has been so inclusive and kind that I've met so far! I'm sure not everyone is so kind and understanding, but I've gotten really luck. On another note though, if your parents end up coming for Christmas you can all totally come spend some of it with me! Mum and momma will be home, and I just heard that my grandmother will be visiting too!" she frowned, mood dropping at the thought of the American woman she'd never met, but who had always sent her boring and serious letters and gifts she couldn't care less about. "She told me she was going to take me to a party on Christmas day, which I'm not super excited about. But we can hang out whenever she isn't doing that!"

She laughed at the image of Charles burying himself in a book in the Ravenclaw tower or in the library- two places that she avoided as best she could. Looks like neither of them had changed much in the time since they'd seen each other. "Of course you've spent all your time studying, otherwise I would've seen you before now! I've been doing everything I can to just pass my classes instead of studying all the time," Tes wrinkled her nose at the thought of voluntarily reading any of the books they'd been assigned, "We'll have to go outside and do something together when we have more time!"

She couldn't help but fondly roll her eyes at Charles's excitement over a new plant. "I got to learn how to butcher a chicken for dinner one time! That was kinda gross but kinda neat at the same time. Otherwise I've just been going to school in town and helping out around the farm. I really miss the animals and the outdoors sometimes. We really spend so much time cramped indoors," Tes frowned, staring up at the enchanted ceiling longingly, wishing it was the real outdoors.

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

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