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Time: Reducio Flying Class	Interacting with: Reducio @Silver Artemis
Outfit: Reducio Her Slytherin school robes and uniform. Her brunette hair is tied back in a ponytail.	Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

“N-nice t-to me-meet y-you, Silver,” Kaitlyn stuttered, but tried to sound sincere. Her face flushed bright red at Silver’s question. ‘Merlin, am I that obvious? Can my classmates tell that I’m incredibly nervous and anxious? I suffer from social anxiety, yes, but I assumed that people couldn’t tell until I started talking,’ she thought, feeling bad for herself and her lack of communication. ‘No wonder why people treat me differently. Merlin, I must be a bad student … and an even worse friend,’ her mind whirled with self-doubt.

Audibly gulping, Kaitlyn shook her head. “N-no. I’m j-just sh-shy, an-anxious, a-and awk-awkward,” she admitted. Her fingertips still nervously braiding her hair. ‘Merlin, when is this class going to end,’ she internally moaned. She had to wonder how many of the classes were designed to get them talking to each other. It felt like that was true for flying class. And now, she felt bad for wasting Silver’s time. “So-sorry,” she mumbled, looking down at her feet again. Self-concious thoughts began to permeate her mind, thinking that her presence was off-putting. ‘Good job, Kaitlyn, now you’re wasting Silver’s time by barely being able to communciate. You would’ve been better off staying quiet,’ her mind chided her.

Time: Reducio Flying Class	Interacting with: Reducio @Silver Artemis
Outfit: Reducio Her Slytherin school robes and uniform. Her brunette hair is tied back in a ponytail.	Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

Kaitlyn shrugged at Silver’s words. It was very likely that other people felt anxious, but she rarely thought about that. “M-Maybe? S-sorry. B-but, it so-sometimes f-feels l-like just m-me,” she voiced her concern. To be fair, when she was acting incredibly shy, she rarely looked around at her classmates. So, it was certainly very possible. It was very hard to potentially worry about others when she could barely think straight.

At Silver’s question, Kaitlyn glanced around. “I th-thought they s-stepped a-away f-for a moment,” she responded, thinking that was what happened. Then again, it was an eventful class, and she finally summoned the broom. She glanced over at Silver. “M-me?” She asked, surprised that this much more outgoing girl would want to be friends with her. “Um … yes, y-yes we c-can,” she agreed, giving a shy smile.

Kaitlyn giggled at Silver’s confirmation that she would be Silver’s first friend at Hogwarts. “Y-you need to s-start s-somewhere,” she giggled. “Y-you ha-have an-anxiety, too?” She asked, “I can’t e-even t-tell.” Or this girl processed hers differently. And likely didn’t stutter like her. Then again, just because she couldn’t see it yet, didn’t make it not true. “Th-thanks f-for the h-help,” she responded with a small smile.

Time: Reducio Flying Class	Interacting with: Reducio @Silver Artemis
Outfit: Reducio Her Slytherin school robes and uniform. Her brunette hair is tied back in a ponytail.	Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

“Oh. Ki-knd of like w-where your mind is a-always racing a-around getting distracted d-auring the day. But, at ni-night, your mind c-cannot rest,” Kaitlyn commented, her stutter slowly becoming less visible, as she started to become more comfortable to talk around Silver. That was always good, of course, since they were in the same house. She kind of understood Silver’s issue. Her own mind raced a lot, too. It took her time to slow her mind enough to sleep. She often had to resort to some meditation to achieve anything close to a restful mind. And, thankfully, it didn’t bother her roommates. Or, at least, they didn’t tell her it did.

Her cheeks blushed bright red, and Kaitlyn looked down at her feet. ‘Am I really this pathetic? Getting tongue-tied on just talking to people? Would Silver even understand?’ She thought. “I’m j-just nervous t-talking to p-people … a-and making f-friends. I’m s-sorry for b-bothering you,” she responded quietly. She felt bad for making Silver question why she was the way she was. It made her feel like she was doing a bad job attempting to make a friend. She promptly shut her mouth to not say anything weird to her fellow housemate.

Time: Reducio Flying Class	Interacting with: Reducio @Silver Artemis, @Emiline Hunter
Outfit: Reducio Her Slytherin school robes and uniform. Her brunette hair is tied back in a ponytail.	Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

As Kaitlyn waited for Silver’s response, she noticed one of the Hufflepuff girls mount her broom and fly into the air. Normally, she wouldn’t care, but her blue eyes grew as big as saucers. Not because the girl was breaking the rules, but because of the girl’s bravery. Kaitlyn was scared. Scared of flying. Scared of falling. She hoped that by taking the flying class, she’d be able to learn to fly slowly but surely. Then she might be able to get over her fear. Or be more comfortable in the air. Despite her fear, she thought it looked fun.

As such, Kaitlyn felt a pant of jealousy seeing this girl. Freely flying. Going higher. Flying in circles. Sure, the girl tried to get some of the other first-years to join her. But, Kaitlyn stayed out, her feet on the ground, next to Silver. But, then, something was wrong. The girl was screaming that she couldn’t get down. Kaitlyn’s eyes grew even wider. She turned to Silver. “Hey, um, Silver. I’m going to go help her,” she pointed to the girl in the sky. “I … um, enjoyed our conversation … I’d like to talk to you again.” She gave a small apologetic smile to Silver.

Without even thinking, Kaitlyn mounted her broom and kicked off the ground. She flew up into the air. Unsteady at first, she swayed a bit, but was able right herself … mostly. Glancing up, she angled her broom up for her to approach the girl. It took her a while, as she moved slowly, but was able to rise up to where the girl was. She was able to stop and hover near the girl and let out a sigh of relief. She was safe so far. That was always good. She gulped and looked over at the girl. “Um, hey, why don’t we go down together?” She asked. Her shyness and fear were momentarily eclipsed by the adrenaline from rushing into the sky to help this girl.

Time: Reducio Flying Class	Interacting with: Reducio @Emiline Hunter
Outfit: Reducio Her Slytherin school robes and uniform. Her brunette hair is tied back in a ponytail.	Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

‘Don’t look down … don’t look down … don’t look down …’ Kaitlyn’s mind kept repeating. She was absolutely scared to be up in the air. But, she was already there … and was trying to help this Hufflepuff girl, who seemed terrified like her. She sighed lightly, trying to calm her fears. She moved her broom closer to the girl’s, and she extended an arm out, pulling the girl closer to her. ‘I hope this works,’ she thought. “M-maybe we should t-try together?” She offered.

‘I never thought of how to get down either … I don’t want to admit that and make this girl even more scared. From what I could tell, aiming upwards allows you to climb … so by that logic, aiming down and leaning forward should do the trick … I think…’ Kaitlyn looked over at the girl. “We a-aim our brooms s-slightly downward a-and lean forward s-slightly … together,” she provided, emphasizing the together to show that she wasn’t planning on leaving the girl by herself, gently keeping her hold on the girl. ‘I don’t want her to panic more than she already has,’ she thought. She gently shook her head. “Don’t w-worry about that now … and I d-don’t think you’re a nuisance … just c-curious,” she replied.