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Emiline clung to her broom, gradually gaining confidence now that the girl was hovering next to her. The girl offered her a hand to pull the brooms closer. Carefully, Emiline grasped her hand. Emiline heard the girl's voice properly, it was full of fear. A pang of guilt punched Emiline in the gut. This girl, who she had never met before, was facing a fear to help her. That takes guts. I feel bad now. If i hadn't of been messing about none of this would have happened. Idiot Emiline. You absolute idiot. She thought. She shook herself out of her self-destructive hole. There were more important things at hand. Getting down! Emiline felt worse when the girl spoke again. She explained that they had to aim their brooms downward and lean forward. The way she said it sounded like she was reassuring herself more than anything.


The wind now seemed more gentle, more like a breeze to cool you down in summer rather than a hurricane trying to destroy everything in its path. Now the weather had turned, it was easier to cluch the broom. The gentle breeze made Emiline more at ease even though she was 50 metre up in the air.

Emiline finally noticed the girl's green school robes. In all the commotion she had failed to notice the green. Her mind flashed to her father who was once in slytherin. NO! Don't judge all sltherins by your father. I thought you were better than this Emiline She chided herself. "Thank you...." She paused, she didn't actually know this girl's name. "What's your name? I'm Emiline."

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WC: 273

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

Kaitlyn briefly closed her eyes, and breathed deeply to quell her thumping heart. ‘You can do this, Katie. This girl clearly needs your help … She doesn’t need you to act all timid and shy. She needs someone brave. You can do this. You. Can. Do. This,’ her mind roared at her. She resolved herself, as she opened her eyes again. ‘You came up here to help her, and that’s what you’re going to do.’

Keeping a strong hold on Emiline, Kaitlyn smiled at her with a new sense of confidence. “You’re welcome. My name is Kaitlyn, it’s nice to meet you, Emiline. Although, I do wish it was under better circumstances,” she continued. “Ok, I’m going to start leaning forward so we can climb down. If you don’t mind, can you do so, too? Just a slight movement, please. You can watch me, if it is easier,” she offered. Her blue eyes no longer showed the fear from earlier. She was doing her best to remain confident, so this girl would believe in her help.

As she indicated, Kaitlyn leaned slightly forward on her broom. And, as she started to lead herself and Emiline towards the ground. Slowly at first, as her grip on the broom tightened. She wanted no room for error.

The girl introduced herself as Kaitlyn and started to explain how to get down. Emiline noticed she had closed her eyes. Thinking? Or something else?She quickly looked at her broom so that Kaitlyn wouldn't be weird about her staring. She counted to ten then looked back at Kaitlyn. The girl had recollected herself and started explaining. Kaitlyn angled her broom towards the ground. Emiline's stomach lurched with fear, her hands griped the broom tighter and her eyes widened silghtly


Slowly the friends glided towards the ground. Soon they were only a few metres from he ground. Emiline visibly relaxed now they were closer to the ground."Thank you Kaitlyn. " Emiline spoke with a slight shake to her voice. But it was clear Emiline was trying to hide it. The wind tickled her hair and stroked her cheek as if to say, you're safe now. She closed her eyes breifly to slow her rising heartbeat. It worked.

Soon, they made contact with the ground. Emiline couldn't get off that broom fast enough. She was going she fast that she tripped and landed on her face. However she quickly stood up and brushed her clothes down and told Kaitlyn,"I'm okay."Emiline smiled gratefully towards the kind-hearted slytherin.

Wc:204
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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

‘Okay, you’ve got this Katie, you’ve got this … Just lead Emiline towards the ground. Nice and slow. Don’t look down … Do … not … look … down. You can do this. Slow and steady,’ Kaitlyn’s mind whirled as she gripped onto Emiline and had her other hand gripped around her own broom. She refused to look down, keeping her blue eyes focused on Emiline. She didn’t want to show her fear … how scared she was. She didn’t want Emiline to think she couldn’t help her. That was far from the truth.

The two girls gradually came closer and closer to the ground, as their brooms descended. Kaitlyn heard Emiline give her thanks, and Kaitlyn smiled at her. “You’re welcome,” she whispered, still maintaining her air of false confidence. Soon enough, they reached the ground. Emiline had attempted to get off her broom fast and fell face-first to the ground. Kaitlyn yelped, and fell in her down dismounting, on her back.

Kaitlyn stood up, as well, dusting off the dirt she had just come in contact with. “I’m g-glad,” her stutter returned. She gave a smile to Emiline, thankful what she did helped. Without warning, she hugged Emiline, happy to have just brought them both back to the ground safely enough. “T-thank you f-for trusting m-me,” she added.

While brushing herself down, Kaitlyn also fell off her broom but backwards onto her back. Emiline giggled because both girls had fallen off.

Emiline's hair was begining to annoy her so she untied it so it wouldn't look as messy. While doing this she heard Kaitlyn reply. Emiline grinned at her, the fear forgotten now they were on solid ground. There was a pause while Emiline listened to the chatter of the other students who were oblivious of Kaitlyn's bravery. Suddenly, Emiline was hugged. It was Kaitlyn. Emiline embraced her back and did something she she wouldn't normally do. She took a deep breath of Kaitlyn's aroma with her eyes closed. It reminded her of home and it made her feel safe. Idiot. Why did you do that. Emiline scolded herself. Emiline gently pulled out of the hug when it was about to get awkward. "It's no problem. I honestly had no idea how to get down, I was panicking and you did the right thing by helping me out." The brunette replied. "Trusting you? Why wouldn't I trust you?" She asked with a puzzled tone. Not understanding why people wouldn't trust this lovely, likable and very trustworthy person.

Emiline noted that Kaitlyn had a stutter. Oh, she is shy! A penny drop moment for Emiline. "Kaitlyn, do you want to go do something together after class?" She offered.

Wc:230
@Kaitlyn Conner

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

As Emiline pulled back, Kaitlyn did so, as well. She nodded her head to Emiline’s words. “I’m g-glad I was able to h-help you … and that y-you’re fine,” she replied, giving a brighter smile. Her blue eyes scanned the rest of the class. ‘I wonder if anyone else saw what just happened with Emiline. It’s not like I want praise for what I did to help her, as someone had to do it. But, like, why didn’t anyone else try to jump and help her, like I did? Then again, a lot of muggle schoolchildren are like that,’ She observed.

A light flush graced her cheeks from Emiline’s comment about trusting her. Kaitlyn gave a shy smile. “W...well, um, I meant b-because I’m not well v-versed about flying. But, t-thank you,” her smile brightened. ‘And frankly, I don’t much about flying, not like I want to admit that, even though we are on the ground now.’

“Ok. Yes, please,” Kaitlyn replied, her politeness evident, the happiness evident in her voice. Her speech was slightly louder than her normal quiet demeanor. “W-where did you have in m-mind?” She asked. Not many students offered to hang out with her after a class, so she was excited. Then again, it wasn't like it was everyday that she felt like she could help a classmate as much as she just did.

Emiline listened to the gentle breeze and wondered how different it felt now she was down on the ground. It smelt like freshly mowed lawn with a hint of perfume.

Suddenly she grinned, "I was thinking maybe the courtyard, I tend to spend most my time there... " She trailed off. She wondered whether or not she should tell Kaitlyn about her hobby of watching people and trying to figure out what they were talking about. While thinking, a glint appeared in her eyes that some people think is a glare. "Doodling."Emiline pulled out a crumpled notepad and flipped to a page with a sketch of two people with speech bubbles. This one was from last weekend where Emiline had been lucky enough to be in the right place where two older years were having a heated discussion. She had sketched them mid-argument and the emotions were clearly in the average drawing. She offered the notepad to Kaitlyn and with her other hand she pulled out a small brightly coloured bag. A smell of sugary essence crept into the breeze, Emiline put her hand in he bag and the smell got stronger, almost irresistible for some people. She pulled out a flapjack coated in powdered sugar. It was clearly oozing with honey and smelt delicious. "Do ya want won?Emiline asked with her mouth full.


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