Hiding From Her Mistakes Finished

After what happened in the great hall, James wanted nothing more than to help his friend. A girl who's named seemed to be Eri had stricken Kaegan with diffindo, and James was not going to let her get away without punishment. James marched towards the great lake, where he had tracked down Eri after her runs in the corridors. He spotted her in the lake, and knowing full well he could be cut up just like his friend, he persisted to track down the attacker.

James found the girl eventually. She had hid herself, and James was prepared at this moment. Drawing in his wand from the front pocket of his bag, James crept silently towards the ravenclaw girl, hoping to startle her while she was off-guard. James began to recite the incantation of the tickling charm, which was mostly harmless but good enough to startle an attacker, and if lucky, put them in a state where James could have the opportunity to bring her to the professors. James grew closer and closer to his opponent, still walking silently through the grass nearby the lake. 

Several things raced through James mind at this very moment: how would he make her willingly go to the professors? Why attack Kaegan with such a dangerous spell?  All of them were important but there was one that stood above the rest: how did she learn such a spell? James put several hours of research when learning about a new spell, but Eri obviously wasn't like James in that regard. James speculated as to why she would have the motivation to cast such a spell, much less at Kaegan of all people. James always knew Kaegan was sort of in his own bubble when it came to social activities, but that didn't mean that James wouldn't attack Eri. She had no excuse, no reason, or any other sort of factors that would cause her to attack Kaegan. It just didn't make sense.

He got to Eri eventually, a large grin spreading across his face. "Rictusempra."  James whispered, pointing his wand at Eri. A silver, beam-like thing came out of the slightly bent tip of James's chestnut wood wand, and James's grin only grew larger. He anticipated the amount of laughter that would emerge out of the attacker, walking back ever so slightly to try to get away from his recent victim.

She was startled out of her state of trying to sleep. She started laughing and couldn't think anymore. Why is everyone following me? I guess I deserve this. She thought to herself. Her laughing came out more as sobs rather than laughter. She sat up and wiped the tears and blood off of her bruised face. She just wanted this to end. "W-who is there" She continues to laugh but it still comes out as a sob. She looked behind her and saw a shadow but turned her face away and hid the bruises and blood. Eris's fist had done a nasty bruising to her face.

She looked at the lake and stifled her sobs/laughs. She didn't want to make a fool of herself. She wished someone didn't go looking for her so she could just be alone forever. She just wanted to go home. Her eyes welled with tears as she thought about what her ant would think if she knew Eri had made such a horrible mistake. 

She wiped her hair out of her face as the tickling spell continued but started to loose its effect on her. She just sat by the lake holding in her sobs/laughs as she was watched by someone.

Just as planned, Eri had fallen into his trap. His trap of laughter, that is. However, her laughter became something more of an unidentifiable noise. She said something in her laughter, and James decided to reveal himself. "My name is James Henderson, but I'll keep this introduction short. I've come to take you to a professor." James didn't like the idea of trying to take someone by force, especially someone he's barely met. Alas, it wasn't much of a choice on James's part. He had to this; it was his job to stick up for his friend, even he was sort of a weirdo.

James pointed his wand at her still, though he continued to back away slightly. "Now, if you don't mind, I would prefer if you were compliant." James said, in a slightly arrogant tone. Acting mature would be the first step to getting her to go compliantly, even though James wouldn't give her the choice. As the laughter started to fade, stress built up inside James. His palms became sweaty as he thought of the implications that would come. What if he would get in trouble? Would he have to drag a girl through the field? The questions raced through his mind, anxious for a response from the girl. His hand stayed still, and so did is wand. His eyes grew  into a more stubborn look with each passing moment, and stress built up inside the young boy. He considered giving up now, but he was too far in.

She sighed and layed back down onto her makeshift pillow. "No t-thank you. I-I am not going w-willingly." She could hear him moving back. "I-I am not g-going to h-hurt anyone." She started to cry again. She wouldn't fight but she wouldn't let him take her willingly. She didn't mean to hurt Kaegen. She would tell a professor herself later after she had time to think on what happened.

She turned her back towards him as she layed down and shut her eyes. She just wanted him to go away. "I am not going willingly but I am not fighting to harm either." She stayed silent after that. Quietly frowning she sighed. Her life was a total wreck now. She wished she never came to Hogwarts. She just wanted to be left alone. 

She just wanted James to leave her alone and come back tomorrow. What would it take to get him to leave her be. She coughed some blood up and wiped it off of her hands onto the grass. She wiped more blood off of her face with water from the lake she had gathered earlier.

"Will you just let me be?" She knew he wouldn't and she starting feeling woozy from the loss of blood but she wasn't going to pass out.

James wasn't shocked at Eri's efforts to stay put. He expected this behavior, but wasn't sure how he would deal with it. He didn't want to cast rictusempra again, because she'd probably just block the spell. There was only one thing he could do now: wait for her to comply. James stood there, his wand still raised. 

"Okay, I'll leave; on one condition. You have to come with me so we can tell a professor." James knew his offer wasn't very compelling, but nothing else was going to work. James was well aware that most people wouldn't go with him in this situation, but silence would only waste time. If they waste time, that means the availability of professors would get closer and closer to being non-existing.

A sudden realization hit James; if he had waited till Eri dozed off, he'd be able to drag her to the hospital wing. Upon her arrival, James would be able to get a professor so that when she wakes up, she'd get her punishment. The plan was nearly flawless. James decided to walk away, however, he secretly hid somewhere so that he would have a view of Eri. The plan had to work, and if it didn't, James knew he could probably think of a new one. It was only a matter of time until Eri submitted to her desire for sleep.

"James? Are you still there?" She had heard him walk away and wasn't sure what was going on. She was going to have an emotional break down and started crying while talking to herself. "Why am I even in Ravenclaw when I am stupid. I mean what kind of Ravenclaw says diffindo when they mean protego.... Now one of my first friends is probably dead. I just want to go home... What if my aunt abandons me? Ugh Why am I so stupid." She picks up a rock and throws it at the lake. She still felt like she was going to pass out.

She took out her wand and held it so tight her knuckles turned white. She muttered to herself, "Maybe I should cast diffindo on myself. Nobody would help me and then I c-can take my punishment in my own hands." She wiped blood off of her face and shivered. She made her mind up and she needed to do it before she passes out. Frowning she held her wand out with a shaking hand. She took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "This is for a good cause. Don't be a failure again." She pointed her wand directly at her chest. "I can do this." The edge of her vision started to become black.

James was horrified at was he was hearing. Someone trying to commit suicide? That was just insane. He wasn't much of a friend to the girl, nor did he think he wanted to be, but his instincts convinced him that he had to do something.  

James, shocked at seeing Eri attempting to commit suicide, decided it'd be best for him to step in at this undesirable moment. James quickly dashed away from his hiding spot, drawing his wand. He dashed towards the girl, hoping to prevent any deaths on school grounds. He knew that after this, he would leave the girl be to her own, and not disturb her. James knew that him and his fellow students pushed her too far, causing her to try to the horrendous act of committing suicide. 

"Expelliarmus!" James said, pointing his wand at Eri. A red burst of light came out of his wand, James not knowing whether the spell would work. Despite his best wishes, James hadn't studied the spell like he usually did. He hoped his situation would cause him to cast the spell, but he didn't think that would be enough. James closed his eyes shortly after casting the spell. He wondered if the spell had succeeded. He knew very well that the incantation may have been the last words the girl would ever hear, so he hoped to see an alive person and not a corpse when he opened his eyes.

His eyes opened, and James did not know what he would see laying before him when he had done so. Would he saw a perfectly healthy Ravenclaw? Or a dead corpse?

"Diffindo" Her wand was knocked off course by James's spell. Sending her spell into her side. "Oww" She moaned as blood started coming out of a gash on her side. Her vision went completely black but she could still hear.

Her body came crashing down to the ground. When her head hit the ground she could hear a faint ring in her ear. "J-J-James. W-W-Why are y-you helping m-m-me." She chocked out. Her breathing was rapid and her voice ragid. She was pale, bloody, and bruised. What a sight she was.

She immedietly thought if she died she wanted soneone to say something. "T-tell Kaegen I am sorry. Tell Eris I am sorry. Tell Xeno I am sorry. T-tell adam I am sorry." Her voice started to fade as every noise she heard blended into a dull buzz. 

She eould be okay if she got to the hospital wing. On the ground she writhered and moaned in psin. Now she wishes she didn't cast that spell. Frowning in concentration she stood up even though she could not see. She had to get out of there. She took one step then collapsed in an unconsious heap onto the hard, cold ground.

Nighttime was more of a friend to Galim than the day. Often times, one would find the cold hooded woman walking the corridors in the Scottish castle. But other times, she would be out on the grounds, taking in the culture of what was northern Europe. The grass, trees and lakes were smooth and free of tension. Not that of the deserted lands and Dead Sea of the Middle East.

Her walk was brisk and short when she saw two students, up late, dueling against each other. Maya, typically a stickler of the rules, would have interrupted their scene, but she had wanted to see how their dueling skills were. Was she correct in that these children need to be trained? Did the children not have it in them to be trained? So many perspectives and thoughts to consider. She watched from afar.

Unfortunately, the duel had taken a dark turn. It seemed that the girl did not know how to defend herself in the duel and used a spell that was not in her years' learning curriculum. Galim realized that it was time to get out of the shadows and into the scene. This would not have happened if Sawyer was teaching them defensive spells, she thought to herself, smiling ever so slightly at the fact that she was right and this girl was proof.

Gracefully making her way to both students, she looked at the Ravenclaw boy, her brown eyes glaring, intensely. "Get back into the castle, now!" she screamed at the boy, hoping he would run as fast as he could away from the scene. Maya knelt down by the girl and looked at her wounds.

Minor, she thought, and she grabbed the girl, roughly, not caring. She was heavy for Galim, but that was not going to stop her. She wrapped her arms around the girl, not caring of the blood that was getting onto her red robes and she closed her eyes.

"Hold still, fool," she muttered the last part quietly. She had no patience for students to mess up this badly on their own. If it was a true practice, then she would have given them kavod, or respect, for their efforts. This was primarily out of foolishness. Maya thought of the Hospital Wing. She began to think of the scenery, the beds, the windows. Before she knew it, both of them had disappearated from the Great Lake and apparated into the Hospital Wing, where Galim called for the nurse to help the girl.