Study Buddy PV Closed

October 25, 2020
Logan sighed as sat at one of the tables in the library, happy with how quiet it was in the large room. It was a rather cold day at Hogwarts, that being one of the reasons she was sitting in the library instead of in the courtyard. The young Hufflepuff was wearing a purple sweater and a pair of jeans, although the cold continued to seep through the thin material of her sweater.

Surrounding the young girl were multiple different books and papers, along with her wand. The books ranged from Charms and Transfiguration, to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Papers with different spells and everything she would need to know to cast the spell were laid out with the books. Currently the young Hufflepuff was reviewing her spells from first year, hoping to remember them for the duels.

"Flipendo," she muttered to herself as she slowly drew the wand movement on a piece of parchment. She could remember the first time she practiced the spell with someone and how she had been nearly knocked out from hitting her head. Not something she ever wanted to experience again, but something she knew was most likely to happen during at least one of the duels.
@Alexa Mackenzie
Apologies for the bit of a wait before posting this.

PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
Study Buddy PV Closed
Interacting with @Logan Baird.


25 October, 2020


With a long sigh, Alexa grabbed her bookbag after packing it full of her books, and swung it over her shoulder, headed to the library. She had a long day of studying ahead of her. It would be great to get into an empty classroom and practice some dueling spells, as well. Her first duel had not gone nearly as she had hoped!

Pushing open the library doors when she arrived, she noticed that it was quiet, and as she had been humming to herself on the way there, she immediately stopped. It always seemed wrong to disturb the silence of the library.

Creeping along, she headed toward an empty table, when she saw a movement out of the corner of her eye. She recognized Logan, her fellow Housemate, and dueling club member. It occurred to Alexa that she didn't know the other girl very well at all, and that maybe, shy as she was, she should try to rectify this.

Uncertainly, she approached Logan's table, where the books were stacked so high the other girl was almost hidden behind them. She cleared her throat nervously, and then blushing, smiled. "Hi, Logan, right? Is this seat taken?" She gestured at the chair across from Logan.

No worries! Sorry for my delay!

Sta: 6 Eva: 8 Str: 4 Wis: 9 AP: 9 Acc: 9
Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
– Albus Dumbledore
Study Buddy PV Closed
Logan had been staring at one of her many books, when she startled at a sudden voice near her. Turning quickly, she sighed when she realized it was only one of her housemates. "Oh, yeah here," Quickly she moved some of her book to a different area of the table, leaving the area on the other side of her open. "You're Alexa, right. We are on the dueling team together." Even though she had barely interacted with any of them, Logan knew the names of everyone on the Hufflepuff duelling team. What was the point of being on the team if she wasn't going to at least try and know some of the members.

"How are you?" Logan asked as she looked over at the other girl. As she glanced over at the girl, she started organizing the papers and books surrounding her. She was a mess at the current moment, papers and books strewn across the table as if a small tornado had gone through the library. She didn't even know if she was going to use all of them, but she didn't want to risk not having something and having to walk the whole way back to the dorms to get it.
@Alexa Mackenzie

PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
Study Buddy PV Closed
Interacting with @Logan Baird.


As soon as Logan moved her books and cleared a space, Alexa took advantage of it, slipping into the chair, and pulling her book bag into her lap. She began to stack her several books on the table; she had a few essays to finish today.

“Yeah, that’s me!” Alexa said in response to Logan, glad that the other girl remembered her, for all that they had spoken much. “Did you have a duel yet? Alina and I had one a few days ago, and we were slaughtered by the Slytherins…” She frowned slightly, leaning her head upon her hand, her elbow on the little space left on the table. “I think I should’ve studied harder!” She said with a small smile.

Logan asked how she was, and Alexa shrugged with a sheepish smile. “Doing okay, just a little behind on homework! That’s why I am here, of course. Potions essay, and a Defense Against the Dark Arts essay, and some Charms spell work to practice. How are you doing? Do you think this year is harder than the last? I think they’ve been tougher so far.” Alexa blushed slightly. It was rare for her to talk so much with someone she didn’t know, but she was getting better at it, becoming a little bit less shy. Still, it felt a little weird sometimes!

Sta: 6 Eva: 8 Str: 4 Wis: 9 AP: 9 Acc: 9
Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
– Albus Dumbledore
Study Buddy PV Closed
Logan smiled gently at the other Hufflepuff, "Lucia and I had our duel the other day against Gryffindor. We did rather well." At the thought of the duel, the brunette sighed. She wasn't able to remember a lot of the spells she had learned, so was consistently repeating the spells she had already used.

"I can agree with you there. I could have studied a lot more as well. That is why I am here actually, I need to read up on a few of the spells we learned again." Just the thought of failing a spell caused her to become nervous for what was ahead of the young teens. She was afraid of letting her house down.

Looking back down at the book she had open, she closed it and gently set it on a pile of books on her left, grabbing a new one off the pile a bit to her right. Logan listened to Alexa as she spoke about the classes and sighed.

"I am actually doing rather well in my classes, well, other than Transfiguration, but we are going to ignore that one. Personally I think that classes are harder than last year, but they are preparing us and I like the challenge many of the classes give." Logan looked over at Alexa when she finished speaking with a grin on her face. "Do you think the classes are becoming a lot harder?"
@Alexa Mackenzie

PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
Study Buddy PV Closed
Talking with @Logan Baird.


Logan informed her that she and Lucia had done well in their duel against Gryffindor. “That’s great!” Alexa said enthusiastically. “What kind of spells did they use? One of our opponents knew that the Disarming Spell, which is one of the things I have to practice! She disarmed both of us at one point, though not at the same time. It took me so long to find my wand!” She blushed again, realizing she had spoken a lot without giving Logan a chance to speak in the middle. What was going on with her? She usually was this verbose with someone she barely knew.

Yeah, let’s not talk about Transfiguration!” Alexa agreed with a shaky laugh. While Logan next spoke, Alexa unpacked her Potions book, Charms book, and Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook, stacking them neatly on the table as she listened. She thought offhand that she would try to start on the DADA essay first, as it was bound to be the toughest. So she pulled that book out of the pile and opened it to the correct page. She pulled some parchment, and quills and ink out of her bag, and smoothed the parchment flat on the table.

“I like a good academic challenge, as well,” Alexa smiled at Logan. “Yeah, I definitely think it’s getting tougher, but with good reason since we have our OWLs coming up fifth year. I imagine they are already preparing us for that. Can’t start too soon, I think,” she grinned at Logan.

Then she glanced down at her parchment, and carefully titled her essay.

So sorry for the delay!

Sta: 6 Eva: 8 Str: 4 Wis: 9 AP: 9 Acc: 9
Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
– Albus Dumbledore
Study Buddy PV Closed
Logan smiled over at the other girl with her rambling. She found it nice to chat with someone from her own house. To be honest, she didn't have any friends from her house, so it was a nice change. "Knockback Jinx and Fire-Making spell were used the most. Curse of the Bogies was used quite a bit as well. I think I was just lucky that I was able to avoid all of the spells. I think I would have lost quite a bit of confidence if I had gotten hit."

At the mention of the OWL exams, Logan sighed. She couldn't deal with normal exams at the end of the year, let along the ones that decided what classes she was going to be taking the years after that. The exams even went to whether she got the job she wanted or not. Logan couldn't deal with that amount of stress in her life.

"I guess they are preparing us, although don't even get me started on the exams. I stress out enough with the ones we already have." Glancing down at the book in front of her, she gently tossed it onto a different pile and grabbed a parchment with some writing on it. It seemed to be notes from the year prior with some spells on it. At least she wasn't stupid enough to throw all of her notes away.
@Alexa Mackenzie

PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
Study Buddy PV Closed
Talking with @Logan Baird.
Alexa nodded in sympathy when Logan listed off the spells used in the duel. “Yeah, we had a lot of the Knockback Jinx as well. Got knocked on my back many times…” She frowned in remembrance. She wished she could’ve dodged better, but the other team had just been so accurate.

Alexa nodded about the confidence comment. “I know you mean. After getting hit, it was hard to regather my concentration. Still, I managed to get a few jinxes in there. I’m happy for that, at least.” She shook her head ruefully. It had been a rough duel.

She saw Logan sigh when Alexa brought up the OWL exams. She sensed the girl wasn’t looking forward to them, but then honestly who would? Alexa may have liked an academic challenge, but end-of-the-year testing and the fifth-year exams were intimidating.

“I get stressed, too, about the exams… I want so badly to do very well,” she added quietly. It was an admission she didn’t often tell other people, but something about Logan made her want to open up.

She looked down at her essay. Looking through her Defense Against the Dark Arts book, she wrote down an introductory paragraph to the essay, and then paused. What to write next?

Sta: 6 Eva: 8 Str: 4 Wis: 9 AP: 9 Acc: 9
Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
– Albus Dumbledore
Study Buddy PV Closed
"I believe that may be my issue," Logan muttered a bit as she looked over some notes, "I just want to do well and prove that I can do well." The Hufflepuff could remember the stress of the year before and how Henry was really the only reason she even went in to take her end of year exams in the first place. She would have chickened out if he hadn't been there.

"I don't think I will be as nervous about the exams this year. I didn't know what to expect last year, but I think I will be prepared this year." Logan had never really talked this much about something with someone other than Henry, and it made her kind of happy that she was finally making a new friend. It only took her a year, but at least it was finally happening.

"Do you think you are ready for the next round of duels?" Logan questioned as she looked over at Alexa. She thought she was a little better prepared this time as well, since she had managed to get through the first one without hurting herself or getting knocked out. To be honest, she was rather proud of herself.
@Alexa Mackenzie

PC: Logan Baird
iNPC: Zoya Chernova
2nd Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin
Study Buddy PV Closed
Talking with @Logan Baird.


Alexa nodded when Logan said that that might be her issue as well, trying to prove that she can do well and wanting badly to do well. She definitely knew the feeling.

When she mentioned not being as nervous for exams this year because she knew what to expect now, Alexa smiled slightly. “Even though I know what to expect now, I think I will still be nervous! Luckily we have some time…” She looked down at her essay again, and scribbled another paragraph.

She was having trouble concentrating. Not really because she was talking to Logan, but because she just couldn’t get her mind wrapped around the topic of the essay. When Logan asked if she was ready for the next round of duels, Alexa chuckled nervously. “I’m the same ready as I was last time, and that didn’t work out too well. What about yourself?”

Giving up on the essay for the time being, she laid down her quill. “So, what kinds of things do you like to do for fun? This is probably a bad time to ask since we are both supposed to be studying,” she laughed.

Sta: 6 Eva: 8 Str: 4 Wis: 9 AP: 9 Acc: 9
Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
– Albus Dumbledore