In the Pursuit of a Particular Prune

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Oh how she hated that dreadful place,  the Owlery was her interpretation of Dante's very own inferno it was life size version of Hell.. First off the smell.. It was constantly neglected so the smell of stale owl droppings always greeted anyone who drifted up those steps.  Then there was those dreadful steps.. YES Steps that seemed icy regardless if it was in the midst of summer or in the throws of a frozen tundra that naturally seemed to come with winter..  Currently it was close to Christmas so naturally the she was taking her life in her hands by even going up there.. 

Upon her second fall she figured it was worse than usual someone had to have come up there and gotten creative with a water charm and iced the stairs to the point that it was like walking up a treacherous slide that would with just a single wrong step see her unconsciousness and sprawled out with various broken bones at the bottom of those stairs. However since Prune had been missing since he prior Friday and her Head of House had taken her aside to explain that now two people had complained that their owls had been murdered.

Auggie of course found this un-fair to Prune, as it had been two years since Prune had escaped last and reduced that Slytherin's Screech Owl to a pile of crimson ooze and feathers. Prune naturally was easy to blame things on as the cat was notably anti-social, and a vicious biter. Sadly Prune's appearance didn't help with her winning people over.. Prune being a Sphynx she was considered by most peculiar in appearance, it did not help that to help regulate Prunes body temperature Auggie forced the cat to wear a enchanted yellow and black sweater. So to say that Prune was hard to miss was an understatement.. So when the owls met an untimely demise it was natural that professors turned their biased glances in the direction of Prune and began to question the inhabitants of Hufflepuff if they had recently seen the infamous feline.

For the past three days the answer on all her housemates lips had been no, so with that looming and the thought of another hefty fine Auggie ventured out in search of a cat that could be anywhere.. But with all the blood and gore being linked to owls Auggie had a good hunch where she could find Prune as where it might be stinky, it might be covered in owl droppings, it was warm inside the owlery and outside the tasty owls it had Prunes second favorite food.. Mice..

When she encroached the owlery it was just as she had hoped it not been she could see the stained straw and
and scattering of feathers that had to been the recent death of the that barn owl that had that Justin Talbertson crying. Looking up she was greeted with at least a hundred pair of glaring judgmental eyes. Its like they knew she was a cat owner..

Auggie began to call for Prune using a classic clicking sound that normally drew Prune out of hiding. Side stepping a rather disgusting pile of gnome bits and straw and feathers she frowned as Prune did occasionally like the random gnome that she could wrestle from their homes. The evidence was pointing to a Prune invasion. Then she heard it that light chip that came not from a bird but a exotic cat..

Their sitting alone on a rafter way next to the wall was Prune's gray face and wide golden eyes She watched as her cat gracefully made her way from rafter to rafter owls taking flight the nearer she got to them. Till Prune got three feet from the last rafter that lined the tall arched ceiling.. Auggie watched as Prune picked up something and continued her stroll down north most wall which was lined with hay bales and took to scaling them down to the ground.

Auggie watches in horror as Prune plops on the toe of her new shoes what appears to be part of a owl she can only say she thinks its part of an owl because it still has a few tail feathers.. She scoops up Prune and hisses softly into her cat's ear..

"That had better not be my Runes professor's owl" She balances Prune on her hip as she digs threw her bag looking for something to hide the evidence till she could burn it in peace later. Sadly with her cat's insistent chirping and the ruffling of furious feathers Auggie didn't hear the door open or the intruder to this scene.

"Your not a bad kitty.. I know your not.. But you got to stop eating peoples pets.. Its Tacky.." she said absently to Prune who gave an enraged yowl before trying attempting to use Auggie's hip as a spring board for freedom..

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Strolling the snow covered grounds of hogwarts, Atreyu had one thing on his mind 
to find the culprit of the owl slayings. Atreyu pondered hard on where to look for clues
first,one thing kept coming to mind "The Owlery" Atreyu headed off in the direction of
The Owlery hoping to have so luck with this investigation.Normally Atreyu wouldn't bother
 with something like this,cause was just so peculiar, but he was bored 
To such a point that he had to recaptue his sense of adventure. Approaching 
the building in front of him Atreyu noticed that the steps were badly iced so to prevent 
An accident Atreyu pulled out his wand and silently cast "incendio" on the stone steps in front of the Owlery
As the ice melted away Atreyu quickly bound up the steps to the front door
Of the stoic building known as The Owlery.Atreyu heard a faint clicking sound and
What sounded like someone calling out a name.Atreyu entered the Owlery to the sight of a beautiful
Hufflepuff girl holding an odd looking cat with feathers in it's mouth,Atreyu exclaimed "so your the culprit"
Directing his remarks towards the cat.Atreyu then turned to the girl and introduced himself ,My Name is "Atreyu"
He then asked the stunning girl,What is your name?

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

In the midst of chastising Prune who is attempting to scale down her leg. Augustine didn't see the boy who came in.. Which was a bad thing, because by the time she caught sight of him it was in fear because he literally was up close behind her.

Letting loose a high pitched girlie scream she jumped slightly doing a dreadful crow hopping jump before lumbering on to one foot mainly because Prune who didn't appreciate her quick scared moments had taken it upon herself to literally dive bomb while still attached to her hip sadly all Prune accomplished was bunching up the right side of Auggie's skirt to her thigh.

Catching the accusation that the boy tossed at Prune, she literally pried the yowling cat off her leg and into her arms ripping her skirt in the process. Turning to look at the boy her brow arched high. Not aware that Prune had evidence protruding from her mouth.

" Now I am very much aware that it look incriminating.. But just because She has been found in the Owlery doesn't mean she has slaughtered anything.. PRUNE I have you know is a gentle cat"

The last bit was said as Prune began growling and fighting with Auggies Gripping hands.. I solemnly swear she wouldn't hurt a fly.. She wrestled the cat into a submissive position on her back and tilted her up to kiss her little peach fuzzed head.. That is when she saw that Prune still had a bit of the owl locked into her mouth..

Augustine's blue eyes widen and she looked back at the boy, and audibly groan.. " Okay I know it looks bad.. I still maintain she is innocent those birds.. They.. Ummmmm They could have been suicidal...The Holidays effects moods."

That is when she realized that the boy asked her name, she eyed the door nervously..Then the boy again.. He was tall and muscular, and had he not been the one thing standing before a full pardon for her cat he would have been painfully handsome.. Currently he was a hurdle though.. Blinking she fought with the words her mind twisting screaming at her to lie.. Blatantly lie to this boy..

I'm Auggie She swore he own stupidity as she realized she just ruined her chance..

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Noticing the infliction in the girls voice,Atreyu couldn't help but smirk and as much as 
He wanted to tell her that he wasn't a prefect he couldn't help but play along.
Atreyu put his hand on the counter and slid it along as he strolled around the corner
of the counter as he did this he thought to himself"This girl is defenitly a curious one"
Atreyu getting closer to the girl, got a better look and the cat the girl was struggling to 
Hold on to.The cat seemed to be quite of the aggressive nature,even though the girl kept
Implying otherwise. Finally Atreyu spoke "You know this could mean trouble for you"

Even though Atreyu didn't actually plan on telling anyone what he had discovered,
Maybe it was the girl or maybe it was because of the holidays but one thing was for sure,
The killing of owls couldn't continue, what came next was a bit of a suprise, because when 
Atreyu asked the girl her name he half expected her to lie to him but instead she
Came right out and declared her name. Distracted by the girls show of honesty Atreyu stated 
"Nice to meet you Auggie" Atreyu said "what beautiful name to befit such a beautiful girl" 

Atreyu regained his composure after having been lost in the girls sparkling blue eye,
He decided that something had to be done maybe the two of them could come up with 
A plan maybe work as a team to make sure no more owls get killed.Atreyu then spoke 
"How should we go about fixing this?" He asked Auggie.He had a few ideas but first Atreyu 
Wanted to see what Auggie could come up with first.

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Augustine arched a brow at the boy’s kind words about her name. Naturally she figured that Atreyu did not hear her right. As her name was many things, beautiful was not one of the things. It after all was a second hand name with embellishments as she was not born a male. August was a family name she was one of six that had it and all the others were male so her mother opted to at least try to make her daughter’s name a bit more feminine. The result was a name that was odd sounding and constantly shorten to Auggie, which Augustine thought was more fitting for a family pet verses a child.
“ No..No oh gosh no.. Auggie is just what everyone calls me.. My name Augustine, well it is Augustine Avonleigh Corey. “


Your babbling you silly little nit.. Jeez it’s just a guy. Her silent reprimand ringing in her ears sounding very similar to the nasally draw of her Aunt’s criticizing tartness. Not wanting to sound well duller than she already started out.
Quick think of something clever to say so he doesn’t think you’re a non-ending harpy that is incapable of intellect.Her mind reeling with possible things to say that could be construed as intellectual things about asking his views on the supposed Troll Relocation bill that was ministry was presently fighting over, however that sounded dry to her as well as this boy could probably give two tosses about Trolls. Starting to panic she winced and said the first thing that came to mind.

“Hey do you want to pet my Kitty?”
Literally as soon as the words ventured out of her mouth she visibly winced. Her inner critical conscience kicking into gear at alarming rate abolishing her attempts at casual conversation.
Oh MERLIN DID YOU HONESTLY JUST ASK HIM TO PET PRUNE. HOW ABSURD.. FOR MERLINS SAKES STICK TO WEATHER..
Blinking several times she looking for something that will least hopefully redeem her so she won’t seem like she literally fell off the Knights Bus and suffered severe head trauma. She wrestled the cat from her hip and presented Prune who had sadly taken it upon herself to start growling and slick back her ears.
Looking down at the so called problem at hand.. “ We still can’t be sure that she is the problem.. Anything could be eating the owl’s.. I know with the gore and the feathers it looks condemning but cats are scavengers too.. She could have happened upon it and decided to have at it..” At this point the condemned for Owl slaughter started to heave and sputter in a manner which suggested a need for a better hair ball serum.

Perlexed Auggie frowned.. “ Now don’t start that.. You little hypochondriac. You only have a little peach fuzz you faker.. “Looking at the boy Auggie took this moment to smirk triumphantly..” See a sensitive stomach she certainly can’t be cause for an Owl slaughter.” As if the cat had a horrid sense of humor just as Auggie reached up to pat the cat’s back and Prune expelled what appeared to be the other foot of the carcass. Auggies shoulders slumped and she gave a weak smile at Atreyu.. “soo how good are you at hiding evidence?”

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Atreyu's sense of adventure had landed him in the midsts of a caper
Where the culprit happend to be the pet of the most beautiful girl 
He had ever set eyes on, Atreyu had not a clue about what to do 
With the information he had stumbled across.Atreyu needed to come to a conclusion
About what to do about the girls request,He started to pace back an forth as if he
Were pondering a solution that would end well for both of them.
After a bit Atreyu shouted " I've got an idea " ok Atreyu started off
First we must destroy the evidence, He exclaimed,
Second we must make it as if we had never set foot in this building.
"So" exclaimed Atreyu we need to put our heads together
And come up with a solid plan that will be fool proof,Atreyu knew two things 
One-he wanted to get in good with this girl so he could have a chance
Two-absolving her pet off guilt would deffinetly get him some points.
He then looked at the beautiful girl in front of him and said" lets get to work".

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

She watched him pace the small confined space of the owlery.. He seemed to be one of those charming ‘type A’ personality types that constantly had to be doing something physically. The ones like Claira Waldenburg who knitted in class to keep her hands busy, those sorts always fascinated her mainly because they were so easy to annoy because she un-like them could remain un-moving for long periods of time and not at all be bothered by it. Perhaps it was she had a tendency for laziness.

Auggie slightly jumped when the near silences was disturbed when Atreyu’s deep voice shouted the announcement that he had an idea. Listening to him intently as he seemed thankfully not intending to turn in Prune. Which was truly wonderful as she didn’t doubt if Prune was found guilty of the abundant supply of dead owls, the unfortunate cat would be on the first train homebound, if not stuffed in an envelope and sent with the owl post come morning.

Body disposal, Crime scene clean up, and establishing a likely alibis.. With any luck it won’t be as difficult as it seems.. I mean it difficult to identify that as is. She nodded in the direction of the half chewed owl. With a wrinkle in her nose she looked back at Atreyu and offered a slight smile.. “ I don’t know many would willingly ogle that for a positive identification.. As for clean up its easy catch a first year doing something lame after hours convince them of that we hold a position of authority and punish them to by making THEM clean the owlery there for someone else’s handy work is all over it.. She offered a shrug of her shoulders un-aware that her plan might make ti sound she has had to do this before.. Which sadly she had.

“ that leaves alibis, I’m easy I snuck off to the pitch in loo of searching for prune.. Speaking of Prune we need to dump her in the kitchen she loves to chase the elves and if she is down there than she isn’t up here if you know what I mean.. “

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

More intrigued by the girl before him now more than ever, Atreyu listened intently as she constructed a plan of her own 
that was quite devious in it's own right. Atreyu's plan to cover up what had happend was less constructive he was to 
suggest they cast "incendio" at the four points of the structure and set it a blaze like a giant candle in the
Night, But looking back on what he had constructed he realized that even though it might have been awesome 
It wasn't worth drawing unnecessary attention to them selves. So Atreyu did the next best thing he 
Whipped out his wand and quietly called out the proper spell to help them in this situation,
The spell that had been cast was "scourgify" it swooped around the owlery cleaning
Up the gore left in the wake of Auggie's cat, Atreyu silently hoping in his head that this 
Would earn him "brownie points" he turned towards the hufflepuff girl and said " well now that this
Is all good on to phase two" Atreyu chuckled a little but in all honesty he was thinking 
To himself "could she keep this from happening again " Atreyu didn't want to see this girl upset if something were
to happen to her pet, she was to beautiful to cry so he knew he do what ever it took to 
Make sure that didn't happen, Atreyu walked closer to the girl and extended his hand as to touch her 
Face.

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Auggie was attempting to obtain a good holding point on Prune was once against attempting another daring escape. She wasn’t watching Atreyu at all because obtaining Prune was proving more trouble than she wanted as the cat had literally taken to growling and shoving her bottom part up the exposed underneath of Auggies shirt.
BAD PRUNE.. VERY BAD PRUNE.. GET OUT OF MY BLOODY SHIRT YOU LITTLE LITTER LICKING SACK OF.. OWWWW.. BLOODY CAT..

Atreyu sure got her attention with his following action though the slight whisper of a cleaning charm sure caught her attention as it was the last thing she wanted, as nothing would scream more suspicious like a magically cleaned owlery. Truly this is where her devious side showed to the point that she realized in that moment just what a pain she could be, because she of the two people there had to serve a detention cleaning the owlery, and it was only her that knew that when served detention they forbid the use of spells to do it.. One apparently couldn’t learn the lesson if they toyed about and let magic do the hard part.

“no” she whispered but as she turned and the owlery was cleaned before her the evidence of a deceased bird gone along with the stained wooden floor she winced.. “ Well I guess that is quicker.. Just I hope no one catches us and checks your wand..”

Her hazel eyes widen as he put his hand, his fingers feeling warm against the chill that seemed to bite from the open ledge of the owlery. She blushed a bright red under the slight show of kindness. Auggie was in her eyes a late bloomer, and was still trying to get a hand on how to act when boys acted out of the normal.

Is this normal.. Perhaps for him it is normal. Bet he goes around flashing those come hither eyes at every single girl he comes across.. Well I’m not going to act moony and oooh and ahhhing.. Hell he might just be a friendly sort, yeah He is just being friendly.. And remember the last time you confused an act of kindness with desire.. you still can’t look Blake Turner in the eye..

Silently a rather embarrassing memory play before her mind. Something she longed to forget, but in situations like these they sadly just replay in her mind. Merlin sakes girl..Its just a guy.. Stop gawking at him like that.. Have some dignity. Quick think of something to say.

“Well least you didn’t use incendio.. As much wood, dry owl poop and hay.. We would have went up like a roman candle.. And I don’t know about you I don’t fancy myself in the infirmary again with another case of badly burnt buns..” She smiled wickedly and offered teasingly.. “Doubt you’d be allowed to mend that regardless of how cute you are..”

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

After seeing the hue of her face change he realized that she may just
like him so being the charmer that he is Atreyu silently cast "Orchideous" as 
he did so a wonderful boquet sprang forth for his wand and he 
Then proceded to say " Beautiful Flowers for a Beautiful women ".
Atreyu then took a look around the owlery and took notice 
That if they where found there at the scene there would be no denying 
that they had something to do with the goings on there. Atreyu then
remembered that she had mentioned something about dropping off
Prune to play with the elves in the kitchen. Atreyu then looked Auggie in the
Eye and grabbed her hand and said to her "lets take this conversation elsewhere"
He had made this remark so that the two of them would not take the fall for
What had gone on in the owlery. Atreyu knew one thing was very certain 
he wanted to get to know this girl and see whats she was really all about 
and hopefully this little thing what ever it is could become something more.
The only thing Atreyu dreaded was his secret coming to the forefront,he wasn't
ready to divulge that part of him to anyone just yet. Atreyu then turned to 
Auggie and said " so beautiful how about we get to know eachother better" his 
request hopefully not deturing, the last thing Atreyu wanted to do was to be offputting
And chase this girl away from him, Atreyu had to play this very smooth and avoid
Being to pushy or overbearing ,he then turned towards the door and began to approach the exit when he turned
His head to look over his shoulder and smoothly said "shall we" as he grabbed the door knob 
To the Owlery.

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Augustine watched the flowers sprout from the end of his wand. It caught her off guard as the only person that would bring flowers home for her in particular was her mother, and the reason for doing so was normally something special. Occasionally her father would send her flowers, but that was normally because of excellent marks or failing to get into a trouble or maimed for the long of a quarter.. However there was always a reason for it, not just because it was Thursday and that certain day of the week must be celebrated.

When he made the comment about beautiful women needing beautiful flowers she felt the blush and awkwardness return to her. As boys were simply more approachable and easier to handle when they weren’t attempting seduction by means of greenery. Actually if he wanted what was good for him he might want to lay off the seduction all together as she sadly knew what she was like when she was attempting to impress a boy. Hell she had a long distinguish record of catastrophes that were boy related, or boy created. She knew the reality of her sex appeal malfunction, and the truth that the moment she tried to go from normal girl, to come get me I’m a smexy girl she often times would lose several I.Q. points and soon would forget things like walking in a straight line, the ability to speak a full educated sentences that would not end with her giggling like some bizarre half-witted henna, and that is when she wasn’t gawking or merlin forbid drooling like some touched head case.

“Merlin I’m Gawking again.. Alight you need to quit it.. I need the last remaining smarts I got to deal with prune, and as suave as you might be, I am not, and I Know my limits.. I can’t very well juggle the cat and check out your bum all at the same time.. Trust me you don’t want to see that side.. I don’t like that side it’s like thirteen shades of humiliation wrapped up in the worst possible things a girl can say to a guy. Like hell what I’m saying now.. “
Whimpering slightly she frowned.. Look Romeo No more flowers, and please don’t attempt to kiss me; because I’m a bloody mess without thinking some guy fancies me.. FOR MERLIN SAKES DOES IT APPEAR LIKE I NEED TO BE CLAD IN HEELS AND SIFTING THREW MY BLOODY CLOSET FOR A DATE DRESS.. I DON’T EVEN THINK I HAVE A DATE DRESS WHICH MEANS I’D HAVE TO BORROW WHICH MEANS MORE PUBLIC SPECTICALS WOULD ENSUE..

She looked at him wide eyed. Realizing he had just suggested kitchen somewhere between her little meltdown from recent stresses like evil cat, evil owl eating cat, evil owl eating scratching cat whom was once again attempting to go under her skirt.. And then cute guy, Cute guy behaving strangely, and not knowing what to do with a cute guy behaving strangely. “ Okay “ she said simply with another suppressed curse word as she peeled Prune from her wool tight clad legs.
Walking past him she helped him pull the trap door open and shuffling prune from one hip to another she proceeded to step aside so he could go down first.. “You go down and you can help me in case Prune escapes.”

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Atreyu was left amazed as this girl was able to blow
through his charm like a Freight train coming off the tracks. At that moment Atreyu had realized that she had more pressing
matters to deal with than be hit on by him, he watched as she struggled with the cat that had started this whole conundrum in the first place.
Atreyu just wished his timing was better when he decided to dial it up to eleven but even though it didn't show Atreyu was embarrassed by his actions prior, he then watched as Auggie struggled with prune turning his head as the cat pulled at her skirt he didn't want to have to explain seeing her unmetionables. Then Auggie had opened a trap door offering another way out of this Owlery,Atreyu hadn't know this was there but jogged down the steps into a damp dark tunnel that deffinetly needed some light Atreyu whipped out his wand and silently cast "lumos" and a bright beam eruppted from the tip of his wand and lit the path that he was eventually destined to walk and good thing he lit up the place or he would of strolled into a dense cob web stretched from one wall of the tunnel to the next. Atreyu took a step forward and then turned towards the entrance of the tunnel and reached out to grab prune from Auggie to take some of the burden off the young girl,With prune firmly tucked under his left arm Atreyu extended his right hand and waited for Auggie to grab it so he could lead her safely down

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[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Auggie blinked several times not comprehending how her insensitive comments didn’t cause him to do anything more than silently go to the trap door. She watched him shocked by not only his actions of silent helpfulness. Her hazel eyes wide with shock admiration, as she knew that she hadn’t exactly been tactful in telling him not to flirt. Though she was simply trying to keep some dignity for her. Auggie was dreadful at normal interactions that things like practice with the male members of her team could prove to be dreadful as she was either short with them, when she was trying to be direct. Beyond that when a guy showed interest it simply made her uncomfortable, and she didn’t like the whiny, sniveling emotional sea bass like creature she turned into the emotion called for it. This is why Auggie tended to like boys that were un-likely to return her affection.. Take for one that affection she felt for Kay Dillion, she knew that whatever crush she had on the twenty three year old Auror was likely not to go anywhere because she would always be seen as a child by Kay.



Auggie watched him escape down the trap door half expecting him to just keep going, she watched as he lit the ladder and offered to take prune. “Thank you! Atreyu.” She said softly as she once again removed Prune from yet another one of her death grips the vicious cat had on her thigh. Prying her yellowing cat to Atreyu she watched as he tucked Prune securely under one arm her eyes flickered to his arm eyeing the slight form of his muscle, something she regretted doing she had no right. Auggie reminded herself that she shouldn’t be eyeing him like that. Auggie pushed herself forward, as an owl flew overhead grabbing a mouse that scurried across a beam above her head. Pulling the trap door closed above her the sound of rustling feathers and annoyed owl sounds silencing as the wooden door fell shut with a thick thud. The only sound was the furious sounds of her cat. Looking down she was worried at Atreyu, “If she bites you grab her by the nap.” Auggie was scaling down quickly more quickly than she thought she didn’t realize till she touched his shoulder with her foot.

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Atreyu struggled very little with the enraged furball tucked under his arm, each time prune tired to dig into his side Atreyu squeezed his bi-cep tighter around the cat not enough to cause the cat pain but just enough to deture the cat from causing him any stress.Then a loud slamming sound caused Atreyu to jump a little but what happend next was
even more startling,the sound of fast foot steps and then a foot landing on his shoulder caused Atreyu to look up and and the force of Auggie stepping on him caused him to lose his footing and he fell backwards and Auggie fell on top of him.Atreyu laid on the cold ground with the women who had caught his eye but this isn't how he imagined the grit time he be laying with Auggie.Atreyu looked at her and said"well that was quite the ride" he then assited her in getting to her feet.


Atreyu stood infront of Auggie and he couldn't break this feeling that feel over him every time she looked him in the eyes it was like being drunk off his favorite libation.He turned his as to not draw a locked lines of sight with this girl, so that he didn't drown in her eyes but he didn't want to be rude so he looked at her and asked "Are you ok Auggie?".Atreyu hadn't noticed at first but when he did he yelled "Oh no I lost prune!!!!" In the comtion he must have dropped the cat he couldn't belive his luck. Atreyu stared with a shocked expression and quietly said "she couldn't have gotten to far" he then exclaimed "lets go get that darn cat" he then held out his wand a yelled "lumos" and began to run down the tunnel.

[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

Well this was truly proving to be an adventures day, one moment she was scaling down that treacherous wooden ladder from the trap door from the owlery, she had thought that it would be better than the alternative which was braving the elements that could be found outside the stone walls of the castle.

Sure it was still cold on the inside but the stone walls did keep the deep drafts out and the elements were manageable without the drop from the wind chill. She was making better time than he did that was evident the moment she felt her foot meet with his shoulder. Looking her head shot down as she heard him fall concerned as she knew he didn't fall exactly a little distance but at least 7 feet.

Swearing under her breath she locked her hands around the cold wooden outside poles of the ladder taking the ladder down in a fashion she would take ladders down at parks she locked her feet on the outside using the inside curve of her feet like a break she slide down the ladder not realizing the chill of the castle frosted the stone floor at the bottom.

The moment her feet hit, her small feet slide out from beneath her depositing her sprawled out on top of Atreyu, with a small " oof " sound. She realize that laying on him could be doing him more harm than good she quickly rolled to her side scurrying to get to her knees she looked up shocked to find him standing in front of her.

Glad to see that he did not manage to hurt himself as this would make the third person that ended up in the infirmary on her behalf in the past month. Last thing she needed was to visit Atreyu in the infirmary, and find him swapping stories with Mitchell Watson, and Edward Longton whom where both there on her account Edward her unfortunate potion partner who was suffering the ill effects of a mangled attempt at a Polyjuice where apparently on of her hair's and Prunes whiskers had caused a disastrous effect to the potion and Edward's transformation. She very much doubted that he would be so quick to volunteer to tutor her after his embarrassing tail vanished.

Where Edwards could simply be explained as a slight error in potion making she doubted that she could as easily explain away Mitchell's injury the bloke was in there nursing a shattered testicle that he received during an impromptu quidditch practice held during the twilight hours of the prior Sunday, again not as much her fault as it was that bludger he insisted in working into their practice session.. In all honesty she didn't know she had hit it that hard back at him she thought it might make him jump not completely shatter his broom, much less a testicle..

"Oh Gosh I didn't hurt you did I, Nothing broken right?" Her critical glance washed over him taking in possible signs of injury.. Noting that he wasn't doubled over wailing for his mother she figured he was at the very least not as bad as poor Mitchell was left.. " No blood whooshing anywhere?"

At his concern about prune her eyes widen.. " Oh no.. I should have warn she is like the Houdini of the feline world." Her cheeks flared with a blush, " You happen to be lucky enough to see in which direction she went... YOU SURE she didn't high tail it back up the ladder she loves it in there, for obvious reasons. " Turning her back to him she glared back up the ladder hands on her hips. ” Prune come out we have not time for your nonsense.

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Amused at her concern he jokingly quiped "and to think you didnt care" he couldn't help but to give her a hard time let alone get lost in her stare, Atreyu knew his previous advances had fallen flat but he was unable to resist his primal urges around this girl.Atreyu had be single for quite sometime and the reason being he wasn't all to comfortable talking about,he had done something to him that was unforgivable and it haunted to him.The strange thing about author wasn't that he wanted to rip out her heart but he wanted to hold her and protect her
He had to stop walking and ask himself" Could this be love that imI'm feeling?." He abruptly face palmed and said "you big lumbering idiot you barely know her." Atreyu had little shame so he turned to Auggie grabbed her by the shoulders and said "since we met ,i haven't been able to shake this feeling and I know we are just looking for your cat but my heart found you." Atreyu mustered up the strength all that he had and he leaned in and aimed for her lips hoping that they would land on target.

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[AUGUSTINE A. COREY]

To say that she didn’t see what was about to happen would be an understatement. Honestly she thought that she might have offended him. Augustine knew for herself that she had a knack of offending people without truly intending to do so particularly with those of the opposite sex.

It wasn’t that she was a shrew who got some sort of sick pleasure in seeing them humiliate themselves, she wasn’t cold hearted. Augustine honestly hated to hurt an admirer feelings particularly when it came to matters of the heart, she herself being on the wrong end of an ill-placed affection, she knew the embarrassment all too well, naturally she tried to shield others from experiencing the same thing.

So when he offered his declaration of the heart she was caught off guard, she turned pulling from his grasp expecting laughter so naturally her blue eyes were wide and wild with a lack of understanding. Attempting to study his face for clue she didn’t see any evidence of spell usage she shook her head slightly.

“If you’re playing around, it isn’t a funny joke.. THIS ISN’T FUNN____________”

That is when he reached to kiss her and she remembered the last time someone tried to kiss her it had happened earlier towards the start of the school year when she literally been cornered in the trophy room by a pack of older Slytherin boys. They had been having a go at her because she had taken the position of a keeper a position that all three had believed should be reserved for men and men alone.

One suggested she might need a reminder of what she was next thing she knew he had pulled her for a kiss and received a rather nasty hex to the groin to remind him that girls are not meant to be toyed with regardless of what house and what position they took.

Tilting her cheek so that his lips caught the fullness of her cheek her eyes wide as she grabbed his chin to look at him her.“You should ask before you kiss someone.. It isn’t that I’m a prude just well I’m not used to random pawing’s so if this is just a random pawing thing for you.. You should probably randomly paw someone else.. I like to be romanced and frankly we have a cat to obtain. IF you want to take me to Hogsmeade you will be expected to court me accordingly I’m not cheap and throw myself about I don’t care how cute you are. “

[ATREYU GREYMANE]

Atreyu not shocked by Auggies reaction to him kissing her made him fell great he knew that she was what he was looking for,even though there time together to this point consisted of trying to find an unruly cat.Atreyu turned to Augggie and said"You bring a smile to my face that once had forgotten how to smile" he knew she was special and that he would have to work hard to get her fully but he was prepaired to go the distance.Atreyu had been yingle for quite some time and had not known love for just as long but something about this girl lit a fire in his belly that consumed his heart and melted away the ice. So he knew they still had a task at hand so he turned to her once more and Atreyu grabbed auggies hand and said "This is real no joke i promise and as soon as we find your cat i will romance you day and night", Atreyu turned and began to head down the corridor shouting prunes name in hopes of her coming out of hiding he then called back "you coming,he jokingly jeered".