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It wasn't always that the Hogwarts library was filled with students.  The echoing sounds of laughter, cheer and gossip would have filled the air with their voices bouncing off the walls creating a soft, distant but solid echo. Today, was just like every other day where the library was quite the opposite of being, cheerful and somewhat fun. The library today was as dead as ever. It seemed like the only people there were just Mark , the librarian and a few other Ravenclaws. It almost felt rather weird seeing only Ravenclaws in the  library. It was after all, a Ravenclaw's favorite place to go during their free lessons or study periods. Mark's timetable this year left quite a few study periods available. His options were to either pick up divination again or to just keep the study periods. Well, let's just say, Mark's happy being in the library right now. It was his final year at Hogwarts and wanted to be sure he could nail his exams 100%. He was after all a Ravenclaw. Expectation was that they are the most well educated and strongly wise when it came to their studies. Mark, however was not a common Ravenclaw. He didn't exactly pass all his exams or pass with flying colors. This was why he was here today to try and catch up with the work that was required for his final year.

He was seated at a table close to the window to have both the sunlight and something to look at when procrastinating. " History of Western Magic. " He said as he opened his book grudgingly, murmuring little words under his breath. The book opened with a loud slam as the front hit the table. The echoing slam echoed with a solid volume across the library. The small amount of eyes turned to Mark where he had quickly apologized and went back to his reading. He had trouble studying alone. Alone he would find distractions and little things that would take him away from his study. At least with a friend he would of focused purely on his study to act like he was a proper Ravenclaw. He began reading the first chapter of the book and began to dip his feather ready to take notes.

[ARIANA MORGAN]

For a Slytherin, Ariana spent considerably more time in the library than what other students in her house would spend in the room. Not only did she love reading about the mysterious Dark Arts, and learning more indepth spells and such, she had been told by her teachers that it would be wise to do some extensive reading in her free time seeing that she was the top in more of her classes. So far, every end of year exam she had taken had put her at the top of her year. Except for the subjects that she absolutely hated like Herbology. Ariana knew that with the career that she wished to perceive she wouldn't need the puny subject. If she didn't have such a dark side to her, she would be certain the sorting hat would have put in in Ravenclaw...

Walking into the library, it wasn't uncommon to see the majority of the students were Ravenclaws. The rest were mainly Hufflepuffs, trying to do their homework. Ariana was often approached by them, and asked very timidly, if she'd help them! She was a Slytherin! What did they expect she would do?! She spat in their faces and sent them away with a look of disgust. Kindness was not in her book of personality traits, and it never would be. After picking up two books off of the shelf, she went to her usual spot of study, only to find it occupied by a Ravenclaw.
"Excuse me, what do you think you are doing here?" Ariana hissed at the boy, trying to keep her voice down, not wanting to catch the attention of the entire library and especially not the librarian herself! "This happens to be my study place."

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“Boomslang skin, lacewings, crushed black beetles, holly oak bark…” Amelia muttered each of the ingredients of the complicated potion under her breath. Piles of completed homework littered the desk in front of her. The library provided a silent place in which she could enjoy her work. Well, this potion was more for leisure. She had completed all her homework and had decided to skip ahead to more complicated potions. Amelia hoped to become a healer when she left Hogwarts. It seemed a noble profession which requires intensive knowledge of a wide variety of fields of magic. It was that or engaging in research or becoming an auror… well, being an auror did not feature too highly. She did not have the bravado required for that job. “Brew for a fortnight…” she scrunched her eyes as she concentrated on the potion at hand. It was fairly complicated. She smiled to herself, feeling rather exhilarated. Knowledge was certainly exactly what she was good at. She took a deep breath and shut the book, her memory dancing through the steps required to complete this potion. The ingredients popped into her mind easily and the process played out cinematically in her head. That was until the slamming of a book open jolted her from her mind palace. Her eyes flew open and she glanced quickly to her left. An older Ravenclaw boy sat there looking rather apologetically. Amelia smiled at him, accepting his apology. While she struggled to grasp being exasperated at work, she could recognise that most people found it tedious. Well, she assumed he found it tedious. In fact, she was not certain at all. A Slytherin in her year walked up to the boy. Being close enough to the Ravenclaw, she heard the girl’s request. Amelia’s social ineptness was not enough for her not to notice the girl’s hostility. Amelia, knowing something of loyalty and a dislike of self-righteous people, stood up. She crossed her arms across her chest, her eyes steely. “Hey!” she called out sternly. “Leave him be. Find another place.”

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Mark, although a Ravenclaw, discovered that he was quite bad at the whole concentration concept. Mark struggled with the thought of being able to study for a direct hour or even half hour. The whole concept well, bore him to his utter minds to the point he would prefer to watch a mandrake scream continuously and endlessly. Mark slumped over the table as he began to feel his eye lids getting heavy. He continued to write notes although it seemed to have moved from plain old English to a weird looking writing and font similar to that of vampires. His eyes almost met the light of slumber as he watched the snow flakes fall from outside the window he was studying at.  Little did he know that his little nap rest would soon be rudely disturbed by an unfamiliar voice. " The history of Western Magic... is so boring..." He said as he began to pack his quill up still looking sloth like in  appearance. On completion of packing up, he decided to slump even more. This time laying his head on the table as he slowly allowed hi mind to rest with the door to his dreams opened up.  It wasn't long now till Mark began to get a little bit sleepy, and within a matter of seconds, he was gone fast asleep. 

" Woah! What?!'". He screamed as he quickly stood up with his want at the ready. The shock of the rude awakening caused Mark to jolt out of his chair and on his feet quicker than he had ever moved before with his wand at the ready. Confused, he quickly put his wand away after assuring himself that the vicinity he was in was safe and that he was around no danger at all. He looked around to see a girl stand there. The tone of her voice straight away indicated someone less friendlier than normal." Oh well you're not exactly the best sight for sore eyes now are you? " He said as he began to frown and noticed the staff placing her fingers over his mouth with a frown on her face. At this time, Mark looked back at the snake lady that was standing right in front of her. " Excuse me?" Mark said rather shocked at what he had just heard." Since when was this your place? Since when did you obtain ownership of this area in particular and further more, since when could a snake like you even learn to read? Or are you just trying to find a boy to get in with and trying to impress someone with a fake smart look?" He said hissing back with a ferocious tone to his voice. 

It was here when another voice entered the conversation. His eyes looked directly at the blonde haired girl and nodded slightly.  " She's right you know." Mark said taking out his wand again in an attempt to intimidate the snake lade. " As rude as this sounds, well actually since you are a snake I really do hope it offends you but you don't belong here. You're a snake. You belong in the dungeons. Why don't you go on and run along now little Missy. This place is for people who are actually dedicated to their education." The irony in the last few words was perfect if indeed they had known what was actually going on in Mark's life educational wise.

[ARIANA MORGAN]

Ariana was used to the continual insults thrown at her, and snake was nothing unusual for a Slytherin. She gave a little smirk after ignoring the girl who had just stood up for the boy, who she vaguely remembered from past experiences that his name was Mark.
"Oh you obviously don't know who i am!" Ariana said with a cruel smile on her face. "I happen to be the most intelligent student in my year." After noticing that Mark had taken out his wand, she went for hers, just in case this situation went towards the messy side. If it did ever get there, she was sure to make a mess; wanting to practice a couple of her dark arts spells she just recently learnt. 

"I may be a Slytherin, but that does not mean i don't take any care for my education and learning." Ariana spat at Mark. "And i'm definitely not a snake for that matter." Ariana placed a sadistic smile on her face after rejecting her thought of saying that she was partly a vampire but that would turn out worse than if she hexed him. Out of all the years, she definitely hated the seventh years the most. They always thought they had the upper hand and could rule over the younger years, but to Ariana, they were just the annoying students that nearly equaled the first years in their actions of annoyance.  

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" Wands down." Said the voice of a lady that echoed through the halls of the library and finally to the ears of the students near by.  It was common to see students quarreling every now and then. Slytherin of course being the only house that would search for arguments and fights to test out their so called powerful spells they had learned. Enobaria had happened to have heard everything in the conversation just then just whilst she was searching for books to use for her next lesson. Being the Herbology professor had it's pros and cons. She would often have to do a manual check of what was needed in her classrooms but Hogwarts would have paid for it. Students did get into arguments, after all they were just children, though things seemed to have heated up quite quickly. It's always a scare when wands are at the ready controlled by people both whom seem ready to hex the heck out of each other and perhaps even more. Enobaria did ears drop to listen in but by accident and continued to do so. it was indeed rude, but she just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Her duties as a professor also took account of the current situation and she had no choice but to intervene in the current situation that was arising.

She dropped the books she was carrying on the table and crossed her arms with a frown on her face. Enobaria was known for being a strict teacher when it came to arguments, fights or any form of bullying. She hated it after receiving it through out all her Hogwarts years. Her arms locked within each other tightly as she crossed them ensuring she had one finger on her wand if need be. The safety of the children were at first priority and now she had to do something about it even if it did mean casting a defensive charm. " Ariana no surprise there." She said as she looked at her with a glare but then quickly glared towards the male she was arguing with. " I would of expected better from you being a 7th year and a Ravenclaw if I might add. " She shook her head slightly and quickly took a glimpse of the other girl standing there. Enobaria knew she wasn't involved and didn't bother talking to her.

" The language used here was foul and disgusting. " She said with an angry tone in her voice. This angry tone only supported the fact she was known as one of the scariest and most feared professors at Hogwarts even though she did have a nice side when needed.  Her crazy side didn't stop students from signing up to her classes though. " 10 points from Slytherin and 5 points from Ravenclaw. " She said shortly clicking her finger afterwards adjusting the house hour glasses. " This isn't your spot, it doesn't have your name it's the School's not yours. Now find another place before I place you on a detention for spitting. Disgusting/ " Enobaria then directed her attention towards the Ravenclaw students and took out some tissue and left it on the table. " So how exactly did this all happen?" She asked looking at all three standing there currently present.

[WILLIAM ASHDOWN]

William was sitting in the Great Hall with his books, and a pile of bacon on the table to satisfy his appetite. He was vaguely chewing on a strip, and flicking through pages of a book on Transfiguration that he had taken out of the library for a little light reading. It was quite an interesting read, and managed to eat all of the bacon on the table - as well as a few slices of bread - without noticing. Suddenly, as his hand went down to get more bacon, his hand simply brushed a golden plate, rather than the expected food. Felix huffed, slammed his book shut and stood up, he decided there was little point in staying in the Great Hall to simply read, so he decided to head off to the library to finish his book in the wonderful silence.

When William opened the double doors to the vast, ancient library, the usual pin-drop silence was smashed by angry hissing, like there was a cat melee going on in the corner. Looking around to try to find the source of the sound, he spotted his best friend Amelia, and three others, one who seemed to be his Herbology teacher, Professor Thorne. William grasped his book and bag around his shoulders and walked towards the crowd, quickly sitting down next to Amelia. Surveying the situation before him, it seemed like a Slytherin girl of around his own age and an older Ravenclaw boy had got into a bit of a fight, and Professor Thorne was sorting it out. If he had to guess, he would say that the Slytherin girl, who didn't look particularly friendly, was the cause. Not wanting to get into trouble with the teacher just there, William grinned nastily at the Slytherin and mouthed "Ha!" at her, behind the teachers back. It was a sneaky, underhanded thing to do, but William liked to cause trouble occasionally. He quickly opened the book he was holding and pretended to read, waiting for the explosion.

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Amelia, recognising the rather obnoxious girl, could only shake her head. While this girl clearly prized intelligence, she clearly lacked ability to show it. A sigh left her lips as the two petulant children squabbled. She had little to no time for childish emotional games, so she sat down again and flipped her book back open. Felix Felicis, she muttered to herself. That was certainly a very tricky potion and was not encouraged by professors to be learnt. Overdosing is dangerous, as it is very toxic in large quantity, and over-reliance on it may lead to dangerous overconfidence, giddiness, and recklessness. The potion is very difficult and time consuming to brew, and disastrous if concocted incorrectly. Due to its effects, it is considered a tool of cheating and therefore prohibited in organised events such as Quidditch and examinations. She read through the piece with interest. A sixth year student should hardly be able to brew a potion of this difficulty, but Amelia wanted to for the challenge. Her serene thoughts were broken by the entrance of a professor - oh here came trouble. She sighed and slammed the book shut. Why could people not understand that this was in fact a library, not a theatre. Amelia waited out the drama between the professor and the two students. It was always the same speech. I am so disappointed...Amelia could think of many more things to be disappointed about. Amelia was disappointing in the lack of challenge the Hogwarts' syllabus brought. She was even more disappointed that many of the students found the level of work challenging. Although, Amelia probably needed classes in social skills rather than this. It would help her understand baffling situations like this one. Amelia was too emotionally inept to want to expend the energy o such animosity. Amelia looked up at the professor's question but did not bother to answer. After all, she hardly understood what happened so her version of the story may not be useful. Shortly after, Amelia spotted her best friend walked through the doors of the library. Oh, Will would certainly enjoy such pandemonium. His next actions proved it. Amelia could only shake her head. Chaos would certainly ensue. In fact, Amelia could probably bank on them all being set up for detention, re-potting some exotic plant or something.

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Anger was what Mark had felt as the warm ooze of saliva dropped slowly from the side of his face. His blood boiled and bubbled in his veins as he stood up slowly. He said nothing as he stood up but slowly pointed his wand toward the snake.  Anger took control of him, this meant that he was just about to do something stupid and that anyone in the closest vicinity of him should start running. Being a Ravenclaw had it's props. For instance, right now, Mark was thinking about numerous hexes and curses he could fling at the b***h that just spat on him. " You'll regret that. " Mark said as he tightened the grasp of his wand. He only just noticed the other students who have seemed to join in the so called conversation. " You filthy, horrible, snake of a woman. " Mark said as he prepared to get a curse ready. " You're just lucky I can't kill you. If I was allowed, You would of been dead from the moment you walked into Hogwarts. " He was about to get the curse ready when a voice happened to intrude. A voice that many students were afraid of.

" Professor Thorne." Mark said as he lowered his wand instantly whilst looking at the professor who somewhat appeared to show out of the shadows. He glared back at Ariana and thought evil thing. You are so lucky she's here. He thought as he took a deep breath and attempted to control and maintain his anger. He could explode any second right now at any minute and it would not be a pretty sight. " Professor, she started it. You heard it all." He attempted to plead but the damage had been done. Points deducted from Ravenclaw that he could of course easily earn back within a matter of a lesson. He felt somewhat helpless right now and just refused to speak until Ariana had something to say if anything.

[ARIANA MORGAN]

Ariana rolled her eyes when the professor arrived, and Professor Thorne out of all of them! The snide comments from the Ravenclaw boy took her a little by surprise; she never thought of a Ravenclaw that could come out with comments like that, they would always be some witty sayings...

"Go on then, do what you do and place the blame on the Slytherin because they just happen to be the one in the middle of everything!" Ariana turned to face the teacher after sending a death glare to Mark. She did not feel such anger towards him, not really any kind of emotion. She supposed that was another vampire thing of hers.

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" Silence!" She hissed before turning her attention back to Ariana. She of course , just like a few of the other students in Slytherin house snapped back wondering why they were to blame for everything when they had started the issue. This may not of have been the case today though it was through her experiences as a child that she had took a mental note of this  Her fierce look at Ariana was enough to pierce through her so called rebel shell and scare the lights out of her.  " Listen here, I didn't say I was going to blame you now did I ? " She stated before looking at the other students around them. She decided to lower her voice tone slightly as they were in a library.  She then looked back at both the Ravenclaw boy as well as the Ariana. They were both in the wrong though she knew it was the Slytherin who had started it as she did hear everything.

" Look I know you two probably think that if I put the blame on Ravenclaw that Slytherin is prefererd and visa-verse. " She knew exactly how this would go. She knew that if she took either sides that it would affect the outcome of the current situation. " I've done enough point deductions and this doesn't really need a detention to fix it so I will leave it at this,  Ariana you walk and same with you Mark. I don't want to hear any more crap about who owns which seat because if I do then all you will hear is the echoing sounds of the winder wind hitting you while you write a thousand lines. Is that clear? " She added before moving out of the way for the student to walk past.