Making Friends [Open]

[Olive Sweeney]

The trees near the lake danced around in the wind. It was cold outside, the wind made is so much worse. The young Ravenclaw was trying to study, but the wind wasn't making that easy for her. Her reddish-brown hair covered her eyes, the wind flipped the pages in her book. She was about ready to give up. She knew enough about Potions for now. Olive stood up, leaning down to pick up her potions book. She held her book tight to her chest, looking down at her shoes. Olive had woken up a bit early to go outside so she could study alone. She really wished she could have someone to talk to. She got along well with the students in her classes, but outside of class she didn't have any good friends. If she was going to get anywhere in the world, she knew she would have to at least attempt to make friends.

Olive wasn't an unfriendly person. She knew that. She just wasn't that good at keeping friends. She would get along with someone so well, but she needed space. The more and more Olive felt she needed space, the more and more all of her friendships would fall apart. She was never very close to anyone in her life, because she knew they would just end up leaving, just like her mother did. 'Maybe I could make a friend today' Olive thought to herself, smiling as she looked up at the gray sky. Now she had something to do on her least favorite day of the week. Saturday. It seemed like everyone at Hogwarts had plans with their friends. Everyone except Olive. She needed to make a friend today. Maybe she could even meet a boy. The possibilities were endless.

Olive walked down to the water, smiling down at her reflection. She looked approachable. Her wavy hair was a little bit messy from the wind, but anybody she would see outside would have the same problem. Olive adjusted her sweater and walked along the water, thinking about her goal for the day. Making friends. It sounded a lot easier than it would be for her. 'Just smile, and act normal.' She thought, giggling.

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

Selene couldn't sleep in, especially since she was worried to death about things with her aunt and she was worried about her brother who was going to be coming to hogwarts in a short few months. She knew Airous would listen to her but she felt bad by putting all of this on him and she didn't want to lose him. Yes they were dating and yes she would tell him but she was just wanting this time alone and to think. She walked out side, it was cold and windy and gray. She noticed a ravenclaw, her age or maybe younger but not to much younger and she looked lonely all by herself. Selene decided to walk over and see if the girl needed someone to talk to.

As Selene walked, she was thinking about her life before her Aunt had taken her away. She still dreaded on that and yes it did help to talk to Airous about it but she still feared getting a serious punishment from her parents. She would wake up in the middle of the night screaming because she thought she was going to get killed by her father. She hated being blamed for her twin's death and she wanted her sister back but she knew that would never happen. Selene soon realized that she was close to the ravenclaw girl and she then stood right by her hoping that it wouldn't bother her to much.

"Hi, My name is Selene. What is your name?" Selene asked

[Olive Sweeney]

Olive was startled by the girl. Selene. This was her chance. She could finally make a friend. "Oh, Hello. My name is Olive." She said, smiling kindly. 'Don't mess this up, Olive.' She thought. Every time anyone ever talked to Olive without being told to by a professor or feeling obligated to because Olive had said hello first, she would think about the lovely friendship they could have. Selene was a Gryffindor. She was a fifth year, like Olive. Olive knew that. Olive knew who almost everyone at Hogwarts was, whether or not they knew she exists. Olive tucked her hair behind her ear, shifting her Potions book over to her left arm. She extended her arm, in order to shake hands with Selene.

Olive was incredibly irritated with her hair at the moment. It was all over the place, but she didn't want to move her arm away before Selene shook her hand. She looked into Selene's eyes. They looked sad. It could be because she was tired. It was fairly early. But, why would she be outside in the first place? "How are you doing, Selene?" Olive asked politely. She cleared her throat and took a deep breath. This wasn't too bad. Maybe one day Selene and Olive could be friends. Maybe even best friends. She imagined them going to Hogsmeade together, studying for their exams together, and watching quidditch matches together. Olive had always wanted a best friend. Maybe this time, her friend wouldn't leave. [/size][/color]

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

"Hi olivia. It's nice to meet you." Selene Smiled and shook her hand. She then looked back out at the lake thinking silently for a while and then looked back at Olivia.

"I am...alright I guess. Just...been trapped in my memories thats all. How are you doing? What brings you out here all alone?" said Selene and she looked at back at olivia wondering why she was alone without anyone to hang out with. Then selene felt bad that she was alone.

"Olivia...Would you like to be friends?" asked Selene hoping that she would want a friend.

[Olive Sweeney]

Olive grinned. A friend? This was a first. Normally, Olive was the one to ask someone to be her friend, and then they would drift apart. "I was just studying. I don't really have anybody to spend time with on the weekends, so I normally just get ahead in my classes. I just sort of gave up because of this wind." She explained. "I would love to be your friend." She said. Olive had a friend. She had to keep this one. She couldn't let another friend slip away.

"Are you sure you're doing all right? Is there anything you would like to talk about?" Olive asked as she held her book tight to her chest. She fixed her hair. It was useless because her hair was already a mess, just a few seconds later. Olive awkwardly held her book between her legs while she threw her hair up in a messy bun with a rubber band that she had on her wrist. A few pieces of hair and her bangs were still down, but this was much more manageable with the wind. Olive picked her book up again, hugging it close to her.[/size]

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

Selene smiled at olive still a little sad but could she tell Olivia about her dead sister? She wanted to. Oh well she was going to tell her and all but it was going to be a little tough to begin with but it took very little time to open up to Airous.

"that's good that You would love to. I only have one other friend but now I have two Friends." said Selene beaming at Olivia. Normally she wouldn't get to close to people or ask people to be her friends. She was used to people coming and talking to her first.

"I was just thinking about my dead twin sister Eclipse. She had died before we came here to Hogwarts. Soon after her death my parents began emotionally, physically and verbally abusing me. I had started about a year later sending owls to my aunt who then took me away from my parents and she became my legal guardian. My parents and three other siblings are now disowned by the rest of the family and they are no longer welcome at family functions." said Selene who glanced at olivia and then looked back out to the lake.

"Occasionally I get letters from my parents verbally abusing me but I just don't listen to it. Both are Aurors along with my aunt." selene said.

"Why don't we go in and have breakfast." selene offered.

[Olive Sweeney]

Olive felt honored that Selene was comfortable telling her this. She could tell that Selene had a little bit of trouble talking about her past. "If there's ever anything I can do to help you, just let me know." She said. Olive felt very bad for Selene. She wanted to be able to relate, but the only thing extremely bad in her life was when her mom left.

"When I was seven, my parents got in a fight. I watched the whole thing. He tried to use a spell on her, I don't remember which one, but she left. I haven't seen her since then. She's a muggle, and doesn't want anything to do with us." Olive explained. She figured she should tell Selene something too, to show her trust in her new friend. Olive stood there silently. She was quite upset, remembering her mom. Olive was nothing like her mom. She barely remembered, but she remembered that her mother was never very understanding. Olive swallowed and cleared her throat.

"I'm not very hungry, but maybe I will be by the time we get to the great hall."
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[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

"Thanks. I will keep that in mind. I would like that." selene smiled kindly at Olive.

She hoped that olive would be able to trust her too. She knew that it was hard to talk about the past and especially to someone knew. She remembered the time she told Airous about her past which was slightly difficult because she was scared to tell anyone about her past at the time but she was feeling more comfortable.

"Your mother should be proud of you. She shouldn't have left you. She should have stayed and gotten to know her daughter more and realized that just cause you can perform magic doesn't mean you are a horrible person." said Selene smiling.

She knew that it was hard with parents, especially those that left. She never would have liked the fact her parents abandoning her but she felt that they would have if her Aunt hadn't come and saved her from her parents. She didn't like her parents much but then again she didn't want her parent's involved in her life any more.

"Yeah I am not either but I would like you to meet another friend and boyfriend, Airous. He is super sweet and very caring. You would like him a lot." said Selene Smiling at Olive.

[Olive Sweeney]

"I would love to meet him" Olivia said, grinning. "My mother... used to be really fun. My father told me. I feel like it's my fault, because mum used to be so much fun, before I was born." She said, her smile fading. "They started fighting because of me." Olive liked having someone to talk to. It gave her a sense of relief. "I did something bad when I was younger, because of their fighting."

Maybe it was too soon to tell Selene how messed up she actually was. Her self-inflicted scar was covered by her gray and blue striped sweater, so she didn't have to tell Selene right now. She could tell her later, and make something up. Olive wasn't a liar though. She hoped Selene would still be her friend. There was no reason not to. It was in the past. Olive wrapped her scarf around her neck with one arm, holding her potions book in the other. The scarf almost matched her sweater, but the blues were slightly different. That wouldn't matter to anybody else, but it bothered Olive a little bit.

"I'm starting to get a little bit hungry." She said, walking in the direction of the great hall. She wasn't actually hungry, she was trying to distract Selene, so she wouldn't ask about the 'bad thing' that she had done when she was younger.[/size][/font]

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

"Olive, you were young then it's not your fault that things turned out the way they did and sometimes what happens is that we blames ourselves because we believe it really is our fault and that we should be punished for those things. It's not your fault that things turned out like that. Sometimes things happen for a reason and that was one of those times it may have seemed like it was your fault but it wasn't. Don't beat yourself up for what happened. It wasn't your fault that your mother left you it was a choice she made it most likely wasn't because of you." said Selene, trying to believe her own words for she still beat herself up for her sisters death and how her parents treated her.

Selene heard a double meaning when she heard 'I did something bad when I was younger.' and selene wondered if she thought that it was the cause of her mother leaving that the troubles she had as a child that would have forced her mother out. Selene knew better then to ask, at least she didn't want to ask right away because she didn't want Olive to leave and think she was prying into her life.

"If you ever want to talk about what those bad things are feel free to come find me and talk about them. I may not always have great advice but at least I would be a shoulder to lean on and lend you a listening ear. I would listen to you if you want to just talk about your past." said selene politely and nodded when olive said she was getting a little hungry.

[Olive Sweeney]

"My mum blamed it on me. My dad says it wasn't my fault. They just weren't right for each other. I just want my mum to love me. But, I'd rather not talk about my mum right now." Olive said, walking toward the building. She was almost in tears, shaking a little bit. She hid it well. Olive cleared her throat and wiped her eyes. She thought about what she had said earlier. She didn't want Selene to think something worse than what actually happened. "W-what I was saying earlier," Olive started, not sure how to tell Selene what she was about to tell her.

"My parents were fighting. I would try to talk to them, but they never stopped yelling. My mum threw a cup at my dad. I...." Olive paused. "I had been reading the Tale of the Three Brothers. I picked up a shard of glass.... and started cutting my skin. Right in front of them, so that maybe... they might pay attention and realize I was more important than their ridiculous argument. I cut the deathly hallows symbol into my forearm. It bled for hours, and I felt faint. Now there's a permanent scar there." She said. Olive had never told anybody. If she wore short sleeves, she would cover it somehow. A tear fell, and then Olive realized that she was being a little bit over-emotional, so she simply stopped crying. "Nobody could ever like a freak like me.: She said. That wasn't exactly meant to be said out loud, but it was.[/color]

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

Selene patiently listened to Olive. She didn't want to interupt her because it meant so much to be able to just talk about it right away without someone asking questions and stopping the other from talking. It was important to let the other person to just let it all out and it would normally let the pain come out too because it helped. Selene never judged anyone because they cried, she never thought it was weakness just a way to let the pain and suffering out from a persons problems. When olive talked about her cutting selene looked over at her, not out of judgment but out of caring and concern for her friend.

Without thinking selene hugged her to show that she cared about her. she didn't want olive to think that she was a cold hearted person that didn't want others to know she cared about anyone.

"I like you and I don't think you are a freak, just unique." said Selene

[Olive Sweeney]

Suddenly, Olive had been hugged. The embrace startled her. She had never been hugged by anybody other than her father, and maybe her grandparents. "Th-thank you, Selene." She said, not knowing what else to do. It wasn't possible for Olive to hug her back. She was trying to hold her potions book. "I'm sorry that I almost cried." She said. Unique? She wasn't unique in an eccentric way. She was unique because she had let herself be alone for so long, and not particularly care what others thought of her appearance or actually know what was in fashion. She just sat in her room most days.

"I'm not that unique. It's kind of pathetic actually... what I did. It's not like me." She said, thinking about it more. She had picked up that thin shard of glass, and she just started cutting her arm open. The glass cut deep. It was odd. She couldn't even remember if she felt it when she was doing it. She didn't even think before she did. She definitely didn't think about the fact that it would leave a scar. What a pathetic, young girl she was.[/size]

[Airous Fai]

Airous walked out of the castle and stretched. Yuck it was windy out side. He glared at the sky hating this depressing wether. It looked like the sky felt depressed but that was no excuse for no sun and no happy white fluffy clouds.

Airous looked around the lawns. It was early so there weren't that many students walking around. It could also have something to do with the wether. He was ready to turn and go back inside when he saw a strange scene. It was Selene, by the lake with a ravenclaw. He wondered what they where up to.

Suddenly Selene hugged the girl. He blinked and became more curious. What where they talking about? Airous didn't want to interrupt but he knew Selene wouldn't hug anyone if she didn't care for them. Selene and Airous didn't have many friends and it was strange to see her get along with someone else.

Airous walked down to the lake, deciding that he was going to meet this new ravenclaw as well. Besides what could go wrong? He reached the two by the lake and smiled "hey Selene." he smiled at the ravenclaw, "hey your the new ravenclaw, right? I'm Airous. Welcone to Hogwarts."

[Selene Nyx Ipswitch]

"Don't be sorry for crying. Crying is not bad it's a way to let the pain out. I used to cry and I still do sometimes when I really think about things in my past and what my future would have been if my sister didn't die. Crying is a way that shows that you are human and capable to love." said Selene who cared about the ravenclaw.

"It's not Pathetic what you did. There might have been a better way to let your emotions out yes but not pathetic. What you did was trying to prove to your parents that you were there and you didn't want them to fight, also it shows that you wanted a way to ease the pain. I know." said Selene who turned up her sleeve to show Olive a long puckered freshly new, scar on her arm.

"This may not be the same thing as yours but it was during a fight when my aunt and parents were fighting during the holidays and my father was about to murder my aunt and I caused this scar to stop him from killing her. It worked but it was a price I payed for saving another's life. I don't regret it at all." said Selene who then turned to smile at Airous who came and said hi but dropping the sleeve down so he couldn't see.

"This is my Boyfriend I told you about Olive." said Selene proudly.