b u ll ied (nix)

[rumer]

Rumer had never run so fast in her life. She was completely out of breath, hair in disarray and robes slightly shifted as she bolted through the hallway. People stopped to stare, confused as to why the petite blonde girl was running so fast from the stairwell. It was a miracle she hadn't tripped yet, given the fact that her robes were long, she was in a skirt, and she'd taken the stairs two at a time. Perhaps it was her lucky day... or not. With one final step, her robe caught on her foot and Rumer tumbled to the ground, omitting a slight cry of pain as her knee came into contact with the floor.

Looking up, wide-eyed, she examined her pursuers. They were taller, wider, and meaner than her by a long shot. You would think 6th year Slytherin boys would have found other things to do with their time than pick on the third year Ravenclaw, but Rumer had found that she was quite an easy target. Normally she sat by quietly and took the insults, as people called her "That Dumb Ravenclaw," because of her dyslexia. However, today, as they cornered her she'd got frightened and dropped her rather heavy Transfiguration text book on the leader's foot, possibly breaking a few bones.

The three boys had given chase upon their leader's command, chasing after her like attack dogs while the lead boy was carted off to the Hospital Wing, howling in pain and blaming her for everything. It's not as if she'd meant to do such a thing, although the big brute had deserved it. Scooting backwards away from the boys, she looked up in fear, wondering what on Earth they were going to do with her now. Probably jinx her or something...

[nixnight]

Nix had been walking towards her common room to try and actually make a start on her potions homework for the fifth time that week when she had heard laughing. She has automatically paused and turned back to sees group of fifth year hufflepuffs walking past and talking of a chase between a younger year and some slytherins and nixs skin had crawled and she turned sharply and flicked her Wand from her pocket and point it to one of the boys. "this chase, which way were they heading?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice and the boy look up at her terrified and pointed down a corridor. Nix nodded her head and flicked her wand back up her sleeve before running past the boys and looking up the corridor sharply.

She heard a yelp to her right and turned and jumped down a small flight of stairs only to see the backs of a group of boys from her potions class, her eyes narrowed and she pulled her wand from her sleeve and then coughed. Two heads turned to look at her and then the boys poked the middle boy only for him to turn and leer at her ,"if it isn't the disgrace to all people pure-blooded" he said with a snigger and nix just rolled her eyes.

She didn't bother with taunts or even a reply, she just help up her wand and smiled before thinking a spell in her head and flicking it. The boy soon stopped leering at her as his ears grew to antlers and his skin turned a very pale green and his face began to burst out in hives, he looked at his sidekicks who both stepped away from as nix took a step towards him. "leave now, go on" she said in her sweet voice and the boy stared at her ,"SHOO!" she hissed in a feral voice and that did the trick. He stumbled past her as his antlers poked his sidekicks who ran after him and nix nodded her head to herself in victory before turning to see who had been their victim

[rumer]

Rumer didn't really have the opportunity to see what happened. All that happened is, before the older boys could pounce on her, they had turned, sneering at someone. Rumer attempted to see past them, but they'd blocked her view. Suddenly, antlers grew from the boys head, his skin turning a sickly green. Rumer's eyes widened, witnessing the transformation. Someone yelled at the boys to leave, and they scattered, allowing Rumer to see who her savior had been. It was a Gryffindor girl with fiery hair, and she couldn't help but admire the girl's bravery. She supposed that was why she was in Gryffindor in the first place.

"T-th-thank you," Rumer stammered, looking up at the girl. If she'd been capable of something like that, Rumer had no desire to make the girl mad in any way. Pushing her robes away from her legs, she frowned at the nasty bruise already beginning to form from the fall, lightly poking at it with a finger. It hurt a lot, but Rumer wasn't about to let it affect anything. Covering the bruise back up, she stood, brushing off her robes. "Thank you," she repeated softly, looking up at the Gryffindor girl, who dwarfed her by nearly two feet.

[nixnight]

Nix looked down at the girl below her and lifted her wand away to offer her a hand to stand up before her bright eyes spotted the girl looking over a bruise on her leg and nixs eyes narrowed. She dipped her hand inside her robes and took out a small vile and then knelt down and held it out to the ravenclaw girl ,"take this, It'll heal up in a few moments" she said as she held out the pale red liquid. Nix was one to often fall and grow a skin of only bruises, so she had taken time to really learn how to make this potion to heal bruises and small cuts and she was most happy with it.

"I'm shadow, seeing as your a younger year then I've heard that you'll know me most by that name these days" she said with a small chuckle. She knew had was down to the few who had seen her change and then Maya and grace and Martin all encouraging the name through their own years and those close to them, many of the school knew her better as shadow so she had recently taken to introducing herself as shadow to be more formal

[rumer]

Rumer took the bottle for a moment, eyes widened a bit. She didn't know whether to trust the girl. Perhaps it was going to turn her into something dreadful, maybe the Gryffindor girl had just scared the Slytherin's away because she'd wanted to bully the petite blond herself. Still, Rumer pulled the cork from the flask and downed the potion, noting that it tasted faintly of strawberries before the throbbing in her knee disappear. Pushing her robes aside, she saw her pale skin to be as good as new.

"Thank you," Rumer repeated once more, handing the flask back to the girl. When she introduced herself as Shadow, her eyes widened. "Is that your real name?" she asked, rather naively. She may have been fourteen, but there were still plenty of things she didn't know about human contact. It was rare she had it, so she was a bit socially awkward when it came to things. "Oh, and I'm Rumer," she replied quickly, turning a deep red as she looked down at her shoes. This conversation was probably the most she'd ever said to anyone outside of her year and house, so it was just odd to her.

[nixnight]

Nix gave a soft smile as she saw the ravenclaw think about the drink before actually drinking it, nix smiled as she did and then nodded to the other girl. "keep the glass, if you work out a re-filling charm soon and there's anything left in there then you can get some more" she said with a smile before she stood up herself and then dusted her knees down and then snapped her head to look at the other girl.

"nice to meet you rumer, I'm Nix. Nix Night formally but I don't like people using that name as it shows of my blood routes" she said with a grin before holding out a hand to help the other girl to stand up. It was true that she didn't like people knowing about her blood bit it wasn't for the normal reasons, she really disliked people knowing she was a pureblood as they tended to think of her differently then

[rumer]

Rumer nodded, slipping the vial into the pocket of her robes. "Thank you, Nix," she replied, smiling a bit. She watched the girl for a moment, curious. Still, she said nothing. Nix was quite an unusual character, not someone Rumer would ever think about associating with. Still, it was the least she could do in being kind, since the girl had saved her from whatever torment those Slytherin boys were going to do to her. "You're very brave, for standing up to them," Rumer said, awkwardly shifting her weight from one foot to the other.

[nixnight]

Nix gave a small smirk at the younger girls comment and shook her head ,"the one in the middle blew my potions coursework up, I had to pay him back some time and now seemed good enough" she said with a grin before nodding to the corridor. "you going anywhere? Got another class or studying or anything? I could act as your body guard if you wanted" she said with a chuckle as she dipped her hand inside her robe and slipped her wand away in to her inner pocket and then tucked her hands in to the outer pockets of her robe too.

[rumer]

Rumer pondered the offer for a moment, then nodded slightly. "I have to go back and get my Transfiguration book. That's why they were chasing me, because I accidentally dropped it on their leader's foot," she said, turning a bright red and looking down at her feet. "I'd like it if you could... uhm, what you said. Be my body guard," she added quietly, anxiously tucking a strand of her blond hair behind her ear. "But, only if you want to," Rumer added quickly, turning yet another shade of red.

[nixnight]

Nix gave a small grin and thought of how, had this been grace, she would have already have bent down and hugged the younger to tell her to lighten up and be a bit more cheery. "I'm happy to accompany you, lead the way master" she said with a chuckle before she lifted her own hand up to her hair and ran it through it and ruffled it up a little to mess it up more before nodding her head as her hair felt nicely messy. She considered drawing her wand again but she also knew that she could come across minx soon and she was one of the fastest draws in the school so she wasn't worried about being caught wandless

[rumer]

Rumer started towards the stairs, anxiously looking around for anyone who could potentially jump out of the shadows at her. There was a little comfort, knowing she had someone like Nix to keep her company, even if it was only for a little while. She'd much rather have the Gryffindor on her side than be one of the countless people who bullied her for her small frame and dyslexia.

[nixnight]

Nix smiled as the little ravenclaw walked past her and started down the corridor and nix crossed her arms and then looked around, her ears twitched slightly as she moved so she could listen all around her. She naturally had gained the ability to move her ears due to her ability to change in to her wolf form and she loved it, it allowed her to be a little more wild when she was human which was always something she loved. She looked forwards at the little girl in front of her before her brain caught on something she had said, "you drop it on him on purpose?" she asked with a small chuckle