ninja hood

[Lorcan Parrish]

How could it be called 'rickety'? It was absolutely adorable! The poor thing, abandoned and left to dwell behind a few ugly, scruffy bushes. It was probably so lonely;

It was up to Lorcan to save her!

And so goes the eternally blissful, rather acidic and gelatinous contents of the girl's mind as she raced along the edge of the Lake, a drum stick in each hand, twirling along like the ninja hoodster of Hogwarts. Every bang of the small bucket of pastel-and-neon colored chalk tied from her belt against her thigh and the pounding footsteps reverberated in her ears, thumping up an uneven bass line into her ears, kind of reminding her of some sped-up, cracked theme song for some thrash superhero.

flash.
bang.
IDEA.

Adolf Hipstuh, the perfect German-themed super hero. Protecting the magical lakes with his super-rad x-ray vision. Or something.

Slowing down a bit to a trot, Lorcan spotted the edge of the Rickety Pier a few yards ahead, the chalk now only gently bumping against her hips. Stepping onto the creaking wood, the mid-morning sun glared against the water and blinded her momentarily. She took a few more steps forward, unknotting the yarn holding the chalk bucket in place. It clanged onto the wood next to her feet, her pale fingers grasping the yarn, intertwined around her drum stick.

It made no sense.

This was obviously a dock, not a pier.

Rolling her eyes, she left her chalk and walked to the end, planting her bum on the edge and pulling off her old connies and chucking them over her shoulder, then dangling her toes in the cool water, thoroughly discouraged. Being that it was a dock it did not need to be saved. Docks were less important than Piers. Scooping up her drumsticks again, she started beating on a fast rhythm on the old wood beside her, her feet cutting back and forth through the water to keep time. Interesting, how nobody was here at such a premo time. Shaking the dark hair out of her eyes, she watched the water move lazily below her as her sticks tapped away.

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[jessie]

...This is How We Do it.

Jessie Starr skipped her way through Hogwarts.Ascending the stairs,descending the stairs,to the Dallin Tower,from the Dallin Tower,and finally to the courtyards. Jessie actually had no clue where she was.She was still one of those new people and she hadn't really begun to explore yet.She figured since she was up early she might as well do so anyway. Jessie scratched her head.Why the heck was she up early? Usually,Jessie would have been sleeping until midday.She hadn't even gone to classes yet.Pfft.She hadn't even signed up for them yet.

Jessie sighed and adjusted the blue polka-dotted bow,holding up her hair.Would her mum be proud? Psh.Prolly not.Jessie leaned up against a tree and thought for a moment.She was suddenly bored.Maybe this was why she slept most of the day. She suddenly ached for her cellie.Yes.Her cellie and her computer. Jessie turned to go back into the castle when she heard a sound.There was a small tapping noise in the distance.Jessie tilted her head to one side."What the..." She murmured.Was she going crazy? Hmm.That was definately a possibility.Jessie reered away from the castle and toward the sound.

It sounded as though someone was making a beat with...drumsticks? Jessie would know. There seemed to be a lot of kids with them at home.Drums.Jessie could nevcer get the hang of it. All it was was beating something with a stick,right?Right? Well,who knows. Jessie was entertained by the guitar.She owned one but,of course,didn't really know how to play it. She had always wanted to learn and almst started teaching herself.Almost,that is.

Jessie came to a few shrubs and peered behind them.There.She could just see a girl on the end of the dock.Er...what was this? Nobody had told Poor Lil' Jessie about this place.But,then again,she had only met one person.That...Morgan boy.Who threw her into the water! Jessie frowned.She could still feel the icky lake water water on her skin. Ack. Jessie shook her head and glanced back at the dock-thing.The girl had jet-black hair and seemed to be in her own world at the moment. Seeing as she was facing away from Jessie,Jessie couldn't tell how much older she was than her.

Jessie shrugged.Making a friend wouldn't hurt,right? She slowly made her way onto the dock-thing,but then stopped.What was this? Jessie bent down.Chalk? Yes! Chalk! She bit her bottom lip-tempted to jack a peice and then run off with it.But Jessie decided against it.It was probably the other girls chalk.And Jessie would much rather have a friend,than an enemy.

Eyeing the chalk,Jessie continued toward the girl,stumbling on something on the ground."Waaah!"Jessie shrieked as she went down. She sort of rolled out of it and walked away as if nothing had happened. What had she tripped on?Thin air? Jessie turned slightly and noticed a converse in the center of the dock-thing. How the hell hadn't she noticed that? Jessie felt like a retard. She shook her head,hoping the girl hadn't noticed. Jessie waddled up behind her,and peered over the edge.It would be just her luck to trip and stumble in. She would have to be more careful.

Jessie sat down on the edge of the dock-thing,slightly away from the girl.She glanced over and opened her mouth to speak. Nothing. Idiot.Jessie cleared her throat. "Er...Hi."

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[Lorcan Parrish]

Her head bobbed slightly as she pounded out the rhythm of a familiar song, though one she could not name, nor sing more than the chorus. If anyone looked closely enough, they would see tiny bits and pieces of woods chipping away from the spot she was hitting and setting down into the water, where a few pleasabtly heliotrope-coloured plimpies whisked them away to store with their other innumerable treasures, brushing against her toes as they went. Smiling to herself, she adjusted her bum on the dock, pulling one leg underneath herself and feeling something stab her in the hips from inside her pocket. Dropping her drumsticks, she reached down the pull it out, grinning as she remembered the real-life lollie she had nicked from Zonko's yesterday.

"Waaah!"

The sudden, shrill cry of something behind her popped her calmness like a cherry on prom night =X Lorcan flinched so hard that her lollie slipped from between her fingers and splashed into the water, she herself almost unstead into the cool waters, and her foot knocking away a single drumstick as she fumbled around. She glared down at the lake as her lollie sank, then was snatched away by the purple plimpies, her drumstick floating slowly away. But, as she opened her mouth to curse at them, she noticed a shadow fall over the water. A girl stood behind her, peering at the water. Lorcan blinked, not knowing what to say, or really what was going on. As the girl seated herself about a foot away, Lorcan felt her face rearrange in a sort of bemused expression as the girl looked at her, apparently at a loss of words, then spoke.

A grin spread on her lips, despite not knowing what the heck had just happened or who this girl was. "Uhm... Hi to you as well." Uhm.. Ice-breaker, much? Suddenly, Lorcan wasn't sure what to say, other than the idea of inviting her to paint the dock with chalk half-formed in her head.[/center][/color][/size][/font][/font]

[jessie]

Jessie Starr peered down at her white flip-flops.Her knees were pulled up to her chest and her arms were now wrapped around them. Her white flip-flops had been worn so much that they were now worn out,old,and the shabby color of gray-instead of white. Jessie flinched and blinked at them.She would have to bleach them or something. She certainly wasn't going to walk around like that much longer. Jessie smirked and glanced over at the other girl. Her feet were swaying a bit from the current of the lake. She seemed to not have a problem with the icky lake water. Maybe Jessie could put her feet in too. Then,she wouldn't seem like such an outsider.Jessie started to take off her flip-flops,but the girl had said something,and she stopped.

Jessie looked up at her with wide eyes. Her strange look,turned into a friendly smile. Jessie thought for a moment.Small talk.That's what she needed. She sighed and casually nodded."So! What house are you in?" It felt weird saying that,for Jessie. She hadn't been at Hogwarts for too long,and asking about someone's house made her feel like a stalker.Usually,asking for someone's house meant that you want to know where they lived.Why did they even call it house? They could have said....Jessie scratched her head.What could they have said. Team? Nah.It sounded too much like a sport. Bleh.Sports.Jessie was only good at soccer and cheerleading.

She quickly pulled off both of her flip-flops and neatly placed them on top of each other,in between her and the other girl. She slowly stuck her feet into the water.Very,very slowly. The cold water sent a shiver up her spine,but that wasn't half as bad as when something floated by with a long stick-like thing in its mouth. She yanked her foot out of the water so quick,it almost came off.Jessie yelped when it brushed against her.She stared down at the water with crazy-looking eyes."What was ...that?" Jessie didn't mean for it to come out as a whisper,but that little creature took her breath away. Jessie glanced at the girl and then back at the water. Great,now what would she do when she was hot?Swimming was out of the question.

Jessie ran her fingers through her blonde hair and drew her bangs back with her fingers.She watched the little thing float away with the long stick in its mouth...or beak...face? Jessie shook her head.She glanced over and noticed the girls' one drumstick. Jessie tilted her head to the side.She could have sworn that there was two of them a moment ago....Jessie blinked at the water again.Had the girl dropped one in? Had Jessie caused her to drop one in? Jessie looked at the girl apologetically,now,sort of lost for words.

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