Here by my side, it's Heaven [Alan]

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♫ Here by my side, you are destruction
Here by my side, a new colour to paint the world
Never turn your back on it
Never turn your back on it, again
Here by my side, it's Heaven ♫

Ziggy felt an overwhelming need to rush to the library as fast as her little legs would take her, overcome with a need to learn. Not in a nerdy fashion, of course. She didn't feel the need to learn physics, or world history. Charms or potions, nothing that required schooling in the magic or muggle world. No, Ziggy's realm of interest today was one of a much darker kind. Something that you would learn in Defense against the dark arts.

In one word, werewolves. As the girl strode towards the library, her ravenclaw robes on...well...more like her shirt, vest, tie, skirt, socks and shoes, her thoughts raced with anxiety about the upcoming full moon. Her brown messenger bag slung around her shoulder, and her hair up in a messy bun, just to keep it out of her face, Ziggy just about burst through the library doors, causing quite a few students to jump.

Silently, the girl apologized with a few nods and headed back towards a table, pulling her bag off and setting it down before rushing to the nearest section of books. In truth, Ziggy's brother was much more the reader. He learned to read way faster than Ziggy, and read much more. He was such an intelligent child...He would be coming here in a few years....was he to learn of what his sister had become?

The girl cursed herself for not being able to tell her family....they would only panic...Ziggy shook her head a bit, tucking a loose peice of hair behind her ear as her hazel eyes scanned the shelves...Q...not the right section at all. She scrunched her nose up a bit before briskly walking down a bit...thank god they had this all organized in alphabetical order. The dueydecimal system muggles had was just insane.

Ah! W....wands....warlocks....witch hunts....WEREWOLVES! Ziggy skimmed the section, grimacing at some of the titles...how to kill a werewolf...how to protect yourself from a werewolf....have you got a werewolf in your midst? Finally she chose 5 or 6 rather large books on werewolf history, culture and behavior. She returned to her table and sat, sighing a bit as she started book number 1...

Full Moon Syndrome; The Complete Guide To Werewolves. Seemed allright. The girl began reading, tucking the loose piece of hair behind her ear as it once again fought loose and hung in front of her eyes.

[Alan Moser]

Wandering the library was one of Alan's favorite pastimes, you never knew what you might stumble up, what you might learn, or which book when opened screamed at you for no apparent reason. Today Alan had decided that he would walk in the section that he had not visited for a while, the Defense Against the Dark Arts section. The last time he set foot in this part of the library was nearly a year ago when he wrote a nearly a meter and a half parchment on the subject of werewolves. He was mighty proud of himself for that he got top marks, and until recently had been able to help a friend because of it. Alas that friend had left Trios, and was sorely missed.

Walking down the aisle he noticed a young lady sitting at a table intently reading a book, he noticed the title, Full Moon Syndrome; The Complete Guide To Werewolves. "That's some deep reading for a First Year," he said sitting next to the young lady, "but I've come to learn that the thirst for knowledge knows not the boundary of age."

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Ziggy continued to read, throughly fascinated by the book itself. She liked her lips, tucking that loose piece of hair back behind her ear once again. So far she had learnt that werewolves tended to get very "moody" around full moon...She couldn't help but wonder what that meant...the book could be a tad vague sometimes. Moody as in angry? Or just...intense mood swings...well she suppose she'd learn soon enough.

She sighed anxiously as her knee bounced, making a slight almost shifting sound as she continued on, her focus completely on the book layed in front of her. She would have to be confined during full moon...confined? oh god, where? Suddenly the girl was overcome with fear. She had literally no idea how she was going to or how she was supposed to handle any of this. She hadn't told her family or anything. Oh god.

Ziggy covered her face with her hands for a moment, moving them only to massage her temples before hearing someone speak. She looked up to see someone who looked rather farmiliar...of her same house, she guessed. She blinked at him for a moment before her mind screamed at her to say something back. "Oh well, I find werewolves fascinating because I am muggle born and until recently I thought they were just myths..." She spoke all together way too fast...

She took a deep breath and attempted a shaky smile; "I'm Ziggy Stardust..." she looked to the table a moment, closing the book with a dusty thump. "Its a weird name, I know...but my parents are quite eccentric. She smiled sheepishly.

[Alan Moser]

"Nice to meet you Miss Ziggy," Alan said extending his wand hand to her, "I'm Alan Moser, Prefect and Quidditch Captain of Ravenclaw House. You know interesting thing about Lycanthropes, is t hat after a number of years they can actually control their transformation, but in the early years especially if they are of a young age, the changes can come upon on quite randomly, but generally in the three or four days prior to ones transformation, they usually show symptoms, i.e. they get slightly sick, hair in places that hair shouldn't be, and an insatiable appetite for red meat."

Alan stopped there, realizing just how much he had said. "I'm sorry, I probably just blasted you with a bunch of information," he apologized with a grin, "but once I had to write the report about them, I couldn't stop learning."