Hey, Miss Murder... ♥ A.A. ♥

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It was a pleasant day. Chilly, sure. Otherwise, Brenda was perfectly content with staying outside. Except for the fact that she was inside. That was good, too, she supposed.

She was in the library, one of the only places that she had visited in her first day of term. Actually, besides the dormitories and Ravenclaw common room, and the Great Hall, it was the very first. It was expansive. Muggle libraries weren't half the size, or at least the libraries she remembered weren't. Then again, the library had never been her favorite place, though she visited it often.

She'd have to change that, wouldn't she?

Brenda had chosen a book on winged horses. It was pretty cliche, she had to admit. It was all about proper Disillusionment charms (which she excelled at, by the way) and care of the wings, and proper diet techniques. But it didn't really tell how to work with the horses. It sounded like the person who wrote the book was too afraid to get near one of the big beasts. Brenda sure wasn't.

She could remember the absolute awe she always felt when before a collosal Abraxan, and the weightless, almost zero-G feeling when riding a Granian at top speed. That author guy? He didn't know crap. But that was okay, really. You can only go so far with passive research, she told herself patiently.

Other than that, the book was terribly informative. She actually learned a few things she didn't know, such as how to brew a potion that keeps the feathers strong and healthy, and the best way to strengthen a foal's wings. It was such an intriguing book, she barely noticed someone was there with her.

[Ankoku Akuma]

The Library..How had Ankoku ended up in this part of the school? He pondered this question for a while before just accepting the answer that he was lost. Not much of an answer but it would do for him.

The library was bright and well lit, books lined the walls. Since this was a library in Trios he knew this was only a small piece of the whole place. Book shelfs stretched so far that it grew out of sight, then again our slythie was lazy today since his arm thing, he cringed his arm the held onto his shoulder with his left hand. His way of fixing things had sorta worked,he just ha to wait a day or two before the arm could fully recover. What was there to do in such a place, Ankoku was by far no fan of books,he read barely and when he did it was by force. The slytherin just shrugged and began to wander off into the maze of books,what could he find in here that would interest him. After a minute or two he had discovered a girl,she had been reading a book of some sorts. Trying to read the books cover was not possible from his angle,why not make another friend? he shrugged and walked towards here in a slow manner.

It was a nice day outside,right now he wished he was outside on a branch having his joyful nap. But that wouldn't do, he didn't feel like walking all the way out. Besides that he had someone here to speak with as another reason to stay,so speeding up the conversation would be good..more like starting it"Ello madam. What type of book is that?" It wasn't his normal wording an where did ello come from? When he said that word it brought one name into mind.Forbid. he had picked up this phrase from her, she had always been the type of girl with an awkward wording function. Alway she would make her words a bit different,shorter or longer but not as normal. But at least she understood how to say peoples names correctly. But enough of the forbid business, he was now having another conversation with someone and not paying attention would be rude. He pulled out a chair from a table and neared her, when he was close enough he took a seat.

It wasn't that comfortable of a chair but he adjusted to it,as he waited he began to scan through the books as if he had been looking for something. Of course he probably wouldn't find anything that came ti interest with him. The library was quiet and he liked it that way,it was as it was suppose to be. He leaned a bit backwards while the chair creaked a little,nothing to be bothered about. The books he had seen sounded like nothing that would be of interest of him, so he ha decided to give up while ahead. He glanced at the girl trying to study the book she had been reading but did this for only a few moments before giving up. She seemed to be well into the book, maybe he shouldn't have bothered her for his own wants. But what done was done and if she liked it so much she could just tell him,but even so he would stay for a chat.

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Brenda was just getting to the point where it talked about proper harnesses (everyone in her family knew that you had to special-order them) when a voice startled her. It was a gentle tone, quiet, and male. She blinked, and wondered vaguely why anyone would talk to her... She hadn't met anyone so far, had she? She might have been sleepwalking or something and accidentally talked to them...

That was a dumb idea.

She shrugged and shut her book. It was getting boring anyway. A change of pace would be good. She turned and saw a kid sitting on a chair by the table she was also at. He was younger than she was... But that wasn't saying much. Brenda was fifteen and a firstie. He looked at least a year or two younger, and was probably a fifth year. Whatever. She liked his gray hair, anyway. It was pretty and fluffy-looking. She smiled at him and chose to reply.

"It's a book about flying horses," she said matter-of-factly, acting as if he had told her and she was very interested, instead of the other way around. "My daddy owns a flying horse ranch. I wanted to see if there was anything good in this library about them." She glanced back at the cover of the book, studying its boring blankness for a moment, before she looked back up. "I didn't really find out much more than I already knew, though. It's some pretty self-explanatory stuff. But that's all right. I guess a lot of other people wouldn't know this stuff. Just me." She shrugged again and stared at the boy's purple optics.

For a moment she was going to ask him if that was his natural color... But that might not be very polite. What if it was like that because of a terrible accident or spell that couldn't be reversed? She might offend him, and then what? He might kill her with his mad, upperclassman magic skillz. ...Or not. But it was exciting to think about. It gave her imagination something to do. Currently, classes hadn't really started up, so she was pretty much bored out of her mind trying to think of things. She really wanted to practice magic, but if she wasn't taught how...

She decided to change the subject. "Why are you in here anyway? Are you just looking around, or do you have homework already or what?" Her tone wasn't accusing or impatient, just curious. A reflection of her nature. I wonder what house he's in... she wondered. He looks smart, but he seems pretty bored just sitting here... It led her to the conclusion that she was boring him, and she racked her mind to think of an at least remotely more interesting topic. Unfortunately, days without work had left her pretty unmotivated to think about almost anything.

[Ankoku Akuma]

Flying horses?Ankoku had just found out what it was about after some moments of staring, but it was all for not as a few seconds later she had began to answer his question. Apparently her father was the owner of a flying horse ranch, this was quite interesting. Ankoku had never seen a flying horse before, he had been trying to find out more about the animals in the magical world but had no time,all there was is class. Something he had ignored most of the time,he looked at her curiously scanning her from top to bottom and smiled. The girl wasn't that abnormal,she seemed fine compared to the others he had met. Not as crazy as some of the others. She had been trying to continue the conversation by finding out why he was here, he wouldn't tell her he got lost but he sort of told the truth."I was walking around when I passed here and i felt like checking it out."Sort of the truth, but not as pathetic as his truth truth. By this time the smile had disappeared,he glanced around the room, it was almost empty other than for him and the girl.

Such a quiet room it was,he expected as much. This was a place not many people go to for long, only for school or to check something out, returning included. But the place was well organized and all the schools books seemed to be in a condition that was usable. It was exceptionally good,he pondered his thoughts for a moment then looked back to the girl."I'm Ankoku Akuma, you are?"A polite introduction would do good for him,his polite side had been slowly taking over him. The girl seemed interesting, a light flickered in his eye for a moment, he had just thought of something.But it would be of no use until sooner on,until then he would hang around the girl as long as he could. He smiled sweetly at her and said,"My name is Ankoku Akuma."His smile remained for some while before he stood up and began to scan the book selection for a book he had spotted not t long ago on vampires. Then he found it, leaning a bit out. He slid his fingers over the top of it a gently pulled it out. He then reclaimed his spot in the chair,he seemed a little uncomfortable in the light,he looked like a sort of prince charming in the light...or maybe and angel. Ankoku squinted for a moment then stared down at the book again as good as he could, concentrating on reading.

It only took moments for him to get to the fifth page, he was an excellently fast reader even though he did not do it commonly, plus the book had pictures and diagrams about vampires so it shorted the pages by quite a bit. Then when he flipped the page one more time the tilted his head to the left slightly, apparently most vampires had bat wings. Once he read that he shut the book and put it back in it's spot. He knew from that the book was poorly made and wasn't correct to the fullest extent, he has yet to see a vampire with bat wings, truthfully he had seen nobody with wings throughout his past. This was questionable, people did have wings but only a few special people and he knew none of them. That disappointed him,now he had more on his list to search for.

He looked at the girl slightly before looking back up at the bright lights from the windows,it hurt his eyes for a moment but he was okay with it. Then he began to move his arm again when he remembered his recent injury, his hand hadn't hurt much then. It was a bit pleasing, maybe his solution wasn't to dangerous, it hurt a bit but only that. Fair enough, he was no longer having an arm problem. From how quick it had healed he guessed by the next day it would be as if nothing had happened, bless his heritage. Though it really was the fault of his injury in the first place. But now wasn't the time to ponder his past picking at all the parts that ended bad due to his blood. His eyes were still set on the lights, but then he blinked a few times then returned to the sight of the girl.What was her dorm?He questioned this, he wasn't too sure. A person like him had somehow ended as a slytherin and he wasn't in the feeling of guessing and ending up wrong,being wrong wasn't something he liked that much. Maybe she would answer for him, like the others that had told him their dorm then asked for his. That would end well, but he wasn't sure so he continued to think on what he could do that would do a good impression while waiting for the girls turn in speaking.

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Brenda nodded at his excuse. It was a little bit vague, but she didn't mind. At least he responded, she told herself cheerfully, thinking of the sorts of people that would merely cast her an irked glare and then turn away. Better than nothing, I suppose. She watched as he looked around the room again, and there was that feeling that she was boring him. However, he continued, and that pleased the Ravenclaw. He was talking to her!

Anko...ku? she thought to herself. Boy did his name have a lot of "k"s in it. She looked up at him again and saw him smiling at her. Ankoku it was. "Well, my name's Brenda... Rune." She hesitated, and gave her last name anyway. Some people liked introductions featuring the full name, and some people didn't. She hoped he was one of that first group of people.

She watched him as he got up and retrieved a book. When he sat in the sun, he seemed uncomfortable. He blinked in the light, and his expression was sort of funny. She smiled at him. He was cute, she had to give him that. Especially the way the light hit his purple-ish eyes. Oh, well. She tried to see the cover of the book he currently opened, but she couldn't. So, being the patient little woman she was, Brenda waited for him to either introduce the book and she, or at least tell her what he was reading.

He read fast, too. Brenda might have actually considered him being a Ravenclaw if it weren't for the fact that she'd never seen him in the common room. What house was he in...? She didn't ask, for fear of interrupting him. It only took him a few minutes for him to flip through the first pages, and Brenda watched him with interest. The pages in his book had pictures of vampires. Therefore, he's most likely reading about vampires, she concluded to herself, proud at her sneaky observing skills. She watched him shut the book after another few moments and return it to its proper spot, and returned to his proper spot. Then he looked up at her and smiled.

However, he winced again at the light. He seemed fine, though. And then he stretched his arm. It seemed to hurt him... Brenda was curious, of course, but she sure wasn't about to ask him about that, either. It might be a private thing, like an abusive relationship or something. He kept quiet, so maybe it was a cue for her to initiate conversation.

"You aren't a Ravenclaw like me, are you? Because you look and you act really smart, but I've never seen you in the dorms before..." Again, her tone was merely curious, not accusing or suspicious. She blinked at him, unaware that her head had cocked to the side in the slightest way until a bang fell over her eyes. She brushed it away impatiently (it fell back anyway) and waited for him to answer.