Alone Once Again {Sev}

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Once again she was alone in the empty hallway, the quiet, soulless hallway. No one to talk to, no one to share a laugh with. She set her shoulder bag on the gray dusty stone floor; she reached into her bag and pulled out her book. She was reading one of her favorite books, the one she spent the most time in. She opened the book to page 78 and sank deep into the stone wall and started to read. Not too much later she heard some footsteps coming her way.

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Sev walked through the hallways, hands in his pockets. He did not have a specific target, he was just wandering. He had every right to do that, right? Well, that's what he was doing. It was more of a study break, really. Seventru was a man of books and he knew that if he did not take this break, he would probably be looking in his books until late at night.

Something caught his eye. A girl leaning against the wall and reading. He stopped in front of her. "Excuse me," he said quietly. "I'm Sev. Uh, may I ask what you're reading?" He was always interested in knowing about new books.

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"Excuse me," he said quietly. "I'm Sev. Uh, may I ask what you're reading?"

Looking up, she smiled at the guy who stood in front of her. "I'm reading House Of Thunder, by Dean Koontz. Have you ever read any of his books?"
She brushed her dirt brown hair out of her eyes, closing her book as she waited for his answer.

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Dean Koontz? Dear Lord, who hasn't read a book by him? Sev smirked. "I've read a couple of his stories," he said casually. "I enjoy The Door to December. That's a freaky one, I believe." He did not even want to think of the torture the girl in the story had to go through to end up where she was by the end. He shook his head at the thought of it.

"But I've never read that one. Is it good?" he asked.

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"I've read a couple of his stories," he said casually. "I enjoy The Door to December. That's a freaky one, I believe."

"But I've never read that one. Is it good?" he asked.

"Yes, it's quite the book, it's not one of his best, but it's pretty darn good. I'm Sam by the way." She smiled sweetly at the guy.

"So, when did you arrive at Hogwarts?" Sam slid the book into her shoulder bag.

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"Pleasure to meet you, Sam," Sev grinned. He was about to say his name when he realized he had already done so earlier. It was just instinct for him to respond to that by saying his name, but luckily he caught himself before he sounded stupid. He put his hands behind his head. "I've been around for a while," he said. "I came here fairly recently though. I'm a second year, Ravenclaw. But I'm one of the newer ones because I came in the last month of the term. Sounds weird, but that's how it is. How long have you been here?"

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How long have you been here?

Sam shifted and leaned against the cold wall, crossing her arms. "I just arrived here four days ago, I'm 1st year, Mihael."

"So Sev, since you've been here a bit longer then I have, I was wondering if I could have the grand tour of this place....?" Sam smiled.

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"Ah, Mihael," Sev grinned. "My best friend, Allison is from that house. If all Mihaels are like her, then I believe that Mihael is an awesome house. I don't think I'd fit in though. I'm too much of a nerd." He smirked. He also thought he would never fit in as a Mihael because he was not as outgoing as your typical, fun-loving Mihael.

"A grand tour, you say?" Sev raised an eyebrow. "Well, I'll admit that I don't know where EVERYTHING is but I'll show you all I know." He began to walk down the hallway backwards. "Well, if you look to your right, you see the Charms classroom. Luckily, Slughorn isn't in there right now to yell at us for wandering around hallways..."

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Getting up, Sam stretched her legs and began to skip after her new and inexperienced tour guide.
"So I'm guessing you know were all the class rooms are, but can you show me where we can get some food, I haven't eaten anything all day." She smirked, and rubbed her stomach.

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Sev smirked. "I guess that's probably the most important thing here. Let's go this way," he said as he led her down the stairs and toward the Great Hall. As they came around the corner, Sev opened the doors leading into the room. "And here we-oh..."

The Great Hall was deserted. There was no one nor food. Sev sighed. "Sorry, I guess we can't eat now... unless..." There was a place he had heard of but had never been too. "We could try the kitchens," he said pointing to the doorway at the end of the hall. "Wanna go?"

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Feeling a little disappointed as they came up to the Great Hall and it was empty.

"We could try the kitchens," he said pointing to the doorway at the end of the hall. "Wanna go?"

Sam heard her stomach growl, Oh Man, I hope he didn't hear that..... "Sure, I'm up for anything at this point." She said quickly.

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Sev nodded and led her down to the kitchens. As he was told would happen, a bunch of house elves appeared, holding food in their hands. Sev smirked and took a plate of chocolate cake from one of them. "Wow, thanks," he said as he sat up on the counter and began to eat it. "This is really good," he said with a full mouth.

He turned to Sam, "What do you want?" he asked tilting his head toward the house elves who were still holding up food in front of her.

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"Well, what your having looks pretty good, but I'm kind of in the mood for some home-style cooking." Sam looked at the house elves, perfect one was holding a plate with chicken, corn on the cob, and a nice steaming roll. She took the plate, thanked the elves and sat down next to Sev.

"So, what are you hoping to get out of being here at Hogwarts?" Sam , broke off some of the roll and shoved it into her mouth.

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"Ooh, that looks good, too," Sev smiled. "But I don't think anything can beat chocolate cake." He took another bite of his and swallowed it. Ooh, it was sweet. He began to scoop up another bite when Sam asked a question. "Well, I've already got one think I've ever wanted. Independence.

"My mum and grandmum homeschooled me all my life so I never really got a chance to leave our apartment in London," Sev explained. "I'm actually one of the older second year students because it took so long for them to let me come to this school to study magic. I already know quite a lot of spells that we are learning in classes. But I don't really care. I love being able to make my own choices, you know?"

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"I know what you mean. My mum smothered me and my sister ever since my father died due to magic. She didn't want us near Hogwarts, but soon she gave in. I'm glad she did, I've met some wonderful people here." Sam finished with her roll and moved onto the corn, but she wasn't going to eat the chicken. She offered it to Sev.

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"No thanks," Sev said in response to the chicken that was being offered to him. He finished up the last of the cake and put the plate down. A house elf immediately picked it up to wash it. Sev smiled at him as he squeaked a thank you and took off to the sinks.

"I wish I had some house elves. It would make life ten times easier," he laughed. "Wow, I'm sorry about your father. That's really rough." Sev did not have a father who was really in his life. But it was because of his father that Sev had lived such a sheltered life. His mother did not want him to turn out anything like his father. "I don't really have a father," he admitted to her.

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Sam pushed her plate away from her so the house elves could take it. "Mm, I agree, life would be so much easier." Sam smiled.
"Yeah, well he died in a spell gone wrong when I was eleven. It wasn't so bad, because he died doing something he loved." She brushed her hair out of her face. "So, what happened to your father?" Sam felt guilty asking.