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The sun had gone down which meant that Marcia was wide awake. She didn't mean to be such a night owl, but she had spent so many nights waiting up for her parents add a child that she just wasn't used to going to bed early. Of course, she had many years to adjust this skiwompus sleeping pattern but she had never really made the effort. She liked the night time. She liked the solitude it brought to the common room and the way the world seemed to freeze. She could easily feel as though she was the only person on earth at times like this, and that could often be a nice feeling.

She slipped into the common room, not paying attention to the time, and found her way to one of the couches off to the side of the room. She laid down, draping her legs over an arm of the couch while resting her head on the cushions. She pulled out her wand and started writing words in the air above her using little strands of light. It wasn't anything coherent, just nonsense really. Maybe even a little poetry like sentences, but she wouldn't call it that.

Here in the dark, in the middle of the night, it was easy to let your mind wander. It was easy to lose sight of were you where and what the rest of the week entailed. Yup, it was easy to forget about the murders and responsibility. Marcia who? No, she was just a nameless being right now, drifting away.

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Marci,

I bet you are still awake aren't you? Ha I knew it! Any who I currently find myself quite restless, of course when am I not restless? Sorry I keep getting side tracked. I am out by the lake if you want to join me....come on I know you do. 

Alina

Alina rolled up the piece of parchment and tied it to the leg of the owl that she had brought down to the lake from the owlery. She watched as the owl flew off towards the school. As she watched the owl fly away she was sure that Marcia would find her since she was in a spot that they usually found their way to as they wandered the school, and as they also left the grounds, and in the process breaking many school rules. Something that they did quite often. Who would have thought that one of her best friends was a Slytherin? But then yet again her brother had been a Slytherin, and her turned out to be more like a Gryffindor than anything else. 

After sometime Alina heard a noise off in the distance as someone walked along the shore of the lake towards her, or at least in her direction. She looked around and then went behind a tree and transformed into a black panther. Now that she was in her animagus form she stalked over to a group of bushes and looked in the direction of the noise that she had heard and waited for her friend, who she could now see since her night vision as a black panther was far more superior than what it was normally as her regular self. However since becoming an animagus she could tell that her night vision and other senses were getting much better than before. Max did warn her that it was possibly for the human senses to be enhanced because of her animal.

@marcia

(I hope that this wors, if I need to change anything let me know) 
                                

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Marcias visions of stars in the ceiling of the dungeon was interrupted when and owl swooped in and dropped a rolled up piece of parchment in her lap. She giggled excitedly as she swung her legs off the couch and onto the floor, standing up before she even read it. She knew who it would be from, of course. Who else would write her in the middle of the night? Sure enough when she opened it, she found that it was indeed who she thought it was. Alina, her best friend in the Hufflepuff house. She read it quickly then incinerated it, heading out the dungeon door quickly but silently, sneaking out into the dark.

As Marcia made her way to the designated meeting spot, she tried to be as quite as possible. She knew Alina, though, and the Huffle would be looking to scare the crap out of Marcia. Probably as a panther. Marcia had decided years ago that she wanted to be an animagus, preferably a black panther! When Alina had finally revealed that she and her sister had done it, Marcia couldn't have been more jealous. She wished they had invited her to tag along as they were learning, but Marcia understood why they didn't. It was sort of a sister thing and it was really dangerous to sneak out as much as they did. So, Marcia had just recently started looking into it. She had a lot on her mind though and wasn't getting very far, but it wasn't like she didn't have time. She had her whole life, hopefully.

When Marcia reached the spot, she put her hands on her hips. "Come out, come out Kitty!"

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"Come out, come out Kitty!" Alina quietly moved through the shadows as Marcia came into their spot, and was able to sneak up behind her best friend besides Nicole. “Call me kitty again and you are going to get it Marci.” Alina said in a playful tone as she turned back into her regular self just behind Marcia. It was an empty threat and one that they had used often. She really didn’t mind being called kitty since it was only Marcia that called her that. It was a nickname that had been given to Alina and Nicole by Marcia who was practically another sister to her anyways. “So what brings you out here tonight?” It was a redundant question and one that they both knew the answer to.

“Any luck yet on becoming a kitty yourself?” Alina asked her friend who had started working on becoming an animagus just like Alina and Nicole. She could remember when she had learned and it seemed like forever ago that it took place but it had certainly paid off in the long run. Alina smiled as she thought about the time that she had found out that she shared her animagus form with Nicole, and when she found out that it was also Marcia’s form as well, Alina was overjoyed. And well she was bored and they had to find something to do.

@marcia

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Marcia jumped a little as she heard Alinas voice behind her. She spun around, "Gosh Alina, I was expecting you to be a panther not a person!" She started to laugh as her heartbeat started to return to normal. "Very clever," she applauded Alina before pulling her wand out and spinning it around in her fingers, a habit she had developed over the years. It was as natural as breathing for Marcia, and it calmed her. She knew Alina wasn't actually mad about the 'kitty' thing. The two seventeen year old girls had that type of relationship, a playful goofy one full of playing tricks on one another and sneaking out to do random things at random hours.

"Oh you know, just strolling around, Panther hunting," she winked at her best friend and chuckled again. She made a funny face as Alina asked how her Animagus stuff was going. She pursed her lips hard to one side and shook her head before speaking. "Nah, I've been taking it slow. Plus," she took a step back and raised her eyebrows multiple times in a row, "I'm not going to tell you when I do it! Imma sneak up on you for once." The two girls were in completely different houses, but they didn't have many differences between them. They were both fighters. They both wanted to go somewhere in life that was in law enforcement, or in some way help those in need with their strength in combat.

"So, a little duel, maybe? Perhaps some broom racing? Or simply stargazing?" she suggested.

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“Panther hunting, an odd thing to be doing at night. But then yet again it probably helps that you know the panther in question.” Alina said with a smirk as Marcia mentioned panther hunting. “You sneak up on me as a panther, right. We will see about that when the time comes.” She commented, and then an idea formed in her mind. “Nicole and I could always help you out if you want. It became a lot easier to do once we had someone to teach us. The offer is there if you ever want our help.” Alina said to Marcia, Sure she had offered help before but sometimes there were things that you had to do on your own and she understood that all too well. Granted it was a very rare occasion for Alina since she was so close to Nicole, being twins and all.

"So, a little duel, maybe? Perhaps some broom racing? Or simply stargazing?" Now those were all great ideas, dueling something that they practiced quite often, broom racing well they could do that. But something simple sounded good and that was the last option that was voiced by Marcia. “Let’s just find some place and watch the stars.” Alina said since she didn’t feel like broom racing, however that did not stop her from adding. “Well it has been a week since we last dueled so I think that we could do that first.” Before she had even started saying that last sentence she had her wand out if Marcia consented to the duel. It was never a good thing for either of them to be off their guard not even when they were supposedly safe place i.e. Hogwarts. But that was not the case a fellow student had been killed on the train to school at the beginning of the school year and then not too long ago another student had been murdered just inside the Forbidden Forest.

@marcia

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"Exactly!" Marcia agreed with Alina suggested that it was easier to hunt panthers if you knew there was one around. Even two! Some day three! "Oh, just you wait..." Marcia half muttered as her friend seemed skeptical about her ability to sneak up on the twins. At the offer for help, Marcias smile grew more, "I would love some help! But, maybe not until after graduation. I have a lot to focus on," the truth was she had a lot to obsess over. Even after school it would be hard to get Marcia to sit still in one place. She had a lot of work to do considering her dark parents.

Marcia liked the idea of stargazing, but she was glad when Alina pulled out her wand and suggested a duel first. Marcia stopped spinning her wand in her fingers, caught it, and pointed it at Alina. "Deal," she said in a sudden low voice before taking a step back. "Flipendo!" she cast toward her friend, not waiting to see if it landed in order to jump onto a rock, giving herself the higher ground and preparing for whatever was coming next.


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Alina smiled when Marcia accepted her offer. “Of course, whenever you are ready all you have to say is the word and we will be there for you.” She said before she jumped out of the way of the incoming spell and it was a narrow miss. Raising an eyebrow “Is that the best you got Marci?” Alina taunted her friend. Who was now up on a rock and had the high ground. “Langlock! Fumos!” thespells were simple but worked as a distraction, the first one is for making the tounge stick to the roof of the mouth and then fumos for a smoke screen.

As smoke filled the area where they were at Alina Smirked and stepped into the shadows and transformed into a panther once more and made her way around so that she was behind a tree to the left of Marcia. Turning back into herself “Expelliarmus! Levicorpus!” Alina shouted the first spell but the second one was a nonverbal spell. Of course she could use nonverbal, what ever gave you the impression that she couldn’t.

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Marcia managed to dodge the first spell of Langlock, but you can't really dodge a smoke screen. As the smoke formed around her Marcia took the opportunity to silently leap from the rock, landing a good five feet away from where she had just been standing. She didn't notice Alina turn into a panther and sneak around behind her, but she was ready as soon as the first spell came. "Protego!" an invisible shield burst from her wand as she blocked the disarming spell, but now she knew where Alina was hiding. She whipped around and cast her own spell, "Aguamenti!" a burst of strong water as strong as a fire hose came out of the wand, blasting in Alinas direction.

But soon, Levicorpus hit her and Marcia was upside casting the counter spell at herself, "Liberacorpus," she spun out of the hold on her ankle and landed on the ground, rolling to a crouched position before aiming her next attack. "Obscuro!" if it worked, a blindfold would appear over Alinas eyes. Marcia laughed as the two girls dueled, for this was one of her favorite activities!

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She noted the fact that Marcia blocked the disarming spell that she had sent at her but was caught by the levicorpus. However Alina did get hit by the blast of water and was thrown into the air and as she came down she took in the scene of what was happening before she had to flip around and land on her feet. But the few seconds that she was in the air, Alina saw several centaurs off in the distance watching them. It was kind of odd to see centaurs watching to students duel each other, but it happened more often than not when Marcia and herself dueled. The obscuro spell almost hit her in the face if she would not have dodged it in time.

So that is how it was going to be maybe? Alina smirked. “Incarcerous!” was the next thing that she cast at Marcia who was now laughing. And laughed as well. People would think that they were crazy for laughing while fighting but it was something that they excelled at. “Stupefy! Ventus!” Alina said with a smile as she faced Marcia. If the stunning spell did not hit Marcia, Alina was sure that the ventus spell would since it is a rather large yet concentrated blast of wind. It would hopefully distract her friend so that she could get in close and disarm her with either expelliarmus or by using some form of martial arts.

@marcia

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Marcia was grateful that she was able to dodge the incarcerous spell, and laughed even more as the water smashed into Alina, tossing her about. Sadly, Marcia was indeed hit by the stunning spell and was blasted away by the wind that came flying toward her. Once she crashed into the ground, she pointed her wand towards the oncoming Alina and non verbally cast the body-binding spell at her. She wasn't able to see if it hit however, for soon she heard another voice behind her.

She jumped up from the ground and spun around, certain that Nicole had finally found them. Marcia smirked a little and let out another laugh. Would Nicole be  in panther form or would she be herself? Either way, she wouldn't be prepared for the oncoming marshal arts attack that Alina was thinking about...




@nicole : @alina

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S eeing as Nicole was one to find herself within the Library, reading book after book, it was a surprise that she wasn’t there. Maybe because as the sun drew to a close over the horizon and the night was shining brightly with the light moon within the sky, she had to leave. She usually stayed during the night, hidden in a corner, but lately they had been wandering the halls, and so she had to leave. Of course because she was a rule breaker she didn’t go straight back to the Hufflepuff common area, she wandered the halls of Hogwarts until an idea came to mind. Sometimes during the night Nicole liked to change into her panther form and go out into the moonlight. Sometimes she would run through the forbidden forest, because no one would think weirdly if a panther went running through the trees. If they saw her though, then she would be in trouble. Quickly she moved through the castle, pushing huge doors open and slipped outside. The moonlight shined on her face, cool air nipping at exposed skin before suddenly she was no longer a person, but a black panther. Her fur was pure black, sleek, and the feel of the cool air blowing through the short hairs felt amazing and then as she ran through the outside and made her way towards the lake, it felt even more amazing. That was before her hearing picked up the sound of yelling, the sound of spells being cast and she quickly ran towards the sound. When she was close enough, but not close enough to be noticed, she sat and watched. It was then that she noticed two women, one of them being Alina. With quick features she started stalking towards them, and slowly she began to grow in height, features changing until she was once again a girl. “Aw…you two are dueling and you didn’t invite me?” she questioned with a raised eyebrow, eyes moving from both girls before her. “I am rather hurt.” she said faking a pout as arms crossed over her chest. 394 WORDS @alina & @marcia

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Alina smirked when she heard Nicole’s voice. It was only a matter of time before Nicole had found them since she was usually up late as well, and the three always managed to find one another when they had absolutely nothing to do. Granted they usually spent time together. Now that Marcia was distracted Alina moved forward and she struck, knocking the wand out of her friend’s hand. “You need to learn to not be distracted Marci.” Alina said in a mocking tone which was more a suggestion than anything else.

“Nicole how nice to see you this late at night.” Alina addressed her sister as she moved away from Marcia so she could get a better look at her sister. “If you want we can duel. I am not even the least bit tired or we can go find something else to do. It is completely up you two.” She said to both Nicole and Marcia.

@marcia
@nicole

(Sorry that it is so short, and that it is not the best. I am just trying to get back into the mode of posting.)

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"You weren't arou- hey!" Marcia turned back to faux glare at Alina as get wand was knocked out of her hand. Marcia smiled and stood, bidding her wand to fly back into her hand. "You're right, A," she admitted. She knew better than to get distracted during a fight, of course she did. She should never have let her guard down like that. But, Alina won this round fair and square.

She turned to face Nicole now, "we were planning on doing a little stargazing after the duel. We could head that way now? Maybe get up on the roof?" Marcia suggested. Marcia wasn't always a daredevil but she often did daring things when among the twins. That was all right though, for she knew that they would never let any harm come to her just as she would do for them. Marcia was an only child, but she always considered Alina and Nicole sisters. As long as she'd known them at least.

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N icole continued to move closer and closer to the two women, a slight grin upon her face, arms crossed over her chest. She looked between the two as the two girls greeted her, and all she did was wave her fingers at the two girls in her form of greeting. Of course she had distracted the two women but none more than Marcia who’s wand went through the air. Nicole held back a laugh as Marcia told Alina that she was right, and as Nicole has always known…Alina is never wrong. ‘We were planning on doing a little stargazing after the duel. We could head that way now? Maybe get up on the roof?’ Nicole nodded her head, “Alright, I like that idea.” she stated with excitement gleaming in her hazel brown eyes. Nicole remembered when she had first met Marcia, she wasn’t much into the daredevil type of stuff that both Nicole and Alina were into, but once the three became friends, Marcia started getting use to their ways and joined in on the excitement of rebellion and daredevilness. 180 WORDS @alina & @marcia

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