Training for Hogwarts (Open.)

[Kevin Bailey]

Maybe Kevin had a wand replica that he got from Hogsmeade in Orlando. Maybe it was Snape's. Maybe he was wearing glasses without lens to look like Harry Potter. Who would know, except that he was brandishing said wand and glasses in the fall wind just outside Hammel school.

Kevin was having a hard time adjusting to this new school. All of a sudden make believe was normal. All of a sudden, he was a little strange, and a total geek.

"Incendio!" He shouted at a tree, before running at it and shaking the branches so the orange and red leaves would come tumbling down. He spun around in the make shift fire, before laughing to himself.

School was hard. Imagination was better.

[Daphne Wood]

Daphne was still trying to get used to how things were run around here. This school wasn't too different from Kocher, the Swiss metahuman school she attended for a little while before the transfer, but it had a different group of kids, so there was a different kind of atmosphere.

She loved having her power, but she hated the side affects that went with it. She was told the pain would go away when she used her power once she learned how to limit it and control it. That's why she was here, right?

She walked out into the training field, still trying to look around the various school, and she saw a boy pretending to be Harry Potter. She couldn't help herself but laugh, since he looked ridiculous. But as much of a mean girl as she was, she loved the Harry Potter series. She declared herself a Slytherin awhile ago. So she'd let the not acting like an idiot thing slide for this.

She put her books and things down, grabbed a rather sturdy looking twig, and ran toward the boy, standing in front of him, pointing it at him. "I challenge you to a wizard's duel, young wizard!" she said to him, giggling. She hoped that nobody saw them because she wasn't sure how to explain this childish attitude. But the Harry Potter series brought out her inner child, and she loved that.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin was definitely in Gryffindor. He hadn't taken any tests online or anything, but he was brave, and he was loyal. And he was great with magic, more or less, that had to be good for points.

Out of the corner of his eye, Kevin noticed someone running towards him. Almost instantly, he turned on the spot and pointed his wand towards the intruder. It was just a reflex, the wand wouldn't really work, but in his mind, it would.

Almost any interesting book could bring out Kevin's imagination. Sometimes it wasn't even a book, sometimes the imagination just came out when it needed to.

"I accept!" He exclaimed, a broad grin on his face. "Your wand doesn't stand a chance next to mine!" He carried on, brandishing his wand in front of him, his other hand above his head and at the ready a-la-Harry Potter. All he was missing was the scar. He would've done the proper beginning to a duel, but they were already in it.

"Uh, Accio wand!" He said, because it was the first spell that came to his mind because he had them memorized alphabetically. Kevin smirked and waved his wand around in what he hoped to be a menacing way. He was going to win!

[Daphne Wood]

It was a perfect set up, in Daphne's opinion. After all, the both sorted themselves into opposing houses. And not only that, but she'd be a sixth year witch and him a fourth year if they were really at Hogwarts. So she definitly had the advantage, she decided. But she found the boy rather adorable. And nobody was around and she hadn't had fun since she made her teacher at Kocher do the chicken dance on top of a table in front of the whole school, so she was all for making a fool out of herself for a little bit with the boy. After all, she couldn't resist a Harry Potter game.

She grinned when the boy said he had accepted. She noticed he had a real looking wand, and she wondered if he got it at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter they had recently built. She had wanted to go there for awhile now, but as far as she knew the only one was in the United States and she had just moved there. "Oh yeah? Maybe I mastered the art of wandless magic, young wizard who I don't know the name of! How would you know?" said Daphne, giggling playfully, she got in a position to be ready to duel.

She gasped as she threw her twig toward the boy, since he 'used' the accio spell. She looked irritated, but obviously just playing, and she ran over really fast, grabbed it, and pointed it at him quick, though nearly tripping. She then called out, "Reducto!" It was the first spell to come to mind. She knew all the spells, but she didn't have them as memorized off the top of her head like the boy did.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin didn't know any better. He was excited at the prospect of making a new friend, someone who obviously new Harry Potter as well as he did. Someone who wanted to play along and have fun and just forget about school for a while. He had no idea that she was a manipulator. And even if he did, he would refuse to believe it and try to find the good in her. It wasn't because she was special, it was just how Kevin viewed the world. Even Malfoy was a good guy in the end, and Snape was the best of them all.

"It's Kevin," he said very dramatically, trying to fit the scene running through his mind. "Kevin Bailey." Another smug grin and Kevin could see it now. They were in the dueling room of Hogwarts, a long platform with large dark drapes hung around the room. "If you've mastered wandless magic, why did you pick one up in the first place?" He challenged, just because he could. It was a game, and he hadn't had someone to play with him in a long time.

Keeping his wand on her, Kevin decided it'd be really rude to not let her get her wand and so he stood on the spot and waited for her, trying not to laugh as she nearly fell. Taking a few steps back as the spell hit him, Kevin squatted down in his outfit. "Oh no!" He said in a miniscule voice. "I'm down, but I'm not out!"

Raising his wand, he cast another spell. "Immobulus!"

[Daphne Wood]

It was rare that Daphne showed this side of her to a person she had never met before in her life, but she was new here and she needed some friends. Despite the fact she was a manipulator that tended to use whatever 'friends' she managed to obtain, and usually preferred calling the people she associated with as 'allies' or 'connections' because they were just there to get things, she actually, like everyone else in the world, wanted a few real friends.

Daphne decided if everything went well with the boy, she would be his friend. She remembered when she was younger and all the older kids would have 'freshman buddies' or whatever and take them under their wing. She thought that she'd do that for the boy, since she was having a lot of fun and they obviously had something in common; their love for the Potterverse. Plus Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape were her all time favourite characters so she could easily debate the good and evil thing between them with the boy.

"Pleasure to meet you, Kevin. Ready to lose? My name is Daphne. Daphne Wood," said Daphne, copying his dramatic, but playful tone. She looked at him with an impressed look because he did call her out on her failure to realize one mastered in the wandless magics wouldn't bother grabbing a wand. She giggled and she said, "Touche, Kevin. You got me. I don't know wandless magic quite yet." She decided she liked this kid. It wasn't often somebody challenged her, since she'd be quick to snap back, but this was a game, and he was all for making it realistic and she loved it.

She was pleased that he let her get her wand, so they could continue to play the game. After all, it wouldn't be very fun if it ended that abruptly, would it? She smiled when Kevin fell back, glad that he was willing to participate the right way. She knew people who would just say 'oh, it missed me' and be a bad sport. She was glad that Kevin wasn't one of them. She froze in her position when Kevin said 'immobulus' and pretended to be frozen like the spell would do.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin was the type of young man to attempt to befriend everyone. Of course, not everyone wanted to be his friend, but that's all he ever wanted. He didn't need anyone to do his bidding when it was much easier just to do things himself. He really could use some tutoring in school for all the subjects he wasn't good at (so everything except Language Arts), but most people seemed to like him around. Well, that was the impression he got anyways. He wouldn't say no to a mentor, but he wouldn't be shy to object to anything he perceived as wrong. He wasn't going to bully people, and he wasn't about to let himself be bullied either.

"Oh? Miss Wood is it? Are you related to Oliver Wood? He was a pretty good Quidditch player," he quipped on about something that was unrelated. Sometimes the connections in his mind didn't make sense to anyone else. A proud look overcame his face and he stood a little taller, which wasn't saying much considering he was so small to begin with.

When the spell worked, he also stood in shock. "I have a potion that could fix you right up, but I'm not going to give it to you," he said, wiggling an invisible bottle in mid air. She was definitely a couple years older than her, so he decided to add, "Your housemates aren't gonna like that you lost to a younger kid." It was all in fun, as anyone could see by the smile on his face.

[Daphne Wood]

Daphne usually thought kids like Kevin were annoying; the ones that tried to befriend everyone like everyone was a saint or something. But perhaps it's just all the nargles were getting to her brain or something, but she really liked this kid. He was a fun guy to play with, which she hadn't said in a long time, without meaning something completely not related to this conversation whatsoever. She wasn't much of a tutor, but she'd tutor him if he asked. Because it would give her some time to hang out with him more. Plus, she liked sounding better than people in any way she could, so if she could make herself look that way by looking intellegent, she'd do it.

She smiled, almost forgetting about the character, Oliver Wood. She liked him too, especially in the movies since he was rather attractive. She then shrugged and grinned, and said, "I've never met Oliver, but I do agree he's a great Quidditch player. Perhaps he's a cousin of mine. I'll check my family tree once I go home for the holidays." She winked. It was so perfect since she was from London, England, she had a nice British accent so she sounded like she really would be going to Hogwarts. She liked the connection, because it made sense to her. She giggled when he tried to stand tall, since he was much shorter than her. But he had a good excuse, since he was two years younger than her.

She gave him a playful glare when he waved the invisible potion bottle at her, and she couldn't help but giggle some when he teased about the housemates not being happy about her losing to a younger kid. "How about this. You give me the potion and not tell your or my housemates that you beat me, and I will teach you a few things and show you a secret passage out of the castle to Hogsmeade," said Daphne, smiling in delight. She loved playing this game.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin laughed, glad this day had turned out so amazing. It wasn't everyday one found a fellow Harry Potter fan. "Are you a good Quidditch player? I'm a Seeker!" He said, getting into it and letting what he thought he would be take over. He'd though about being a Beater once, but riding a broom seemed complicated without trying to also play baseball so... Honestly, Kevin thought she was just making up the accent to go along with the show - he should've thought of that! She was brilliant!

Kevin's jaw dropped. "No way! Yes!" Obviously it was his lucky day as he went over to her and handed the potion to her. "Oh, right, you're frozen," he said with a little half smile before dumping the 'potion' into her mouth and taking a few steps back. "Let's see this passage!" He said, eager to go gallivanting around Hammel's grounds, though in his mind, Hogsmeade was only a short ride away. Hammel was sort of like Hogwarts, right?

(OOC: Feel free to have them run around the grounds! I'm eager to see what you come up with for them!)

[Daphne Wood]

Daphne was having so much fun by this point that she didn't even care what people thought of her if they saw her right now. That hadn't happened in forever, so it would be a shock to anyone who knew her. She then said, "Seeker, huh? That's a very important position. I'm a fair chaser, I believe. Not really good, but not bad either." She smiled slightly. Just like Kevin, she considered being a beater. But she felt that realistically she'd freak out at the idea of a bludger flying at her for her to hit. So she felt chaser was the most realistic one for her.

She pretended to drink the 'potion' and she relaxed herself, and folded her arms, obviously showing that she was free. Her mind was racing, trying to think of what to do to continue their little game. Where should she go to symbolize the secret passage to 'Hogsmeade.' She then nodded and she said, "Well come on then." She took Kevin's hand and started pulling him in the direction of Hammel. She took him inside and began taking random turns inside until they found another way out into the grounds. She then said, "I found the passage back in my first year. Speaking of, what year are you in? I'm in my sixth." She kept making random turns, hoping to find something interesting to explore with Kevin.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin smiled. "Oh I bet you're a lot better than you say you are." He wanted to see the best in people and believe in them, no matter what. Kevin wasn't afraid of a flying ball, he was just worried he wouldn't have the hand eye coordination to keep said ball away from his teammates.

Laughing as they left their spot by the small collection of trees, Kevin was eager to see where this secret passage would be. "Did you get your hands on the Mauraders Map?" He asked. He looked her up and down. She was older than him, she might've just heard about the secret passages from other students and was passing on her knowledge. Anything was possible.

Zigzagging through the institute now castle in his mind, Kev did his best to remember every nook and cranny so he could use this path again. "Your first year? Wow, you are impressive!" He complimented her, smiling widely. "I'm in my fourth year," he said with a smile. "What house are you in?" He'd still want to be friends with her no matter which house she was in.