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Post by Graciela Garzón on Nov 27, 2005 18:20:25 GMT -5
Graciela walked into the "Combination Station" and saw that no one was in there at all. It was a room full of bean bag chairs and sofas and tables galore for all four houses together. Yet, there was no one there, no one other than Graciela.
She was sitting on a bean bag chair on the far right side of the room, doing nothing other than reading and English Charms book that she found in the library. She was moderately interested in it since she had never really studied English charms but more rather knew the Spanish ones and insisted upon only knowing the Spanish ones. But now.....she was interested in getting to class and learning these!
Isn't it funny how the brain works and reasons?
The door of the "Combination Station" opened and someone walked in. Graciela had not looked up from her book but continued to read.
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Post by Rebekah Moore on Nov 30, 2005 11:29:30 GMT -5
Rebekah had come into the combination station, dancing to the music playing in here head. She couldn't use muggle devices here because they wouldn't exactly work, unless you knew the charm to make it work, but she didn't know that. She was only a first year. Rebekah twirled around a bit, with her eyes closed as she continued to dance to the music. After about a second of that she found herself tripping over a bean bag. While she laid on the floor she twitched a bit, "Ouch, that hurt." she muttered. Rebekah sat up and rubbed her head, then made she that she hadn't brutally hurt herself when she fell. She didn't, she was okay, other than the fact of having a mere headache.
She looked around the room and saw a girl reading a book, "Oh great, Rebekah. You more than likely disturbed somebody from reading." she whispered to herself, frowning quickly. Rebekah put her hands flat down on the floor, then pulled herself up. Once she stood up she dusted herself off and slightly straightened her clothing. She looked in the direction of the girl, then saw that it was Graciela. She'd met her when she first arrived at Hogwarts, after being sorted. Rebekah chuckled lightly, "Sorry about the disturbance, Graciela." she said.
After saying that she sat on a bean bag a little far from Graciela. She was afraid that she would be clumsy if she were to go over there and see what exactly Graciela was doing, plus she figured that it would've been rude to ask her what she was up to. Rebekah always thought lots of things were rude, including the entrance she'd just had. She blushed lightly as she piddled around with her fingers and watched the floor, silently.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Nov 30, 2005 17:37:50 GMT -5
Graciela had not taken notice to the person that had entered the room. She was entralled by her book, which she was very intent upon reading. She was focused on the book and nothing more, really.
Someone tripped over her bean bag chair, causing her to be startled and look up quickly. She did not speak, for she had not wanted to be rude in any way, nor did she want to make a comment about the clumsy entrance. Finally she noticed the girl as Rebekah, whom she had met in the Entrace Hall a few days prior.
She gave Rebekah a weak smile and said, "Oh, it was no a problem. I was just reading a book." She said and closed the book, looking at her. "Just English charms. I don't really know them, just Spanish ones." She explained. "It seems weird and stupid, but I had education prior to coming here, but none of it was English other than the language." She thought that she had given a bit too much information, so she quieted herself. "If you don't mind me asking, what were you dancing for?"
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Post by Rebekah Moore on Nov 30, 2005 17:55:01 GMT -5
Rebekah had still been watching the floor when Graciela had noticed how clumsy she had just been. She gently bit her bottom lip as she continued to fiddle with her fingers. She was utterly embarrassed than she had been in her whole lifetime. How could somebody just be so clumsy all the time? Well, that's what she was asking herself twenty-four seven. Rebekah always seemed to be making a fool of herself for moments like these. She didn't mean to make herself look like that, nor didn't she want the title of being a major klutz. She stopped playing with her hands and brushed her bangs from her forehead, but they simply returned back to where they had been previously.
She'd heard Graciela finally speak, so that caught her attention. Rebekah lifted her head up and looked in the direction of her, "Oh," she said, "Your Spanish?" she asked, blinking some. She found that to be a stupid question that she actually regretted asking now. She wasn't racist, just simply curious. She noticed that she'd stopped talking about the education she had before she had come to Hogwarts. Rebekah hadn't had any, so she was learning day by day. She chuckled when she asked her why she'd been dancing, "Well, I always dance. I'm just used to having music playing in my ears though, but muggle devices don't work here." she replied, "So, I had to imagine music playing in my head. Doing that I sort of didn't worry about paying attention to anything around me, I guess." she added.
Barely shrugging her shoulders she looked back down at the ground, "Still very sorry about that though." she said, "It seems like I've just been bumping and knocking into everybody I encounter lately." she added. Rebekah was pretty used to that though because she always did that at her old school. She wasn't treated nicely for it though, but she didn't care. One thing she had in her old school was pride, which was what she would also have here.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Nov 30, 2005 18:05:49 GMT -5
Graciela nodded. "Yes, I am Hispanic. Why?" She asked Rebekah and then sat her book on the floor and fixed her robes. She then tucked her hair behind her ears and looked back at Rebekah. "Oh, Muggle devices?" She asked curiously. She had never used a Muggle device because she was a pureblood, though she had nothing against people that were not like she was. She was taught always to be kind to people around, irregardless of who they were. Graciela then nodded. "Imagination is good. Sometimes the real things are better. But if you like to dance, then so be it, dance. I was not paying attention to anything either, but I am glad that you bumped into me or else I would have never had enough sense to leave when I needed to. Of course, I am not leaving now because you are here and i believe that I would prefer to talk to you rather than going to the common room where there is no one." She told Rebakah and then asked, "Are you from here or somewhere else? De donde eres?" She asked.
((De donde eres means "Where are you from?"))
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Post by Rebekah Moore on Nov 30, 2005 18:17:58 GMT -5
Rebekah smiled, "Cool, no reason." she said, "Just curious because you said that you only learned some prior education in Spanish." she added, shrugging quickly. She nodded, "Yeah, such as radios, television sets, and tape players." she said, grinning, "Have you ever heard of those before?" she asked, blinking some. She was a Muggleborn, so she grew up with all kinds of technology of the such. Rebekah enjoyed having it all though. She grinned, "Yeah, I love imagination. Dancing too." she said.
After her words she listened to the rest of what Graciela had to say, then simply giggled, "Yeah. Oddly enough I sometimes wish that people would bump into me at moments. Half the time I'm often by myself though, sort of an outcast, I guess. I don't care though." she said, smiling. Rebekah had to take a second to understand the Spanish, but she still didn't, "I'm from Scotland." she replied, still trying to figure out what she'd said in Spanish.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Nov 30, 2005 18:30:27 GMT -5
"Oh, Scotland. I have no met people from there before. It is a pleasure then." She said, smiling. "Oh, yes, how silly of me. I forget easily, so please forgive me if I have to repeat myself or ask questions many times." She said, shaking her head. "My brain does not work and gets confused.
"Those Muggle devices you speak of; I have no heard of them before. They seem interesting to make things make sounds in your ears." She shrugged lightly and then there was a short pause. Graciela spoke once more and said, "Oh, you are probably wondering what I said in the Spanish...I am sorry about that. I asked where you were from. I might do that to make sure I do not forget what language is my own."
((This is fun. I am basically pretending to be my Spanish teacher. I am using her name and place of birth and everything!!))
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Post by Rebekah Moore on Nov 30, 2005 19:34:49 GMT -5
Rebekah giggled, "No worries. I do the same thing quite often." she said, smiling, "You've never met anybody from Scotland? Wow. I don't think I've met anybody around here that is from Scotland though." she added, shrugging her shoulders quickly. She smiled and leaned back a bit more in the bean bag chair, then placed her hand over her mouth as she yawned. She was sort of tired, but she was really bored. Rebekah was sort of bored, but she wasn't bored at all either.
She blinked, "Oh, okay. Well, yeah, they are interesting. Sometimes they can be very boring though." she said, smiling some. Rebekah didn't bother with questioning her of why she'd never heard of any of those devices, but she didn't feel the need to ask such a question, "Oh, that's what you said. Cool. Spanish sounds sort of fun to speak." she said, smiling.
(( Haha. That seems like it's a lot of fun. ))
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Eleanor Brocklehurst
2nd Year Gryffindor
If you understand me, you must be a freak, as only freaks understand freaks...
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Post by Eleanor Brocklehurst on Dec 2, 2005 22:41:37 GMT -5
Eleanor walked into the combination station and saw 2 girls, "Hello, I'm Eleanor, what are your names?"
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 3, 2005 0:07:22 GMT -5
Graciela laughed slightly. "Well, I am from Colombia, and you expect me to know people from Scotland?" She asked with a slight laugh in the middle of the sentence. "I only just moved here a few weeks ago because I asked me mama and papa if we could come over here. They were no happy, but they were glad that I wanted a proper education, but they think that I was stupid because now I cannot learn the same spells as them." She said with a slight sigh, but soon got over it.
Another girl entered the room, and Graciela looked at her with a kind smile. "Hello, Eleanor. My name is Graciela Garzon. It's a pleasure." She said and looked at Rebekah, awaiting her to introduce herself.
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Post by Rebekah Moore on Dec 5, 2005 13:56:00 GMT -5
Rebekah chuckled, "Nope, doesn't expect you to know somebody from Scotland now." she said, grinning quickly, "Was Columbia fun?" she asked. She shrugged her shoulders lightly, "Well, was Hogwarts what you really wanted?" she asked, "That's not true. They could always teach you some spells that they don't know, unless they'd want you to just learn on your own though." she added, shrugging. She was probably confusing Graciela now because she knew that she'd just now confused herself. Rebekah chuckled randomly.
She looked to the girl who had just come into the room. Rebekah smiled, but she was a little thrown off when she saw that she sort of resembled herself. She shrugged it off, "Pleased to meet you, Eleanor. My name is Rebekah Moore." she said, still smiling like before.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 6, 2005 15:52:57 GMT -5
Graciela nodded at Rebekah. "Colombia was very fun. I went swimming everyday since I lived right on the eastern coast. My wand," She said as she pulled it from her robes, "My wand has a pink scale from a mermaid that was found deep beneath the water off the coast. It took a lot of time to get it and a lot of money." She said and placed the fingerprint-less wand back into her robes. "And yes, Hogwarts was what I wanted. It is a new adventure, a new place to see with more to learn. Hogwarts is much more interesting than my Colombian schools, that is one thing that I must say." She said and then smiled happily. "My parents are always teaching me those spells, but I can teach them these English spells that I am learning as well. They think that I am progressing well, though." "Did you ever attend a school in Scotland?" She leaned back in her seat and awaited a reply.
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