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August 24, 2015
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A loved one just walked in on your character doing something Extremely Embarrassing. What happens next?
Kim Shimmers and the Screech Owl
A Harry Potter Fanfiction by me
This Harry Potter fanfiction will be posted, as long as all goes well, every week around midweek (this week I’m trying out a weekend post this time around- see how it goes)
Chapter 5
The Strix
September was slinking by. Kim was in the Ravenclaw common room when a wavy haired blond floated down into a seat beside her on the couch. She had a wide pair of glasses on that shimmered oddly when she turned her head, and cartoon-like bats hanging from her ears. Kim raised her eyebrows slightly and went back to her reading.
“Oddly haunting, isn’t it?” the girl said in a wispy voice. Kim looked over at her to see she had pulled the glasses up over her forehead and was peering up at the starry ceiling. Kim glanced up with a frown.
“I mean, it’s beautiful,” the girl continued explaining, “but it’s sort of ghostly in a way. Like dozens of real stars got trapped there on the ceiling.”
Kim was still frowning oddly when the girl looked back at her, so she wiped away her expression and gave her a smile. She was a weird girl, but Kim couldn’t’ deny that she described the feeling of the starry scene above well.
“Yeah, I see what you mean,” Kim agreed, wanting to be nice. Everything about the girl seemed fragile and doe like, with her wide blue eyes and frosty pale skin and hair.
“I’m Luna, by the way,” the girl said with a sweet smile.
“Kim.”
“Nice to meet you. Are you a first year?”
“No third. I transferred here from an American school,” Kim explained again for at least the hundredth time. She didn’t hold it against Luna though, it was a reasonable question.
“Oh, how interesting. Say, that’s quite a good book you’re reading there,” she said, nodding to the copy of Creatures that Don’t Exist in Kim’s hands. She had really only been skimming through it, but it did have some interesting viewpoints about little known magical creatures in it.
“Oh, you’ve read it?” Kim asked.
Luna nodded. “When you get to the chapter about Moon Frogs, come talk to me. I’d love to discuss it with you. Fascinating creatures,” she said, still smiling wistfully as if waking from a dream. Kim had trouble keeping her brow from bending, but she forced a smile at the odd girl and nodded.
“Hey Loony, don’t bother the new girl,” said Grant Page, one of the more popular Ravenclaws in Kim’s year as she’d come to learn. Luna looked over at him vaguely, but her mouth tightened just slightly around the edges. She knew she was being made fun of, she just wasn’t going to say anything about it. She looked back up at the ceiling.
“She was probably asking you about invisible cycling mice-frogs or something, right?” Grant said, placing his hands on his hips and looking pleased with himself.
“What are you talking about?” Kim demanded, screwing up her face with distain. Grant looked baffled for a moment, and then crestfallen that Kim wasn’t going along with his mocking of poor Luna.
“What… You haven’t noticed? Loony likes to go on about things, odd things, that’s all,” he muttered, putt off by Kim’s frown.
“I’ve never heard of an invisible cycling mouse-frog. And frankly, that sounds ridiculous,” she continued, knowing it would only frustrated him more if she pretended he was the odd one rather than Luna.
“I- I know!” Grant stammered, thrusting a hand at Luna. “I was saying that she-… ugh! Forget it,” he said, storming off, clearly perturbed that Kim hadn’t gotten his joke.
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Kim Shimmers and the Screech Owl
This Harry Potter fanfiction will be posted, as long as all goes well, every week around midweek (this week I’m trying out a weekend post this time around- see how it goes)
Chapter 5
The Strix
September was slinking by. Kim was in the Ravenclaw common room when a wavy haired blond floated down into a seat beside her on the couch. She had a wide pair of glasses on that shimmered oddly when she turned her head, and cartoon-like bats hanging from her ears. Kim raised her eyebrows slightly and went back to her reading.
“Oddly haunting, isn’t it?” the girl said in a wispy voice. Kim looked over at her to see she had pulled the glasses up over her forehead and was peering up at the starry ceiling. Kim glanced up with a frown.
“I mean, it’s beautiful,” the girl continued explaining, “but it’s sort of ghostly in a way. Like dozens of real stars got trapped there on the ceiling.”
Kim was still frowning oddly when the girl looked back at her, so she wiped away her expression and gave her a smile. She was a weird girl, but Kim couldn’t’ deny that she described the feeling of the starry scene above well.
“Yeah, I see what you mean,” Kim agreed, wanting to be nice. Everything about the girl seemed fragile and doe like, with her wide blue eyes and frosty pale skin and hair.
“I’m Luna, by the way,” the girl said with a sweet smile.
“Kim.”
“Nice to meet you. Are you a first year?”
“No third. I transferred here from an American school,” Kim explained again for at least the hundredth time. She didn’t hold it against Luna though, it was a reasonable question.
“Oh, how interesting. Say, that’s quite a good book you’re reading there,” she said, nodding to the copy of Creatures that Don’t Exist in Kim’s hands. She had really only been skimming through it, but it did have some interesting viewpoints about little known magical creatures in it.
“Oh, you’ve read it?” Kim asked.
Luna nodded. “When you get to the chapter about Moon Frogs, come talk to me. I’d love to discuss it with you. Fascinating creatures,” she said, still smiling wistfully as if waking from a dream. Kim had trouble keeping her brow from bending, but she forced a smile at the odd girl and nodded.
“Hey Loony, don’t bother the new girl,” said Grant Page, one of the more popular Ravenclaws in Kim’s year as she’d come to learn. Luna looked over at him vaguely, but her mouth tightened just slightly around the edges. She knew she was being made fun of, she just wasn’t going to say anything about it. She looked back up at the ceiling.
“She was probably asking you about invisible cycling mice-frogs or something, right?” Grant said, placing his hands on his hips and looking pleased with himself.
“What are you talking about?” Kim demanded, screwing up her face with distain. Grant looked baffled for a moment, and then crestfallen that Kim wasn’t going along with his mocking of poor Luna.
“What… You haven’t noticed? Loony likes to go on about things, odd things, that’s all,” he muttered, putt off by Kim’s frown.
“I’ve never heard of an invisible cycling mouse-frog. And frankly, that sounds ridiculous,” she continued, knowing it would only frustrated him more if she pretended he was the odd one rather than Luna.
“I- I know!” Grant stammered, thrusting a hand at Luna. “I was saying that she-… ugh! Forget it,” he said, storming off, clearly perturbed that Kim hadn’t gotten his joke.
