For her, the stars.

She had still had the loved child's belief that it would not be allowed for anything too bad to happen to her.

[bellabruxa]

arnorrson‌:

“So there’s nothing I can do, then?” he said with his little smile, trying to remember how he’d played the role of innocent when he was little. He hadn’t needed to do it for quite some time since his village rather…adored him. “Hopefully those two lucks might cancel each other out.” Gunnarr had amused himself with the words.

“You can leave,” she said in a haughty tone, but she didn’t really mean it, she wanted him to stay here, begging for her forgiveness a little while longer, “and deal with your bad luck alone.” but it felt so good to dismiss him.

[bellabruxa]

zhumatilda‌:

“Yes, the portkey. It does make traveling much faster, though it also makes me slightly nauseous.” That part of traveling she could do without. “Northern England,” she mused. She was always curious with the rest of the world, parts she was unfamiliar with. “It sounds interesting, did you enjoy your time back home?”

“I really did,” she gushed, as much as she can complain about her family (and as much as they deserve it), she adores them all. “My brothers both had children this year, and their babies are so adorable! Adorable little things! It was hard to leave.”

[bellabruxa]

humatilda‌:

“You don’t like the cold? Is it colder here than at your home?” She couldn’t help the small smile at the girl’s antics, sitting on tables and complaining about the weather. “My home is in China, and it is.. about as cold. Where is home for you?”

“Yes, but even back home it’s too cold.” and her father of course spends hours talking about places that are warm all year round, just to make her suffer even more. “That is so far away! Did you come using a portkey? Home is nowhere interesting, northern england.” 

[bellabruxa]

zhumatilda‌:

Matilda blinked as she looked away from the other person and saw the Gryffindor right in front of her. “Miss Br- Bella.” The two knew each other enough that she figured she could afford to be less formal around the younger girl. “Good morning. Did you mean during the holiday? I went home, and what about yourself?” 

“Me too, though I wish I could have gone somewhere a little less cold. Yes, definetly wish I could have escaped this chill for a while.” she adds with a little laugh, sitting down on one of the tables, “where is home for you?”

[bellabruxa]

kesserorsayre‌:

Roland opened his mouth and closed it again, honestly not sure what she expected from him. “You have made my mind go completely blank, I’m embarrassed to admit.” He couldn’t help but smirk, getting into the spirit of things. Flirting was a pleasant distraction. “You must be accustomed to such behaviour from men. You cannot blame us too much when we become imbeciles in your presence, it’s really your own fault.” 

“I am used to it,” proving himself might only have taken Roland so far, but complimenting her, and complimenting her so well, now that’s enough to melt her heart and make her immediately forgive all the sins his gender committed against her. “How could I not be?” she shrugged her shoulders slightly, looking up at him between her eyelashes, “Do you want me to turn around? So you can think about it?”

[dsoredit]

Catarina in episode 171

[bellabruxa]

bribolt‌:

“This is going to be beautiful. I also want to take Gunnarr down. As well as Os, and this giant here.” Bri jerked her head towards Dayo with a smirk. She was used to people being annoyed with her brother, so unless they actually insulted him, she was happy to ignore it. 

“You are little.” Dayo smirked, patting Bella’s head. “Bri is just littlest.” 

Bri snorted. “He gets it from his mother’s side of the family. Oloye is very tall.” It wasn’t the first time they’d had comments about how different their heights were, but then, they were half-siblings. 

“And Mama was short, just like you.” Dayo teased affectionately. 

“Still big enough to take you down, right Bella?” Bri leaned in to whisper conspiratorially. “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” 

“Perfect hit list. They should definetly be our main targets,” her eyes darted to Dayo as she spoke, letting the threat sink in.

It doesn’t matter anymore that she doesn’t remember what he did to anger her before, he has regained her undying loathing. “Don’t touch my hair.” she snapped crossing her arms over her chest, hating how much he reminded her of her stupid brothers. 

“Definetly tall enough. A house elf could take him down.” and her anger makes her stronger and taller, definetly big enough to crush him. 

[bellabruxa]

tomasofalltrades‌:

He smirked at her as she listed the reasons he should be friends with her. “I am not lost. I am friendless, by choice.” Tomas leaned against the wall lazily. “Why does it matter? I am rude, mean. I choose it.” 

“Because you still need at least one friend. If you are completely friendless, people will bother you more, if you have one friend, you will be free of questions. And I, Bella, humbly audition for the role of your one friend.” 

[bellabruxa]

shatteredwitch‌:

“I wanted to kiss George.” Even though she’d threatened to find someone else to kiss, she didn’t mean it. “Why can’t I want to kiss girls instead?” Other than that it’s a sin, the traitorous part of Leila’s mind added, but she was ignoring that part. “Girls are so pretty.” 

“You can. If you want to.” her quick tone was replaced by something softer, kinder, “there is nothing wrong with kissing girls.”  she knows that not everyone shares her opinion, but at least here inside of the castle she hasn’t had any problems.

“You can also kiss George.”

[bellabruxa]

arnorrson‌:

Ahh, perhaps she was more upset than he’d thought. But he still wasn’t particularly sure how to fix it. “I’m truly sorry for the interruption we faced. But how is it that I might make it up to you?” He appeared as earnest as could be. “I’m just really not looking forward to the bad luck I’ll have.” Apparently, those words were actually quite truthful, as he grimaced a little with them. 

“Hmm,” a more rational person would perhaps listen to his words and let themselves be won over by his earnest expression, only a fool would hold a grudge over something like this. “you are already having bad luck,” and a fool she is, “I wish you the best of luck in dealing with that.”

[bellabruxa]

prewcttgirl‌:

“Really? How convenient, then.” Freda replied, grinning back at the other girl. “Thank you so much. Sorry, it’s just that this castle is such a maze, I’m not sure I’ll ever know where I’m going.”

“It is, you know...” a dreamy expression crossed her features, the one that usually appears befoe she starts spewing the random nonsense, “this would be a great way to lure someone to their death. You ask for directions, knowing that the person is heading to the place you want. Of course they will take you there, and the moment you are alone, bam! You kidnap them.”

[bellabruxa]

youngestlongbottom‌:

It was only getting worse, but her excitement simply grew. “They’ll hate us forever.” She grabbed her hand, dragging her into a run. “Christmas carols, just to spread the cheer.”

“They won’t hate us. They can’t,” lifting up Evie’s chin, she basked in her excitement, her grin wide and beautiful, “we are too pretty to be hated.”

Giggling, she followed Evie, “Perfect! This way no one can say we were trying to do anything bad! We were just getting into the holiday spirit!”

[bellabruxa]

zhumatilda‌:

Matilda stepped into the classroom with a sense of familiarity, and if she dared, even relief. The time back home wasn’t as likable as she’d wanted it to be, but what had she been expecting, really. She was early, and she quite liked the little time where everything was peaceful before it got busy. She wasn’t the only one in the class though and she greeted the other person before she took a seat, “good morning.” 

Bella had been trailing Matilda for two corridors, trying to make sure if it was really her friend or a stranger who looked like her. Standing at the door, she shifted from one foot to another, impatient for a glimpse of her face. That voice... definetly Matilda. 

Interrupting the other person in the middle of their greeting, Bella plopped in front of Matilda, grin stretching from ear to ear. “And where did you go?”

[bellabruxa]

prewcttgirl‌:

Freda sighed. She had been living in this castle for months, and she was still nowhere near figuring out how to get to her morning classes. It was embarrassing, really, an adult, getting lost. She could walk through her local village with her eyes closed, but trying to find a transfiguration classroom? She’d have better luck conjuring the class herself. She cursed herself as she turned to the nearest person to her.

“Excuse me, you wouldn’t happen to know the way to the Intermediate Transfiguration class, would you?”

“I do know, and luckily for you,” she stopped for a second, her smile beaming as she added a little flair to her words,  “I’m heading there right now! Follow me, I won’t let you get lost.”   it does give her a little thrill to help others after spending so many weeks walking around the castle like a lost duckling.

[bellabruxa]

[ bella: i hate u. why? don’t know. must be a good reason ]

Bri was completely ready to start a war against the men. She stood besides Bella, a girl she didn’t know very well, but right now, she was united. “Wonderful. Os deserves it. They all do.” Truthfully, Os amused her, but she wasn’t going to admit that. It was more fun arguing with him. “We’re going to - " 

A heavy hand on her shoulder disrupted her. "Preparing to lose, little ones?” Dayo chuckled as Bri elbowed him. “Now now, save it for the battlefield. Because you ladies are going to be decimated. It’s been some time since I’ve had a good battle.” His eyes were lit up with excitement, the same feeling he always felt before a fight, friendly or not.

“They definetly do!” beaming, she wrapped an arm around Brigid’s shoulders, “They won’t know what hit them! Literally! I plan on covering them underneath several inches of snow!”

Turning to face Dayo, a pinched look of annoyance settles on her features. She abhors him, has hated him since the first day of class. Because... now, she can’t exactly remember why she hates him so much, but she is sure her past self had a very good reason to hate him. She is very smart, he must have done something horrible. “I am not little.” she complains, looking up at him and then down at Brigid. “It’s hard to believe the two of you are related.”

[bellabruxa]

[ oui ]

“Non. I don’t want. Friends are a waste of my time.” He hadn’t come to Hogwarts to make friends, he’d come to learn new skills. Friendship only ended in misery. “I don’t think so.” Testing a door, he found the library she’d been looking for. “Now stop bother me.”

Rolling her eyes, she closed the door, grimacing slightly at the noise she made. Opening it again, she apologized to the students there, a bashful smile on her lips. “Now!” she exclaimed closing the door again, pointing a finger in his direction. “Normal friends are a waste of time, but me? I am pretty amazing, I am pretty, I am smart and you can use me as a shield when you need to escape uncomfortable situations. Like, if someone asks you if you are as friendless and lost as you look.”

[bellabruxa]

I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.