Eric was all giddy the entire morning of the first challenge. He couldn’t wait to see what it would bring, and he’d hoped it would all go incredibly well. Knowing himself, things normally went okay in his favor in competitions- he was a fair guy, and nature preferred to be on his side at times.
That day, they stood before the water, their Head Mistress standing with her head held high- she was a firm lady, but truly something else. Most of the students at Hogwarts respected her. Very hard not to, it was. And as Eric watched her, the more he knew he could not let her down. So he listened very closely when she began to speak.
“Hello Champions, are you ready?” she asked, a smile hiding on her small lips. Eric glanced out at the clear, but dark water and felt his nerves rustle deep inside him, but the action was merely slight. “You being in two minutes- you can take this time to discuss your strategy, or give one another a pep talk.”
Eric glanced at the other three girls and suddenly felt very self conscious. He was the only male, and seemingly the only one who seemed nervous. They all gave a stern look- a look of determination, and Eric knew immediately he had to refrain from showing his anxiety. Instead he smiled devilishly and rubbed his hands together. “‘I’m ready- I think we truly have this down pat.”
One of the girls, Emerett gave an easy smile. “This is only slightly terrifying.”
Hearing this, Eric felt more at ease- he was not the only nervous one.
“Make Hogwarts proud!” Headmistress spoke confidently. A tip: expect the unexpected and be prepared in situation.”
Eric giving Em a kind smile he said, “It’s all fine- we just have to stay in focus! I believe in all of us, truly.”
Headmistress then gave the instructions to start the task, and the sparks flew from her wand, giving the sign that the challenge had now begun. Eric and his other teammates immediately performed the bubble head charm, and dived into the water quickly. Eric was beginning to grow uneasy due to the deepness and darkness of the water. He enjoyed nature and swimming, but he had to be honest and say that he’d never swam this deeply before.
He turned to his teammates and nod, noticing that the blonde girl from the group had disappeared- but Eric knew to not worry of that now, they had to find their first task. He could look for her later.
“You must dive deeper into the water in order to find the mermaid,” a voice spoke softly in his head, and only then did he realize it was the Headmistress.
Pointing towards the deeper end, he motioned for his teammates to follow and began his trek towards the water, checking every few seconds on his teammates.
“It’s quite dark down here,” Em noted as they began to reach their destination to the deep end.
As they swim, the water began to grow colder and darker. Creatures swam around them, and they all tried their best to avoid them.
“Do you see any mermaids down there?” the other girl called out to the two.
Shaking her head Em replied, “Not yet- keep swimming.”
Eric then pulled his wand from his pocket and said, “Lumos,” very quietly, causing a sudden ray of light to beam from the tip of his wand. As he did this, he tried to avoid the creatures swimming around him. “We should keep swimming, all I see are creatures and water.”
With a nodding of the head, the two girls begin to follow him once again. They all watched the creatures float by, minding their own business mostly, and watched the water ripple around them. As a large creature hurried by Em, she ducked. “Who feeds these things?” she muttered.
Suddenly, a bright glow beneath the rocks had caught Eric’s eye as he heard Em say, “I see something!”
Pointing at the rocks, Eric asked, “The ones over there?”
As he mentioned them, the light began to grow warmer and brighter, causing Em to nod quickly and swim faster towards it. Eric followed closely behind Em, glancing around and scanning the perimeter to make sure there were no harmful creatures near. “Stay close and stay safe- we can’t go disturbing any creatures down here!”
As they approached the glistening rocks, a beautiful mermaid appeared, glistening from the light off Eric’s wand. Floating backwards slightly, he gasped. “We can’t frighten it,” he whispered softly to his two teammates.
“It? She’s beautiful!” whispered Em, who’s face was full of shock.
The other girl, obviously not amazed asked, “What do we do now?”
“Move slowly?” Em suggested, a slight shrug followed.
The mermaid then swam closer to the champions where she was incredibly visible. Eric’s eyes were wide in shock- he had never seen a mermaid before.
“Hello,” he spoke, introducing himself. “I’m Eric- we are students of Hogwarts.”
Lowering her head respectfully, Em smiled, “I am Em.”
As they begin to chat, Eric learned that the mermaid already knew of their existence due to the bathrooms and such, hearing their names and of them being champions. The group conversed of stories and such of Hogwarts after the mermaid stated how lonely she felt during her time alone out in the sea. Eric and company told stories of the Weasley twins and the marauders, speaking highly fond of all the mischief that came along with the stories. After what seemed like forever, finally the mermaid sighed and gave a smile.
“Such beautiful stories, shall you stay and tell me more?”
“I hate to decline, since we are having so much fun, but we’ve really got to continue with our journey- perhaps another time?” Eric suggested.
Suddenly, it was as if the entire atmosphere had shifted. The mermaid’s once beautiful face has contorted into something evil- something awful. She began to hiss, her eyes dark as midnight, turning catlike. She began to grow scales, dry and rough on as her skin. “Ungrateful mortals, turning down such an invitation!” she cried out, her voice sounding like a screech.
Em jerked back quickly, mumbling her apologies and her cursing.
Quickly, the creature reached out for Em’s leg, clawing into her flesh, and immediately drawing blood.
“Em!” Eric shouted, as she began to kick and scream the creature away. Grabbing a hold of her arm tightly, he pulled her away sharply from the creature, causing enough distance for safety. “We have to find another way!”
Grabbing onto her leg again the creature spoke. “Such a pretty little girl, I think I’ll take on your appearance.” After, she began to morph right in front of the student’s eyes.
Suddenly confused, Eric couldn’t tell the two apart.
“Oh my gosh!” one of the Emerett’s cried. “Guys, attack her!”
“No guys- don’t listen to her, it’s /me/,” the other said, emphasizing her words clearly.
“I- I don’t know what to do, Em!” Eric said softly, his eyes darting from both figures, his wand pointing at both.
For a moment, the two tried to prove their true identity. Backing away, Eric paused and furrowed his brow. “Prove you’re the real Em, and I will let you go.”
“Come here and I’ll show you,” one of the Em’s said seductively, and Eric felt in his guts, that it wasn’t her.
“Don’t go near her!” the other called out.
The other teammate turned to Eric. “Which one is the real her?”
Pointing at the Em that was beckoning him to come forth, Eric growled. “You’re not the real Em! Why would you ask me to come closer?” Glancing around, he swallows back his fear and continues to point his wand.
Suddenly the other Em asks, “What does the Great Hall look like?”
Grabbing her arm, the evil Em whispers, “It’s… A… Great… Hall!” The proceeds to slice down her arm deep enough to draw blood.
“No!” Eric cried out, dashing quickly enough to knock the creature away from Em.
Screaming, Em points her wand at the creature and shouts, “Obscurio!”
“We’re running out of time!” Eric warned, watching the mermaid, cower and hiss, covering her eyes.
“Let’s go!” Em grabbed her arm and pushed away from the creature, and dashing past her.
“The rocks!’
Pointing her wand at her arm, Em granted a spell to help heal herself. Then, pointing at the rocks, she shouted, “Confringo!” causing the rocks to blast open, and revealing a hole. “Let’s go!”
As he gazed at the opening, he glanced at the other two and asked, “Should I?”
“Yes! Let’s go!”
Immediately the three swam through, trying to avoid the evil creature and to gain composure. As they swam, their surroundings grew darker and darker causing them to soon be blind from any sight. They then decided to swim together despite the ragged ends of the rocks, and kept quiet the entire time. Suddenly the cave mouth closes and the three champions groaned.
Beginning to worry, the three began trying to come up with a plan, when they were interrupted.
As they began to speak to the mermaid, they noticed her kind nature and how she had offered to help. Before speaking- Ava, the fourth champion appeared in the water.
“Hey, guys! I’ve been here the entire time- I just used a charm on myself to blend in with my surroundings and try to get ahead, but I’ve decided it’s best to stick and work together!”
Already suspicious, Eric turned to the mermaid as she again, offered her help. As he opened his mouth, Ava interrupted him quickly.
“Can we huddle for a second? We need to talk!” Ava said, motioning to the others.
“W-what? Why do we need to huddle?” Eric asked as Em pulled him into the huddle.
Giving a smirk, Ava whispered, “Okay, so I totally know it’s the worst time to ask you all to trust me, but I think we don’t need the mermaid’s help.”
The three girls nodded and one said, “What if she turns all psycho like the last one?”
“She seems really nice,” Eric interjected. “I’m not sure I want to deny another mermaid again- didn’t quite go so well the first time. Em got hurt then too, we don’t wanna take the chance.”
“Look,” Ava spoke, shooting a glare at Eric for no reason, “They are sentient creatures. I live with them basically, down in the Slytherin dungeon. And lemme’ tell you, they are not be trusted.”
“Slytherin students can be just as bad,” Eric joked slightly, still wondering why she had been glaring at him.
“I don’t know,” Em whimpered, shaking her head and closing her eyes with confusion.
“They’re sentient creatures! They can read our feelings and thoughts clearly so that they can manipulate us. She’s obviously sweet talking because she knows we need her help,” Ava pushed.
“Wouldn’t that mean she knows exactly what we are saying currently?” Eric asked. “There would be no point in this conversation then.”
“I apologized for being stealthy already, don’t push me. It’s not the time for house rivalry,” Ava growled, her glaring growing hotter.
“Ava- no one’s upset with you for that,” Em had begun to say.
Suddenly the girl, Corona, said, “I agree we don’t need the mermaid.”
Eric looks at her in shock. “What- this is ridiculous! If anyone gets hurt, it’s not my problem. We saw what happened just minutes ago-”
“Really, Eric?” Em spoke dryly before turning to Ava.
There was silence for a few moments, and then Ava asked, “”So do you want my brain and experience, or not?”
“Yes, please.”
Eric sighed and shook his head. “ I still don’t like this idea at all.”
“I have no time for this nonsense,” Ava began. “We’ve really got to say no, God only knows what sort of favor she will ask for afterwards.”
The mermaid sat there patiently as the champions argued, fumbling with her jewelery.
“And I’m not willing to pay for something that I am not clear of,” Ava finished.
“I say give the mermaid a choice, that’s my vote,” Eric said firmly. “Don’t join. I have faith in people, and I won’t deal with anyone getting hurt due to disagreements.”
As Em began to move, she accidentally hurt her leg, causing a cut to bleed. The mermaid offered her seaweed and murmured, “Wrap it.”
“Are you sure we can’t trust her?” Em asked quietly, taking the seaweed and wrapping her leg.
Turning to Eric, Ava sneered. “Eric, I really don’t think it’s time to be pessimistic towards your teammate. And Em, look, it’s wiser that we stick together with the people who have the same goal in mind- which is winning.”
“You weren’t even here when Em got hurt!” Eric cried out. “How can we even trust you when you watched that all happen, and didn’t even offer your help?”
“Guys-” Corona warned, “We don’t have much time left.”
“That’s why I’m here now!” Ava snarled.
“We need to make a decision and stick with it,” Corona pushed.
They bickered for a few more minutes and finally Ava said, “I’m doing it solo.”
“WHAT?!” Eric cried out in disbelief. “You can’t just do it solo, are you out of your mind?”
“Stop being emotional, Eric,” she said. “We don’t have time for it.”
“Ava, you can’t just /leave/!” Em snapped.
“You’re crazy!” Eric said, shaking his head, almost laughing.
Ava smirked. “Suck it up and join with me, or not.”
“GUYS,” Corona said louder, her voice warning.
Suddenly the mermaid was next to the group and whispered, “Sorry for barging in on your discussion, but she’s right. You’re a team, you have to stick together to win this.”
“We should trust her,” Eric said, motioning his hand towards the mermaid. “She’s being too kind, and I see no use in not using resources.”
“I’m being kind!” Ava said. “Hello, earth to Eric? I could’ve won and gone solo- I chose to stick it out with you all.”
“You aren’t being kind,” Eric said through clenched teeth. What was with this girl? First she hid the entire time until they were close to the win, and now she suddenly wants to bark orders? Eric was normally easy going, but when it came to things like this- he wasn’t going to be pushed around. Not him. “We have to worry about safety.”
Ava sighed and shook her head. He could tell that she was bossy, but he didn’t think she would be this bad. “Winning for the team, Eric!” she cried out. “I’ve got an idea- okay, the Occamy-”
“I’m not going with you, especially when you’re truly only thinking of the win and not of everyone. You’re focusing only on yourself,” Eric growled.
“Can’t we all just go now?” Em begged.
Pulling out a string bag, Ava turned to Em. “You’re good at transfiguration, right Em?”
Before Em could answer, the mermaid swam back behind the four. “Look, do you want my help or not? I’m half siren- I could enchant the Occamy into a lull if you’d like.”
“Come on,” Eric murmured. “Give her a chance.”
“Aelia,” Ava said firmly, “Thank you for your kind offer- but if you could not interrupt me while I’m talking.” Turning back to Eric, she groaned, throwing her hands. “Eric, give /me/ a chance.”
Eric had enough. “You just burst out of nowhere to save the day? I don't play that way, we worked to get here as a team and you're wanting all the glory for yourself. This girl is trying to help us. All of us.”
“I think we should be resourceful,” Em finally said. “If she’s a resource, why don’t we use her?”
“She’s a strong resource,” Eric added.
Thumping her legs, Ava laughed bitter laugh. “You’re kidding! If the Occamy awakes through it all, you’ll definitely be glad what I’ve got inside my bag.”
“I don't trust that you hid from all the action and now that the glory is right in reach you want the title. Typical. I trust that we can at least use her as a resource instead of hoping for something that could hurt,” Eric muttered.
As they argued, Ava slowly began to wear down and finally she snapped. “Fine! Say yes to the stupid mermaid.”
Eric turned to Em. “Are you okay with this choice?”
Em nodded quickly, as did Corona and Eric turned to the mermaid. “Yes, we will take the help.”
Avan snarled. “If anything goes wrong, I’m only taking Em with me.”
Eric glared and smirked. “I’m not too worried about myself anyhow.”
The mermaid smiled and nodded. “Excellent, let’s enter the cave.”
As they entered the cave, Eric admired the structure as much as he could with the limited source of light. As they observed the Occamy, on sight Eric noticed how gorgeous looked- but knew just how awful it could be. They swam and Eric kept a close eye on the three girls, hoping nothing would go wrong. That was just what he needed. Something to go wrong and for Eric to be blamed.
“Please, Occamy, eat Eric,” Ava snickered, causing Eric to roll his eyes as they made their way through the inside.
“Please do, berid me of her presence,” Eric muttered.
They all stopped feet away from the Occamy and watched it warily. The Occamy began to rise and glance around, its vision out of focus.
“Oh please tell me she’s got bad eyesight,” Em murmured, her gaze wide.
The mermaid began to back up to the edge of the cave, leaving the four champions floating in the middle. The Occamy suddenly sees the intruders and roars, causing the entire cave to tremble.
“Oh yeah, she’s got 20/20,” Em sighed, tightening her grip.
“I guess we should-”
The mermaid grabbed Eric’s arm. “No! Let me go first!” Then she begins to sing, her song sounding enchanting and sweet.
Eyes wide, Eric turns to the mermaid, not knowing what to say.
Ava rolled her eyes. “It’s official, men only think with their dicks.”
As they all began to swim towards the Occamy, Ava shoved Eric out of the way, causing him to fly out of the way and growl obscenities as he followed closely behind. When they reached a close enough distance, the mermaid abruptly stopped her singing and lets out one large shriek, causing the Occamy to wake up.
“I knew it!” Ava cried. “You’re dead meat, Eric!”
The mermaid then blocked off the entrance and caused everything in the cave to begin to tremble and rumble as rocks began to fly. The Occamy focused on Em and growled. Em stood there silently, not knowing what to say. Her body shook with fear as she slowly held out her hand to stop the others. “Stay-stay calm,” she called out.
Quickly dashing towards the Occamy, Eric holds out his wand and cries, “Stupefy!” Unfortunately, the Occamy ate the spell and snorted, leaving Eric to be confused, and almost angry.
“Idiot,” Ava muttered, deserving a glare from Eric.
“You’re not helping,” he snapped.
Em still stood frozen in her place, afraid to move. “I-”
“Move, Em!” Ava called out, shoving her aside and pointing her wand. “Conjunctivitis!”
As this occurred, the mermaid had continued her shriek. “I’m sorry, I have to…”
Em begam swimming closer to the Occamy, her heart racing.
Water was rushing around him as he watched Em, wanting to cry out for her to watch out. The Occamy slashed out towards Ava’s leg, but luckily she dodges quickly.
“Flipendo!”
The Occamy ignored her, and swiped its teeth near Eric. Eric rushed forward and grabbed the mermaid and covered her mouth as he dodged the Occamy. At that moment, Em spotted something with a glint of silver, and began swimming fast towards the eggs, trying her best to keep silent.
“Immobulus!”
Ther mermaid struggled against Eric’s grip, grasping at his arm and hand, tight around her.
“Accio, egg!” Em shouted, pointing her wand at the egg in hopes the spell would work.
The Occamy let out a roar as Eric pointed his wand at the mermaid and shouted, “Stupefy!”
Ava, who was currently distracting the Occamy, shouted out to Em, “Use the spell defodio! Perhaps it’s underground,” before shouting, “Incarcerous!”
At the same time that the Occamy whipped its tail and hit Eric, was the same time that Em had shouted, “Defodio!”
Eric flew across the water, and suddenly the bubble that protected his head, popped, and water began to flood his mouth, trying to reach his lungs. Gasping for air, his wand flies out of his hand and he reaches out to grab it before choking on water.
“Just in time!” Ava cried out, “Cave inimicum!”
Earth by the eggs began to rumble, and Eric could hear Em grumble, and shout the spell again. Water was flooding around Eric, and he grew terrified. Was he going to die here? Would they let him die? A failure?
One silver egg was unearthed and revealed three shiny eggs behind it.
“Oh come on,” Em groaned, “Accio, egg!”
Ava rushed over to Eric quickly, pulling gillyweed from her bag and shoving it in Eric’s mouth. “You better be thankful,” she muttered in his ear, “Or I’ll kick your ass later.”
As this happened, Em received one egg, and was working on retrieving the second one. Ava helping Eric up, pointed her wand out and shouted, “Stupefy!”
The Occamy then froze, and there was a loud roar from outside the cave. “You won’t make it out of here alive. There’s a reason it’s a female- the male is coming,” the mermaid called out.
“Shit,” Ava said, her eyes wide.
Em rushed forward towards the other eggs and shouted, “Accio, eggs!”
Eric turned to Ava and said quickly, “Men can be easily rid of! Just distract the female as much as you can!”
The roar begins to grow louder and Ava and Eric come up with a plan.
“Em! Go get the eggs! I’ll try to attack- Eric can you distract?”
As she asks this, the female Occamy unfreezes and lets out a large roar, causing the place to shake. Eric nods and says, “You keep eyes on the female and help Em. Find a way to get everyone out and attack the female. I’ll take care of the male.”
“I have two more eggs left!” Em called out.
Ava raised an eyebrow and smirked. “Better swallow your pride better than gillyweed.”
Eric smirked. “Perhaps when we are out of here alive. Just keep going Em!”
The female Occamy suddenly advances towards Em, and Ava points upwards trying to shoot off a boulder, but the boulder does not budge. Next, Em cries out stupefy in defense, to only be let down.
“Swim, Em!” Ava shrieks out, reaching out for Em. Then, the Occamy’s teeth grazes Ava’s shoulder while chasing after Em.
“Ava!” Eric cried out. “Go, Em! Go!”
Despite her hurt arm, she pointed at the Occamy and cried out, “Flipendo!” Ava then winced as the occamy cried out loudly.
As Eric is distracting the Male Occamy with simple spells and swimming back and forth, he spots Ava and her hurt shoulder. He dashes towards her, losing sight of the male and grabs her arm. “Come on! We can’t continue getting hurt!”
“Ava- are you okay?” Em asks, beginning to turn around as the female Occamy swings her tale into Eric, hitting his entire lower body and causing him to fly away from Ava.
“Shit!” he cries out, his body swinging back and forth, as his gaze becomes fuzzy from the sudden shock.
The cave begins to rumble as Eric tries to return to his position, but the rippling of the water causes this to be difficult. Eric watches as Em cries out, continuously pointing her wand and screaming, “Accio, eggs! Accio, eggs! Accio, eggs!”
“Accio, egg!” Ava cried out, the last egg flying into her free arm. “Let’s go!”
The cave begins to shake violently as the entrance begins to open once again.
“Let’s go, come on! Em, swim ahead!” Ava called, slightly struggling.
As the four began to swim towards the entrance, Eric winced. “I’m an idiot- I’m sorry-”
Ava sighed and grabbed his arm. “I’ll punch you in the throat later, but right now, let’s go!”
“It’s fine, Eric! Now’s not the time for grudges or apologies!” Em shouted.
They all swim quickly, but suddenly Ava stops abruptly. “My shoulder,” she winces.
“Ava!”
The mermaid swims up and wraps her shoulder with the seaweed like Em’s from before. “I know you don’t trust me right now, but here. Take this.”
“I’d say we have a right,” Eric growled.
“You’re the dumb one who fell for it-”
Ava held out her hand for the mermaid to shut up, then turned to Eric. “The Occamy hurt me earlier- just Eric, we will hold onto you, and you perform ascendio, alright?”
“We need to hurry!”
“Of course.” Eric offered his free hand, and allowed Ava to take it. With his wand, he pointed upwards. “Perhaps in a different life, I hope you regret this,” he spoke to the mermaid before shouting, “Ascendio!”
Only bubbles appeared from his wand and Eric couldn’t help but have tears spring into his eyes. Nothing he was doing was right…
“You have no time,” The mermaid mutters before hauling the four on her back. “Let’s go.”
She swam upward so quickly, that it had felt like no time at all. Suddenly the four champions flew onto the ground, coughing and groaning. Hearing the voice of Headmistress call out, “You have successfully retrieved all 4 eggs, with thirty seconds to spare. Congratulations.”
Eric was launched to the ground, and coughed, pulling himself up and shaking the water from his hair before pulling the other three girls in for an embrace. “Thank god-”
Em hugged back and was breathing heavily, but Ava pushed Eric away. “Save it, jerk.”
“I’m sorry,” was all Eric could say.
Em frowned. “”It’s not your fault, Eric I fell for it too.”
As they all grabbed their eggs, Eric grinned. “Egg cracking anyone?”
“I’m down to crack your skull,” Ava smirked, holding her egg tightly.
“Bring it, princess,” Eric said, grinning.
“Sod off, Eric.”
The four opened their eggs and received their item for their next challenge. Eric admired his egg quietly, the silver shining beneath his hands. It almost felt calming to just touch it.
After about fifteen minutes of bantering and bickering between Ava and Eric, finally Em had sighed. “Ava, let’s go to the hospital wing, please!”
Ava grinned and nodded, latching herself to Em’s arm. “Yeah let’s go, see you around, loser.”
As they walked away, Eric watched them peacefully, hearing Em say: “You two are going to get married.”
He watched Ava swat her and shout, “Don’t ever say that again!”
Eric then rose and made his way towards the entrance of Hogwarts. His heart was racing, and he felt like an absolute idiot. Why did he even try? Aside from the fact of his parents- he didn’t like letting anyone else down either.
Scratching his neck, he thought about how Ava suddenly hated him. Was it because he was a Gryffindor? He could never tell, but he knew she had some issues she needed to clear up. Laughing he shook his head. That would be settled another day.
Eric’s eyes were heavy as he stared out the window, watching the tree leaves fall quietly. He noticed his family had yet to send him a letter for Christmas, and normally any other year he wouldn’t care, but this year just seemed different. He didn’t feel at home at Hogwarts as he usually had. Ever since the first challenge, his teammate Ava had caused at least half of the people in the damned school to harass and laugh at him constantly. It seemed the only friends he had aside from his siblings was Horuś. Despite his easy going exterior, each day he could feel his sadness and irritation get worse. Normally he usually enjoyed his stay at Hogwarts and all it had to offer, but they made his life a living hell. Going from finding awful pictures of him and making comments every moment he spoke- he almost felt sick. It was as if the whole world was turning against him. No friends, no family. An awful, sticky black depression that was emerging towards him quietly.
Slipping out of his bed, he pulled on his cloak and made his way to the Great Hall, hoping to find some snacks and sit outside and watch the sunrise. Pulling on his tennis shoes, he left the room silently and trekked towards the Great Hall to be surprised with leftover snacks from dinner. He nodded at some of the portraits as Eric walked outside and sat down near some trees, nibbling on his new treat. As the boy sat, he thought quietly, how nice and peaceful the atmosphere was, almost like the last few months hadn’t happened.
Sure, he gave Ava a hard time in return, but he usually was easy going. He had only began to give her real trouble once her and her minions began to harass him. Eric was full of banter, it was one of the many qualities that he thought were the better part of him, but it seemed no one from the other schools-or Ava, seemed to understand that. And he knew that people seemed to fear what they couldn’t understand. He snickered at that thought, someone fearing banter? What a thought.
It had seemed sadly that his peaceful morning had to be cut short. Hearing a snort, he looked up to see Ava standing over him and all he could do was groan.
“You have no sense of privacy, do you?” he muttered, rubbing his eyes and leaning against the tree, the stiff bark poking at his scalp.
“I didn’t know assholes like you actually enjoyed scenery,” remarked Ava as she crossed her arms and gave him a knowing smirk. “How silly.”
Eric ignored the comment and kept his eyes tightly shut, trying to enjoy the last few moments of serenity before having to return to his newly changed life of hatred. Though it seemed that Ava had wanted to cut that even shorter than Eric even thought possible because she kicked at his knee, causing Eric’s eyes to fly open and have a burning glare in her direction.
“What the hell is your issue, woman?” Eric cried out, jumping up and glaring down at her, catching her off guard. “Do you have any manners at all? Any soul in that snake pit of a heart?” he snarled, walking forward as she stumbled back.
Normally, Eric never had the opportunity to lose his temper at school- but it seemed there was always time for firsts in the place.
Ava stammered, her eyes flashing with confusement. “I-”
“Shut it and listen for once, would you? I get it, you’re incredibly popular now that I’m the end of your stupid jokes, but can you fucking stop with it? I’ve had enough of you and your group’s shit. It’s one thing to banter and play jokes, but this constant harassment? It’s unbelievable! I actually thought you seemed different from others when they called your name. I thought: ‘Oh she’s pretty, I haven’t seen her around, hope she’s a good teammate.’ I even thought the banter was funny for a bit- but now that you’ve got your ridiculous new founded friends harassing me and on my back constantly, I can’t even think anymore! I’m so sick of them following me and laughing at me. I never did anything to you except hurt your ego for one challenge. I may seem like a fun go lucky guy, but I’m not that way, understand?” His breath got hard and his eyes teared up, his voice growing louder. “I enjoyed Hogwarts for the longest time because I felt at home. I stay here during the Holidays for as long as I can so I don’t have to go home so I can stay away from shit like this, shitheads like my parents. And now you’ve gone and caused me to hate the only part of my life that I could stand! So, if you could please walk out of my life that would be incredibly grand! I was actually starting to like you and wanted to befriend you but in reality you’re just an annoying little twit who thirsts for attention and enjoys hurting others for fun.”
He watched as her face contorted into something difficult to read, and as she began to open her mouth, he shook his head. “No. No more. I’m officially done.”
After taking a deep breath he shoved past her, wiping his hand on his eyes as he began to cry and head back to his room, hoping to be left alone that day. No classes for him.
It’s a fake mustache, Aubs, for Halloween. And I rather do look splendid, many girls followed me that night calling me a handsome man. Hmmmm And what fans do you speak of? Am I that popular now? Do you have a crush on me as well?
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