Lysander

Lysander Scamander || 15 || Hufflepuff || Keeper

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“But we-” Lorcan shook his head, desperately looking for the words. They did do a lot of dangerous things, and who was he to lecture his brother for hurting himself when he was purposefully staying with someone who hurt him. But Lorcan was selfish, he couldn’t lose him, especially to something like this. You’re right you’re not an idiot, so why are you acting like one? “

For a moment Lysander had hoped he had said the right thing and got Lorcan to drop it but he knew it was wishful thinking. He rolled his eyes “I’m not!” He said defensively when Lorcan said he was acting like an idiot “You’re the one blowing this out of proportion!”

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“Ly, you’re not… you need… this is dangerous.” Is what Lorcan eventually settled on, arms crossing over his chest. “It’s dangerous and stupid and if you haven’t already you’re going to really hurt yourself and you want to sit here and tell me it isn’t a big deal?” He ran his hands over his face, sighing heavily. “

Lysander actually laughed, none of this was funny, he knew that but the idea of Lorcan calling what he was doing dangerous was just... laughable to him.  “We do a lot of dangerous things Lorcan,” he said shaking his head slightly “I am going to tell you it’s not a big deal because it isn’t,” he said insistently “I’m not an idiot, okay?”

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vainleah:

“Yes, it was,” she lied quickly, arching an eyebrow at him and crossing her arms defensively over her chest, a light glare glued on her face, “You must have seen him wrong. That was my boyfriend… and what are you doing in this bathroom?” she demanded, “Spying on me?”

Lysander raised his eyebrows at her obvious lie but let it go, honestly all he was told to do was confront her, he didn’t need to argue with her right? When she accused him of spying he rolled his eyes, sure that was pretty much exactly what he was doing but it was...more complicated than that. “Sure, Leah, Because the only good thing I have to do with my time is spy on you,” he said sarcastically.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“It is a big deal and I’m going to be really pissed off if you try to tell me otherwise.” Lorcan whispered, wrapping his arms tighter around Lysander before pulling away and looking back at his brother. The fact that he had sworn shocked him, even with the situation at hand, but it had just slipped right off his tongue and he had a weird feeling it wouldn’t be his only curse word of the night. 

Lysander was really taken back by his brother swearing, it just... wasn’t like him. He wanted to just get out of the room and away from him, avoid this entire conversation but he knew it was unlikely his brother was gonna let that happen and leaving would only make it seem like it was serious. “I-It really isn’t though, Lorcan, I’m sorry if that pisses you off but it’s the truth.” he said hesitantly. 

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secretamarissa:

“Pictures never do any creature justice.” Marissa agreed, her bright smile never wavering. “Like, you can find some great pictures of the Antipodean Opaleye, but I don’t think anything could ever really compare to seeing their glimmering scales and eyes in person. They’re such elegant dragons.” 

She let out a dreamy sigh, closing her book and hugging it to her chest. “I can’t wait to see some of them in person. Dragons, and other creatures. More than I get to see at Hogwarts. When I graduate, I could study dragons, or be a magical vet, or anything. I mean, I guess I do have to choose, but still … my parents think I’m absolutely mad.” 

She sighed again, softer and sadder this time. Her parents were Muggles, and they weren’t very fond of the idea of their only daughter getting anywhere near strange magical creatures. That was one of the reasons she enjoyed talking to Lysander so much. His whole family was wild about animals - he wouldn’t call her crazy for loving them. 

Lysander nodded in agreement “Even though the pictures move so it’s like a short clip it’s still nowhere near the same as seeing their beauty in person, and they get such a bad rep it’s a shame. As long as you don’t piss them off and treat them with respect they won’t hurt you.” he said with a shake of his head. Sure he had gotten more than a few burns from dragons but every single time was his own fault, the ones he had come face to face with always gave some sort of warning to leave before spitting fire, he just hadn’t picked up on them.

He nodded slightly as he listened, he had the same ambitions in terms of career path, well sort of. He didn’t have a specific creature he wanted to be around, he couldn’t pick even if he tried. “Well your parents are muggles so I can imagine things like dragons are terrifying to them, they grew up hearing stories about evil dragons capturing the princess and all that. Not their fault they were given the wrong idea,” he said with a shrug. “I mean, even most withes and wizards are weary of them and it’s all just born out of ignorance, really.”

Lysander noticed the sad look on her face and frowned slightly “Hey, don’t let it bug you, okay? If they don’t think it’s safe prove to them how it is. I can find over a dozen written positive encounters with dragons, sure they aren’t fuzzy cuddly pets but the reputation they have is completely unfair, almost everyone who’s been around them will tell you that.”

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secretamarissa:

Marissa’s blue eyes were sparkling, a wide smile stretched across her face as she bounced on her feels. Sometimes, this would be a reason for concern - a sign she was about to cause a scene, or run off into some sort of trouble. Today, however, she was simply being a bit of a nerd. She held a large book in her hands, chock full of information on fascinating underwater beasts and beings. They were all so cool! She needed someone to ramble at, right now. Her eyes scanned the room, searching for the first person to catch her eye. They landed on Lysander Scamander, and she felt a jolt of excitement. Lysander loved animals! He was in the Care Of Magical Creatures Club too. 

“LYSANDER!” Her voice echoed through the castle, probably significantly louder than necessary, as she rushed over to him. She stuck her book a little too close to his face, but had the sense to pull it back a little so he could actually see the pages. “Have you seen how cool the Balaur dragon is? I love semi-aquatic creatures. They’re so cute when they’re young, with those fins. And they’re kind of romantic. I hope someone proposes to me with a stone from a dragon’s mouth.” 

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Lysander jumped slightly when he heard his name yelled, turning in the direction he was relieved to see it was just Marissa, as great as his brother was sometimes it was nice to have someone outside his family to talk about magical creatures with.  When she rushed over to him and put the book right in his face he laughed slightly and leaned back so he could actually read the words, fixing his posture when she pulled it back. He nodded slightly as he looked over the page “Yeah, th-these pictures don’t even really do them justice, they’re really neat dragons though.” he said with a nod. He couldn’t help but laugh when she called them romantic “I mean, I guess you could consider them that, I think a stone from a dragons mouth is a pretty awesome idea for a ring stone. I bet they look amazing.”

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llorcan-scamanderr:

Lorcan reached out to grab him again but instead wrapped both of his arms tightly around him, trembling slightly as he just muttered “No.” Under his breath. How could he have not noticed? It seemed so obvious now that it had all come together in his mind, he knew something was wrong and never bothered to press the issue. “You should have told me.” He eventually whispered. “I could have… I don’t know what I could have done but you should have told me. You can’t do this to yourself Ly.”

Lysander really didn’t know what to do now, he knew his brother of all people would blow it out of proportion but he honestly didn’t expect it to get this bad, he didn’t want Lorcan freaking out, he had managed to keep everything under control for  quite a while now, it wasn’t that big of a deal. “Lorcan, I’m fine, seriously, i-it’s not that big of a deal.”

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“Lysander tell me what’s going on.” Lorcan continued to stare at him, wheels turning in his mind as everything started to make sense. As soon as he saw Lysander backing up Lorcan reached out to grab his brother’s arm, frowning at how much smaller it seemed all of a sudden. “You said you could tell me anything, so why haven’t you told me why I can’t remember why I haven’t seen you at a single meal since school started?”

Lysander pulled his arm out of his brothers grip “Lorcan I..” he trailed off, he didn’t even know what to say, he had a thousand excuses ready to go when someone asked if he wanted to eat but he never thought to prepare for a moment when someone confronted him the way Lorcan was. “I-I... I think you’ve already figured out why,” he said finally.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“It is.” Lorcan was quick to agree, nodding as he shuffled through the pictures. “You’re my brother and we can’t even go into each other’s dorms, what do they think is going to happen?” He sighed, stopping on a picture of the two of them from the beginning of the summer. It hadn’t been that long, only a few months but the difference in Lysander’s appearance from then to now was unmistakable. He hadn’t caught a work of the letter, too busy staring from the picture to his brother with a focused look on his face. “Hey Ly? Look at me for a second.” He finally said after a moment, reaching out to place his own arm against his twin’s.

Lysander nodded “It’s ridiculous honestly,” he said. When he saw the look on Lorcans face he frowned “What is it?” he asked looking at him in confusion.  For a moment he had no clue what the issue was, his confusion didn’t last long though, he took a small step back and tried to keep his expression neutral,  he didn’t want to start freaking out in case Lorcan hadn’t noticed, maybe he was just paranoid “What?” he asked again.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“Being a prefect makes it easier, but it also means I get in more trouble if for any reason anyone actually does decide to care.” Lorcan shrugged, but led him back to the dorms, eagerly grabbing the letter off his bed and tearing it open. “Here.” he tossed the letter over towards him. “Read it out loud, I’m going to go through the pictures to hunt for ones of the horntails.”

Lysander nodded slightly “Thats dumb,” he said, “honestly the whole ‘no one from other houses inside the common room’ rule is stupid if you ask me,” he said. When Lorcan tossed the letter to him he caught easily and nodded as he started to read it. He was too focused on that to notice Lorcans reactions to the photos. When he finished reading it he chuckled and shook his head slightly, Lorcan had been right, it was mostly just about the newest quibbler issue, she had included some details about how things were at home though so it wasn’t totally uninteresting to him.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“If she didn’t I’m writing back asking Dad to just send them himself.” Lorcan nodded, continuing in the direction of Ravenclaw’s common room, thinking over the newest riddle to open the door inside. “I didn’t let you in here, everyone’s just seeing double.” Lorcan said, looking over towards him again.

Lysander nodded “good if you don’t, I will,” he said with a laugh, he actually really was excited to see the pictures from their summer, it was fun to look at them and remember the trip, sometimes it felt like that because they traveled so much it was harder to remember the little details of the trips. He laughed and nodded in agreement “Okay, deal, though you’re the prefect, if anyone should be able to get away with sneaking someone from a different house into the common room it’s you,” he stated.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“I will.”“ Lorcan nodded, grinning at the thought of pictures. “Oh I really hope she did. I really wanted to see the horntails.”He said as he continued walking. “I asked her to send along pictures from the summer so hopefully she’ll have tacked some of Dad’s in there with them.”

Lysander nodded “good,” he said simply, even though he didn’t really think that moment would come, for his brothers sake he hoped it did, he was pretty sure that aside from Lorcan no one else wanted him to have that moment more. He grinned “Oh awesome, I hope she did too, but the pictures from summer will be cool on their own too,” he said.

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vainleah:

She turned her head, eyes wide, in hopes that the guy that she was with would have some kind of explanation, but he was gone, having quickly fled the scene. She turned back to Lysander, biting her lip, and gazed at him with angry, defensive eyes, “Nothing,” she responded, “Just hanging out with someone. It’s none of your business.”

Lysander stepped out of the way when the guy ran out, he sighed, she was right, none of this was his business. He hated himself for getting involved in it, he hated that he was so afraid of his own secret getting out that he was willing to cause someone else significant stress, he hated how weak he was. “That wasn’t your boyfriend, Leah,” he stated.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“That is a very valid point, I’ll start planning tonight.” Lorcan quickly agreed, hints of an honest smile remaining on his face at the idea of finally being proven right after all these years. “Yeah, I miss her too.Although hopefully she’ll have included a bit about what’s going on at home, I want to know what her and Dad have been up too.”

Lysander nodded “Good, if you need help let me know,” he said. He nodded in agreement, “Oh, I wonder if she sent photographs, dad was supposed to take some of the horntails...” he trailed off.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

It took all of Lorcan’s will power not to ask him again, but if he wanted to really figure out what was going on with his twin he was going to have to draw this out and really think about it. It didn’t stop him from staring obviously however, he couldn’t tell what it was but Lysander just looked… different. “Maybe I should start planning it now, even if it takes years I’m going to need the time to come up with the best way possible to rub it in.” He teased, chuckling slightly. Everyone who’d ever doubted him deserved that I told you so, one person in particular would deserve it more than anyone, but Lorcan couldn’t imagine ever being able to share that moment with anyone other than his brother. It hurt to think he changed so much he was afraid of being himself but there was nothing he could do about it without letting someone know his secret.

Lysander nodded in agreement “You should you need to have it planned and ready to execute the moment the news breaks,” he said with a grin “It’d be fantastic if you managed to pull off the i told you so before the news even spreads fully because not only do you get the enjoyment of the i told you so you also get the enjoyment of seeing the look on everyone's face once they find out. It’d be a huge win-win situation.” He said with a grin “Anyway, lets go get that letter, I kinda miss mum so even if it’s just reading her going on about the quibbler hearing from her will be nice.” he said simply.

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llorcan-scamanderr:

Lorcan just stared at Lysander for a moment, silently debating if he should push the subject further, but he knew he wouldn’t get anywhere right now. He’d just have to keep a close eye on him and try to figure it out for himself, then confront him when he had a few more facts. But something wasn’t right, he could tell. “Thanks.” He sighed, staring at his shoes for a second. “They’re real, and even if I’m not going to go around announcing it any more I’m not going to let anyone tell me otherwise either.” He nodded, the smallest hint of a real smile crossing his face. “That I told you so will be a great moment.”

Lysander could tell from the way Lorcan was looking at him that he didn’t believe he was fine but thankfully his brother didn’t press the issue, he’d just have to work a bit harder to keep up the front he was putting out, it shouldn’t be too hard right? Lysander nodded slightly, thankful that at least Lorcan wasn’t being discouraged from actually believing in these things, to his knowledge anyway. “good,” he said simply, “Oh you better make it worth it too, I’ll be really disappointed if you don’t make it as obnoxious as possible, like I’m talking fireworks, or writing I told you so over every piece of furniture in my room,” he laughed softly. As upset as he was hearing that what everyone thought was starting to get to Lorcan he wasn’t gonna try and convince him into just talking about these things freely, his brother had more than enough reason to keep it to himself, and it wasn’t fair but that’s how things were unfortunately. 

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llorcan-scamanderr:

“I mean it Ly, anything.” Lorcan said quietly, but decided to drop it for the time being when he said the same thing to him. As much as he needed to know what was bothering Lysander, he felt like too much of a hypocrite at the moment to press it any further. “I know.” He nodded, biting his lip. "I believe her. She’s so sure it just has to be true, but I don’t want everyone knowing anymore. Maybe that makes me an awful son but I just don’t want to be that freak going on about nargles and wrackspurts all the time anymore even if I know they’re real.” He sighed heavily. “Yeah, come on.”

Lysander felt bad lying to his brother but... He didn’t want to think about what would happen if Lorcan found out, he of all people would end up trying everything to get him to stop what he was doing and he couldn’t let that happen, the thought alone terrified him. When he heard Lorcan start talking a bunch of red flags went up almost immediately, he understood what Lorcan meant, he didn’t believe in anything the quibbler talked about but he had when he was a bit younger. “It doesn’t make you awful, Lor,” he said with a small sigh “ trust me, though no matter what anyone says you shouldn’t change what you believe because of what other people think.” he stated “I mean... You know that I don’t believe everything in the magazines but don’t let what everyone else thinks affect that you do, okay? Cause some day you’re gonna be able to serve big ‘I told you so’ when it’s proven that Nargles exist, I’m counting on it happening,” he grinned.