tough as bones.

susan amelia bones. pureblood; hufflepuff. harry potter indie rp. please read guidelines. sidebar credit: ( X )

[suitedblue-a]

he takes a deep breath, exhaling slowly. it doesn’t do much to help him in his frazzled, frustrated, infuriated state, but he thinks maybe, just maybe it’ll take the edge off.                it doesn’t help. of course, he should know that by now.                only his flask will do just that. but, even in his state, he                knows full well what it would look like if he pulls out said                flask at the ministry. "—- lupin." he finally says, voice low. "my name is ted. edward remus lupin.”

[toughasbones]

the name causes her expression to soften, eyes suddenly turning sad. she knew the name rather well and the story behind it. most people did in their time, especially those who fought in the battle of hogwarts, or related to anyone who did.

      "your father is remus lupin. he        was a brave man. good teacher."

the woman tried to smile to him, in an attempt to  lighten the now down and dark mood that had fallen into the room.

[thekingofweasels]

Ron just nodded, shoving the materials over to her without a second thought. If he was going to have to study this stupid subject, he might as well help her out too with one of Hermione’s brilliant outlines. Really, they were one of the only reasons he passed most of his classes, because she made everything easy to understand in the notes.

     “Oh yeah, feel free. Might as well get something for helping me.”

[toughasbones]

She immediately began to flip through the pages that he offered her, trying to absorb all of the notes that Hermione had apparently provided Ron. Most of it was very helpful but she was finding it hard to take it in. Susan let out a heavy  sigh eventually while running hands through her long locks. 

              "I'm never going to pass."

[huffiexhannah-deactivated201603]

Hannah led the way to the library, stopping to wait for Susan at the doors to the room and then tugging them open. “Alright, you take one side, and I’ll take the other?”

[toughasbones]

          "Sounds like a plan."

She moved quickly to one side of the library, eyes searching around for any sort of sign of her paper. Of course there was nothing at first until Susan let out a heavy sigh. No, she hadn't lost her paper. Peeves had stolen it.

          "Hannah! Over here!"

[thekingofweasels]

 Ron lifted his head up slightly, gripping the book and her notes  and pulling them towards him with a somewhat grateful smile.  Not that he really cared about studying this material, but since  she was ignoring her own needs for his, he felt like he had to  at least try to absorb the information.

    “While I read these… d’you want my Potions notes?        Hermione wrote me an outline, you could use it.”

[toughasbones]

She smiled when he took the book, looking back to some of the ;parchment before her. Susan liked to help others from the school. In fact it was one of her favorite things to do. When he spoke, the redhead glanced up with a confused gaze.

             "A-Are you sure?"

[suitedblue-a]

“the ba-…the bad death eaters?” ted lets out something of a strangled laugh, running a hand through his dark hair as he paces for a moment and then turns back around.

“do you —…do you hear the irony of that statement? fenrir greyback was supposed to be dead, but d’you know what? he’s alive. he’s been spotted!”

[toughasbones]

she winced at his words, realizing that maybe some of her words hadn't exactly been proper. it wasn't like susan had been coached in the right way to speak about things like this.

"fenrir greyback has not yet been captured but aurors are working on it. now, unless you have questions about another matter i ask you to  leave, mister...i did not catch your name."

[huffiexhannah-deactivated201603]

"Come on, I’m sure we’ll find it," Hannah said encouragingly. "Let’s go check the library, come on." Hannah reached for the other girl’s elbow.

"I’m sure you’ve just set it down somewhere."

[toughasbones]

She gave a nod, moving along to the entrance of the common room beside Hannah. Perhaps the essay had been left behind in the large room which meant it could be nearly impossible to find.

                      "Alright, 'm comin'."

[thekingofweasels]

Ron sighed, slumping down onto the table and hiding his head in his arms as she continued to insist that they study History of Magic. He could feel a headache coming on just at the thought of having to study the boring subject; it wasn’t that important to his future anyway. But Susan wouldn’t let it go, so he just nodded and gave a small grunt.

    “Yeah. Merlin, sure. Sounds about right.” 

[toughasbones]

She flipped through some of the pages, finding the page on Merlin. With a smile Susan turned the book around so that he would be able to see the notes she'd written. They were all  about things that needed to be remembered or even things that weren't in the book that might be on the test.

                "You can use my notes."

[herbollogy]

there’s a small, slightly nervous pause when she takes a seat across from him. it takes a moment for neville to realise that she’ll need space to work, too, and hurriedly begins to move his own masses of paper. ’ okay, right then —— err.. ‘

' i'm not sure whether that was last, maybe a few lessons ago — ‘ of course, he has his own notes in front of him now, jotted scribblings and the various mishapen diagram thrown in other places. it’s likely that these aren’t particularly in the right order anyway, considering all he does and all he has interest in outside of the greenhouses. ‘ actually — i, er. i think that her last lesson was on the flesh eating trees of the world textbook. do you remember that at all? ‘

[toughasbones]

her eyes narrowed a bit as he spoke, trying to think of the lesson he was talking about. of course nothing came to mind. she merely flipped the pages in her book until finding the topic that he was talking about. there were no notes, as it was usual for her to do so in every class. a heavy sigh left the redhead as she turned to neville. hopefully he'd be a big help for her or  else there was no doubt that this next test would be failed.

"i don't remember anything on that subject, i'm afraid. i do hope i didn't miss a lesson. oh, how could i be so foolish." she let out a heavy sigh while opening her inkwell and checking the point of her quill. "i'm afraid i won't be much help."

[suitedblue-a]

there’s a frustration growing in him as hears how the wonders of the justice system worked once again.        “four. you — well, maybe not you directly,   but the ministry let four death eaters go. free.” a choked laugh escapes ted as he waves his hand, "just like that. ‘extent of crimes’ — they still commited crimes, and the ministry still let them go. how is that justice?”

[toughasbones]

"they were doing such crimes under the  influence of either the cruciatus curse or the thought that their families would be  killed if they did not comply. the bad death eaters remain at azkaban and shall."

she looked up at him with a frown, hoping that her answer would be enough this time. today was not the day for this.

[huffiexhannah-deactivated201603]

Hannah shook her head, also empty handed. “No, sorry Susan. You didn’t leave it in the library, did you?”

[toughasbones]

"I swear it was here."

She took a seat on the couch with a defeated sigh, placing her head in her hands. Maybe the option of just avoiding class was the best now.

[thekingofweasels]

Ron’s mouth flapped open and closed several times, giving him a rather fish-like appearance. He appreciated her offer, of course he did, but he didn’t want to be the cause of her own failure. Binns’ class wasn’t that important, but Potions actually meant something for most professions. Besides, he always could use the excuse of not being able to study thanks to helping Harry on some quest to save the school.

      “Really, it’s fine. I could use a Potions review anyway.         We’ve got a test coming up too if you’ve got one.”

[toughasbones]

She kept going, as if he didn't even speak. If sacrificing her grade meant helping someone else who really needed help then Susan was completely willing. Ron was one of the nice guys at school so she had no problem being friendly. Now if he was one of those Slytherins who had picked on her earlier  then she might not be too willing to assist.

          "I think our latest lesson was on Merlin."

[huffiexhannah-deactivated201603]

"Come on, I’m sure it’ll turn up," Hannah said, ducking to look under the table, but resurfaced empty-handed. "No luck, sorry. Did you leave after you finished it? Maybe you dropped it."

She grabbed her backpack, glancing at her watch. “Come on, we’ve got twenty minutes—I’m sure we’ll find it.”

[toughasbones]

With a nod she began to scatter about the room, soon veering off into their dorms to search through her clothes and trunk. Still no sign of her paper. As time moved on Susan found herself growing more and more annoyed. How could she have just lost it?

Returning to the common room, she gazed to Hannah. "Any luck?"

[herbollogy]

to say this wasn’t really the first time he’d been asked for help in herbology, considering that was really the only lesson he managed to excel at, neville still manages to smile about it. another person he can help is another way to feel good about actually doing something, to show how really good he was.

‘ oh, great! well, p-professor sprout can really help sometimes. well, to me, anyway…  erm. if you had a bit of time, we could try and find somewhere to start now?’ neville takes a moment to recall their last class, to try and find some sort of starting point, but seems to come to a loss.

[toughasbones]

"i've got free period for the rest of the day, so now would be lovely." she takes a seat across from him  and smiles almost proudly. the thought of getting help and possibly passing a class had her simply ecstatic. susan knew that if anyone in this school could help her then it would be neville.

"i could be wrong but was her last lesson on the greater plants of northern tundras? or that could just be something i completely made up and i'm doing far worse than i thought." there was a nervous smile as she opened her book, flipping the pages.

[thekingofweasels]

His brows knitted together as she closed her own book, now worried that he was going to make her fail instead. After all, he had Hermione Granger as a best friend. Did Susan have anyone like that to turn to for last minute cram sessions?

        “History of Magic — ‘m sure even with your help          ‘m still gonna be hopeless. Besides, Mione’s got          wicked good notes, I just have to look at ‘em later.          —— Maybe I could help you with Potions?”

[toughasbones]

Susan paid no mind to his words, except for the subject of course. Everything else was completely pushed aside as if it didn't matter because at this point it surely didn't. Being in the house of Hufflepuff meant one of her most outstanding qualities was loyalty, and that certainly showed in the way she wanted to help a fellow Hogwarts student study.

             "Well, I've got my book here. We              could go over some of the lessons."

[suitedblue-a]

teddy looks slightly anxious as he approaches the desk, but it could simply be because of the fact that he hadn’t slept properly in two days. ”hi.” he says, managing something of a smile as he sways on spot. "i was wondering what the ministry’s views were on former death eaters since they’ve given the remaining ones a pardon.”

[toughasbones]

now that caught her off guard. susan straightened up a bit in the chair upon realizing this was a rather serious matter and it could easily go bad.

"well, only some were granted pardons. others have been sent to azkaban. the punishment was altered to fit the extent of crimes committed by each witch or wizard."

she simply hoped that her answer would be suffice enough for this young man. the last thing that was needed was a large fiasco. again.

[huffiexhannah-deactivated201603]

Hannah looked up as her fellow Hufflepuff came running in. She frowned; it was thirty minutes until their next class and really no reason to be rushing—

At her dorm-mate’s words, her frown deepened. She glanced around the room; she’d arrived not ten minutes ago herself, but Hannah was never the most observant.

"Essay?" Hannah repeated, shuffling through her own work. She wasn’t ever the most organized, either. “No, Susan, I’m sorry, I haven’t. I’ll help you look?” she offered, standing and tucking her own essay into her bag. 

"D’you remember where you had it last?"

[toughasbones]

"I thought I left it on the table beside the window."

She moved over to the table where she had been sitting but, to no avail, found no essay. Not even the slightest hint that she had even been working over in that area. Susan let out a rather annoyed groan.

"Oh, this is hopeless! Professor Snape is going to kill me."

[thealbusseveruspotter-deactivat]

                          ” —— Shhh!”

His demeanor suddenly became very distressed and tense as he shot glances around the alley, making sure no one was paying attention to them. It was bad enough that his sister was lost, he didn’t want the press or some creeper to know that Harry Potter’s daughter was currently missing. “Don’t say anything - just help me find her!”

[toughasbones]

"Okay, I won't say anything." She gave a small nod then began to move about the building to try and  locate Harry Potter's daughter. It was the least that Susan could do. Not just because it was the right thing to do, and she would do it for anyone, but because of Harry, the entire wizarding world was safe.