Time Wont Heal

[Eilionoir Dolor]

Eilionoir bit her lower lip nervously when she noticed his expression of forced inattention after she muttered, without thinking, that having him was far better than nothing. She figured out too late that his hearing was much more sensitive than just anyone's, him being a lycan and all. Dangit! I need to start thinking before I speak more... she chastised herself. Acting clingy was not the way to keep a friend, and she was starting to feel like she was clinging to him...but she still didn't want to let go.

She paid rapt attention to his explanation about fun things to do. Hogsmeade sounded interesting, and she'd always wanted to try Quidditch...but she figured she'd save flying lessons for another time. "Hogsmeade," she thought aloud, "Isn't that the only place in the world where there aren't any Muggles?" Her voice betrayed her interest in the village; Eili was curious to see what it was like, living in a place where you didn't have to hide from Muggles all the time.

She mused over the rest of what he'd said for a few moments, and realized that she hadn't brought anything with her except her song notebook, her magic keyboard, clothes, and books--both for school, and some of her favorite novels and poetry collections. Eili frowned, pondering just how boring she would seem if he knew that that's all she ever did, just read, write, and study. She'd never even gone to any of the school activities, like dances, at Dalton--there wasn't much of a point back then.

Now, though, she regretted that she'd missed out on so much. She felt almost hollow, like there was just this big space in her mind where all her memories of goofing around with friends, failed and successful romances, and adventures during school should be. The problem was, she didn't have any, except for the ones from elementary school, though those weren't much, and she couldn't recall half of the experiences anyway...

[Dominick Raditz]

"Isn't that the only place in the world where there aren't any Muggles?" Dom smiled, it was a common thought, and one that wasn't entirely false. "Supposedly," He said, in response to Eilionoir's question, "as far as I know it's the only settlement, but there are other places where Muggles shouldn't be able to go." He paused to think of a few examples, other than the obvious ones, then added "Diagon Alley, for example, although there are some Muggles that have been there." He left it at that, Muggle's weren't supposed to be able to go there, but those that were related to wizards and witches could, so it was possible that they could go to Hogsmeade as well. There was another place he knew of that no Muggles could go, but know one was supposed to know about it, and he didn't dare mention it.

"Like I said before, it really isn't that good, once you've been a few times, it's like Hogwarts with shops." There was a bit more to the place than that, but it was a good way of summing it up. People were always excited about going there for the first time, just like the castle, but after a few times of visiting there was little left to do, apart from spend the day shopping, then going to one of the pubs for a drink to waste the rest of the afternoon. "I could always show you around, if you'd like." He offered, his mouth several steps ahead of his brain, although the latter realizing after the words came out that it wouldn't be too bad. He nearly promised that it wouldn't be dangerous, after their last trip out of the castle, but decided against it. You could never be sure, especially when magic was concerned, and although he had never seen someone accidentally summon a herd of charging Rhino's, he wouldn't put it past some of the more ambitious students.