Can You Dance? {Open}

[alexishannah]

Alex sat underneath a tree near the lake, looking out onto the sparkling black waters. It looked like the water would feel great, but she didn't know how to swim. Or do I know? Alex asked herself. She looked back through her memory. Sometimes, she could remember little glimpses of her past, but as soon as she tried to reach for more, it just slipped out of her grip. She was walking on ice, trying to crack open a steel case.

Nothing came this time. "Well, it's not like dancing then." And even as she said it, an image of herself twirling and grinning came to her mind. Whether it was memory or imagination, she didn't really care. It was comforting that she could do something on her own without anyone having to teach her. Not even magic came to her easily. Alyson was actually, though frightened, much better than Alexis at magic. It wasn't fair in her mind, and she grimaced while thinking about it.

She got to her feet, feeling the breeze that was sweeping leaves off of the tree. It looked like the confetti her mother had tossed on top of her when she had gotten out of St. Mungo's. And Alex decided, just then, that it was the perfect place to just dance. A little hesitant, she took her first step. Ballet. Alex thought, and blinked. That's the word for it. The thought had come from nowhere, but she knew it was right. "Here I go."

Arms held in a position she felt comfortable with, she lifted herself swiftly to her toes. A little jump, and she came to rest shakily. "Ugh." She said, scrunching her nose. "That was bad." She tried it again, managing to land with her feet softly touching the ground. It felt right.

Alex found herself spinning and swirling in circles; she was dancing. Occasionally she would stumble, and mutter angrily, but always picked herself up. She felt she was getting good, but there were still a few things missing. Alexis could tell that. But for the moment, it would do. For the moment, she was happy, simply lost in unheard music, flowing from pattern to pattern.

[Gyan Salamanece]

Gyan walked down to the lake, throwing his things down, swearing profusley. His first day was horrible. He was thrown up on, yelled at, got lost, showed up for class after it was over, and had just decided to come down to the lake and sit there untill he figured things out.

After a while of sitting, he noticed he wasn't the only one there. There was a fairly pretty girl, dancing by herself. She seemed to be a gryffindor, and could dance pretty well. He forgot about his troubles and watched her dance, occasionally slipping up, but dancing nonetheless.

[Pepe van Lopaille]

"Hey, hey, no swearing in the presence of a lady, Pepe whispered in the boy's ear. He had followed him down here, seeking to explore the grounds a little without getting lost. He sat in the grass next to the boy. "Sorry if I startled you, my name's Pepe, by the way, " he added, offering his hand.
After watching the girl by the lake dance for a few seconds, he commented, "She's pretty good."

[Tomas Wingly]

Ugh! This whole dorm room thing was really getitng to him. He wondered down to the lake to get some fresh air but he noticed there were already people there never one to give his goal up for someone else, Tomas sat next to Pepe seeing as how he new him already. "So do we know the star of our show?" He asked the two boys refering to the girl danceing a few feet ahead of them.

[Gyan Salamanece]

Gyan suddenly pulled his head back into reality, noticing he had company. "Sorry, I diddn't know she was here when I swore", Gyan directed to Pepe. "Mine's Gyan, and yeah, she's not half bad".

Another boy, presumably a gryffindor, had takes seat next to Pepe. "I beleive she's in your House, you shold know her", Gyan directed at the gryffindor boy.

[Tomas Wingly]

"I'm new here so no. Good to meet you though Gyan. She's stunnign though." Tomas spoke.

[Gyan Salamanece]

Gyan gave the boy a curt nod and looked back at the girl. His brother had taught him to ALWAYS be wary of strangers. Constant Vigilance. Gyan shifted himself into a comfortable position, awaiting the next stab at conversation.

[Tomas Wingly]

"One of us should talk to her. It doesn't feel right just staring like this." Tomas said righteously.

[Gyan Salamanece]

Gyan nodded, but said nothing. it was almost to mezmerizing to look away. She was indeed an excellent dancer. it would all come crashing down when she knew she had an audience

[Pepe van Lopaille]

Pepe sat quietly for a moment, eyeing the two boys. He frowned, giving them a reproving look, and stood. "Well, since you two don't seem particularly eager, all sitting there awkward-like, I'll do the honors myself, and if she falls wildly in love with me, well, then, just think what you missed out on." He flicked his bangs out of his face giving them a somewhat prideful grin, and headed jauntily down to see the girl.

"G'morning miss!" He greeted sweetly with a slight bow. "My erstwhile companions and I have been watching you, and we couldn't help but mention that you are quite an elegant dancer, and quite pretty to boot. Don't mind the blushing fools back there, however, they're merely too shy, or perhaps to stupid, to speak their mind, so the pleasure of meeting you is all mine." He drew himself upright with a charming smile, and gently kissed the back of her hand.

((Aright, guys, wait for Alex to get back. Haleigh said that their whole family were on vacation for a while, so they're supposed to be back in a week or so, or something like that. So just wait for her, unless y'all two are going to sit in the background and talk or something.))

[Gyan Salamanece]

"Why that little git!" Gyan siad, pulling out his wand.

"Furnunculus" He muttered. It was a nice little hex that made nasty boils appear allover the victim. And it hit Pepe square in the back.

[Tomas Wingly]

Tomas watched as the little bubles grew in clusters on Pepe's skin. "Aww man that was cold dude!"

[Gyan Salamanece]

Gyan smiled and admired his spellwork. "It's one of the nicer spells in the list I thought up." He said, grinning inspite of himself

[Tomas Wingly]

Tomas laughed to himself "He's gonna hate use now but...Still I wouldn't mind learning that myself."

[Gyan Salamanece]

((okay, now lets wait for pepe and alex))

"I could teach you a few things. My brother taught me everything I know." He said with a hint of pride.