Past The Stereotypes

Why Do I Care?

OLIVER'S POINT OF VEIW

I was walking down an empty hallway on my way to deliver a letter to my mother. I had spent nearly a week trying to find the perfect words to say, but I doubt she would notice. The only time I saw her was in the summers and even then she was always gone. I spent practically my whole childhood in the library 

My dad had died when I was 4 years old, off fighting some of the few death eaters that were still alive and supporting Voldemort. Ever since them, Mother has been very distant. She was always out with friends and never took the time to raise her son. I wrote her a letter every month but she never wrote back. My friends don't understand I want her to be proud of me. 

I practically lived in the library, it was my real home. I loved books about other people's lives, so I could escape mine. I thought I continued my walk down the hall. 

I saw a shadow ahead of me as I turned the corner, but before I could see any further I was slamed into a wall. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was a flash of dirty blond hair and light blue eyes.

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ELLIANNA'S POINT OF VEIW

"Stupid! How could I have been so stupid" I murmerred to my self as I tried to revive the unconscious Ravenclaw.

I was trying to follow Ella again, I thought the Ravenclaw had seen me and was going to rat me out. So I did the only sane thing to do at the time. I slammed him against the wall. I only wanted to shut him up, but now I had an unconscious Ravenclaw to deal with! Well, that did shut him up.

"Renneravate" I said hopping the spell would work. It did, but I wasn't sure how the Ravenclaw would react.

It worked! His eyes cracked open as he felt where his head had hit the wall. Then he spotted me, and walked over.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL HAPPENED!" he yelled.

"Whoa Ravenclaw, shush there it's close to curfew. It was an accident, I thought you were going to blow my cover." I explained. Then I saw a drop of blood running down his hand  that he was covering the hit with. " you should really go get that checked by Madam Pomfrey "

"No! I am not going back to that witch again! last time I was there she kept me in there for three days, and I just had a stomach ache!"

"Fine, fine," I said holding my hands up in surrender.

He dropped down and picked up a letter. that's what he was doing out so late, delivering a letter.

"My names Ellianna Stonier", I said holding out my hand to shake.

He looked down at his hands which were smeared with blood then waved instead. "Names Oliver Schnabel." 

He turned his head so I could see where his head hit the wall.  Under his fluffy black hair, there was a nice gash from the brick on the side of his head.

"I know a friend that can heal that for you, " I said remembering Ella was really good at healing spells or at least knew how to heal it the muggle way.

"That would probably be a good idea" He said touching his head and wincing. He pointed his wand at his head and said an incatation I didnt know of, then bandages wrapped around the wound on his head. " Never been good at healing spells except for that one.

"Okay then" I was still stunned. I wouldn't call that 'not very good'. Then I remembered I was talking to a Ravenclaw, of course, he knows things. But usually, when I'm around Ravenclaws they always have this 'Im better than you' vibe. "My friend Ella can heal you, I just need to find her."

"Oh, is that who you were stalking before you thought it would be a good idea to knock out a random person?" he replied

"Bitter much? And no I was not stalking. Every week she has been going to some kind of meeting with a 3rd-year Slytherin. I want to know what they are doing."

"Fine. I will help you find her if you can get her to heal me" he sighed, putting the letter into his pocket.

"This is gonna be awesome, its like we are on a super secret spy mission," I said while started walking towards the door.

"It feels more like a super secret stalker mission to me," He said as he followed down the hall.

As we continued walking to the unused classroom I found myself-wondering what the Ravenclaw was doing alone this late. I know he was delivering a letter but usually, the Ravenclaws tend to stay in groups and not wonder off alone. But why did I even care?

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ELLA'S POINT OF VEIW

On my way to the unused classroom I heard a noise from the hallway in front of me, I was pretty sure it was Peeves so I took the long way around. but now I was late! Almost ten minutes late! so I ran the rest of the way.

When I got to the door I was a little out of breath from running up a huge flight of stairs. I opened the door to the classroom to find Cory already there and sitting in the seat across from the door looking nervous.

I smiled and sat down. There was a long tense silence. My mind kept flashing back to our discussion last week. I had said too much. I didn't like to talk about the past.

I broke the silence, "S-so I was thinking that we could start out by practicing the basics." 

"S-sure, yea t-that would be good" 

He did practice work of turning bettles into buttons for the next half an hour, only speaking when I gave him help with the wand movements and incantation. All the while the tension grew. I knew he wanted to know what I meant, but I didnt think I wanted someone else to know. My mind was wondering to what he was afraid of. How could a Slytherin be scared? Why do I even care, I shouldnt care about a slytherin.

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CORY'S POINT OF VEIW

Stop stuttering like a five year old stupid, I thought mentally slapping myself. The minutes seemed to crawl by even slower than in class.

I had spent the whole week wondering what Ella had meant. I promissed my self I would ask her, I tried but every time I opened my mouth no words came out. I didnt even know why I care about a hufflepuff.

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OLIVER'S POINT OF VEIW

I don't know why I followed her. I could have just gone back to Ravenclaw tower and gotten help from Lilly, she's really good at healing spells.

 I found her attitude refreshing I guess. Everyone in Ravenclaw just wants to be better than everyone else. It's like an ongoing contest, and it drives me absolutely crazy sometimes.

Part of me also wanted to find out what exactly she was doing. She's running around following a Hufflepuff to find out what she's doing with a Slytherin. I have always been curious. My Dad used to say that it would get the best of me one day. I still had the letter, that was good. I poured my heart and soul into it, but it could wait till tomorrow to be delivered. Ellianna was getting far ahead and If I was going along for the adventure I should at least be able to have some part in it. Why do I care?

I smirked, Mabey my curiosity would get the best of me.