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Maiara often wondered if she had been sorted into the wrong house, having not been able to find a correlation between herself and Gryffindor's qualities. In the six years she'd attended Hogwarts, the young witch had yet to discover her inner courage and justice — she believed herself to be rather the opposite. But, on the evening of Monday the fourteenth of February, Maiara truly embodied the elements of determination and chivalry, as she did everything in her willpower not to hex everybody that stood in her way.
Maiara was perpetually early to everything; she was born two weeks early on July 21st, unfortunately having made her mother unbelievably uncomfortable, she always woke up the earliest amongst her roommates and never missed an assignment deadline. The witch despised the feeling of being rushed and absolutely loathed the idea of arriving late. That wasn't any different, as she faced the blocked corridors of Hogwarts. Unfortunately for Maira, she had been held back from arriving to the Gryffindor Common Room straight after Dinner for two reasons. Firstly, it was physically impossible to make a way through the crowd of students and secondly, Maiara was a good friend, meaning she had to stay behind as James Potter publicly declared his love for Lily Evans for the nth time. To be completely frank, Maiara found it charming. James had truly devoted his love and time to Lily for the entirety of their school years, never once faltering, but it could be highly agreed that his methods of displaying affection weren't the most sagacious —sickeningly sweet, nonetheless. Over the course of their Valentine's days at Hogwarts, James has outdone himself multitudinous times, but Maiara had decided that this had most definitely become her favourite.
The bright sun shone onto James' figure, as he sat with his legs spread out, softly strumming a guitar. He twisted his fingers in all sorts of odd shapes to form chords, and a couple times he would slide his hand up across the higher frets. The sweet refrain of the acoustic guitar had a hypnotic soothing quality, that had all the surrounding students entranced. James' voice was smooth and clear, as he powerfully sung the lyrics of "A Teenager's Romance", by the Muggle artist, Ricky Nelson. His voice was promising and endearing, he was effortlessly able to perform the song, with the biggest smirk spread across his face. As James sung the love song, he looked directly at Lily, pouring love from his voice and eyes. A blush seared through Lily's cheeks, unlike her usual reaction to James' extravagant love confessions and displays of affection, the blooming colour against her freckles skin only adding to her aura of elegance and beauty. James averted his gaze, allowing her time to compose herself, fighting back the urge to smile. But, he wasn't able to keep his eyes away for too long, as he wanted to remember this moment for a long time, and out of fear of regret, he didn't lower his gaze for the rest of the melodious number.
As the love song neared it's end, Maiara had found that her anger had diminished along with its sweet melody. Her heart swelled at the sight, but sadly she was struck out of her trance of endearment as the Clock Tower chimed its small bell, signalling that students had thirty minutes left before curfew. Maiara's eyes widened comically, before dashing towards the Common Room, in hopes of starting her Potions essay and complete it before midnight. The portrait of the Fat Lady swung open, revealing the round hole in the wall, which Maiara scrambled through carelessly. She found herself a seat at one of the many vacant tables in the mostly deserted Gryffindor common room, as the hour was late. The arched windows allowed for a spectacular view onto the grounds of the school. Beside her rested Marlene, Lily and Alice, who had forced themselves to stay awake, even after they had finished the work of their own.
