All Alone [open to all]

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley was sitting against a tree right by the lake. She had her sketch book out and was drawing the scene before her. The lake was frozen over with ice and snow covered the ground. It was the middle of January. They had just had a snow storm and Riley was the only one out. No one wanted to hang out with her. She was an outcast. She was different. That was why she was outside. She sighed and erased almost half of the picture. She started to work on it again perfecting the trees around the lake and the snow on the ground.
She was very cold and didn't have a very heavy jacket on but dealt with it. Her family didn't have a lot of money. Well her aunt didn't have a lot of money. Her parents had been killed when she was four years old and Dumbledore had arranged for her to stay with her aunt. She tried to stop shivering but the cold was overwhelming. She reasoned she couldn't go inside though. It would be worse inside because she would have nothing to do, no one to hang out with.
Suddenly she heard feet crunching in the snow. She turned around but when she looked no one was there. She went back to drawing but was alert now. She heard the feet again and turned around. Still no one was there.
"Hello?" she called. "Is anyone there?"

(ok so this is where I need someone else to come in so please join . My rules are pretty simple. No god-modding, no perfect people, and no one-liners. Have fun )

[Shaw Kersey]

Shaw didn't know anybody was around. He had come down to the lake to gather his thoughts, a letter from his mother in his hand with her usual denials and her normal pleas for him to drop his silly notions. He stopped walking, and looked around to see who had called. He didn't recognise the voice that had called out and couldn't see the owner either. He trod through the snow again, listening carefully for any sounds. "Hello?" Shaw called out himself, a fine white mist floating out of his mouth as he spoke. It was extremely cold out and he was glad for his jacket to be lined.

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley stood up again and searched for the voice. It was misty out and she could barely see anything. She looked harder and thought she could see a figure walking towards the lake. She was suddenly scared. She didn't know if she was supposed to be out here and she didn't know who it was that was out here. She was thinking about it when she realized she probably should be running. She started to back away but she was to close to the lake. She didn't realize until it was to late, but she was on the ice. She could feel it cracking underneath her and barely got out a scream before the ice gave out and she was plunged into the icy water.

[Shaw Kersey]

Shaw heard the scream and ran in it's direction. He saw the flailing arms in the icy water as he neared. "Levicorpus!" Shaw cried, only realizing after he'd spoken the word that mobilicorpus might have been more the thing as the girl was raised into the air by one ankle. Shaw swore beneath his breath, his annoyance only compounded by his mistake. He let her down on the lake's embankment, packing his wand back inside his jacket. "Dammit! How stupid are you?!" He yelled, unsure if he was talking about her or himself. "What possessed you to walk on the lake?!" Shaw didn't recognise the girl and knew he wasn't making the greatest first impression, but she had scared the hell out of him with her idiocy.

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley screamed again as she was lifted into the air. She was a mess of flailing limbs until she was put back on the ground. She starred at the person who had hung her by her ankle but her face softened almost immediately when she realized he had saved her life. She looked at him. "Thank you," she said smiling slightly. She then heard him yell at her and sighed. "I heard you and I didn't know who you were. I didn't realize how close I was to the lake and so I didn't notice I was on the lake. I mean it is covered with snow!" she said to him slightly frustrated that he was yelling at her when she didn't even know his name. She stood up and introduced herself. "I am Riley by the way."

[Shaw Kersey]

Shaw stood there momentarily, his mouth slightly agog before he closed it quickly. Anyone else would have probably hexed him for his irrational behaviour. "I'm Shaw." He finally answered, "And I'm sorry for shouting. Was a shock, you know?" As he looked at her, he bit back a laugh. She looked a frightful state, not surprising seeing as not two minutes ago, she was sat in the lake. "Would you like my jacket? Before you catch your death? Or I know a good spell that will have you dry in no time.."

[Guinevere (Gwen) Amherst]

Gwen heard a loud cry and immediately ran towards the sound. But right as she got there the screaming stopped. Breathlessly she said "Is everyone alright, I heard some screaming and thought the worse." She looked up at the two older Ravenclaws. One was soaking wet, "sorry for intruding but...what happened?"

[Shaw Kersey]

Shaw turned to the voice behind him as he took his jacket off. "She fell in the lake" He said to the newcomer. "I got her out of the lake and in the process of offering my jacket." He glanced back to Riley and gestured towards his jacket. He was beginning to feel the cold and was hoping his kindness wasn't going to be shoved back in his face. He turned back to the new girl. "I'm Shaw by the way. Who are you?"

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley laughed a little. "I know! I must look terrible!" she said seeing his open mouth, "And it is nice to meet you Shaw. I completely understand the shock though. It is a quite normal thing for me though. I do things like this all the time." she said laughing again. Riley turned to the new arrival. She nodded at Shaw's answer and added a little embarrassed, "He pulled me out after I fell in. I am Riley." She turned to Shaw and blushed slightly taking the jacket. "Thanks," she said putting it around her shoulders.

[Guinevere (Gwen) Amherst]

Gwen resisted the urge to laugh. "I'm Guinevere, you can call me Gwen. In the lake really? You must be freezing even a warming charm wouldn't be enough I'm guessing." Gwen looked around and from what she could tell they were the only ones out.
"It's so quiet out, peaceful. I think Hogwarts is more beautiful when its covered with a blanket of snow."
She said more to herself than the older Ravenclaws she was with.

[Shaw Kersey]

Shaw frowned slightly. He hadn't taken the time to notice how Hogwarts looked in the snow. Lately his mind had been on other things. "Yeah it looks alright" He said, thinking more of the snow to be a nuisance then a beauty. He could feel the chill on his spine even more now Riley had his jacket. He prefered the Summer, with it's warm sun than the winter with it's bitter winds. But he had to agree with her on the peacefulness. That was why he came out here - for the peace and quiet. Until it got disturbed by Riley's diving antics. He looked at Riley, who had snuggled herself up in his jacket. "Feeling better?" He asked her, wondering how long they were going to be stood outside.

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley smiled at Gwen. "Nice to meet you Gwen. Haha. I am abnormally hot. I don't get cold easily. I am actually a little surprised I felt that at all," she thought for a moment. "I think hogwarts is prettiest when covered in snow. It does look peaceful. Perfect," she said her voice getting quieter.
She handed the jacket back to Shaw noticing him shiver. She loved the cold. She laid back in the snow and let the new snowflakes, that were just starting to fall, land on her face. She closed her eyes and hoped she could be buried in the snow but knew the snow wasn't heavy enough at the moment.
"I feel great," she told Shaw not opening her eyes.

[Guinevere (Gwen) Amherst]

"Its a miracle, a quiet Hogwarts." Gwen fell backwards into the snow by Riley. "Your lucky then Riley, well in the winter at least. How do you deal with the summer? I'm more of a Spring person myself, the perfect balance of both, but winter is nice, I can choose to stay warm by the fire with a nice book or I can come out here and do this" She started making a snow angel.

She was an optimistic person and believed that nature was beautiful in all aspects whether it be Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. She found a way to enjoy them all.

[Riley Ravenesa]

Riley laughed then shrugged. "Well I don't know. I guess I automatically get slightly cooler in the summer? Haha. I don't think it really matters that much. I mean I have never overheated so obviously it isn't really a problem," She said shrugging again. "I like winter the most though obviously because of my natural heat. I mean I like the other seasons but winter is my favorite." She laughed and threw a snowball at Gwen and then Shaw.

Riley like winter the most for the cold but she loved the beauty of the other seasons. In the fall all the leaves were changing and making a beautiful array of colors. In spring everything was starting to grow again and it was very green. In summer everything was in bloom and the flowers were opened wide accepting the sunlight gratefully. In the winter everything was dead.

[Guinevere (Gwen) Amherst]

The ice cold snowball hit Gwen square in the face, in mock anger Gwen shoveled a handful of snow and chucked it at Riley.
"That was cold Riley!"