Books,Books,and more books!

[Artemis Zeal]

"Mum,Can we go in here,pleaseee?" begged a little girl with large doe-like blue eyes. Her mother,which is where the girl got her looks from, sighed.

"I suppose,but only get what's on the list. Nothing more." She said sternly. The little girl let out a happy squeal and raced inside. The mother shook her head and faced her chuckling husband.

"What are we going to do with her?" she asked. Her husband merely chuckled and wrapped an arm around her waist,leading her into the shop.

Artemis was in awe. Thousand upon thousands of books were stacked on shelfs. Dust gathered in a few places, children and parents alike roaming around the shelves, talking quietly about what they have just read or what not. It was beautiful.

"Now Artemis.." Her mother began, but it was too late. Her daughter had dash to the farthest side of the store, scanning through books to add to her growing collection of books back at home.

"She's an eager little one,isn't she?" chuckled the clerk. Mrs.Zeal sighed and shook her head.

"Like you wouldn't believe!"

[Circe Sommers]

Circe Sommers walked into Flourish and Blotts. Her sharp gray eyes scanned the store. She was in aw about how many books there was. The place was sort of crowded so her parents decided to let her go on her own. They went off to go look at something and said that they would meet her outside the store.

Circe ran her fingers along the row of books. The books, that were all different colors, made it look like a rainbow threw up in the store. Circe wanted to buy so many books but she only had enough money to buy her school books. Maybe she could get her parents to bring her back here during break.

She passed a small mirror and noticed her long wavy light brown hair was out of place. She smoothed it down and shook her head a little so her bangs would fall evenly over her forehead. "Much better." She said to herself. Soon she began looking for her school books again.

[prongsxanimagus]

Lasair Ruarc looked up from A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration, and saw two girls enter the store. They didn't seem to know each other at all. One dashed over to another shell, looking a books. The other was fixing her hair.

Lasair shrugged and walked over to the clerks counter.

"I'll take these, please." he said to the clerk's assistance.

Lasair placed the books that were on his list, and Hogwarts, A History on the counter. The assistance rang them up.

"5 galleons sir." said the assistant.

Lasair reached into his black jacket, and extracted 5 golden wizarding coins.

"Here you are." He said.

He put his books in his already bought cauldron and walked around the store some more. There were many books on dueling that Lasair wanted to look over.

[Circe Sommers]

Circe found all of her school books quickly. She couldn't help but look at other books. She had already read through all her dads old books because she wanted to know as much as she could about the wizarding world. Circe was very interested in quidditch. She really wanted to be a beater. Her dad on the other hand wanted her to be a seeker or a keeper. He didn't think a girl could ever be a beater.

Circe spotted a book with the words Beaters Bible on it. Now that is a book she would read so many times that she could memorize it. Circe picked up the book and skimmed through it. She really wanted it but didn't have the money. She sighed and put it down. She walked over to look at some Dueling books. She noticed a boy was also looking at them as well. Circe had read some about dueling in her dads old books. She didn't really seem to care for it that much but she still found it interesting.

[prongsxanimagus]

Lasair looked up from the book he was looking over (Mid-Evil Dueling) and saw that one of the girls that had entered earlier, standing next to him.

"Hello. I'm Lasair Ruarc." Lasair greeted kindly.

Lasair never was one to talk to people he didn't know much. The girl looked like she was starting her first year of school. She had long, brown hair, and sharp grey eyes.

[Circe Sommers]

Circe looked up from a book she was skimming through. She looked around making sure the boy was talking to her. Nobody seemed to be close enough for him to be talking to someone else. She turned back to the boy who looked to be her age. She noticed the books he had were the same as hers. That must mean he is a first year as well.

Circe smiled sweetly, "I'm Circe Sommers." Circe knew her name wasn't really normal. Her mom got this crazy idea to name her after a minor Greek goddess that turned men into pigs because she found them rude. Thankfully she wasn't anything like the goddess. Circe's mom thought the name was cute and her dad couldn't stop her from naming Circe that.

[prongsxanimagus]

"First year at Hogwarts too huh. What house are you planning to go in?" asked Lasair.

He put the book he was reading back on the shelf. He hadn't found it very interesting. Most dueling in that time was rather gruesome. He pulled another book off the shelf, Dueling with Skills.

[Circe Sommers]

Circe picked up another book. She didn't even bother to look at the title of it. She looked through it a little but was mostly thinking about the hogwarts houses. "I'm not really sure. I don't really want to be in Ravenclaw. I might read a lot but I'm not that smart."

Circe put down the book and took another one. It didn't look that interesting. Then again she was never much for dueling. "What about you?" Circe asked.

[Erica Lightwood]

Erica Lightwood walked into Flourish & Blotts with her older brother Tyler who had just graduated from Hogwarts. Sneering at a few kids she walked over to the counter and glared at the person at the counter who knew actually who she was. Rolling his eyes he said "Here are your books Erica." Saying this he handed her a handful of books. Grabbing them with a quick snatch Erica walked towards the door as her brother paid the guy at the counter. Waiting at the door she sneered her perfect sneer and then smirked her perfect smirk as they left the shop.

[Artemis Zeal]

"Artemis,Honey." said Mrs.Zeal as she approached her daughter. The small girl glanced up from her large tome(Sonnets of a Sorcerer) and asked,
"Yes,mum?"
"Your dad and I will be in the store next door, okay? Once you're done shopping,meet us there." Her mother said,before giving her a swift kiss on her forehead and leaving the store with her husband in tow. Artemis sighed and closed the tome with a snap, dust flying out ,making her sneeze . She tucked the book under her small arm and made her way towards the dueling section. There was a boy and girl standing in front of it.
"Excuse me? Hi,um, can you..move a bit,please?" She asked,tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

[Circe Sommers]

Circe waited for him to answer. Then from behind her she heard a girls voice. Circe turned around to see a girl her age. "Sorry." Circe said. She took a step back. She didn't notice how close she was to the book case until she it it. Then almost instanly books fell.

[Artemis Zeal]

Artemis watched as the girl hit her back against the book case and almost immediately the books fell.

"Here,Let me help you." She said, bending down to pick them up.

[Circe Sommers]

"Thanks." Circe said. The girl seemed really nice. Circe bent down and picked up many books. She worked quickly hoping that no one noticed. Circe would probably die of embaressment. Not that she wasn't already embaressed.

"I'm Circe Sommers by the way." Circe continued picked up books. "So is it your first year at hogwarts?"

[Artemis Zeal]

Artemis stacked the books back on the shelf and blew a strand of loose hair away from her face. She turned and smiled at Circe.

"Yeah. I guess I'm not the only child who's parents decided to name their kid after a Greek God." She said amusedly.

"I'm Artemis Zeal named after the Moon-Goddess." She explained.

[Circe Sommers]

Circe laughed a little. At least she wasn't the only one going to Hogwarts with a Greek Goddess name. She didn't really hate her name but people sometimes looked at her funny.

"Well at least your not named after some minor goddess that turned men into pigs." She joked. "But don't worry I'm nothing like that. I mean sure I accidentally gave my little brother a pigs nose once when I first showed signs of being a witch but I swear I never did it on purpose!" Circe was rambling so she decided to end her story there.