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 Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:40 pm
 Francis wasn't too happy, for the past several days two slytherins had been tailing him and picking on him every chance they got. It was starting to get super annoying, but he had no idea what to do to get them to stop. If he went to a professor and complained the two jerks would probably only get worse.
They always seemed to know where to catch him, even if he tried to go to the Great Hall by a different path. It was rather uncanny how they always managed to catch him when there weren't any other people around. It was almost as if they planned the whole thing. But Francis couldn't figure out how they knew where to find him, as he changed his path every day. Pretty soon he was going to either have to figure out how to stand up to them or find someone to help him deal with the jerks.
Today was like any other day. He finished his last class, and slowly gathered his belongings..started to approach the professor to see if he could walk with him. However the professor waved him off saying he didn't have time for questions and disappeared out the door before Francis could even open his mouth.
Great..all his housemates had already left, and he was going to have to walk by himself. He sighed, knowing that inevitably the two jerkwads were going to catch him again and start in on what they normally did. He made his way down the hall, glancing around furtively at every sound that registered. Man..this was so annoying how paranoid these two were making him.
He relaxed slightly when he saw a few of his Housemates up ahead and started to run towards them. And then the next thing he knew he had been tripped and he was flat on his face on the dirty floor. He coughed and tried to get up, only for someone to knee him in the back.
"Hey fancy pants..it's not time to get up just yet." A sneering tone echoed in his ear.
Francis clenched his teeth trying to will back the tears that were welling up in the corner of his eyes. "Please just leave me alone." He begged.
"Now now, Princess Francis, what fun would that be?" The other one snickered and grabbed his bag off of his shoulder. "Let's see what he's got in here today."
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:44 pm
"Really?" Leoben laughed, throwing his hands behind his neck, "'Cause I didn't understand one thing!" That caused the other Gryffindor boys around him to laugh, leaving Leoben just shaking his head with a grin. He'd have to ask someone to teach him the information later--perhaps Maer, if she was up to it? Otherwise, he'd just force on the Gryffindor boys to help him cram.
After class, it was sort of their ritual to head down to the cafeteria to grab some food--after all, they were growing boys (and the house elves served a mean pudding). "SHOOT!" Leoben sudden exclaimed, stopping dead in his tracks. "I forgot my quill back in the classroom--I'll be right back guys." he announced, whirling around and jogging back to the classroom.
He turned the corner just in time to see one of the other first year Gryffindors fall flat on his face. "Youch!" Leoben cringed--what bad luck! It didn't take him long to see that what he thought was bad luck... wasn't. Two Slytherin boys were towering over him, laughing, and one snatched his bag out of the Gryffindor boy's possession.
With that, Leoben snarled. Stupid Slytherins! He thought, rushing to Francis's aid. "What are you guys doing?" He snatched Francis's bag from the Slytherin's grip and placed it back down near the boy. "Bullying isn't allowed at Hogwarts," He stated, grabbing Francis's arm and pulling him from off the ground in one motion. Even from just outside appearances, Leoben was bulkier than the other boys and despite not necessarily being the tallest of them all, he did have the appearance of being stronger.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:40 pm
Francis started to pull himself up to his knees, only to be kicked in the backside and to go sprawling once more on the hard marble floor. His face screwed up in disgust as his right hand landed in a sticky mess of something on the floor. His face went a little red, and then he heard a voice coming from around the corner. His face brightened up a bit when he saw it was Leoben Linwood, one of his roommates. If anyone would help him out of this predicament, he surely would.
"thanks," Francis murmured when the other boy pulled him to his feet roughly. "now I'm going to be black and blue on my arm for weeks." He mumbled as he reached for his bag.
The two slytherins shot him dirty looks before racing away down the halls.
"Thanks for the help Leo." Francis said as gratefully as he could manage and rubbed his now sore arm. "Is that really true? they've been picking on me for weeks now."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:56 am
"Cowards..." Leoben muttered under his breath as the two Slytherin boys ran with their tails between their legs. I wonder if I should go after them, Leoben frowned and crossed his arms. He had half a mind to do so--give them a good beating so they'd never dare touch another Gryffindor again... But if he was caught, he'd be docked House Points. Another day then... Perhaps when they were out in the grounds? It wasn't that hard to do--the teachers only occasionally walked those areas, whereas it would be much easier to accidentally run into one around the corner inside the castle.
There was still something that left a bad taste in Leoben's mouth about this situation. The taste grew even worse when he heard Francis say that those boys had been going after him for weeks. Merlin's Beard! I should've went after them after all! "Those guys need to be taught a lesson..." Leoben muttered, mostly to himself.
Containing his anger, Leoben turned to Francis. "Are you alright? Besides the arms, I mean--they didn't take anything of yours?" It frankly pissed him off to hear that Francis had been being bullied right under all of their noses--why didn't he say anything? I suppose he was embarrassed, but still... "Hey Francis..." Leoben started, glancing down the hallway to see if the Slytherin boys were still in sight. "How about we go get some food? I won't tell anyone you're being bullied, of course." He didn't want to offend Francis by saying something like "I'll protect you!" or "stay by me!"--Leoben learned that most kids feel embarrassed and ashamed that they're being bullied--not that it's even their fault to begin with... Leoben would just have to keep a watchful eye over his classmate.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:08 pm
Francis looked over Leoben closely, worry furrowing his forehead. He could see that Leoben was rather pissed and was itching to go after the two slytherin boys. He grew rather alarmed when he heard Leo mutter that they needed to learn a lesson. He reached out and grabbed Leo by the hand. "Please don't do something you'll get in trouble for. You don't want to spend time in detention, I hear it's horrible!"
Francis pulled away and rubbed his arm and then looked through his backpack quickly to make sure nothing had been taken. Francis stiffened and his face went white. "Bloody Hell! They swiped my journal! You've got to help me get it back! If they read it they'll know all my personal secrets!"
"This is no time for food!" he retorted and turned to race down the hall where the two slytherins had disappeared earlier.
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:31 pm
"W-what?" Leoben raised his eyebrow, taken back from what Francis just said. "Personal secrets...?" Leoben echoed, brows furrowed. Sounds serious... He observed, noticing the urgency in Francis's voice. But before Leoben could do much else, Francis was already running down the hall after the Slytherins. Right when I said I wasn't going to get in trouble! Leoben thought to himself, pushing his hair from his face in exasperation. Personal secrets... Leoben thought again about Francis's words before exclaiming, "DUDE! What kind of guy keeps a diary anyway?!" as he ran down the hall after Francis. Leoben had never heard of something so ridiculous--and he had Maergrethe and Liam as siblings!
It didn't take long for Leoben to surpass Francis. He just was a faster runner--not to mention his endurance surpassed the other boy's (he played rough far too often). "Where.." Leoben started, glancing up and down the hallway. Where did they end up going? "Why does Hogwarts have to all look the same?!" He protested in annoyance, his head whipping from one end of the hall to another.
As he did, he saw a Hufflepuff girl heading down the hall. "Hey! You! Two Slytherins just passed through here--do you know where they went?" He inquired loudly, running over to the girl. Despite looking surprised, the girl pointed down the hallway. "Thank you! You're a life saver," He grinned at her, giving her a hug before bolting down the hallway. "This way, Francis!" Leoben shouted, his feet making loud echoes down the hallway.
When they got to the next fork, this time, Leoben managed to spot two black cloaks rimmed with green and silver walking down the hallway. "OY!" Leoben barreled towards the older boys, catching up and grabbing both of them by their hoods forcefully. "You took something of Francis's--give it here," Leoben tightened his grip on the two boy's hoods, pulling them closer to him. "Hand it over and I won't give you two any trouble."
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