I was lost and out of place (Private)

alright, sure thing. i'll probably be creating a new one, but i actually managed to come up with a few ideas! mind if i pm them to you?

— Her patronus is a fox.

— She's a registered animagus. Her animagus form is the same as her patronus.

— She has a pet owl named Zodiac (or just Zo for short). She's a barn owl with a bit of a temper to strangers, but is nice to people who she's more used to. At her actual house though, Avery has dog, since she's honestly more of a dog person, including her family. Really more of a dog person, but cats are cool too. At home she has a blue merle border collie named Zulu.

— She has a pretty average family. Both of her parents are of course of the wizarding world. Her mother, Emily, works for the Department of Secrets, while her father, Charles, works for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She has two brothers, one of them older, and another one younger. Her older brother, Colin, is a twenty-one year old Ravenclaw alumni who is a magizoologist. Her younger brother is a Gryffindor in his fifth year, whose name is Aiden. He's pretty much an angsty teenager who is also one of the seekers on Gryffindor's quidditch team.

— Although she does think dueling people is fun, her best and most favorite class would probably have to be transfiguration. On the other hand, she hates herbology with a burning passion. She hates it more than both muggle and wizarding history, which bores her to death. One good thing that did come out of muggle studies was her liking for muggle rock music, however.

— She's totally that type of person who will still get a 100 even if they didn't study for a test or end up making/doing something great with little effort

— Avery is a pretty calm and individualistic person over all. She may be head girl, but she doesn't try to be a hard-ass about it. As long as people aren't actually doing anything too harmful, Avery is pretty lenient with most things that go on. Likewise, she's a very responsible person, and can be trusted with several things because of that. She's confident in herself and her abilities, and doesn't mind taking charge of situations. She's cool yet kind to most, and can be considered easily approachable because of that. She doesn't try to purposely come as intimidating, though if she is ever irritated or mad, she definitely can be. She's a very open-minded person, and is tolerant to hearing whatever wild ideas someone may have. Avery can be considered a sort of quiet extrovert. She doesn't necessarily bother trying to talk to someone at all times, but doesn't have any problems speaking at all. At the same time, she's alright with being alone too since she likes the peacefulness of it. As much as she tries not to let others get to her, she doesn't like the thought of people ridiculing her ideas or whatever she tries to do. As a Ravenclaw, she's an exceedingly intelligent and creative person. She likes finding clever, resourceful ways to get out of situations. Avery is the type of person who usually thinks before she speaks or charges into an action. As so, she's analytical and would probably notice things that most probably wouldn't. She values honesty, and can actually come off as a bit rude at times because of this. Although she likes hearing other people's ideas, she is a dogmatic person and would rather point out faults in people's ideas than just be quiet and let it happen. Avery's a very curious person and enjoys learning things, whether it's useless information or stuff that actually matters. She's very passionate about what she does and never truly half-asses something, even if she says she is. She's quite the competitive person and doesn't like being a loser (though she definitely isn't a sore one), and can come off as a bit stubborn and ambitious, but she knows when it's best to just give up with whatever it is she's doing. She's a perfectionist to the point where she spends a lot of time just fixing minimal errors, and she can become so obsessed with trying to succeed that she can cut off other aspects of her life. When she's annoyed, she can be pretty sarcastic, even if she tries not to be overbearingly rude.

[ Oh wow I didn't even realize that I mixed up the positions too, lol. I'll edit my form in a second then. ]

Drama spread around like wildfire, and it wasn't long at all before Avery was alerted of the fight going on outside after school, where the Gryffindors usually practiced their quidditch. It definitely hadn't been the first time she had to break apart a fight between quidditch players. The last time this had happened, she was still a prefect, and the argument had been between one of the chasers and the keeper. Personally, she would think it was a bit petty to start an argument over something like sports, but that might've just been because she wasn't as into it as some people were- like her brother. Who, according to what she heard from other people, was actually a part of this fight going on. That happened to be justified when she walked across the field, only to see the familiar face of Aiden a distance away. One might've been disappointed or even embarrassed that a family member was starting up something like this, but honestly, Avery couldn't say that she was too surprised. It hadn't been the first time Aiden picked a fight, and she doubted it would be the last one. What the hell is this idiot doing now, she thought before releasing a sigh.

She continued approaching while slipping a hand into her dark robes, pulling out a pitch black wand a few seconds after. She pointed the tip of the ebony wand between the area separating the two before muttering a quick "protego." The previous sparks that had been flying towards the two had quickly been distinguished as they came into contact with the invisible shield between the two. With a few steps forward, she was now only a yard or so away from her brother, and came to a quick stop while letting out another sigh. "Can I go one day without having to babysit you?" she said lowly before looking over at the individual Aiden had been fighting. Avery did happen to recognize the girl. They were in the same year, and although she personally didn't recall talking to her much, if not at all, they did share a few classes together. "And you. I would like to think that you have some mind that provoking a fight, especially with an underclassman, is not a good idea." And here she was, thinking that she could have one day of peace- but nope. It had to be her own damn sibling that started a fight with someone else.

[ It's fine, no worries! Mine is kinda short too since I'm also on my phone. ]

Well, this girl was already starting to get on her nerves, and all she did was speak a few sentences. It was true that she was gradually getting a bit more annoyed, but Avery showed no signs of it as she looked at the Gryffindor, with only her eyebrow quirking up slightly. The straight expression remained on her face, and she let out yet another soft sigh. Couldn't the people here at Hogwarts be at least a little more civil? She remembered the times, before her fifth year, where she didn't even have to worry about stuff like scolding people for the trivial things they did. Oh, how she missed having way less responsibilities. "Are you actually still going on about this?" She said, of course already knowing the answer to that. She then glanced down at Aiden who stood beside her. "And don't you dare say anything back." To her luck, she saw him hesitate before just shutting up with a quick roll of his eyes. Then, her gaze was cast back over at the brunette.

"Can you two just stop with the petty arguments? I'm sure that neither of you want to be written up for detention, but if you do, I can easily have that arranged," Avery said. She really didn't want to have to be dealing with this right now, truthfully. She had more important matters that she needed to tend to than breaking up a fight that honestly just seemed really stupid. In fact, if it weren't for her responsibilities for head girl, she probably wouldn't of even shown up right now.

Truthfully, she was more than glad when the other girl was already starting to head away with her broomstick in her hand. At this point, she was too tired to even deal with this girl, better yet her own brother, but she didn't want it to seem as though she were losing the argument or whatever with her silence. On any other occasion, she probably would've continued on with their little verbal fight. This girl just made it seem like being head girl was nothing, when she in fact did have quite a bit of authority over everyone. Of course, excluding the professors and all the people like that. Avery however knew better and just stayed quiet as the Gryffindor turned away with the broom, and much like Aiden had a few seconds ago, Avery rolled her darker brown eyes at the girl who had her back turned. With the brunette already kicking off into the air, Avery turned against her heels to look down at Aiden with a slightly tilted head. "I swear if you two immediately start going at each other's throats as soon as you're up there... You know what? Just, never mind. I'm tired of dealing with you two."

It wasn't long before the dining hall was quickly filled with hundreds of other students bustling in. Avery was luckily one of the students who managed to arrive early before the chaos ensued once everyone else came, along with a few other friends that she was currently sitting nearby. They were all eating and talking, though Avery was a little bit more quiet than usual, purely out of just being abnormally tired, since it really wasn't all that late to begin with. She only glanced up from her plate of food when one of her friends, Amaya, asked her a question. "Hey, Avery, is it true that your brother got in a fight? I overheard one of the Gryffindors talking about it, and I thought you'd know... For obvious reasons."

//my posts after this one will probably be a lot shorter since i'll be stuck on my phone and it's a pain to type out posts there on the mobile site

There definitely was a reason that she hadn't been eating as much and was a lot quieter than usual during lunch. She had a lot of things she still needed to do in the free time she had before her next period. One of things she needed to do was actually something that happened to do with her next period as well. As soon as Avery was finished eating the little bit of food that she had, she was already out of the dining hall and heading down the hallways towards a very specific room. She stopped once she arrived at the doors and lightly pushed them open before slipping in. Immediately ahead, she could see rows of shelves filled with a colorful assortment of books. There were a few tables here and there with a few students, though most would probably still be lounging around somewhere at lunch. Of course, she wasn't just here for no particular reason. Avery needed a book for her next class, and what better place to get it than in a library? Everyone was supposed to bring in the book by today, and normally Avery wasn't one to leave things for the last minute, but there were just so many things that she needed to take care of first that she had no time to come by early. It wouldn't take too long, anyway, if one of the copies of the novel was left. She had already been to the library several times throughout her years in Hogwarts, to the point where she probably did know the locations of where most of the books were.

She quickly walked by the aisles of shelves, heading for a specific one in particular, and stopped when she came by the row of shelves she needed to head to. She glanced down at the tables down the aisle only to stop when her gaze landed on a person that she certainly hadn't been expecting to see here. Lindsey. With the slight shake of her head, she went down the aisle calmly, paying no mind to the Gryffindor as she stopped in front of the shelf, which also happened to be right by the table Lindsey was at. Avery didn't even take another glance at the girl, basically ignoring her entire existence as she reached a hand up to grab the last copy left of the book she needed.

At least I'm a little lucky today, Avery thought as she pulled the book from the shelf, clutching it tightly in her hand.

//yeah, i usually never have enough time to post during school, and it's okay. i have pretty weird sleeping habits too sometimes lol.

Now that Avery had slid the book from the shelf, she immediately turned and down the rows of shelves, past the many wooden tables neatly aligned by them. Well, that was one thing that she no longer needed to worry about, but she knew for a fact that her day would still probably be busy. She was about to take a small turn into one of the more open sections of the library, when she suddenly felt as though something around her ankle, and before she knew it, she had fallen onto the floor. The book flew from her hand and she fell onto her knees, but she had been quick enough to stop herself from completely landing face-first against the floor by rapidly moving one of her hands down to support herself. In no time she was able to regain her balance, and she took a quick glance down at the floor. Maybe she was being a bit too skeptical now, but Avery was positive that this tripping hadn't been just any inconvenience. In general, she wasn't really a clumsy person, and there was nothing on the floor that she could really trip over in the first place.

Avery glanced up when she saw someone holding out a book to her, the one she dropped just a few moments ago, and looked up to see a younger looking Hufflepuff. "Here, you dropped this," he said and glanced down at the book. "I heard you fall, and... well, you're okay, right?" the boy asked.

The Ravenclaw first picked up the book he was holding out to her before standing up. "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, thanks," she answered before getting up, flashing a small smile at the Hufflepuff. He then gave a brief nod before quickly returning back to the shelves he had previously been looking through. With him now gone, Avery took a small glance back to the row of shelves she had been looking through before. Yeah, it was definitely her, she thought. At first she stayed still where she was for a few seconds, before shaking her head and looking away with a sigh. She had no time to deal with something like this.

//sorry for taking such a long time! i ended up being stuck on my phone and i did try typing up a post there, but i got so annoyed that i gave up halfway. :>

Days passed since occurrence at the library. Now, they were back to their regular schedule at Hogwarts. It was a little bit past noon, and close to one of her final periods when Avery was sitting down at her assigned seat among the several rows of desks quite boredly. Currently she was in potions, and today they were having a somewhat mediocre class. Avery definitely wasn't bad at potions- actually, she found it really easy- but that didn't mean that she necessarily enjoyed it. At the most, she was alright with it. Their professor wasn't all that bad at least. He was strict, but still pretty calm about most things. The subject itself was the thing that wasn't appealing to Avery. To her, it just didn't seem as thrilling as transfiguration or Defense Against The Dark Arts might've been. In potions, all you really had to do was throw stuff into a cauldron according to some recipe and hope it turns out right. Actually, that was quite similar to what they would be doing soon. At the front of the classroom, the professor was going down a long list of students and calling out different names. Currently, they were being assigned a partner that they would have to make a specific potion with, and according to what the professor said, the grade they would be receiving today would depend on the quality of the potion.

The assignment itself wasn't difficult at all. It was whoever she would be receiving as a partner that Avery was worried about. She knew what she was doing, but what if her partner didn't? Having to do everything herself would be irritating, but then again, she was basically used to doing that. All throughout her years in Hogwarts, there were instances where she'd have to do the work while her partners or team slacked off. Not saying that she was the only one who had to deal with that, since numerous students had to. Then again, she did know the majority of the people in this class, and most of them weren't the type to spend an hour screwing around. Especially since this was their final year at school, and a lot of people were finally taking it more seriously.

"Chamberlain."

The brunette snapped out of her thoughts and glanced up from her textbook once she heard her name being called. There was a small pause after her name was spoken, and the professor looked up from his paper to gaze at the rows of students. His eyes stopped once they were focused on a certain Gryffindor. "You'll be with Lyndsey."

Well, that certainly was another problem. Getting a useless partner was one thing, but getting someone that you kind of disliked? That was another. There better be another Lyndsey in this class other than the girl from a few days ago, otherwise Avery was truly deciding that the world was against her. She certainly hadn't forgotten what happened over the small course of time. Now, she wasn't one to hold grudges or anything, but Avery certainly wasn't the type to just forget. The professor looked back down at the list, and continued to read random names. After a minute or so, he then set the list back down on the table in front of him. "You may go sit with your partner and begin the assignment now."

The sound of the bottom of the chairs scuffing against the floor echoed through the room as several students stood up from their desks, already heading to wherever their partner was seated. Some students had been lucky enough to get who they wanted, but like Avery, there were some people who hadn't been the most pleased with their choice of partner.

Perhaps potions would be a bit more thrilling today- and definitely not in a good way.

//so, i was thinking that even though lynn doesn't know avery's name yet, she'd probably recognize her last name because of her brother.