~*Music for Your Entertainment*~

[Sky]

   The tea shop in Hogsmeade was filled with the brilliant sound of a violin. An nice, friendly tune, playing throughout the building. Holly stood up on small stage built for gigs like these. Her black violin case open for donations. It seemed as if nobody really payed attention to the music. If anyone was in the shop, they were playing wizards chess, chatting, or reading The Daily Prophet.  As she played, a man waiting for his tea went and dropped a galleon in her case. Holly smiled appreciatively. She wore a black short sleeve dress shirt with the first two buttons opened and a pair of blue jeans. She liked to be dressy when she played. Her long, wavy, reddish brown hair hung over her shoulders.


     The song came to an end. The few people in the shop clapped. Holly took a drink of water and sat down on the stool that was put there for her, taking a very short break.

[potter_fan122]

Stacey walked up to Holly and tossed a coin into the case. "You sound really good, have we met before?" She asked, not remembering the girl`s face.

[Sky]

Holly studied the girls' face for a moment. "I don't believe so. I'm a Ravenclaw and I can see you're a Gryffindor. We don't cross paths often." She looked at the coin. "Thank you by the way. I'm Holly Vossen."

[potter_fan122]

"You`re welcome, saving for something?" She asked, sensing that she could read minds. Stacey put a complicated block in her mind. One most people couldn`t get past. Her eyes turned purple; she was thinking.

[Sky]

"No. Not at the moment. But it's nice to have money to use in the future." Holly replied, now getting up and getting her violin, running a subtance across the bow to keep the strings oiled. "By the way," She said. "I get passed blocks." She put the violin on her shoulder and began to play Waltz of the Flowers.

[Ginny Weasly]

"It's not that hard." Ginny said, from near Stacey's shoulder. She nodded toward Holly, "Getting past blocks, I mean." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a handful of coins, throwing it into the case.

Ever since she had been 15, she'd had large amounts of money at her disposal. She worked for a little bit more (children are expensive) but mostly because she wanted something to do with her days. Besides that, Xaver had vaults upon vaults of money put away.

As Holly played, Ginny closed her eyes, humming under her breath. She loved music, could sing a little bit. But other than that was not musically inclined.

[Sky]

"Yes. Blocks are rather simple to break through. Though I'm actually quite surprised at how many people can't get through them. All it really takes is some concentration." Holly said. Holly was good at concentrating. "Oh, and thank you for you donation." She said.

[potter_fan122]

Stacey raised an eyebrow, it irritated her when people pointed out they could get past blocks. Stacey listened to Holly play. When she finished, she asked her question. "What was the name of that song?" The tune sounded familiar, but she couldn`t think of the name.

[Sky]

"Waltz of the Flowers." Stacey responded almost before Stacey asked. "One of my favorites if I do say so myself." She decided to play one more song before packing up. It was the song she had played at Hogwarts that she wrote. Holly played up on the rooftops so she was alone when she played and could relax. To let the music play without distraction. As she slid the bow across the strings, a beautiful but sad song played. Holly hadn't created a title for the song just yet, but was working on it.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny tilted her head, as though listening intently. She smiled slowly as Holly played, simply enjoying the music as it washed over her.
When the song ended Ginny pulled out a couple more coins and tossed them into the case.

"You're welcome," She said to Holly with a smile.

[Sky]

Holly finished her last song and layed her violin down on top of the coins, putting back the bow and closing the case. "Thank you very much." She rubbed her right hand over her left finger tips. The marks from the strings seemed to be embedded in them. She looked at them. She didn't know what more to say. She wasn't really much of a talker. She noticed a customer purchasing a cup of a fine red tea. Holly licked her lips. It reminded her of blood.

[potter_fan122]

Stacey noticed what Holly was looking at and she realized what she was, though she didn`t show it. She would have liked to give her a few more coins, but really couldn`t afford it, but she could afford a drink. "Do you want me to get you one?" She asked, meaning the red tea.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny smiled at both of the girls, "How about I treat you two? I'm sure I have more money than both of you."

She tapped her side pocket, nodding.
"Anything you like...as long as it's legal."

[potter_fan122]

Stacey smiled. "Oh, thank you Ginny." She said politely. "And don`t worry about me, I won`t drink anything illegal."

[Sky]

Holly looked at Ginny and Stacey. "That's alright. I really don't plan on drinking anything but water for now. But thank you." She gave them a small smile. "But I don't mind waiting for you guys."



((How can Stacey possibly figure out what Holly is already?))