Goblet was drifting in the Lake of Hogwarts. He was alone with his thoughts whilst easily excluding the many negative ones that were needless worries and concerns. His body was nearly completely still, letting the gentle wind sway it to wherever it may go.
Alex saw a figure floating on the lake and ran to the shore. What the heck is the guy doing in the lake....? Alex wondered and then suddenly thought. Oh no is he trying to commit suicide....but he doesn't look like it..."
((lol...sorry about the suicide thing....I'm kinda hyper right now))
Goblet then turned around in the water and committed suicide. The end.
(Just playing.)
Goblet had just got the feeling that someone was watching him, so the wind must have guided him toward the shore. Of course, someone was bound to watch him if he was near the shore. Doesn't matter. The lake is warm and smooth and he was comfortable. He decided to hum a tune to himself.
((yeah!!....lol....joking))
The person drifted nearer to the shore now and he noticed it was Goblet.
Goblet felt his head going through plants which means that he was very close to shore.
Oh d**n, he thought.
Goblet opened his eyes before introducing it to a brief photo phobia. There was a figure standing over towards the shore. Goblet stood up and stretched and made his eyes to identify the figure. It was Alex.
"Oh, it's you. I was just, uh, just being in my own world over there, drifting and all." Goblet took a deep breath. "Yeah, so uh, how are you?"
Megan was just out walking and she was Thirsty she hoped that she didn't run into Alex becuase she didn't want him to see her like this.
Alex smiled slightly. "You really are weird.....if you wanted to be in your own world you float on the surface of the lake....."
She then looked over and saw people there and she stoped and started to controll her self.
(I have to go....sorry...bye.))
"I don't mean it literally. The mind is the limit," said Goblet. "It's just something I do when I am stressed. And I can't feel better any other way, so forgive me if I had bloody bothered you-!" Goblet cut himself off.
"Sorry. That's just the stress talking. I am just dealing with... something right now. Just some persistent worries and concerns." Goblet sighed. "Now I just do not feel like going back out there." Goblet put on his warm dry white t-shirt and started drying off.
((okay....see you...finally this gives me the chance to reply to some posts....lol))
Alex laughed and said,"Oh...but when I'm stressed I play my instruments." Alex suddenly felt a pair of eyes looking this way. He looked around and spotted Megan. "Hey Megan!" He shouted as he got nearer to her.
Goblet sat down and stared at the lake. "Instruments, right. They are not my thing."
Oh wind, why did you blow me ashore? I was feeling so much at peace, thought Goblet.
"Well then you can go back to dealing with your stress....I'm going to go see Megan..."
"I can't. Now I just do not feel like doing anything at all." Goblet sighed again. "Yeah, you just go on to see Megan."
(I'm going to go watch a movie now. I'm off. By the way, unless you and Megan have some kind of way of including me in this thread in the future, could you not talk here and make another thread or something like that? Because I want this to remain my thread, so to speak.)
((okay....started a new post.....))
Billie had been watching Megan closly to make sure she didn't hurt anyone. She stayed in the trees and watched Megan until she saw Alex and some other guy. Billie slowly got out of the tree and watched Megan calm herself down. Billie smiled and then walked pasted Megan to make sure she knew that BIllie was still there and she walked over to Alex and the guy. "Hey Alex" Billie said then she looked at the other guy "Hey I'm Billie, so who are you?" she asked as she looked at him
Goblet was heard someone introduce them self. He turned his head around to face the girl named Billie. "Oh hello there, Billie. Don't know if you know who I am, but if you don't, just call me Goblet," he said.
Goblet returned back to staring at the lake. "Forgive my lack of enthusiasm for not uh, exactly making a more socially acceptable introduction, this is just my 'me' time right now."
Billie smiled "Oh well Goblet I'm sorry I interupted your 'me' time I hope you have fun." Billie said calmly as she looked around then went and laid down in the grass and watched the bugs move around. Billie sighed and closed her eyes then looked up at the sky
Goblet eyed the open space that was over the lake's surface. He was no longer getting lost in the water anymore to keep his mind away. Perhaps it can be lost in conversation.
"Do you mind talking? Or is this your own time to fritter away?" he asked.
Billie sat up and looked at Goblet "I don't mind" She said as she walked a little ways towards him. She wasn't going to say the only reason she was out here was because Megan was hunting and she wanted to make sure no one got hurt. "I'm just out here because I was broed but being alone was boring so talking would be okay"
"So do you have a story to tell? Or perhaps something to enlighten recent events where I wasn't present? Or something of that sort?" asked Goblet, still choosing to look at the lake.
"Oh um I'm still sorta new so I dont know very much about whats been happening" Billie said sadly as she sat in the sand and moved the sand with her eyes
"Well, I'm not exactly new but I haven't been around here in recent times," said Goblet. "Nonetheless, you're old enough to know something about yourself by now. Is there anything about yourself that you wouldn't mind shedding light on?"
"I'm Billie, well I'm in my fifth year and I like making my own things and getting to know new people I'm goin with James Jones. I have a cousin who goes here her name is Megan and a brother whos in his seventh year. I'll do anything for my family and my friends. I'll stand up for what I believe in and I'll stand up for almost anyone. I have a secret that no one but my family knows because we are all apart of it" Billie said smiling "What about you I mean I don't even know what year your in and I just learned your name and now you know almost everything about me so tell me about you" she said as she laid back and looked at the sky
"Wow," said Goblet, laughing a little. "That almost seems rehearsed."
"Well, my name is Keith. I keep with my studies. I'm now in my 7th year. My family is rather depleted, limited, and scattered. To provide funds for myself, I collect bounties although sometimes, I deny them if they regard heavily on being against my morals and... philosophies. I do not know how quite to describe myself, but I think the best way to do so is through someone else's eyes, so I am guessing that it would be yours," said Goblet.
Billies smiled "you seem nice" Billie said and looked at him. "Sorry about your family" she said looking back up. "It must be hard having to support yourself"
"It's quite all right. They are out there somewhere, I figure. And taking care of myself is all right, though my job is not quite favorable and not healthy to reflect on, particularly some bounties, but it is enough," said Goblet.
"What of your family? Or does that fall under the secret you spoke of?"
"Oh my family well theres my mom whoses like me and then theres my dad whos full wizard so hes good but with my mom she doesnt work and doesnt get out to much because the minstry doesnt like us very much unless they want to use us. My dad has a new job almost everyweek he gets bored with muggle jobs easily. Then theres my brother who is like me and my mom but he goes to school here and likes it very much. I have well I had a sister I always thought she hated me but then I found out she really did like me and that made me happy but after she told me that she was murdered" Billie said her voice getting softer towards the end.
"Oh hell," replied Goblet, finally taking his eyes off the water and looking at Billie. "That's awful. I'm sorry," said Goblet. "I would ask the circumstances of your poor sister's murder, but ah, I think not. I'd rather not intrude."
I do not know what it is like to lose one's close family member, for I have just a few select that are actually close to me, perhaps not to them, but definitely to me. I have not a proper relationship with any other relatives which is fortunate and unfortunate, because I am aware of their losses. Now I do quite wonder to myself, is it better to have lost love than to never love at all?(Did I get that sentence from somewhere? Huh.) Did my uncles, aunts, and cousins even knew that I existed? I don't know, and I don't if I ever will. I may be one of the lucky ones."
(yeah I think its a famous quote)
"It must suck not having a close family I mean my family has to be close or there would be trouble for all of us and everyone we met along the way. I hope that somday you and your family get close and stay close the only good thing I can think of that comes with not having a close family is if you lose someone you know that you can already live without them." Billie said looking at Goblet "I'm sorry for talking about this I dont even know you to well and I'm saying things that I cant even tell my closest friends and its really hard for me to talk about things but its a lot easier talking with you and its weird" Billie said as she looked away from him and at the sky
"Hmm. Yes. That is strange," said Goblet, returning to look at the lake. "I don't know you very well, but so far you're the person I know and get along with the most. I tried to be more apathetic towards my untimely concerns and start conversing with people, which I did and now I think that Megan really wants to hurt me."
"I wouldn't let her hurt you anyways.. I guess that's the main reason I'm out here is to watch her and make sure she didn't hurt anyone" Billie said looking over towards Megan. "Plus you could probably take her anyways and about the talking thing it feels good to actually talk to someone and them not run off and talk to someone else" Billie added and then closed her eyes and listened to everything around her.
"Well, you don't have to worry about me. I have no one to run off to. Even if I did, well, I think I would still rather stay here and talk with you," said Goblet. "So, stop me if I am delving too far into matters that do not concern me, but is Megan unstable or something which is why you watch her?"
Billie smiled "Well sort of well she is right now you seen she shares the same secret that I have and somedays I watch her and others...... she watches me." Billie said she hated when it was her turn to be watched and didn't like it. She always felt dangerous and like she couldn't control herself. "It scares me.. I mean when its my turn to um well yea and shes watching me it scares me."
"Well this must be quite a secret then. Now you're just arousing my curiosity rather than embedding it down. But I'll live," said Goblet. "What do you do when everything gangs up on you at once and all you want to do is not care?"
"Let me rephrase the question," said Goblet quickly. "If you aren't calm and you want to be, how do you calm yourself?"
"Megan helps me out I dont know what she does but it works" Billie said truthfully "Maybe after I know you better I'll tell you just depends on what you'd do afterwards. I mean would you tell people or would you keep your mouth shut I would rather not have people competely hate me" Billie said "I can't stand it when people are mad at me and them hating me would kill me" Billie added
~Maybe I shouldn't have said I'd tell him I mean what will Pete think or Megan now that he knows shes one to maybe I should just leave but I really dont want to no then I'll stay~ Billie sat there and argued with herself then smiled when she won.
"I think you may be confusing me with someone else. I wouldn't be angry unless you have somehow wronged my family, and since you don't know them, that wouldn't be likely. If it is something to do with the way you are, then I can't imagine any problems you could have with me. And I am not controlled by gossip desires so, I can't imagine the worst that could happen if you so happen to tell me. But what do I know? I don't even know what it is, so... yeah," said Goblet. "But thinking what is the worse that could happen, that is not necessarily the case usually with secrets, is it? Usually the case is privacy, and the that is directly affected by the respect of privacy of others.
"Uh, I am referring to the secret you previously mentioned, right?" asked Goblet.
Billie smile and laughed a little "Yeah because I'm pretty positive that the only secret I have right now at least" Billie said truthfully and looked at him. "I guess I could tell you but I just need to talk to my brother first or he might get mad but then again I have dealt with his anger before its not to bad." Billie said talking to her self and Goblet at the same time.
After a few minutes went by she looked at the sky "Well I'm a vampire I don't eat very much 'food' but I perfur blood most of the time, But rarely feast on humans. I only do when I can't find any animals and theres one near by. I like humans they taste better, but would never hurt my family by drinking to much. My mother Kaylee is full vampire and has great self control and that's the only reason she was able to marry my dad which still to this day is a pure blood. My brother came out weird hes full vampire, but has wizard powers but no drop of human blood in him that he didn't put in there. Then theres me.. I'm a normal teenage witch that just prefers blood to candy and soda." Billie finished and looked at Goblet to see what his reaction would be. Billie was really happy to tell someone other then Hailey but scared at the same time. "You can't tell anyone please don't" she said. She also felt weird that she told him before James.
"Oh? Well, I do feel a little honored for you trusting me for this condemning secret, almost as much of meeting for the first time a vampire who was hiding in plain site in a society of humans, but who also was friendly. I, in my job, have had to bring in vampire bounties before. They are not easy to bring in, and they are even more difficult to bring in if I am required to bring them in alive."
"You do not have to worry," assured Goblet. "Your secret is safe with me."
Billie looked away from him and looked back up "Thank you" she said. Billie looked at the sky and wondered why she had told him. They practically just met. ~So I've told Hailey ,and Megan already knew ,and him so three people know its different having people know then at my old schools where I couldn't tell anyone about anything. I wonder when I should tell James or if I should at all~ Billie thought to herself as she watched the clouds move around makeing different shapes along the way.
"Your welcome," said Goblet. "How many people actually know of this secret and why did you tell me this sensitive information?"
Billie just stared at the sky. Then she looked towards the forest then back up. "Well I've told my friend Hailey ,and Megan after I found out we were cousins so she alreay somewhat knew. I haven't told anyone else well except now. I don't know why I told you I guess I just felt like I could trust you and I think I wanted to tell someone but I couldn't until now when I met I can trust" Billie somewhat smiled and then looked at him.
Goblet looked back. "You sure do trust your gut a lot more than than your head, don't you? In crucial moments, I do exactly the same thing. Though lying here next to the lake isn't really what I call crucial. It's mostly when I am at my work," said Goblet. "It sure is nice to know that I'm trustworthy."
Billie looked back up then then in a second had her face in the grass. She looked up slightly "So trusting my git can be a bad thing sometimes I guess." Billie looked at the grass and out her arms under her chin and watched the grass sway from the wind and her breathing. "Thats the thing I dont even know you so I'm not sure if you are or not, so I just took a chance."
"Better it was me than anybody else. I can't imagine many people who would be completely comfortable or even tolerable with vampires entering society. Hell, there are people who just want to wipe them all out. But I believe that if they can be tolerated without anybody realizing it, in this or any other community, then it is all right," said Goblet.
Goblet observed that it is sunlight, which Goblet had heard but never confirmed that can kill a vampire.
"What can kill a vampire besides a stake in the heart, if you don't mind me asking?" asked Goblet.
Billie laughed at his question "What would happen if you had a stake go through your heart?" Billie asked. Billie smiled as she picked a small flower and slower peeled its petals off then ripped it up. "Vampires are kinda like humans I mean except we're a little weaker in the sun light and we perfur the taste of blood other than that Cross have to affect on us in fact I used to go to church for a while and the stakes thats just a myth" Billie said and laughed a little
"So a stake to the heart wouldn't kill you? Or are you saying that it doesn't specifically have to be a stake?"
"It would kill me, but what I'm saying is that if you got stabbed in the heart with anything you would die right? Well so would I put a plastic spoon in my heart and I'll die" Billie said and smiled
"I'll be sure to stay away from plastic silverware then," Goblet joked. "By the way, if you ever need a wooden stake, I got tons of them that I do not need anymore in light of recent events."
"You better you have those sporks can get pretty mean" Billie said and laughed a little. "Okay if I ever need to kill someone or protect a little flower I'll ask" Billie said and smiled a little "So why don't you need them anymore if you don't mind me asking" Billie said looking at him
"Because I carved a lot of them for when I meet hostile vampires, and seeing as how I do not need them anymore since I just discovered that I could just stab them in the heart with a sword or something... well, I now have lots of them at my disposal."
"It was just a joke," said Goblet.
Billie was glaring at him. Until she heard the last part then she cracked a smile "That's not funny" she said and started to smile. "Well I'll need one because I see a hostile HUMAN who needs to be stabbed" She said angrily. then looked at him "I was kidding" Billie said and smiled then looked away
"Oh d**n," said Goblet. "That was really eerie when you said, 'That's not funny.' Right up until the part when you asked for a stake of which you jokingly planned to stab me, which was when I figured out that you weren't actually offended. I think we both are guilty of diving too far into dark humor, which soon negated itself into being a bit too uh, heavy and gloomy."
Billie looked at him and started to laugh. "Wait what?" she asked laughing then stopped "Okay no more jokes" she said seriously then leta little laugh slip through
(Sonuva... why didn't this appear on my new replies?)
"Yeah, no more jokes. It's for the best," said Goblet, with a slight smile. Goblet took a look at his watch and his smile faded away. "Aye, I'm about to be a bit late for an appointment." Goblet got up, wishing he could stay a bit longer and talk with Billie. "It was certainly a pleasure talking with you, Ms. Billie. Unfortunately, I have to meet someone regarding a particularly valuable bounty."
(They don't always appear there even if they have new replys)
Billie sat up and looked at him "Well I don't want you miss that" Billie said knowing that thats how he made his living and there was no one to help him out. "Have fun with that" Billie said then looked back at the grass,