IceRise

[Xaver]

"Don't be, I forgot too," he said with a low, quiet chuckle.
He opened his eyes and slowly straightened, watching her eyes with a gentle, but bleary smile.
"I don't really want to, but it would probably be for the best. I'll hit the shower, change my clothes and this bandage, then see if I can't catch an hour of sleep before dinner.."
Xaver softly kissed her, then straightened with a slow grin.

[Ginny Weasly]

She nodded.
"Okay, but don't be surprised if I check on you every once in awhile." She told him, poking his chest softly, but smiling.

[Xaver]

"Ok."
Xaver nodded, and with a smile he swiftly kissed her on the lips, turned and headed up the staircase. He grinned at her, then disappeared into the dorm.
Xaver emerged from the showers cold, sleepy, and hungry. He had changed into a fresh pair of jeans and a black shirt, and he had fixed up a new black and white bandage around his injured forearm. His damp dark hair stuck messily about his head, but he didn't pay mind to it.
Avoiding the littler kids in the dorm, he went out, and went out of the common room as well, seeking a quieter peace, than with so many voices and thoughts in one room. He found a deserted corridor, and walked it for a while, then found solace on one of the huge windowsills. He yawned and sat on it, watching the outside with a half-alert mind. Making up his mind, he slowly slid off the sill, and walked the rest of the way out of the castle.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny was now outside as well, only she didn't realize Xaver was as well. She stood, talking to some younger students. They smiled at her as she explained something and then laughed and nodded. She patted one on the head and they left.

She watched them before she walked to a tree and reached up, pulling herself into it. She leaned against the tree and closed her eyes.

[Xaver]

Xaver had heard footsteps, and on first instinct, he had lept up into the high boughs of the tree closest to him, crouching in the shadows up there like a wary predator. After they had passed, he violently shook his head, ragaining control of his senses, and powers. Xaver almost fell out of the tree.
Leaping from tree to tree, Xaver had lost himself in thought, though he was startled out of it when he saw Ginny. He did fall then, tripping over a stray branch. He did an odd sort of flip and plummetted halfway down from the vary top of the tree, where he had been, but he reached out with his uninjured arm and caught a branch, jerking himself to a stop. He winced, but the pain in his shoulder died quickly. He swung and flipped himself up to sit on the branch, slouching tiredly, though he grinned over at her.
"How you hangin'?"
He chuckled, though it was bit off by a yawn.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Idiot, why are ypu bouncing around in trees when your hurt?" She asked, shaking her head, slightly annoyed.

[Xaver]

"I bounce around all the time, hurt, and when I'm just..." he yawned "..peachy..."
Xaver passed an inane grin over to her, playfully poking a tired fun at her annoyance.
"C'mon, the idiot has to live up to snot, now doesn't he?"

[Ginny Weasly]

She shook her head.
"Just be careful, okay?" She asked, deciding not to pick a fight.

[Xaver]

"I'll be alright," Xaver yawned out.
He moved closer to the trunk of the tree, turned and leaned his back against it, then tipped his head back, closing his eyes. He set his arm on a branch at his shoulder height, and yawned again. He stuck out his tongue at her, then grinned.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Lucky I don't push you out of that tree..."She muttered, turning so he was at her side now. She looked past the trees and towards the mountains.

[Xaver]

Xaver flashed a wild grin and stood, quickly stepping over a few branches, so he was suddenly seated on the same branch as she, just a little farther down.
"I'd pull you down right with me."
Xaver chuckled over at her.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Oh really?" She asked, facing him for a moment and sticking out her tounge then turning to face the same way again.

She thought about how sick he had seemed earlier, and worried slightly. She cared about him too much to let him overexert himself. She didn't want him to be hurt too much, and she didn't want him to get hurt again. She also wondered about his brother. Why would someone hate their siblings so badley? So much hate seemed to come from this guy she'd never met, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to. What kind of person would try to hurt a sweet kid like Kyllie?

[Xaver]

Xaver watched her for a long while, a small grin forming once again on his lips as she spoke.
"Yeah, pretty and fiery may be you," Xaver said softly, after a moment. "Really."
He smiled slightly, his own mind curiously following her thought pattern as he leaned back against a branch and dozed sightly, though he didn't follow what she was thinking about. He may have been curious, but intruding upon her mind was something he would never do. It was unlikely he would be able to do it, either. He respected her power.
He slumped slightly and set his injured arm comfortably across his chest, and let his eyes droop, absently yawning.

" 'Aver? Ginny?"
Kylie came up to the bottom of the tree, dressed in pink pants and shoes, an orange coat, and a black and brown cap with floppy sides that covered her ears, her solid black hair trailing down her back in long waves and ending it big, thick curls. Seated on the base of the neck of a unicorn, her arms were wrapped tightly about her small frame, her thick bronze mittens bulging with the effort to keep herself warm. Small scratches grazed her face, her bottom lip was split in the corner slightly, and a dark bruise was beginning to form on the edge of her fair cheek. Her eyes were red and silvery, her entire form trembled, and her aura was a mess.
"I gots up this morning and Xences hit my head with his mind. I fall down t' stairs.." she forced out, her words heavily accented and frightened.
She shifted slightly and peered up at her brother and Ginny, tears streaming down her face, shivering. Then, she fell still, an odd look on her little face.
" 'Aver, you're hurt!"

[Ginny Weasly]

"So are you, girlie." Ginny said softly, slipping out of the tree and landing beside Kyllie. She knelt to the little girl, putting her arms around her. Ginny hugged Kyllie tightly. She hated it when little kids got hurt. Now, even though she had never met Xences, she was angry at him. He had hurt an innocent child, and it made her very angry.

[Xaver]

"Don't you mind me. I am fine. Kylie.."
The unicorn stepped away from the three and left, as Xaver dropped immediately after Ginny, falling to one knee, wrapping one arm across his sister's back, gently running a hand through her hair, and the other arm, his injured arm, across Ginny's shoulders. He winced slightly at it, but quickly ignored it.
"Kylie, what happened?"

Kylie had buried her face in Ginny's shoulder and hugged her back just as tightly, so she had to shift to face her brother. She sighed slightly, and one of her mittens fell off, along with it, four or so empty candy wrappers. She shook her head and buried her face in Ginny's shoulder again, now, beginning to cry.

Xaver petted her hair for a moment, and then stiffened, fixing his calculating gaze on Ginny's eyes. He was silent for a moment, before he finally spoke again.
"Would you stay with Kylie for a little while? I must have a short word with my brother," he said quietly, a cold pulse of energy seeping from his words into the very forest floor.
Xaver stood.