Stranger Things

-Past Thread-

Well, it was time to start off his 7th - and final - year of Hogwarts. He had to admit, he was nervous, but he knew he couldn't let it get to him now. Summer had been... Well, relatively uneventful and rather solitary. As he hadn't found himself spending time with people much, as people he knew graduated and suddenly seemed like they were too damn good for their friends besides their little cliques... He'd spent a great deal of time honing his dueling and flying. He had filed an application to train as an Auror upon graduation, and he knew now that his performance in school would be monitored carefully by the Aurors.

He just hoped that things would fare well.

Long blonde hair, brimming brown eyes, with a black leather jacket, pants, boots and a blue t-shirt, the tall young man walked through Diagon Alley on his own, searching for the book store... Balls, it'd been far too long. He should have done this earlier... Not so bloody close to school season. But he'd been so absorbed in his work that it had slipped his mind!

Cassiopeia had done her shopping for school few days ago but she realized awhile looking up her school staff that she had forgotten to buy one book and that's why she had went back to the Diagon Alley today. That day she had been hurry at the end, she needed to meet with her one friend.

Anyways now she was walking around Diagon Alley towards bookshop. Since was wearing jeans, shirt, jacket and sneakers there. Her hair was down, she barely was messing with her hair lately.

Awhile walking she sighed. She was so mad at herself that she had forgotten that one book back then. She tried now to find a book shop. She suddenly stopped and looked around the Diagon Alley. "Which way is that book shop now?" she asked from herself and looked around here. She needed to remember which way it was.

Josh probably should have - admittedly - gotten his books much sooner. But better late then never, right? He just needed to remember where the bookstore was... Oh, where in the blue hell was it? It'd been a year since...

Oh right!

He recognized a street here and there, that made things a bit easier. He would follow the way a bit, and seemed to recognize more and more. But as he walked through the crowds, he heard a woman talking to herself. Asking where the bookstore was!

"Uhh... It's that way" He spoke from beside her, without really thinking as he pointed in it's direction. She was talking to herself, sure, but it'd... Well, it'd just come out!

Cassiopeia was still looking around and tried to decided which way was book store until she heard someone saying something near her. She looked at the person, he wasn't very much older than her for sure. Male seemed even bit of familiar but she couldn't tell how right now.

"Oh okay, thanks," was only thing she could say when she realized that male said which way was the book store. She was really thankful for the help even if she wanted to figure it out herself.

She looked at the direction where male pointed. "Damn it then. I just came from that direction, so I must have missed the shop awhile walking towards here," she said and sighed.

"No problem" Was remarked back by the blonde as he would look for a way through the crowd to try and find the quickest way to the bookstore through them himself. He would look back at the woman, noting she seemed a bit familiar - maybe someone she ran into at the common room?

Regardless, he smiled and nodded, though was about to head off when she spoke again. He chuckled in turn. "Well, we can go together if you like" The blonde would offer. "And haven't I seen you before?"

Cassiopeia smiled at the boy in front of her. She still thought he familiar but couldn't tell how. She hoped she figures it out soon. She looked around her for few seconds. So she now knows she needs to go back where she came from and be more careful where she goes since earlier she missed the book shop.

"Sure we can go together, I won't mind company," she said with a small smile there now. "Are you in Gryffindor house, perhaps?" she asked there now something. She was sure she has him somewhere.

"I am, actually" He remarked with a light chuckle. "I assume you are as well then?" The blonde would inquire as he would begin to start off toward the bookstore, with her likely following after him.

"What year would you be in then?"

"Yes I'm from Gryffindor. So assume we have seen each other in common room since you seems so familiar," she said there now with a small smile. When boy began to walk towards the bookstore then she just followed him.

"I will be fifth year," she answered to the question. "You?"

"I'd assume so. Although it's hard to remember all the faces when I haven't spoken to them all. It's a shame I've missed one with your looks though, I've been missing out" The blonde with tease with a light chuckle as they walked, shooting her a cheeky little smile.

"Seventh."

Cassiopeia nodded her head. "Well yeah it is shame," she agreed with it there. She kept following the boy there. She wasn't anymore sure where that book shop was even if she has been here so many times.

"Oh so two years older," she said to herself more likely. "Oh I'm Cassiopeia," she decided finally say her own name there now.

Well, she certainly no sold that one. Oh well, he seemed to shrug it off with no problem. Different strokes for different folks, he supposed.

"Josh. A pleasure" He would respond politely, flashing her a smile before stopping in front of the bookstore.

"Well, here we are."

Cassiopeia is someone who is bad at flirting for sure and she barely recognizes when someone is doing it. She smiled there.

"Yes, it's pleasure to meet you too, Josh," she said back with a smile.

"Oh, thanks. I guess I would have wandered myself around for awhile until I would have found it," she said there something now.

Well, he didn't mind. Some people were just better at flirting then others, but he had simply taken it as being turned down. Nothing new, and it didn't hurt him one bit, so he didn't bring it up again. 

"I had a hard time finding it myself" He would admit with a light chuckle. "Only coming here once a year at a time doesn't really do my directional sense justice."

Cassiopeia smiled at the boy. "Yes I can agree with that when you come here once in year you get lost. I come here once in year too usually, sometimes twice if you forget something like today. I realized I need few more books for myself," she said and sighed a the end.

"Anyways let's go," she said and walked into the shop. She began to look for her own needed books now. She had no idea where they were.

"The sad part is, this happens to me every year" He would admit with a laugh. "I mean seriously, it's like every single time I come here once a year, it's like I forget everything about this place. Luckily this is my last school year, so this won't be happening anymore" He would remark, shaking his head, but seeming to take it in stride with a chuckle.

He would walk into the shop, trying to find the books he needed... Hmm... What were they again...?

"Yes Lucky you. For me it's after this two more years since I'm only fifth year student this year," she said there and sighed. She had two more years to get lost in Digon Alley awhile looking for needed shops.

She looked for her own books there, she wasn't sure where it was. She wasn't really familiar with this bookstore for sure. She sighed and kept looking around.

A laugh escaped him in turn. "Oh, they'll go by fast" He would remark. "They did for me, after all."

Eventually, he found what he was looking for, whispering "Accio" as he would bring them to him. Once they were bought, he would peer over toward her.

"Find everything alright?"

"Well, we will see," she said there with a small smile on that. She had no idea how fast her years will pass by for sure.

She heard someone saying Accio and sighed. Why she herself didn't think about it. Same time she did find her needed book.

"Yes, I'm fine. I did find what I was looking for," she said there with a smile and walked over the cashier basically. She needed buy for her book.

Accio was a basic spell, honestly he wasn't sure why he hadn't used it earlier. It was just so easy, really, and yet he would continuously forget from time to time. He needed to stop doing that.

"I found my shit, so I'm all good" He would remark with a light chuckle as he would buy his books and shove them in his bag. "Any career plans then? For when you're done at Hogwarts I mean."

Well, Cassiopeia actually knew that Accio spell but she did forget about it there right now. She couldn't always remember all these spells what were out there.

When books were bought she smiled for a second and the boy. "That's pretty good question. I'm really not sure. It's pretty hard to choose. My mother wants to me become healer but that doesn't seem to really for me," she said there and sighed. "What about you?" she asked back there now.

Eh, people forgot things here and there. It was perfectly normal, really. He couldn't remember them all either. He just used Accio often enough to know to use it here.

"Auror" He responded with a light smile as she asked about his career choice in turn. "Following in my father's footsteps on that one."

Cassiopeia just didn't use that much of spells out of the classroom. Even if she knew a lot of things.

"Oh that's also a good idea but probably not for me too," she said there with a small smile. "Well, my mother is healer and father works in ministry. Both want me to follow their footsteps. I'm only kid in my family. And I can't yet decide which way is to me," she said there and sighed.

As an aspiring Auror meanwhile, Josh knew that he had to use everything at his disposal. Especially in a situation. If he didn't then what was the use in taking all the time and the effort to learn?

"Well, all you can do is just go to school, see what's there, and pick what suits you, and what makes you happy" Josh would advise, shrugging casually in turn. "Nobody can choose for you, after all."