Summer (2105) {Bray and Ash}

[Felicity Locke]

(Sooo..this is the summer after Fay's fifth year at Hogwarts. Just for Bray and Ash only (: )

Felicity brushed some hair from her eyes and let out a sigh. Her mother had left already for her little trip to Paris, and Fay was left home all alone. She couldn't help but admit it was a tad creepy to be the only witch in such a large house.

The Locke's house was made up of three stories (four if you counted Fay's room). The first floor included the kitchen, dining room and sitting room, and their grand staircase. There was a fireplace located in the sitting room, mostly used for floo powder transport. The second floor had Fay's practice room, where she usually practiced her drums and vocals. The room was soundproof, so no one outside could hear her. The other room on the second floor was the library, which held thousands, if not millions, of books. Christi had it installed special for her daughter.
The third floor was mostly bedrooms. The biggest one was obviously Christi's, and the rest were just guest rooms.

And the last room in the house was Fay's own room. 'Felicity's Loft' as her mother liked to call it. Here was where Fay usually did everything, and spent most of her time. The room just screamed Felicity, as it should. She had designed it herself after all. The ceiling had, what seemed like, the night sky. Her walls were painted a lightish blue, with black trim trailing around the room. There were posters tacked up on her wall, and her broom set to one side. Also, many of her drawings were adorned across the walls.

Felicity's closet was another room all in its own. She had a giant walk in closet, with separate sections for separate pieces of clothing, her mother's idea.

Fay sighed and flopped down onto her bed. From the hallway, a cat gave a muffled mew, and slid into her room. It hopped up on her bed and curled up on her stomach, letting out a soft purr. Another cat seemed to have come out of her closet. It also hopped onto her bed, but it curled up near her head. Before her mother had left, Felicity had finally given in to her wants. She bought two pets, both cats, to appease her mother. Plus, Fay just wanted some cats.

One cat, Shoot, was fully white, except for the brown patch around one eye and on the tip of his tail and had bright, auburn colored eyes. The other, Twist, was slightly smaller than the male, but certainly much more feminine. She had a dark grayish color, with a white muzzle, and white paws. And, several random white patches on her tail. Her eyes though, were a dusty type of blue, not exactly gray, but not exactly blue either.

Felicity gently stroked Shoot's head and stared up at her ceiling. Earlier in the summer, Fay had scribbled down her address and given it to both Bray and Ash. As far as she knew, neither of them had ever been over to her house. And, right now, she was hoping dearly that one --or both-- would show up.

"Twist dearest, what should we do today?"

[Bradyn Reed]

-At Bradyn's House-

Bradyn sighed and ignored the screaming coming from the hallway. He really wished that he was turning 17 this summer, instead of just 16. Then he could board up his door and use muffliato so his sisters wouldn't continue to bother him. The one summer Rose decides to come home, she just has to make it hell on poor May. 'Did you hear me May? I'm getting married. Last time I checked you were still single. Even Bradyn has a girlfriend. You must just be ugly, here let me help you!" And then May would get fired up and it took both him and his mother to restrain her. He still had a couple bruises on his side from where she elbowed him. Damn family. He needed to get away.

That's when the idea hit him and he stood up, yanking open his sock drawer and shifting around in it until he found the paper he was looking for. On it was written in neat swirly writing Felicity's address and he quickly memorized it, even though he'd be taking the Floo System. "Good, maybe I can get out for a while." Throwing random clothes into his sack, he threw it over his shoulder before leaving his room. "I'm going out, Mum! Just let 'em fight it out if they start it again!"

Then he scrawled a note down on a piece of paper, sending it along to Fay that said 'Ready or not, Here I come. - Bray.' He might as well give her a five minute warning incase she was 'indecent'. Plus, he had no idea where her Floo chimney would be.

Grabbing a fistful of floo powder, he quickly tossed it into his fireplace before jumping in and shouting. "Christi Locke Residence!" Which hopefully would take him to the right house.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

-Hogwarts Castle, Ravenclaw Boys Dormitory-

Ash sighed as he looked around the dormitory one last time. He couldn't believe he had allowed Fay and Bray talk him into spending the summer at Fay's house! As much as he hated his father, he loved France, and wished he could go there, but he had promised Fay he would stay with her. Making sure he had everything, including his notebook, sketchbook, guitar, music stand, and modeling photos, he stuffed everything into his bag, shrunk it, put it in his pocket; and walked over to the fireplace. Taking a small pinch of floo powder, he stepped into the fireplace, took a deep breath, dropped the powder, and called out loud and clear, "Christi Locke Residence!"

[Felicity Locke]

There was a small crack, and a house elf appeared in Felicity's room. She blinked and sat up a bit, but not too much as to unsettle twist who was curled up on her stomach. She leaned on one arm and grinned.

"Heya Tombi, have something important for me?"

The house else, Tombi, bowed to Felicity first, then straightened up and cleared his throat. There were two other house elves working at the Locke residence. Tombi was the first to join their little family, then Desen, and finally Thimba. Felicity was willing to release them all, but when asked, they just smiled at her and told her that they enjoyed working for the Lockes.

Tombi cleared his throat again. "Yes Miss Felicity. An owl just came through with this note. Shall I read it to you?"

Felicity shook her head and moved Twist from her stomach. She cradled the cat in her arms and walked over to the house elf. "No need, you can go back to what you were doing now. Thank you." Tombi bowed, then disappeared with another crack.

Fay looked down at the note and grinned. Bray was coming. Thank god! Another person to talk to, or do at least something with. Felicity turned and started to walk out of her room. Shoot jumped off of the bed and followed after.

The veela girl hopped down the stairs until she finally reached the first floor. She swerved off to her left and went into the sitting room. Felicity flopped herself down on the chair and rested Twist on her lap. The feline didn't seem to have stirred. Shoot jumped up onto the armrest and layed down on it, looking expectantly at the fireplace, with his tail twitching.

"Now be nice you two. And Shoot, no attacking Bray. He's not a real cat."

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn grunted when he finally made it to Fay's house... or at least, somebody's house. Walking out of the chimney, he sadly noted that he didn't have to bend down to get through. Perhaps it was just a really big chimney, or he was just really tiny.. still.

After brushing off his jeans, pulling his hat out of his pocket, and zipping up his hoodie again -- his chimney was a rough one, he lost a few hats in it before --, he finally noticed Fay sitting in the chair. He smiled at her, at least she seemed to be expecting him. Moose was the fastest owl in his family, and Bray didn't like to share him. "Hope the owl didn't bite you. He likes to give love nibbles." He said while laughing. It'd been a while since he saw her, and the last person from Hogwart who Bray had chilled with was El Rook.

But soon he got distracted and let out a little squeal. "Why didn't you tell me you had cats? I thought you hated them." Bray skipped over to the chair and picked the white one up off of the armchair. "Hello there, little guy! You're so cute." He said childishly as he cooed over the kitten that looked rather confused at him. Who knew if the cat could tell whether or not he was human.. or perhaps the stench of Rose's 'cologne' that she attacked him with was still on him.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash landed in a fireplace, brushing the soot off his jeans, he really hoped it was Fay's house he had just barged into! Looking up, he saw Fay and Bray, looks like it was Fay's house. "Hey guys." he greeted walking over to them. He sat down next to Bray, "Ooh, pretty kitties." The smaller one, the grey one, leaped into his arms. Ash laughed, "Well hello there pretty, what's your name?"

[Felicity Locke]

(( Heeeyyy Kris, I'm pretty sure you can't control Fay's cats xD Cause they're part of my characters orwhatever. And it'd get confusing after a while xD ))

Felicity blinked slightly as Bray stooped down to pick up Shoot. "Hey Bray I wouldn't-" But, it was too late. Shoot had started to hiss at the boy, and was batting at his face with his paws. It would probably hurt more if Shoot hadn't been declawed, but Christi demanded it so they wouldn't ruin the furnature.

Fay got up and picked up Shoot from Bray's arms. She cradled him with one arm, and blinked over to Ash, who had just came from the fireplace. "Well hello." Guess it was a party now then?

She set Shoot back down on the floor and he stayed near her, his fur standing on end still. Felicity sighed and rolled her eyes. "Shoot doesn't like other guys, or anyone else for that matter. Twist over there though loves anyone who pets her."

Felicity grinned again and stretched her arms above her head. "Want the grand tour now?"

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

(Whoops))

Ash grinned at Fay, "I can tell that! So, what do you have planned for the summer?"

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn frowned at the cat that obviously didn't take a liking to him. "Ah well, he'll learn to love me." He said with a frown. A cat that didn't like Bradyn Reed, was not a cat at all. Then he turned around and grinned at Ash. "Well, mr. emo pants! Were you guys going to have a date without me? Hmph, good thing I came." Bray lightly clapped Ash on the back before going back over to Fay.

"Ugh, a tour? That would involve walking. And your house is big. And I think I'd need a wheelchair." He said, shaking his head and frowning. It's not like Bray really had a choice to go on the tour or not, she'd just drag him around regardless of what he thought.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash gave Bray a playful glare and stuck out his tongue. "Yeah." he laughed, "I went straight for Lissie!" he joked, slinging his arm around Fay

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity bent down and picked up Shoot again, so he wouldn't try to attack Bray's leg or something. She ran her hand along his head softly, and he purred at her touch. "I think he thinks I'm just his, so he gets mad at anyone else near me." Felicity glanced down at Twist, who was currently mewing at her feet, wanting to be in her arms as well. "Except Twist. He's alright with her."

Fay reached down and held Twist in her other arm. She glanced over to Bray, and plopped Twist into his arms. "She'll like you. She doesn't get hissy like Shoot."

She grinned back over at Bray. "Tour time then!" Her gaze traveled for a moment to Ash's stuff. "Huh, well I'll have Thimba take it up there. She likes that kind of stuff. Thimba!" There was a crack, and Thimba appeared before Felicity. She grinned up at her, as eager as ever.

"Yes Miss Felicity?" The house elf glanced over to Fay's friends, gave them both a small bow, then turned back to Felicity. "Can you take Ash's stuff upstairs? He'll have the guestroom near the stairs." Thimba bowed again and quickly grabbed Ash's stuff. She disappeared quickly with another crack.

"Come on." Felicity led the way out of the sitting room and moved her friends toward the kitchen. "The kitchen's over here. Need anything, want anything, just open the cabinets and say what you want. Stuff appears soon after that."

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash laughed and allowed himself to dragged off. "Sorry Bray, but if I don't get out of tour time, neither do you!" he smirked, pulling Bray up, "Now come on!"

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn frowned and sighed. Apparently he was going to be dragged around the house on his feet. Oh the joy. "Fine, fine. But when you guys come to my house.." He paused a bit then frowned at the memory of his sisters constant spats. "I won't give you a tour, we'll stay outside."

As he stood, well was dragged up, he had a cat thrust at him. That made him much happier and he let out a little squeal. "Whoosa pwetty kitty? You are! Yes, yes, you are!" Bray coo'd as he petted the kitten and followed after Fay and Ash in their little tour thing that he didn't care about. It's not as if he'd get any real food here at a vegetarian's house.

"Geeze, Fay. How many house elves do you have?" He asked a little while after 'Thimba' disapperated.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash turned and stared at Bray as his friend cooed over a cat. "Bray, I love cats too. But that was just plain scary!"

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity paused for a moment, then opened one of the cabinets. Where there was once nothing, a cupcake now appeared. "Mm, cupcake." She turned back around and walked out of the kitchen, expecting her friends to follow. All the while, Fay munched happily on her cupcake.

Twist purred in Bray's arms and curled up tighter. Felicity glanced sidelong at Bray, one brow raised. "And you're totally sure you're not gay or something?" She looked over to Ash. "No offense."

Fay stroked Shoot thoughtfully, then started up the stairs. "We have three house elves. Tombi, Desen, and Thimba." She shrugged lightly. "They said that they like working for us, I've already offered them freedom."

Finally, the second floor! She turned back around to her friends. "This floor has my practice room, and the library. Which one do you wanna see first?"