Terrible Things (Mikael)

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

Mikael rubbed his chin, "Red hair, short, hazel eyes, you sure your not thinking of a Weasley? Joking, joking. Does she often falter between the two? Like she can't choose where she's from?" Now that he thought about it, he was sure he'd seen her many times in front of the fire doing what looked like a one-woman play. She really was loud, but she'd always laughed at herself when others thought she did something to make a foor of herself.

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"Ja, that's my sister," she sighed. "I see you've heard her monologue."

She really worried that her sister would get herself in trouble being so silly. She couldn't watch out for Marietta constantly, especially since they were in different Houses. For Gott's sake, Harper would be graduating in the next couple of years! She really worried that her sister would never grow up...

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"More like heard it and can tell you which part she's at if you recite it." Mikael shook his head laughing. "She has a lot of friends in the lower years. There aren't many above that but I always see her laughing with a lot of them. It would be nice if they conversed outside their group but they don't. It seems kind of exclusive."

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"Marietta's always been that way. She's very nice but kind of shy. It takes her a while to warm up to anyone," Harper explained.

Being suspicious of strangers had been pounded into their heads in the camp. Harper, who had worked as a spy all throughout her childhood, had always sort of shrugged it off. Her little sister hadn't, and she was still very cautious around new people. It was why, when Marietta requested that Harper teach her how to be an Animagus so that she could help with spying, Harper had refused. Marietta had the spirit but lacked the confidence required to be a spy.

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"Ah, well then it runs in that whole group, because they're all cautious, the first years don't understand why though.." Mikael shrugged. He didn't understand a lot of the kids younger than him. "But they do let in kids that are a bit brighter than most, and by bright I don't mean smart.." He shook his head, "One more thing, I won't be able to get you into the girls common room, that's all up to you."

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"If I know mein sister, and they're anything like her, they're not trying to be mean; they're just...reserving judgement on heir classmates," she mumbled.

Harper smiled at him wryly. She'd been told that it was one of the many quirks she'd picked up from her idolized mother; she didn't really agree, but she let people say what they wanted. She couldn't change their minds.

"I'll get into the dorms just fine," she reassured him. "Marietta will never disobey me."

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"Reserving judgement? What do you mean by that?" Mikael asked. He'd seen those kids walk around with Marietta at their center, "It's like she's their queen.. she might be doing it to prove something to you."

He didn't know anything about these girls and well, frankly he didn't know what to do half the time about most girls.

"Alright, if she does, your dad might blame you for her getting in trouble." he shrugged.

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"It's a nicer way of saying that Marietta can be a little snooty. Und I'm sure she's trying to prove something; I think she's mad at me for refusing to teach her how to be an Animagus," she explained.

Harper's smile widened a little at his suggestion. Oh, if he knew...

"Ah, we'll be fine. We always are," she shrugged.

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"Ah, well, I guess your sister really wants your attention huh?" Mikael smiled, "Why didn't you let her be an animagus? It's not like its a bad thing to be one."

He looked at Harper questioningly. His sister was just the same, but she wasn't as.. protective? I guess you'd say.

"What do you mean by that?" he asked.

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"It's not that I don't want her to be an Animagus, I just don't want her to commit to learning how only to drop it later because she saw something cooler that she wants to do. If she is to be an Animagus, then I want her to commit to it," she concluded.

She shifted the flowers in her arms a little to make sure that they didn't fall.

"Like I said, Vatti wasn't the same after Mutti died," she shrugged. "Etta und I take care of each other."

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"Well, maybe she wants you to teach her so she has the skill for when she needs it." Mikael shrugged, "I know that's what I'd use it for. There's no way she can't just drop it, after a bit isn't it drilled into your brain and you can't get rid of it?"

He had to think that through, what kind of family would leave the only children to take care of each other?

"Are you sure your family isn't part of an orphange? Because I'm sure normal dads don't leave their daughters to fend for themselves. A dad has to teach his girls that he'll shoot any man who hurts his girls. I know me dad has said that to me sisters and he told me brothers and I that if any one came near his girls to make sure we told him. He keeps his guns around back.." Mikael nodded. He'd started rambeling but he was giving an example, you're supposed to give those right?

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"I guess, und ja, it gets drilled into your head, but not if you give up half-way. Mein sister is famous for that. She doesn't want to do it anymore once it starts getting difficult, und then I've wasted mein time und here on tryin to teach her things she'll never have use for."

She sighed and looked down when he asked that question. Before her Mutti died, she would've been able to tell him that her dad did all of those things. That he sat up all night with her and Etta waiting for Mutti to get home. That he instructed guys to keep a ten foot radius clear around his girls. But her mutti died, and it had changed her vatti.

"Up until two years ago, he did that kind of thing. We were a pretty tight-knit family before Mutti died. When she passed, though, it broke something inside of Vatti. He just...wasn't the same person. Etta und I had to learn to take care of each other und Vatti because he couldn't. He just kind of drifts through life now like he's got nothing left to live for," she explained.

[Mikael Adrien Liven]

"Well..." Mikael didn't know what to say. This girl had an answer for everything! "Um... I don't know how to answer that.." he shrugged.

"Maybe it's because he loved her so much and life with out her wasn't something he could picture." he suggested. He knew he wouldn't be able to picture life with out Eliza, so he kind of understood her fathers sadness.

[Harper Adeliza Liven]

"It's not that I don't want mein sister to be independent," she sighed. "I just don't want her to get hurt. Mein sister und mein best friend are the only people I have left; I couldn't take losing them, too."

Especially after losing her mutti. She'd been very close to Eliza; it had killed her to bury her mother. She couldn't bury anyone else. That was why she had to make sure Jake and Etta stayed safe.

"I guess that must be it. It was hard to watch him break down, though; Vatti always seemed so strong."