A break from the warm to the cold -open-

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Soft snowflakes drifted to the ground as Rose walked across the grounds to the Black Lake. Sure, it was terribly cold outside, but there was nothing better to do at the moment. It was afternoon, classes were done, and while Rose normally started on her homework right away, she didn't exactly have much to do. A small smile formed on her lips as she thought about how her Uncle Harry had often said that she reminded him alot of her mother when it came to school work. She liked that quite a bit.

Today though, there wasn't any reason why Rose could not just quickly do her homework later, it was easy after all. She only had to write an essay on the use of Arithmancy when it comes to people's names, and what the different numbers meant. That was one of her favorite classes, mostly because again, she was very much so like her mother and she enjoyed the brainwork behind it. Ya know, math. Rose once again couldn't help but smile, it made her happy to be like that. Although, she loved flying, which is something her mother had never gotten used to apaprently.

Rose pulled her jacket closer around her body as she neared the lake, a cold breeze picking up and blowing some of the newly fallen snow around in mini tornados on the ground. Her footsteps stopped a few feet away from the lake, half wondering if it was frozen enough to walk on yet. one of her favorite things to do int he winter was to skate, and she really missed it right then. She had spent so much time inside lately that Rose hadn't even thought about skating recently. She didn't dwell long on the thouguht though, instead, Rose lifted her face towards the sky and opened her mouth to stick her tongue out, waiting to catch a snowflake on it.

[Ariana Reyna Claire]

Ariana ran outside laughing, she'd wrapped Pikachu, her cat, up in a jacket and booties for her paws. They'd usually go outside when Ariana wanted to sing by herself. Pikachu, the egyptian cat of Ariana's, had been her mothers gift to her when they'd gone with her fathers parents. They did everything together. When you looked at them, you could see the strong bond between them.

Ariana set her cat down and looked around, not seeing Rose by the frozen lake. She spoke to her cat, "Alright Pikachu, I need you to tell me if this sounds okay."
The cat mewed in response.

"Kay, here goes.."

Are you listening?
Hear me talk,
Hear me sing.
Open up the door,
Easy less,
Easy more.

Noddin' your head,
Don't hear a word I said,
I can't communicate,
When you wait,
Don't relate.

I try to talk to you,
But you never even knew,
So what's it gonna be?
Tell me, can you hear me?

I'm so sick of it,
You're attention defficit,
Never listen, never listen.
I'm so sick of it
so I'll throw another fit,
Never listen, you never listen.

"How was that boy?" She asked.
"Mew" was her reply. She pet the animal's head and picked him back up. She turned around to see Rose and started to freak out.

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Rose stod still for quite awhile before a single snowflake landed on her tongue. She had forgotten just how long it could take to catch a snowflake, seeing as most melted as you exhaled and never reached your mouth. Winer was such a great season. It helf many different things to do for fun, just as all the seasons did really. Rose was so caught up in catching snowflakes on her tongue that she actually did not hear the crunching snow beneath feet coming closer.

It wasn't until she heard singing that Rose realized someone was there, and only feet from where Rose herself stood. Rose focussed on the girl as she sung a song, a small smile on her lips. Rose was a fairly good singer herself, but she only sang in places such as her dorm room when no one was around, or with her friends and family. She did not often sing at places like the lake, because she was quite shy about it.

Soon the girl who was singing came to the end of the song, and asked how it was. Rose heard a 'mew' in response, and realized that the girl was talking to a cat. However, within moments the girl realized that Rose was there, which Rose realized when she then heard the girl freaking out. "Whoa! Calm down," Rose said in the most calm voice that she could. Then she smiled "You are a great singer!"