Winter Wonderland -Elise-

[Natalie Daring]

Footsteps were left behind as young Natalie Daring pranced along the snow. Natalie was happy during this time of the year mostly because the earth on which almost everyone walks on is white, her favorite color. Snowflakes still fell everywhere. She didn't mind the cold one bit and she found it silly when people even did complain, after there was no reason to. It was the Slytherins that would get the reward for it though, especially her little sister, Elise. The smile she wore at Hogwarts never left her, she was an extremely cheerful person, she saw all the good sides to the snow.

Natalie wore a light blue cloak and yet it was worn so lose that her white turtle neck sweater was shown, her jeans and fur boots were covered with snow. Her was worn in two braids and almost seemed as if it was made of gold under the warm sun.

Finally she came to a stop at a tall fir tree and she went onto it's shade and leaned on the huge wood, resting. The girl sat down on her knees and began to draw little pictures on the snow with her wand. She smiled upon the art she made, she smiled upon everything, almost everything.

[Elise Daring]

Elise stomped down the castle steps and across the grounds, mumbling to herself all the while. Elise hated the cold, and hated snow, and hated wearing clothes that made her seem two sizes bigger. But she hated how crowded the common room was more. It amazed her that nearly every Slytherin was inside on a snowy weekend like today. Mostly everyone loved the snow and would have normally been outside enjoying the freezing weather, but not today. Not even the dorm room could save Elise from all the noise as two of her roommates were in there discussing their Yule Ball dresses. And she had no luck anywhere else in the castle.

'Why is no one out here?' she asked herself, looking around as she pulled her winter cloak tighter around her body. Suddenly she saw some movement over to her right. Elise turned and saw someone sitting under a tree. Curious to see who it was, she began walking to the tree. She had just recognized the figure of her older sister Natalie when she stepped on a twig. She thought of backing away, but knew it was too late. Instead she moved closer until she was standing a few feet away. "Hi," she said quietly, looking down at the pictures in the snow to avoid looking into her sister's eyes.

[Natalie Daring]

Natalie gasped at the sound of the twig snapping and stood up from the ground. Surprise hit her, what in the world was Elise doing here? Natalie sighed a little... "hi," she said in almost a whisper. She brushed off the snow from her clothes and stared at the snow as well. "Out of curiousity, what are you doing out her? It's.... surprising..."

Why did Natalie have to be the odd one out in the family? What would happen if she wasn't, would she be respected in her family? She wishes she could be close with Elise, she'd bet they would have a lot of fun if it wasn't for their house differences.Dumb houses, why did the founders have to create them?

OOC: sorry it's really short ^-^;;;;

[Elise Daring]

Elise crossed her arms over her chest. "Castle is kind of crowded today," she explained slowly. A little voice in the back of her head told her to turn around and head back to the warmth of the common room, but her legs weren't listening. Instead she stood there looking like an idiot, watching the snow. Elise hated awkward silences, especially when they involved Natalie. But she was used to it by now. She couldn't remember a time when the sisters had had a decent conversation.

"So," she said, glancing up into her sister's face now, to see if she looked even the slightest bit happy to see her. When she saw what she thought was a look of disappointment, she looked away again, suddenly a little sad. "How is ... everything?"

[[np, mine's not any better. lol.]]