How long has it been like that? Tag Claudia

Jackson had found a quiet section of corridor to read in, his wand skimming over the library book, a polite female voice reading softly. The history books actually got rather interesting when you got to the good parts, the parts for older students.

The second floor corridor seemed pretty inviting out of all of the places to venture to. Taking a break from all of her schoolwork, Claudia thought she would have one fun. She saw a boy with a history book. His wand was reading what was on the page to him very softly. He looked familiar but she couldn't place how she knew him. An idea suddenly came to mind. A harmless prank wouldn't do much to him. Claudia walked ever so slowly and carefully up to the boy that she could now see was in Hufflepuff. She pointed her wand at his book and whispered "Evanesco."

Jackson startled slightly as his wand quieted and the weight of the book vanished off his lap. He frowned and patted the ground around him. Had the book somehow fallen?

Claudia couldn't help but let out a slight giggle. It had been so long since she had last had as much fun as this. She was never one to pull pranks on someone but she felt the slight urge from watching the other students do it. She would wait a little bit before bringing the book back.

Jackson sat, befuddled. The book had just... disappeared. He heard giggling.
"Hello? Do you happen to know where my book went?" He asked the girl.

Claudia was surprised that she had been found out so quickly. She knew she wasn't good at pranks but she didn't want to be found out so quickly. He quickly brought her wand up and summoned the book back by whispering accio. She trued to make a quick getaway but failed by her lack of balance. She hoped he wouldn't be angry with her. Maybe he didn't even notice.

Suddenly the book was back in his lap. Jackson heard the scuff of trainers on stone and a soft 'oof' accompany cloth on stone as the girl fell to the floor. He put the book to the side and walked over to the girl, pulling his cane out and arcing it in front of him so he wouldn't step on her. His cane tapped her gently and he folded it and tucked it back in his pocket, holding out a hand to the girl and frowning.
"That wasn't nice."

Claudia's face flushed with embarrassment. She felt bad about getting caught. She took his extended hand and got to her feet, brushing off her robes in the process. "I-i'm sorry. I just wanted to have a little fun that all. I have never really pulled a prank before and it seemed like fun."

Jackson grinned. "It was a good first try. Just work on being quieter." It had the potential to be a good prank.

A huge grin formed on her face. She was glad that he wasn't mad.  He was actually giving her advice. Any other student would have been mad and cast a spell on her in an instant. "Thanks. I will try to work on that. My names Claudia by the way. I think we have had the pleasure of meeting before but it may have slipped my mind.

"We might've. I'm Jackson." He grinned. "That was a good first try at a prank, not too mean. If you could figure out how to make the book reappear like a metre away, and quicker, you could do it again and again and have the person slowly chase the book. And practice keeping quiet, that's tough." Jackson advised.

Claudia smiled. "Thanks for the advice. It can be hard because I'm not the quietest person there is. You seem to know a bit about pranking, are you good at it?"

"Not really. I only played a prank here at school once, and got caught. Me and a girl were throwing water balloons full of maple syrup off the astronomy tower, but hit a teacher and he came up and caught us in the act." Jackson shrugged. "I've had pranks pulled on me a a fair bit, though. Mostly my mates in the muggle world before I came to Hogwarts, some on summer holiday." He grinned.

Claudia smiled wide. "Sounds like fun. I have never been caught doing anything. Were they really mad?" She was very much interested in what he was saying.

"He wasn't really mad, not until I tried to use my blindness to get us out of it. Then I got two detentions instead of one." Jackson frowned, then grinned. It was worth it. "A vanishing book you probably wouldn't even get a lecture about, not unless you did it to a professor over and over."

Claudia let out a giggle.She had been laughing all day and it seemed to happen all the time. "Sorry for pulling the prank of you though. I just wanted to try it out for once." (My brain is going blank haha sorry)

"It's fine, it's fine." Jackson grinned. "You'll want to try it on someone who can see, too. Since I'm the only blind kid in school and you've already played it on me, so you can't get me again." He grinned. "If you do it when there's people around, they might not hear you laughing."

Claudia was surprised at how much advise he was giving her. She didn't expect this much help only a hint or two and she was grateful. No one would have voluntarily helped her figure out the art of pranking. "Thanks this could really help me out I will be sure to keep these tip in kind" she laughed at herself.

"Not a problem." Jackson headed back to the wall, walking along it until his cane tapped the library book. He picked it up and walked off, tossing a 'good luck' over his shoulder.

((thanks for the RP!))

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