In the Eye of the Beholder

It was a beautiful day or at least it was shaping up to being one. Hosa made her way down from the Ravenclaw tower not being able to stay up in the Tower for much longer. As a matter of fact she had only gone into the Tower to get at least an hours sleep before walking back down and out of the school altogether. The young fourteen year old really did hate being indoors. She would play nice and be indoors when the need arose for it but otherwise she was out wandering around the grounds of the castle. She could never get bored of what she found around the place. And when there wasn't much else to do she sat down on the lawns or by the lake and just vegged out it would seem until she felt that it was time to return to the land of the living.

Hosa made way towards the forbidden forest but stopped and took a small turn and found she was heading towards giggling. She tilted her head for a moment and came upon someone laying in the grass. She moved up closer to them and followed their eyes. They were looking at the clouds above. Clouds were interesting things. They tended to let you have your imagination run wild. What one saw in a cloud another might not see. It was amazing when two people saw the same thing without it having to be pointed out to them. The sun though it was shining was slowly being passed by a could large enough to make the world grow dark for a moment before the sun peeked out again. Hosa smiled at the scene and realized that the clouds were looking at little more like it was going to rain.

The young girl loved the rain. She could spend hours dancing around in it if people just let her. Then again people would call her a wild child after that. She sat down on the grass only a little ways from the other girl but made no sound really. She looked up towards the sky playing with some of the grass that was around her.

The young Ravenclaw loved being outside. She was not to fond of rain turning into hail or snow but she loved being out. The indoors just didn't suit her well apparently. Oh maybe it was because she thought things were just not safe in large groups of people who knew really. Even she had a hard time of figuring out most things. Hosa...Hosa...Hosa...Anyone in here other than me. Hosa shook her head at the sound of Lilith trying to get her attention. She'd apparently zoned out a bit watched the clouds in the sky move across it. She had the tendency to zone out so easily. It kept her from having to really deal with reality when she didn't want to deal with it. Yea Lilith I'm here now go back to sleep please. Its peaceful out here and I'm alright. She could hear Lilith huff at her in a slightly angry tone but it just caused her to shake her head again.

Moments later there was another voice entering her ears. She turned to the girl she had sat down next to and took a moment to focus on what the other had been saying. She gave a nodded hi as it took a bit for her to actually talk to other people. She was being offered a candy bar and being told a name so she pretty much had to talk at some point. "Thanks but no thanks I'm good. I'm Hosa." She was short and to the point in her speech but she did stutter just a little bit. She looked up as another cloud covered the sun. It seemed it was going to rain. She liked that idea and she never could understand why people didn't like the rain. She watched as the other girl took a bite of her candy bar.

"I'll be out here so long as it doesn't snow." That was all she really had to say. She was not good with conversation but at least this female didn't look like she really was going to do anything to her so she relaxed a little bit. She went back to looking at the sky then her eyes focused on the direction of the black lake. That was where she'd end up moving if it did rain. She always liked watching the rain drops hit the lake.

Hosa wasn't much of a talker in the first place. She just wasn't sure of anything. She talked when she needed too that was for sure but conversations and starting them were not something she did. She was always straight and to the point and stuttered a lot so she just didn't like doing it. She gave a nod when Kat said that it was good to meet her. She never knew why people said such things in the first place. Then again she knew how you were supposed to react to certain things she just couldn't bring herself to react like that most of the time. The next words out of Kat's mouth was about rain. A smile came to the young Ravenclaw's face. She loved the rain. But she gave a nod to Kat's words.

Hosa liked the silence and when the wind blew a little bit and Kat laughed she looked at the girl. Kat was sitting up now so the logical conclusion that Hosa could draw was that something brushed her to make her giggle. Hosa took the chance after to look around the two of them. Her paranoia only picking up just a little bit. She calmed down when she did realize that there was no one else around them. The air smelled of rain and she was almost caught of guard by a drop of water that passed her nose. She looked up at the sky a bright smile on her face as it started to sprinkle and then the rain drops started to come down a little heavier. She looked off towards the lake but decided to stay with Kat as it seemed that the other wasn't going to go inside either.

"Rain is a wonderful thing." She wasn't sure why she had opened her mouth. It might have been because the girl sitting next to her seemed to be looking at her. She looked back not even bothering to call a sweater to her. She hardly ever got sick by standing out in the rain for any period of time. Her hair blew a little in another gust of wind and she took a moment to brush the strands back into place. She was a bit of a mystery to everyone. They couldn't peg her for what house she belonged too even when she was in school robes. She moved a little closer to Kat feeling like she wasn't going to jump down her throat or anything. She had kept silent when Hosa was so maybe she wasn't a bad person to maybe get to know. Hosa didn't know many people here in the first place.

As the rain started to fall Hosa's hair began to change to pure white and her eyes to a brighter blue. The drops feel in such a rhythm that Hosa even slowed down her breathing and heart beat to match it. It was falling slowly and lightly. She got caught up in the sound of the rain drops on everything around her. From the tress to her own clothes and back again. She could vaguely from her stop see the water dropping into the lake. She was so enthralled by what was going on that she almost didn't notice the crack in the tree and Kat get tense. She only noticed because her perifrial vision picked up the slight movement as Kat grabbed her bag.

Hosa tilted her head to the side as she watched Kat put the bag back down. Something was definitely off with this girl and Hosa sorta wanted to help. She wasn't exactly sure why she wanted to help but she did. She moved just slightly closer and then the question came out of Kat's mouth. A question that for a moment caught the young Ravenclaw off guard. It had been the first time in a very long time that someone had asked her such a question. So long that she couldn't answer the question without actually having to think about it a little bit. She had always loved the rain so coming up with words to say why was just not exactly the easiest thing imaginable. And despite what others might think about studious Ravenclaws, they did have imaginations.

Hosa thought for another moment. "Are you okay?" She spoke slowly so as not to actually stutter to much. "I don't really have words to put to why I like the rain so much. Its just calming to me and it makes me forget." She wasn't sure if she's be asked a question about what it was that she wanted to forget. That would be even harder. She could remember when she was young and crying. Her mother would bring her out into the rain and she would stop. She would always bury her head in her mother's chest when the thunder hit but lightning never scared her. Even though that was the thing that could hurt you if you were in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

Rain always seemed to calm her mother down as well. You didn't exactly get all that much in their part of Texas either.

Hosa only nodded her head when Kat said that she was okay and just a bit jumpy. Hosa could understand that though she wasn't exactly jumpy where storms were concerned. No she was just paranoid in her own right. Lilith lay asleep inside of her because it had started raining and Hosa was safe in the rain. At least that's what Hosa had always thought. Nothing happened in the rain that she couldn't logically think herself through. There were never any episodes with Lilith taking completely over. There had been times when she had been scared that was no doubt but she could push though it on her own.

She was snapped back to reality with Kat's words about not liking the stuff that came with it. The young Raven smiled for a moment. "The thunder won't hurt you. Lightening will but you just have to stay out of its way." At least that's what Hosa had come to find out. She'd never been struck by lightening and thunder had never hurt her either. You just had to be careful when you were out in storms such as those. Lightening could set things around you on fire but you'd have time to make a run for it. If you could keep your head in that situation. Hosa was happy and she hadn't realized that her hair and eyes were changing. Half the time she didn't notice those things happening.

Hosa's mother had told her what she was when she was old enough to understand the words. The man that had had her after her mother had told her the same thing. She was a metamorphmagus and she could change her appearance or parts of it at will. She only control the change when she had been trying to make her mother feel better. Some changes just happened with her mood. So when Kat started talking about it the young girl tilted her head for a moment. "It probably just changed colors. The rain makes me happy and my hair does that sometimes." Her eyes went wide as Kat continued to ask qeustions about it and Hosa tried to keep up with all the questions and let them digest into her head.

"Its okay just slow down for a second and I'll try to answer them." Hosa giggled a little bit. Most people didn't have this sort of reaction to her changing her hair. However, she should have expected it as it was rare in their world anyways. She took a deep breath and smiled again before opening her mouth. "I'm a metamorphmagus. I can change my appearance at will if I want to but I've found that my mood changes it from time to time as well." She shifted a little bit to get more comfortable and so that she could look directly at Kat as she talked. "My hair goes pure white when I'm happy. I haven't the foggest idea why it choose that color." She giggled a little bit.

"I can make it whatever color I want if i'm controlling the changes. It doesn't hurt least I've not come across it every causing me any pain. And I've been able to do this since I was born." She stopped for a second and looked like she was thinking. That about answered all of Kat's questions that had been thrown at her. "Anything else?" She questioned Kat as she saw in the distance Lightening. She wanted to stay outside but she was sure that the thunder would cause the both of them to jump and it would be a good idea to head inside anyways. After all the weather was getting colder and the longer you stayed outside the more likely it was that you would get sick if you weren't careful. As she was speaking she stuttered a little less often because she was beginning to feel a little more comfortable with the other. And she was deliberately speaking slower so that she wouldn't stutter as much.

Hosa nodded her head as Kat confirmed what she had told her. A smile was on her face because this was a part of her that she didn't mind talking about. There were not many like her and she wondered sometimes why it was so rare. It was highly possible that her own child wouldn't get the trait. It skipped generations and sometimes you had a few generations that had at least one in the family. Really Hosa wasn't sure about everything that being a Metamophmagi involved but she knew that she could make her mom happy with it sometimes and she could in a sense help others because of it as well. "The rain is my calm. At least that's what my mom used to say." Her smile fadded as she mentioned her mom. She took a deep breath and looked towards the second strike of lightening. Yes it was about time that they went inside.

"I...Well that's a bit complicated. My parents that is. My mother it didn't even phase her. But my father...umm he wasn't there when i was born." That whole thing was just a bit of a complicated mess to say the least. She gave a nod to the comment about her hair changing alot when she was little. She heard the thunder moments later and she could feel it too. She looked at Kat as the other screamed. Hosa winced a bit and nearly went into panic mode herself when Kat grabbed onto her leg. However, it was mere moments after that Hosa was stroking the others girl's hair trying to sooth her like her mom used to do her. The sound rolling off the castled ceased and Kat crawled away to her back.

Hosa watched her for a moment and stood up and stared to walk but the thunder came again and Kat was back down on the ground. She bent down next to her for a moment and thought about conjuring something. Then she remembered a pair of earmuffs she had maybe that would help. She called them too her and placed them over Kat's hears saying softly before they fully covered her ears. "Maybe this will help while we make a run for it." Hosa held out her hand. She was acting a bit out of character here. She was not normally okay with people touching her and not many had actually seen her care for someone else. It was just the Hosa hated to see others cry.