The boy waved her off. "If I punished anyone, I'd 'ave ta punish meself too." He shook his head. "Nah, you don't gotta worry about me. I certainly 'aven't taken points off meself for doing things..."

"That makes me feel better." Roree grinned. Roree looked at Magnus inquisitively. "I hate to be rude, but are you a lycan?"

"What makes you ask that?" he said with wide eyes. He was used to people knowing but having someone he hadn't met ask caught him off guard.

Roree blushed deeply. "Oh, um. No reason. I am sorry." She squeaked. Her father was a werewolf, so the signs, to her, were obvious.

"I'm just curious that's all," he said realising he'd upset her. "I am, yes. I was just taken aback is all. Ain't no one's ever asked before."

"Oh, I am sorry. I did not mean to offend you if I did. My dad is a werewolf."

"Nah, you didn't offend me. Everyone 'ere pretty much knows." Then Roree said her father was a werewolf as well and Magnus' mouth was slightly agape. "Really? Woah, I only met a few adults at Saint Mungos... they came ta tell me what life was...er... gonna be like." He looked down and then flicked his eyes back to her--recovering. "Sorry for 'im. Its tough for sure. Do 'e take wolfsbane? I know not everyone does cos its crazy expensive."

Roree smiled. "It is tough, but yeah, he does take Wolfsbane. My dad was actually friends with Damocles." Roree paused and looked horrified. "I am sorry that was a really poor attempt at a joke."

The boy wasn't sure why she seemed so tense. He shrugged. "Usually me Dad or our auror friend Paul sit with me for the night. You know, make sure I'm comfortable and keep me company. Do... you know more?" He was very interested but thought maybe he should ask her something more about herself than werewolves...but what? "Er, you got pets? Like 'Ogwarts?"

"So do you not take the potion then?" Roree did not mind the conversation being about werewolves. They had always fascinated her. "I have an owl named Soleil and a Puffle named Mr. Puffington." She blushed.

"Oh I do. But I can't stay with the other werewolf 'ere cos she's a girl and me Dad refused to let me. So just ta make sure I'm okay and 'ave someone with me, one or both o them come up and watch over things--keep me company. The potion knocks me out but I don't normally sleep all night. They think its cos I'm so young or something... I don't know. I know recovering after the shifts is worse for adolescents than adults and it ain't easy for them."

"Oh, cute names." He smiled. "I got a cat named Kippers, and you see me bird 'ere, her name is Ginger. I got a llama at ome name Freddy."

"I could stay with you during the changing if you would like."

"That's very kind of you to offer," he said. "I'd've ta ask whoever came adultwise. But me girlfriend may like the extra company."

(( )) "Well hello there, Roree." Quickly after Niki said hello, Roree and Magnus seemed to be making good report so she turned back to Fade (). "Is it so uncommon that I can change my hair at will? I can make it shorter too, see?" [img align=left]https://sapi.subeta.net/shared/161002.png[/img]And with another wave of her hand over her head her hair was only shoulder length in back and her bangs were shorter! Just as she'd made this change she wished she hadn't because she now felt as though she were showing off.

Magnus saw Niki changing her hair length. Was she a metamorph too? He watched, trying not to stare but what his best friend could do was so rare to him, he'd never seen anyone else do it before.

With no one looking like they needed any medical attention, Fade plopped back into his comfy chair and turned his attention back to Niki. Although he felt like he was staring, and really he was. At first he had been quite sure she was using a spell to change her hair. One of his other friends was always changing hers that way. But when Niki shortened it with a wave of her hand, Fade’s heart jumped into his throat and he found it hard to form words. “Are you a metta?” He was leaning forward so much it looked like he would fall out of his chair. His sketchbook tumbled, forgotten, to the floor.

(( on my phone = lazy pings lol @/Raven@/Poppy@/Danie ))

Magnus was sooooo listening to this, he was equally curious.

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Niki's face turned super bright red and she quickly changed her hair back to the way it was, long and straight but still brown. She was a little confused by how excited the boys seemed to be by her ability. "A meta? Yes, I am.. is that not common? I wouldn't know, I've not been around magic that long...Only just discovered I could do this a few years ago. I just thought I was weird and then my momma explained that I had magic." She looked over at Roree hoping for some support.

"I can't do much else, really... I haven't really tried. Changing my hair is easy, I can change my eye color too.. and make my skin tone different. I tried to be taller a few times, but I couldn't seem to make it work. Oh, and I wear these glasses for fun. I don't actually need them, I just think they make me look clever."

Magnus' mouth was open. "Woah, wicked. Maybe you two can practice together?"

Niki smiled so largely at Magnus' suggestion. "Practice?! I would love that!! Wait, do you mean, Fade can do this too?" She felt her color in her cheeks returning to normal, though she was still extremely excited and so happy to find out she wasn't alone in this strange ability she has.