Grigory walked into the already bustling dinner hall, kids chatting and shouting and running around. It was chaos in a confined space. He couldn't help but feel the resemblance of it all to Harry Potter. A school full of weirdos, a big food hall, dorms. All it needed was griffendor, hufflepuff, slitherin and the one nobody remembers and the image would be complete. He supposed that at least it didn't have broomsticks and wizard hats. He found an empty spot at a table and sat down, the people beside him shifted slightly, mumbling to the people after them to just 'budge up a little'. Grigory tended to have this effect on people. Nobody wanted to talk to the guy who looked like he wasn't interested in anything you had or could say. His headache had almost subsided by now, he folded his arms, hooking a leg under the chair and leaning back to look around the room. He couldn't see Seb anywhere but he knew. He knew that little guy was only a stone's throw away from.....
'Hi Grigory....can I call you Greg instead?'
Before he even had time to react Seb had sat down, almost on top of Grigory, shoving him aside slightly. Grigory rested a palm against his face, running it down.
'Hi Seb. Managed to find me huh?'
His voice was obviously toned by sarcasm and a lack of enthusiasm, but Seb didn't seem to notice.
'Yep, you're not hard to find. I just looked for the person sitting on their own.'
Grigory's eyes widened and he half thought of punching the kid, but he turned around and realised that he wasn't lying. Almost everybody else was talking between themselves, laughing and joking. He looked at the people around him. Even they were all talking, the two people who'd moved away were even talking around him. He felt justified in his feelings towards others, he calmed down and turned to Seb, resting an elbow on the table and leaning his head on his hand.
'Managed to find your room then I'm guessing?'
Seb nodded, carelessly lifting his bag onto the table, bumping it into the guy next to him. They turned around with an angry look as if about to start something but as the met Grigory's gaze they decided against it, their bravado crumbling immediately. Grigory looked back at Seb who was half engulfed in his bag, rummaging around the bottom for something. He watched him for a while with a raised eyebrow.
'What the hell are you doing Seb?'
Seb emerged from the satchel bag, clasping a small camera in his hand triumphantly. There was a wide eyed look of joy plastered across his face as if he'd just climbed a mountain.
'Got it!'
Before Grigory could even ask what he was doing there was a bright flash directly into his eyes, dazzling him momentarily. He clutched his eyes and resisted the urge to swear.
'What the hell!!'
His vision cleared and he looked back at Seb who was cranking it along to the next exposure.
'Sorry. Pressed it by mistake.'
Before Grigory could say anything, Seb had aimed the camera and pressed the button. Click, another flash dazzled Grigory.
'Aaaaah...'
Seb just smiled as Grigory, now certain he'd been almost surely blinded forever clutched his eyes, waiting for his sight to return. When it did, the camera had gone, he looked around suspisciously. Seb just sat there smiling.
'My mom said to send back pictures of all my friends and what I get up to.'
Grigory mumbled quietly to himself 'that must be a pretty empty camera then' before sighing. He wondered how long his patience would last with this kid but he felt sorry for the guy. No power, no skills, no abilities. He was like part of a maze with a rat searching for cheese. Grigory thought into it more, he was certain if anything Seb was the cheese.
'You're the first picture I'm going to send back. I'm going to tell them all about you cos you're such a nice guy and you're my friend. They'll be so happy.'
Grigory's stomach twisted slightly at the thought of him being described as a friend to this kid. He didn't like it one bit, he pondered how to destroy the camera without Seb knowing. He failed to think of the means as the image of Seb's over cheerful face emerged to blind any bad thoughts. He turned back to the table, holding his head in his hands and just waited for dinner as Seb whittered away about this, that and the other.
'Hi Grigory....can I call you Greg instead?'
Before he even had time to react Seb had sat down, almost on top of Grigory, shoving him aside slightly. Grigory rested a palm against his face, running it down.
'Hi Seb. Managed to find me huh?'
His voice was obviously toned by sarcasm and a lack of enthusiasm, but Seb didn't seem to notice.
'Yep, you're not hard to find. I just looked for the person sitting on their own.'
Grigory's eyes widened and he half thought of punching the kid, but he turned around and realised that he wasn't lying. Almost everybody else was talking between themselves, laughing and joking. He looked at the people around him. Even they were all talking, the two people who'd moved away were even talking around him. He felt justified in his feelings towards others, he calmed down and turned to Seb, resting an elbow on the table and leaning his head on his hand.
'Managed to find your room then I'm guessing?'
Seb nodded, carelessly lifting his bag onto the table, bumping it into the guy next to him. They turned around with an angry look as if about to start something but as the met Grigory's gaze they decided against it, their bravado crumbling immediately. Grigory looked back at Seb who was half engulfed in his bag, rummaging around the bottom for something. He watched him for a while with a raised eyebrow.
'What the hell are you doing Seb?'
Seb emerged from the satchel bag, clasping a small camera in his hand triumphantly. There was a wide eyed look of joy plastered across his face as if he'd just climbed a mountain.
'Got it!'
Before Grigory could even ask what he was doing there was a bright flash directly into his eyes, dazzling him momentarily. He clutched his eyes and resisted the urge to swear.
'What the hell!!'
His vision cleared and he looked back at Seb who was cranking it along to the next exposure.
'Sorry. Pressed it by mistake.'
Before Grigory could say anything, Seb had aimed the camera and pressed the button. Click, another flash dazzled Grigory.
'Aaaaah...'
Seb just smiled as Grigory, now certain he'd been almost surely blinded forever clutched his eyes, waiting for his sight to return. When it did, the camera had gone, he looked around suspisciously. Seb just sat there smiling.
'My mom said to send back pictures of all my friends and what I get up to.'
Grigory mumbled quietly to himself 'that must be a pretty empty camera then' before sighing. He wondered how long his patience would last with this kid but he felt sorry for the guy. No power, no skills, no abilities. He was like part of a maze with a rat searching for cheese. Grigory thought into it more, he was certain if anything Seb was the cheese.
'You're the first picture I'm going to send back. I'm going to tell them all about you cos you're such a nice guy and you're my friend. They'll be so happy.'
Grigory's stomach twisted slightly at the thought of him being described as a friend to this kid. He didn't like it one bit, he pondered how to destroy the camera without Seb knowing. He failed to think of the means as the image of Seb's over cheerful face emerged to blind any bad thoughts. He turned back to the table, holding his head in his hands and just waited for dinner as Seb whittered away about this, that and the other.