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[niko]

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The following is a chronological list of the different threads that Niko has been in, divided into chapters that are usually defined by an event.

[niko]

{ FIRST CHAPTER

• MONOTONE - Harper Lawless - Note Thread
  A very boring lecture on the origins of cauldrons takes a turn for the better when Niko starts up a conversation via notes with a miss Harper Lawless, a girl who it turns out he's actually heard about before. They chat for a while and Niko earns himself a new nickname: Nikster?
  
  
• IT'S NEVER TOO LATE - Adrienne Moretti - Regular Thread
  - - Plagued by the nightmares that haven't trouble him for a while, Niko is restless and unable to sleep and so, needing a change of location, heads out to the common room, not counting on the fact that someone else has escaped to the same place for the same reasons.
  
  
• YOU DON'T NEED TO BOTHER - Autumn LaCroix - Regular Thread
  - - At the last moment, Niko changes his mind and decides to head down to the Valentine's Ball. How bad could it be, after all? But he definitely wasn't counting on running into Autumn. The girl who broke his heart and who he can't help but be a jerk around, that is. Turns out that there's still something there between them, albeit small, but it's enough to make Niko vow to himself that he's not going down without a fight.
  
  
• SOME TRUST - Brielle Snow - Regular Thread
  - - Heading out to the pitch to clear his head and try and figure things out, Niko is surprised by the arrival of a girl he's never met before. And a pretty one at that. He instantly feels some sort of connection and quickly learns that her name is Brielle and that she's never played Quidditch before and after they've chatted for a bit, he ends up giving her a bit of lesson before it's time to go back to the castle. But something about her has caught his eye in more ways than one and he doubts he'll be able to stop thinking about her anytime soon.
  
  
• JUST THAT KINDA DAY - Gabrielle Kennedy - Regular Thread
  - - Niko goes out to the pitch for some flying and runs into Gabby, who's doing a bunch of acrobatic tricks with her broom, something he finds fascinating, if not a bit risky. But the two friends chat and have a good time flying around and in the end, the perfect way to clear his head and get away from studying and all that for the afternoon.
  
  
• AGREE TO DISAGREE - Jazmine Rozanski - Note Thread
  - - Frustrated after the professor reprimands him on the way he argued with his partner on the last assignment, Niko passes a note to Rozanski, the partner, and some bickering ensues as the two try to one-up each other over and over and Niko wonders for the millionth time what he ever did to get on this girl's bad side. Then he remembers, of course. He's in Gryffindor.
  
  
• LIVE YOUR LIFE - Emily Danvers - Note Thread
  - - Niko gets a chance to catch up, through a series of notes in class, with his good friend, and the two chat about how things have been. Niko even goes as far to spill about what happened with Autumn, and Emily is able to give him so good advice. She, on the other hand, claims that no one has caught her eye recently.
  
  
• ALL AT ONCE - Brielle Snow - Regular Thread
  - - After realizing the previous day that Brielle's last class is in a classroom close to his own, Niko waits around for after school is finished, hoping that the two of them can go and hang out and enjoy the beautiful weather together - hoping to spend more time with her, really. Brielle seems only too pleased with this idea and the pair head out to the lawn, going down by the lake to soak in the sun and just talk.
  
  
• FOR YOU I'D WAIT - Lucy Murphy - Regular Thread
  - - Finding himself at the pitch again, Niko takes to flying around aimlessly, even as it starts to pour rain. He's completely lost in his brooding thoughts when he sees Lucy - or rather, almost smashes into her.
  
  
• I FEEL LIKE A MONSTER - Wes Carrington & Brielle Snow - Regular Thread
  - - Heading back to the Potions classroom to fetch the textbook he left behind, Niko is shocked to run into Brielle and Wes making out in the empty classroom. Of course, he reads the situation entirely wrong at first and that's made quite clear quickly. An embarrassed Brielle stutters over an explanation and then he's gone, trying to figure out how he could have judged someone so wrongly. In any case, it's a painful reminder that he really doesn't know Brielle at all.
  
  
• LOST IN CONFUSION - Ted Tonks - Note Thread
  - - Niko receives a note in class from his good friend, Ted, who seems a bit confused about the instructions for the potions they're supposed to be creating. Niko sets him straight and the two move on to discuss, what else, girls. Of course their exchange of advice is cut short when Ted's potion explodes all over him.
  

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{ SECOND CHAPTER

• SMOKE ON THE GROUND - Priscilla Pryce - Note Thread
  - - Niko can't help but send a note in the direction of the Slytherin girl listening to the talk of the Dark Arts with wide-eyed rapture. The girl - Priscilla, her name turns out to be - turns out to be interesting and not quite what he was bargaining for. The two exchange opinions on a wide variety of subjects - from wizard superiority values to muggle religions to Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. All's going well until Priscilla accidentally prods at a sensitive subject and Niko leaves the room as unwanted memories come bubbling over. He's surprised when she follows him outside and the two make awkward conversation for the few moments before the bell rings - but it's enough to further convince Niko that he wants to talk to her again.
  
  
• DRIVE ME CRAZY - Priscilla Pryce - Note Thread
  - - Apparently the best way to pretend that something never happened is to bring it up again. That seems to be the case as Niko finds himself yet another note in Priscilla's direction apologizing for acting so weird the last time they talked. He doesn't exactly offer up any new explanation but somehow the conversation progresses in a little game of give and take - Priscilla alternating between opening up and closing down to Niko's frustration. But to both their surprise, they end up talking about their own more personal issues... And left in the awkward aftermath of that, move on to discuss the weather.
  
  
• 17 FOREVER - Gryffindors* - Regular Thread
  - - It's the final Quidditch match of the year and emotions are running high. Gryffindor is in the lead, unstoppable in their efforts. Sirius, James, and Pierre have scored two goals each. Ethan and Niko are working great. Olivia is invincible.The team is coordinating so perfectly and then... the snitch is caught by Jacob Edwards! Gryffindor has won! The team and their house are elated and in high spirits as they head back up to the common room with one common thought: Party!
  
  ^{*Jacob Edwards, Pierre Scham, Ethan Cartier, Olivia Thompson, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans & Marlene McKinnon}
  
  
• AMONG THE CLOUDS - Lilura Liridon - Note Thread
  - - Niko sends a cheery note Lil's way, checking up on his best friend now that she's thankfully out of the hospital wing. The two chat about how things have been until Lil mentions some girl that didn't seem to like her but apparently thought that Niko was her boyfriend. After assuming that Xeno was. Some girl who's name was Priscilla. Niko isn't quite sure what to make of this and Lil says that their conversation was rather short. So they move on to other topics, as Niko tries to understand why Priscilla would care who he Lil was dating if she didn't even like her.
  
  
• CARRY OUT THOUGHTS OF A SMALL SCALE DESTRUCTION - Xenophilius Lovegood - Note Thread
  - - Niko makes it clear that just because he calmed down enough when they were visiting Lil so that they could be let back into the hospital wing, it doesn't mean that he's forgiven Xeno for being the one that got her hurt in the first place. The other boy doesn't seem to care much about his threats and the conversation quickly takes a turn as they argue about Xeno's ridiculous made-up creatures which he claims to see everywhere. Until Xeno mentions Niko having a "Slytherin on his heels", some "long-haired midget with huge glasses." One obvious guess to comes to mind but when Niko presses Xeno for a name he becomes stubborn and refuses to say. Class ends but Niko follows him out, pulling him over to the side of the hall to demand an answer. As Xeno pretends to be unable to breathe - cause yeah, a hard grin on someone's arm tends to have that effect - Niko realizes how ridiculous he's being by giving any credence to something out of Lovegood's mouth and leaves.
  
  
• ON MY OWN - Brielle Snow - Regular Thread
  - - After quite the bad day, Niko is planning on just going back to the common room after class when someone grabs him in the hallway - someone named Brielle Snow. Niko's still confused about everything and where the blame lies but he lets her say what she has to say and then apologizes, realizing that he was just looking for a reason to push her away. But he's not going to do that anymore - as weird as it is to feel so close to someone he barely knows, he wants Brielle in his life. But she's clearly torn and upset about something and so they head outside to the lawn where she can explain some more about Wes and well... everything.
  
  
• HOGSMEADE WEEKEND - Liliura Liridon, Priscilla Pryce & Others Not Involved - Regular Thread
  - - It's the last Hogsmeade visit of the year and Niko's meeting up with Lil to spend it together. The two friends are excited for the pleasant afternoon that surely lies ahead but then everything goes horribly wrong. Before the carriages can even reach Hogsmeade, black figures on broomsticks come sweeping in, attacking them and causing chaos. Niko and Lil try to run for safety amidst the destruction but before they can get away, Lil is put under the Imperius curse by one of the masked attackers and turns her wand on Niko, who is bewildered, not yet understanding what's happened. That's when Priscilla, who's seen Lil begin attacking Niko all of the sudden, steps in to help him out. Of course, her method of doing so is use the Cruciatus Curse on Lil. An unforgivable curse. And yet all Niko can do is thank her, stunned and torn between the fact that she just used such a curse on his best friend and the fact that Priscilla Pryce possibly saved his life. He says nothing as she obliterates Lil's memory of the incident, covering her traces, andwhen Lil disappears in the chaos, Niko can only pray that she'll get out safely as he runs back to the castle with Priscilla, feeling more and more confused about the night's events, certain that at the very least he's been drawn into a rather shady gray area of morality.
  

[niko]

{ THIRD CHAPTER

• CONTAGIOUS - Priscilla Pryce - Note Thread
  - - Niko decides to write to Priscilla to see how her summer is going, having not talked to her since the attack on Hogsmeade.