01-09-2011, 11:05 PM
Tali was slowly growing bored. All the first years had been sorted and everyone has had plenty of time to eat their fill, but Headmistress McGonnagal still hadn't addressed the students. Absentmindedly, Tali corrupted the flames atop the candles decorating the tables. Every other flame became a bright icy-blue and ceased melting the wax, instead solidifying it immediately.
She recognized many of the students sitting at the tables, especially the Slytherins, Holly in particular. Most of the Slytherins treated Tali like dirt because she's a Wisp, and the only one at that, and small for her age. It really shouldn't matter that she was as large as a ten-year old, but when combined with her abnormal intelligence and the fact that she skipped two grades, it made her an easy target. It also didn't help that most of their parents were Ministry workers, and the Ministry treated her the same way, making it pretty much a learned behavior. Tali didn't know why, but Holly didn't really treat her like the other Slytherins did. She supposed she should be grateful though, and went back to what she had been doing.
The flames, both icy-blue and orange departed from their homes and rose into the air. Both colors of flame combined into a long tail of fire with the same color, creating two tails of fire, one icy-blue, the other orange, that circled each other in an intricate and captivating dance. They appeared to be alive, moving so as to avoid collisions, and changing colors to the House colors. Shortly afterwards, they dropped down low and snaked their way among the students dining at the House tables, though they gave off no heat or cold. Hopefully they wouldn't get her in trouble. There weren't any rules against a Wisp using their powers, after all, though that was probably due to the fact that Tali was the only one in existence. She continued to manipulate the flames' artful dance, all the while wishing that Headmistress McGonnagal would give her speech and dismiss them.
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