`` CLOSE YOUR EYES, LOVE ; PIERCE

[pierce]

pierce is twenty years old. he went to school at durmstrang, but is now the professor of advanced transfiguration - when it comes to transfig, he's essentially a prodigy. he's a "recovering" alcoholic, and an animagus; a leopard. lots of scars littering his body, most of which are pretty small. great at his job, lives at hogwarts year-round.

pierce is not all that friendly, on a good day. however, he's very lovable once you get to know him. he's sarcastic, cynical, and rather dark. there's a wild side to him, the result of staying in his leopard form a bit longer than recommended, that creeps some people out, but if he notices, he doesn't comment. when it comes to teaching and communicating, he's nothing if not professional, and easily connects with people on a much deeper level than most would think him capable of. however, he's incredibly closed up about his past. you'd have to be extremely close to him and earn his unconditional trust even to learn a few of the minor details.

not gonna bother writing his entire history out again, but it's on his application. basically, he grew up as a death eater. his parents, who were actually very good-natured people, went to voldemort in the hopes that they could revive their still-born other son, pierce's twin. he was born in london but attended durmstrang at the insistance of the other death eaters. when he turned seventeen, his parents lied and said he had turned sixteen instead so that he wouldn't receive his death eaters' mark - even he believed them. he became an alcoholic for several months until he was cut off and told they were afraid it would interfere with his work.

throughout all of his schooling experience, he showed almost unbelievable skills in transfiguration. he began training for his animagus at age fifteen, the result of which is all sorts of scars. when he was a few months from turning eighteen - or, as far as he and the other death eaters knew, seventeen - his parents were publically beaten for messing up an assignment. it was at this point that he realized the true nature of what he was "signed up for." he still loved his parents though he was disgusted by them, but he knew there was no way to get them out as well. that night, while on watch duty, he apparated as far away as possible into a dense forest - he still doesn't know exactly where. he remained in his animagus form, making him impossible to track, for months and months, then traveled to mungo's and found out he had turned eighteen, not seventeen, while away. the death eaters, having disovered this as well, killed his parents for their treachery (he assumes this is the case, but has no way of knowing; they are, in fact, dead). he immediately went to hogwarts and, though they were doubtful of him because he was so young and blunt about his past, he was accepted as the adv. transfig teacher for his sheer skill.

pierce relates to his students easily. though he doesn't exactly offer friendship to everyone, he's not adverse to spending time to help out a student who needs it or wants to get ahead, and that can often develop into a friend status. he's not stingy about maintaining a professional relationship like most of the other teachers, mainly because he's so much younger than them all. however, even if you're a friend, in the classroom there is no special treatment; he's very adamant about this.

he's bound to have them. students who refused to take him seriously and were punished for it, or expected special treatment and didn't get it, or find his sarcastic side rude. also, those who find his general paranoia, too-quick-reflexes, heightened senses, and the way he always seems to be watching/aware of everything going on around him - all the result of his time spent in the wild - creepy or suspicious. he doesn't play favorites in terms of house, but i'm sure there'll be students from an opposing house that're pissed off that he's close with a member of another. even guys that're annoyed at all of the attention he receives from the female students. pretty much any reason under the sun.

since there're almost no other staff members, obviously in terms of lovers i have to resort to student-teacher relationships; not that there's anything wrong with that. like i said earlier, pierce has absolutely no problem spending afterschool hours with students. however, if you want him as a friend with benefits, you'll have to prove your trustworthiness first. there's a mutual understanding that you do not, under any circumstances, inform the other staff members of the arrangement, and any fellow students you tell have to be sworn to secrecy as well. as for finals, i'm not at all unwilling to name one, but it'll have to be one hell of an amazing plot. i love him too much to settle for anything less.

anyone else who fits. he's an only child, but cousins and whatnot are open. even fellow death eaters that attended hogwarts instead of durmstrang. they would, no doubt, know about him and know his name, as he didn't change it when he took up the teaching job. he doesn't really care. in hogwarts, he's safe from and attempts voldemort might make to either get him back or kill him. whether or not you want them to be his enemy is up to you; they could just be acquaintences, obviously some dislike going on. fellow staff members would probably fit in this category as well.

none yet.

[iDorcy]

Ooookay, I'm not on my computer so am doing this with basics, may jazz it up when I get abchance at home.

Peter - wouldn't go near Pierce, he'd be way too scared, even though Peter is quite good at transfiguring himself he's not that great on other things not to mention he'd never get into adv. trig.

Rita - ohh! She needs to learn to become an animagi from somewhere. I can't see her and Pierce getting on just yet as she's a fifth year and wouldn't be in his class, but maybe at the begining of next term she can start adv. trig, drool a little at the sight of him, and he could eventually give her some tips on becoming an animagi, all the while reminding her she'd have to register if she was going to do it, though maybe not too much? lol

Dorcas - Dorcas would take adv. trig. me thinks, ahhhh, how I would love there to be a student-teacher thing going on with these two but I don't think it would work, Dorcas has a few morals bless her, not many but sleeping with a Professor is a sort of no in her books, she wants honest grades and if anyone were ever to find out, she'd be mortified if someone thought that was the reason she gets good grades in adv. trig. After the cbox, I think Dorcas likes Pierce but is a bit held back around him when speaking with him directly with no one else around or if he were to ask her any sorts of questions, mainly because he is so hot and she would totally want to sleep with him but she knows she has to restrain herself. She's just not her entire self around him if that makes any sort of sense. Am at work, tis nearly 1am and I should be sleeping so I may also be rambling as well as not making any sense. Let me know if you get what I'm saying or if I seriously need to re-word everything lol

[pierce]

pierce&peter

agreed, haha. pierce might be a little annoyed about it but wouldn't hold it against him; he knows how scary he is. he'd probably take his fear into account and steer clear of him as best he could in the hallways and at events and such, and if they were forced to communicate, he'd keep it short and to the point (which would probably only serve to scare him more xD).

pierce&rita

i could see it. there'd be a lot of irony there. xD pierce had such a terrible experience, himself, he'd definitely be a great person to go to for advice on how to make it easier. he'd definitely remind her all about registering, of course, but secretly he'd find it amusing and maybe let it go after a while; after all, he's certainly not registered! i don't know if he'd tell her all about his own circumstances, but she might know that he's a leopard, and maybe after she'd started to learn he'd demonstrate once or twice for her.

pierce&dorcas

steamy! xD it makes sense, don't worry. i could see a mutual attraction between the two, but they wouldn't sleep together; pierce would be pretty understanding of her situation. he'd never force himself on anyone. maybe a few stolen kisses here and there when we want to spike up some drama, but otherwise leave it as professional inside the classroom and awkward outside of it?

[Lena Marie Becket]

we already plotted these two out but i figured i should post in here anyway. Pierce is like an older bother to Lena and they get along great. She doesnt care a lick about his attitude, she finds it amusing and knows he's really not as back as he seems. His past is a mystery to her but she would never push for information, not willing to share her own history with anyone.

[Amos Patroclus Diggory]

AMOS; Though I love him, I doubt he would get into advanced Transfiguration somehow, he's a simple soul bless him. Perhaps he would have annoyed Pierce by trying to get extra points in Transfiguration or something because he was always too busy playing Quidditch, and I doubt Pierce would have taken kindly to him thinking sports were more important? I think he would have flunked out of the class after OWL's fo' sho. xD

TANITH; I always imagined Transfiguration would be one of Tan's favourite classes so I think she'd be reasonably good at it. She's a bit of a nerd and takes her studies pretty seriously, I'm a bit braindead for plottage tonight but idk, I think she might fancy Pierce secretly and try to impressive him with some sick Transfiguration skills~, but obviously be too awkward to really open her mouth in class, haha.

[pierce]

pierce&lena

yep, already all arranged. they're fairly secretive with each other still, but it doesn't matter because they get along well enough to not care about each other's past. the brother-sister complex thing.

pierce&amos

well, pierce is the advanced transfig professor, so i don't see how they'd know each other unless he did get into that class, haha. he might've heard rumors and such and be annoyed about it, but i don't know when they'd see each other if he wasn't in his class, unless he wanted extra help while mcgonagall was busy or something.

pierce&tanith

i could see it. having been so good at it himself even in his schooling years, he'd be somewhat impressed with her ability and compliment her on it. since she's shy, their relationship would be kind of awkward but cute; a teacher-student basis only, but cute just the same.

[Sirius Black!]

Sirius & Pierce

I could imagine them actually getting along, and somehow actually hanging out outside of Hogwarts - like Sirius going into Hogsmeade and seeing Pierce there, and instead of Pierce getting Sirius in trouble, the two actually hang out. I could imagine them perhaps even being bad influences on each other sort of thing, do you know what I mean? I think maybe Sirius might have not liked Pierce originally and was a smart mouth in his class, but then the whole incident in Hogsmeade changed his mind. Being one of the youngest Animagi ever, Sirius is obviously talented in Transfiguration, and therefore wouldn't require special attention. You know what I mean?

Annelise & Pierce

I couldn't really imagine anything more than a student/teacher relationship between these two. However, Annelise's brother did just die (killed by Greyback on Voldemort's orders) so I could imagine him trying to help her out with it. However, I could imagine Annelise being sort of creeped out by him because although she people-watches on a regular basis, she's not used to the kind of stare that he gives.

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[pierce]

pierce&sirius

definitely, and there's even more that they could relate with. sirius is actually the same age pierce was when he became an animagi, though pierce's experience was undoubtedly less pleasant. also, pierce is very close to lena, so he'd know sirius through that whole fiasco. i could see a bit of mutual dislike at first (though pierce would still be very fair in the classroom), but pierce is no snitch - he wouldn't tell on sirius unless he was given reason to.

pierce&annelise

hmm, that'd make for a very interesting situation; two years prior to now, pierce might even have been the one to take out her brother. she wouldn't know that, of course, because no one but the staff knows about his history, but it'd add some irony to it. he would probably be at a loss, for the most part, on how to comfort her, but he'd do the best he could. her being creeped out by him isn't surprising; his all-knowing aura is pretty freaky.

[iDorcy]

That sounds good to me!

[alecto mileena carrow]

Well, let's introduce ourselves, shall we? Lecto's a seventh year Slytherin, parents are all into the Death Eather kind of thing, so evidently, she herself doesn't really like people outside her own house. I was thinking that maybe they could have something going on, probably only on a sexual level, since her morals are very low. Might Pierce as a future crush for her, but we'd have to play it out to see how far it goes, because she doesn't trust people easily, and she swore never to fall in love ...

[severus snape]

Well, I am certain that Severus will be aware of "Professor Masters", however, i doubt they have any kind of rapport, or if they do, it is unlikely to be substantial because of Severus' general behaviour around authority figures, and the fact that he has no particular talent or ability in Transfiguration, though he still achieves good marks due to hard work and information absorption. Unsure as to whether or not he'd be taking Advanced or planning to after OWLs.

Ed Stenwick on the other hand if he is taking the elective, is likely to be one of the banes of Damien's life. He's unlikely to be doing homework on time if at all, and most likely spends most of the class asking inappropriate questions.

[pierce]

pierce&lecto

definitely. it'd be that much more interesting, too, since he's an ex-death eater. their relationship would probably be super tense, neither would exactly trust the other, but i could see them being sexually involved anyway, and then we'd see what happened.

pierce&severus

sounds about right to me. i doubt they'd really know each other unless he did, in fact, end up taking pierce's class, and even then i couldn't see them being terribly involved with one another.

pierce&ed

haha, i don't think they'd get along terribly well, then. if he did take it, pierce would probably be pretty hard on him; he has no tolerance for slackers. he would probably, for the most part, completely ignore him and his questions, and if it came down to it he'd assign detention or kick him out. he's definitely "that one cool teacher," but even he has his limits.

[Deleted]

well i'm not sure for ella and pierce. so i'll give you different scenarios and you can pick? for friends, well, i'm not really sure what they'd be friendly about. ella's dad was an abusive alcoholic, and she hates/is afraid of death eaters. she's kind of like him with the whole paranoia thing, but i'm not sure if they could bond over that. for enemies, well, we can always dish up anything there. maybe he did something that she thinks is unfair and she hates him for it? idk. for lovers, he would have to be the one to seduce her. she's not the type to try to get with a guy, especially her professor. so yeah, your choice XD

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[pierce]

pierce&ella

hmm. all of those sounds equally interesting, haha. pierce is a hard guy to make friends with, so if she would be equally wary of him, i doubt they could really manage it. however, she wouldn't know anything about his alcoholism or his past unless he told her, which he wouldn't, so i don't think that would pose a barrier between them. we'd probably have to come up with a plot to work it. for enemies, it'd have to be a better reason, i think. pierce does everything he can to be fair, so that wouldn't make sense, and he wouldn't consider her an enemy for so foolish a reason so if that was what we went with, it'd be one-sided. as for lovers, he might seduce her but only if she hinted at it first. he wouldn't just decide she was pretty and go after her; he's not that kind of guy. what do you think?