Ryan smiled and sighed. "I see," he said, blinking. "You never know, though," he said, licking his lips absently.

ooc: Should we let the Cullens come now? Or would you rather wait?

"Yeah, I guess I'll never know...but I do know I don't plan to go back soon," Bella said.

ooc: it doesn't matter to me...

Ginny sighed as she laid down on the grass comfortably. Turning her head slightly on her arm, she looked at Bella. "So you won't ever go home?" She asked puzzled. Sure, the young redhead knew she had to move out sometime, she didn't want to be like Percy and Charlie who still lived at home but never seeing her family again? Ginny Weasley didn't know if she could stand not seeing her mother and father again, and yes, even her annoying older brothers.

ooc: We will, I suppose. I'll PM everyone explaining it. But we'll forward to December. That sounds like a good ending to a first have, don't you think?

December.

Bundled up in a scarf and regular uniform, Ryan Lucas began his way back to Hogwarts. He didn't need the clothes; the snow falling around him was basically evaporating around him. He ran quickly to the castle, shaking the water droplets off. He pulled off his robe and scarf, throwing them over the parcels for Christmas. He waited patiently on the others when he smelt a nasty, sickly-sweet smell. He growled. Vampires, he thought.

Jasper sniffed, smelling a mixture of sweet blood and nasty, foresty fur. He wrinkled his nose, watching the students pass him and his family. They were in disguise, having put on layers of clothing in the snow. He pulled the grey cap around his blonde hair and looked at his family, sighing heavily. Only for Edward.

Emmett, the person with the fewest articles of clothing, sighed and looked around at the magical beings. He laughed to himself, seeing one poor soul slipping in the snow.

Ginny shivered as she made her way down the pathway to the front entrance of Hogwarts. She had just finished Herbology class and was now leaving the greenhouses to go back to the Gryffindor common room. Staggering slightly when she hit an ice patch, she straightened herself, quietly thanking that she didn't actually fall onto the hard snowy icy pavement.

Chloe shivered as she made her way from the grounds and into the hallways of the school, intending on going up to the common room. Merlin she was freezing! Even in her robes, two Gryffindor scarves, gloves, and a red cap that was stuck over her wavy hairm she found a way to shiver.

She finally made it up to the Gryffindor common room, said the passward, and entered. There were a few students here and there, and found Bella, who seemed to be doing studing or homework of some sort. "Hey Bella. How are you doing?" she asked, hesitant, not wanting to bother the girl if she was busy studying.

Edward couldn't help scan the crouds of students for the familliar brown hair of Isabella Swan. What he wouldn't do to hear the sound of her heart beat again. She was so close, he could feel it, but he wasn't going to let her see him, not right away. He crossed his arms over his chest as his family continued to walk on. Edward had hardly realized the sickly smell of warewolf until he saw Jasper wrinkle his nose. He stiffened, then shook his head, frustrated. The wolves were everywhere, weren't they?

Hearing the thoughts of the Hogwarts students were inevitable, and luckily very few of them seemed to find anything curious about he and his family. He hoped that their disguise worked well. The last thing Edward wanted then, or ever, for that matter, was to be gawked at.

Ryan moaned, running into the Gryffindor Common Room. "Hey," he said to the two girls. "Have you two seen...Tori?" he asked as calmly as he could. He controled his shaking. He sat in a fluffy couch, biting his lip. Why were vampires here? He didn't understand. He was thinking about telling someone...but they would think that he was crazy.

Jasper looked calmly at his 'brothers' and 'sisters'. "Where do we go?" he whispered, knowing that they would hear him. He looked around for a sign that Bella Swan was really here, but he only saw a red-head slipping on a patch of ice. Should we ask around, he thought, or do we wait?

Emmett tightened his hold on his bag, which had a couple changes of clothes. Alice said they'd be staying for a while. He laughed lightly at Jasper, seeing him wrinkle his nose and doing that himself. Werewolves were everywhere, weren't they? They were plagued by their presence everywhere, and he was getting tired of it.

Hermione sighed as she looked up at Hogwarts, bundled up in a scarf, hat and gloves on top of her thick uniform. Making her way towards the castle carefully, she did her best not to slip and succeeded. Finally making it to the Gryffindor common room, she took off the hat, scarf and gloves and gave the Fat Lady the password before stepping inside in time to hear Ryan ask if anyone had seen Tori. She smiled at Bella, Chloe and Ryan before shaking her head. 'Sorry, Ryan,' she sat as she made her way to them, taking a seat near Bella.

Stretching her arms, she looked at the homework Bella was doing, before leaning back, knowing she'd finished it already.

Following the others, Rosalie brushed her perfect blonde hair off her shoulder and wrinkled her beautiful features in a fashion similar to her siblings. Werewolves. Ugh. Gripping her bag with tight hands, she shrugged at Jasper's words as she pulled the red coat she'd put on looser slightly and dropped her hands again.

Finally reaching the safe unslippery Gryffindor common room, she smiled as she noticed her fellow Gryffie's sitting in their usual spot. "Hey." She said plopping down in a squishy armchair. "How's it going?" Ginny asked as she unwound the scarf from her neck and gently pulled off her mittens.

Leaning back slightly, she sighed as she felt the warmth of the fireplace warm her. "It's cold out there." She commented as she wiggled her fingers to warm them up and to get the blood flowing.

Chloe nodded hello to Ryan, Hermione, and Ginny as they entered. At Ryan's question, she shook her head. "No, sorry. Can't say that I have, but I'm thinking of going to the Library a little later. If I go, and I see her, I'll tell her that you were looking for her, okay?" She shrugged, unsure of how to help Ryan just then, though, she did find something just a bit... off about the boy at the moment.

"I'm not sure. I don't see her out here, so, the castle, maybe?" Edward mumbled quietly to Jasper, his marble lips just barely moving as he spoke. Hearing Jasper's thoughts, he nodded once. "I think that we might want to ask around, but it's probably not best if she finds out about us right now." He sounded unsure of what to do, and that's exactly how he felt. "I think," Edward started, then sighed, and continued, "We should stay low for a day or so. If we find Bella, we can't let her know that it's us, for a while, at least."

Harry was just comming back from Quidditch practice. After a quick stop into the locker room to change he broke out in a fast jog, closer to a run, up to the castle. He saw a group of students that he didn't recognize as he passed; they seemed really pale. Abnormally pale. Oh well, he thought. They must just be really cold. He shrugged off the thought, too anxious to get into the warmth of the castle to think about them.

Panting slightly, Harry told the Fat Lady the password and entered the Common Room. "Merlin! It's cold out there!" Harry said, rubbing his hands together. "Hey guys! Be right back," he told his group of friends, "I have to go get something." He headed up the stairs to the boys dormatory to get his bag.

"Ah, homework time." Harry said as he came back down the stairs into the common room and settled himself in front of the fire next to Bella, "My favorite time of the day!" He took out his half-completed Care of Magical Creatures homework and a quill and set to work.

Ryan nodded to Chloe and the others. "Mind if I go with you, Chloe?" he asked her with a slight smile, raising his eyebrows.

Jasper nodded to Edward. "Everyone have their letters?" he asked, fishing out a tattered parchment that said they were Slytherins, whatever that was. He looked at his, seeing nothing but an intro letter and information about the school. He was sure Edward and Alice's, being the ones who asked the Headmaster if they could pose as students for a while, were a bit more detailed.

He wanted to ask Edward why they were laying low, but he figured, from Edward's emotions (which, of course, Jasper could feel himself) that he simply wanted to know if Bella was happy. He wasn't sure how they would 'lay low' but it was possible; they had done it before.

Emmett looked at his own letter, tracing the marks with his pale, long finger. He looked at Rosalie with a smile, knowing she had smelt the werewolves, too. Hopefully, they weren't in Slytherin, but you never know. It wouldn't be a total shocker if they were.

Chloe reached down into her messenger bag and took out a book. Almost as soon as she had opened to the page she had last left off on, she heard yet another familliar voice. She raised only her eyes hazel from the book, though she already knew who it was. "Hi Harry," she greeted him. Chloe returned Ryan's smile and nodded. "Yeah, sure," she said.

Edward nodded. "Right here," he said, reaching into his pocket and taking out his Hogwarts letter. He scanned the letter for what seemed like the hundreth time since getting the it. 'Hearing' Jasper and Emmett's confusion, he looked up and started explaining. "Okay, so, as you all know, we're in Slytherin, which is one of the four houses here at Hogwarts. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff are the other two," He said, glancing down at the letter in his pale hands. Though, Edward was sure that their letters already told him that much. "We'll be sleeping," Edward smiled crookedly and raised his brows at the word, then continured, "In the Slytherin common room, which is in the dungeons."

Other than what the letter had said, Edward was almost clueless about this new place. Though over a hundred years old, and having expericened high school more than enough times, he had no clue how to live in this wizard world. He looked to Jasper, Emmett, Rose, and Alice. "Do you think we should find the Headmaster first?" he asked them quietly, his lips moving only the slightest bit.

"Hello there, Chloe, " Harry replied to her greeting.
Harry raised his eyebrows skeptically at Ryan. "What's up?" he asked him. "Are you okay? You look a little...off."

Tori had her arm warmers on again, black and white stripes. This time of year, her newly white-blonde hair shown out strongly expecially with her neon pink streak through it. She managed to walk straight into a giant rock. Looking up it was just a guy. Sniffing lightly it wasn't a guy, but a vampire. All she could manage was a light 'Oh Crap' before she just gawked up at him.

Alice watched what happened with the girl closely, her arm linked with Jasper she watched closely. What would happen, all Alice knew was that this girl 1)knew Bella and knew where she was, and 2)was a werewolf.