Adrianna walked along with the group, laughing. "You guys are so self-conscious, seriously, this will all just be for fun... and I think dating violates the rules," she said with a sigh. "I wonder if girls can work on their costumes together... what do you think Ro?" she asked, turning to her friend. "And I think I might have a mask that will fit you... my parents sent a couple for decoration- but one might work for you!" she offered. She was quite excited for the dance, and the mystery of it all was quite exciting.

Ooc: I won't be able to get on tonight and all of tomorrow... try not to leave me too far behind!!

"Well, I don't know," said Rocio. She looked up thoughtfully. "I suppose it'd be alright if the girls knew who each other were. Just as long as none of us let slip who we were at the masquerade. Then that'd ruin the mystery of it all!" And that was the best part. You didn't know who'd you be with.

"A mask for me?" she asked. "Dri, that'd be great." She grinned at her. "I can't wait!"

"Well, I don't know if I'll recognize all of them. But I already know the sulky, brooding guy in the corner will be Derek," Rocio giggled.

Derek rolled his eyes at them but said nothing. It was best not to comment at this time. He knew the girls would probably gang up on him and he didn't need them getting on his case at the moment.

"It's those type of nights that last the longest though," Derek muttered.

"But that's why you teach the monkeys how to dance," replied Rocio. "It's fun, don't you think? All those insecure and shy guys will finally get the chance to learn to dance because they could never show their faces before."

"Yeah," said Rocio with a nod. "Meeting a nice guy would be nice. He should have a little edge to him. You know, like a quirk. I love learning about people's different quirks. It always makes them more interesting." She grinned at the thought as she pushed her long hair from her face.

Derek said nothing and just nodded. He still wasn't sure if he'd be going. If it wasn't mandatory then he probably would stay back in the common room. No one would notice he was missing anyway.

David grinned to himself before digging into his food. "Ahh, this is going to be interesting," he said to himself as he heard the mutterings of everyone around him.

Vanessa smiled to her brother, down a couple of seats, and looked and listened around, chuckling. "This will be great," she said.

"This ball will certainly prove to be amusing. The costume is going to be the hardest part of it all." Gabriel said nonchalantly poking the food on his plate with a fork while he thought. After a few moments, he came up with an idea an grinned. "well I think I've decided what I will be. I think. When exactly is this masquerade ball going to be starting?"

Gabe looked at Derek, a little bummed out that he wasn't excited about going. "Derek, man come on." He said quietly. "I'm not a big fan of dancing and large social events either, but think about it? Everyone is going to go. And by everyone I literally mean everyone. Do you really want to be in your common room alone for several hours? I really don't think the ball will be that bad. It might actually do you some good. You need to be a little more social. This could be your opportunity. Plus, no one will know who you are. You could at least give it a shot, then if you don't like it leave..." He put an arm around Dere's shoudler and looked at him. "so what do you say? Give it a shot?"

Gabe removed his arm from his shoulder and shrugged. "You're right, I don't I guess." He looked at him briefly before looking back to his plate. "You might as well not even bother going if you don't want to give it a shot. You're right, it's a waste of your time. So you go ahead and have fun in your common room by yourself." what was this kid's problem? Who would rather be alone than having fun?Shaking his head slightly, he looked at the rest of the group then back to his plate. "Right well, umm, yea. So I'm going to go for a bit of a walk. Anyone that wants to is welcome to join me."

Gabe stood up patting Derek on the back. "Don't worry about it. We shouldn't be forcing you to do something you don't want to do." He gave him a friendly smile and looked down at him motioning with his head towards the door. "Come on. Let's work on your social skills. Get you a little mentally prepared for what's going to be, at least to you, the most agonizing hours of your life." A small smirk appeared on his face and then he grinned. He didn't have any problems with him. Derek seemed like a good guy, just a little too shy for Gabe's taste. Maybe he just needed to talk to another guy, make him a little more comfortble. If he was willing to do it, Gabe would be more than happy to help.

"we'll see you guys later." Gabe said to the others as they walked out of the Great Hall. "Ok. So you said that you don't do well in the socializing area correct? Well you and I are going to hold a very lengthy converstion. I'm not exactly sure what about because I haven't thought that far ahead. But it will at least maybe, hopefully, make you comfortable with talking to someone. I don't think I'm terribly difficult to talk to."

Ginny grinned as she heard the headmaster. This will be fun! she thought. She didn't join in a conversation, but listened to the ones around her.

((Hey guys, I know that the starter isn't here, but I'm going to leave my profile and hope that I can start posting. If its okay with the majority of you, I'll post - if not, then I'll wait for the starter to come back. The plots amazing by the way.

Name: Scorpio Aurelius (“Golden”) Zunther
Nickname: Aurelius, Saz
Age: 17
Birthday: 2nd of November
House: Slytherin
Blood status: Pure blooded

Picture: Here.
Detailed Description: It is often said that Scorpio’s big brown/black eyes win him girls, while others say it is calm, sexy smile and the slightly powerful aura that he seems to have around him. His hair hangs in subtle waves to his shoulders, and while he doesn’t do much sport, apart from the occasional run around the Hogwarts grounds and Quidditch, he has a fairly toned body.

Background: Scorpio is the oldest child of seven, and the only one not to be a twin. One set of non-identical twins, aged 16, produced the only girl in the Zunther brood, and a boy, with two sets of identical twin brothers, now aged 14 and 12. Although being the oldest was tough when it came to helping babysit, he got to left first to go to Hogwarts, and experience everything first. However, their clothes were never shared (unless between the identical twins, in an attempt to confuse their poor parents, especially their mother), and they all got what they needed, and even more so, what they wanted.


Personality: Although Scorpio grew up getting everything he wanted, he didn’t become as much of a spoilt brat as he would of if he hadn’t had six younger siblings to contend with. Although his Mother was at home everyday, they were looked after with the aid of a nanny; who didn’t have any time for disobedience. So, even to the day, when he has work to do he will do it straight away. Although his makes him somewhat of a swot, it leaves him plenty of time to fly and play Quidditch, as well as get on with the ladies, or his lady if he is in a relationship. Many view him as a player, but if he is with someone, you will struggle to find someone more faithful. This comes from his background of a very stable relationship between his parents and grand-parents.
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"hmm what to start with?" Gabe said thoughtfully then shrugged. "hmm well let's see. I mean I know you, ut I don't know you know you. So I suppose a good place to start would be the basics. What do you like to do for fun."

Chad watched as Gabe and Derek walked off together. He turned to Rocio and Adrianna who had been talking about the ball and excused himself from their presence. The Ravenclaw then jogged over to where Gabe and Derek were and walked up to the two boys.

"So where are heading fellas?" Chad asked. Rubbing his hands together and grinning at the other two. "Mind you I've already been to the Library today."