Natasha was hugged by a very excited Ophelia, but before she could return the gesture, the woman had bounced off towards another area of the classroom. She blinked for a moment at the blonde woman's back before turning back to the Forrester.

She wanted to push him down the trap door, or ask him what he was doing at Hogwarts, but once again, she smiled.

"Tea is lovely." She said, shooting a superior look to Bucky, who was once again complaining loudly about her favourite drink. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to be a good hostess."

The enchanted teapot poured a steaming cup of tea for the man as Natasha walked to the centre of the room, "Good evening, everybody, and thank you for coming all the way up here. We'll wait a little longer before we begin tonight's activities, in the meantime, enjoy the tea and biscuits I've set out for you."

Shoving herself into a lovely cushion right beside a young man, Ophelia flicked her hair over her shoulder as Rabbit decided that he fancied sitting on her head instead. "You alright there kiddo?" She asked in a happy way, blue eyes sparkling.

"Oh bless!" Professor Maline excalimed, draping a friendly arm around the young girls shoulder, "I think you ought to take things slow from now on, it's not like you have any exams just yet to cram for. Have some fun, or if you've trouble sleeping, i always find a nice warm bath makes me sleepy." She advised, as the girl sipped at some tea, poor dear.

Rae came to the Tarot party wearing a festive new set of robes complete with stars and the moon. The girls were tucked in and sleeping, and she was ready to relax for a little while. Seating herself on a pouf, she contented herself to watch people for a while. Hopefully, she'd get a turn soon enough.

Ari had been sitting there on her soft cushion when she felt something moving around in her pocket. Frowning she peeked inside and saw Ginger. "What are you doing in here?" she asked her kitten softly, hoping the professor didnt mind an animal in the room, but then sighed as she say professor Maline with hers. Ginger poked her head out of her pocket and looked around, her ears perking upat the noice.

Making sure Ginger was still inside her pocket she sipped her tea and felt herself relax, wondering what they would be doingg that night, and secretly hoping Ginger wouldn't dash out of her pocket and run off again.

"Mmmm, thanks," Jenna said sleepily. "I was reading this book all night. It's so great that I can't put it down....but now I can't read it because my vision's blurred," she said with a laugh.

Miranda saw a girl that looked about her age not far away. She looked a bit lonely. Miranda was looking for someone to talk to anyway, so she moved over next to her and asked, "Mind if I join you, you seem a bit lonely." She smiled in a friendly way.

Professor Forrester's golden brown eyes met with a pair of green eyes across the room. He saw her, but he didn't care. He nodded as Natasha left him to play hostess, and accepted the tea from the pot. Taking a sip, he looked around the room at the odd assortment. Apparently, this was not a meeting for professor's only, as more students showed up. Interesting, very interesting.

Bucky made a face at Blaylock's decision to defend tea. Celestina had accidentally let go of the teapot and she had to dodge and attack as it attempted to pour amber liquid on her head. Feeling a buzzing in her robes she sneaked her hand into her pocket and pulled out a fluffy pink hairball.

"A-ha! Stacey! No worries. Blay's beastie is nowhere in sight. I think..."

Celestina cast suspicious glances at the corners of the room.

Whende jumped at least a foot into the air when she heard her name, then took to looking frantically around for whoever had said it. It looked like Bucky was the only person who could possibly everly know her well enough.

"Hullo." She flopped into a new seat, just a couple feet away from Bucky. "These things are really squashy. They should be bouncy, doncha think? That'd be pretty cool." When nodded as she attempted to bounce up and down on the cushion.

Acccccck, too many people talking to me. "Hello hello hello." That should cover it all.

Lua beamed in Leo's direction once he arrived, perfect timing though his state wasn't pleasing. Maybe sign him up for the quidditch team to get his physical rate back up? Hmmmm.

"I think she uses magic" Lu snorted raising an eyebrow at his next question, she would answer if she knew an answer. Instead the tea pot was quite distracting, filling a cup she shoved into Leo's hand instead, "some tea love?" But her eyes were soon distracted some more by colorful hair streaks.

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Whende pulled herself through the trap door and giggled. "Hello," she said, delighted with the echo she added to the echo that Lua made that was now being all... echoey. But that faded away quickly.


She was used to being late for things, but it looked like she wasn't the only one being late. It was pretty empty. Just Ama and Lua and Whende and Buh-Lay and Keeper Guy and that one other person. Empty empty empty.... or then again, not so empty.

"Hey whende" Lua smiled and waved at her Gryffindor fellow as a new tall man entered the room with his flowing charm. Swooning at the new Professor for a while or only when Leo's arms wrapped around her waist did she come out of it.

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Leo looked over to the Professor and frowned. "A Zen? What's that? It's sounds like a cookie." he chuckled. "Here have a Zen, it's good for ya!" he snorted as he wrapped an arm around Lua's waist. "Let's get this party cracking" he winked at Natasha, hoping that this would be a REAL party and not some kind of summoning the dead thing, but then again, Lua liked summoning the dead, so he'd like that for her.

"Hmmm?" she sighed shifted her eyes with difficulty towards Leo, "Whats a Zen?" she asked in a quirky tone. "Yes, party. Lets party. We need to party" she mumbled incoherently dreamily watching Leo, she never saw him under candle light, its made him more handsome.

She smiled absently once more, thinking of how Natasha was being such a darling to the group, where was that tea? She mused to herself, throwing a bright smile at Ariana and noticed the kitten about in her pocket. She grinned, and Rabbit perced himself on her shoulder again.

She watched as the Headmistress wandered in, and Ophelia swallowed a little, she found the woman rather great, and was a little in awe of her, considering she was sensible and Ophelia...well...she needed a little nudge to get her in the right direction.

[QUOTE=starlightangel;5320091]Shoving herself into a lovely cushion right beside a young man, Ophelia flicked her hair over her shoulder as Rabbit decided that he fancied sitting on her head instead. "You alright there kiddo?" She asked in a happy way, blue eyes sparkling.

Dan looked up " yeaah thanks " he smiled weakley. " thers alot of teachers and older people here " he said timidly " Im Dan " he said holding out his hand

Rapunzel pulled herself through the small trapdoor and entered the mystically decorated room. She had never been to a tarot party before, and hadn't even opened her Divination book yet. She coughed a little because of the heavily perfumed air and took a seat in a large armchair close to the exit, in case she needed to make a quick escape later.

Looking around, Rapunzel noticed quite a few professors in the room, and wondered if the tower was a popular hangout. She also wondered if the Divination teacher could predict how she was going to do at the Quidditch tryouts tomorrow...

She laughed a little, not blaming her at all, "Oh i've been guilty of being captured by a good book on more than one occasion, but i have to say it's more my animals that decide i'm not sleeping." She smiled at her, "I hope your vision gets better though dear."

"Don't be intimidated, we don't bite...well i can't vouch for me...i'm not sure what i have on me half the time..." She trailed off thinking about why her pocket was moving in that way earlier. "I'm Professor Maline to you Kiddo" She giggled, taking hold of his hand and shaking it.

Ian couldn't stop looking around the classroom in awe since he'd stepped in.He wandered around for a few minutes, recognising a few proffessors and students who were there.Meanwhile, he had to watch his head for the flying teapot.
He heard proffessor Blaylock's anouncement and wondered where the cookies were, he hadn't seen any.

Ariana noticed Professor Maline looking in her direction, giving her a bright smile and she smiled back, a true honest smile. It was the first time she had honestly smiled in a long time and she felt...good. It was almost as if the thought of being back here, away from home and her troubles gave her new strength. Kerry had been right, she wasn't going to perish anytime soon. She may as well enjoy herself.

She looked up at Professor Blaylock as she went about doing her thing and sipped her tea again, this time enjoying the taste and company. Ginger, not quite as shy as she was hopped out of her pocket and, after making sure Rabbit wasn't going to hurt her, climbed onto Arianas' lap, curling up and falling asleep. Ariana chuckled to herself, shaking her head.

Dan laughed slightly " ooh i didnt realise you were a proffesor " he said feeling a little bit stupid " What subject do you teach ?" He asked as a teapot zoomed over his head

"Pfft. Magic. Everyone does that, obviously." he sighed as he looked at Professor Blaylock. "She'd better be using magic." he muttered under his breath. "Question, do all magical people use magic to make life easier?" Leo asked Lua as a cup of tea was shoved in his way. He'd never liked tea, Leo always preferred coffee. Looking around, he took out his wand and tapped the cup, turning the tea into black coffee.

Taking a sip, he smiled. "That's much better."
"That's what I'm asking." Leo frowned. "Like I said, sounds like a cookie. Speaking of cookies all I see is biscuits. Wouldn't hurt anyone if there were some cookies around here." he grumbled as he took a biscuit and eyed it for a while.

Natasha momentarily forgot Forrester's presence as the Headmistress entered the room and took a seat quietly. She smiled in welcome and held her hands, palm out to the people gathered in her classroom.

"I thought we'd all like to just kick back and have some fun reading our Tarot cards, as Arm- Professor Erikson and I enjoyed doing so over the summer. So, if you wouldn't mind...please take a seat around one of the tables, and we can begin looking into the beyond."

She giggled at the use of the corny phrase, "The trap door shall remain open for any latecomers to arrive...but I see no reason why we cannot begin." She picked up a deck of cards from one of the tables, "On every table, there is a deck of Tarot cards...You can either wait for me to read your individual cards, or you could read the cards of those sitting at your table."

She caught some incredulous looks, "I know, I know...you're not all well versed in the Tarot, but I've prepared a simple chart for you to refer to."

Sitting down across from Bucky, Natasha smiled kindly at her, "Now...I'll demonstrate one of the simplest ways to read the Tarot...any volunteers?" She raised an eyebrow at the young girl, as if to say "Pick a card."

Jenna laughed. "I'm glad I'm not alone," she said. "Thanks, Professor."

Ian looked suspiciously at the Tarot cards on the tables.He had no idea what to do with them.He glanced at the others hoping for a sign.

Miranda eagerly sat at one of the tables and looked at the deck of cards in front of her. She knew basic Divination, but she never really knew how to read Tarot. Watching the professor closely, she hoped that by the time that the little lesson was over, she could at least figure out what all the cards were called.

Oooooooh, Professor was sitting at their table. Now that's monstrously exciting. She watched closely, resting her chin on the table and wrinkling up her nose as if it would make her more attentive. It looked like some sort of magic card trick thing.

Rapunzel listened to the Divination professor explain how to read Tarot cards and then stared at the deck in front of her. Who was she kidding? She was completely hopeless. Maybe she should just head back to the common room and play a round of exploding snap....or maybe these cards held the secrets to her future.

She decided to wait it out and leaned back in her cushiony seat, waiting for the professor to come around and help her interpet all the funky symbols in front of her.

She gave a curious look towards Ari, a little concerned for one of her favourites, although she knew that wasn't too good over her to have them. However she was genuinely concerned for her. She just hoped she knew her office was always open.

"I'm teaching Care of Magical Creatures, although i seem to believe they take care of me..." She laughed as she realised he hadn't noticed she was a Professor, "I'm that young ey?" She laughed, before turning her attention to Natasha.