Startled, she clutched the bag to her chest as it seemed that Garret wanted to sprint ahead of her, cake and all. He was definitely excited to spread the 'good' news. So excited, he was willing to leave her behind. Withholding the screech of horror she longed to throw out into the world and shatter this mistake, Daphne hurried ahead of him with short quick steps.

Must maintain integrity at all costs!

Tickle the pear? That's what the older Slytherins had said. Hugo had snorted at the time, and rolled his eyes, but they simply drifted off into the shadows murmering about food. Weirdos. It was only later, when his stomach had been rumbling that he'd tripped down to the Tickly Pear thingy ma bob, and sighed. Was he really going to tickle a pear? The older Slytherins were probably watching, getting ready to jump out and laugh at him. It was to his suprise that, when he did finally reach out and tickle it, that the kitchen door swung open. Eyes widening, he stepped inside.

"Sienna!" Hugo exclaimed in suprise, appearing through the icing sugar cloud. "Hi! It's been ages!"

Sienna was rather confused right now. All of a sudden, Daphne and Accent Boy had ran off (with the cake!) to 'talk to someone'. Erm. And now, she was left all alone with the bag of chocolate chips...

Until he came.

Suddenly, a rather tall, blonde-haired, green-eyed boy popped out of nowhere, leaving Sienna speechless again. Of course she didn't like like Hugo. She was way past that. But time and time again, Hugo managed to leave Sienna speechless.

"Erm. Err. Um... Hi?" Sienna ask-greeted, popping another chocolate chip in her mouth, dazed at the moment. Maybe the sugar would revitalize her and make her remember who was talking to her.

Hugo ogled at the chocolate chips that she was munching. They were chocolate right? She looked a tad confused and dazed. Huh. "Hey!" He pulled her into a friendly embrace, snuggling her close to him. Hehe. "It's been forever! How have you been?" He sniffed in her chocolate chips, grabbing a handful and laughing. Yuuuum. "These are good," he commented, popping one of the chocolate treats in his mouth. Dribble.

It was odd; Hugo would have expected Sienna to have grown a tad over the summer but she really hadn't. HE'D grown a whole inch! She was still short, still his little pixie. It was cute. If not a little worrying. Tehe.

Sienna found herself pulled into a tight embrace, and Sienna finally remembered that this was Hugo. Not just any Hugo - her Hugo. The hyper, sweet, kind, and race buddy. Hugo. The smell of Hugo's clothes made Sienna blink, then throw her arms around him, although technically she barely reached the middle of his chest.

"OHMIGOSHIMISSEDYOU."

And that would be the sugar, kicking in.

Sienna's face was buried in Hugo's chest, making sure she didn't miss a single bit of him. She had missed a good friend to be with. Finally tearing herself apart from Hugo, she giggled giddily and popped another handful of chocolate in her mouth, plopping herself down on the ground, cross-legged.

"Sit! SIT. You absolutely must." She said, tugging on the hem of his pants with a little impish grin on her face.

Okay, she was DEFINITELY not eating chocoalte. Hugo snatched the chocolate chips off of her, and shoved them in his pockets. "No more for you missy," he announced, desperately trying to wriggle out of her grip. LEMME GOOO! "I missed you toooo," he mumbled, feeling very awkward about all this. Aherm. She was kind of eating his shirt in a way, which was weird to say the least.

Finally, she released him. He could breathe! Oh thank Merlin, he was aliiive!

SHE WAS TUGGING HIS PANTS! OMG. Dead.

Eyes widening, Hugo sat down...near her. Not next to, in fear she might leap on him. Afterall, he had a girlfriend now. Hehehe, that was such a nice thought. Weird, but nice. "So er...you okay?" He asked, eying her carefully.

Sienna grinned as Hugo sat down, although the fact that his pants pockets carrying her stash of chocolates was disconserting. Drawing doodles on the pristinely clean floors, she giggled. "I'm fine." She replied chirpily, careful not to look at Hugo for more than 0.15 seconds to prevent hypnotism. "Busy though. Homework, classes, other friends... You know."

Okay, she was lying about the 'other friends' part. But hey, she wasn't a total friendless loser!

Right?

Natasha walked into the kitchens having been told about it by an older student... She beamed at the sight before her, it was simply amazing she could hardly believe her eyes. She had read about this place a fair bit but it still seemed incredible. She sat down on a chair not feeling really hungry but she thought she might get a cake or something...

Via could not actually believe she just found her way inside the kitchen. She had nothing to do and was getting bored so she just decided to wander around and here she was, at the kitchen. "great," she said to herself. "Anybody here?" It was a huge kitchen. Not the normal one. Via glanced around and was hoping to see some elves doing the work.

Nat had requested some cake and now an elf had come back with more then she had expected, "thanks." She said grinning and then she noticed a girl come into the kitchens. "Hey, want some cake?" She asked her, "I've already eaten and this is quite a lot." She said smiling at the girl.

She gasped as she was startled by a girl. "Oh," she said, "You... you were familiar." Via was trying to recall where have she seen the young girl. "Although, thanks for the offer. " Via went to sit next to her and saw an elf. "I don't know what i'm doing in here."

ooc: be back later.. have to go and eat...

"Um... Was it an Ancient Runes?" She asked her, she was generally pretty good at remembering faces but she wasn't completely sure. "Why don't you know what your doing here?" She asked curiously, she had thought that she would be here to get some food. She was there because she was intrigued by the sound of this place.

ooc: Alright, see you later.

Via could not remember, "Oh... just forget it." She thought it would be fomral to introduce herslef, "I'm Vivianne, you can call me Via or whatever you like," she said. "This is my first time down here at the Hogwarts kitchen." She nodded. "So i really don't know what gotten into me to be here."

The kitchen wasn't a bad place to stay. She asked politely for a piece of chocolate cake to the elf.

"Nice to meet you Via. I'm Natasha, Nat.. doesn't bother me what I'm called." She said smiling. "It's my first time here too, I heard some older students talking about it though it it sounded interesting... Pretty neat, huh?" She said looking around at all the elves.

"Yeah," Via agreed. "You have the same name as my sister. Not the real Name though." She smiled. "Just the nickname, Nat. It's lovely." And so that made her miss her sister more. "it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Oh really? That's a funny coincidence." She said grinning at Via, "thanks." She said as she said her name was lovely. "I really like your name as well." She said her brown eyes sparkling. "It's great to meet you as well."

"Then why don't we dig in with the delicious cake prepared by the best cooks in the world?" Via asked Natasha. "You're ffrom Slytherin, right? I'm a gryffindor. So how do you find Hogwarts?" She kept on talking every time she pauses from eating her cake. She should ask her mum to bake cakes like this or she could ask Nat to give her cake from the wizarding world everyday over the summers.

"Yeah I'm Slytherin." She said smiling and got some more cake, it really was nice. She was beginning to love the Hogwarts food, it always tasted great. "They really are the best cooks in the world." She said and chuckled at this thought.

"So you agree that they are better... even better than your mum?" Via joked. "I don't really. I miss mum's ways of cooking and the taste of the foods she cooks." Via felt comfortable with Nat, maybe because she has the same name as her sister.

"Way better." She said, she usually didn't like thinking about her mum. "My mum's cooking is pretty ordinary." She said with a shrug, not that she really had dinner with her parents that often. "What type of food does your mum cook?" She asked slightly curiously, she liked being around Via.

Vanessa really was not very good at making birthday cakes. And with Miles' birthday coming up, she really could do with a birthday cake, hence why she was in the kitchens. She was hoping that the house elves would be able to make her one, or she'd have to risk giving Miles food poisioning, which wouldn't be cleve, he'd probably end up in the hospital wing.
Pushing back her long hair, she waited for a house elf to come over.

Anastasia R. Bunbury has run out of chocolates - yessir indeed, the unthinkable had happened. And she wasn't happy.

Not wanting anyone to her in this chocolate-less state, Bunbuns sneaked up to the castle and slipped into the kitchens, fully prepared to raid the pantry when the elves weren't looking.

She stopped in mid-shifty stance, however, when she spotted a lovely little Hufflepuff with one of those DADA badges on. Mwahahahaha, Anastasia thought, quickly whipping out her wand as she crept up behind the girl.

"Densaugeo!" Bunbunz shouted, doing some fancy wand-twirling as she shouted the spell.

Vanessa jumped, rather high when she heard someone shout out behind her. Pfft! Fancy creeping up on her like that. Howw rudeee! Luckily fast quidditch reflexes meant that Vanessa has swished around, pulling out her wand, to look at who had decided to go "dark Artist" on her. Really. She only wanted a birthday cake.

"EEEEEP!" She squeaked realising what hex Professor Bunbury had thrown at her. That was HORRRIBBLE. She didn't want long teeth! Not when she was a midget. "Protego," She directed her wand, towards where Bunbury's hex would be coming from, hoping and praying that her shield would be strong enough.

Oooh snap, Anastasia had picked a Quidditch player to hex apparently. Or else she was just a midget with lightning-sharp reflexes.

The redhead quickly stepped to the left as the girl blocked her spell and sent another one right at her. "Relashio!" she muttered less loudly, flicking her wand again.

Buns wasn't intending to hurt the girl at all but just test her skills. It was all in the name of education, of course.

Sauntering into the kitchens, hardly bothering to hide neither his identity or his true purpose for being there, Terry made a beeline instantly for the counters. COOKIESSSS. Where were they? He needed his double-dripping-with-chocolate-cookies! ...and preferable ASAP. Hmf. Where were those house elves when he needed them?

Idly he noticed a mini ...WAR going on right beside him and he side-stepped the corner. Sharpish. No way was he sticking around to be hit by a stray curse his way. No siree.

Creeping under the counter, he peeked out from above. No reason why he couldn't be there and watch though, right? Especially since, upon a closer look, he found this was VANNIE with ...a professor?