Tagren had the good fortune to arrive at the Great Hall right after Marco Denver, who was scoping the place like a candy shop. He'd always had rather mixed feelings about the fellow. It was hard not to dislike someone who had pursued a different path, one that you might have taken, and had skyrocketed to fame and fortune. While you struggled to manage your own business, eat your own cooking, and clean up creature dung every day of your waking life.

And he had a nicer suit.

Tag decided to wave anyway. "It's been a few years, hasn't it?," he said to Marco, gesturing around them. "But not alot of changes. I like that."

"Awesome." Vanessa beamed, shopping with one of her oldest friends was bound to be awesome, espeically seeing as she loved shopping hehe. The brunette grinned at Evangeline. She'd make the girl buy more short dresses hehe, because she though they suited her. Oh. Opps. She hadn't told her who Grace was? Oh dearie me. She was such a bad friend. "Grace....is my daughter." She smiled, reaching into her clutch bag, and finding the little picture she had off her. "Mine and Miles....although we're not together anymore." Raw nerve, but it was getting better, Grace made it better. She smiled at Evangeline. She loved her little girl.

"You're making me blush Evie." She giggled at her friend, feeling her cheeks redden a little, before she smiled. She loved having compliments even thought they made her blush like man. hehe. "I haven't played....or even been to a quidditch match for ages." Vannie sighed with a pout. She missed him. "Maybe you should get us some tickets and we can go."

She was loosing a shoe…she was loosing a shoe…

Man if that didn’t bring back memories she didn’t know what would.

And just like she always had in Hogwarts, Aggie was once again sporting purple shoes. They may not be her old reliable purple tennis shoes, but they were purple non-the-less. Tobi wouldn’t have noticed her without them – right? And if he didn’t, a swift delivery of one purple clod shoe to the foot or shin would have clued him right up anyway.

She stopped, putting her hand on the doorframe to steady herself as she pulled the shoe back on her foot. When she stood up her chandelier earrings were swinging past her face and back, causing her ears to hurt just a little. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to look so girly…

But it was too late now.

A few young men stood in the entrance hall offering up greetings. She risked a glance at both of them. She didn’t recognize either of them. In fact, she hadn’t been expecting to know many of the people at the dance tonight. In fact, Tobi hadn’t answered owl and she wasn’t sure if he himself was even coming. But the chance of seeing him was worth the chance of being alone for the night.

“Hello Gents!” Aggie said warmly with a smile. Wouldn’t hurt to at least try to see if someone might remember her.

Sammy walked around the entrance hall, her little sister clutching her hand tight as she looked at the photos around the room.

"sammy?"Annabell looked up at her sister "i thought you had a date?" she asked quietly looking at her big sister
Sammy looked down at her sister "so did i" she said cooly

Iris looked over as she saw the huge blue dress that must only have meant Fallon and grinned. As the girl made her way over, Iris grinned even more. A bit of a struggle, much?

"Thanks, Fallon. So do you." Hehehe. They both looked gorgeous together! Iris laughed as Fallon tried to hug her, and Iris did her best to squish her friends skirt, so as to hug her properly. "Yes... Maybe you should have done. hahah"

Iris smiled at Fallon, "Fallon? Did you get a date for tonight?" She asked her, curiously.

Fallon smiled at Iris. "Thanks to you of course." She was so glad that Iris had made her dress. It was super awesome. She giggled as Iris squished her skirt. It was the best she could probably do. She laughed with Iris. "But poofy skirts are so pretty and I couldn't resist."

Fallon's smile faltered slightly. "Nope. I'm sure I'll find one of the guys I know that'll be willing to dance with me." Yep. She would definately snag a dance with one of them.

Grace was ... Vanessa's child? At first, Evangeline didn't really understand what she was talking about. A daughter? Vanessa had a ... baby girl. Unconsciously clutching at her lower lip, Evangeline looked down at the photograph and ... smiled. Tried to smile? Vanessa and Miles had a baby. A baby girl who looked around one year old. One year. "She's ... she's beautiful, Vans. I'm happy for you." She nodded and smiled at the girl - even if it looked a bit like a grimace.

After that, Evangeline couldn't really remember whatever it was Vanessa and her were talking about before. Blush? She couldn't recall what she could've possibly said to make Vanessa blush. Oh, Quidditch? "Yes, I will do that. I'll send you the tickets and we'll go together."

Iris ginned, "Yeah... I'm really glad with how it looks. It looks amazing on you. " As Fallon said this, Iris laughed. "I know they are. *gigglesnort* Ahh. I'm sure you won't be the only one with a huge dress." Grin.

"Or maybe you will be. Hmm. At least no one will be able to lose you anywhere." Iris grinned and stuck her tongue out at Fallon.

Awww! Fallon had no date! Well... Technically, Iris doesn't either .... But still. It sucked. "Aww... I'm sure LOTS of guys will want to dance with you. You're really pretty and you look amazing. Even the guys WITH dates will want to dance with you." Iris smiled. Again. She was really happy. And was wearing a pretty SELF MADE dress. With Red heels.

Everything was cooooool.

Leilani laughed. Good, Selena's here. "Riiiight." she commented sarcastically. Well despite all their attempts, it looked like neither of them had dates as of yet. Surely there'd be someone they could steal. Hehe.

Selena looked like she'd had chocolate... alot. Of. chocolate. "Selena-" Leilani asked worridly. "How much chocolate did you have before you came?" Sigh.

Fallon blushed slightly. This always happened when she got compliments. She giggled along with Iris. Wow, this is the girliest I think we've ever been. "Yeah, a lot of people take advantage of balls to be princesses." Especially since being a princess was fun. Really fun.

Fallon stuck her tongue back out at Iris. "Hush. And that's a good thing."

Fallon laughed a little. "Thanks. And if they don't come to me, all I have to do is run into them with this monster of a dress." Hehe. That would definately make guys notice her. Even if it was somewhat of a negative way. She loved her poofy dress. She really did.

Satine hurried into the ball excited to see everyone dressed up beautifully and for, of course, the dancing, dancing, and more dancing. Plus she couldn't wait to see how it was decorated.

She stopped for a quick second to check her reflection in a nearby extra shiny suit of armor. She was wearing a purple formal dressand had her long purple hair curled into long ringlets. She was covered in an iridescent light sparkle from head to toe. She took a deep breath and walked in to the Entrance Hall with a smile. Maybe tonight would be the night to make some boy's head turned....

Her thoughts faded quickly as she saw two of her best friends. She walked over quickly.

"Hey you two! Ya'll are so beautimous tonite...I'm sure you both will be taking someone's breaths away when you walk into the room..." she said as she gave each friend a lil hug to keep from messing up any hair or makeup or dresses.

"Anything new going on with the two of you?" she said. She always felt left out of their lives since she was in a different house.

Rob smirked and turned his attention back toward Mari and Liz. "Well I'm always hungry right Liz?" he slipped his fingers between hers and smiled. He felt odd being around so many people which was odd seeing as he played Quidditch and was always around a lot of people. Even then though he never felt comfortable unless Liz was beside him.

He followed Liz as she led them toward the entrance hall. He smiled as Liz started talking about her book and kept his eyes on the look out for Vindictus. He had to be around here somewhere.

"Except me. *haha*" Iris looked down at her dress, "Well... Kinda." Happy grin. Being a princess was FUN. But wearing a 50s style LBD was more fun. 'Specially when it's with red heels. hehe.

"I know it is. Oooh! And, I never told you, but I charmed the bottom of your dress, so you don't have to worry about it getting dirty or damaged." Iris nodded and grinned prouldy at Fallon.

Iris laughed as she imagined this scene. "I can totally imagine you doing that." Iris said to her, laughing even more. Iris looked around, looking for any of their other friends.

Iris grinned as she saw a LOT of purple. "SATINE!!!" Iris called as she saw her. Iris probably had a look of shock on her face, "Satine, you look AMAZING!" Grinning a little, Iris's smile faltered a little when Satine spoke, as she realised that she didn't know if Aaron was going to be in there. Ignoring the thought for a little while, Iris smiled at her Eagle friend, "Aww.. thanks, Satine. You're gonna catch someone's attention, too. I know you will." HAPPY SMILE.

As Satine asked if there was anything new, Iris shook her head. "Not really. Ooh. But, I did make mine and Fallon's dresses. That's new. *ahaha*" Iris grinned sheepishly, "What about you? We've not seen you this term!"

Vanessa tended to get a little "awww" when it came to her daughter, which was part of the reason why she had left the girl in the care of Iliana's mother. Hehe. But she did love her little girl ever so much. "I know she is....she's amazing." Vannie put the photo back into her purse, and smiled at her friend. She could sense that something was up, of course she could she had known Evie long enough to know that, but she decided not to press it, she didn't want to upset her friend, because she loved her too much. "You'll have to meet her soon." Because she was intending to spend more time with Evangeline more, because she used to be one of her closest friend, and she wanted them to become close again, like they had been turning Hogwarts.

"That'll be awesome." She smiled, although she couldn't help but think that the conversation had come to a sort of standstill. She didn't know why, but she was a socialite so she could easily change the topic of conversation. "So hows the healing been going since I left?"

Clifford was just wondering aimlessly around the entrance hall, weaving in and out of students and alumni. He recognised a few of the faces around and just about refrained from hurrying over and wriggling his fingers at them. Some people he wanted to hug.. if he bumped into Marco Denver he was getting a Cliffie!Squeeze that was for sure.

HEHE.

"Evieeeeeee," the former Slytherin Head Boy called, scuttling across the entrance hall to where she stood with Vanessa Corbette and tickling her sides. "I thought we were gonna go check out the buffet." Of course, that was the main reason he was here. FREE FOOD. "Alright Snot Face," he nodded in greeting to Corbette. Oh yeah, she'd always be the snot girl.

Fallon looked at Iris's dress. "Your dress is really awesome though." It may not have been a big princess dress, but it was still amazing. Plus, her shoes were amazing.

Fallon smiled at Iris. "Thanks. That's definately bound to come in handy." That way her dress would stay pretty and clean the whole night.

Fallon giggled at the thought of her doing that. She was bound to freak any one that was around her out. "It would be great."



Fallon smiled as she saw Satine and her amazing purple-ness. She gave her a small hug, as much as she could manage with her dress. "SATINE! You look amazing too." She had missed her Ravvie friend.

Fallon smiled at Satine as Iris talked first. "Well, I've met some awesome new friends. Even a couple of amazing guys I hope to find here tonight." She grinned. She was bound to find at least Torin. "How about you?"

Violet walked to the Entrance Hall, she was completly nervous. She waited for Dillon to arrive and looked around at the other people, she now had second thoughts about coming. She could just quickly escape, right? She considered this for a moment.

Then there was another plan too, she could hide under a table once Dillon saw her and they walked in, and no one would ever know where she was. Hehe, she didn't know what to expect but had all these questions zooming around in her head, but in the end decided to save evil escape plans for later and just look around.

Evangeline was a bit upset at herself. She thought she was done with getting disturbed at the sight of pretty little babies, or happy families. Apparently, that only applied to strangers' babies, though. Knowing Vanessa, who was her age, had a beautiful little girl to take care of, it moved something inside. But she was scared of hurting her friend's feelings so she tried to act excited about all of that.

While trying to avoid talking about it, as well.

She absently nodded when Vanessa said them going to the matches would be awesome. It would! She usually had little company at Falmouth Falcons matches, it'd be amazing to have someone there she knew for so long. "Pfft, you know. All the same. I can't seem to actually plan anything without someone having an accident and interrupt my plans." She added with an eyeroll and a little chuckle. She loved her job, but sometimes there were really hectic days.

OH YES, CLIFFORD.

Never had Evangeline been so happy to see her fiance. When he tickled her sides, she turned at him and sent him a somewhat exhausted look, a small smile playing across her lips. Immediately, her arm wrapped around his waist and she held him close. Hmmm, he was WARM. And that night breeze on her bare arms was making her COLD.

"We just arrived! And Vanessa here was telling me about .." her daughter. "... how she hasn't been in a Quidditch match for ages. I offered to get her tickets to the Falcons."

Bradin wondered into the Entrance Hall. He was finally hear, but no Ginny yet. He decided to hang around and wait for her to arrive begore he went inside. Tonght was going to be the bext night ever. He hoped anyway.

Ginny walked into the Entrance Hall looking a nervous but really happy. She saw Bradin. "Hey", said Ginny smiling.

Bradin heard Ginny come up behind him. "Hey shawty" he said before kissing and hugging her. O yeah, he was mad about her. But not so mad that he dreamt about her everynight and talked about her all day. That would just be creepy for them both.

Regina's ears perked up at the sound of a vaguely familiar voice. Turning around, she couldnt help but smirk as the memory of a fainting boy holding an all-too important parchment flitted across her mind, Well would you look at that, its the riddle boy she thought as she uttered out the name "Clifford Carden. Nice to see you, so how's the riddle business going?" she joked.

Jay walked into the entrance hall, he wondered where Sammy was, "Damn I am late" he said with his cousin behind him.

Mikayla followed Jay in, "Do you ahve a date to the ball Jay?" she asked.

"We are late, I don't know where she is" he replied looking for Sammy.

Ginny kissed and hugged Bradin back. "Excited about the ball?", she asked. Ginny very mad about Bradin. She could never get him off her mind.

Looking over Josh's shoulder, more out of her nerves than anything, Evelyn was almost glad she did. Otherwise she probably wouldn't have spotted the other person she was looking for. He looked pretty nice too.

Waiting till he looked over towards the general area they were, the Slytherin waved slightly at the Gryffindor before glancing back at Josh. Hmm, so perhaps this night wasn't going to be so bad after all? Hehe.