Lua was holding onto Leo's arm as they walked down the entrance hall to the ball, her eyes were drawn to the decorations and the beautiful castle. It was so nice to be back in these halls again, so much memories. So much memories. She sighed with a smile on her lips as she glanced at people they passed. Most of which she didn't recognize, where were her friends? Right at that moment she caught a glimspe of ... "Fran?" she called out.



"Oh My goodness FRAN!" Lua squealed letting go of Leo's arm to pounce her good old friend. "Where have you beeeeeeen?" she squealed smashing her into a hug. She had to admit, it was nice to see Fran in a nice dress, she was wondering whether she'd come in as a bounty hunter. Scary thought.

"Busy hmm.With what ?" Okay, that sounded nosey. Was noseyness immature ? shrug. "Im gonna be like your age soon, then you'll be older, then by the time im the age you are when im your age now you'll be like old." Woah, mouthful or what. Lima was only like 20 right ? shrug. "Everyone carried on leaving after you left, like Reese and Ashton and everyone else. I think they all missed you so much they left."

Gold's lips turned up, into a truly pretty smile. Of course. "You were always silly with the compliments," she said, placing a gloved hand on his forearm. Yes, she had worn gloves. She had a feeling she was going to be dancing with a lot of people, tonight.

She looked up at him, into his chocolate-brown eyes. "What have you been up to, Len?" She was looking forward to hear whatever he had to tell her. She knew they had a lot in common. Like a love for arts, and the need to take risks and stand out, and appreciate beauty.

The list hadn't even begun yet.

She snorted. "My son?" Silly Shana. What else would she be busy with now? Babies were tome consuming even though they made everything worth it. But now she was confused. "What?" She furrowed her brows and wondered if her husband at least would understand that. Because it flew right over Lima's head. "Aww, I hate everyone missing me." Though she knew that Reese had Graduated last Term. Reese... She needed to see her tonight.

Shana giggled as Lima snorted, snorting was funny. "You have a son ?" did Lima ever mention that ? Maybe. She wasn't really sure but if she had then Shana had forgotten that. "When im 20- whatever you are then you'll be older, then when im that older age you'll be like old." that made enough sense right ? Shana hated missing Lima too.IDEA. "You, Reese, Tammy and Ashton should come back then everything would be okay again. And we have to stop Torin from leaving, and the world will be in order again."

Oh god. Someone here knows me!? Are you serious right now. Francesca turned around hoping to merlin that it wasn't someone she had made an enemy of in school. She tended to have a lot of those from Salem but it wasn't like she ever really saw them. Suddenly she was pounced by a girl that she was definitely familiar with. "Oh my gosh Lua!?" Grinning, Fran embraced her old friend and looked at the man she was with then back to Lua. "Oh god don't tell me you've already settled down! I didn't expect you to so quickly! We need to catch up." When Lua asked where Fran had been, she gave her a smile. "It's a long story. After I had to leave Hogwarts, I went back to school in Salem, started growing my hair out and burned my combat boots. I ended up with a sort of...following of guy friends there and ended up dating a couple of them. I'm now working for the American ministry as a Quidditch official. Nothing terribly exciting I'm afraid since our season's on break right now which is the only reason I was able to make it here. Now tell me what you've been up to! I want to know everything."

As the trio stepped into the hall, Serena's gaze traveled around slowly, in hopes of seeing someone that she knew. At the moment, no one really caught her eye, but suddenly Lua pulled away from them to grab hold of another woman nearby.

At the sound of the woman's name, Serena smile. Fran. My goodness, she had changed. "Hello Fran." She greeted with a smile.

Gold frowned up at him. "You were always incredibly vain, Len." She stepped away from him, to survey him for good, this time. She hadn't seen him in a while, and it was nice to see Len, again. Especially when he looked this good. Not that he ever didn't.

"I hope the pun wasn't intended." She frowned slightly again, certain that there was more he could tell her. She knew Len. He had the same love for adventure that she did. For class and elegance and getting muddy, once in a while. For a lot of contradictions that were simply exhilarating and delightful, and really, really close to her heart.

She placed her hand on his, not really able to refuse after he had asked that politely. Oh, and he was an excellent dancer. She couldn't ignore that, either. She could dance with people who couldn't dance, but she would much rather dance with someone who could, you know?

"Maybe."

Her lips quirked into a smile.

Good Lord. Gold barely had time to resist, he was that quick. The floor was gone before she knew it; and it took Gold a second to properly realize that Len had lifted her, right off the floor.

Fully aware that he would not let put her down, Gold utilized the short timespan in which he would cover the distance between their current spot and the dance floor, to place both hands on his shoulders, one on each, and make faces at him and whisper stuff to annoy him.

"You're such a show-off, Len Deverex." But that couldn't negate the fact that he had managed to surprise her, and even lift her off her feet. Well, payback time would come, later on.

Though how to get the better of someone like Len, that was the question. Oh, she knew everything that annoyed him down to a T, but she also knew that he wouldn't let anything get to him, tonight. Gold pondered over this little difficulty, as she was carried away.

"YES!" she grinned squishing her friend some more before releasing her for air but still holding her within arms length and quirked a brow. "Fran! How can you say it's nothing exciting? You have a wonderful job! If that isn't then you're better off than me. I'm a house-mum slash necromancer" she giggled rolling her eyes at Fran. Really? "Yeah we settled down early" she giggled on, "neither did we to be honest. And we have one son, he's ten years old and his name is Christopher" she grinned proudly at the mention of her son. Such a good boy.

"Now what makes me curious Fran, is that why burn the boots? They were a signature of yours!" she smiled gently and warmly at her friend.

Fallon giggled at Satine and made sure to turn around so that she could see the back. "Iris did an amazing job if I do say so myself." She smiled, glad to be with her girlfriends at the moment.

Fallon chuckled. "Of course you did Satine." She couldn't help but grin back at Satine. "Well, one of them is just a friend, seeing as he has a girlfriend already, but the other is really nice. And if I see anymore, I'll send them right to you."



Fallon grinned back at Iris. Her dress was really amazing. She looked down at her equally amazing poofy dress and smiled again before looking back to her two friends.

Fallon thought about Iris's dare for a moment. "All right. I'll make sure I run into at least one guy with this massive dress." She hoped the guy she ran into would be a good sport about it.

Then, Iris called out to someone. Ah, so this is Jimbo. Fallon looked him over and really understood why he was crazy. She did have to admit that his suit of polka dots was awesome. "I see that." She said giggling a little over the fact that he liked polka dots.

Fran looked over at the other woman with Lua and gave a grin. "Hey Serena! How's life?" She then directed her attention back to Lua.
"You have a son!? Oh my gosh you're married and you have a son give me a second to imagine you as a mother!" Fran thought a second about that. The Lua she knew would have been a good mother. She was almost the voice of reason in their little trio. Fran of course being the one wanting to do things spontaneously. The other member of their trio she preferred not to talk about since she had not seen or heard from him since she had left Hogwarts. "Do you have pictures of your son? Christopher is such an adorable name." When Lua asked Fran why she burned the boots, a bit of a somber look came across her face. The reason she had burned the boots was a bit of a complicated one. "Well I burned them because every time I looked at them, I thought of Hogwarts and how much I desperately wanted to go back so I got sick of seeing them. I burned them because I knew my family would never let me come back here. I switched them out for heels and surprisingly people were still afraid of me! Then again I was Head Girl at Salem." This would be because Fran used to step on people's toes with sharp heels.

Lua grinned at Serena then excitedly back at Fran, oh boy she changed. In a good way.

"I wish you told me, I would have arranged to meet you Fran. Leo and I were in New York for sometime" she squeezed her friend's hand, "however, Fran you in heals is a much more powerful Fran than the one i know" she giggled on, "I bet you keep everyone in line". It's been years since she last saw Fran, and her departure left a clear spot in Lua's life and to see her again was purely phenomenal.

At the mention of her son she sighed, "Don't imaging that, it won't work" Lua mused, Unfortunately i didn't carry a picture with me, but he's a smaller version of Leo. Black hair, blue eyes, tanned skin" she mused pointing toward Leo, "Italians have the stronger genes" she chuckled proudly at her boys. "You must come visit us tomorrow for Lunch! and meet him for yourself" Lua firmly posed her invitation with a huge grin, Fran would not object! And now that she caught Fran again, she would not let go of her.

"Yes, his name is River," she explained. She had forgotten that Shana wouldn't have known about him because she was in school now. It was a shame. But at least Reese and a few other people knew. whoo. hehe.

"I don't know half of these people." She giggled again. "Who is Torin?"

River ? Awesome name. Very watery. "Imagine if he was like obsessed with water or something. Is his middle name like lake or something or ocean ?" River Ocean Darcy. Woah, that'd just be epic. "I wanna meet him now. Can i meet himm ?"

"There older than me." she nodded firmly. "Torin's the huffie prefect, he's really nice but sometimes he's like evil. I live with him and Tammy."

"You guys were in New York!? I wish I knew! I would've visited you guys but I lost touch with EVERYONE when I left Hogwarts. I'm a bit ashamed that I did but I can't change the past now can I?" Fran gave her old friend a shrug and squeezed her hand. It was great to have Lua back around. It was almost like she had never left in the first place. Fran never had the best luck with female friends even now so to have at least one around was a good thing for her.

She gave her friend a mischievous grin as she thought of her Head Girl days. "Oh you know I kept everyone in line. Imagine me parading around the halls in a pair of five inch heels and my Head Girl badge with the reputation I had there! It was about five times as worse as the one I gained in the two years I had here. People scattered after they saw me!" Fran couldn't help it that she seemed menacing even in heels. Right now she of course looked intimidating but she was a bit more approachable now than she was in school.

"Aw come on let me imagine you as a housewife! It's the most adorable thing in my mind actually. You taking care of your boy at home waiting on your husband to come home." Fran gave her friend a teasing grin then raised her brow. "You are so lucky that I'm off for vacation right now. I would LOVE to have lunch with you guys! Maybe your husband can set me up with one of his friends." She gave her a wink then looked at the man on her arm. He seemed interesting. She wanted to know a bit more about him but the time for that would come eventually. She just had to wait, which she wasn't very good at. She also wondered if the third member of their trio was lurking around. That would be a very interesting meeting if he was.

For Zell & Jen
 

"Of course Max is still here," Tagren said jovially. "Max is going to be here until he dies. Probably on the pitch, wheelchair-bound, with the whistle in his mouth and his arms raised calling a foul."

Eyebrows raised, Tag gave his old Herbology professor a wide grin, and shook his hand heartily. A slight flush crept up his neck at the man's comment. Oh dear. He probably remembered every stupid thing Tag had ever done in class. . . "I can't believe you put up with me. I never would have made it through Herbology OWLs without you! And sometimes I even have to use it." He put his hands in his pockets, still slightly embarrassed.

"Mhmm" she intertwined her arm with her friend's, "we were for a long while" Lua answered her question and started leading her down the hall. "I know what you mean, I pretty much lost contact with everyone except my sisters. It was scary at first. But i had Leo, he helped me through a lot of it" she chatted on. Lua was never a chatter, but living with Italians for so long tend to make you pick the habit up. "It's okay now that I got a hold of you i'll never let you disappear from my life" she mused on, "so that makes both of us to be out of touch with Nick huh".

Lua giggled on at the image Fran scaring all the students away, "sometimes fear is necessary" she admitted, "like I said Fran you are absolutely perfect to take on a position as a Head Girl. Now i just need to meet some of your students and hear their stories, and of course, you've got loads of stories to tell me! And i want to hear them all" she giggled on. Oh Boy fran in heals could make you write a book!

"Oh Boo" Lua booed playfully at Fran, "imagine all you like, but it's nothing special and it's exactly as it sounds" she giggled some more. "I'd set you up with one of his friends myself, only because the whole bunch of them needs Fran in heals, their soo.." she trailed off catching herself. Talking about Leo and his business, was a huge no no...

Aaron entered the ballroom. Wow, he thought. the place looked great. he was hoping to find his friends here. He looked around and they were no where to be found, so he made his way through.

Everyone looked great. Former students where there and they looked like their relatives in the school. He laughed at some of the comparisons. Aaron finally made his way over to an area where all his friends were. Aaron sighed. Happy to have found them.

"Hello, ladies," Aaron said approached his friends. "You all look great." Aaron looked down at his suit. It was not as fancy.

Fran's face contorted into a scowl when Lua mentioned the third member of their former trio, Nik. That was one area she preferred not to talk about with people. Since she was a Quidditch official, she often heard stories of Nik's attitude on and off the field and every time she heard one, her eyes would roll in the back of her head. "Yes. That would make both of us. I have not seen or heard from Nikolai Vannacutt since I left Hogwarts. I've heard about him at work obviously but I've never worked a match he's played in since I have yet to work my first international Quidditch match. Hopefully I'll get my first one next season though!"

She quickly changed the subject after Lua kept rambling on. Nik wasn't something Fran wanted to talk about in detail. "You really want to hear those old stories? I'll have to share them with you soon then. I mean my favorite one was where these two fourth years were snogging in the halls after hours and I just happened to catch them when I was making rounds. As soon as the girl saw me, she got nervous and bit the boy's lip so hard he had to go to the infirmary because he was bleeding so much. That one's my favorite because I caused someone to get injured without doing it myself ya know?" Fran gave a smirk then wondered about Leo a bit more. "Oh do they really need my heels? Well I'll just have to meet them and keep them in line now won't I?" She stuck her tongue out for a moment then smiled. It was good to be back at Hogwarts around all of these people from a time she held dear.

I ain't quoting all of you D: TOO MANY!
 

One minute Leo was outside with his wife and the next he was standing in the dance hall, with no clue about what he should do. His wife had rushed towards one of her friends, leaving him a few steps behind. He decided he'd joke with her later about leaving him alone. Smiling about that thought, he took a few steps towards his wife and wrapped his hand around her waist.

"Yo," he said, smiling at her friend. "I'm the lovely husband, Leo. You must be Fran. You're the one who Lu brags to me about. My ear just fell in your conversation and I couldn't help hearing you need me to hook you up with someone." And oh did he have a lot of guys who would like Fran. But since she was one of Lua's dearest friends, he thought of picking out the best of the best for her.

The husband finally speaks. Now Fran could get to know Leo a bit. She extended her hand and nodded to him. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well. Now exactly what has Lua told you about me? I hope it's all good things!" Fran had her moments where her decisions were questionable but she usually made up for it by her other actions. He was attractive but not exactly Francesca's type. He fit perfectly with Lua in her opinion. They were cute together definitely and their son had to be the most adorable thing on the planet. "If you've got a friend who could keep up with me then by all means set me up with them! I have difficulty finding men who can deal with the fact that I know more about Quidditch than they do since I'm an official."

Hahaha. Totally a lot of posts XD
 

Leo took her hand and shook it. "Pleasure to meet you, too. Don't worry, all she says about you are good. It made me want to meet you even more. And here I am. I must be really lucky to meet the famous Fran. I heard all about your escapades." He gave a small smile at her last sentence. "Ahhh, we'll that's too bad. My boys are all muggles, so I don't think they'd get Quidditch. They're mostly into other sports, though, if you're the sports type."

He laughed at Lua's remark. "That is true. I think if you've told them about the sport itself, they would go crazy wanting to see it. I think Anthony would do anything to get himself into that sport. Vinnie would do that, too. With a mean face, not to mention. Nick... Nick would be damaged the second he rides the broom," he laughed.

"Oh thank god! I thought Lua had told you about something terrible or something. Don't ask me why I thought she would do that, I'm just odd." Francesca shrugged and then chuckled. "How about I teach them about Quidditch and then they can teach me about muggle sports. The only one I really know anything about is football. Not the hand egg one, mind you. The one that involves kicking an actual ball but I don't quite understand it." The only reason Fran really knew about that sport was because her former boss when she first started working at the American ministry was a muggle born and he always brought his workers to a sports grill to watch the games while they "discussed" business. Oh how she missed him sometimes even if he did try to hit on her all the time.

Smiling as Josh agreed that Patroclus could come along, Evelyn looked at both Gryffindors for a moment before glancing around once more. Returning students? Oh jeez...hopefully that one guy didn't come. Whatever the Gryffindor's name was...

Whatever though. If he did, then she was ready to get out of any situation he put forth. Oh, oh Merlin. What if...what if Bunz came!? "I think we should." she said, rapidly turning the scowl on her face to a sweet smile before moving in the middle between Josh and Patroclus. Best forget about any particular people showing up at the Ball and just have some fun right? Hooking her right arm with Josh's first, she glanced at him in the eyes for a moment before looking over to Patroclus and hooking her left arm with his.

"Let us...gooooo inside." And make sure no one destroys all their hard work! Hehe.

Leo nodded his head as he chuckled. "They would love that. My cousin Frankie probably knows every sport in the world. It really is annoying sometimes since he makes up some excuse of watching a game on TV. Some games are ever weird. He's family, though, what can you do?" He laughed, shrugging his shoulders. "I'll invite you over when the fellas vist. You'll fit in perfectly."

And speaking of fitting in...

The man did not expect seeing a very old friend of his here at the alumni. One minute he was chatting away with Lua's old friend, and the next there stood Celestina Warbuck. Leo stared at her for a few moments, unblinkingly. He couldn't believe his own eyes. When his mind finally registered that it was Bucky after all, he immediately let go of Lua and pulled her into a crushing hug.

"Bucky!" Leo exclaimed, crushing her some more. And seeing as he's much more taller than her, he lifted her off a few inches off of the ground. "Ohhhh! Ohhhhhhh, it's soooo good to see you!"

"You'll definitely have to invite me over whenever I'm in your area again. Maybe a weekend where I'm not working!" Francesca grinned then eyed the girl who joined them. She definitely remembered her but she had never quite spent loads of time with her. She took a step back and laughed when the girl was picked up by Leo. Oh how mean that was. If someone did that to her she'd probably..well you know how this works. Kick to the face and such things. Knowing Francesca's luck, it would be someone she actually cared about seeing. "I'm actually class of 2062 but hey cheers to you. I don't think you remember me though Bucky." She gave her a smile then waited on Leo to stop abusing her.

He didn't realize that he was crushing her to the point of suffocation. That was until she pointed it out to him by wheezing. Leo looked down at her and blinked as if he were a five year old child.

"Oh. Sorry," he murmured, placing her back down where she belonged. "Well, this is really surprising! I never expected seeing you here, Bucky! How are you doing? You look great, if I must say. Life's been treating you well. You know if things aren't going well, you can always call on me."

Lua was grinning, grinning cheekily at how well Leo and Fran got along, sometimes she worried on how well Leo would accept her friends. But heavens this was relieving and he wanted to hook her up with one of the boys! YAY!

Trying to keep her enthusiasm toned down, she frowned at Fran. "Now why would i go say something horrible about you to Leo?" she playfully teased her friend. "I have to agree you are odd sometimes" she cringed her nose playfully at her friend then smiled along as Leo suggested more men for Fran. "Oh see, you won't have to escape me now, two invitations!" she giggled and then Leo... who was that girl?

She didn't mind her husband hugging other girls, well depending on who they are.. but ohh! "Yes Fran you know her" she elbowed Fran with a whisper, "she's the one that lost her turtle once, or was it kidnapped" she trailed off thoughtfully then decided it didn't matter.

"Hey Celestina!" she waved at the girl, well Leo's broad body covered most of her so there was no possible way for her to shake hands or anything. "Nice to see you again".

"Leo can we not commit murder here? I mean yes there are enough people wearing black for a funeral but let's not." Francesca shook her head and flashed another grin at Bucky. She vaguely remembered Bucky being around when she was at Hogwarts. The big thing she remembered was that giant turtle she had because it had tried to eat Nikolai on more than one occasion. "So...do you still have that cannibalistic turtle?"

Kay, Bree, Ama, Krel
 

"Do you really want to know the answer to that?" Hawken asked with a raised eyebrow. He walked them up to where Tag was standing around with a few different people and gave the group a way with his available hand. The other was tucked against his side as he ascorted Kay along the entrance way. If Hawk was a normal man, he probably would have taken offense to Tag's compliment of being 'lovely.' As was, Hawken was not your average man and so he simply replied. "Thank You...good choice in picking out your own suit by the way." He left out that he probably would have worn a different tie with the shirt Tag was wearing since suits weren't usually Tag's preferred dress-code.
"I don't think," Hawk said leaning in, sensing Kay's hesitence and eying of Tag's appearance. "You'll have to worry about that. " One good thing about remaining friends with peopl you knew from school-days was that you could usually tell what set them off - history and familiarity with them and all that.

He turned his attention to the young lady standing next to Tag and smiled. "Hullo."

A girl with red hair meandered past. "Say Tag, isn't that Bucky?"

You. All of you. You know who you are.
 

Leo's shoulders tensed a little at Fran's words. He knew she had said it in jest. "Yeah, everyone looks like they are in a funeral." He agreed, nodding his head along.

His brows furrowed as his wife and her friend asked Bucky about a turtle. What turtle? Leo never heard of this before? Did she have a deceased pet? Oh my, that would be so sad if she did. At that very moment, Moretti decided that he'd buy her a cat if she did have a deceased pet. No one should be alone. Not that he suspected her being alone.

Not at all.

"Do I?" He beamed, straightening up. He was like a child when someone complimented him. "I thought I would've looked really old by now, but I guess not! Ha! That's just great."

So the turtle, tortoise, whatever it was, was still alive. Leo let go a sigh of relief. Still, the buying her a cat idea sounded really good. The cat would keep the tortoise and Bucky company.

"Lu and I are married," he informed her with a goofy grin as he wrapped his arm around Lua's waist again. "We have an eight year old son named Christopher. He is the sweetest little thing. You should come visit and see him!" Leo suggested. Oh, he would love it if Bucky saw Christopher. He knew his son would love her to bits. "What about you, Bucks?"

Oops. She struck a nerve with Leo. It was bound to happen at some point during the night and this was probably going to be one of many times Francesca struck nerves with people here. She couldn't believe after all this time Bucky still had that blasted tortoise though. Turtle, tortoise what was the difference really? She brushed a strand of hair behind her head and smiled. "Actually I am here by myself. No shame in it either. I...haven't really kept in touch with anyone from here since I left? I mean it just happened ya know?" It wasn't like Fran MEANT for it to happen. It just did and she wasn't exactly the type to write to someone first.

Tia felt a bit out of place she hadnt seen anybody she went to school with now and well she wasnt too sure about who was attending from her time

Leo nodded his head. "Yes, he's eight. A little hyper, but we can handle him perfectly. He's literally a cross between me and Lua. I bet you, you'd love him to bits." He grinned, pride filling him up as he spoke more of his son.

Turning his head towards Fran, he smiled. "No shame in being alone. We're all friends here. It's not like we're going to leave you all by yourself, wallowing in misery. Like they say, misery loves company!" He didn't even know if he phrased that properly. Leo then looked at Bucky as she spoke of having a date. He stared at her for a few moments and somehow, he felt a wave of pity crash into him. Poor thing. She was making up the fact she had a date. Didn't want to seem like she was all alone...

Speaking of which.

"Ehm. Bucky, still don't... That is, you still don't make pillow babies, do you?" He asked Bucky in all seriousness. He could never forget that year when she accused him of being the father of her pillow baby. Those OWLs really damaged her head. Poor thing.

"So who exactly is your date Bucky? I mean are we going to meet him?" Francesca was still extremely nervous about being here. One person she was close with in school had spotted her already, how many more could be there? Not like it mattered anyway. Fran would handle herself the way she always did: like there was nothing wrong because showing that something was wrong was something she refused to do. She snorted when Leo mentioned pillow babies. "Um pillow babies? Was I around for this? Because I want details. Right now."

Leo's eyes widened, immediately believing what she said. "Now, now, Bucky. Whatever rough patch you're going through can be solved. You don't need to resort to the pillow babies. Do you need to talk to someone? I think my cousin knows someone. They're very good from what I heard."

Oh, poor Buckster. Who would have known that loneliness brought her so much pain?! Leo would've placed a hand on his heart and acted a little dramatically. He didn't want to do it, though. Not with Bucky in front of him.

Poor, poor Bucky.

"Bucky, you don't have to go on about your date." Leo murmured gently, taking her hand into his. He looked up into her green eyes and gently patted her hand. "It's alright. Everything will be fine."

"Just exactly how much younger is he than us? Are you dating someone underage? Is it a secret relationship you're hiding from his parents because you'll go to jail for it?" Fran gave the girl a questioning stare before Leo basically took her hand in his and offered her therapy for pretending to have a date or something like that. Leo definitely had it all wrong in her opinion. Bucky's date was obviously still a student at Hogwarts which is why she didn't want to say anything about him. Who would want to say something like that anyway? Fran didn't have a problem with it but the other judgey types here probably would.

As Helena told how she managed to break her nose Chris just joked slightly as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Yeaaah that sounds like you." He said with a small smile. "Sooo are you working anywhere now?" He asked trying to make conversation.

Leo, Lua & Fran
 

His jaw fell wide open at what Fran had said. "Whaaaaaaat?! Bucky, I know you're desperate. I didn't think you'd be that desperate. Oh, you poor thing. Don't worry, your close friend Leo is here," he comforted her, patting her hand a little more.

Bucky, however, was resisting his help. Why? The only reason he could think up was that she didn't want to seem less than everyone else around them. But then again, had he gone all wrong with this? Did she really have a date with her? Was she happy with her life? Leo mused on these thoughts.

"Will all move in together, darling." Leo responded to Lua, squeezing her hand back and leaning down to give her cheek a gentle peck. "We wouldn't want to leave anyone out here."

His head whipped back to look at Bucky with startled eyes. Did she say faint? "Bucky, are you feeling sick? If you are, you should go home and rest. You wouldn't want to pass out while dancing. That would be awful."

Ema entered the entrance hall and looked around, amazed at the sight before her. She had never attended a party this grand, nor a dance or a ball. She just...stood there...with her mouth open.

She had thought her brown and turquoise dress would have been too dressy for something school related - turned out she was wrong. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear (the rest of her hair was neatly pinned up in a french twist) and straightened out her dress.

The only thing Francesca heard was food. That was something she could definitely use right now considering she didn't eat very much on the way to Hogwarts. In fact she didn't exactly eat proper meals half the time anymore because of being constantly on the go but it's whatever. "I'm about to faint too actually. I didn't eat on the way here so we should definitely go find some food. I get cranky when I don't eat and I don't exactly want my reputation to come flying back to me here."

You, you and you. YES. Especially you.
 

Leo gapped at Fran once she admitted to also feeling faint. Why did these women not feed themselves?! Did they think they'd achieve anything other than death by doing that?! Oh, he was so going to bring the both of them over when the family gathers around. Nothing like italian food with lots of meat.

"Both of you should eat. EAT. Why is it that we have stomachs? To eat. I don't understand you women!" He exclaimed, flailing his arms about like a chicken. Yes, a chicken. "We will go in this instant and get you all food. Goodness, if you mothers saw you I bet they'd have a fit."

Mother Hen Moretti.

That's his new name.

Before they were about to move, however, someone called his name. Leo blinking like a fool looked around until he found the source. It was Drago, previously Armand. "Yo!" He replied, waving his hand back at him. This was turning out quite the night!

Fran was getting a bit impatient. This happened quite often to be perfectly honest. Even though she was a lot more refined now, she still had that infamous short temper fuse. She looked at Bucky and Leo and gestured over to the food table. "Okay Leo since you're bawwing about Bucky and I not eating and playing the role of our surrogate matriarchal figure, how about you let us go get food while you talk to your older friend over there?" She gestured to the older man who had called Leo over to him. "Or you could always come with us, whichever you prefer, but I'm going to get food."

Last post. D: SORRREH. I have a final and I need SLEEP!
 

Leo was about to say another thing to the women, but it seems that Drago have caught his attention. Before they left, he pointed his finger at Bucky and then moved it towards Fran. "Eat as much as possible. I'll be asking."

Taking Lua's hand, he walked up to Drago as he didn't want to be shouting across the hall for him. "Of course we're together! Better than ever too, isn't that right hun?" Leo asked Lu, a smile on his lips.

"How have you been, Drago? Still working at the ministry, I presume?" Before he could answer, though, something caught Leo's attention. "Oh? Who is that someone? I'm interested. Tell me more."

"Iris the dresses are just stunning...you should really do this for a living or something...I mean you have a real talent! I would def buy one of these...They are very much designerish....I love love love love them!" she said with a smile after watching her two friends turn around.

Satine followed Iris' eyes to a new face...dressed in...was that polkadots...what an odd thing to see...well maybe not the polka dots, but def that many polka dots...she smiled at the polka dotted boy..."Yes I can def tell he likes polka dots...and what kind of nutter is he?" Satine asked innocently...she didn't want him to be a bad nutter...she could handle just a funny person but a true nutter....

She looked back at Fallon, "Well if you have one to spare, def send him my way...I think I'm the only fourth year EVER that hasn't had a boyfriend by this time in their life..." she said making a pouty face and rolling her eyes. ...but her usual smile quickly popped through...she could never be melodramatic too long.

As she waited to see if the boy would come over she turned to her friends, "Is Aaron coming tonite? I haven't seen him in ages...." she said as she played with her sparkly purple bracelets. Just as she said this a familiar face walked up...

Satine smiled in his direction..."Well you don't look half bad yourself..." she whistled at Aaron and winked at him and then attacked him with her usual hug of greeting. "Who are you all dressed up for?" she said glancing over her shoulder at Iris....hoping she hadn't missed too much this term.

He chuckled lightly. Good ol' Leo. "I am working at the Ministry, still. Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. I was actually working in Werewolf Capture, though Cassandra... Talked me out of it, we'll say. So I'm now working in the Beings division. Rin, the woman I was telling you about, works in the same department. Head of the Spirits division. Interestingly enough, met over ice cream both trying to keep out of the sun."

The next part he found a little hard to say. It did seem a little embarrassing... he seemed to have a habit of getting in close with someone a little fast. "And... well... we're actually expecting," he said with a certain level of embarrassment. Not that he wasn't ecstatic about it, but Natasha was pregnant when he had introduced her to Slade for the first time too. It seemed before anyone he knew ever met anyone he was with, she was already pregnant.

Fallon laughed a little at Satine's enthusiasm. It was one of the many things she liked about her.

Satine's face when she spotted Jimbo was great. Fallon knew that he was the good kind of nutter, the kind that entertained. After all, Iris had told her so much about him.

Fallon giggled at Satine's comment. "Definately. Unless I want to keep him for myself." She had to laugh at that one. She'd never been that kind of girl, but it was starting to become how she always acted.

She was having a great time with her girlfriends. Then, Aaron was brought up and Fallon had a flashback of the summer. Now, the guilt was back and she didn't know how long she would be able to deal with it.



And then Aaron had to show up. She smiled at him as Satine gave him a hug. "Hey Aaron."

Yeah, she didn't know what else to say. She started to get all nervous and awkward and the guilt kept building. It was worse when she looked at Iris. "I think I'm going to go see if I can find one of those guys. See you later guys." With that she was off and hoping that no one noticed how frantic and nervous she was.

Raven was distracted with showing her plans to Grayson when out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Milo leaving the seating area looking rather frustrated. She excused herself from the conversation then walked over to him and gently tapped him on the shoulder. "Milo, what's going on?" she asked rather calmly, it wasn't that she was curious what was going with him; it was just that it just seemed rather odd that he would be in a bad mood.

Milo turned, eyes bloodshot as he tried to fight back tears. "Just having a bit of bad luck you could say." he replied giving the girl a sad look. The ball seemed like a big waste of bloody time and now that he was single again, things were not looking any better.

"But hey, you look really great in that dress." the young man added with a soft smile.

That it did. Though petite-framed, Helena was definitely not as graceful as she seemed at times - Chris of all people knew that. Not currently. Looking, but as I might be relocating soon I'm not that fussed about it for the moment, she said with another shrug. What about you? How's your stuff with the band going? she asked interestedly.

Once she noticed Milo's eyes, Raven frowned slightly; she really wanted to know now what was going on and here was not the place. "I know the feeling.. come on, let's go outside and you can tell me what's going on." She offered him his hand, there was no ulterior motive here for a change; Raven just wanted to talk.

"Well thank you, I bought this strictly for the occasion." She said with a slight smile on her red lips, honestly she knew that she looked good but it was nice to hear it.

Milo took her hand if anything cautiously, glancing over his shoulder to see if Trixie could still see him but figured that she certainly couldn't. "Alright." he said, following her out wondering where they would end up.

The young man was actually able to smile despite himself. "You don't say? I thought that you always wore such things under your Hogwarts uniform."

Ashlie <3
 

Guess who's back, back again?
 

Marco chuckled. He could actually see Max rolling around in a wheelchair. "I reckon he'd die from a bludger to the head or something. None of this old age rubbish. Best way to die, in battle." Or Quidditch game. Same difference though.

Marco's eyes widened. Revenge? No no no. Not here. He didn't want to be revenged upon. He was sill young. And in the prime of his Quidditch career. "You could go to Azkaban though." Not much of a threat really. Erikson probably loved the idea.

Oliver chuckled as Cameron poked his cheek. So she was picking up bad habits from the annoying Snake already? Not good. 'His eyes was glazing over?' He laughed embarrassedly – if she didn't like the gormless expression, she shouldn't have shown up looking so fine. “Sorry. You just look so different.” He murmured. “Like, good, different.” He added quickly because girls usually thought different meant 'bad'. Silly mares. hehe.

She looked so confused as he took her hand – Oliver wasn't sure whether this was a good thing or not. She reminded him of a rabbit in the headlights and was worried she may bolt at any minute. He shook his head, his eyes filling with amusement when she admitted she didn't get what he said. “Ah nothing.” He replied waving his free hand dismissively. “Ignore me. It was just a stupid joke. 'S not even worth explaining.” Like most of his weird 'jokes'.

But that feeling was quashed the moment Cameron returned his compliment and said he looked 'dapper'. He beamed at her. He liked that word.

'We're both dreaming?' What? He was unsure if Cameron actually took that seriously or not. “No.. I jus' meant –nevermind.” Ooof.. was it getting hot in here? If he'd been wearing a tie, he would have been tugging at it uncomfortably round about now. He was beginning to realise that opening his mouth was a bah-haad idea. The words that were coming out, although it made perfect sense to him, were obviously nothing but a load of gobbledegook to Cameron. It was her fault really – she was making his brain all funny by looking... and smelling so good. Her perfume was acting like a Confundus Charm. Seriously.

“I don't think you're insane.” He said not able to keep his mouth shut because, lets face it, a camel was more likely to travel through the eye of a needle than Oliver keeping quiet for more than five minutes. “You have a different take on life to most but that's a good thing.” He smiled. “You wouldn't be Cameron if you weren't so random and feisty and yet oh so insecure. And I certainly wouldn't be here with you now if you were like all the rest.” He gestured at the people in the entrance hall.

She wasn't going to dance with him? Maan. And so the face pulling started. “One dance.” He said holding up one finger up. "You've got to at least give me one dance. We'll make it a slow one.” He assured her. “Besides, Quidditch is over with for a while now – my feet wont mind being trodden on.” He laughed cheekily and squeezed her hand, especially when she called him 'love'. He'd promised a few dances, but really, he didn't want to dance with anyone except Cameron. “Come on. I could do with a drink.” A cold one to, ya know, cool down a wee bit?

Jack stood waiting beside the door leading into the ball. He looked around to see if Diana had arrived.

Desmond stood beside the door watching his little cousin. Sure he teased him about going to the ball but he couldn't help but feel protective of him. He decided to wait until his date showed up. He looked around to see if he remembered anyone from his time at Hogwarts.

Where to Next?
 

Vanessa grinned a little as she listened to Evangeline. That was part of the reason why Vannie had left St Mungos in the first place. She'd wanted a rest, and break from the hustle and bustle, not that she really got that frrom where she worked now, probably got more noise from the owls now. But she loved working in Eeylops, it was her life now. hehe. "But I know you still love it." She smiled at her friend. She knew Evangeline far too well, and she knew that the girl loved healing with some passion, more than Vannie did herself, because well Vannie had left. Oh well. She loved her new job, and that was where her life was now. hehe.

She heard someone else speak, and Vannie giggled with a grin. She knew exactly who it was. Cliffffie. Hehe. She watched Clifford and Evie interact with each other, and she smiled. They were cute. They reminded her of Miles and herself, which then again made it a little painful to see them happy, but she didn't care. She was over Miles now, she was sure of it. Oh....was Clifford still calling her snot girl. That amused her. "You know Clifford...Im sure you can call me by my actual name now?"

Hehe! Of course the band would come up! Chris just shrugged with a smile. "The bands doing good. As I told Em we are out of New York and in L.A I don't like it as much there but we are playing shows almost every night. Also we just got off a small tour as an opening act soooo." He said with a small chuckle.

He waved it off. "Marco, do you really think after all this time I wouldn't have learned how to not get caught?" He smirked. Merlin this boy was gullible. Ah well, may as well let it go. "Goodness, Marco... I may hold grudges, but not over something as petty as this," he said with a chuckle. "I'm only messing with you. I have better things to worry about again. Family, career... I'm not going to waste my time hunting you down when I could be planning the nursery."

Amelia had been a bit reluctant to attend the Alumni Ball. It had - after all - been nearly six years since she'd walked through those doors. Of course the moment she and Tancred received the invitation to the ball she had been squealing with delight. Yet her reluctance came last night when the babies came down with a bad cold. She was intending on just staying home, when Tancred stepped in - the sweet dear he was - and told her to go on. He would stay home with the babies. So the redhead went on by herself, her heart home with Tancred and the babies though.

Her reluctance to attend alone disappeared in the moments she entered the entrance hall and took in the breathtaking decorations. It was just as majestic as when she left. And then - she saw one of the girls she'd been hoping to see. Vanessa Corbette. My had that girl 'grown'; at least in spirit.

Thankful for the ballet flats she chose to wear to match her dress, simply because they made little sound on the hard floor, Mia approached the younger/shorter girl quietly from behind. With the fast instincts she'd been born with, she wrapped her arms over the girl, enveloping her in a tackle!hug. "Guessssssssssswhhhhhhhhooooooo!?" she exclaimed into the girl's ear.

^_^ Saz!!!!
 

Emalyn calmed herself. It wasn't THAT big a deal. Plus it was Hogwarts, she shoulda been expecting a grand party like this.
She spotted a lonely looking boy about her age also enter the entrance hall and sidled over to him.
"Whaddaya think of it?" she asked, gesturing to the decorations and just...the grandness of it all. "It's the fanciest party I've ever seen."

Eegads!

Vanessa never had really done well with surprise, which was a bad idea seeing as she did like have a baby, and was probably bound to get a lot of surprises. So when she felt someones arms around her she squealed a little, but thankfully she didn't actually scream, because that would be highly embrassing, and she was a a lady now, and ladies did not scream. Not at all.
But that voice. She recognised that voice. She really could not remember it though. Which was really bad. She glanced across at Evie....before turning around in the clearly feminine arms.....

And then she squeaed again. "Oh. My. God." She giggled, throwing her own arms around the older woman. "Miaaa!" By god has she missed this woman so so so much. But oddly it hadn't crossed her mind that she might have actually seen her here. Oh well.

Marco breathed a sigh of relief. This man wasn't going to set fire to Marco's perfect hair. He frowned, "A nursery Sir? Do you have a kid?" What about Natasha??? How could you forget about her? He didn't like the idea of Erikson moving on. Poor Blay. He still remembered her.

It didn't cross Mia's mind that the girl wouldn't remember her or even be startled to see her here. After all, who wouldn't remember her? A moment later though, she felt the body she was enveloping turn and HUG her back! YAY!

"Nesssssaaaaaaaaaa! I've missed you!" Grinning, she pulled back slightly but kept her hands on the girls' shoulders, lest she try to run away. Eying her up and down, she narrowed her eyebrows slightly. "You look awesome. Different though. But awesome. What have you been up to?" She did of course worry about all her Hufflepuffs when she graduated, but somehow had faith that they would come out okay. Simply because she knew she had given them a strong [Hufflepuff] foundation when she was there. She and Savannah... Speaking of which ...

"Oh. My!" Her green eyes opened wide. "Savannah! Alexis! Curt! They're all here, right?! Right?" Hopefully, because if she left her sick babies and husband home, then she better at least be reunited with some old friends.

...

EEP! Was that Professor Erikson Carracio?! And ... ooh! Oh noes! That was Marco Denver talking to him. She would recognize him from a mile away; who was one old friend she wasn't anxious to see. Sighing, she quickly glanced away in the other direction . . .

Cameron felt that familiar warmth fill her cheeks at his comment. Different?
Didn't she get that enough without having to be different tonight. She'd gone to so much effort..
'Good different?' Yeah.. "Oh.. thanks," She mumbled and pulled out a fake smile. Different it was then. She didn't like this dream so much anymore. Nothing was going to plan.

He was.. holding her hand. Bad dream quickly turned to euphoric hallucination at this thought and Cam frowned when he waved her off. But she wanted to know! "Buhht.. I like your jokes.. I like them more when I get them.|

And then being the mean girl she was, she pouted for extra effect.

Luckily, her humiliation went unnoticed by Oliver who seemed to find her slip of the tongue endearing. Trust. :loved:

"It is a dream isn't it?" That was a real shame because she was enjoying this.
She cut off as he spoke. Er.. o_______0 "You don't?" Aww. She smiled and looked at the ground, embarassed.
Insecure? "Aw.. I am?" Heh. The whole 'There's no way that Oliver would like me.." kinda put that into perspective."Right.. well that's .. cool." She didn't really know what to say.
Aww. "So, you don't care that I'm ... weird?" She smirked when he motion to the people around, "Yeah.. average is so passe' these days." Heh.. she wished.
"Thanks Capt'n" She mumbled trying, through her humble happiness, to find the humour.

Despite her burning cheeks, the Gryffindor giggled at his face-pulling. He would have to get down on his knee's and beg if she were going to dance.
Yeah.. she kinda caved when he opened his mouth. He hadn't of even needed to do that he could've just stood there and she would've caved. Her will power was zilch.
"I suppose, considering I need to give you one dance, I could possibly squeeze one in."
Punching him (lightly!) she laughed, "Shush you. I seem to remember your massive, showy dance-thing didn't work out so well." Eh.. he'd know what she was talking about.
Smiling as he squeezed her hand, she moved a little closer to him and nodded, "Something cold sounds guuuud."

Kevin saw an older Hufflepuff girl talk to him and said "Yeah it is pretty impressive, I am Kevin and you are?" Kevin was glad to be meeting new people

Vanessa beamed as she looked up at her friend. Possibly one of her oldest friend, and her first ever hufflepuff friend. Just looking at one of her many role models made her remember the mini mias, and all those memories. Oh seeing Mia was amazing. Although what the woman called her, made her think of Erik, and how sophisticated the name Nessa made her seem, not at all like the midget hufflepuff she had been mere 3 years ago. "Nessa?" She grinned at her friend, made everyone would start calling her that now. "I like it." More grown up than Vannie she was sure. "Different? Oh yes. I've had a Lyra make over." She giggled, imagining her best friends face when she saw her. Oh yes. She loved her Lyra make up, but she other thing she loved was that she hadn't lost her Vannieness, she was still the cute little midget that she had always been, she just dressed a little. "Well....I did the healing course yeah? But then I got a little bored." Which was really beyond her, because she had loved healing. "So I work at Eeyelops now." Because she loved her shop, it was so her.

Oooh. Vannah and Curt! "Oh my! I hope they're here. I haven't seen them since they graduated!" She brunette pouted a little. They had better be there. She missed them. "Man I've hardly seen anyone since I graduated!" which made her feel bad, and sad. She wanted to see her old friends!

Tori entered the ballroom, looking around at the decorations. She wore a little black dress and silver shoes to match her silver hair accessories. Skirting the room she leaned against the wall looking around at everyone else mingle, something she had given up doing, even on a daily basis. The smiles, the dresses, the decorations, she couldn't help but smile a little as the atmosphere demanded it.

Dacs stood by the door as she watched everyone enter. All the young faces, teenagers. She remembered her years at hogwarts. She wondered if she would see her best friend from Hogwarts show up. Standing and looking through the crowd she could see some people she knew.

Sarah Ambrose.

Mrs. Ambrose.

Despite the whole pre-wedding scare. The epic freak out and the more epic elopement in the end - Sarah didn't even try to conceal the beam that shone across her face, knowing that she was not Miss Corner but Mrs Ambrose.

And Sarah sure had a funny way of showing it off, her arm was linked with Sheldon's - with her hand (the one with her wedding ring on) carefully placed at his side. YES SHE WAS CLINGING. Because, guess what - she totally could. Sarah now had a 'legal' claim at the blond, handsome guy next to her.

His words brought her back on earth. Her cheeks reddened just like the times before - just like the first time he had kissed her and just like the many times .. here at hogwarts. "Yes, you have" she whispered, quietly back.

Chuckling lightly, her eyes moved onto the entrance hall again. Wow. They were back here. Oh my. "Shel ... we are here again. Gosh, I am so excited"

"Actually, we're expecting three." He looked rather nonchalant about it, though internally it was somewhat embarrassing to have moved so fast... again. "Two boys and a girl, it looks like." He pulled a hologram crystal from his pocket and activated it... revealing a young woman who had long, wavy black hair and light blue eyes, and looked rather heavily pregnant. And anyone who had seen an image of Slade could easily see the similarities. She would probably dislike that he was showing images of her in such a condition, though he was personally loving it.

Quietly, and a little sadly, he continued, "A new start... a second chance to have a family and protect them. A new lease on life." He shut off the hologram, glancing back up to Marco as though he knew exactly what the man was thinking. "Surely, after losing everything and everyone I'd loved and cared for, I'm entitled to that... A little happiness and a little less loneliness? At last, being loved by at least someone once again?"

Chris didn't like L.A.? Huh. That was a new one. Lena, for one, loved it there with the beach and sun. That's good, she said with a small smile, unsure of what else to say. Hmmmmm.... Your family okay? she asked, grasping at straws and trying to pass over the awkwardness approaching at remembrance of their last meeting.

Oh.

Oliver's words, which were supposed to be a compliment, hadn't gone down quite the way he expected. Maan, this girl stuff was suuu difficult. Time to backtrack.. or use his that Slytherin silver tongue he had been blessed with. “I don't mean you look 'different' - 'weird'.” He explained complete with air-quotes. “I mean you look different to how you usually look. I'm not used to seeing you all dolled up like this.” He waved his hand in front of her face indicating her hair and make-up. “You look....” What? Cue the tomato face. “...Really beautiful.” Like a young woman and not that girl in her Gryffindor robes he saw everyday.

He raised an eyebrow and eyed her, ignoring the hotness around the collarage area. “No you don't.” He said deadpan. “When I went to the effort of feigning a heart attack purely to entertain you, you looked at me like I was insane.” Which was probably true but still – takes one to know one and all that jazz. “'Sides.” He shrugged his shoulders. “It's was too subtle – I doubt you would get it.”

Smirrrrrrrrrk.

So the lad was starting to relax. Poor Hammy – what had she got herself into? Hehe.

He noted the pout. “Not gonna work, missy.” Although if she added puppy dog eyes to the mix, Oliver would most certainly cave. She had such pretty eyes and he was but a weak-willed teenage boy.

Was she being serious about the dream thing? Yeah, she was weird, but this dream thing was, like, reh-heally weird... yet kinda cute at the same time. “No.” He replied sincerely – he didn't think she was insane – 'weird' and 'insane' are both very different things after all. Then, “Yes.” Nod, nod.. to the insecure thing. Like when she hid in the Gryffie common room lest she bump into any Ravenclaws with their 'book dust'. N'awwww.

“I like that you're weird.” He elbowed her playfully. “There's never a dull moment with you Cam, seriously.” And to hold Oliver's attention for more than five minutes was quite a feat. Kudos to HCammy.

His eyes snapped up to meet hers and he smiled when she laughed at him. “Good.” He said squeezing her hand. “Cos what's it going to look like if the Captain doesn't dance with his date?” Mwhahahaha! He knew he had her now! He mock winced when she punched him. “Strong swing like that.. why aren't you on the Gryffie team with a bat in your hand?” He pulled another face at her and reached up to flick her forehead lightly. “It would have worked perfectly if you hadn't got in the way.” He retorted with smirk in place.. but he let it falter. “The fact that I was trying to impress you is but a minor detail” Wink. Hehe.

He felt her move closer.. Cold sounded great to him, especially now there was very little space between he and this very pretty young woman. Maan.. it WAS hot in here, wasn't it? “Alright.” he said softly and started towards the Great Hall opening up that gap once again. Phew!

That was true. Vannie was absolutely right when she said Evangeline loved healing. It was a part of who she was, she supposed. It was hectic, and gory and exhausting but very rewarding as well. Sometimes. You know, when things were right. "It has its perks." She replied with a grin. "I do miss having you around, though." They used to have a blast in that hospital. Hehe. "How is Eeylop's doing? And what have you been doing apart from that?" Evangeline felt like she barely even knew what Vannie was up to these days!

And well, she supposed she didnt know. They so needed to get together more.

Varius Tipps wanted to make some grand entrance (as was always the case with the young ex-Huffle), however a rather blunt letter to the school board requesting a flying, hippogriff driven carriage with plentiful fireworks sparking upon his arrival spelling out 'VARIUS TIPPS: HOGWARTS FINEST' was refused. He couldn't work out what had been so wrong with this request, but behaved according to the school boards wishes.

He entered the entrance hall, in his rather spiffy suit. His top hat was extremely tall, his trousers slightly too small for him and a cane was present, swinging in circles at his side as he made his way through the school he had left about two years ago. His mother took some convincing to allow his attendance at this ball, but once she was assured that no werewolves existed within the walls anymore she gave him the okay. He currently got home schooled by one of the many tutors at the Botts mansion where he and his mother now lived. His mother and father seemed to be making a fresh start of things, much to his delight. However, having to spend a lot more time with his cousin, Neptune Bott, was more torture than anything.

"IM HERE, WITCHES!" he bellowed, a huge grin plastered over his face. It felt really good to be back. He rubbed the heads of a few people nearby (all of whom he had no recollection of) and sauntered deeper into the hall. Surely there was a familiar face SOMEWHERE around here? "Is someone going to take my robe or what? Where is the serviceeeeeeeee?"