And que the drums. The one person who seems to know when he is being talked about, shows up. "Well hello baby brother." Dani said to her brother sarcastically and smiled at him.

Apollo grinned. It was very rare for him to be this smooth with girls. She must have been special. She was very easy to talk to. Normally he would be extremely haughty and rude to pretty girls like this, because he wasn't very good at being sociable, but she was just so.....sweet looking that he couldn't be mean to her. "We'll see though. I don't think I can take a complete stranger to my families house." He smiled, and gave her a wink. Him....WINKING? O.o Weird.

"Wow. Thats more amazing then anywhere I have ever been. I'm surprised they wouldn't tell you exactly where though." He grinned in amazement. Her parents had very impressive jobs. He thought about all the amazing places he would love to go to one day. Egypt being close to the top. It would be amazing to see the Pyramids.

"So...do you have any siblings?" He asked with a smile. His social skills were suddenly taking a huge turn. When did he ever ask questions?

Cadence watched him as he smiled at her, and she could actually feel her heart melting inside of her. He seemed so nice... and like he would be a lot of fun... and like everything else in the world wouldn't be more important to him than her. And then when he spoke and... oh my Merlin! He just winked at her! she let out a cute little giggle. "Well, you'll just have to write them lots of letters and tell them all about me and how amazing I am, and then I won't feel like a stranger!" she said in a teasing tone before giggling again.

When he started talking about how amazing her parents' jobs had been, she nodded her head and gave a bit of a non-committal shrug. "Yes, it was alright I suppose. I wasn't really allowed to go outside most of the time, though, because we usually weren't in very safe places. I also didn't like not having a place that I could call home. Then there was the whole them having to fake their own deaths and then go into hiding thing. That wasn't pleasant. For three years I thought my parents were dead," she said a bit somberly, hoping she wasn't sharing too much of her past with him.

"Nope," Cadence replied, shaking her head. "It's just me and my parents in this huge house out in the country side. Though, during the summer, people come visit a lot. Especially Torin, you know, the Prefect?" she explained, smiling again. Torin was her best friend, so she hoped Apollo liked him well enough.

Nah, I don't do runes, thank god, I'm terrible at maths and stuff like that, I dropped arithmancy as well Amy said as she reached over to get another frog

Apollo gave her a small smile. Why was he doing this? He didn't want a relationship right now. Why was he being so flirty...and miraculously smooth? It was strange. "That I will." He grinned. Realizing he still had his astronomy book open in his lap, he closed it and put it on top of his bag.


"Whoa. They had to fake their deaths? Are you sure they are peace-keepers, and don't work as like...spies or something." He suddenly had doubts about their.....jobs. If they were peace-keepers, why would they have to keep their locations secret, or fake their deaths. Didn't make sense to him.....

Ah, Torin was her best friend, eh? "Oh yeah, I know Torin. I pretty much hung out with him and his twin sister all night at the Hufflepuff camp out. He's a cool guy."He paused before continuing with, "I have a younger sister. She's 12, almost 13, and goes to the Italian Institute of Magic."

Cadence giggled as he asked if her parents were spies. "Yes, I'm sure. Some people just... don't really like the idea of wizards and Muggles living next to each other peacefully. Some people get really mad at people who try to change that," she said quietly, remembering all the attacks on their camps when she was little.

When he said he knew Torin and that he liked him, Cadence grinned even wider. "Torin's, like... my big brother. Or my best friend. I don't know. He's pretty great!" she said with a giggle. She wasn't really sure how to describe Torin's relationship with her, but it was always fun, and he was always there for her. As he explained about his sister, Cadence nodded. "Do you like having a little sister?" she asked interestedly.

Aha!

He was finally here! Treyen had managed to get his little branch inside the Castle without being noticed at all! Which was good, he didn't want people asking questions.

He took a seat in one of those working tables, and made himself comfortable. Taking out his Ancient Runes book, Treyen placed the page on which every single rune was, so he could carve it in the wood. First, cutting the branch in the necessary pieces of runes, with an almost normal size, smaller than regular, but he thought it was normal.

Meditation...what was he supposed to meditate about? Oh, right. The runes.

Once the cutting was done, he smirked, for there was no more of the little branch left, it seems the Whomping Willow had given him the right branch. Hmmm. Now, the carving. The carving took longer than he'd expected, because he was trying to focus on getting the letters right, and the wood was a tough one, too.

But, after a couple hours, he had made his OWN runes set, and the wood matched the one of his wand. Yes! He'd done it! Now he needed to place the pieces inside the pouch and he was good to go, yes?

He smiled and rolled his eyes at her. Pfft. He wasn't her baby brother really. She was only 8 minutes older than him. So it didn't really count for anything even if she liked to bug him about it. "What's up, nerd?"

She watched as he rolled his eyes. Ugh! Boys!! Then he called her a nerd. Sure she was, but she hated it when he pointed it out. It was her turn to roll her eyes. "Not much. Whats up with you?" she said. She had not seen him in a while. So he was bound to have news for her. It could be exciting news or shocking news. With Torin, you never know.

It hadn't been an easy day. Too much work to do, too little time to do it., Mari thought as she sat down next to a couple of fisrt graders. She took out quill and perchmente preparing herself for the longest essay ever on the correct use of sleeping potions. Mari sighed heavily, her quill quivering a little in her hand. She placed it on the table away from the ink in case her strength gave her away. Just a little second resting my eyes, I mean it's not as if work couldn't wait she thought as her eyes closed completely.

Apollo didnt have much more to comment on that subject. it was quite true, that the wizarding community didnt agree with us being so close to muggles. He wasn't that surprised. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

Torin was a cool guy, not that he knew him well. That one night was really fun though. Then she asked about his sister, which made him smile. Any opportunity he got to talk about his little sister made him happy. "Isabella is not only my little sister, but she is my best friend. It's weird to hear I'm sure, but she has a very old soul. She is very perceptive and loves to watch and observe people. She has always been so patient and kind hearted. I think thats what I like about her best. I tend to be mixed up in drama." He said with a grin.

Cadence couldn't help but mirror the boy's silly grin as he spoke about his sister. She obviously meant a lot to him. It must be nice to have someone you were so closed to. "That's great! She's really lucky to have a big brother who cares about her so much!" she said enthusiastically before flipping her hair over her shoulder. When he mentioned being mixed up in drama, Cadence couldn't help but giggle and blush slightly. "Yeah... I know how that goes. For some reason, it always finds me," she said, looking back into his eyes.

It had been a couple of weeks since Nunually had left to go back home on an emergency call from her neighbors. Her mother had gotten sick and was in the hospital near their house. So far the news were good she had just had the flu. Yet Nunually felt very uncomfortable. She knew this was bound to happen since her mothers system was dying becuase of the cancer. She shook away her thoughts and decided to finally head back into the common room.

She slowly took in a deep breath and smiled. Her eyes seemed tired, yet a smile still spread on her face. When she went inside she felt at peace, she had discovered her older sister was a very evil person, her older brother had graduated, but he had been nice. Her real parents ignored her and her mommy was doing well. So far things were beginning to get normal for once. All that was missing was Georgie. She wanted to find her. She wondered if she had returned to Hogwarts. "georgie?" she called out at the people in the common room.

She wanted to know if he had news, and he didn't really. But it was fun to mess with her, so he would pretend that he did to make her curious. "Well, what isn't up with me? You have no idea what's just happened to me. What's been happening to me all Term so far." He shook his head like he couldn't believe it himself. He liked being mean to his sister sometimes.

Teegan plopped down in a chair in front of the fire. She sat there and sunk as far as she could down in it so her head wasn't visible from the backside of the chair. She needed to come to a conclusion and soon, of what she was going to do after she graduated. She definitely didn't want to go back to her sister's place. Though she wouldn't mind going back to Greece. She was tempted to stay in Denmark or London. Or even go to India. But she couldn't decide on anything. Teegan was so indecisive lately, and she didn't really have a good friend who could help her come to a conclusion. She let out a deep breath, not sure of anything anymore.

Dani shook her head at her brother. Now he was just goofing off. "Alright Torin Kristopher, cut to the chase. What did you do this time?" she asked him. He was good at dodging questions. Till his middle name was brought up. It was sort like an obligation, having to awnser questions when the middle name was said.

:: Arabelle walked down from the dormitories. A couple books in her hand. She headed over to the corner of the room and was surprised to see a girl hiding in one of the chairs. " Hello. " She responded to the girl whom she knew was in her year. Arabelle folded her legs beneathe her in the chairm smoothed out her skirt and placed her shoes in front of the chair. The books she placed on the table and started reading. ::

Teegan groaned at the fire. Great, another new person to deal with. She gave a weak smile at the girl, realizing that she had seen her around before, and that she was a seventh year. That made up for the poor timing of her greeting and Teegan's poor mood. "Hey." Teegan responded slipping a little lower in her chair as she turned back to the fire. She let out a deep breath. India, Greece, Denmark? India, Greece, Denmark? She smacked a hand to her forehead wishing she could chose what to do after graduation.

:: Arabelle looked at the Teegan. They had never had any choice of words for each other through the seven years of school together but they had never not liked each other either. " Teegan, do you need someone to talk to. To get your mind cleared. I'm here. I would love to listen to anything you want to say. " Arabelle's voice rings soft and gentle but loud enough for the girl to hear that she was also sincere. ::

Teegan let out another deep breath. Yeah, she definitely needed someone to talk to...but this girl, she didn't even know her and was completely surprised that she had known Teegan's name. But right now she didn't know who she could trust. It seemed that everyone was rude and obnoxious here at Hogwarts, and she could barely stand to stay here a few more months and graduate with the rest of the seventh year class...she missed Greece more than she could admit.

:: Arabelle sighed softly. She placed her hands gently on her book and looked up at Teegan. " I know we don't know each other well. Which I'm sorry for. We do sleep in the same dormitory. I'm a tad quiet. If you ever need anyone to talk to Teegan. I will listen. I know times are tough. " She smiles brilliantly at the girl and takes to looking out the window at the grounds. ::

He smirked more when she used his middle name. He knew that she was serious whenever she did that, and that made this all the more fun for him. "I might have a secret. Something that you won't find out about because I won't tell you." And he might have only been playing with her, but he also wasn't at the same time. Because he really did have a big secret that she wasn't finding out about.

And now the word games. Torin was famous for those. "I am so not going to sit here and listen to you as you boost about secrets." she said as she picked up her bag. Usually his secrets got him into trouble. She looked at her brother for a second then asked in a whisper, "You did not make another love potion did you?"

Teegan looked at the girl and nodded her head. "Thank you." She told her. Maybe she'd talk to the girl after all...just not right now, here in the open. She didn't want everyone to have the chance to know her business. It was her life after all and she didn't want everyone to know everything that was happening in it. She took a deep breath and went out on a limb. "Let's talk up in the dorm." Teegan told her getting up from her chair. She'd feel more comfortable talking to her where she could lay on her bed and relax...and not have the chance to be over heard.

"But you want to know what it is, so you will." He knew her way too well. She would be nosy especially if it was something bad that she could tell their parents about. She was still reporting to them about him and he knew it. It was amazing that he didn't really mind all that much.

He rolled his eyes at her whisper. "Are you kidding? Why would I? I have a girl that loves me as it is." And were engaged, but you don't know it.