Divination homework? There was homework? She really didn't know. Enya shook her head vigiously not looking at her best friend. "Nope" She replied not really caring if she got detention for it, detention was fun and interesting. Enya had better things to do then homework. Like sketch. smirk.

Enya also didn't have a clue what could be lurking in the maze, not that she really cared. She was glad she wasn't in there at the moment - firstly it would so be bad for her appearence. Rolling on the floor and all. Sigh. "I dunno" She simply said, not really interested in the whole conversation. "Scary things" She added but Louisa had carried on.

She had been screaming? But what for? It was only a silly task. Nothing dangeious, specially for Louisa as she was only watched. Enya looked at the younger girl her eye brows raised, but she said nothing. Shrugg and looked back to the front. "As i said before i was busy."

Something drew her back to this stupid event, and behold, Maya was making her way over to the stands. Rolling her eyes and sighing like a normal whiner would do, the Mexicana spotted Mister Jeremy - and that little Roxxy girl who looked like she was wrestling something - already on their seats.

The woman felt the corner of her lips curl up, and her sturdy boots carried her over to both of them to sit down. No need to ask if it was allright, ofcourse, she was a free soul afterall.
"Good day, Jeremy," Smirk. she glanced at Roxxy next. "Miss De Rivera." A nod and back to Jeremy.

...and commence the negativity. "So...who shall we see get mauled today then?" And you couldn't tell she was unhappy about it. Sarcasm made her look quite..unbothered.

Carter headed to the stands with some parchment and and a self-inking quill. Alright. Time to get started on his article. Now, who to talk to...

Kita walked down the the stands steadily. She couldn't believe how cold it was. It was seriously getting to her; especially when it came to breathing in the chilly air. Wrapping her scarf more tightly around her neck, she walked towards one of the stands.

As she walked up the stands, she couldn't believe how many people were already there. And to think she had had her breakfast quickly to get here quickly.


Kita noticed someone sitting alone, with a quill. Feeling kind of bad, she made her way along the row and asked, "Hey! Is it ok if i sit here?"

Hmm...

Iris looked around the stands, looking for a friend to sit with.

Nope. Noone!

No Jimbo, No Leilani... Not even any sign of Evan!

Sighing, and giving up defeat, Iris figured that she'd be sat watching the Second task on her own. Again. But then she saw a little first year, one that she'd seen sat on his own in the last task, make his way into the stands and set up camp; with what looked like a book and a flask of something.

That's one smart kid.

Grinning, Iris got up from her seat. And no, she was not going to haggle for some of what ever the kid had in his thermos. No, she was going to keep him company. Because he looked as lonely as he did last time. Especially with how he looked around for someone.

It was saddening, to think that a little kid like him has no friends.

So she climbed through the half-empty bleachers and made her way over to him. When she got to him, she sat down. Right next to him.

Teehee. He was simply ADORABLE! "Hullo, I'm Iris." She said, grinning. "I think you're quite smart; bringing a book along with you." The prefect commented, nodding towards the object in his hand.

No, everything was okay. They would be okay. They weren't in danger. At least not in mortal danger. And the rest Healer Moretti could fix. No worries. But then why was that he was still so freaking wor-

O__________o

What had he done to deserve to get a student on his lap? Blinking down at the Gryffindor for a moment, he then automatically started to help her up again. "You okay, Roxxy?" Well, she had had a soft landing that was for sure. As soft as his lap was anyway. "No worries." About that anyway. About the task, however...but, no, no need to worry about that either. Because they were going to be fine! "Mhm, they went into the maze already." That was all he knew anyhow. They couldn't see anything from out here.

But they were going to be fine.



And then they were joined by exactly THE person whose fault it was. It was her fault that he was now here not really enjoying the event but rather being anxious about the well-being of the champions. "Maya." The smile Jeremy gave her didn't quite reach his eyes before adding sarcastically AFTER the woman had already taken a seat, "Oh, please, feel free to join us." Like she hadn't already had.

Would it cause him to be fired if he langlocked her? Probably, right?! So instead he decided to be diplomatic. Maybe it would work too. "Please, Maya." He even turned in his seat to be able to fully face her, letting his genuinely pleading eyes rest on her. "Could we not talk about this for now? Please? I'm worried enough as it is." There was it. He had openly admitted to it. No need to hide it. It was just true. Maya's negativity had gotten in his head.

"And all thanks to you." Jeremy muttered more to himself than to the woman next to him while turning back to squint at the maze.

Oh dear, this was more boring than Rubiey had first anticipated. Staring at hedges for the best part of a day was not what she had expected when she found out the were hosting the TWT.

Sighing, she looked around to see if anyone else she knew was down here yet. Nope. It was kinda early, but still. She needed someone to entertain her!

Hmph.

Maya glanced at the Professor as the young girl fumbled about to a more vertical position, quite ignoring Jeremy's not so thruthful invitation. And hmmm...she hadn't heard any roaring yet. "Did your lion run off, or something?" she asked the girl. Curious.

'Please Maya'?
At first, the Mexicana glanced at the man, a bit confused by his tone, but seeing him that concentrated on her, Maya made sure she focused on him too. What is he up to? Gosh darnit, what is up with his eyes? It made her all..un-Maya-ish for a moment.
Not talk about it? "Oh, allright." Pursing her lips, she turned back to the maze. But her calm didn't last long. "What do you think about this weather?" She looked up at the sky, shading her eyes from the winter sun. "It's lovely, isn't it?" With a stretchy smile towards Jeremy, Maya's sarcasm showed again, but it was more jokingly than the harshness she usually put in into such words. Good weather to oogle at hurt students. "The winters in Mexico do not come this white. Nuh-huh." Bleh, she missed home.

Lexi peered at Lily out of the corner of her eyes. She was still too cold to move much more than that. When Lil offered her coffee, though, Lexi smiled then actually turned to face her best friend. "Ohh, th-thanks," she mumbled, accepting the coffee. She grew quiet as she took a sip of the hot beverage, and then she laughed at the whole charms comment as she handed the mug back to Lily.

"Lovely, hmm? What's been going on with you lately, Lil? You seem...extra happy," Lexi commented. Her eyes remained fixated on her friend as she expectantly awaited an answer.

Lion?! What was Maya talking about? Jeremy let his hazel eyes flicker back and forth between Roxxy and the CoMC's Professor next to him briefly with a slightly confused look on his face. There was a lion around?! No, not really, right? They wouldn't let a living lion run around the castle. Though, maybe Maya would?

He wasn't completely sure but he thought he could see a small change on the woman's face as she looked right back at him. And she agreed?! Just like that. Jeremy couldn't quite keep the surprise from his voice as he answered, "Oh...okay, good. Thanks." He hadn't dared to think it was going to be that easy. Shaking his head slightly, he even managed a small smile for Maya before turning his attention back to the maze.

...but the peace didn't last long. "It IS." Yes, he had sense her sarcasm but he genuinely thought it was lovely. "Don't you think so?" Obviously not but he wanted an explanation. Jeremy continued to gaze up at the falling snowflakes - better that than staring down at the maze - as Maya went on. Hang on...Mexico?! "You from Mexico?" That was rhetorical obviously.

No homework. Right. Why wasn't she surprised? Louisa kept on caressing Kitty's head while feeding the little thing as her eyes hang upon the maze. "Scary things. That sounds NOT scary." She chuckled. "They had scary things back in the last task. It would've been really stupid if they do this time too." She shrugged.

"Who are you cheering for?" The most idiotic question anyone would ask Enya. Still Louisa wanted to know if the girl could cheer for someone who was about to risk his life? "I cheered for Miles last time. Our Prefect and all. Today I just cheer for Hogwarts." She grinned at her friend.

"If only I knew what kept you busy that much." She mumbled under her breath. Uh-huh. She'd do anything to know why Enya liked to be alone although they were friends now.

Lily grinned at her friend, one eyebrow raised, as if to say, 'Whatever are you talking about?' Heh. But Lily knew. She just did.

And so did Lexi.

"I told you already." She commented lightly, sipping coffee as her eyes strayed away for a moment to see if any of the Champions had come out yet. "Remember? It's that." Cryptic, yes, BUT, Lexi knew all about it by now.

Was...there a reason Jeremy looked like he did right now? Mem, probably nothing. But, it made her wonder what was going on in the man's head when he got that look on his face again...like he didn't know what to do? Or something. Wait, had her spanish accent totally clouded her english? He had understood what she had said, right?? Ay.

Now with a more amused smile, the Mexicana looked at Jeremy as he replied to her questions. She hadn't expected him to answer, seeing how annoyed he seemed with her. But he did!
"It is...very beautiful." The previous jesting had somewhat dulled when she thought back on how she'd reacted the first time she saw the snow covered grounds. If there hadn't been any kids around, she would've run out and then rolled around in the whiteness like a happy creature. "Not something I'm used to." Specially the cold. Frickin' cold. "I see you were prepared for this." A nod towards his knitted hat. It looked warm.

"Mexico, yes." And now she looked rather happy. "The country next to yours... I'm assuming by your eloquent accent, you are from America?" Hmmmm? Maya turned her head to face him with a more gentler smile. A more curious one.

"Sure." Carter said taking a seat himself. "I'm Carter. What's your name?" he asked. He then set his parchment on his lap and held the quill in his hand. He was ready to take notes on anything that happened.

Kita smiled as she sat down. "Nice to meet you, Carter. I'm Kita," she said, wondering whether she had seen this boy before. He did seem familiar. "I don't mean to be rude but how come you've brought a quill and a parchment along?" she asked.

Wait...had she just called the snowflakes beautiful?! His ears must have been playing a trick on him, right? A small grin starting forming at the corner of his lips. "I knew it." Hehe. But she was right, nothing he was particularly used to either. "Well, to be honest, I am. Though, I can imagine that you've not exactly seen a lot of snow down there in Mexico, eh?" He mused with a smile before following the direction of her nod. Oh, his hat? "Yeah, I've got a lot of them...and when I say a lot, I mean it. My sister likes to...buy stuff. Loads of stuff." LOADS. Which is how he had ended up with at least a dozen woolen hats.

So they were, what, neighbors? Heh. It was good to talk about stuff with Maya that was NOT the champions and how they were probably going to get killed during the task. Much more...positive. "Yup, you've guessed correctly." Was it really THAT obvious? Apparently. "Massachusetts, actually. That's why I'm perfectly equipped for this weather." Again he pointed towards his hat with a small grin. "What made you come here?"

It was only after the words had left his mouth when Jeremy realized his mistake. CRAP! Hopefully she wasn't going to return that question.

Carter smiled. Hmm... he might have met Kita once before. Maybe?

He chuckled. "Oh, I'm on the school newspaper team." he said. "I'm doing an article on the Tri-Wizard Tournament."

And hey now, why was he looking so smug? Knew what, exactly? Maya raised an eyebrow. "Oh no wait, I lied - I don't like the snow, it's really ugly. All sparkly and...white." Yeah she probably wouldn't convince Jeremy she meant that. Ofcourse, it was a joke - however dull it was.
And he thought correctly. Not much snow at all. She'd never seen any real live snow before. Aha, he had a sister. The Mexicana nodded slowly, feeling a slight nostalgia at the family talk. "Smart sister you have. I'm sure you cannot have too many hats." She could use one right now.

Maya knew she had guessed correctly. Pffft, no need to tell her that. Hehe. Perfectlu equipped, indeed. "I hear that is a lovely city." Yes yes. As seen on TV, or something.

Oh. Question. Uhm. Why had she come here? Er, to travel a little? "Well..." Ugh, don't sound so unsure! "I was offered a position at this...school," this very strange school with equally strange students, "And I decided to come here to teach." Simple answer with sufficient facts. "How about you?" But...did Maya really care?

Well yes, ofcourse.

Kita gasped. "No way! The school newspaper team? That's great! Well done!" she said, "So what have you written so far? Concerning the Tournament, that is."

If he was irritated, it didn't show. In fact he was practically nonchalant and she gritted her teeth together, annoyed her evil plan had failed. That was SO pout!worthy. She could just sit and pout and scowl and it would be better than being dragged back up to Lafay who'd probably eat her.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

He smirked at her and Cameron sent him a smarmy smile. He knew she was up to something. Duh. No need to continue, then. "Looking forward to it, babe." Strangely, she was. What could he do?

MUAHA. Nothing! hehe. "Am I supposed to be scared?" She asked, egging him on. C'mon. SOMETHING, Oliver. She wanted SOME sort of reaction. His smirkysmirk was something she would've wiped off clean if she was in a worse mood. HMPH. Smirky!Annoying!boy.

Grrr.

She shrugged. If he could do nonchalant so could she. But it just looked ridiculous and petty.

"Bonding? I'd rather kiss the squid."

Take that Snake!Boy.

Blahblahblah. Lafay was a real creeper. She gave Cameron the shivers. Cammy'd bet her last nut that if a boggart appeared right then and there, it'd be Lafay. Shudddder. That'd be horrible. As if one wasn't bad enough.

She smiled charmingly back at Oliver in return to the unflattering look he gave her. "Cheerup snookums, this is a conversation bonding sesh you'll never forget."

Wink.

Unless Lafay ruined it. *scowl*

Honestly? Potion person. Potioneer. She scowled as she was corrected. Same difference.

"I'm not doing anything, Professor. I'm sitting, remember? What you ordered me to do. Right? Chyeah." Evil!Woman.

Scccccowwwwwwwwwlllllll.

"Hello- are you writing about the tournament?"Adam asked the boy as he had a notepad and quill out.

Enya was still looking forward, over the heads of all the other students and at the maze. She hadn't been at the first task so she really didn't know what 'scary' things they had in it. Finally after a while she turned to look at Louisa. "This whole task is suppose to be hard and full of scary things. Im guessing they would put more scary things in this task" She said turning back forward. Duh!

Cheering for? They had to cheer for someone. Enya peeked at the girl sat next to her, chewing her bottom lip. Hm, who was she cheering for? Shrugg. "No one" She said simply, cheering for boring. She'll just cheer for the winner. Louisa can cheer for who ever she wanted to cheer for. This girl, Enya Mayberry didn't cheer.

Turning slightly so she actually faced Louisa she raised her eyebrow slightly. "Why do you even care?" She asked, what she did was really none of the girl's buisness, was it?

Grayson's thought that Danika was a bit nicer than Aleksandra had been was bolstered by the smile. At least that made it feel like she wasn't an interloper or anything, and she really didn't like that feeling. But she'd gotten over what had sort of happened at the start-of-term feast, so it didn't matter. Beyond the fact she now had met half the foreign champions. Two of which were still competing. And she nodded at the response to her explanation. "I think so. Well, I mean, winning is the point. But getting out alive runs a close second," she said, shrugging a little. Not enough to jar Draco around her neck though. She was always aware of her ferret.

And then it seemed they were waiting for Salander to respond to the Whomping Willow stuff, and she sat back before she'd been noticed by Professor Lafay. And she'd had to move. At least she'd still get to watch the task.

She nodded as the quote-unquote invitation to sit was repeated, then took a seat one away from the professor. On the opposite side of where Cam had been before she'd gone to get the Head Boy. No need to cause an issue with seats, and she wanted to think those were reserved. But she turned to look at the professor again as she expressed concern over the view. At least, she thought it was concern. "I think it's as good as possible. We can't really see much more than the entrance of the maze anyway," she said, returning her attention to that as she spoke. At least, that was all she could see. For all she knew the professor could see through the hedges. Which was slightly scary, yet cool. Any way to know what was going on in there.

Oh, and now it was the other way around again?! Jeremy couldn't suppress a roll of his hazel eyes at Maya. Riiight. "Sure you did. Because white is just...ew, right?" He smirked slightly before leaning in and whispering, as if he were telling her his secret plan of world domination, "You know, it's not bad to be positive about something at times." Hehe.

Leaning back in his seat again, he swiftly wiped at snowflake off the tip of his nose. One could never have enough hats?! "Yeah, well, she thinks you cannot have enough of ANYTHING." It was only then that Maya didn't have a hat...and he had just told her he had about a dozen up in his office. "Oh, I'm sorry, hang on." And with that Jeremy gave his wand a little flick to non-verbally summon one of the many hats from his office. "There you go." He grinned broadly at her while offering Maya the blue hat. Hopefully she liked blue.

City? Oh, she was probably talking about Boston. Boston was the famous city. There even were TV series, like Boston Legal. () "Mhm...I'm not from Boston, though, I used to live in Chelsea." The one in Massachusetts obviously.

She was hestitant about answer too?! Jeremy couldn't help his eyebrows going up slightly as she struggled to answer. "Oh." Well, that was the obvious answer. And there it was...her returning the question. Bleh. "Mhm...same here." Sorta. Part of the truth anyhow. He quickly averted his hazel eyes back to the maze as if looking for signs from the champions within.

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After countlessly running her hands together to keep them warm, Cosette finally placed them into her lap. She didn't understand why she had remembered to wear her fox fur earmuffs but not bring her leather gloves to an event outside in the middle of January cold. Rolling her gray eyes, she blamed it on the fact she was running late. And there were some meddlesome mudbloods that had gotten in her way on the third floor. She should have just cursed them out of her way. She would have been on time if she had done that.

Darting her eyes around, she ran her hands on her dark plaid skirt, running out the creases. She needed to stop worrying, she knew Noel was going to be fine. He had prepared for the task, thoroughly. "Just be zafe." She muttered to herself, running her hand down to her combat boot to make sure her wand was still snuggled between her black tights and black knee high socks. Yes, nice and safely still there.

Looking back at the maze entrance, she clapped her hands together, mustering a smile on her face. "Go Noel and Fletcher!" She yelled, knowing they wouldn't be able to hear. But still, it was the thought that counts.

Snugly and warm inside her Vintage Chanel tweed dress, Brielle strutted her way along the rows of seating looking for a place to sit.

Not at all pleased that she was now on the other side of the stand, Brielle couldn't help but wear a slight scowl on her gorgeous, perfectly structured face. Making sure to watch out for hands, the French girl, stomped her platform skin-calf boots on the wooden floors of the stands, whilst fingering her wand that was clasped in her hands. As she walked past a rather chicly dressed girl, Brielle was amused to hear her cry, "Go Noel and Fletcher!". It seemed she had a fan girl on her hands, but at least she was cheering for Noel.......taking a look at the girl, Brielle could help but smile as she stopped directly behind the girl, and placed her hands on her hips.

"Cosette, j'espère que je n'ai pas entendu que vous vous trompez?" She smiled gleefully, "I am zure I 'eard Go Noel et not Go Fletcher?"