"Yeah..." Dani said a little nervously- she knew how protective 'Belle got over that title, even now they weren't even at good old Beauxbatons anymore. "That Summer girl, remember her?" she smirked, knowing 'Belle would remember the overly happy and way too overly kind girl, there had definately been something mean hidden beneath that exterior.

"Summer... Mahoney... I think it was" she remembered as she tilted her head thinking. "Personally, I don't even see how that happened" she muttered, she hoped Summer didn't touch Henry, she might not be with him anymore but if that girl went anywhere near her ex, there would be war- there already was by the look on 'Belle's face.

Orabelle was definitely not happy. Someone was trying to take over her throne. The one that belonged to her. What gave that nasty girl the right to even try to take over? It was hers! She shoved her camera into her bag and stomped her foot. "Ugh, she is so out of line," Orabelle huffed. If only she was back in Beauxbatons she would be able to crush her, literally. Like, transfigure her into a bug and then squash her under her BCBG wedges.

"I have to do something," Orabelle said, throwing her hands up in the air dramatically as she started pacing back and forth. Ugh. What could she do, what could she bloody do!? She was no where even close to Beauxbatons. "Did Maisie say how far the girl has gotten?" she asked as she continued to pace.

"I know" Dani agreed- when things like this had happened when they had actually been there to do something about it, they hadn't lasted a minute and were shoved to the bottom of the social heap. "Yeah- something has to be done... I don't want us forgotten about" she said honestly, her eyes wide at the thought that 'Belle and her could just be made a fragment of the past.

"Pretty far... she's befriended everybody- is nice to everybody, everybody seems to be accepting her by the sounds of things" she sighed in annoyance. "I... said a few things by letter back to Maisie- so hopefully those rumours will have spread- she said she'd keep us both up to date" she informed 'Belle. Dani really didn't want the social order to change at Beauxbatons, she may not be there but those were her friends and she had once been a big part of that- if it all did change it would be like she'd never been there and she couldn't stand for that. At least Henry had sent chocolates that morning, which kinda cheered up, even though she so didn't have feelings for him anymore, it was nice to know he still had feelings, in a way.

The heels of Orabelle's boots made a clicking sound as it hit the pavement while she paced back and forth. "If that... thing thinks she can take over my throne she is mistaken," Orabelle said with a smirk on her face. She was never to be forgotten, she wasn't some exiled outcast. No, she was Orabelle Bellamonte and Summer was just asking for it now. Revenge.

"Yes well, everyone will obviously accept her to make her shut up," Orabelle said, waving a hand flippantly. The girl had a huge mouth and never seemed to shut up. "Lovely, I'll have to owl Maisie a little something too," Orabelle said with a devious glint in her grey eyes. She knew Danielle was worrying about it, but honestly, what was there to be worried about? Her subjects have not forgotten their queen and Orabelle was determined to rule there even though she was far from it. "There's nothing to worry about, by next week... consider her... gone," Orabelle said simply. And her plans? Well, they were going to be a secret.

Helena made her way through the glittery snow towards the courtyard, not having the slightest idea what she was going to do there. Maybe just enjoy the fresh winter air, the one she loved that much.

The girl walked straight towards the nearest bench and set aside the snow, so she could take a seat. She didn't even feel cold or something, thanks to the coat she wrapped tightly around her, as well as the green and silver scarf that was wrapped around her neck. She preferred blue, instead of green, but still... she was a Slytherin.

And... there she sat, simply glancing around.

Stella wasn't out of the castle ever since it started snowing outside, even though she loves snow and the winter. She walked outside with her new hat and just looked around the courtyard. "It's so pretty," she thought to herself looking up to the white sky and again looking around the courtyard.

She was so excited that she forgot to where a her jacket and she felt rather awkward as she noticed that everyone in the area is wearing scarves and jackets and winter or school clothes, and she's the only one wearing jeans and a normal T-shirt.

She walked one the benches and sat down next to a small girl. She took out of her bag her new blue scarf which she designed (like her hat) and rapped it around her neck. Sitting down next to the girl, she flicked her hair and accidentally flicked off her neck her locket. The blond suddenly felt the freezing temperature spreading into her body as the locket flew towards the snow. Knocking the girl which sat next to her off the bench, she ran towards her locket, and fell into the snow just before the locket landed in the snow.

Still sitting there on a bench, Helena noticed as a girl sat down on the same bench. She didn't recognize her, and she definitely looked older than her. However, she didn't say anything, since the girl didn't either.

She also noticed that this girl didn't have a coat or something, despite the weather and the fact that it was winter. And then... Helena suddenly opened her eyes to see that she was on the ground, all covered in snow. "Oww," she groaned, rather loudly, so the RUDE girl could hear. Who did she think she was? Knocking her off the bench like that.

And the snow was all around her! Urgh.

Helena stood up quickly, shoving away all the snow that was on her clothes. SUCH a RUDE girl. Hmph.

Braeden grinned like a doof when Emma declared they could be bad dancers together. Of course. Leave it up to Emma to turn any situation into a bright one with only a few words. Merlin. She had some serious talent at making life better, and Brae couldn't help being completely fascinated by it.

"You're quite welcome, Lady Malfoy," the Gryffindork replied, imitating Emma's playful formality. As she then asked what dances he knew, Braeden looked off into space with a thoughtful face. If he had a beard, he would've been stroking it. "Hmmm… well. I can 'boogie' Saturday Night Fever style if you play me some Bee Gees…" he said, returning his brown eyes to the girl before laughing aloud at himself. Yes. The 1970s film had been one of his favourites, and he had become obsessed with the soundtrack.
He doubted Hogwarts would be playing 70s disco, though.

"You're probably going to have to teach me this waltzing business, though," added the boy with slightly raised eyebrows. Because there was no way he could learn this on his own, and he didn't want to make Emma look bad. So he had to learn. Alas.

"What? Me? Desperate? You have got to be kidding me!" Carter exclaimed throwing his hands up in the air. "Tell me why, oh clever Marie, would I still fancy you?" He then shook his head. "I'm not the one with the problem here. You don't see me going around trying to break you up with whatever guy you are dating now."

Oh, right. That explained everything. Not. "Oh. And how proud you must be that your little boyfriend is much too clever to attend classes." That was, of course, if this 'boyfriend' even existed.

Really? She was bringing that up. "How many times do I have to explain that and apologize before you let that go Marie?" he asked rubbing his forehead in frustration. "I told you I thought I was doing the right thing for you and Destiny. Can you really just not let that go?"

Wait. What? Carter opened and closed his mouth several times trying to think of a retort. However he just leaned against the wall and rubbed his temples with his hands. "Well you could have started with that!" he said exasperated. "How is it that after all this time you're still the only person that can give me a headache like this?" He leaned against the wall silent for a few seconds absorbing this news. "What is with your family and being ridiculously gorgeous?" he said throwing his hands in the air again. "And what are they feeding you at those family reunions?" And does your house elf have a sibling?

"Fine. Fine." he said standing up straight again. "Why don't you just tell me what's going on then? That way I won't have to guess and 'make you look like you're the one at fault.'" Yeah, except it was totally her fault.

Maybe then this conversation would be going somewhere.

Dani watched Orabelle pacing- that was a good sign, that meant plans were being formed. She smirked and watched her as she folded her arms- "I hope so. I hope they don't actually listen to what she says" Dani smirked- remembering the time Summer had gone on about being a fabulous dancer and when she'd been to a dance class with Dani, she'd been absolutely awful, it still made her smirk thinking about it. "Can you remember that dance thing?" she asked 'Belle with a little giggle, remembering when she'd recounted the story to her in their dorm and they hadn't stopped laughing for about ten minutes straight as Dani described Summer who was as graceful as an elephant bounding about the dance studio and scaring Madame Amelie that she would break something.

"Hmm... that's mysterious 'Belle" she laughed- "You will have to let me in on this plan at some point... or shall I have to wait to see the hopefully good results of it?" she smirked as she pushed back her blonde hair and smiled at her best friend.

Orabelle then stopped, she had her plan and it was all set into place. Public humiliation with a dash of Orabelle's love. Connections, oh those people were absolutely lovely. "When do you think that's going to happen, I may not be in Beauxbatons but that is still my throne and I shall make sure what any ruler would do," she said as she turned to look around the courtyard like it was Beauxbatons and it was her land, "I'll exile her," she said. And run her out of the place, or her subjects will. But either way, Orabelle's throne would be protected from losers. "EhmaMerlin, yes, it was horrible," Orabelle said with a giggle. And that story had been hilarious. Shortly afterwards, Orabelle had enrolled for the class just to make the girl's life hell there. And to laugh at the poor loser but, it was alright.

With a smirk she winked and shrugged her shoulders. "You'll have to wait and see the results..." Orabelle said. Any information out other than to her little minions could potentially ruin the plan and she was not letting that happen. "Let's just say, Miss Bubbly Summer isn't so bubbly or... so bright," Orabelle mused to herself.

Jai had been in classes and looking through books but decided he needed to take a break and go for a walk. 'Maybe the courtyard.'He thought to himself.

He walked until he found himself in the courtyard. With his hands in the pockets of his sweatshirt he walked around. He was quite content as he had just found out he made the Gryffindor quidditch team. Jai found himself in deep thought as his feet continued to walk.

His thoughts were flying from here to there. Maybe it was good to take a walk.

Arabella-Marie wandered out to the courtyard and sighed it was a pretty cold day and plenty of snow about maybe she should start a snowball fight not paying attention to where she was walking she bumped into someone and blushed a bright red and said "Sorry i was away in a world of my own"

"Oh."Jai let out when he felt someone bump into him. He looked up in time see a girl. Her cheeks had gone red and she was apologizing. Jai chuckled before he replied,"Don't worry about it. It's ok. I was swimming my own thoughts too. I'm Jai."

He had to smile at her red cheeks and dire tone in her apology. It was endearing. She seemed younger but nice nonetheless.

Arabella-Marie smiled and said "Nice to meet you Jai, i am Arabella" Arabella-Marie hated the way that she blushed whenever she was embrassed about something

Dani smirked- "Well, I can't wait until you'ev got this plan into action" she said softly. Okay, maybe she did feel a little guilty about his whole Summer thing. She wasn't generally a mean person- but that girl hadn't been the nicest person to her and no one should ever be able to take Orabelle's crown- that was just so not right on so many levels of the social spectrum.

"I hope they miss us y'know- I'm so gutted we don't get to go to the christmas ball..." she frowned as she thought of the grand affair that they'd be missing- "By the way- I have your present. I'm just waiting for the last part to arrive" she smiled at her bestie.

"Nice to meet you Arabella."he said with a reassuring smile. He could sense that she was a bit uncomfortable,"Hey, I don't bite. My teeth are only for food and smiling. So, what's your world like?"

He was genuinely hoping to make Arabella a bit more at ease. It was always his thing to make sure that every one around him was comfortable. His parents didn't do the best job at that while he was growing up.

Arabella-Marie smiled and said "My world is okay thanks Jai" Arabella-Marie knew that she should be more at ease but it was still quite hard for her to meet new people

Orabelle smiled. "It'll be over before it has a chance to start," Orabelle promised. Because it was that simple, a little information that could probably ruin Summer and her reputation and Orabelle just so happened to know it. She sighed, and flipped her hair over her shoulder, allowing her bracelets to clang together. "Merlin, that girl is so dead to me," Orabelle muttered.

She then thought about the Christmas ball, smiling to herself. "They miss us, obviously, who wouldn't?" Orabelle pointed out. She sighed though, formal events at Beauxbatons was always the best and she missed them. However, hearing present, Orabelle perked up. "Already?" Orabelle asked, surprised. Given, Orabelle had started ordering and wrapping several presents already but she hadn't expected Dani to be done.

Jai nodded slightly."So tell me a little about yourself. I mean you don't have to but you seem to be very nice." he said. He wouldn't mind having a friend in Arabella. It was the part he had dreaded when first came here, making new friends."I'm a transfer student from Durmstrang."

Arabella-Marie smiled and said "Well i am a third year student and i live at home with my mum and dad and i love high heels and qudditch" Arabella-Marie liked Jai and hoped that she would become good friends with him

Chuckling Jai ran one hand through his dark hair and said,"That's nice. I am with my parents when I join them on one of their exploration expeditions. They are archeologists for the a magical museum in Italy. They find magical artifacts for the museum.".

It was fun travelling every summer with his parents to different countries and finding historical artifacts to the world of magic.

Emma gave Braeden another curtsy when he called her Lady Malfoy. "Why thank you, but I am called the Fair Maiden of Slytherin," she exclaimed, in a teasing manner. It was true. She had earned the name when she was in her second year. Her fake brother (Rex) had given her that name. "Boogie? What's that? And who's Bee Gees? I honestly have no idea. But could you teach me how to 'boogie'?" she asked, confused. Yep, she was a pureblood and if those were muggle songs then she had no clue what they were. Yet the word boogie sounded fun. So.. didn't have to be then?

And he didn't know the waltz. "All right! I'll teach you how to waltz and you can teach me how to boogie," she cried, winking at SuperBrae. The blonde put her bag on the ground. "Here. We can start the lesson now if you'd wish," she said. "Okay so the waltz is pretty easy. For the guys part, you step forward with your left, then move your right foot over to the right, then the right foot takes a step back, and then the left foot moves to the left. Like a box step." she explained and then tried doing the square herself, before losing her balance and grabbing onto Brae's shoulder for stability. Whaat? Why was she being so clumsy? Clumsiness MUST be a disease. Yep. It HAS to be. The blonde Malfoy blushed deeply and looked into his warm brown eyes with a smile on her face. "Sorry, must have missed a step."

"Fair Maiden of Slytherin it is, then," Braeden said with a goofy smile as Emma shared her very fancy nickname with him. He liked it; it suited her.

And then the girl was asking about the Bee Gees and what boogie was. Braeden's jaw dropped to the floor, though he quickly remembered Emma was a pureblood. And a Malfoy. He couldn't blame her for not knowing these things. "The Bee Gees are nothing but one of the most amazing music groups from the 1970s!" said the boy with one of his lopsided grins. "They were kings of disco… as for 'boogie', it's an expression for disco-dancing. Y'know…" Err. How was he supposed to explain disco dancing? "Just… you know… like this…" And then the boy began to 'boogie' to imaginary music playing only in his head. OHYEAH. BOOGEH, BABEH!

Eventually, when he'd embarrassed himself enough, the boy stopped and chuckled to himself.
And then Emma began to teach him how to waltz. Oohh. He smiled to himself like a doofus as he watched Emma move smoothly before him, trying his best to copy the steps she made before, suddenly, she seemed to lose her balance and fell right into his chest.

Oh.
Braeden felt his face grown warm, but on instinct caught Emma in his arms. Oh Merlin this was so… ASDFGHJ. He was enjoying every second of it, but he couldn't help being completely flustered and overwhelmed as well. Emma made him terrible nervous.

As she apologized, the boy laughed lightly. "Oh, please do miss your steps more often." He flashed her another smile, still as a statue as he just watched the shorter girl leaning on him. She was… SO. PRETTY. GUH. He just-- he had to-- UGH. Okay, he really couldn't help himself anymore.

Leaning in the short distance left between them, Braeden placed his lips on Emma's.
He couldn't help it anymore. He just had to kiss her. This was out of his hands by now.

The blonde smiled and gave Brae a happy grin as he called her the Fair Maiden of Slytherin. Yep, her signature nickname. And then Brae's mouth dropped a long way. Well she didn't know! Emma was a pureblood and didn't know much about Muggle stuff but she wanted to learn more! Her parents would deeply disapprove yet her brother wouldn't. The blonde laughed. "Ohh.. I see.. Disco Dancing. Okay, I know what that is.." she began and then Braeden was beginning to do some 'boogie' dancing without any music. Ahhhh... The smile on Emma's face grew bigger as she watched him dance.

And as she lost her balance he caught her. Talk about falling for someone. Well, it seemed like today that she was the clumsy one. She laughed as he asked her to miss her steps more often.. was that so Mr. Stonem could catch her? :shifty: The blonde would have to remember to do that in the future. They were really close now and he was leaning closer, until he kissed her. The blonde blushed deeply and what was surprising to herself was that she had kissed him back. Automatically. Without hesitation. Usually the blonde would have been flustered but it wasn't like that this time.

WOAH! It took her a second to realize that he had kissed her.. Braeden Stonem kissed her? Was she daydreaming or something? Was this.. Could this be real? The blonde didn't care (though she hoped with all her heart that it was real) either way it was...amazing. Emma felt a little tingly, bubbly on the inside. Sparks. Her first real kiss.