After the Quidditch, Raven walked to the Great Hall. She walked to the Slytherin House table and took a cup of hot cocoa.. She sipped it hurriedly and... Suddenly she felt that her tounge was burnt



"AAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!"

Desiree looked over startled as Raven yelled, and then suppressed a giggle when she realized it was because her drink was too hot, well it was kind of funny..

Thinking quickly she grabbed some bread. That's right bread, not water, that would only make it worst. "Ouch.. here try some of this, It'll help. A little at least.." That burnt feeling on your tongue would still be there for awhile, that was the worsttt. Still holding half the bread in her hand she took a bite of some herself. YUM, It was pumpkin bread, her favorite.

Desiree gave bread to her. Ooohhh...

"Thank you...." said her not clearly.. Still felt that the burnt of the tounge. Oh, Merlin.... Then she bit the bread.

"It's good to see you too," he said, sitting back down. How could he not be happy of seeing the first friend he ever made in the wizarding world? Plus, she had taught him a bit about flying. He was also relieved that she didn't leave Hogwarts.

Hogwarts?

His smile grew. "It's been great. Classes aren't as hard as I thought, except I have quite a lot of homework." Yep, he was kind of a natural at casting some spells, and reading at the library helped a lot. "I've also met a lot of people and made friends and girlfriend." His face got tomato red, but he continued. "And earned house points and got a pet Pygmy Puff from Professor Lafay and an egg from Professor Schrimer," he said, not knowing if he pronounced the last professor's last name correctly. Oh well, it didn't matter.

Then he realized he was just rambling away, probably boring Fee. "What about you?" he asked. Wow, who knew he had done so many things in the past few months.

Aurora wandered over to the Slytherin table, plonked her violin case on the bench and fell into a seat next to it, pulling a plate towards her and piling it high. She was SO HUNGRY!!!! She'd been playing music all day and had entirely forgotten about food. That's right, the girl with the bottomless stomach had forgotten to eat lunch. However, she was making up for it now with her several helpings of shepherds pie.

After his trip from the Owlery, Mordred made his way to the Great Hall to get some food. He felt a little faint and instead of going to the Hospital Wing, he took the other route toward the Hall and sat down on a seat at the Slytherin Table. His stomach grumbled at the site of food and immediately piled his plate with roast beef and mashed potato. He stopped midway to see a familiar face and a small smile was on his face. As soon as he was content with the amount of food on his plate, he made his way toward Aurora.

“Hungry, eh?” he said in greeting as he sat down beside her and started eating his mashed potato. “Been making music lately?” he said as he swallowed and looked at her violin case.

Mmmmmm food... This shepherd's pie was angelic! And then... MORDREEEED!!!! Part of her wanted to grin and ask how he was but the rest of her... "Where the hell have you been!!!???" she shouted. "You promised you wouldn't abandon me again and it's March and I've hardly seen you at all!!!" she added, glaring daggers at him.

Mordred coughed and slammed his chest with his fist. "Nice to see you again too." Mordred took big gulps of water from his goblet and continued to eat. "I told you I'll be at the Room of Requirements." he shrugged and poured more gravy on his mashed potato. Truth is he needed some time alone after he got his mum's letter. Apparently both his mum and dad were assigned to a foreign land to hunt down illegal breeders. It was a dangerous task-- Mordred knew this very well, and he can't help but get paranoid. Who knows, he might go back home without parents to welcome him in a few months?

"How are you?" he asked as he tried to brush off the thought.

"But... but... you never..." she sighed pointedly, and took another bite of her food. To be fair, she would probably have been pretty busy anyway, what with the whole Kennedy thing and all.

Aurora looked up at him, pursed her lips for a minute, then decided to forgive him (for now). She was far too giddy nowadays. "I'm pretty wonderful actually, you?"

The boy nodded as he continued to chew his food. “I’m good.” He finally said and got his goblet. “The lessons this year are more interesting than last year...” he paused as he drank. “Tried casting a Patronus in DADA, but all I got was smoke...well better than nothing.” Yeah, poor firsties. “Quite thrilled there’s a Duelling club this term. We’re going to work on healing spells next.” Well, it’s a about time he learns a thing or two about that. It’s not in his nature to be the ‘healing’ type of wizard, but if he wants to be an accomplished Auror, he better start learning to heal battle wounds, or apply bandage properly at the very least.

“What have you been up to lately?” he asked as he placed his goblet on the table and got himself a fudge brownie, and looked around him. “You haven’t blown the school up, so I guess no crazy potion making on your end...” he trailed off as he gave her a small smile.

Aurora nodded as he spoke. Yeah, the lessons were pretty good. "Mhmm, I guess. The Hate Potion lesson was a bit weird though." she said, scraping the last of her food onto her fork and eating it. Oh, patronus. "Cool... I used to beg Helga to teach me them, she wouldn't though." Stupid horrid old German hag. "But I could really do with learning some proper healing spells." she added, glancing at the bite marks on the backs of her hands. Turns out caring for a biting pot plant is a lot more dangerous than you would think.

"Oh, erm... you know, lessons and stuff. Went to the Three Broomsticks with Kennedy at the weekend." The almost immdiately regretting saying that. Mordred was exactly the sort of person she expected to take the mickey out of her for that sort of thing. "And just because a potions is 'crazy'" she added the quote marks with her fingers to make a point "doesn't mean it's going to blow up the school." she said, pouring herself a glass of pumpkin juice. "But... I did manage to knock someone out - through no fault of my own - and had to take him to the hospital wing..." she admitted, shrugging.

“Yes, the Hate Potion.” he said as he examined the brownie. “Do you remember that girl who fainted back at the Carnival?” he spoke as he put down the brownie on his plate and grabbed his goblet for more water. That thirsty feeling he gets from time to time even if he already consumed gallons of water, was back. “Yeah well, bumped in to her recently—she wasn’t happy to see me and on top of that she was bitten by a cursed Pygmy Puff. She made the creature drink the Hate Potion. Honestly, it was a treat for me to see her try her very best not to smack my face, when I started taunting her.” He blabbed and shook his head. “And yeah, I thought I saw you back at the pathways—your hair was a giveaway, although I’m not sure anymore if you’re the only one around here who has bright red hair.” Well, that was true. He spent too much time again at the RoR and didn’t get the chance to wander around the castle. That girl was also with a boy...so. “Besides, I had to rush back in the castle since it was ‘Hug a Slytherin Day’ that day.” He added and started to peel off the brownie’s wrapper.

Mordred nodded as she listened to Aurora. Yes, of course—Hogsmeade. He missed it for a reason, basically because it was boring the hell out of him. Well, another trip to a foreign land this coming summer will make up for that missed Hogsmeade trip; he was very sure of it.

Hogsmeade. Nods. The Three Broomsticks. Nods. Yeah he misses the Butterbeer though. Kennedy. Mordred nodded and continued to unwrap the brownie and stopped mid-way.

Wait. What? “You went with who?” he asked with a confused look, and then all of a sudden it clicked. “You were that girl I saw at the pathways!” he said as he placed the brownie once more on his plate completely forgetting it. “And this Kennedy fellow must be that same guy you were with back there.” a small mischievous smile can be seen on his face. “AURORA’S GOT A BOYFRIEND!” he teased. “Wait…is he?” he asked. “Well whatever. I saw you back at the pathways, and that’s enough proof.” He said victoriously and found the unwrapped brownie and shoved it inside his mouth.

Girl who fainted... Ooh yeah. "A cursed Pygmy puff..? Why did she have a cursed Pygmy puff..?" she asked, frowning slightly. "Can you curse a Pygmy puff..? Aren't they like, immune or something?" You know 'cause they're so cute.

... O.o the pathways... With..? Oh. Change the subject time... "Yeah. Yeah I know, hug a Slytherin day is rubbish isn't it?" Really rubbish... Her and Kennedy kept getting interrupted...

Aurora could almost feel Mordred's brain working, "With Ken-" then it clicked and he interrupted her. "I... Yeah. Don't be so immature." she scowled at him. "How is that proof..? It's not like we even kissed there. Anyway, if you do insist on running off to the room of requirement at every spare moment then I have to go out and make friends who have time for me don't I?" Yeah, that's right; she was turning it back on him now. It wasn't her fault that this particular new friend had become a boyfriend. Ugh, he ate like a pig. "You don't have to put it all in your mouth at once, you know. It's not going to run away if you don't eat it all at the same time. Seriously, what is it with boys and biscuit-y type things..? She shook her head and got a bowl, beginning on some apple pie... Yum!

“I’d like to think it’s cross-bred. But then she told me she made it drink the Hate Potion.” He said as he swallowed the brownie. Why did he even shove the whole thing in his mouth? Well. He was very hungry he can’t stop himself from eating it in one piece. Oh, the pains of a growing boy.

“How can you say it’s rubbish?” he smiled even more. “It was ‘Hug a Slytherin Day’. For Merlin’s sake that guy could have hugged you all day.” he added trying not to laugh. “You two were standing so close to each other. Sure, it was cold that day—but you mighty Aurora, won’t let anyone near you.” he replied with a smirk. “It’s either you’re not that girl, or I could have witnessed something else. Like, your fist saying hello to his face.” He said jokingly. Kiss? Eugh.

Mordred gave a laugh before he continued. So Aurora’s being defensive? Yep. Something was up with that Kennedy guy. “Honestly, I won’t be surprised if he was your boyfriend. Yes, missed out on a lot of socializing lately—but come on. Don’t blame me if you met him.” He shrugged. “Is he from our house?” he asked as he eyed the apple pie. Yep, getting one too.

Tori sighed as she settled down to breakfast. She was not really looking forward to this Charms project, if only because it was supposed to take all year and that was like suuuuuuuuch a huuuuuuuuuge committmentttttt. OMG Schirmer! Geez!

Anyway. The redhead dug around in her bag as she had yesterday and her fist emerged at last with her dusty little egg clutched within. Tori blew it off and settled it in one of those fancy hard boiled egg holders.

Aww. It was staring at her, she thought, making her feel guilty for not having taken care of it all year. Meep. Tori turned the egg this way and that, but no matter which way it faced, she still felt guilty.

"Listen here, Harry Hatchling," she told the egg sternly, shaking her spoon at him, "we can't have none of this dirty looks business. You're named after Harry POTTER, not DIRTY Harry, that mean cop." She gave him a LOOK. "Now then, we can either get along and cooperate for the duration of this project, or I can decorate you with glitter and sparkles and make your life as my pet egg rather miserable. It's up to you which way it'll be."

Tori eyed him again and then dug into her porridge, eating it up while it was still hot. Once she had finished her breakfast, she pulled Harry and his little golden chair/holder closer to her. "Now then, time for some polishing, yes?" The egg didn't seem to be giving her such dirty looks anymore so she hoped that meant they were going to get along.

Getting out her notes so that she could be certain she was doing the spell right, Tori pointed her wand at Harry and started tracing all around his surface. She watched as he steadily became shinier and better looking. There. The egg certainly seemed happier now that that was done.

"Lookitchu!" Tori said proudly, picking up Harry and giving him a little nuzzle against her cheek. "Now then, I'm going to have to make you a little pouch or a purse or something for you to ride in so that you'll stay clean and shiny..." She stood up from the Slytherin table and started out of the Great Hall, keeping her egg safe in the palm of her hand as she continued talking to him. "...and maybe we can set up play dates for you and the other eggs in the class, since you are all babies still and not quite hatchlings yet, but don't worry, I'm sure the other eggs are nice and will share their toys..."

Aurora chuckled, "Yeah, Pygmy Puffs can be violent. One of them headbutted my Sebastian." she said. Poor kitty, it wasn't his fault Puff didn't like him - he'd been playing with Ken's shoelaces and Puff had just decided she needed to protect them or something.

"Because hug a Slytherin day 'entitles' everyone to hug me." Yeah. Even annoying first years who were clearly just interrupting. It was true though... It had been a good excuse. "It's none of your business anyway." she said pointedly, frowning a little at Mordred. "And I'm really not that unsubtle. I don't punch people. If people annoy me I spike their drinks." Or just make them sniff that sleeping potion... That had been interesting...

Scowling furiously, Aurora shifted in her seat so she was facing Mordred. "You are not going to let this drop are you?" she asked, glaring at him. She sighed. "His name is Kennedy. He's a fourth year, he's in Slytherin and yes, he is my boyfriend." she said. She followed Mordred's gaze, "Seriously, you're gonna eat more?" Though that apple pie did look good...

He shifted his gaze from the apple pie to Aurora. “Sebastian?” he asked with a confused face. Now, now Aurora can’t have two boyfriends, right? Riiight? Well, this gets better and better. Kennedy, Sebastian…who else did he miss?

Mordred simply smirked. “That guy you were with could be one of the ‘everyone’.” He smiled victoriously. Nope, he wasn’t going to let this go until Aurora admits to him the real deal. Well, he ought to know anyway, Mordred thinks that he is worthy of such news.

The boy’s smile grew wider when Aurora faced him with a furious scowl. “Now we’re talking.” He said mentally. And, boom. Kennedy. Fourth Year. Slytherin. Boyfriend. “I knew it!” he said in a triumphant voice and slammed his fist on the table. “Good to know he’s in our house. Which means, whether you’re going to introduce him to me or not—there’s a big chance I’ll bump into him tonight at the dormitory.” He said nodding. He was quite sure Aurora won’t tell him anymore on how they got together, blah, blah, blah. That stuff’s usually discussed between girls. He’ll just ask the Kennedy dude. Straight to the point and no squealing involved. Good.

Gazing back at the food. “I think I still have space. It’s like I’m eating air.” He stood and got himself a huge chunk of the apple pie. As he ate his food, he made an invisible shield inside his head to prevent Aurora from reading his thoughts. “I need to have a word with that guy. He better not make her cry or I’ll be more than willing to make my fist say hello to his face. Well, no scratch that. Hexing might be better.”

"Sebastian is my cat. I got him for Christmas." she explained. "See, it's been that long since I've seen you." Sebastian wasn't even a kitten anymore, he was nearly a full grown cat. She glared at him, wanting to say that Kennedy wasnt just one of 'everyone' but that wouldn't get her anywhere.

"Calm down, Mordred." she uttered as he slammed his fist on the table. Then he mentioned meeting him, "I'll introduce you to him if you like but you better Be. Nice." she said, putting extra emphasis on the last two words - knowing full well that Mordred would probably be surprised that Kennedy wasn't pureblood, or arrogant, or anything like Aurora for that matter.

Aurora shook her head in disbelief as Mordred helped himself to more food. She grabbed a handful of grapes. Aurora frowned, "You're thinking something..." she said. "What?"

Really, a cat? “You don’t seem to be the cat type of person.” Mordred said as he pulled a disbelieving look at Aurora. “You like those?” Well, cat or not, he was eager to meet Sebastian. “What’s he like?” he asked.

“Well, sorry about that.” He said as Aurora told him to calm down. “I knew you’ll admit it in no time.” He said smiling. Well, he was happy for his friend. How on earth did this Kennedy fellow confess his love for Aurora? Mordred has no idea. “Did you put some sort of love potion in his drink?” he said jokingly. Well, it isn’t hard to fall for a girl like her. He was very curious on how things happened, but he just had to keep his nose out this time. “Hey, I’m nice.” He pointed out as he swallowed the food in his mouth. “So long as he’s nice to you.” He said as he took another spoonful of apple pie. “Merlin. This is good.”

Mordred smiled and glanced at Aurora. “You sensed it?” he asked. “Nothing, just thinking of the things I’ll ask him when I meet him.” Of course he can’t tell the truth. Aurora might get flustered, since Kennedy is her first boyfriend. She wants everything to be perfect between the two of them- he was sure of that, and he will keep an eye if anything bad happens.

"It's impossible not to like Sebastian." she said. "He's adorable. All playful and stuff. And he loves everyone... He's basically a Hufflepuff." Yep, but the best Hufflepuff ever.

Aurora scowled, "No! Why? Do you think no-one could like me without it?!" she said. How dare he?! And then... "You had better be nice, Mordaunt." she hissed. Apparently the apple pie was good...? She really didn't care. Not after he had basically told her he didn't believe she could get a boyfriend without love potions.

"No, you had a thinking face on." she said, eating another grape. "I swear, if you ruin this for me I will kill you." she muttered, seriously, why was she even friends with Mordred..? In the space of two minutes he had told her she was bad girlfriend material and was probably thinking things that could ruin her relationship with Kennedy...

Okay, Sebastian the cat, Kennedy the boyfriend, Aurora the feisty. Mordred smirked at her one more time. “Whatever happened to you? All of a sudden you like cats? I mean, wasn’t expecting that.” He shrugged as he continued to eat. So apparently a person becomes all mushy and softy when they fall in love. Hmm.

Psh. What?!

“Look, I was just joking.” he said flatly, not feeling playful anymore. All of a sudden she’s acting all grown-up. Why was she so upset? Can’t she play along with a joke now that she’s with Kennedy? He pushed his plate away from him as he too lost his appetite.

He was sure Kennedy fell for her because of who she is and not just because of a silly love potion. “I will be nice if he’ll treat you well. That’s all I’m saying.” He said raising both hands. “And why will I ruin your relationship?” he asked curiously. Mordred shook his head in disbelief. “I’m your friend Aurora. And if I must keep myself away from you and Kennedy, just tell me.” he looked up at the ceiling and wished he didn’t mention the stupid love potion. He wasn’t aware that she already lost her sense of humour. He missed Aurora a lot and would love to catch up on the things he missed—but apparently that’s not where their conversation was going.

"I always liked cats. They're really clever." Though Sebastian was a bit thick... She loved him anyway. "Nothing happened to me... I might not be really girly but I still like fluffy stuff." Even if furry stuff didn't always like her...

She shrugged, "Yeah, I know..." she said, pouring herself a glass of juice. "I do have some love potions somewhere... I wanted to know how they worked." And so she had brewed some... She'd never wanted to use them though...

Oh... So Mordred was actually serious..? "Oh... I er... thanks." she said, and as for why he would ruin it... "I don't know... Fun?" That's how life had worked up 'till now. As soon as so something wonderful happened someone came along and ruined it just because they could, or because they couldn't help it, or because they were trying too hard to keep things good, or, in the case of her old best friend, simply because it annoyed them to see other people happier than they were.

"Oh... No! No you don't have to, I've missed you enough as it is...." she said, staring at her fingernails. It was true; she had missed him a lot - it wasn't like she really had many other friends. Just people she talked to (or insulted) but not many people she could actually joke around with. And since Gwen had left and Mordred was hiding himself away and Kimalia had been busy... Her circle of friends was dwindling rapidly.

“Fluffy stuff?” Mordred stifled a laugh as he repeated her words in disbelief. “Still. Good thing I got you an Egyptian tome for a present, and not some stuffed animal. I just have this weird vision of you ripping its head off when you get mad.” Not that she was going to rip off Sebastian’s head when she’s annoyed or something. It’s just that Aurora’s not that girly and it’s quite surprising that she has a knack for those things.

Mordred flattened his head as Aurora thanked him. “You’re welcome. And no, that’s not how I define fun.” he replied. “If he messes things up with you, that’s where my fun begins.” he said as he stabbed his point finger on the table for emphasis. “Trust me, I won’t even go near the both of you when you’re together.”

So, he was missed after all. “That’s good to know.” he smiled at her warmly. Well at least he’s got a friend who will miss his presence. He wanted to give her a friendly hug, but Mordred thought it was best not to. He doesn’t know this Kennedy guy and he might get the wrong message if he suddenly pops out from nowhere.

“So you’ve been using it? The potions book I gave you?” he asked suddenly remembering it. “Anything interesting in it?”

"Yeah, I don't really have stuffed toys." Aurora said, shrugging. "Unless you count the cat... He sleeps on my bed." And sometimes tried to sleep on her face if she wasn't careful. "And I've never actually had the urge to rip something's head off..." she added.

That wasn't how he'd define fun..? So she finally had friend who genuinely cared..? Well, this was one for the books. As for Kennedy messing things up... "That's unlikely, he's really nice... Though even if he wasn't then I wouldn't want you to do anything to him..." No, she liked him too much.

Aurora grinned back. But he hadn't said it back... "Didn't miss me then?" she asked playfully, her smile taking on a cheeky edge.

"Oh, yes!" she replied, her eyes glinting. "It's wonderful! I made this one potion, like the draught of living death, that removes all signs of life. Like in Romeo and Juliet." Ahh Shakespeare, the muggles should be proud of him! "That Jonathan Kirk guy tried to open it before it was fermented though..." That gad been an interesting trip to the hospital wing...

"Hello fellow Slytherins" she greeted, and slid into the closest available spot on the bench. She removed her egg from her bag, she hadan't tried feeding it yet. "Want some toast" she cooed "with jam?". There actually was a little crack in her egg where a mouth may have been or perhaps that was were the egg was going to hatch. She scooped some jam onto a knife and tentatively pressed it to the crack. "Wow it wiggled" and then it began to get dry. This called for a spell "Argentum Humidous" Maddy enunciated.