Raven drew her wand carefully from her robes then set it down on the ground, it may have been a foolish move but she knew exactly what she was doing. "I'm unarmed now, my wand's on the ground, now are you two going to come out here so we can deal with this situation civilly?" she asked, in a rather calm tone; she wasn't sure if she could trust Lori and Cameron not to hex her while she was just standing there.

Now that would have been a cheap shot.

Cameron frowned. Herr... WAND was on the ground? HEY! She'd found it *snortle* Pulling her own wand, she lit the lumos spell and stepped out from their corner with the bagpipes Lori had thrust into her hands. She frowned and put her own wand down still emitting light so they could now both see each other.

"Let's start negotiations."

Lori frowned once and chewed at her lip as she watched both Cam and Raven put their wands down, and then placed her one down to join them. "Okay, let's go. Civilized okay? I'm not having no crap." no. She really wasn't, she couldn't be bothered with it now she was wandless. They could always smack her with bagpipes yes? Hehe.

Raven stood her ground firmly, watching as Cameron and Lori both put their wands on the ground which was a rather smart move. "Okay now, I'm not going to lie to both of you and say I trust your deal because honestly I don't. Here's what's going to happen, I'll apoligize to both of you and I won't be anywhere near you or Adam but you have to promise me to never take my bagpipes for this rest of the time I am here. If you don't like my offer, then fine.. but I will say this; don't expect anything like this to come from me again." She was ready to chase them through the alley if need be but she expected that they would be wise enough to accept her offer.

Cameron stood up in the dim light and frowned as Lori spoke. "That's right. We do this with maturity or we don't do it at all." If Cam so much as saw Raven starting to get angry, it'd be wands out and RUNNNN. Stuff duelling. They'd be no match for the Snake.
Raven spoke and Cam was suprised with the eloquence. Hey! She could string together a civilised sentence! *claps*
"We didn't take your bagpipes to be mean, we took them as retribution for what you did to us," Cameron told her calmly. "An apology has got to mean something. This time it's going to under a truth spell 'cos you're going to mean it and you're going to hold by it!" None of that 'Sorry but I don't really mean it' business.
Glancing back at Lori, she smiled a little, "Apologise to both of us for what you did and then we'll apologise and give you back your bagpipes." There was no reason for them to keep them (other than to spare Hogwarts' eardrums) but Cameron didn't really like conflict and she wasn't doing this to hurt her.. but to get even.

Lori nodded as she listened to both Raven and Cammy. She smiled softly as Raven took a turn for the nice and sh smiled a bit more. "that sounds good to me." that was probably only because there were juuuust about a few months left of the term, then no more raven. Yey!

Raven listened to what Cameron had to say and thought about it for a second, she realized that it was only right that she had to be under a truth spell in order to apoligize properly since she had the tendancy to not mean it. "Alright, that's fair. So shall one of you use this truth spell on me so I can apoligize to both of you then eventually get my bagpipes back?" she just wanted to get this over with so she could continue on with her life.

Cameron's brown eyes flickered back to Lori and she nodded. That sounded all good then? Slowly bending down she kept her eyes on Raven, put the bagpipes on the floor and took her wand.

'You ready?" She asked the slytherin calmly. "Veritas," The Gryffie whispered and watched as a silver thread wrapped itself around Raven's throat, glowed for a moment before fading.
"Now.. go. Apologise. The thread will go black if you're lying.."

Raven watched the silver thread wrap around her throat and held her breath for a second, she wasn't going to lie this time around even though that would be difficult. "Cameron, Lori; I apoligize to both of you for my actions which lead to this unfortunate situation. I hope you can each accept my apology because I do not want to cause any other trouble." she felt like she was a fool for saying that although it needed to be said.

The Gryffindor was extremely proud of herself. So, all the studying had gone to good use. Yes, yes!

She glanced back at Lori and watched with bated breath as Raven spoke. Whoah. She WASN'T lying.
"How did that feel?" She asked. It made a change from her usual smirky attitude. Gesturing to Lori, "Give 'em back to her?" She asked, looking back at Raven for a moment.
"I'm sorry too.. I slapped you and threw your wand away and it wasn't the right thing to do.. I was just really angry at you for ruining my night." Muh. Apologies were so awkward.

After attacking the sweets in Honeydukes, Josh walked in the Back Alley , alone just for now, and he looked around at how peaceful it was in this street. Maybe one could find back alleys creepy yet Josh had nothing to fear, he almost had no senses of fear (:D) so he continued walking till he decided to lean against a wall and enjoy the chocolate he bought from the sweets shop.

Checking his pockets he realised that he had few money left so he made a mental note on reminding his parents to send him more as soon as possible. If they cared about him anymore, of course. Or if they could find enough time to do that while caring for his newly born sister.

Pfft. Whatever...trying to focus on the chocolate he was chewing on, he waited for Evelyn to arrive.

Wrapped in her black coat and pulling her gray striped scarf closer to her neck, Evelyn wandered down to Hogsmeade, her dark brown hair layered in wavy curls, waving behind her as a small breeze came her way.

She hated the cold sometimes.

Her nose was PINK, matching the blush like color on her cheeks, and the scowl was evident on her face. Really, couldn't they have some sort of spell around here to keep it warm? How could anyone concentrate on the little shops and such from the outside, if they are too busy concentrating on ways of stealing others cloaks and scarfs to keep themselves warm!?

Speaking of warmth, her speed picked up slightly as she remembered where she was supposed to be headed. Hmm, she knew what could warm her up! He was like a space heater himself. Turning around a corner, her eyes lingered on a shop for a moment before looking straight forward- Oops! Someone was here.

Wait no, that was Josh. Smiling, not noticing the chocolate he was eating as of yet, Evelyn took a few hesitant steps forward before walking normally to where he leaned against the wall. "Hey you. You alright?" The look on his face wasn't all that happy.

Still thinking about how his mother threatened that he would not be able to step in his own home if he got another detention, Josh let out a sigh and bit swallowed the chocolate pieces in his mouth. What was that woman's problem? She was acting like as if everything was his fault and as if he hated the newborn sister. No, Josh did not hate his sister. He just hated the fact that they did not bother to inform their son about the baby. He just figured it when his mother started to wander around with a huge belly.

Eating another piece of chocolate, the Gryffindor boy looked up just in time to see Evelyn approach him with an adorable smile on her face which made the boy smile as well. Her sight almost made him forget all his problems ''Hey'' he greeted back and stared at her for a minute before answering her question. Was he alright? He was about to say 'yes' but decided against it when another thought appeared in his mind. This was Rose. With whom he could share his problems if not her while they were so close? ''I am just...still angry at my parents'' he confessed then smiled at the Slytherin girl ''But that's not important now. Do you want chocolate?''

Letting her arms drop to her side, Evelyn slowed down her walk, her smile dwindling as he did not answer right away. Was he alright?

Oh. Parents problem thingy. She hadn’t really heard him talk about that since well, forever. "Oh." She nodded, moving closer and leaning against the wall next to him- OMG! WHAT…was he eating!? "No, thank you." Turning her gaze away from the offending treat, she looked at the snow they stood on. Rather, white snow actually. Huh, one would think it’d be muddier and such in alleys such as this. Then again, why were they meeting here of all places? They could’ve met someplace WARM.

"So…nothing has changed with your parents then?"

Wrapping the chocolate back in its package, Josh put it in its pocket when Evelyn said she did not want to have some. Then he looked in her eyes and smiled. He did not want her to be bothered by his problems, actually he did not want her to be bothered by anything.

And the problems with his family, or mostly with his mother since his father was a Muggle who followed almost everything his wife said, seemed to be hard to solve, so as a reply he slowly nodded at the Slytherin girl's question ''Unfortunately not. They are still the same.'' and he doubted they would ever change.

''Whatever.'' then he said smiling at her widely. He wanted his happy mood back and Evelyn's presence helped him quite much about that. Even her beauty was enough for that. Yet as much as she looked beautiful, Josh figured that she was also cold which was proved by the pinkness on her face. Still smiling he moved closer to her and leaned in. ''And how are you? There's nothing or no one bothering you, right? If there's...well you know what i would do'' then laughing at those words he took her hand so maybe she could feel warmer.

Aw well, parents failed, and she meant all of them. Sure Destiny’s had been halfway decent, but they were gone for practically the whole day. Probably better that way.

"Well, again, if you need someplace to hang out and get away from them…" she muttered, making a circle in the snow with her foot. "There are always other places with open doors." Like Destiny’s surely, with the crazy sheep, or Rae’s and her new home. It was still getting fixed up, but it was halfway decent now. She actually didn’t mind living in it; the main reason being that the spider webs were gone.

The smile that had been lost moments before, slowly crept back onto her face when Josh leaned closer. "Hmm, no. No one is bothering me, but…this chilly weather on the other hand..." Squeezing his hand gently, the contrast of warm and cold causing her to shiver slightly, she looked into his eyes for a moment. Her own, happened to become a bit lighter over the days, and a little bit of her normal hazel could have been seen, but only just. "Why, did we have to meet here? And not somewhere where we won’t freeze our toes off?"

''Thank you'' Josh murmured as the girl spoke. Knowing that he had other places to stay if his mother would not want him in his home felt good. He was thankful that he had met this Slytherin girl at first place when he was in the Diagon Alley for the first time in his life. Now they shared something more than a friendship and, as she said, they could even share a home. ''I think i will consider those options''

And he was glad that there was no one bothering her. But she had a problem with the temperature? The Gryffindor boy looked around. There was snow everywhere and he could see many showflakes flying here and there. Well...he could see why she was cold but on the other hand, oddly, he did not feel any cold for him there was just the vision of snow. ''I don't know.'' he answered her question looking back at her eyes ''And i'm sorry. I could not figure that it would be that cold.. Do you want to go somewhere warm like the three broomsticks?''

Hmm, a summer with Josh? Longer than a few days maybe?

That only made her wish for summer to be here even sooner; but for now, winter has taken over and any hope for the warmth of the sun to surround them was long gone by now. Of course, then again, she had her own personal sunlight right here. "Perhaps you feel the cold different then I do." She suggested quietly, moving to his side and taking his arm in hers, more to get herself warm then anything. Alright, maybe it was to get a little bit closer to him as well, but really, she was freezing!

"The Three Broomsticks sounds good." Smiling, she hugged his arm a little more before looking out into the crowded area of Hogsmeade. Hmm, she was starting to realize that being in an abandoned alley wasn’t all that bad either. At least there were no people staring at them.

''Perhaps''

The boy looked up at the sky and as more snowflakes landed on his face, he wondered why show had to feel that cold. Not that he complained about it yet it was making his Rose feel cold and cold was apparently not good for her. What if she got sick? He was not going to let this happen so they needed to hurry and step into that warm place: The Three Broomsticks.

''All right'' he murmured as she took his arm then he started to walk with her towards the crowded main street. Buut before they reached to that crowded street Josh stopped in a sudden as an idea occured to him. Maybe he could make her feel a little bit warmer until they reached there so looking into her eyes for a moment, he hugged her tightly without saying a word.

...

...

''Feeling better now?''

As they started walking towards the main street, Evelyn took a quick glance behind down the other way, towards the dark end of the back alley before feeling Josh suddenly stop. What?

Looking back forward, her eyes found his, and she was confused for a moment to see him just staring. Was there something wrong? Something on her face? Did he step in something?

…Did SHE step in something?

"Oh." Him suddenly hugging her tightly caused her to tense slightly, though relaxed when the cool breeze could not reach her anymore. Letting the shock where off, it felt as if she were warmed instantly from his hug. Or it could have been the little butterflies in her stomach doing that. "Mmhmm, much." She muttered, sounding as if she wasn’t even on Earth at the moment, but in dreamland.

"Maybe we should stay here for a moment." You know, since they were both warm and all. Why move?

Standing there he was feeling like he could her forever like that. So he was ready to obey her words on staying here for a moment however as she said previously it was cold, too cold for the Slytherin girl, so he was feeling the urge of taking her to somehwhere warmer...than his hug. Because her comfort was much more important than anything else right now.

Therefore he eased his grip on the girl to continue walking yet the sight of her beautiful face so close made him halt again. Almost mesmerised he only stared and stared and as he did so he spoke without really knowing what he was saying. ''We should get to the Three Broomsticks'' were the words he uttered which contradicted with the fact that he was watching the girl's beauty instead of walking towards the main street.

Then, smiling, his gaze moved from her eyes to her lips and slowly leaning in he played with her soft, dark hair before kissing her gently. This was one of the greatest moments in his life or probably the best one.

''We should get to the Three Broomsticks'' the Gryffindor boy repeated once he pulled away, a little smile appearing on his face.

Mmmmnnnnooo...

Sighing as the Gryffindor moved, she followed him anyways, taking a deep breath through her nose and looking towards the crowded street with a small content smile on her face, but it happened to disappear once she was stopped again. Now, she really must have stepped in something or had something on her face.

Looking expectantly, and slightly concerned, to Josh as she turned towards him, Evelyn had no idea what he wanted. To stare? Well of course, she'd let him stare, but really...in the middle of winter and standing in a pile snow that was freezing her feet off? "Hmm, we should." she murmured with a nod, glancing towards the crowded street one more with the slightest movements of her head before her gaze turned back to Josh. Yet, they were not moving...

Orrr...they could stay...here. A smile crept to her lips against his before kissing him gently back, her arms snaking around his neck. Go? Why would they need to go? "Or, we could stay here." Teehee. Her own eyes brightened to a more green/hazel color at the thought. She wasn't at all cold anymore, partly due to the fact that her mind was elsewhere.

"The Three Broomsticks is probably...rather crowded." With lots of eyes that could stare, glance, invade their privacy...

Or they could stay there...

No matter how alluring this idea was, it looked like Josh was not going to forget about the girl's words on the cold weather. So, once the kiss was over, though he looked in her eyes with a mesmerised expression as if his mind was away from the outside world , the idea of taking her to somewhere warmer was still in his mind for he was pretty much concerned for her well being.

On the other hand, the Slytherin girl was right. The Three Broomsticks was probably too crowded and there probably were dozens of people to disturb them. Then where could he suggest to go? Looking around for a split moment, he hoped to see somehwere close but it appeared there were no shops or cafes in this back alley.

For now he could not think of anwhere else but he knew he was going to persuade her to get into somewhere somehow. Still smiling happily at the girl he continued playing with her hair ''No. Rose, i don't want you to get sick, especially not because of me.Sooo...'' he stopped for a moment to think of a place they could go other than the Broomsticks. ''...what about The Hog's Head?'' okay. This did not sound all romantic but it was better than Puddifoots, was not it?

Leaning her head back just a bit as he looked around, her gaze almost followed his, but he looked back to her just as soon as he looked away. No?

Aw well, that was true. She didn’t really feel like getting sick at the moment, and she didn’t want Josh to get sick either. Even though he pretty much felt like a heater, he could still catch a cold-

o___o!!!

"NO." she said simply, yet firmly. "I…I am not going…there." Ever again. Shaking her head, she looked down to his jacket, her hands following her gaze and slid down to his chest. She didn’t even want to get near the place. It may be true though that the bartender there was gone, even though he wasn’t really a bartender, but, the place held memories of what happened a few years back. The Slytherin didn’t want to be reminded of such things when she worked hard to hide them in her mind.

"How about, we go to Honeydukes? We can get a few things then find someplace elsewhere." Hmm, he wouldn’t say no to candy would he? Hehe.

Leave it to Savannah Conrad to get lost in Hogsmeade, again. Funny thing was she ended up in the same place as last year except now it was much less cold. She knew the weather was only going to get colder and colder.

Mehhhh..... D:

Savvy didn't want cold weather!

The blonde stood in the back alley, unsure of how exactly to get out. A confused look rested on her perfectly etched face, one that showed she was THINKING. Where was someone she knew when they needed they? OH YEAH, They weren't HERE. <_< She clutched onto her bag, pouting and grumbling. She wanted inside like NOAW, she wanted waaaaarmth. Instead she was stuck out here, lost in the COLD. Let's not forget the back alley was SCARY.

Nikolai was getting desperate now. He had tried everything possible, yet he still could not find a way to get to the Shrieking Shack. He was a Triwizard Champion for Merlin's sake! He should have special treatment and if he wanted to go into that shabby old house, he should be allowed.

Plus he was good-looking, so that should get him what he wanted anyway.

He was making his way back towards the castle, deciding to read another book on the Shack, when he had spotted a dark little alleyway. Stopping in his tracks, he leaned forward to get a better look. How could he have missed the alley before? He was in Hogsmeade quite a few times, and he had walked past it every time. With curiosity on his side, he took a few steps inside, only to spot a rather attractive blond.

"Vhy vould a pretty girl like yourself be hiding in a dark alley like this?"

This was annoying, annoying to the point where Savannah wanted to throw her purse at the wall and start crying. Of course, she wouldn't do that, someone might show up and then she would look like a total psycho like she really was She stomped her feet on the ground until....she heard a voice, a heavily accented voice. Her brow raised and she turned around to the person speaking.

She tilted her head, eying the guy before her. He was a Durmstrang boy...wait wasn't he the champion guy? Smiiiiiirk. She had been to busy worrying about beinglost she didn't' even realize what this kid was saying about her. It didn't take long though for his words to go to her head. "Not hiding, believe me, I never hide."She said, you know, attempting to joke around a bit? Meh, it probably wasn't working. Hehhhe. She laughed,"I'm lost."She said with a shrug. She let out a sigh, looking at him.

"May I ask what YOU Mr. Durmstrang boy are doing here?"Well, since he was being nosy she might as well be nosy too. "You best not be up to any shifty business or something..."Yeah, yeah. He BETTER not. :shifty:

''No?'' Josh repeated looking surprised at her reaction. There was definitely something about the place that was bothering her. Was she scared of...that place? He could not tell and no matter how much he stared in her eyes to figure out what was wrong, he could not figure anything. Should he ask why? He did not know. But since she spoke that firmly it was probably something she did not want to talk.

''O-kay'' the Gryffindor boy said, a concerned expression appearing on his face.''Look...'' he began looking right into her eyes '' As i said before, if there's something bothering you, you do not need to worry about it...anymore. Because you have me. Okay?''

Then he smiled and nodded at her offer. He liked Honeydukes and all the chocolate there. Yet he needed to be careful since he did not have much money with him this time. ''Let's go'' and putting an arm around her shoulders he started to walk.

He had no idea how embarrassed she was, that she couldn’t even walk into a stupid building, but she would not go in there. Ever again. Hmm, wouldn’t Lawson be proud? Evelyn, staying out of trouble for once.

She could tell that he was confused on why she would not go there, seeing as she didn’t give a reason, but she smiled anyways, not wanting to worry him. Besides, he was right. She did have him. "You’re right. Okay." Her heart fluttered just a bit at the thought as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

And then they walked towards the crowded street. Honeydukes it was then. Anyplace away from the dusty old Hog’s Head was better. Even if Josh was with her.

She wasn't hiding? Nikolai didn't know what someone would be doing in a dark alley besides hiding, unless she was waiting for someone. His eyes strayed back towards the main street, just waiting for someone to show up, but when she spoke he turned back to face her. So, she was lost.

How was that possible?

He was new here and even he managed to find his way back and forth to the castle without getting lost. Shaking his head slightly, a smirk played on his lips before speaking. "You did not think to leave this alley the vay you came in?" He tilted his head towards the entrance way leading to the main street. The source of light should have helped her there. That didn't matter now, though. Nikolai was there and he wouldn't mind helping her out of the alley.

He was being accused of shiftiness! Just because he was a Durmstrang student and he just so happened to walk into a dark alley did not mean he was up to something. An amused look crossed his face before taking a step closer to the blonde. "People might think you vere up to something shifty. Being in this dark alley vith me."

:eyebrows:

<_<

Way to make her look stupid.

Savannah rested a hand on her hip, looking around the ally TRYING to find something to say. Any excuse to WHY she was lost and HOW she had not seen the bit of light. Erm, maybe she could say she was color blind or something? Nah, that was a lame excuse and obviously a big lie. Instead, an innocent look played on the blonde's face. She said nothing, just bit her lip trying to hold back giggles. She didn't even answer his question.

See? That was the fun part about being pretty, you could do something stupid and just stand there and giggle about it and people would laugh it off.

BAHHHHA! He was amused or he thought she was funny! Either one was good.A grin grew and the giggles seized. There was a tiny chuckle though, just a little tiny one."Hahhhhh, well lucky for us no one is around to think we are doing anything."Savannah smirked, putting a hand in her pocket. Sweet Merlin, it was cold."And besides.....you dont even know my name."

There was a pause, a long pause. Savvy held her hand out to the boy in front of her, "Savannah Conrad, 7th year Hogwartsian."GIGGLE. Now that was a funny word.

Tegz :D
 

Hayley was lost, really lost. Was that like one of her habits or something? Always getting lost? o______O She sighed and started to get nervous, and she was never nervous ever. What if there would be a stranger coming? She looked behind her and in front of her, feeling the goosebumps on her arms. She bit her lip and leaned against the wall, hoping somebody that she knew would come.

James Sacheverell Wilkes didn't usually spend time being all shifty in alley ways, but his monkey had run down here so here he was, monkey hunting. Rufus being the tiny thing that he was, wasn't easy to spot. It was probably the only time in his life that Jimmy had been anti-fireworks. Someone let off a firecracker in the street and his poor little guy had been completely alarmed and made a run for it.

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuufus?"

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufus?"

.....

"Ruuuu- Hayley? What are you... hey. Hows it going." Wall leaning? He eyed the wall for a moment and then shrugged, joining her. Even while he was leaning though, his eyes were peeled for the little marmoset. Where did he go?

Hayley heard footsteps and something run past her. She screamed a little with fear in her voice and heard more footsteps. James? "James! Ohmygosh." She said hugging the boy and then stepping back awkwardly. "Sorry, I'm just a little lost." She said looking around nervously once more.

"Who's Rufus?" She asked curiously as she leaned against the wall, her eyes peeled, trying to find an exit out of here.

It was cold back here. Shiver.

Hehe.

"Its okay." Pshh. You think Jimmy Wilkes minded hugs from pretty girls? NO HE DID NOT. But also, she genuinely seemed on edge, what with the scream and all.

"Hey," He said gently and put his arm around her shoulder. Friendly-like. "Its okay. No big. You're fine right?" Granted, Jimmy didn't know about what had happened in THIS VERY ALLEYWAY only a few terms before, but then, he was awesome and rawr anyway, so it'd be fine.

"Rufus is my monkey." Pause. "He got a fright and ran down this way. He's really... really tiny." Jim held up one hand and measured out from fingertip to thumb. "He's a pygmy marmoset." So. Tiny.

He felt her shiver and gave her a look. SIGH. "Take my jacket, you're like an icicle." He didn't wait for a response, just shrugged out of his jacket and heaped it on her. Then, monkey huntin' resumed.

"Rufus? Hey little guy? Where are you?"

Hayley slightly smiled up at James as he put his arm around her. "Yeah, I'm fine, it's just that I'm not too fond of being alone in such a creepy place." She said looking around once again.

A monkey? "Well I thought I felt something run past me and it did kind of feel like a rat. So maybe that was Rufus?" The Gryffindor asked, pointing to her left to where the animal that past her ran to. "And if it was Rufus, I'm guessing he's not as scary when it's light out." She laughed a little but shivered some more.

Then James put his coat over her and she was about to deny it but sighed. "You really don't have to do that, but in favor I'll help you find Rufus, if you would like that is." She stated. What would Jayce say if she saw what was going on here? Well nothing was going on...right?

--And wasn't he still on her list? Oh goodness, but she left her purse with the list at Hogwarts, so she wouldn't be able to figure that out. Meh.

*snorts* she's paranoid. its cute.
 

"Well, you sure ain't alone now." He pointed out, looking over his shoulder at her. A rat? "Well, he's definitely no rat. You'll love him." Or you know, not. But... how anyone could not was beyond Jim.

"Yeah that'd be great. I worry about the little guy." Jim answered, relieved at the offer. He grinned all crooked!cute and then turned in the direction she'd indicated, hunting around.

"Why'd you come down here anyway?"

xD James just makes her nervous even more. :P
 

'Well, you sure ain't alone now.' The line played in her head and she giggled a little to herself. Waiiitttt, no. His charm was getting to her and she was in a creepy alley! This was not right! "Hopefully. I haven't really known anybody who has a monkey as their pet, but we'll see I guess." Hayley said walking along side of him as they searched for Rufus.

James smiled at her and she felt like she could melt. Yeah, now she could care less about that list. Why did she come down here? UHHHH, SHE WAS LOST.

"Oh I actually got lost." The blond blushed and laughed at herself mentally. Wow, did that sound stupid.

Ha, she's cute.
 

"Yeah. I wanted one and my mum, she rolled with it. And then we went and rescued the little guy. He's got a bit of damage in his shoulder, from a curse, poor thing. So he can't really do so well in the wild. And he's pretty tame right now."

Apparently they got a bit feral with age.

"Lost?" He turned around, surprised. "In Hogsmeade? You must have been thinking about something pretty deeply."

Where....

HA! He could see Rufus! His big eyes caught the low light and Jimmy crouched.

"Hey little guy..." He whispered softly.

xD
 

Hayley nodded as James told her about Rufus. He seemed like he cared alot about him and she smiled. He was caring, that was so sweet.

Then he turned around and she stepped back a little suprised by it. "Oh yeah, I'm just wondering about how my parents were. I haven't heard anything from them in the longest time." She sighed. Her parents hadn't contacted her in almost a year.

The blond noticed something upon the ground and she crouched down along with James. "Ohmygoodness, he's adorable." She said her eyes widened by the cuteness of him.

"Sucks." Jim answered, meaning it. His own parents were often AWOL so at least he understood to some extent. He didn't pry though. He glanced back at her and smiled again. "They working, or on Holiday or something?" Okay. He asked. But thats not prying, thats conversation.

"Yeah he is." Jim reached out his arm and then Rufus jumped on his hand. Jimmy stood up,holding his hand out for Hayley to see his marmoset.

"Meet Rufus."

Hayley just nodded. It did suck, however she wondered if Jason, her brother, was getting any contact with them either. "I...I don't know actually." She said frowning. Of course they worked but they could at least write her a letter or something. She felt her eyes water and she wiped her eye with her sleeve, not letting herself cry. She never cried and she definitley didn't want to do it in front of James.

Her face made an expression of awe as he held up Rufus, so she could see. She pet him and smiled. "Hi Rufus." She said petting him some more and then looking back up at James. "What made you want a marmoset?" She asked curiously. She was pretty sure a marmoset wouldn't come first to her mind if she was allowed a pet, but they sure were cute.

She heard some more footsteps and she stepped closer to Rufus and James. Luckily the person walked the other way and she sighed, the relief coming to her senses. If she was alone she would have ran.

Sounded like there was more to whatever that was than what it sounded like at first. Jimmy wasn't sure what to say. He scratched the back of his head with his free hand thoughtfully. "I'm not gonna pry, but, if you wanna talk about it or anything, I'm... here I guess." He wrinkled his nose. He meant it but wasn't it weird of him to offer? They didn't know each other supremely well or anything. But he was sincere. He smiled gently.

Rufus allowed the petting but then after a bit of it, he climbed up Jimmy's arm, and into his sleeve right under his shirt until he was peeking out at the neck, everything but his eyes hidden by Jim's scarf.

"I dunno. I wanted something different you know? And I was talking to Mia, she's a Hufflepuff friend of mine, and she randomly suggested a monkey, dunno if she thought I'd take her seriously but.... I thought about it and it kinda works for me."

He looked down at her.

"Easy now. If I can't fight 'em off, Rufus will take care of you." Grin. "He'll work his powers of cute." Paaaause. "I taught him everything he knows, of course."

Hayley smiled back thoughtfully at James. "Thanks, that really means alot." She said back taking his hand and squeezing it. Waitt, she shouldn't be doing this. She quickly took her hand back and looked around, nervously. What was going on with her? She laughed a little as Rufus climbed up into James's scarf.

"Hmm, well it's unique to get such a pet, but I like it. It makes you seem like you have a different view on things when people see what kind of pet you have." The Gryffindor stated, going on into her fortune cookie sayings again. "Uhh, forget about what I just said. I haven't been thinking straight recently anyways." She laughed.

The blond raised an eyebrow at James. What confidence he has. Hahaha. "Oh what a flirt you are, Mr. Master of Cuteness." She said poking James's arm and walking once again trying to find an exit out of here. It was still creepy, but not as much now that she had Rufus and James here.

"Its okay." Jimmy answered, somewhat bemused by her. One second she was hugs and hand squeezing, the next she was jumping away like she was getting burned. He knew he was hot but, come onnnnnnn. He adjust Rufus and nodded, hoping to put Hayley at ease some.

"Yeah I guess." And if he was honest, girls liking the cuteness that was Rufus, didn't hurt either. But then, he liked Rufus and thought the little thing was adorable too. "Gonna try teach him tricks." James added. But then again... He laughed too. "Its okay, you make sense to me."

He eyed his arm where she'd poked it and then followed along. "You wanna go?" James caught her arm up gently. "Its this way."

Ughh, what was going on with her? "Sorry, you just make me nervous for some reason." She shrugged. She didn't know what to do, she had a boyfriend but James was really cute. Oh goodness.

"Well it seems like your 'tricks' of yours are working quite well." She smiled and then smacked her head mentally. She really needed to work on her flirtyness.

Hayley kept on walking but James had grabbed her arm and told her it was the other way. At least he told her or else she would be lost here the entire time. Not that it would be a bad thing with James here but it was creepy and she didn't like it at all. "Oh, okay. Thanks." She said turning the other way and walking with them.

"I'm sorry about that." Jimmy told her. Was it him or was Hayley kinda on edge out of it? "I'm not doing it on purpose, promise." His smile was honest and it went right into a big grin at her next comment.

"You wanna see tricks, Hayley?" Okay so maybe THAT response was on purpose but, could you blame him? He couldn't change the whole instant response thing. But at least he was being nice and he was kinda concerned.

"Yeahh just call me Hero or something. Haha." Saving a Damsel in distress and all. "Got any shopping or anything to do?"

"Don't be sorry, really you don't need to be. I guess you could take it as a compliment or something." Hayley shrugged, smiling as he grinned at her.

She laughed at what he said next and shook her head in amusement. "See tricks, hmm? Okay, go for it." She said, wanting to see what he would do. So sure she only met him two times, but she could already figure out most of himself. Now only if she had her notebook, it could help.

Hero? Heheh, he was funny. "Uhmm, I think I've finished most of my shopping. I was just walking around the shops earlier and I kind of gotten lost, as you see now. So other than that once I get out of here I'm probably going to get a bite to eat." She responded looking at Rufus once again and back to James. "What about you? Have you any shopping to do?" She asked grabbing the sleeve of James's jacket as it almost fell off of her.

"Alright. Compliment accepted. Unnecessary, but accepted." He answered.

Oh she was taking him up on it? Well alright then. He just gave her a dazzling smile and then nodded.

"Nah I don't have anything I have to do, I was just asking because, you know, after that little ordeal," He glanced back into the alley, "I figured you might want to get a drink or something to eat." He saw his jacket practically falling off her so he took hold of the edges and gently caught her wrist up and quite literally put it on her properly, guiding each of her hands into the appropriate arm and then zipping the whole thing up, giving her a crooked grin as he did so. Usually he preferred the UNdressing, but she was cold, kinda adorable, and he didn't REALLY wanna see his jacket fall on the ground.

"Sooo.... my shout?"

Hayley nodded. "That would be nice." She said referring to getting something to eat with him. She smiled to herself as he helped her put his jacket on and zipped it up. It hung quite big on her but it was nice. "Thanks." She asked smiling up at him.

His shout? Whhat? She tilted her head to the side, a bit confused. "What do you mean?" She asked curiously.

This was nice, just talking to James with Rufus here. She wondered if he still remembered the last time they talked. It wasn't quite nice as this, stupid list got in her way.

"'s okay. You're warm now, right?" He grinned at her. It was kinda cute she was all.... tiny in it. She wasn't shivering at least.

"As in. I'll pay. My shout. I'll.... buy you something to eat." He waggled his eyebrows at her.

Rufus peeked out from James scarf and James absently stroked the little monkey with his fingertip.

"Yeah, it's much better now." Hayley said smiling back at him. She seemed really smiley today. o___O

Ohh, so that's what he meant. Hmm, she never heard it that way before she actually thought he was going to shout. Hehh. "You really don't have to." She said an expression of amusement upon her face as he waggled his eyebrows at her.

She slightly smiled at Rufus as he peeked out and pet him once more.

"Good and I know I don't." Jimmy answered. "Buuuut I'm gonna anyway."

Now it was down to where she wanted to go. there were options.

"So... Hogs Head, Three Broomsticks and Puddifoots are the places with food and drink right? What one would you rather be my unofficial date to then?"

Unofficial because.... it wasn't one. But you know, still fun.

I'm going to pick Puddifoot's seeming as I'm posting in the other places ^_^
 

"You're too sweet, you know that?" Hayley said shaking her head at him. "And stubborn." She added with a smile.

"How about Madam Puddifoot's? I'm in for some tea and cheescake right about now." She asked him, wondering if he would be up for it. Unofficial date? Hmm, well she guessed she could go with that.

lol, how convenient XD puddifoots. ooooOOOOOooooh romantic lulz. reply there?
 

"More stubborn than sweet. Don't be fooled." James grinned as they reached the end of the alley, the bright light of Hogsmeade main street beckoned.

"You know, you'll be the first girl I've ever been there with? I hear its... nice." He waggled his eyebrows again. Hah. "Maybe we can get some fruit or something." He added and then, to clarify, "So Rufus can have something too."

On account of he cared about the little guy.

Hooking his arm with Hayley's he led the way to Puddifoots and then once they got there, gentleman that he is, Jimmy held the door for her.

Sadie walked with her chin down and hands in her plaid gray and purple pea coat. A greet scarf was around her neck and she had on oxfords with tights and a black skirt. She somehow found her way into a dark alley that was shielded from the coldness she was experiencing. She sat down on a crate and leaned her head against the cold wall, then took her phone out of her pocket. The girl opened up the pictures on the iPhone and flipped through them then sighed and lowered her hand.

How long was it going to be before she decided to talk to her parent's again?

Merlin's beard, it was a cold weekend to come to Hogsmeade. But, naturally, that wouldn't stop Aiden from going. Hogwarts was amazing of course, but it was always a welcomed change when the students got the opportunity to wander around Hogsmeade instead. He meandered along the street, kicking at the snow no and then, before seeing a figure sitting alone in the back alley. After taking a second glance, he came to realize that this was Miss Sadie Perdieu.

The seventh year took a detour, and walked further down the alley until he came to her. "Hey, Sadie," he said, lightly kicking the grate she was sitting on. "What are you doing?"

As Sadie was sitting on her crate, she saw a person enter the alley. It was too hard to make out at first and she could only see a black silhouette. She hoped this wasn't some kind of creeper boy or something. But as the figure approached nearer she realized it was....Aiden? The girl looked down at her feet and watched as he kicked the crate slightly that she sat on.

"Hi Aiden," she countered, looking back up at him. "Oh just doing what I've been doing for a good month. Moping. I'm a wreck Aiden," the girl complained, running a hand through the curly blond locks in frustration. Urghhhh.....

Sigh. Hadn't all teens gone through that stage at some point? Aiden had just gotten out of his funk, but things were looking brighter now. He tilted his head and looked at her as she claimed to be a 'wreck.' "A wreck, huh? Care to explain?" Because he wasn't quite following. The last time he spoke to Sadie was at the Owlery. And before that she'd expressed some boy troubles..

He shoved his hands into his pockets and waited for an answer.

Frown. She didn't want to share her life problems anymore than she had to but for some reason she felt some sort of connection with Aiden and she could tell him anything. "I found out I've been living in a lie most of my life. Why does life have to be so unfair right now?" UGH! She was so angry with herself and her parent's. She let out a sigh and crossed her legs. Sadie was mad at Fletcher all over again too because he had been off too busy to even think about her probably. With those damn Durmstrang girls and him being all Triwizard-ish.

Living a lie? That sounded pretty intense. In fact, at the moment, Sadie was sounding like she needed to just vent a bit, and Aiden had no qualms with listening to what was up. He wasn't the best at being comforting, but he had his moments. "Life tends to be unfair at the worst times, it seems," he commented with a shrug. He brushed away the snow beside her and sat down. "So.. how come you're living a lie, then?" He lifted an eyebrow and looked at her.

What he said was true but ever since she had stepped foot in England that's all life was being. UNFAIR! If she wouldn't have come she wouldn't have had to meet any of the boys she did or learn any of the secrets she learned. She looked over at him as he took a seat beside her where the snow once lay. She carefully considered this before saying, "It turns out I'm adopted. I'm not Sadie Perdieu. In fact I don't even know what my real last name is. My parent's found me on their doorstep as a little 1 year old."

Grinning, Nikolai was grinning.

It was obvious she did not notice the light coming into the alley from the main street. He watched her as she looked around, knowing full well she was thinking up some type of excuse for her being 'lost'. He himself always had an excuse at hand, like during the first task. The Venomous Tentacula attacked him from behind. An excuse, because that was not what happened at all. Half expecting her to come up with something good, he was mildly surprised when she just decided to ignore the question all together.

He didn't really care why she was lost. All that mattered now was he had found her. Perhaps she was not lost at all.. hmm.

Grin turning into a smirk, it was Nikolai's turn to look around the alleyway. Indeed, they were quite alone, but what he had found out about the people of Hogwarts, he knew news traveled quite quickly. Someone was bound to find out. He turned back to face her, noticing she looked a little cold. He could warm her up. "Names? They are not necessary." he answered. They could get to names later.

Besides, he was one of the Champions. She should know him already.

Pause. Long pause.

An eyebrow raised as he waited, wondering what he was waiting for exactly. But then she held out her hand, and Nik did not hesitate to take it in his own. After pressing it lightly against his lips, in a gentlemanly way, he slowly lowered it back down. "Nikolai Ognian, Durmstrang seventh year. It is very nice to meet you."

Even if they were in an alleyway.

O.O

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, WHOAA. She only found out she was adopted, now?

"Yeah.. that's definitely intense all right," he added with lifted eyebrows. His sifted his fingers through his hair and noisily released a breath of air before dropping his hand to his lap again. "So.. are you going to try to figure out who your real parents are? Or.. what's gonna happen with your current family?" He expected that she wouldn't want to just up and leave them when they had taken care of her all these years, but he asked anyhow.

Intense? Heck yes it was. He had no understanding of how it really felt to find this out since he hadn't been adopted. She just looked at him and saw his breath as he let out a sigh in the freezing air. She thought about his question before answering with, "I found out who my real mom is already from my half brother. She died around a year ago I think. My dad....well my brother thinks he know who the guy is..." she paused for a second. "He's able to find out records of people because his job has to do with it or something."

She knew the man's name and wasn't sure if he was alive or dead. It wasn't mentioned. Sadie didn't even know where he was as they talked. "I haven't had any sort of communication with my parent's for months," she explained, looking down at her hands and back up at him.

Holy moly, this was like... soap opera worthy. Poor Sadie, though. Aiden tried to imagine how he'd feel if he suddenly found out Madison and his mum weren't actually blood-related to him... he didn't even like to think about it. Fortunately they each had a few visible traits in common. "Wow, I'm sorry, Sadie.." And to find out that she couldn't even contact her real mum because she was deceased, too. "Are you going to contact your biological dad, then?"

He frowned a bit when he heard that she hadn't spoken to the family she previously thought was her own. "Oh.. are you mad at them because they didn't tell you all this?"

The girl just gave a noncommittal shrug as he apologized. "From what I hear she wasn't exactly the best woman in the world. But thanks," Sadie smiled slightly. More like had a really hard life and got lung cancer after smoking since she was a teenager. There had to be some kind of wizarding blood in her...or maybe it was her dad? Her biological father?

Evan didn't say he was psycho so that was obviously a good thing. "I'm not sure. I mean all I know about him is that his name is Daniel Chevalier," she explained to him with a sort of frown. The name didn't sounds familiar. Was she mad? YES SHE WAS MAD! "I'm irritated they couldn't have broke the news sooner. It just makes me hurt because they couldn't be truthful about this. I mean I'm almost an adult."

Aiden mimicked her shrug and let his hands drape over his knees. "Well... I don't know. At least you can be grateful that you had a decent family to raise you." Even if they did keep this whole thing from her up until now.

Blink..

"That's my dad's name," he remarked, kind of weirded out. He shook his head. "My last name is Chevalier.." He added, not sure whether she knew or not. Daniel Chevalier.. that was straaaange. "But I'm sure there are a ton of Daniel Chevaliers around the world. It must just mean that they're all complete gits." Yes, that's it.

He nodded to her justification. "Definitely. I'd be ticked off, too." Heh. Oh hey, Aiden. We're not your real family. Kaybai. "But.. I mean, they probably didn't tell you because they want you to view them as family, even though you're not blood-related." Or something like that. It sounded logical.

He was right about that. At least she did have a decent family. She had blended in so well with them too. It was so odd how much she looked like her fake mom. No one would be able to tell the difference. But looking at her half brother they looked similar too. "I guess you're right. It could have been worse."

As Aiden said that her real dad's name was his dad's name she frowned more. "That is really weird," she said slowly. It was all coincidence though right? She wasn't actually related to the boy in front of her was she? "I also know that he disappeared for a while." She was so thankful that Evan had all this information. Or else she would be so helpless trying to find this out by herself.

"I could never tell seeing as dad is a wizard and mom and I look almost identical," she told him, looking over head as a shower of snow fell down upon them. It sounded like people were on the roof of the store they were leaning against. Sadie squealed as the snow fell on her and jumped up brushing it off herself.

"Yeah.. definitely weird." Both of their dads having the same exact name. Yeahhh. It was just a coincidence, of course. Surely, they would've known by now if they were related. Still, he had this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that made him ask his next question. "Do you happen to have any pictures of him on your iPod or anything?" You know.. just to be safe.

"That makes sense." Aiden really didn't know how he'd feel if he were in her position right now. Must be a pretty confusing, and stressful, time for Sadie. The seventh year suddenly felt a pile of cold snow land directly on him and his back shot up straight from the coolness against his neck. "Ah, what the hell.." He leaned forward and shook the snow from his head and shoulders before throwing an accusing look towards the roof above them.

my crusader friend ;)
 

Alex walked up the back alley looking around him once with a small smirk. Oh why was he feeling so mischevious? He wished one of his friends were here so he could mess with someone, with their help or not. Hehe.

Alex spun around when he heard Sheridan and grinned widely. "Oh hello there my fellow crusader." he chuckled.

Yes! Exactly the person he wanted to meet, his crusader Huffie friend. "What's up?" he grinned.

Alex laughed a little glancing around them. Hmm, it certainly felt like it was cape time. "Maaaybe." he smirked. "You have someone we could... play with?" Perhaps play wasn't the right word, still he had fun teasing people and that was like playing right? You had fun...

"I know." he said a bit bummed. There were always things to do in New York... "Then we can find something to do." he grinned at her. Or something to do against someone else, mwaha.

He put his hands in his pockets with a smirk. "I'm always planning something. It's a part of me."

Alex smirked taking a step towards her ineterested. "Tell me partner." he wiggled his eyebrows. They would be targeting, and it wouldn't be pretty.

Teheh, poo. Ah childish much, Reed? "Yeah at least people say so." he shrugged. "But it's still a school so.."

Plan? Oooh , plan... "Well that depends on the target. But I'm not up for being nice right now." if they would do this, they would do it right.

"Oh Justin your nemesis." Alex laughed. "You've told me about him, let's go then." he smirked. Oh what would they do?

He chuckled. "There shouldn't be any class A idiots, we should destroy him. Big time." he nodded. Something about the back alley brought out the worst in him. Oh well!

Hmm, what to use of that information, Alex let his imagination lose. "Let's not drag in the girl." he decided. A softie perhaps but why should pretty girls be punished for anything? Girls can get away with everything. "But I'm sure we can work something out." They were the infamous crusaders after all.

Alex shone up when his partner mentioned that the guy loves his hair. "Does he now?" he smirked. "Would he still love it if it was... pink? Or just not there anymore?" he mused.

Adam found himself in a dark and dank alleyway, not knowing how he got there he kneeled down and gripped his hair. How was he to get out now. Hoping someone would come along and see a helpless teenager Adam began asking the Wizard God for some assistance on how to find his way out...

:mellow:

Why Was Katie Here Again????

Oh Yeah ^_^She felt like and she had never been heeerrre, she was wearing her sunnys, which were awesome, but it made it much harder to see, she turned around and not seeing she banged into someone :huh:

WHOOPS!

She wondered if this person could her, she wasn't a mode for talking, "Sorry Sir"she said in an english tone, she had gotten good at that, but her normal voice was AUSSIE! She turned around so he couldn't see her, she was also wearing a hat, scarf and coat so it would be even harder.

"Katie- isn't it a tad too hot to be wearing a scarf and coat...And if you want to call me Sir than go right ahead..."Adam told Katie, patting her head.They always met up in odd spots...

:huh:

Who did this guy think he was???

Katie took off her sunnys and saw it was Adam, '"Hey Adam, I had no idea if it was you before so yeah, to be honest I'm cold" She giggled and got a piece of candy out of her bag and popped it into her mouth, "Want one?"she asked shwoing him the bag of CANDY :D

Adam raised an eyebrow. That candy is what made katie hyper- he wondered if he caught her at a good or bad time- considering she had candy- it could go either way."Yeah thanks...So we haven't seen each other in ages, what's going on?"He said popping a chocolate frog in his mouth.

:shifty:

Finally! A New plan to rule the world, Katie was Happy :D And this time Super!Core couldn't stop her. RULING THE WORLD WITH CANDY! :xd:

MWAHHAHAHA :evil:

"Nothing Much, Planning to rule the world" GIGGLE. "Made a Bestie Bestie whom is very very awesome" She smiled, its not that Adam was but Katie and Cora were awesome together.

"A new Bestie...But I am still your best friend- right no matter what's been going on between us...We never really got the chance to be friends- really...Who is this person you will...rule...the world with?"Adam asked laughing...

Katie Smiled. :upside:

"Of course Adam! But you might need a nick name" HEHE. "How about Awesome!Adam?"She giggled, she liked giving nicknames to people.

^_^ "Her names Coraline but I like to call her Super!Cora, I plan to rule the world and she tries and stops me, its quite fun actually, you should meet her one day, she's really nice" Katie said.

:huh:

Wait a minute, Kurumi and Adam were still together right, because if they weren't :whistle: Cora is single XD Thats right, Katie was trying to get Cora a boyfriend, hehe. "You and Kurumi still together right? By the way, is Kurumi all right? Haven't seen her in ages" She said.

"Kurumi and I are together- but lately I've been really moody, so I've been setting things off...Wait a minute you look interested. You are always up to evil plans, what are you thinking?"He asked in a suspicous voice, giving Katie a nougie-messing up her hair.

:(

Two Reasons Why Katie was a tad sad, but she wouldn't tell anyone.

1) Cause it seemed like Cora would be single forever Even Cora thinks she is to young for a boyfriend When Everyone needs a somebody in there life, Like hpow Katie had Luke :loved:

Annnnd

2) Cause Something was up with Kurudam and they didn't sound good :O

"Wellll..... It's Secret" :whistle: Nice Covering Up Katie! Katie wondered if she should tell him, bets friends tell each other nearly evreything, "Anyway whats happening with you and Kurumi then?" She wondered.

Adam itched his nose and began swaying, as he always did when nervous about something.
"Don't worry about it...It's just me being me- and I don't think Kurumi can handle the real Adam Burn- it's my thing to keep fixed...No need to intervene...And if you think it's good you do, don't you'll only make matters worse- sorry but that's the truth,...."

Fail post :(
 

:(

"Tell me the truth Adam, do you and Kurumi like eachother?" Katie asked, because that was a smiple thing that the answer must be a yes to be a couple.

:loved: Love was a difficult thing sadly.

"Love...We are only dating...We have never spoken of love, because frankly we are both too young to know what love is...But I deeply like her- it's just my attitude lately...It's NOTHING to worry about..."Adam told her somewhat harshly.

What was love he had no idea.
Was it being happy and ecstatic to see someone everyday, but it felt like a new person?OR little spontaneous things that made their life full of joy and happiness, there wasn't a way to tell if you love someone, you just get that feeling, and you know.

:mellow:

"Not to sound a tad mean but do you know the meaning of love?" She asked, yes silly question but Katie didn't know but she loved Luke, he was her true love, but for now it was just a crush thing, if Adam loved Kurumi maybde they were a true couple?

:loved:

"Listen...I don't think anyone knows what love is...It comes in many shapes and forms...I haven't experienced love yet- just a really deep crush...Very deep...It's puberty- you'll get it next year...

In fact sometimes I feel like you are ahead of your age Katie...

:erm:

Katie looked at the ground and shuffled her feet, she was actually not wanting to get that ever. but she remembered what her mother had said, she was getting signs that she would soon have it, she wasn't looking forward to it.

"You don't have to be 13 to get puberty" She sighed, the age's were between 10 to 16 Katie had been told. :mellow: