It happened that Gemini was another of Mo's favorite constellations. Not because it was a wild beast... or maybe it was, in a way. It was because his sisters, the twins, were Geminis, an irony that wasn't lost on Mo. The twins were Twins. And they were most definitely wild beasts, so it all came full circle.

It wasn't the best time of year to be looking for Gemini, especially not from this protected spot, and Mo climbed up on the railing trying to get a better view of the horizon. If he could just find Orion, Gemini should be located just over his outside shoulder. Mo looked for the bright belt of stars, traced up to the shoulder and then past to where Gemini was located.

He didn't really need his telescope for this one, but he looked anyway. Just out of curiosity.

Dylan nodded. "Yeah!" he said. Bethany and him could agree on a lot of things, he could see. He really did miss his family, and the thought of them really would make him upset at times throughout this year. "So, do you have any siblings?" he then asked, cocking his head slightly and smiling at her.

After Hogwarts? He hadn't quite thought of that yet. Hmm. The first year finally gave a simple shrug at her question. "Y'know, I don't quite know yet. But perhaps something in the Ministry! What about you?" he asked.

Sarah hated the fact that they had to roam the ground with their telescope at night. Even with her wand, the darkness still was not welcoming to her. Especially when it was a silent night. Sarah loved noise, and hated silence. However one did need to stargaze at night.

Sarah stationed herself in the courtyard and used her telescope to look up. What would she find today... She looked one way and tehn the other. There was Gemini.. the twins. She marked that down. What was the brighter star: castron or pollux? She would need to look it up. Apparently there was a mistake about them in 1603 (Sarah was good with dates). On her next trip to the library she would get it

"You increase you chances of successfully defending yourself if you do have one though." One could only fight like a muggle for so long. But Olly... she was so interesting. Dora tilted her head to the side amused. "You think you can find everyone's weak spot?" That would be even more interesting.

Dora nodded her head a bit decisively. Olly did. If not all of her safety, a good deal more than she herself did. And those others that she knew. But if that was how she wanted it, then that was on her. She wasn't gonna force the girl to learn how to use her wand or anything. That was not her job.

"Ravenclaw colors. Blue mostly." She shrugged her shoulders. "Once I did a strand of red." For obvious reasons, yes? Dora thought so.

"Probably yeah." Olly had never explicitely said otherwise. She'd just been trying to explain how she could work AROUND her spellwork-problems. You had to adapt and learn how to use other things to your advantage. Like what they were talking about right now for instance. Olly smirked some more, holding the other girl's gaze. "Sometimes it's really not that hard..." Like, say, most boys for instance could be VERY easily distracted.

While Olly did not want to get into a 'I don't!' - 'You do!' discussion (because honestly, those NEVER ended well) she did narrow her eyes at Dora. This was not okay. No. Because she didn't do that. And what was it to the Ravenclaw anyway? It was HER life and she had managed to take good care of herself so far. She didn't need anyone else to tell her what to do.

Looking at the other girl's hair, a little lost in her own thoughts, Olly just nodded at first. Blue. Red. Yeah made sense. Actually though..."No green?" For you know boyfriend reasons. Theo WAS on the team after all.

Ah. Her name sounded so great coming out of these pretty French boys mouths. It was going to be a shame to see them go at the end of the term. Addi beamed, clearly proud of at least being close. "The accent kind of gets in the way."

...and now he was touching her hand. Adelaide completely ignored the fact that he took her book from her without asking because he was touching her hand. Okay. He'd just brushed it. But still. Pretty French boy. "Not at all." Because he already had it anyways. Adelaide could agree with that. "No it is not." She shrugged. "It's not my favorite but it's still really interesting."

It was actually a nice day out and Hannah wanted to take full advantage of it. She was still in shock that this was the end of her sixth year and that she would be a seventh year in a few short months. Where does the time go? What had she accomplished? She was not the sentimental type, but she couldn't help but to have a lot of "life" questions that kept going through her mind.

Hannah chose a bench that was not occupied and sat down. She just wanted to breathe in the air and clear her mind. She still had one more year left and she would be taking her newts so maybe her owls wouldn't matter all that much. There was still time... there just had to be.

Laura was really happy about things though she was a bit sad she hadn't done much lately but she had been really busy and now she hoped that she would get more things done before she left for the summer. She knew that her next year would be her NEWT year.

Laura was walking around when she suddenly saw Hannah. "Hey Hannah." Laura smiled. "How have you been?" Laura hoped that Hannah was okay, she hadn't seen her friend for ages. "What you been doing lately?"

Hannah turned at the sound of her name. She noticed that it was Laura and couldn't help but to remember all that they had been through. It was weird that they were actually friends now. Hannah never saw that one coming. "Hey Laura." she said with a pleasant smile for once. "I've been good. Just thinking a lot about life lately." The sixth year was not usually a deep person but she was going up and things were changing whether she liked it or not.

"How about you?" she patted to the space on the bench beside her. She was in a pretty friendly mood and she knew that she could talk to Hyde and she had to be feeling the same way considering they were in the same year. It might actually be nice to hear what she thought about everything.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "I've been good, just thinking about how times have changed, these past six year." Laura was sure there were a few Professor that she missed and there were a few things that had changed, she could remember the three-legged race she had in her first year which was totally amazing. "I can't believe that next year we will be in our last year at Hogwarts." Laura wasn't sure if she was ready for it or not, but well she would have to get used to the idea.

So it sounded like they were actually on the same page. "It's funny you say that because I have actually been thinking about the same thing." Okay, she needed to calm down. This was not like her at all. "I know, I can't believe that we are going to be seventh years next term." Then there was graduation. She would be an adult. "Do you even know what you wanna do when you graduate?" This was all important stuff. What had come over her? She was actually starting to freak out a bit about it. She thought that if her dad was still around then these things would not bother her, but things were changing... even in her own family. She didn't even know what tomorrow would hold.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "I want to work with Animals, I'm thinking of dragons." Laura smiled, she thought it would be cool if she could. "Though as you know it would mean me getting a good COMC grade something I'm hoping to do." Laura was going to try her hardest to get everything done.

Laura smiled as she listened to Hannah. "You know if you ever need a break or anything you can always come round to my house in the summer, I'm sure my parents won't mind." Laura was sure of it and it did seem like Hannah could use a break.

With animals? That was most likely the last thing that Hannah would want to work with. She didn't have anything against most of the magical creatures, but she didn't like getting dirty or having to clean up poop, but wait did she say dragons? "Wow, that sounds interesting." and kinda dangerous, but she was sure that Laura knew that so there wasn't any need to mention it. "I have no idea what I want to do... maybe work with money in some way." She liked money. Honestly, she didn't have any clue. "COMC is pretty easy so that shouldn't be hard to do." They sure did go through a lot of professors though so who knew what they would end up with in their seventh year.

The next thing that came out of Laura's mouth actually surprised Hannah. "That's really nice of you. I might just take you up on that offer." She couldn't just flat tell the girl no, and who knew she might just need that break after all. She wondered how Laura seemed to know that something was bothering her. Hannah thought that she wasn't putting out any bad vibes, although deep down she was hurting so who knew what kind of aura she had around her.

"I don't think you've had much of a challenge, Olly." Dora had a sense that the other girl was speaking of boys, but she herself wasn't. Though it WAS so amusing to hold the other girl's gaze with a slightly challenging look. Like she wanted to see this in action. Another time maybe.

The narrowed eyes went noticed, but Dora only shrugged in response. Whatever. She didn't know why she herself was so persistent with this, but she wasn't going to keep it up. Olly could continue using her wand for decoration and she'd just... whatever.

Dora shook her head. "No, I usually wear green. Or borrow something from him that's supportive of him and my other friends on that team." Cause he wasn't the only person she cheered for, he was just the most obvious. Though anyone who knew her knew she'd always cheered on certain Slytherin players since her first year.

Skimming through the pages without bothering to read anything, he listened to her. This girl was nice and not talkative. He liked that. Girls who talked too much were kind of annoying. "What eez your favorite zen?"he asked her curiously looking up from the book and into her eyes a lazy smile playing faintly on his lips as he got comfortable and relaxed sitting there and angling his body in her direction. He was usually good at guessing and he allowed himself to try and guess inwardly. She looked too nice to like DADA for example. But then again, never judge a book by its cover. He could always be wrong.

"Your Professor seemed nice." he added referring to the old man that taught the subject here.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "I think it would be awesome if you worked with money." Laura thought that Hannah would be awesome working with Money and she just wished that her friend would be able to decide what she wanted to do before the end of next term, though she knew that they had until the end of next year to decide what they wanted to do.

Laura smiled. "Anytime you want to come over you can." Laura couldn't believe how much they had changed since the first time they had met when they had poured tea and butterbear all other each other. "So what have you got planned this summer?" Laura hoped her friend would tell her what was wrong, she knew something was wrong but didn't want to seem to nosy.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" She blurted out because she had time to think about what was coming out of her mouth. She recovered by responding to the next statement. "Thanks, I think so too." Money was awesome. She understood money. Hannah really needed to do some thinking over the summer. She didn't want to be one of those people who didn't have a clue what they were doing.

"That's really nice of you." It was really, really nice of her actually. This whole thing was still really weird to her. Then the next question that Laura asked made Hannah's face darken. She paused for a minute as her mind went to her home life. She was not looking forward to going home. "I don't have any plans." She hoped that Laura didn't notice the change in her. "What about you?"

Laura looked at Hannah and sighed "I thought we had gone over this at the end of last term when we spoke." Laura was sure they had. "I made some mistakes and you made some mistakes but in all we were both just looking out for our friends." Laura didn't have a problem with Hannah. "And maybe it went a bit too far and for that I apologise."

Laura looked at Hannah as she saw the change in Hannah. "You know if you want you can spend the summer with me, my parents won't mind." Laura was sure there was a problem at Hannah's house but unless she told her she wouldn't ask. "We have a guess room for our friends." Laura loved having friends over at her house.

Laura smiled. "Oh well hopefully I'll do a few good things this summer." Laura didn't know fully what she wanted to do but she knew that she wanted to work on practicing with animals but where she would do that she had no idea. "I will talk to a friend of my mothers who's a vet to see if I can help him out this summer." Laura was sure he would say yes since he adored her and they had known each other for ages.

Yes, they had gone over it. For some reason Hannah was still having a hard time letting it register in her brain. It was odd really when Hannah did not get along with puffs on principle and here she was friends with one... actually friends. "I know, I guess it is still just weird to me." There was so much going on in her life that she almost didn't know who she was anymore. "Yeah, I guess it did go to far." You didn't normally pour hot tea over people and push them in the lake. She was working on herself. Minus the mishap with Adi, but that one was deserving.

Laura brought up staying with her again this summer. Normally she wouldn't have even considered the idea, but honestly it sounded a bit better then what she had to go home to. She was sure that Laura's parents were not somebody that her parents would approve of, but her dad was no longer there and mom might as well not be there. "I'll talk to my par..." Ahem. She had almost said parents. "... my mom when I get home." She was sure that now, all things considered, that her mom wouldn't care what she did.

Laura had somebody that could help her do what she wanted when she graduated. "That's awesome." and she really meant it. She wished that she could be as happy as Laura was about something... anything really. Maybe she needed a break from everything. Maybe spending the summer with Laura would be exactly what she needed. It was funny how life worked sometimes.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "I know what you mean." Laura couldn't believe how close she had gotten to Hannah maybe it was because they had both gone through a lot this past year and well something's changes the way you think.

Laura just stood there looking at Hannah. "Well once you decide what you want to do just let me know and I'll tell my parents to expect some company." Laura always thought her house could use some extra people it was a big place and didn't look as messy as it used to know she was growing up.

Laura looked at her friend and sighed, she had no idea why her friend wouldn't talk to her. "You know if you want to talk I'm here." Laura was sure that something was bothering Hannah and she wanted to help if she could.

Instead of answering with words, the sixth year just answered with a smile. She really didn't know what else to say and she didn't want to keep harping on the fact that they we once really ugly to one another.

"Sounds good. I will of course have to go home first, but I will send you an owl." She didn't want to seem to eager, plus she still didn't know if she would want to go or if her mom would put up a fight. Maybe she should stay home for her siblings benefit. She just didn't know what to do.

Laura really was being a decent person and she knew that she could talk to her. "I know that and I appreciate it, but I just don't know if I can." She froze practically every time that she even thought about it. Hannah knew that talking it out would most likely help, but she just couldn't... not now at least. "When I am ready to talk I will come to you." Surely she would want to talk sooner or later.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "Of course, once you have decided what you want to do just let me know." Laura said truthfully. "Though if you want to just visit at anytime then your always welcome." Laura really wanted to spend some time with her friends over the summer.

"I know what you mean, sometimes I don't feel ready to talk about things but it usually does help." Laura wasn't going to push though Hannah would tell someone when she was ready. "Well when you are ready then you can come and talk to me no matter what I'm doing." Laura would drop anything as long as it meant Hannah felt better. "How you doing with that first year?" Laura decided to change the subject. "Want me to have a word with them?"

Addi shifted so that she was facing more towards Sébastian. She bit her lip as she watched him smile. Oh right. He'd asked her a question. Why were these French boys so pretty? "Umm...I'm really good at Charms but I like Astronomy too." Mainly because of Flamsteed. But anyways...

Adelaide nodded. "Botros is nice. Definitely helpful if you don't understand something." Which she didn't understand quite a bit.

"Sounds good." She was glad that Laura was being so kind to her. She really thought that she would drop by this summer. Her house had to be better than Hannah's at the time being. "Thank you." and she actually meant that. It was nice that somebody was actually willing to be there for her and help her in a time of need. Hannah really didn't have many friends, and she knew that it was her fault that she didn't.

"You're right, and who know maybe I will be ready to talk this summer." Things were happening to her that she never would have guessed would happen in a million years, so it was very possible. Then Laura brought up Adi and her mind went to what she had done to him. "Things aren't good." That was an understatement. "I sort of hexed him and made his teeth disappear." Sooo if she wanted to talk to him she could, but she was sure Adi wouldn't take well to any of Hannah's friends.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "Maybe you will be." Laura then decided to tell Hannah something that she hadn't told anyone except Minnie. "You know last year I was so worried about failing my OWLs I actually spent ages in the Library studying, I was so shocked when I got my results." Laura had been expecting to fail everything.

Laura then listened to what she said about the guy. "If I see him I'll speak to him." Laura didn't want Hannah getting into trouble for hexing anyone and she just hoped that her friend wouldn't hex anyone else. She didn't want no one to get into trouble and she seriously didn't want her friend getting into trouble.

"I hope so." and she really did. She was sure that talking would help her, it was just getting to nerve to actually do it that was the problem. Owls... she didn't even do hers. That was during the time that the terrible, awful thing happened and she missed them. "I never took them." She secretly wondered how that would affect her. "What were your scores?" She was sure that they were high considering all of the studying that she had done.

"Okay, I'm sure he's not going to want to hear from any of my friends." Although, she was sure that Laura would be much nicer than she was. Maybe Laura would even end up making a friend out of the deal. "I hope I don't get in trouble." Adi could still tell on her and she did not want to lose any more house points and she didn't want to waste her time in detention either.

Laura looked at Hannah and smiled. "Well I'll see what I can do." Laura didn't want anyone getting hexed and she seriously didn't want her friend getting into trouble. "I know what detention is like and I can tell you it isn't fun." Laura really didn't want Hannah getting a detention at all and she would see what Adi was going to do if she got the chance to speak to him.

Laura smiled. "Oh they weren't that good 2 O's, 2 E's and 3 A's " Laura wasn't very proud of them scores but she would try her best to improve for her NEWTS, which they both would be doing next year. "And don't worry yourself." Laura smiled. "I am sure your NEWT's score will be awesome, if you want I can help you."

Hannah was surprised that Laura was actually going to try to talk to Adi. That was really nice of her. Hannah knew that she shouldn't have hexed him, but he really did deserve it. "Thanks for that." It couldn't make things worse right?

"That's not bad at all." They were all pass grades, and that was something that Hannah didn't have. "We should study together. I have to do good on newts." She really was going to have to work hard considering that she didn't have any owls to fall back on.

Laura was going to speak to Adi when she saw him next, if he was in her house then he probably wouldn't be hard to find. "Your welcome." Laura smiled as she looked around the courtyard to see what was going on and to see if anyone was listening.

"Oh I think I could have done better." Laura sighed. "I failed Arithmancy, I totally mess that exam up." she had no idea how she had done it but oh well now she was going to sort that out and hopefully do better with that exam next time. "Well if you do come to my house this summer, we can do some studying whilst you are there." Laura would love to help her friend and having a study buddy would be awesome.

Hannah couldn't help but wonder how Laura's and Adi's conversation would go. Adi was a little spit fire and she figured that he wouldn't do to well with any conversation that dealt with Hannah. "You will have to let me know how that goes."

"I hate Arithmancy." Hannah could understand how her friend managed to fail that. "I just know that I will fail that when I try it at newt level." That probably wasn't the right attitude to have, but all the numbers crap was for the birds. Ugh, she did not want to study over the summer even if she knew that it needed to be done. "Yeah, we probably should do that." She needed to ace her newts, and she would do whatever was needed to accomplish that.

Laura smiled. "Of course I'll tell you what happens." Laura really had to do her best to sort things out for her friend, she just wished that her friend would have told her about this before then she would have tried to sort it out without her friend having to jinx anyone.

Laura had to laugh at the next statement. "You know I'm not very good at Arithmancy either." Laura had got it way wrong in her OWL exam apparently but at least she had learnt her lesson and would try harder next term. "So want a butterbear?" Laura opened her bag out and took out two cans of butterbear one for her and one for Hannah.

"I'm sure it will be interesting." Honestly all things considered Adi took it pretty well. Hannah would not have taken it as lightly as he did. Sure he had called her a bunch of names, but that was it. Hannah would have blasted him, but that was where they differed.

Hannah cracked a smile. "That and Ancient Runes..." Surely she couldn't be the only one that was confused by that whole mess. "Divination is rubbish, but I can get by." She just didn't like to. Hannah took the butterbeer from Laura. "Thanks." She smiled upon remembering something. "It would be nice to drink it instead of wearing this time." It was nice that they could laugh about this now.

"I'm sure it will be interesting." Laura had no idea what she was going to say to Adi but she would try and make the first year realise that she can't annoy any of her friends though she wouldn't hex the guy because that was just plain wrong.

Laura smiled at Hannah. "I always think of ruining when someone talks to me about that subject, like we should be talking about wars and things like that." Laura blushed a bit. "I hate the subject so much, but I'll give it a go next year I think." Laura then laughed. "It is a lot nicer being friends then being enemies." Laura took a sip of her drink.