She couldn't keep from smiling at him. He made her do that a lot. Katerina wasn't sure for he was joking about the premature midlife crisis bit. She wasn't buying it, nor was she going to press the matter. The third year was just happy to be sitting in the grass with him, and look out at the lake,

She smiled and shrugged. 'Nothing much. Just hanging around the grounds. What about you?" Her blue eyes, glanced down at him. She got sudden urge to lean down and give him a kiss. He was just so cute.

That was nice of him to say. Charlotte beamed. Anytime she made new friends was a good time in her eyes. But yes, she'd show him where it was.

"When do you want to see it? Now? Or maybe tomorrow morning?" Because even though she was the impulsive sort who was always happy to jump up and do a thing right away, it was quite nice sitting here with him.

She giggled at the tickling and shook her head. He wouldn't give up and yet he hadn't even started yet. Boys were so weird.

"If you say so." She said cheerfully. Sometimes windows did close though.

She felt serene. Lulled into a false sense of peace and comfort by the atmosphere and the sugar she'd had earlier. Made her thoughts louder even than usual.

Tak Asakura.

He was like her. Suspicious, lonely, cleverer than most. Aslan had seen it all in him when they'd met. It was the same stirring that had brought her along to Daxton Prince (however badly that had ended) but softer.

She was certain he was an orphan, the assumption was strong enough to be fact now, but she wouldn't voice it. Whether it was her conscience or a lack of confrontational energy Aslan didn't know, but for now she would keep those words buried under her pink tongue.

"Why do you hate it?" She asked softly, still staring up at the leaves and the light that shine through them.

He was getting really annoyed and he saw her going for her wand. "Protego!" He was glad that was one spell he knew, he had been shown that by a nice older year, not someone like this person was.

"Hey Oldie!" Timmy snapped and without even thinking.

*SLAP*

He slapped her across the face. "You should be nice to people."

Azura bit her lip a little as Paige spoke about the groundskeeper. She had been there for that. He had just come and taken points away for.. nothing. Right after Professor Meyers had given them all points for being so amazingly.. Hufflepuff..

"Yeah, I saw that. I'm sorry." She said softly as she looked up at the older girl. She had left the table right after that, due to everyone being rather silent and down about the whole thing, she felt bad for them though. She had wanted to hug the entire table..

"Will we ever have a normal feast?" She wondered softly, with a slight bit of a smile.

Seriously who was this kid? Like really? He could do one spell after acting like a muggleborn earlier. Something was off about this one and Natalia really didn't care to figure it out. She was bored with him and she wasn't even going to sit here and deal with him anymore. Seriously she wasn't a babysitter.

As she gathered her stuff he took her by surprise and slapped her. HE SLAPPED HER? As fast and quick her wand was at him, "Immobulous" Taking him by surprise was something she was going for. If that didn't work she was going to make him eat horse dung soon.

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Miranda smiled... she was happy everyone enjoyed the Chocolate Badgers she and Cassie had made... " We'll be sure to make them now and again.. so long as my mum sends me the right ingredients.. " Miranda was definitely in a much better mood since the little party in the commonroom... But confusion about boys was still in the back of her head..
" I'm not much of a baker quite yet... Cassie is gonna teach me... We made a deal over summer... I'm gonna teach her everything I know about candy making and she is gonna teach me how to bake... " Beaming at the thought of learning new things... " Maybe you should make some cupcakes for the next gathering we have?" Miranda was serious... He had said he baked with his mum.. so why not see how good a sweet he could conjure... right?.. Made sense to her. And as far as she was concerned there as no such thing as a bad sweet...

If Tak could read her thoughts there would be eye rolling all around. He was not suspicious. He was not lonely. Clever however? Yes, that seemed to fit him. Leaning back on his hands he watched Aslan closely. The dazed look on her face reminding him a lot of some of the kids he hung around before his recent move. Of course those kids had a blank lost look for certain reasons. But Aslan....she just looked content...and maybe a bit sleepy.

"It feels strange." He answered simply. "Everyone here...everyone that i've met so far, most of them aren't in Slytherin. It feels like i'm trying to fit into a space where I don't belong." The words seemed to flow right off his tongue, which was strange considering the fact that he had in no way meant to tell her the truth.

Strange indeed.

Azura nodded as Paige spoke, she knew it wasn't her place to apologize, but she still felt bad for them. Losing points in that matter was not pleasant at all. Losing points in general wasn't super happy either..

But it seemed like it was bound to happen to the Ravenclaws so long as Daxton Prince was here. At least this terms -25 was better than last terms -70. Azura had felt light headed when she had seen that point loss. That poor boy.. he needed a hug or something..

"Mmmm, I can understand how disappointing that could be." She said with a nod, as she turned her purple eyes to glance out at the lake for a moment before turning back to the older Hufflepuff with a grin..

"You are right it is Hogwarts. My first feast here, there was a food fight, and then one of the Professors made it rain! I was.. just sitting there stunned.. but it was pretty funny as well." She would always have fond memories of that moment. When she had been sitting with Jasper and they had looked at each other, mashed potatoes dripping from their hair and water pouring down their faces, yet despite all that.. Their eyes had met and they had burst into laughter.. It was one of her happiest memories..

Yeah that would be a memory for the Patronus Charm..

Though she would have to forget the bitterness that followed it.. Life was like that sometimes.. Happy and then sad..

My Puff! <3
 

Leaning back against the trunk of the tree, Henry looked up at what he could see of the sky between the leaves and he let his legs dangle down from the branch. This was a good enough spot, he thought, and he relaxed as he listened to Miranda.

"Oh, that's cool... you should. And I bet the elves wouldn't mind if you used some of the ingredients in the kitchen if your mom didn't send any. Especially since they'd be for a bunch of students." He chuckled thinking of the elves though. Anytime he was in the kitchen, they were more than insistent on helping or doing things themselves.

"Yeah, maybe.." he shrugged. "I mean, I have made some things like that for friends before, it just depends if I have time." He always seemed so busy lately. And it'd depend on his mood, whether he felt like it or not with all that he had to do.

Still watching as he climbed to a comfortable enough spot.Miranda shifted her position so as to better see him where he now rested up high in the tree's branches. She stared up as her arms folded sat on top of her knees as she leaned back just a bit making sure to keep her balance.
" Well, My mum is usually pretty on point when it comes to sending me packages from home... And... I've already asked her to send one most every week..." Miranda thought for a moment and contiued, " Ya know.. I bet the kitchen would become a madhouse if I were to try and make anything in there.. Maybe I can find the room of requirement.. Then.... I could make anything I wanted..." She said eyebrows raised at her genius brainstorming.... Not many second years would know much about it... But her father had told her a story once of how he had found it with a friend of his whilst he was back at school...

Miranda knew Henry was a nice kid and was always so help ful... And for somne reason his last statement kind of stuck with her and she thought of how kinda streesed he looked since classses had started.
" Say, Henry...? Have you been alright?.. everything going well in class?"

"Every week? Wow, that's a lot.." Henry did get a weekly owl from his parents, but he wouldn't ever count on care packages or supplies nearly that often. He was always pleasantly surprised when he did receive a package from them once in a while though.

Henry nodded and closed his eyes. "Probably. I think the elves get annoyed when people are in the kitchen all the time, even if they are accommodating most of the time." He couldn't blame them really though. It was their domain and even though they were really sweet and nice, they probably just wanted to do their thing once in a while too. "Huh. Yeah, I guess the Room of Requirement would work for that." He hadn't really thought about it for baking purposes, but it did really seem to give you what you required. "That is, if someone else isn't using it. A lot of people want to use it anymore and if someone else is using it for something else, then you'd have to wait." But that only happened to him a couple times so it might not even be an issue for her.

He opened his eyes and peered down at her quizzically as he heard her question, unsure of why she'd suddenly have concern. "I've been fine.. things have been going great actually. Why.. things okay with you?"

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Snow wasn't Noelle's favorite thing, but she wanted to enjoy some time outside in it. The first big snowfall was always the prettiest. This year was no exception. The air was crisp, the light bright from the white. There was just an innocence, a newness.

Noelle headed out and plopped down near the frozen lake. She'd brought her homework and classwork that needed some extra work, but she wasn't in the mood to do them. Instead, she grabbed her wand and pointed them at her shoes.

Testing out her Transfiguration skills, she turned her shoes into skates. Her smile growing. Standing back up, Noelle left her books on the snow and wobbled to the lake. Time to test out these newly made skates.

A puff of white smoke escaped Bella's lips as she exhaled, before taking in a deep breath of the cold crisp air of winter. There was something about the cold and snow that made her feel right at home. She had always loved the snow. If she had to pick a favorite season winter would tie with summer.

Sometime outside was way over due, so she made her way down to the lake. She didn't bring any homework or books with her because she didn't feel like studying, but having a little fun. Bella was walking near the lake when she spotted someone walking funny toward the frozen water. When she took at closer look she noticed the ice skate.

I wouldn’t mind doing some ice skating. Bella thought to herself, but she hadn’t thought to bring her skates down with her. She walked a little closer. “That looks like fun Noelle. I wish I brought my skates down with me.” She asked, recognizing the girl to be one of her house mates. She had never really talked to her, but Bella tried to make sure she at least knew everyone’s name.

Wobble
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Noelle put her newly made skate onto the ice when she heard someone talking to her. She didnt recognize the voice, so she turned to look. Only thing was, she had for a split second, forgot that she was getting on ice. Her blade went sideways from her turning to look t see who was talking to her, and down she went.

ooooof

Noelle laughed when she landed. "Oh! Isabella!" She knew her name but she had never said more than a few sentences to the girl in passing. "I'd say come ice skating with me. But, Im not doing much skating."

Why did she have a funny feeling that this wasn't going to end? The moment Noelle skates slipped from under her, Bella gasped. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to distract you." She replied a little frantic as she moved onto the ice to help. Okay, so maybe that wasn’t the best idea because her shoes weren’t exactly ice appropriate which caused her feet to slipped a little.

Woah!!!

Bella tried to stand still to regain her balance to no avail. Her feet slipped from under her and down she went, landing on her bottom a few feet away from Noelle. “I guess that makes two of us.” She replied giggling a little herself. “I would love to skate with you, but I didn’t think to bring my skates down.”