SSRP: A picnic with former Hufflepuffs (and partners!)

[Hey Ju]

Description:
After Merlin knows how long, a few former Hufflepuffs decided to catch up and what better way to do it than with a picnic overviewing a lovely lake? Of course, this wouldn't be a proper Hufflepuff meeting if it didn't include their families! The more the merrier. The vast green land was ideal for the kids to frolic about and spend all of their energy.

Characters/roleplayers:
Sophie Mordaunt (Hey Ju)
Mordred Mordaunt (Stefan)
Catherine Mordaunt (3) (Hey Ju)
Noah Mordaunt (3) (Stefan)
Calen (the house-elf) (Stefan)
Ella Summers (TakemetotheBurrow)
Alec Summers (hermionesclone)
Cecelia Summers (3) (TakemetotheBurrow)
Samuel Summers (1) (hermionesclone)
Oakey Gunter (DJ Moose)
Ariana Gunter (JennMarie)
Xaria Gunter (?) (JennMarie)
Mark Gunter (6) (DJ Moose)
Cairo Gunter (?) (?)
Jory Stonewall (FearlessLeader19)



-other Gunters (and perhaps other adults charries too? Huffies, where are you!?) might be added as we play-

[TakemetotheBurrow]

She had everything, right? Sam's dragon stuffy, favorite board book, extra diapers, light jacket, and his sippy cup of milk charmed to stay cold. Cecelia's elephant water bottle, hoodie, floral sunglasses (because the polka dot ones just wouldn't do), and favorite fairy tale. There was also the sun cream, an extra blanket, and various snacks she'd prepared for the occasion. She'd even managed to get a rather large thing of lemonade into her bag. Yes, she had everything she could ever need for today and then some. Thank Merlin for magic or the blonde would be at a loss, and suffering from major back problems.

"Cecelia, remember to tell us if you have to potty, okay?" She glanced at Alec and then back at their daughter, hoping that there would be no accidents today. She'd been doing so good but every once in a while she'd get distracted and forget and Ella always felt so bad--

Cecelia had a bag too, she DID. Her bag had all the important things just like mama's! There was her elephant stuffy, her mermaid stuffy, her small dragon that made actual REAL LIVE dragon RAWR sounds, and a magazine she'd found in the living room that had daddy's face in it because he was the most best qwidwitch player in the WORLD! Then there was an assortment of jewelry she'd MADE with Grandpa and Uncle Caweb, a map of her HOUSE in case she got LOST, and a BIG plastic ring. Yup, everything SHE could ever need was right there with her!

..."Mama, NO! Imma BIG girl! I went aweady." The three year old siiiiighed and looked over at her dad. "Imma big girl, right daddy?" RIGHT? Even Sammy knew that and he was only ONE year old.

Ella fought a smile. Her daughter was a daddy's girl through and through. She glanced at her husband and raised her eyebrows a bit, waiting for him to back up the little blonde. At least she had Sam on her side.

"I know you are, baby. Mommies just have to remind princesses about that sometimes." And daddies got to remind mommies that the princesses weren't babies anymore, apparently. "How about you go pick a spot for the picnic blanket, okay? The others should be here soon." And then the real fun would begin.

[Hey Ju]

Sophie was so excited for that picnic, she planned and prepared what they'd take since the previous week! Not only was she going to see loads of her old friends again, her children would get the chance to meet their children and hopefully that would be the start of great friendships.

It'd be so lovely Sophie could explode! Adskfnsdkfnsdkf

The former Hufflepuff made sure SHE was the one to prepare everything - okay, she did let Calen help here and there - and she was the one carrying the enchanted basket too. Enchanted to make it have more room inside and also to be extra light - because she could, heehee.

She couldn't be happier by the fact her whole family managed to be there that day, including busy bee Mordred and even the house elf. And of course, her adorable twins.

Catherine was making her own way to the picnic area as he held her daddy's and Calen's hands. She liked holding the elf's hand because they were nearly the same height and she thought it was nice. Every once in a while she would look at her brother to see what he was doing, but made sure she tugged Calen along at all times.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Look, it's the Summers!" Sophie exclaimed, gesturing at her best friend's family so her own children could see them. "Do you two want to go say hi?" Because she did!

Catherine didn't let go of either hand, but she did start walking faster, making her short arms go back as her daddy and Calen didn't pick up her pace at first. Nnnnnnoo, she wasn't letting go of either hand for now, but she wanted to get to Cecelia quicker! "Hiii!" She said to the mini blonde. "Look, it's Calen!" The little brunette pulled the house elf forward so she knew Cecelia could see him. Catherine was really happy he was there too.

[Stefan]

In all honesty, Mordred would’ve stayed at home with his wife and kids to while away the day, considering that he has more time to be at home nowadays than in the Ministry, being constantly dumped by reports and actual field work. Although the huge chunk of work was off his shoulders now, he had ventured into an even higher education for himself as an investment of sorts, while he balanced being a father to Catherine and Noah. The point was, he could’ve hit two responsibilities with one stone by staying at home...however, mingling was one of the activities that he missed out during his childhood, and as he convinced himself that it was a mistake, he agreed to the get together planned by Sophie so his own children could interact with people and kids their age.

While Sophie took their picnic basket, (was it the one given by Beezus during their wedding?) with her, Mordred was assigned to walk with their twins...with Calen, his house elf, looking like their third child as Catherine tugged the elf along. Noah, however, was rather quiet. Mordred looked down at his son, and gently pulled on his hand to get his attention. The three-year old looked at his father with an unsure expression on his face, and Mordred grinned as Catherine began to pull them to where Ella and Cecelia were. “Hello, Ella. Long time no see.” He would’ve hugged the former Hufflepuff but his hands were full at the moment. “Where’s...Alec?”

While his father looked around for his hair buddy, Noah had let go of his father’s hand and gave Ella’s leg a quick hug...and dashed off to where Alec was, stopping him and gave him a leg hug too. Done with his initial greetings, he went behind his mother’s legs this time and took a peek at his twin, Cecelia...and Cecelia’s bag.

Calen, however, wasn’t amused at all. He was supposed to stay at home and not with his masters! Big, worried looks were cast towards his original master, but instead of apologising and returning to their home, he was being pulled towards another human girl. EEEKKK!!! “H-hello, M-miss.” Can he please go home now? P l e a s e.

[FearlessLeader19]

It was too bad that the invitation to the picnic had come while Gwen was away. He'd have loved to have her with him when they met up with their old friends. But as it was, she was away because of work. Some grand occasion for Healers. But he had cleared his schedule so that he could be here.

And so he was.

The first thing he realised was that there were lots of kids. Or so there seemed to be. It made him miss his own kids who were away with his parents and sister few a few days. Seeing these kiddos made him miss his. And his wife. Merlin! Why did she have to be gone for so long?

The next thing that he realised was that there were faces he recognised even though so many years had passed. The Auror was smiling broadly before he knew it. "Hi, guys! Remember me?''

[hermionesclone]

Alec was here, hair perfectly done and all.

Since his wife - his wife! - had Cecelia with her, the Seeker was pushing along a stroller that had baby Sam in it. He made funny faces at his son every now and then, making the boy giggle. There was no reason behind it, other than the fact that it was bound to make Ells smile. And she did have the nicest of smiles.

Speaking of, he turned towards his two favourite blondes the moment they started talking. A big girl? "That you are, Princess C," he said, grinning at her, "And maybe mummy needs to remember that." At this, he looked up at the blonde woman and gave her an amused look. It was hard, he knew that, but she had to accept the fact that their daughter was turning four soon.

"And you're a big boy too, aren't you?" he cooed, stopping a little way away from the girls to pick up baby Sammy. Once in his arms, Alec went on to smooth out the head of blonde hair growing on his son's head. Good hair was important, after all, and it seemed to run in the family.


Giggle.

Daddy was making faces and daddy looked weird and funny. The dummy in his mouth was gone and sitting next to him but Sammy didn't care because he was giggling. Sammy reached up both of his chubby arms to reach daddy's face but daddy was looking away now? "Blrrrrrgh! Blurrrrf!" Look over here, da-

MUMMY!

"MAMULF! MALUUUUUUURF!" LOOK! He was a big boy TOO!

Daddy was picking him up now and he sat in daddy's arms. His head rested on daddy's shoulder but he smiled over at Mummy TOO! But Mummy wasn't looking his way. Mummy was joined by OTHER people. Sammy babbled again, first waving a hand wildly towards mummy and then to the boy hanging onto daddy.

LOOK Daddy LOOK!


Oof!

Alec did look and found himself grinning at the boy hanging onto his leg. "Noah!" His hand was tied right now but, instead, he gave the young boy a good old hair ruffle. "You've grown up fast, haven't you?" And if Noah was here, that meant...

... Yep! There they were!

"Come on, Sammy, let's go meet some important people." At this, the former Hufflepuff pushed the empty stroller after little Noah and towards the group that was gathering around his wife and daughter. The stroller was left to the side, on the grass, but he stood right next to Ells. "Hey, Jory! Sophs! Hair looking great as always, Mordred." GRIN.

Were there any others coming?

[Uncle Moose]

Oakey was taking the lead toward the picnic's location. He was pushing Cairo along in the Stroller. Mark tailing behind him, but in front of Ariana. Xaria, he had a firm grip on her hand. She had been throwing a bit of a fuss today earlier. Oakey wasn't having it though it was a big day as they were catching up with Family Friends they have not seen in too long.

So his hand was holding hers and if she want to drag him down today, so help him he will add onto her already grounded dates. Merlin save him, it was like he was dealing with a rebellious Teenager 7 years too early. Maybe getting to see her Godmother would help her calm down a little?

As he stopped in front of everyone he felt a bump on his rear, he looked behind him to see Mark rubbing his forehead bottom planted on the grass. Oakey couldn't help but smile at his son. oddly enough he couldn't help feel he would have done the same thing at his age. "You okay there Bud?"

he leaned down the best he could while letting go of Xaria to help Mark up.

After doing so he turned his attention to everyone there, and surprise even his old Roommate, Jory was here. "Hey everyone." He said with a a genuine smile on his face.

Mark's head was looking down at the grass, he was looking to see if any bugs were coming out of the ground. It was the Bug Season now after all. He was keeping quiet because he was hearing Daddy being very...um serious with Xaria earlier at home, and that part of Daddy Mark never wanted to have made at him. "Oomph" he huffed when his head made contact with Daddy's rear and he fell down onto him bottom. "I'm okay." he said as Dad's hand reached under his armpit to help him.
Mark brushed off some grass from his bottom and smiled at some of the other kids there. most were all pretty little. Maybe Cece was close enough to his age, so he waved at her.

[JennMarie]

"Whoops." Ari smiled before chuckling just slightly at mark falling onto him bum by bumping into his fathers bum. Silly son was silly."Careful, Handsome." She reached over and dusted the small patch of dirt off his bum. "Don't need you getting a bruised bum after today." her smile widened as she heard Cairo in the stroller mumbling away, probably playing with his feet as he normally did. She was sure his shoes and socks had made their way off as he grabbed at his little toes. "Cairo still have shoes on?" She asked Oakey as she glanced at Xaria who looked well... not all too excited.

"Dadddyyyy" She tried to wiggle her hand from his but it wasn't working so she tried then to pry her hand from his. "Come on.. let me go." She was s big girl and she wanted to walk on her own!! "Muuum, Tell Daddy to let me go, please." her voice whined up into her pleading octave that almost always worked in her favor. "I want to go see Aunt Ella now." PLEASEE let go! She tugged one last time and managed to free her arm from his grip, at least for a second she did.


"Xarian Lynndsey I will personally charm your hand to that stroller you don't hold daddy's hand till we get to the group, I don't care if you see Aunt Ella over there." See, she could be strict too.

[TakemetotheBurrow]

Cecelia gave her mama a TOLD YOU SO look because daddy knew that she was big and getting bigger all the TIME! It's 'cause she was eating her grow foods and grandpa said she'd be as big as Uncle Caleb if she kept that up and HE was sooooo so so big! She was going to be biggest of a-"Cathwin! Nowuh!" The blonde BEAMED and came to a stop by the little girl, her blonde curls bouncing around her shoulders as she waved enthusiastically at the Mordaunt twins, their parents, AND their house elf. AN ELF! DID MAMA SEE? IT WAS CALEN AND HE'D CALLED HER MISS! That wasn't her naaaame. C stiffled a giggle. "I'm not miss, I'm Cecelia! Hi!" The three year old bounced a bit and then looked down at her bag when she caught Noah looking. "I have toys, wanna SEE?" Calen could come, TOO!

Assuming her plan was the BEST plan, the Summers girl plopped herself right there in the grass and began opening up her backpack.

Ella bit back a remark and gave Alec a grin instead. He was lucky he was cute, did he know? Also, how cute was her little Sam? The former badger couldn't help but feel her heart swell at how excited her son looked. He was at the age where everything was new and exciting and with the exception of him trying to eat dog food on occasion, she was enjoying every minute.

"Hey everyone!" She hadn't seen Jory in what felt like forever and Soph and Mordred were busy with work and the kids, she knew. Then she caught a glimpse of Oakey and Ari approaching with their family and she couldn't help but grin at the scene. Xaria was going to give them a run for their money, she was sure. "Don't worry, I'll put a magical barrier up around us so they can't wander too far," She called out as she picked up the blanket her daughter had dropped on the ground and spread it out for everyone to put their things down on.

"Charms queen, you want to give me a hand?" Of course she did.

More people, more people! Uncle Oakey and Aunt Ari were here with Xaria and Mark and Cairo and Cecelia waved them over using her stuffed elephant. "Come pway!"

[Hey Ju]

Aksjfnsdkjfnskjfn look at them! And Jory and Oakey and Ariana had just arrived too! It was just like the old days and Sophie couldn't be happier. She sent them smiles and waves and gestured for them to hurry up and get to where they were.

"Aw, look at you being so talkative!" The former Hufflepuff smiled at little Sammy as the boy clearly asked for attention before being picked up by his father. Her children's greetings also made her heart warm and when Ella asked for her help Sophie pulled out her wand in a fraction of a second. "Absolutely!" Sophie replied, grinning as she first cast a spell on the blanket, making it larger so everyone could make use of it as much as they needed. She then quickly and skillfully placed a few protection charms in a few yards circumference around the area they would be staying juuuust in case. Safety first! Especially if it involved children.


Catherine finally let go of daddy's hand, but kept a firm grip on Calen's because she knew he'd soon disappear if she let go. It was a secret, but mummy had told her to be with the elf to make sure he didn't feel sad.

So she pulled him along when she went over to see what Cecelia had in her bag. She sat down and waited for her friend to show her what she had brought. She pulled Calen's hand down to get him to sit with them too. "Here." The little brunette told the elf, patting the grass next to her with her free hand to show him where he should sit.

As Sophie waved her wand and started setting out the foods and snacks, she looked over at the Gunters and couldn't help but chuckle. For some reason it just looked typical of them, everything that was going on in their little family interactions. Ariana, little Ariana, Oakey, little Oakey. That thought made her wonder what the littlest one would turn out like.

Jory approached them by himself, however, and Sophie couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him, so she decided to engage in conversation to help him enjoy his time there regardless. "Jory! Long time no see!" And Sophie was pretty sure she had never said this sentence as truthfully as that time. She had probably not seen Jory since they left Hogwarts, so that was a good while ago. "How's life?? How's everything??" She asked with great interest, to only then realise those questions would probably make him very conscious of the fact he was there by himself. Oops. "It's great to see you again! Just like the old days!" She added with a grin, quickly glancing over at the foods and snacks to make sure they were all where they should be.