Deedee was very excited as they reached the streets of Diagon Alley, she couldn't contain herself and wanted to run directly into the nearest shops. "Yes, we'll meet you at five in the Three Broomsticks." She said and gave Dmitri a warm smile before turning to look around at Hanz. "Don't you dare take him to the Shrieking Shack, I'm going to take him there after we're done shopping." She warned her brother, then winked at him.
She looked around her, she had to wait for the other girls to come so that they can go shopping together.

"Fine." Hanz said rolling his eyes at Deedee as she warned him about taking Dmitri to the Shrieking Shack. He looked at Dmitri, "Shall we get going then?" He asked him smiling, he'll have to give him a tour in the village and he didn't mind at all.

"Shrieking Shack?" Dmitri repeated with a puzzled look. The title of the place didn't exactly sound too encouraging. The place must have been cool though, seeing as the siblings were both eager to show him this place. He then nodded in response to Hanz's question. "I'm ready." He offered Deedee a small smile before he turned and left with Hanz on their quest for dress robes.

Dunya looked at Deedee, and smiled. She seemed so fond of shopping, and she could help Dunya to choose the best dress for the ball.

-----------Hogsmeade------------

Dunya knew she was late for the appointment for Deedee. She was walking quickly as she spotted Arkady. "Hey!" she called, and as no Hogwartians were around, switched to Russian and told about Hanz and Dmitri. She knew he'd be very pleased to meet them. "Come!" she said again in Russian, and dragged him by the hand.

As she saw Deedee, she smiled. "Sorry I'm late!" she said, hardly breathing. She looked around, but couldn't see Hanz. This somehow upset her, but she composed her face qucikly. She didn't like people to read her face. Still holding Arkady's hand, she said "This is Arkady."; and turning to Arkady she said "And this is Deedee, from Hogwarts."


Arkady smiled too, "Yeah... Wish it was saturday alreahdy!"

---------------Hogsmeade--------------
Where was Leslee? As she didn't show up, Arkady left a note for her, that wrote 'Leslee, I'm off to Hogsmeade. Meet you at one o'clock at Three Broomsticks.' He hoped that she could find there. He wanted to buy his robes alone. He didn't know why, but he wanted his robes to be a surprise.

Arkady was on his way to Hogsmeade when he heard a familiar voice. He switched to Russian too, this was a relief as he was struggling with English, and told about Leslee. But it'd be very good to buy his robes with Dmitri, as he wasn't very knowledgable about fashion. And besides, he didn't know anyone except the Durmstrangs and Leslee. It'd be cool to know this Hanz, as Dunya talked so highly of him.

He smiled at Deedee, the sister of Hanz. "Hello." he said rather embarrassed. He was never okay around strangers.

Leslee's eyes opened Saturday morning with a start. She shivered once before she realized how could she was. Sitting up, she noticed that she was the only one left in the dormitory. Checking the watch she never worn on her bedside table, Leslee swore in French and hopped out of bed.

She dressed at top speed before running headlong down the spiral stairs and into the common room; it too was deserted. Feeling extremely stupid, Leslee was halfway to the door when she spied a small roll of parchment with her name on it. She picked it up and read it quickly, her tension relaxing into a small smile.

Taking a breath in, she tucked the parchment into her robes and headed down to the Great Hall. She didn't linger there for very long - only to grab a few pieces of toast - before heading out for a leisurely walk to the village. Arriving shortly, Leslee decided that, to kill some time before she met up with Arkady, she would look around in the sweet shop, Honeydukes. She headed in there, still smiling for no reason.

Hanz smiled and started walking a side street with Dmitri on his side, they were passing Honeydukes and he thought that he might as well show Dmitri the sweetshop before they go looking for robes. "This is Honeydukes, the very best of sweetshops around here." He said, pushing the door of Honeydukes open and inviting Dmitri in as the smell of sweet rushed around them.

"Finally, you're here." Deedee said cheerfully to Dunya as she finally made it with a fellow student who looked like he was from Durmstrang too. "Hello Arkady, nice to meet you." Deedee greeted him, she looked around her and noticed that Hanz and Dmitri had already dissapeared. "Why don't you join Hanz and Dmitri in their shopping?" Deedee suggested to him, "Wait, I'll ask Hanz to wait for you." She added as she hurriedly pulled her wand from beneath her robes and held it to her mouth producing a silvery horse that was soon out of their sight.

A silver horse arrived at his side in Honeydukes and Hanz recognized Deedee's patrounus at once. He hoped that everything was alright as he listened to his sisters message. "Oh." He said, and then he pulled his wand and performed the complicated bit of magic in which he responded to Deedee. "It's Deedee saying that there's this other guy named Arkady and she wants us to wait for him so he can join us." Hanz explained to Dmitri. "I'll go wait for him outside the shop." He added, going outside the door of the shop and waiting for Arkady.

"He says that he'll be waiting for you outside Honeydukes." Deedee said happily as they listened to her brother's fox patrounus delivering his message. "That's right over there." She said pointing to the direction of Honeydukes which wasn't a long way in the left side street from where they were standing.

Arkady said "Nice to meet you too." He was more comfortable now, as she seemed friendly too.

His eyes got bigger as Deedee girl did the patronus. He was able to do it either, but he just knew technically, he never performed himself, nor had he seen it performed. He watched it, eyes as big as tennis balls. He called out a big "Wow!" inside for the girl. He should sometime try it either.

"Err... thanks!" he said and smiled, squeezed Dunya's hand and turned headed to the shop.

He saw Dmitri and the other guy, and then he spotted someone else...

"Leslee!" he called, near Dmitri and Hanz. "I'm here..." Okay, that was unnecessary to point out, but he wanted to walk around with her either. He then turned back to Dmitri and Hanz. "Hello..." he said rather shyly. Again.


Dunya smiled as Deedee arranged boy stuff. She was really happy that Arkady could get social too. She squeezed his hand back and smiled, and then turned back to Deedee. "Now, where to?"

Leslee looked up from a jar of blood lollipops as she heard someone call her name in a familiar Russian accent. Arkady! she said with a grin as she caught sight of him, quickly making her way bouncingly over to him still smiling. I see zat, she said with a small giggle referring to the fact that he was there. We aren't to meet in ze zree broomsteecks for anuzzer hour, no? she asked, glancing to Dmirtri and Hanz with another smile; she didn't want to take him from his friends.

"Hello, you must be Arkady." Hanz said and flashed him a wide smile. "I'm Hanz." He introduced himself extending his hand so they could shake hands. He noticed that a girl was also talking to Arkady, she seemed to be French considering her heavy french accent. "Let's go back inside." Hanz said and turned around back into Honeydukes.

Deedee smiled widely at Dunya as at last they were going to go shopping, she pointed to the far corner of the street. "There's a robes shop over there, let's check it first." Deedee said, moving between the street towards the shop.

Leslee was a big relief for Arkady, as he was always nervous around strangers. But he didn't want her to struck all day long with three boys. Time for to make a talking patronus to Dunya.

"Um... Do you wanto hang around wif us, or wouldchu like to meet two girls, Dunya and Deedee? They were to buy their robes..." he trailed off, not knowing how to continue. He waited for her to make her decision as he turned back to Hanz.

"Nice to meet you." he said and shook his hand, then turned back to Leslee. He couldn't just leave her here, could he?


Dunya followed Deedee to the shop. On the window, she saw a fancy robe which was blue and white. She nudged Deedee on her arm, and showed it, a sparkle in her eyes. "What do you think?" she asked. She always wanted to know what her friends thought.

Leslee smiled at Arkady's thoughtfulness, but she was going to have to decline both invitations, sadly. Zat's very nice of you, but I am needing to zend a letter 'ome, zo I muzt be 'eading to ze post office, she said, though she let her smile widen. I will steel see you in an hour at ze zree broomsteecks, zen?

She looked around at where Dunya was pointing as she nudged her, there was a very nice looking dress which was blue and white. "Its very pretty, I have a feeling it'll look even prettier with your hair." Deedee said with a wink. She took Dunya's hand and went into the robes shop with her. "Try it on." She encourged her. She walked towards the dress robes area and looked for a robe as she waited for Dunya to try her robes on. She found a cute looking pink dress robe, it wasn't really her colour but she liked it's cut so she thought she'd try it out after Dunya.

Dmitri was impressed with the Honeydukes shop. The selection of sweets seemed impossible to top. He witnessed Deedee and Hanz exchanging their patronuses, and soon enough they were outside the shop, meeting another guy named Arkady. "Pleasure to meet you," he greeted, nodding politely. He glanced to the two boys. "I hope that you two don't mind if I make a quick purchase or two from this sweetshop before we begin looking for robes?"

"Of course not." Hanz said courteously to Dmitri. "Let's go back in." He added as they were still standing outside the doorway to the shop. He went inside and bought himself a Sugar Quill then waited for Dmitri to finish.

"Ah..." Arkady said, and he could hardly keep himself from making a face. Leslee had some other plans... sure. "Okay then. See you in an hour." he said, and turned back at his new friends.

He frowned slightly when Dmitri acted as if he was a total stranger. Durmstrang was a small school after all, everyone knew the others... But then again, he didn't know everyone, and they never officially met. He just knew him by the name, and maybe Dmitri had slipped him either. "Nice to meet you too." he said and smiled. "Sure, go ahead." As allergic to candies as he was, he didn't buy anything but went inside with them and inhaled the smell deeply. This was the only thing he could do with candies.


Dunya found the robe in the shop, but as she looked closer to its sleeves, she realised the buttons which weren't good at all. She replaced it back and then turned back at Deedee to see if she liked something. She saw that she was checking a pink one. "I didn't like mine's buttons. But that pink isn't bad at all. Hmm..." she said as she examined the rest of the robes. She spotted a bright red robe. She never wore red, and decided to give it a shot. "I'll try this." she said and went to the changing rooms.

She got out. The robes had fit her well, but the colour was too attention drawing. She turned to Deedee with asking eyes to have her opinion.

See you, Leslee said with a smile, wondering vaguely what the face was for but not dwelling too much on it. She turned and left without buying anything, heading over to the Post Office rather quickly. Once inside, she looked around a bit and then finally went up to the counter to send her letter off to her parents in France. She knew it would have been cheaper to use a school owl, but it was just too neat in there.

"It looks amazing!" Deedee said gasping as she saw Dunya in bright red dress robes. They looked perfect on Dunya, Deedee grinned at her and gave her the thumbs up before adding. "It looks perfect with your hair, and the colour is simply stunning."

She went to the dressing room herself and tried on the pink dress robes. She came out and looked at herself in the mirror. She gave the dress robes one disgusted look then turned around to face Dunya and see her opinion.

OOC: Deniiz, I totally forgot Arkady was from Durmstrang! hahah. They can be school buddies if you want. =)

Dmitri browsed through the aisles and aisles of candies. It was so much. Maybe even too much. No, not too much. But certainly enough to make it practically impossible to choose what to get. He finally decided on a packet of fizzing whizbees and two chocolate frogs. He turned to Hanz. "What does Deedee like best?"

Dunya smiled and turned back at her reflection. She'd never worn bright red, come to think about it... But it was too red! Though Deedee liked it. She searched for some less brighter red, but apparently this was the only one. Hmm... She would have most of the attention, if not all. Hehe.

She turned to look at Deedee's dress. Pink was never her colour either. "Well it shows your skin... you know, not shiny. Matt, the word is?"


OOC: Okay Izzie (?)
Arkady watched Dmitri choose his best candies with a longing look. He'd almost died when he had eaten his first chocolate in his life, and since then he never touched one. He sighed and started walking outside when Dmitri asked what was Deedee's favourite. Then it hit Arkady that, he'd be a jerk if he bought nothing to Dunya or Leslee. He turned to Hanz too and asked "Which candies arre the best here?" Chocolate frogs smelled awesome so probably their taste was awesome too. But after all, all smelled awesome to Arkady.

Hanz smiled as Dmitri asked him about Deedee's favorite candy. "Pop sickles are her favs along with Pepper mints." He answered him, and pointed at the candies as he mentioned them.
"Everything is great here." He answered Arkady smiling. "Chocolate Frogs, Sugar Quills, Pepper mints, Pop Sickles, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Wizard Cards, Fudge Flies, Droobles Best Blowing Gum are the most famous."
He finished smiling.


"I have a feeling it looks disgusting." Deedee said turning around and looking at herseld in the mirror once more. "I'll look for another one." She said, searching through the racks for another dress. She gasped suddenly as she saw gold dress robes. "Ima try these on." She said hurrying into the dressing room again.
She came out of it wearing the golden dress robes her face glowing. "What do you think?" She asked Dunya.

Arkady tried to keep up with Hanz, but he couldn't. Why did he yell at his mum when she advised to watch some BBC? She wanted his own good, and now he regretted his idiocity and wasted times. The English men talked fast and non-understandable. He totally preferred French English.

"I--uh..." he stuttered, and decided to go with the ones he understood rather than asking him to repeat. "I think I'll buy the frogs and... sugar killsh. Two from bot of them." He wasn't sure if it was too little, but he doubted if he could afford more. He really prayed that both Dunya and Leslee'd like it, and wouldn't mind the amount.


Dunya looked at what Deedee had gasped. Gold? Seriously? Gold was never her colour, but she didn't say anything and went to the dressing rooms to change the red robes to her clothes. She came out quickly and went to the cashier just as Deedee got out too. She turned to see how it was. She struggled for some unhurting words to say that she wasn't fond of gold that much. "Er... It is attention-drawing, yes... and it suited you." she said, nodding. The robes were pretty, just the colour... "But um... I'm not very fond of gold, y'know." she finished, cocking her head to the side.

"Really?" Deedee said smiling happily, she totally loved her new dress robes.
"Hmm.. I know what you mean about the colour." Deedee said, she always found it hard to explain that she didn't like the pink colour at all.
"So you say that it suits me?" She asked her again, turning around and looking at herself in the mirror again. Deedee was a very undecisive type of girl when it came to clothes.

"Why don't you taste some first?" Hanz asked Arkady as he seemed unsure what to choose. There were some samples for people to taste in the corner.

"Yes, it looks perfect on you. But ahm... Gold wouldn't be my choice." Dunya said, smiling. "What do you think about my red robes? Should I buy them?" She was already at the counter, but she wanted to have Deedee's idea too.


Tasting? "No, I'm very allergik to candies. Anni type of candies." he explained briefly, the sad expression on his face again. He so wished that he was a normal teenage too.

"Ofcourse you should, they're perfect on you." Deedee said enthusiastically. She turned around to the changing room and changed back into her clothes. She walked to the counter beside Dunya and waited for her to finish so she can buy her dress robes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Hanz said sincerely. He really liked candy and knew that it was so hard not to be able to eat it because of allergie.

"Pop sickles and Pepper mints," Dmitri repeated quietly to himself, committing the candy names to memory as he looked to where Hanz was pointing. After taking one of each, Dmitri went up to the counter to pay for his lot. He offered a sympathetic look towards Arkady, but couldn't come up with anything comforting to say; he was always bad with finding the right words to say when someone else was down. Taking his bag of newly purchased sweets, he stepped away from the paying area and browsed the nearby candies as he waited for Arkady and Hanz to finish up their shopping at Honeyduke's.

Dunya smiled enthusiastically as Deedee encouraged her to buy, and so she did. She happily held the bag of the robes, and stepped aside from the counter, her mind already on the ball. She still didn't have any partners but it wasn't necessary, after all.


Arkady nodded and shrugged, he didn't have anything to say on sorry. He glanced at Dmitri symphaticly back, and went to the counter to buy two chocolate frogs and two sugar quills. 'Wow, expensive!' he thought, and then remembered that he was shopping at the United Kingdom a.k.a the homeland of the sun that never went down. Of course it was expensive. Snort.