Natalia had pretty much been in the Room of Requirement all day. She wasn't nervous about singing. No, she was never nervous about that. What she was nervous about was talking. Talking to everyone and having all the eyes on her for talking, not singing, was what had her there most of the day. She had checked on things, left, come back, and left again.

Dot had been a huge help with their style and Nat was grateful because she was not good at any of that. Now fully dressed and ready to go she was back on the stage looking out at the empty room. The rest of the band would be here soon and so would the students. She wondered how many would actually come and she really hoped they liked what they heard. The girls had worked so hard and it was going to be an epic night!

The concert!
It was finally here!

Kali was so nervous. It was an excited nervous. The Sirens had worked their bums off for this concert. Kali had started off barely learning how to play the guitar. With practice, help from Roman, and lots of time put in, she had managed to become pretty good at it. She meshed well with the band and was grateful to have them as her friends.

Now, Kali was in the RoR. Her outfit was one hand-picked by the delightful and fashionable Dot. She work a blue mid-riffed shirt that said "Born to be a unicorn." Gold shorts and a black jacket paired with her cute shirt. And to top it off, she had some black boots that screamed hot. Her hair was in waves and natural. She had went back blonde for the night to match the posters. She was ready.

Kali had helped set up the room to calm her nerves. Now she was waiting with Nat. Her foot tapping from nerves. she was going over the song list in her head and her chords. Phew. She could do this.

Paul Myers was probably early but.....he didn't want to walk in LATE or anything so...he casually proceeded into Room of Requirement, TERRIFIED to find that he was one of the first ones here.

Back at Hogwarts, he had been the LAME-O to show up at events first. AND HE SEEMED TO NOT HAVE OUTGROWN THIS NIGHTMARE. Merlin, he almost wanted to walk out and come back in later--fifteen minutes or so--but no. One of the girls had probably seen him already.

Sigh.

Well, he put on a big smile and gave Kali and Natalia a friendly wave.

And then, he tried to sit somewhere where no one would notice him. BECAUSE THE PROFESSOR WAS HERE EARLY. IT WAS V LAME.

Kelly wasnt sure how to feel. Did she want to throw up or did she want to dance around in circles until she felt dizzy?! This was the question of life now. In the RoR, she could feel how nervous Nat and Kali were and she wasn't any better. Smiling at the two she gave them a reassuring nod. The blonde was SO excited. After all this was their FIRST CONCERT. This evening would decide about their future as a band. If the first impression was ruined....well she didn't want to think about that now.

Taking out a pocket mirror she checked her face and her hair AGAIN. Even though she had done that about a hundred times already, you could never be sure. Everything had to be absolutely perfect. Thankfully Dot had picked such a cute outfit for her. It was so playful and suited her well. The top came down to her belly button since she was so tall. That kind of made her feel cool tonight. Hair in soft waves and one side tugged back with the blue flower clip the Slytherin twisted a strand of her hair around a finger.

All day Kelly had tried to distract herself with astrology mood boards but right now it was so close, no distraction was working anymore.


"I think i should have a drink....i am so nervous you guys."

Hadleigh was feeling good. Her energy was high and her eyes were shinning brightly. The five of them were all talented girls but together, they were sure to blow everyone away tonight! She was sure of. They had spent countless hours practicing alone and together on each and every song in tonights set. It was one of those give all or die trying nights and there was noway they were going to fail!

She had spent a decent part of the day practicing and in the RoR helping to make sure all was set up how it should be. Not to long ago she had slipped away to return to her dorm room to get herself ready. Now she had returned in a lovely black tank-top which was soooo very much her, gold mermaid scale-like pants and very pretty blue fossil fringe necklace and blue high heels. Leaving her long brunette hair down Hady had of course used to a charm to add one streak of blue and one streak of gold into the front. The whole thing was put together by the very talented Dot whom had worked so nicely with the whole band.

So far it was most of the band minus Ilia and Professor Myers in the room. This helped to keep her upbeat attitude going and the smile on her face. Things were going well for the time being.

Rachel had seen the notices all over the Castle for the past few weeks and had made up her mind to attend the concert the first time she saw one. Hady and Ilia were members of the group so she was here to support them and the other girls though she didn't know them as well.

"Aren't the decorations just wonderful, Haddie?'' she asked as she and her best friend entered the room. Mistletoes and all but her favourite was the Tree. It was so nicely decorated. Her eyes scanned the room, seeing some familiar faces. Rachel smiled at them then turned back to Haddie. "Shall we get a spot close up to the band?''

Kay was early but this didn't bother her. It would give her time to interact with whomever was already there. She could hardly wait to see her students perform. She had never even seen them perform but she was already proud. Typical Kaysha.

"Paul!'' He was the first persons she saw when she arrived. "Hello! Why are you sitting here all by yourself? Don't you want to interact with the students?'' Kay could see a few had already arrived but she would keep Paul company for now.

Benton was excited to get to go to a concert! It was going to be so cool! He was kicking himself for not asking Lucy if she was coming though. Almost everyone was coming though, weren't they? He'd see her there... hopefully! Also, Henry would be there. SO he could hang with his friend if he didn't have a date to this. The 12 year old wondered if his friend would or not. This girls and guy stuff was confusing and Benton wasn't wanting to even think about it.

Walking into the room of requirement his eyes got wide. "WOW" It wasn't the ball pit he liked it to be, but the lights and decorations were awesome. Not many there yet, but he gave Rachel a wave and the Professors. He hoped they wouldn't ruin the fun. Uncle Julien would he just knew it.

Before he could think anymore about it he headed for the food table.

Griffin wasn't sure he even wanted to come to this. He liked being in his dorm alone, but he liked having friends and so the 15 year old made his way to the ROR. Thankfully not far from his dorm he could slip in. Was his brother there yet? Nope he wasn't there, but he assumed he'd come with Amelia and that wasn't a place he was comfortable with being around.

Noticing his favorite professor Griffin moved toward Professor Myers. "Hello sir" He wasn't aware Professors were going to be there, but either way it didn't bother him. He didn't want to be rude so he gave Professor Stewart a smile, "Hello Ma'am"

Ilia was pumped for tonight. She'd taken a little extra time with her makeup toda; dark eyeliner bright blue and green shadow, ruby lips...nothing shy or lady like today. Even her makeup said here I am. Her hair was long loose waves of gold, left free so it could move as she rocked. She wore the short dress Dot had assigned to her and the short flat boots to accentuate her long legs. Thankfully they weren't heels so she wouldn't look far taller than the other girls. Being the oldest and the tallest naturally made her stand out enough. The blue leather jacket was her comfort zone, it made her feel like a wrock star and gave her a sense of individuality. She was so ready to show them all what she was made of. No jitters or shyness as she paraded in. A big confident smile was given to all of her girls. "Hello early birdies. Are we ready to show them how awesome we are?" A playful wink was tossed in for fun.

The seventh year took her guitar case off of her shoulder and pulled out her electric green beauty with pride. She wondered if her cousin and boyfriend had shown up yet.

Hadley Denaker shrugged. Part of her didn't want to be here. It seemed so trivial when she'd found out last week her parents had been talking about separating. They'd been fighting all the time since Mom snuck Hads off to Hogwarts. But being here, far from the bickering and problems going on at home, had let her convince herself that it wasn't that bad and things would get better.

Now she was faced with the horrible realization it wasn't going to get better. She was almost tempted to go home for Christmas, see if she could fix the situation she obviously caused, but that would probably just end with her being under house arrest. No, she'd stay at Hogwarts over Christmas, which really meant she'd be at Rachel's because her BFF would never allow her to be alone for the holiday.

Hadley closed her eyes and shook her head. No. She wasn't going to dwell on this tonight. Tonight was the perfect distraction and she was going to milk that distraction for all it was worth. "Yeah," she said, putting on an exaggerated fake smile for Rachel. "Come on, you're dancing with me." She grabbed Freckles's hand and pulled her toward the stage.

Henry figured a concert would be a pretty good time so he made sure to be at the Room of Requirement on the correct date. Plus he knew at least a few of his friends would be there and he could always use a good excuse to hang out with them. Even though he knew Nat, he wasn't sure what kind of music she and her band played, but he figured it would be cool.

The glitter on his shoes had just about worn off by the time he got up to the seventh floor, but he had charmed some wristbands and necklaces to glow like glow sticks, and that would totally fit in with a concert, right?? Once he walked in, he looked around first at the decorations, then to see if there was anyone yet here he knew. There were a couple professors and... hey, there were a couple of his friends!

"Griffin, hi!" Henry waved as he practically bounced through the room. He saw him talking to a couple of the professors so he gave them a wave as well. "Hey, professors!" The third year Hufflepuff bounded over to the food table and gave Benton a grin. "Hey, this is pretty cool, huh?" He looked over, trying to decide what to eat first. He was always hungry.

Ansley had heard a rumor circulating through staff that a few of the students would be putting on a concert, and when he saw the posters hung around the castle, he knew he had to stop by. He was a big supporter of the arts and creative expression, so of course he'd give his students that encouragement.

He walked into the Room of Requirement, noting the few already assembled there, and headed towards his colleagues. Seemed he was a bit early which was a nice change of pace for him. "Kay.. Paul.." he gave them both a nod in greeting as he settled into a spot near them. "Hello, Mr. Renzler." He gave the boy a smile unsure if he was Griffin or Gethan, still not able to tell the identical twins apart for certain.

"Oh.. looks like they even have refreshments." His eyes fell on the food table and he thought for a moment about getting something to eat before the band got started. But he also thought that was quite professional of them to think of that as well.

Kali breathed. Her heart was hammering and people were already showing up. Professors were here!! Nerves were hitting her hard and she was having trouble remembering the play list. How many times had they changed it??

Kali went over to the girls and stayed with them. She was too nervous to speak. Her fingers drummed on her exposed mid riff and she agreed with Kelly about the drink. She needed something to cam her nerves.

Not to mention she was nervous about certain people showing up. Kali closed her eyes and continued to breathe. They would be great! They were talented! She would not mess up! She kept repeating that last part in her head. Calm down....

Noelle had seen the posters. And she wanted to go. Music, fun, and dancing!! Of course, she wasn't the best dancer but she would be there. She had told Sabbie and Hope about it so maybe they would come. She knew a few of her friends were already planning on coming.

Seeing Henry she waved at him. Maybe Azura would be here too?? She could hang out with them.

A concert sounded like the perfect distraction for her right now! And she had met Ilia on the grounds the other week. So this was her band! She made her way into the room of requirement and looked around..

Hey! There was Noelle and Henry! The small Ravenclaw moved over to them and smiled at both of them. She was actually wearing makeup right now! Black eyeliner made her purple eyes stand out more, and her black skirt might have been a bit shorter than usual.. But she was excited!

"Hey Noelle! Hey Henry! How are you guys? "

Natalia wasn't nervous, nope, not on the outside at least. Her outfit was on point, her hair and makeup looked great. The inside though, that was another story. She was freaking out internally. She had already changed the playlist four times that week and was thinking about it again, but knew the rest of the group would not be happy about it. So she would keep that the same. Looking at the rest of the group as they were all there now she smiled, "Ready girls?" It wasn't quite time yet, but they were getting there. For the first time she felt weird being the only one not playing an instruments. They didn't need two keyboard players though so she was strictly vocal.

She was ready to sing in front of everyone, it was the talking she was kind of freaking out about. Not the most confident person Nat just looked out towards everyone starting to gather. The professors making her even more nervous, though she couldn't help but wish her dad could see her first time up on stage like this. One of her friends were taking pictures she hoped and she could send them to him.

Glancing at her watch she walked over to the mic, "Hey everyone, we will be starting in about fifteen minutes so for now grab some food and have fun."

That sounded lame to her didn't it? Where was Roman, Alex, and Zay to confirm or deny this for her?

Stepping into the room of requirement, the seventh year looked around curiously. She wasn't big on school functions as there were usually a million first years running around being much louder and more intruding than they usually were. Still, Alex had wanted to come and Maddie was curious to see if The Sirens were any good. She could kill two birds with one stone, make the boyfriend happy and quell her curiosity all in one go, and that seemed reason enough to attend.

Glancing over at said boyfriend, the brunette gave his hand a squeeze. "Should we move closer to the stage?"

OF COURSE Alex was here.

Nat would have probably killed him if he wasn't. Plus, he did really want to come too. To see them perform, see how the band was doing. And it had apparently been his idea. So naturally he was here. And naturally he'd asked Maddie to come along. It would only be half the fun without her. He was expecting Zay to be here soon too, so it was going to be fun either way. No matter if the band was good or bad, that is.

Although, he knew for a fact that Nat was good so he had high expectations.

Having seen the decorations before Alex didn't really waste any time taking those in. Instead his eyes landed on the food and drinks before returning to Maddie when she spoke up. "Mhm, yes. Do you want to get drinks first?" Especially seeing as the band wasn't starting for another fifteen minutes apparently. He sent a quick grin and a wave Nat's way.

He was here, hi.

Following his gaze, Maddie spotted the food and nodded almost immediately to his question. She was hungry, okay? "Let's." Especially because there wasn't a big crowd lingering around the snacks yet. It was only a matter of time so they might as well get there first. "She looks pretty," She added, giving Nat a half wave as well. They all did. Unique looks yet cohesive in a way. Something told Maddie her red headed best might've had something to do with that.

"Are you a cookie or a brownie man?" Maddie was going for cookies.

Kelly looked around and watched her band mates carefully. Kali seemed to be on the same level as her so the blonde went and got them a butterbeer each. They could do with a little calming down. " Here girl."

Looking over at Hady she whistled. "Such a nice hair colour you got there, fellow mermaid!|" Those trousers, they were perfect. The blonde would definitely steal...ahem borrow them later on.

As Ilia joined them she couldnt help but chuckle. "Someone is in a good mood huh?" She didnt seem nervous at all....at least someone seemed to e in their right mind."I am always ready you know that? So ready to show what we got." Hopefully they would all remember the correct order of the playlist...they had changed it so many times. Humming in her head the Slytherin went trough the rather long list of songs.

They were talented and they would rock this, there was no reason to be this nervous but this was THEIR FIRST GIG. Holy buzzybees.

Looking over at Nat, Kelly couldnt help but smile. The brunette seemed completely at ease and totally calm. Nat just belonged on stage. Even though she was probably freaking out behind that smile. "As ready as i'll ever be?"

While Nat held a little speech the fifth year looked around the room. Some people had already arrived, even more professors too! This was so cool. Some professors seemed to have the rock n roll spirit, which Kelly liked very much. Also a lot of students she didnt know where here which was nice because they genuinely came to hear their music then.

As Nat finished speaking the blonde grinned at her and walked over. "Well done girl. You rock this!" There was no reason for her to be nervous about that part. At all.

Heh. He'd thought so.

Smirking slightly he followed Maddie over to the food table. His eyes flicked back over to Nat, however, when his girlfriend mentioned her. "She does." Alex looked over to the other girls in the band too then. "They all do." Just an observation. "They look good together." As a band.

Hopefully their music would be just as good.

More importantly, however, there was food. "I didn't know the two were mutually exclusive." He nudged Maddie gently, grinning while trying to pick out of her two options. "I think brownies in this case." Yes. They could go back for more later. Or he could steal some of her cookies.

"What do you want to drink?"

Frankie wanted to be here ... but he also did not. He knew each of the band members, one of whom was his ex-girlfriend. Ever since seeing the announcement, he had been playing mental table tennis, going back and forth between the decision of going and not going to The Sirens' shindig. In fact, not even an hour ago he managed to convince himself to make an appearance. So, there he was, right at the entrance to the Room of Requirement.

Clad in a red jumper with a hand in his pocket, the blond gave the place a good look over once he had gone through the entrance. Needless to say, he was impressed. Even though every muscle in his body ached for him to turn around and mull around in the common room, he forced himself to move forward, inching closer and closer to the food and beverage table. He'd get some refreshments, listen to a couple songs, and leave. No awkward interactions or glances whatsoever.

Griffin noticed Henry coming in, running a hand through his hair he gave the younger puff a grin. "Hey Henry. Didn't know you were going to be here." Honestly he didn't know who was going to be here he just kind of showed up. []b "How are you doing?"[/b] Small talk was good, yeah?

Looking around the room he noticed his houses prefect not looking to comfortable. "Hey Frankie, you alright?" Picking up some cookies he bit into one. "Oh these are good." The house elves had to have made these.

"Yo Henry!" Benton waved to his friend and made his way towards him and the other boy standing there. "Hey" He nodded in greeting to the boy he didn't know, but turned his focus more on his friend. "So this band, they are pretty hot." Just an observation and all but the drummer was really cute, did he notice?

Grabbing a butterbeer he looked around the room. "Think Lucy will come?" Not that he cared if she did or not, nope he wasn't bothered either way, but it would be fun if she did. "I wasn't expecting the professors, think they will make this lame?" It was the first big school thing he had got to go to and it was crawling with teachers. Not cool Sirens not cool.

Kat was here at her first concert ever. She was feeling pretty cool being there. It wasn't like Katerina was one of the cool ones. She was Phillip's little sister, and to her that gave her a free pass to coolness. Just don't tell Phillip that she thought he was cool. That was a one way ticket to adding to that boys ego. No one wanted to deal with that. Mostly her, being his little sister was enough for her. Speaking of her dear brother, where was he? Was he coming?

Katerina was wondering just who all was going to here. She looked around mainly looking for her Curly haired friend. Was Cornelius coming? She should have asked him. She giggled, there were professors here. Myers did love music so it really wasn't a surprise that he was here. "Hello professor Myers." She give the professor a little smile.
fThe second year got a good look around at the decorations. Someone really had done a great job on them. Christmasy Yes. Concertish, Maybe Kat turned around hearing a Wow, from a familiar voice she turned to see Benton, "Hey, Benny. I didn't know you were going to be here." They were standing over by the table. She eyed the food. They could have anything they wanted. Another small grin appeared when she seen Henry. "Hey Henry. Are you excited for the show?"

Ah, finally a girl to hang out with and maybe pull off some girl talk and things with. "NOELLEEEEE!" She squealed. Giving her older friend a big hug. How you doing friend. Kat was so glad that she was here. She seen Auzra there too and give her a small wave.



If it wasn't for the little promise that she had made Nat then, Lily would no have been here. For some reason Lily had been feeling a bit off. She really didn't know what it was but she had to keep that promise to her friend. She was going to be right up at the front of the stage, singing even if she didn't know all the words, and of course dancing she had made that promise and was going to keep it. It was sad that she wouldn't have many to keep her company, most of her friends were going to be up on stage, Nat, Kelly and Kali.

Maybe Marsha would show up, but of course she would probably have Vince around. It wasn't that Lil didn't like him, she did. Maybe Matthew would be there. Or Hugo, hehe Nat would make should he was there. Good.if either of them showed up she would have someone to pal around with. The red head moved up to the front of the stage, again as promised. She seen the girls on the stage and waved to Nat, Kali, and Kelly.

Oh man she was excited, being front stage and all. It was cool. Hearing Nat make the fifteen minute announcement, "WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" She looked around innocently. Who did that? Boy did The Sirens have a fanbase already.

That moment when you suddenly aren't sure if asking a friend who is a girl to go with you to a concert (your first ever) counts as a date or not. Max was living that moment. It was a problem. What if she thought it was? What if she didn't? What if she knew it wasn't but wanted it to be? What if she thought it was but DIDN'T want it to be? And what did HE even want? The fifth year Hufflepuff was all churned up inside, but so far no nosebleeds.

"Did I tell you you look pretty?" He had. Several times. And several different synonyms of the word 'pretty'. But it was true, even if he probably should quit saying it because it made him feel foolish and not cool at all.

And girls liked it better when guys were cool, didn't they?

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Lola was here on her own. And that was how she preferred it. She had mentioned to her new 'friend' (who was really more of a convenient ally, though Lola was getting better at faking real affection for her blonde roommate) that she was going, but had left no room for the possibility of going together. Maybe she would see her there, maybe not. The Ravenclaw fourth year didn't much care either way.

Really she was simply here to see if the band were any good, and if she could get something out of the experience.

Dante was here because some people would probably kill him if he missed this. Also he already said he would be here and he was not one to normally go back on his word. The place did not look that bad. He was looking forward to seeing the girls perform. That was about it. The presence of professors was not something he would enjoy. Limits the amount of fun. But if that is what the girls want then so be it.

Dante spotted them and he could talk to some of them when the thing was over. It was not important. Besides he could always find someone else to annoy in the meantime. Besides Hugo since it appears he is not here right now.

Oh well.

Dante was going to get something to drink and see who was here he could annoy after that

Don't worry, Katerina, your cooler, older brother wasn't far behind.

In fact, the Hufflepuff was in plain sight of the Slytherin but the guy let her go off ahead for now. Considering what he was wearing, he couldn't just run up to her and tackle her. Oh no oh no. He was the essence of C O O L today, all of that would just RUIN the look he was going for - a look that would make the likes of Dante Barrington proud he hoped. Besides, he was going to see her in the concert.

Speaking of the concert, there were SO many people already! Merlin, Phillip had been sure he was slightly early for this but no, some were more keen than he was. And there were professors here too. Surprising, really. Not that professors didn't have fun but....... they were PROFESSORS. Still, the boy raised his hand and gave a wave towards Myers, Finch and Stewart before moving swiftly onwards. Don't talk to him about homework, okay? They were meant to have FUN here.

Other people here? Older girls. And while he recognised some of them by face, his eyes couldn't help but focus....... on......... their legs. The pubescent boy took a sharp intake of breath and his heart rate quickened at the sight of THOSE. Did they..... always look like that? When did he miss the memo? Why did they look so smooth?

Yep, fully distracted now.

............. Breathe, Romalotti, breathe.

Thank Merlin for Kat's squealing because it brought him RIGHT back to earth and, slightly pink faced, he moved away from the older girls and towards the sister instead. Who, funnily enough, was around ANOTHER familiar face. "Hey there, stranger," he said, nudging Noelle's side. Because she HAD been a stranger. And he should be mad, really, but c'mon, who could be mad at a CONCERT?! "Hey Henry!" Smile.

As for Katerina, she got a simple, "You could've waited!" along with a mock mad face. Here's hoping she knew the diff-

Oh hey, was that Dante? A small wave was made in that direction along with a, "Looking good, Loo Roll Boy." What? He wanted an excuse to use the nickname.

You know who else needed to be here? Suri Rider. And they needed to sneak into this thing whether they'd been invited or not because that's how they rolled.