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CruppieMom89 · 02-10-2010, 05:55 AM

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Scene Two: During their time in Florida, several things will happen. We will see the strengthening of Nate and Cadence's relationship, and we witness them (especially Cadence) realizing what it means to be growing up. Also, Nate will be running into old friends, they will travel to Disney world, go to the drive-in, and possibly have a run-in with a crocodile. At the end of this section, Cadence will receive a letter about her parents, who passed away three years previously.
Characters: Cadence, Nate, Iris, Fallon, and Patrick. OPEN to other characters.

Scene Three: Here, Cadence and Nate will travel back to England much earlier than expected, but they don't tell Nate's parents or Cady's grandparents that they're back, nor do they return to Hogwarts. They're on a mission to find whoever wrote Cadence the letter. Cadence, Nate, and their friends/frienemies from Hogwarts will team up and go on a quest to find the answers to Cadence's questions. The problems keep coming when they realize that they are all underage and aren't allowed to use magic. Unfortunately, many of them will be put in situations where magic will be necessary to save lives.
Characters: Cadence, Nate, Melanie, Asher, Ziva, Torin, and Mysterious Man. OPEN to other characters.
(Characters in this scene must also participate in Scene Four unless I am notified before Scene Four begins.)

SPOILER!!: Final Scene

The Players:
Dances_with_Potter: Cadence
jukjuk78: Nate
ImAGrape: Fallon and Patrick
moonyroxs: Melanie
As.Is: Iris - Nate's Grandmother,Asher, and Ziva
Whitterz: Torin

Roles Still Needing to be Filled:
Mysterious Man
Amber (Cadence's Mom)
Christopher (Cadence's Dad)

Notes:

You will notice that the RP is set up in such a way that many characters come and go. I've done this intentionally so that people can still participate in the RP if they can't be committed to it for the entire duration of the RP.
I would like to encourage you to take on the challenge and fill roles that need to be filled, even if it's a type of role you've never played before.
If you are interested in filling a role I've listed a need for, please PM me, and I will give you the basic details you need to know. I don't want to just post the character profile for you because I want you to have the ability to make your own choices make the character your own.
I do reserve the right to reject any characters created. This is mostly to keep a reasonable number of characters and to ensure that roles essential to the plot are filled first.
Once you've decided/have been assigned a role, please PM me with your character information, and I will post it here for you.
As the plot progresses, I will fill players in with all necessary information to help the plot progress in the way it is supposed to via PM. There are some details that not all players will receive beforehand just because it makes it more fun if you don't know everything.
No scene will start until all necessary characters have been assigned.
I will notify all players by PM when a new scene is about to start.
Once a scene has begun, no new characters may be added to that scene.
Please let me know ASAP if you will be unable to RP for a few days so that we can either figure out if we can go on without you OR so I can tell the other players that we're pausing the story.
Just a reminder that this RP was placed here because it will contain some more mature material as the story goes along. If you have any questions about how to make mature subject matter more tastefully written, feel free to PM me.
HAVE LOTS OF FUN!!!!!

SPOILER!!: Cadence Ballard

Basic Information
Name: Cadence Hope Ballard
Nicknames: Cady, Cad (but the only people who DON'T call her Cadence are Melanie and Nate)
Gender: Female
Year: 3rd (but she's supposed to be a 4th year... keep reading to find out!)
Age: 14
Birthday: September 9
Magical Descent: Half-and-Half. Her dad was a Muggle and her mom was a witch.
Family: The only family she has left are her grandparents on her mom's side.
Relationship Status: In a relationship with Nate King.

History:
Cadence was in born in England, and spent most of her primary school years attending an all-girls boarding school on the countryside. Her parents loved her very much: her father was a muggle, and her mother was a witch. They felt that as she was growing up, it was important for her to experience life both as a Muggle and as a witch so that she could function in either world. Thus, while she attended a Muggle school until coming to Hogwarts.
While enrolled in Muggle school, she was very actively involved in both choir and the theatre program. She was more of an artsy child and never really cared for physical education or sports. That is something about her personality that hasn't changed.
When leaving her muggle school on holidays, Cadence was never quite sure where she would be taken by her parents. They traveled all-over the world participating in a peace-keeping organization. So, Cadence has seen a lot of the world, and yet she's experienced so little of it. Whenever they were not at their home in England, there were always adults keeping a close eye on Cadence so that no harm would come to her.
Eventually, her Hogwarts letter came, and she was ecstatic that she would finally be learning about magic! She came to Hogwarts at age 11 with wide eyes and a mind open to learning anything and everything. That all changed very quickly, however, when she received a letter from one of her parents' friends telling her that they had been killed. This was a devastating blow to Cadence; she had always been so incredibly close to her parents. She was daddy's little girl and mommy's little helper. With the help of her friend Melanie and her boyfriend Set, she managed to press forward, though she was unsure where she would be going after the school year ended. Before Cadence had even adjusted to this, though, her boyfriend Set was murdered in the library. Now all of Cadence's hope and faith and trust that the world was a good place was shattered. Days after his death, she became so disturbed and angry that she actually destroyed the Hufflepuff Common Room, not stopping until Mr. Masterson came in and grabbed her right as she passed out.
Cadence woke up weeks later in St. Mungo's not remembering anything about her life after Set's death. She didn't remember destroying the common room or Mr. Masterson's kind help. Nothing at all. After being awake for a couple days, her grandparents finally came to visit her. Cadence had never seen nor talked to these grandparents. These were her mother's parents, her father's having passed away before Cadence was 3, and they had wanted nothing to do with her mother after she had married Cadence's Muggle father. The Grogans were purebloods and felt that all wizards should carry on the pureblood tradition. They were not affectionate nor compassionate during their visits. On the contrary, they blamed Cadence's unbalanced behavior on her less-than-desirable breeding.
Nevertheless, when the time came for Cadence to leave St. Mungo's, her grandparents offered her room and board provided she stick to her room and stay quiet except at meal times. Most teenagers wouldn't mind so much living with their grandparents, but Cadence's grandparents had taken her in out of pity and because it would make them look bad to not take her; it had nothing to do with loving her. Eventually, Cadence was allowed to start school again, primarily in the form self-education. Once a week, a tutor would visit her and check over her work, and a therapist would come talk to her about how she was doing. For all of this, Cadence stayed in her room. After months of begging, Cadence finally got her grandparents to bring a dance instructor in twice a week. Cadence had convinced her therapist to tell her grandparents it would be good for her.
Those were the only times she was happy at her grandparents house, when she was dancing. When she was dancing, she could be free and let go of everything else in the world. Those four hours a week were wonderful.
Now, Cadence is back at Hogwarts, finally! She's struggled to adjust and sometimes acts in ways that even she doesn't understand. She has a tendency to overreact and be dramatic, but with what she's been through, who could blame her for her lack of social skills.

Personality: Sweet and good-natured. She hates making enemies. Loves to laugh and have a good time. Has a slight tendency to be dramatic and overreact (though she's getting better about it.) Doesn't like confrontation. She just wants to be liked and loved and to give her love to others. Cadence is also a very physical person and tends to use her body to assert her independence and freedom from her grandparents' strict lifestyle. This tendency also leads her to be a very physically affectionate person and makes it very difficult for her to mask her emotions because her body language will almost always give it away.

SPOILER!!: Nate King

SPOILER!!: Iris Marine Fitz Gerald - Nate's Grandmother

Name: Irisa Marine Fitz Gerald (Eye-ris-uh Muh-re-n Fit-z Jer-uld)
Is only to be called Iris, only if you are even allowed to call her by her first name.

How do they fit in?: Well, she’s Nate’s grandmother of course,do be informed won’t you?!
Age:72
DOB: January 1st
Don't forget it or she'll be one angry old woman.
Where are they from?:Born and raised in France
Current Location: A large beach house on the Sebastian Beach.
Magical Heritage: Full blooded.
House at Hogwarts : a very proud Hufflepuff alum.
Backstory: Iris was born in a small French town, that no longer exists. Only those who knew of it before know of it now. Her parents were both full blooded and very happy Slytherins. She was brought up to know that anyone less than pure blood was beneath them and that muggles were absolutely disgusting. Iris attended Hogwarts where she was placed as a Hufflepuff much to her and her parents’ dismay. She caused all sorts of trouble and spent most of her time in detention. While in school, she met a young man who was her first husband from Slytherin soon after they graduated from Hogwarts, Wilson Meader.

Wilson died a few years later after a horrific fight between himself and a close friend and left Iris with a fortune of money and their large mansion in the east London country side. Eight years later at the age of twenty-eight, Iris remarried to a man named Leo Austain, they were happily married for twelve years before Leo died of natural causes, leaving her with more money to inherit and their only child Mary Alice Austain. At the age of forty-two she married Alec Belihov from France. She moved herself and Mary in with the Alec. Alec died two years later from a muggle car accident. At forty-five, Iris married her fourth husband, Ronsan Lovell. He passed away from a heart attack, leaving his whole life fortune to Iris to inherit. At fifty, Iris married, Lee Acklaner who died three years later in his sleep beside Iris. A seven years later at the age of sixty one, Iris married her last and latest husband, Brad Myason. He died after a very short marriage of seven and half months of a heart attack, leaving Iris in a state of shock and lovesick, never able to marry again.

Though Iris had been through several marriages and death, she took very good care of her daughter Mary. She was very tough on her, though, as her parents had been on her. And even though she was a proud Hufflepuff one she graduated from Hogwarts, she had always felt she was a Slytherin and wanted her to be just like Iris’ mother. Iris took Brad’s death very hard and didn’t want to speak with Mary, and hasn’t spoken to her since the day they found out Brad was dead. Instead, she began drowning her feelings in alcohol.

Less than two months after Brad’s death Iris moved from France to the United States where she lives in a very large beach house on the Sebastian Beach.

SPOILER!!: Fallon McCarthy

SPOILER!!: Patrick Mason

SPOILER!!: Asher Holden

Name: Asher Absoloman Holden
Nicknames: Ash by close friends, Abba by family.
Date of Birth: January 1
Age: 30
Blood: Pureblood
House: Hufflepuff

Appearance:
HAIR.Dark brown hair
EYES. Deep brown, gold specks when he’s content
HEIGHT. 6’1
BODY TYPE. Tall/athletic
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. Scar on left jaw
STYLE. Serious but casual
Personality:Asher is nothing less of a brilliant man, though most people underestimate him because of his quietness. He has a large caring heart and doesn’t like to see anyone hurt. His biggest weakness is Ziva, his younger and only sister; if she’s upset he’s beside himself. A quick thinker who follows his insticts and rarely second guesses what he does. Asher is usually quiet and serious but he loves to have a great time when he’s with his family or close friends. He's a loyal friend to have, but don't get him on his bad side. Insults usually make him laugh, he won't stoop to that level to fire any back; he has better things to be doing.
Character Background:At the age of nineteen, Asher and his two younger siblings lost their parents. They were traveling to Greece to see their last family members alive when tragedy struck. No one knows for sure how the Holden parents and other family were lost. Asher, being nineteen at the time comforted his younger siblings and took care of them, initially stepping into the role of father and mother. He’s been the family backbone for several years and won’t trade it for anything.

Distant cousin Devon an orphan at the time, showed up on their front step with a note tied to his wrist. The small folded note contained his birth certificate. Asher took him in and treated him like another sibling, he wasn't going to let any child that young continue in the cold.

A large stress was lifted off of Asher's shoulders when the three got their acceptance letters to Hogwarts. He returned back to work shortly after Ziva was sent off to Hogwarts. He was able to provide everything he could for the family and more. Asher made sure that the family did not go unhappy.

Asher graduated from Hogwarts with high marks and recommendations; he continued on to train as a healer. Once he completed training he worked at Saint Mungo’s as a healer. During the course of the last few years, Asher would work off and on. He made sure to provide everything he could for the family and also spend time with them. It helped to have Maudi, their Russian maid join them eight years ago.

Asher is close to the kids, though he is probably the closest with Ziva. Now that the kids are getting older Asher is ready for a career change and to meet new people.

SPOILER!!: Ziva Holden

FULL NAME. Ziva Cassandra Holden
NICKNAMES.Zi only used by family or close friends
DOB. February 14
AGE. 15 years
BLOOD.Pureblood
HOUSE. Hufflepuff

HAIR.Dark curly brown hair that falls to mid back.
EYES.Deep brown, black when angry or upset.
HEIGHT&WEIGHT. 5'5/ 110 lbs
BODY TYPE. Tall/athletic
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. Scar above right eye
STYLE. Daring but classy and elegant.

FULL PERSONALITY. Ziva is a very brilliant young woman, though many people underestimate her intelligence because of her lack of patience and ability to sit still longer than a minute. She loves to have fun and makes the best of any situation. Though she seems to be care free, she can get serious at any minute. Some people call her a drama queen by the way she can switch her emotions around so quickly. Her close friends are the ones who keep her grounded, and she will do anything to help them. She's a loyal friend to have, but don't get her on her bad side. Insults usually make her laugh, she won't stoop to that level to fire any back; she has better things to be doing.

BIRTHPLACE.
Kavala, Greece
CURRENT RESIDENCE.
The Holdon Estate in Copenhagen, Denmark
PARENTS.
Father: David John Holdon, deceased.
Mother:Cassandra Rose Holdon, deceased.
SIBLINGS.
Asher Absoloman Holdon/30 years old/ Healer at St. Mungos : Presently an Unspeakable at the Ministry.
Corbin Alexander Huldon/ 17 years old / Student
OTHER FAMILY.
cousin Devon James Sands/ 16 years old/student
FULL HISTORY.
At the age of four, Ziva and her two older brothers lost their parents. They were traveling to Greece to see their last family members alive when tragedy struck. No one knows for sure how the Holdon parents and other family were lost. Asher, being nineteen at the time comforted his younger two siblings and took care of them, initially stepping into to the role of father and mother. He's been the family backbone for several years and won't trade it for anything.

Distant cousin Devon an orphan at the time, showed up on their front step with a note tied to his wrist. The small folded note contained his birth certificate. Asher took him in and treated him like another sibling; he wasn't going to let any child that young continue in the cold.

A large stress was lifted off of Asher's shoulders when the three got their acceptance letters to Hogwarts. He returned back to work shortly after Ziva was sent off to Hogwarts. He was able to provide everything he could for the family and more. Brandon made sure that the family did not go unhappy.

Ziva is exceptionally close to Devon considering that they are only a year apart in age. She tells mostly everything to him and considers him her best friend. Though she is very close to the three men who have been the only ones there for her that she could remember, she is trying to befriend more people to expand her school family. She wishes one day to succeed like Asher and make their father and mother proud.

SPOILER!!: Melanie Faith Lockhart

Name: Melanie Faith Lockhart
How do they fit in?: Best friend of Cadence
Age: 14
Where is she from?: She grew up in New York, but was born in England
Magical Heritage: Muggleborn
House at Hogwarts and Year: Hufflepuff 4th Year
Backstory:

Melanie was born in a small town in England, the same place where her parents met and married. She spent the first four years of her life there and it is where most of her relatives on her mother's side live. Her mom was only just getting out of college and kick-starting her career as a journalist when she had her. After a few years of struggling, a big city newspaper editor caught site of her column in another, community one and asked her to join their team, which Elizabeth Lockhart gladly obliged to. Though she was quite pleased with her new occupation, the woman got tired of that quickly, and wanted to move on to something more to her taste.

Television Broadcasting. After a riff with her mother, who disproved of her ever changing wishes and rash, spontaneous decisions, Elizabeth decided that with a new job should come a new home, away from her family, which meant a move. Her husband reluctantly agreed, under one condition, and left his job as a teacher, to go to America, where he was born. John Lockhart's condition was that they go to New York City, to live where he grew up.

And so they moved. Elizabeth secured a job, with the local news broadcasting network. John decided to start a Movie Rental shop, which was a struggled at first, but later brought in enough money to pay for itself, and then some. Within a few months the store was up and running, with Alec helping outon the side and Jpohn working as the manager. Melanie and her brother were both enrolled into Muggle School (Melanie after she was old enough).

Eventually they settled in, Melanie not so happily. She loved New York City, with all it's bright lights, tall buildings and it's man made beauty, but she missed her cousins and she wasn't exactly having a good time fitting in at her new school. She did make friends with a few children in her apartment... but she never really felt as if she truly fit in.

She was eight when it happened. It only socially isolated her even further, when her mom drowned on a trip she went on for a news report. Naturally, Melanie bawled her eyes out when it first happened, but, besides a fear of water, these days she won't show any emotion about it, or react extremely if it's brought up. She won't talk about her mom's death, usually, unless prompted to. It's obvious she hasn't forgotten her though. Melanie wears a piece of her mom's jewelry, a silver chain heart necklace, every day.

It helped her a little when she discovered a cat, which she dubbed Momo, running from a peeved butcher he'd apparently been stealing meat from. After seeing the way she interacted with the cat, smiling just a little and being a bit more boisterous- or at least as boisterous as an eight year old should be- her dad reluctantly let her adopt him, and she has taken care of him til' this day.

It was a few years afterward she showed her first signs of magical ability. She was having a nightmare, dreaming a tsunami was crashing down upon her, as she ran and ran. Melanie longed just get away, be somewhere safe from the danger that was clearly about to swallow her up.

And she woke up curled up in the dryer of the building she lived in, much to the annoyance, and amusement, of her neighbors, who were doing some morning laundry. Thankfully, the dryer wasn't running. A few weeks later she got a letter for Hogwarts, and apologies from her father when he realized that the whole ordeal was an accident, and that her seemingly unbelievable story about just 'appearing there' had been true after all.

She was absolutely thrilled when she got her letter. Melanie got sorted into Hufflepuff House. She's a happy fourth year now.

SPOILER!!: Torin Kane

jukjuk78 · 03-12-2010, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by As.Is

Iris continued to fix the entire carton of eggs even though she heard Nathaniel's concerns about not eating them all. They'd figure something out to do with them. "You boy, can just hold on a few more minutes. And while you're waiting you can set the table." Iris told him pointing to the plate drawer.

"When I was your age, my husband and I were pratically already married. We had one of those arranged things." Iris told them as she moved about the kitchen.

"Oh dear! I still have curlers in!" Iris exclaimed, "Oh well, I'm too busy now." She told Candy. "I'll take care of it later." she told her before getting a serving bowl down to but the scrambled eggs in. "And yes Nathaniel, I'll fix those sandwiches for lunch. You'll have to pick me up some more eggs though." Iris told him.

Nate rolled his eyes as he pulled out a few plates and some silverware. He set the table with two on one side and one person on another. He layed out the silverware while listening to Iris' story. "But we aren't married!" he exclaimed laughing a little. Nate did a little dance when she said she would make his special sandwiches. "So does that mean we can go to the farmers market then the boardwalk?"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Cadence just stood there smiling at Iris politely. Oooookay..... awkward turtle much? She rocked back and forth between her toes and heels. When Iris she was going to make a dozen eggs, Cadence's eyes widened. She would be lucky to eat ONE of those cinnamon rolls, let alone one of those and 4 eggs. Goodness. And when Iris realized she still had curlers in, Cadence struggled to stifle her giggle. She had thought Iris had done it on purpose. Egg salad? Cadence made a slight face. Hopefully they'd be having something else, too. Egg salad was NOT her thing. And Iris still hadn't answered whether or not they could go anywhere. Well, she supposed Iris had just said they'd have to pick up more eggs, so she assumed that meant they were allowed to leave. When Iris wasn't listening, Cadence whispered to Nate, "I thought we were eating lunch on the boardwalk."

"We are. We are having a picnic. Or we could have them for dinner or something. If you don't want to we don't have to." he said kissing her cheek and whispering in her ear. He wanted to make her happy and have fun. He also could have those sandwiches any day.

QueenGinger · 03-12-2010, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jukjuk78

Nate rolled his eyes as he pulled out a few plates and some silverware. He set the table with two on one side and one person on another. He layed out the silverware while listening to Iris' story. "But we aren't married!" he exclaimed laughing a little. Nate did a little dance when she said she would make his special sandwiches. "So does that mean we can go to the farmers market then the boardwalk?"

"We are. We are having a picnic. Or we could have them for dinner or something. If you don't want to we don't have to." he said kissing her cheek and whispering in her ear. He wanted to make her happy and have fun. He also could have those sandwiches any day.

Iris turned around to face Nathaniel with spatula in hand. "You just hold on with your plans boy!" she smiled, her hearing was better than what they thought. "We eat first and then we'll see about the farmer's market." Iris told him as she turned back around to the stove.

CruppieMom89 · 03-12-2010, 10:27 PM

Cadence nodded her head and smiled as Nate told her they were going to have a picnic. "A picnic sounds perfect!" she whispered with a quiet giggle. She stepped a little closer to him, but then he was gone, setting the table as Iris had asked him. She should probably help. Yes, helping would be polite. She walked over to Nate and took some of the things from his hands and helped him set the table. When Iris rounded him looking as if she was going to beat him with the spatula possibly, Cadence couldn't help but giggle. So, apparently Iris wasn't a deaf old woman. Once the table had been set, Cadence chose a chair at random and took a seat, waiting for breakfast. There was no way she was going to eat four eggs by herself, but she would make her best attempt in the spirit of being gracious. She brushed her once again long brown hair behind her shoulders and sat with her hands folded in her lap, just waiting. "Breakfast smells great, Mrs. Fitz Gerald!" she said, attempting to break the awkward silence.

Throughout the next week, Nate and Cadence visited several of Nate’s favorite places in Florida. As promised, he took Cadence to Disney World where she danced with Prince Charming, rode spinning teacups, and got soaked on Splash Mountain. They spent afternoons on the beach, eating on the boardwalks, and getting slushies at the ever-popular slushie and smoothie bars. Cadence made every attempt to humor Nate by doing things that he wanted to do, like playing soccer and riding four-wheelers and jet skis; she was happy to just see him happy. In the evenings they would go dancing, visit the Boardwalk Festival (where Nate won her an incredibly huge and cute teddy bear), or just sit in the park and watch the stars until they decided they should get home.

Most nights, they would return to find Iris passed out on the couch with a drained bottle of liquor nearby. Nate would hurry Cadence up the stairs before cleaning up after his grandmother and making sure she had covers and a pillow, then he would climb the two flights of stairs to find the young woman who had captured his heart lying in bed, awaiting his entry. The two young lovers would lay cuddled close in the bed upstairs, talking and laughing and kissing until they fell asleep. It was the ideal of youthful romance; uninhibited by heartbreak, unaware that there was a world outside of their own. All that mattered was the two of them: their entwined hearts, interlocked fingers, tender kisses, and the purest love anyone could ever experience.

One morning, the two woke up in their cloud-like bed to see the sun streaming in through the windows, but after blinking a few times, they realized there was something sitting out on the balcony. Cadence crawled out of bed and opened the door, breathing in the warm Florida air. Looking at the railing of the balcony, she spotted a black owl with huge yellow eyes, and in his beak he was clutching a seemingly unmarked letter. After the letter had been removed from his beak, the unfamiliar animal immediately flew off, and very quickly at that. Walking back into the room with a confused expression, Cadence carefully examined the letter. In the top left hand corner, scrawled in miniscule writing was the word, “Sunshine.” Cadence’s eyes widened in shock and horror. Letting out a little screech, she dropped the letter on the floor, still staring at it, completely transfixed. Whoever sent that letter was cruel and terrible. This was some sort of sick joke. The kind of sick joke that made Cadence feel extremely sick to her stomach.

QueenGinger · 03-24-2010, 08:07 PM

Asher was very happy how his winter holiday was going, though he missed Maudi and the boys that were currently in Russia while he and Ziva were in Florida spending some much needed quality time together. The beach house that Asher had rented out for the holiday was just the type of place he wanted to stay at. It was small compared to his large estate back home in Denmark and was light and airy. With a spectacular view of the ocean out the living room windows. "Ziva!" Asher called up to her as he stood at the foot of the small staircase leading to the second floor.

Ziva heard her brother's call from downstairs and rolled over in her bed to face out the window to look at the ocean. She smiled, though she had been there for over five days, she still hadn't got used to the fact that they weren't in Europe anymore. But the United States in Florida. "Coming!" Ziva called down to her brother as she pulled herself up from her bed. She made her bed quickly, knowin that anything left out of place would make her feel bad when she came back to her room. It was so nice looking that one thing out of place made room look not so good.

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