Xana smiled, glancing at Dia and then back at Marco. "I'm so glad to see you so incredibly happy. You deserve every blessing, and I'm sure you'll have it." she hugged Marco with one arm, holding the meat she had been feeding the thestral out with the other so as not to turn him into thestral bait.

Marco grinned and hugged her back, "Thank you Xana. I hope you will be happy too. If only that boy would get a move on." He hugged her back, unaware of the fact that she was holding meat in the other hand.

Xana laughed, hugging him back, and decided not to respond to Marco's comment.... especially as he swept her into a full hug and the raw meat in her hand smacked up against his shirt. "Crikey, you're getting bloody meat on you, the thestrals are going to have you for lunch!"

Xana laughed. "Well at worst they'll just lick you to death anyway. There are worse fates, I guess..." She grinned at Dia, meeting her eyes as if to say The boy's downright giddy!

"Ha ha being licked to death, actually seems like a good way to go. I'll keep that in mind for the future," Marco grinned, "I think death by unicorn would be the worst. I would hate to be pierced in the heart with their huge horn."

Dia smiled. "That's brilliant! I really am quite happy for you, and happy everything is working out." she grinned, tossing another piece of bloody meat over her shoulder to an impatient thestral.

She grinned. "Always true. Though I think that being mauled by either a manticore or chimaera would be a much worse fate...long and painful."

Xana laughed. "Such a cheery subject for a beautiful blue day... To me it'd be death by grindylows... Slowly being bitten and poked and stabbed to death by those little demons while drowning? No thanks."

"Thanks Dia," he smiled, hugging her. "I don't think we should talk about death anymore. It shall dampen our moods. And i know I don't want to lose my. I am happy for once. And I don't want to lose it."

"Yes... I agree. It's such a good thing to see you so happy, Marco. So... how 'bout them Chudley Cannons?" she grinned, winking at Dia. This was their old joke, the thing they always said to each other to 'change the subject'.

Dia smiled, hugging him back. "I agree completely. It's fantastic to see you so happy!" she nodded.

She grinned. "Last in the league, I heard...again..."

Cora beamed and held out her hand to shake. "Haha, yeah I've seen you around too." She winked. It felt odd that they'd been in such close proximaty but had never actually got around to communicating.

Cora burst out laughing at Marco. She looked at him with utter amusement in her eyes and pushed him playfully.

"Marco Denver, you are officially the strangest, and most organised person I've ever met." But then her jaw dropped. Fiance? Alice? Was he being SERIOUS?

"So...it's not a joke? You're getting married?" she spluttered.

Xana grinned at Dia, nodding at the pat answer. Some things in life can always be counted on, it seems. Go Chudley Cannons.

Xana smiled and started to offer her hand, then realized she was holding raw meat. She shrugged apologetically at her for her less-than-hygienic hands and offered a nod in return instead. "Sorry... I'd shake hands but I'll get you messy. But it's great to meet you."


Xana looked at Marco with a small amused smile at Cora's exclamation. He was going to get a lot of similar reactions, she suspected.

"Chudley Cannons?" Marco frowned, "It's all about the Magpies. I want to play for them."

"More than likely. I don't they have come out of bottom all season. They need to get their act together."

Marco pushed her back. What was she laughing about? "No it isn't a joke. I am getting married, just before Christmas. Which is a few weeks away. I have the rings. I have a suit. I have everything. The honeymoon is booked. Paris, she wants to visit it. It'll be good," he smiled, "Is there a problem with that?"

Marco returned a frown to Xana. He wasn't used to being laughed at. Especially about Alice. He couldn't believe people thought he was joking. At least Cassandra, Xana and Dia didn't.

Josh walked over to the enterence of the park as he then mumbled the password. He was an secret agent after all. he walked into the park as he looked around at the various animals. He looked to see a girl that he had seen around hogwarts, but never really got the chance to meet her in person. He walked over to the unicorn and petted its back." You know the unicorn hair is used for bindings on bandages. They are pretty usefull for helping other injured animals because of their strength." he said throwing out a fact. " Hope im not interupting anything. Im Josh Moonson." he said smiling at the girl.

Her head turned towards the new voice. She saw a boy who was standing near her and patted on the creature's back. OH, he should be brave to touch the Unicorn, suddenly, she thought.
But at the informations he gave, she listened him intensely.
"Oh, yeah, I know them partly, but you're giving a valuable informations...Josh..Nice to meet you" she paused "No..not at all, acutally I need some help to study about the Unicorns"
she looked up and introdueced herself, "Oh, I forgot. I'm Sana Jason of 6th year" she held out a hand to him.

"Pleasure to meet you. Really it's nothing to valuable. Something that might come in handy, but i wouldnt try pulling one out." he said smiling at her."I'd be glad to help. Magical creatures isnt my strong suit, but i know some. If you want help that is." he shook her hand as he added, " Im a sixth year slytherin. So what is it that you want to know?" he asked.

She nodded, "Indeed. I know something about this rare beautiful creature. You know onething, I wanted to have one in my house too as a domestic animal. But Prof. Fabian denied..'cuz it was dangerous to keep in houses.." she sighed and had another look at the creature.
She turned to him and smiled,
"and tell me how did you get near to the Unicorn? Is not that true that they prefer gals than boys?" she asked in amusement. Her dark brown eyes were dancing.

Xana smiled at Marco. "It's just our old joke... when Dia and I want to change the subject and have no real topic, we always say that."


Xana smiled encouragingly at Marco. "A lot of people will likely be surprised. But it is great news and we're happy for you, hon."

"Yeah having a unicorn in your house isnt the best idea. Its a pretty cramp space im sure. If you had to put them anywhere you might try putting them in a barn." he offered a suggestion if she ever got one. He smirked as she asked him how he did it." My charms." he teased as he then told her the truth." I made friends with it last year. Nothing special about that." he smiled as he then asked," so first time this year in the park then? See anything exciting yet?"he then pulled out a carrot." I also have food." he told her as he then gave it to the unicorn.

"You're right like prof. Fabian. But still I like to have them as my pet, ofcourse a costly and rare pet" she giggled and looking around the place pointlessly.
But laughed at his next comment, "Really? I dont see any charms" she teased back , "Oh, I think your charm will work only on magical creatures, eh?" she asked still her hands were on it's neck and smoothing it's hair.

She nodded again, "Yes, this's the first time of my park visit, prof. encourages me to come here, and seems you know a lot about Unicorsn" she said as she looked at the carrot.

" Well he did teach me about magical creatures." he pointed out." Yeah they are." he agreed with her." yeah now that you mentioned it...im not sure charms work with magical creatures." he smiled as he shrugged." Doesn't seem like you need charms though. Im going to go with you dont really need charms."

"It's fun. I like to see different animals. Actually this past summer i went to the mountains. You can actually see a lot of different creatures there. The bad thing is they really arent use to humans. So you really have to be careful." he gave her a small smile when she said he knew a lot." I just read books." he explained.

Cora laughed, her eyes twinkling. "No worries." She replied. "It's great to meet you too." She eyed the piece of meat Xana was holding. Hmm, she certainly didn't want that on her hands.

Cora's jaw dropped. Blimey. He really did have his life planned out. And she didn't even know what she wanted to do for N.E.W.Ts! Lovely. Marco was going to be up and married before he was twenty, probably have five kids, a wonderful job and be all HAPPY. It was alright for some.

"B-but, you're...eighteen!" She spluttered, her cheeks going abnormally red, even for Cora. Her blue eyes were even buldging slightly, and her pink hair had suddenly turned a pale, sad blue colour. Weeeeiiird. But what was even weirder than the puffy cheeks and the poppy eyes and the flat hair, was the fact that she suddenly felt incredibly alone.

"I...well..." Cora had absolutely no idea what to say. Should she be happy that after all of the bad relationships, he had finally found someone he loved? Should she be worried that he was getting himself into something so huge at such a young age? These were the most sensible emotions. So then...should she be angry that that certain person wasn't her? No, definately not. At this thought, her hand secured around the letter in her pocket, and Jamie's face burst into her mind.