Ari felt a sudden embarrassment emanating from Van and murmured, "you're welcome." changing the subject she went back to talking about Molly. "I'm surprised I haven't seen her yet, I mean I've been to all the classes so far. though of course I'm not allowed in your common room." at this she pretended to pout before grinning.

At this Ari had to giggle, "Yeah I just needed my own space. I mean I am an adult now. Okay, so I can't really apparate properly yet but hey I can drive by myself." she chuckled and twisted her scarf. "I miss my brother Josh though, but I visit them when I can." she nodded at her final statement.

She shook her head, letting her bangs fall into her face for a minute before moving them back with a cold un-gloved hand. "No, it's complicated. He wants to act like nothing happened. He won't tell me what happened either you know. I can feel his hesitation and nervousness around me. It's creepy." she shivered slightly but smiled. She sat back a moment, letting her own words sink in before looking around again, spotting several students in the room.

"You'll be an amazing veterinarian! Well the Wizarding version anyway! you're great with animals." she said smiling proudly. Ever since she had mat Vannah she had seen her with many different animals, each one more difficult then the last. even some of their friends acted like animals sometimes yet she handled it with grace. At that thought she shivered slightly, remembering past times. Shaking her head again she smiled, "Research is always best. I still have to figure out how to get started with mine. I mean it's not like I can go into the Ministry and be like,'I want to heal a dragon, where is one?'" she giggled again.

"Exactly. Dangerous. Im bound to eat to many cookies and have my stomach puff out into a balloon." she heard spices as she added," spices are the core ingredients to many recipes." Great now she was hungry. " Too many spices ruin my day so lets hope their isnt any around." she looked over at mari as she said that they could watch everything from here. "what are we watching? Is their something you know that you arent telling me? I wouldn't want to miss something."

"it really is." she agreed with the girl as it was one of her favorite colors, if not her favorite. she looked at the girl as she was wearing a badge of some sort. She really needed to learn where people found these badges. She should get one and use it as a defense. Shiny badges were always good for blinding people. " Congratulations on being a quidditch captain. Your very brave. You wont get me on a broom." she said as she had bad experiences with them." Nice to meet you rapunzel. You want to sit with us?" she asked.

Mari smiled as Rapunzel introduced herself. " I meant that I saw you in Charms. I remember you." She said with a little laugh. " My last name is Morozova. I'm a fifth year as well. It's nice to officially meet you." She said with a little nod of her head.
Mari giggled at Asteira's nonsense. Really, the girl was fabulous." Don't worry, if I see anything I'll be sure to tell you." She said, as she sat down at the table. " Oh, you're a Quidditch Captain? How interesting." Mari said, resting her chin on her hand as she watched Rapunzel. " Do sit with us." She said, smiling widely.

"Oh, thank you," Rapunzel grinned, glancing at her own badge and then back to Asteira. She should have blushed slightly but really, it had taken too much work to get there to be embarassed.

"Sure sure, I'll sit with you. Not like I have anything else to do..." Punz trailed off with a light sigh, taking a seat at their table. If only someone else were wandering around Hogsmeade, someone she hadn't seen in months now....sigh.

Charms....duh! Punz could've smacked her had to her forehead. "Mari Marozova. I'll remember that," she said, winking at the girl.

"Yes, Quidditch," Rapunzel nodded. "Great sport - do either of you play?" Couldn't hurt to scope out the competition, could it?

Mari watched as both girls sat finally and she turned to Rapunzel as she asked her if she played Quidditch. " Well, no. I'm more of a spectator to the sport. I've seen a few games, but I don't follow it too closely. My parents are more involved than I am." She said. " I hope that's not too disappointing." She said with a little smile. " So what were you expecting here in Hogsmeade today?" She inquired politely.

"Brillant." she said as she then took her seat. Couldnt miss any action around the place."Yes. we would love to torture you more." she teased as mari asked that Rapunzel sit with them. she would promise not to devour her if it would help any.

"Same here really. Just wondering around. It's good to get out a little and enjoy the fresh air. I like seeing the shops." though staying away from the shop keepers was mandatory. No wand snapping for her. she heard her sigh as she asked," Everything alright? Long day?" Great sport? if you wanted to get killed. " Er..No. Over my dead body." at which she would probably end up dead. Thats how great she was at flying." I prefer to stay on my feet. Bad experiences with brooms. Let alone bludgers are horrible." she shivered at the thought of them. she was almost deathly afraid of it... but she wasnt going to let anyone know that.

"Spectating's not bad, not bad." Punz nodded as Mari spoke. "Do you...er...or your parents follow any professional teams?" She raised a blond eyebrow, hoping the girl would say the Chudley Cannons...

Oh Hogsmeade. "I'm uh, not really doing anything, exactly," Punz said, her green eyes drifting away from Mari and towards the floor. "Just...wandering...by myself...."

Was it possible that Rapunzel was feeling - dare I say it - lonely?!!!

Thank goodness Asteira spoke then. "Yes! Fresh air, ya can't get enough of that." She chuckled a little nervously, realizing how ridiculous that sounded. She was a Quidditch Captain, for Merlin's sake, hosting tryouts almost every day. Was it possible to have an overabundance of fresh air?

"No, I'm fine," Punz answered Asteira's question shortly. She couldn't help but shake her head at the girl's obvious hatred for Quidditch though. "Aww c'mon, it's not that bad," she giggled and pushed a strand of stray blonde hair behind her ear. "Bludgers smudgers. The more you play the better you become at doding them...and stuff." She nodded. "Really....do you fly much?" Rapunzel was curious - perhaps there was a story behind Asteira's anti-flying-feelings?

Mari arched a brow as Asteira seemed vehemently opposed to Quidditch and flying as well. " I can fly alright, I just don't get the game, that's all." She said, looking at her nails briefly. " But, don't worry Rapunzel we won't torture you." She said, referring back to Asteira's joke. " Well, not a lot anyway." She smiled and then looked over her shoulder a moment.

Mari nodded as Rapunzel asked her about her team preferences. " Well, my mother likes all of them, but my father, well he supports...ah, what is it called?" She said, the French in her coming out a bit as she spoke. " Something with a Ch in the name." She said waving her hand about as if it didn't matter. " Oh yes I remember now who my mother likes. She very much likes the Quiberon Quafflepunchers." She said, glad at having at least remembered that much about Quidditch. " What position do you play? That's right, yes? " She asked.

"Good for your brain." she added with a small smile. she was glad to hear she was doing well. no more spice. at least not until she had some of those dangerous cookies. its not that bad. NOT that bad! "I guess not. though you cant always dodge them. They will hit you eventually and you'll fall to your death." Something rather similar happened to a friend of hers. Which started her paranoia of flying." I dont fly at all. I'll watch others do it and play quidditch. Be supportive and everything, but you wont get me on a broom." she said firmly as she wasnt getting on a broom."Unless im unconcious. You better hope i dont wake up though."

"of course i wouldnt torture you.Theirs no reason yet." she said with a smile. " she's the one to worry about." she told punz as she pointed over to mari. she had watched professional quidditch match once with her father. She was nervious the whole time." Which ones are french again?" she couldnt quite remember. That's who she would go for. "How long have you been playing?" she asked punz. "does anyone want anything to drink or eat?" she asked as she was thinking a butterbeer would go nicely about now.

"Good I think I will have butterbeer too and would love to sit with three young cute girls and guess who is the cutest?" Biff says as he winks at Jennamura. " Hello again Muriel and nice to meet you Edie" Biff converses with the girls.

"I could, uh, explain the rules to you if you wanted....ever," Punz offered, trying to be friendly. She loved loved loved anything relating to Quidditch - unless, of course, Mari ever decided to try out for the Ravenclaw team...because then they'd have a problem.

Something with a ch?! "Chudley Cannons?!" Rapunzel blurted, swinging her orange messenger bag around to show the girl. "They're my absolute favoritest team in the whole wide world...really....it would be a dream to play for them...." she sighed happily.

"Oh, I'm usually a Chaser, although I did try Keeping last term and it was a blast," Punz grinned almost ear to ear. She could talk about this for ages.

Rapunzel turned from grinning at Mari to stare at Asteira. What an odd thing to say, linking quidditch to violence! "Er, okay...." Punz responded slowly, both of her eyebrows rising to her hairline. "I won't um, force you to fly or anything...." she gulped. For some reason, Asteira's odd comments were making her nervous.

And then they mentioned torture - TORTURE?! "Wait.....whuuut? Tttorture?" Punz blinked and looked from Asteira to Mai and back. "Yeah, a butterbeer sounds good right now," she agreed, still blinking a bit. It would certainly take the heat off of her and maybe give them a new topic besides.....er...fears of flying.

Mari shrugged. " The only French team I've ever heard of is the Quiberon Quafflepunchers." She said to Asteira. She nodded as the other girl mentioned something to drink. " Whatever you're having. I'm not quite sure what they've got," She said, taking her change pouch out of her bag. " How much should I give you? I'll cover it this time." She said, being generous. It never hurt, and it usually gave people a reason to be on your side should anything unpleasant happen.
Mari nodded. " Sure, it would behoove me to learn it since I've noticed that a lot of people here love the sport." She said with a friendly shrug. She jumped back a bit as Rapunzel blurted out the name of her favorite team, and Mari blinked a bit as the other girl sighed. " Yes, that's my fathers team. He's just like you are about them." She said, laughing a little. How strange, she thought that some people were that over the moon for the sport.

"Good. then we don't have anything to worry about." she told punz as she gave her a smile. she giggled a little bit as she heard the bit about torture." We were just teasing. we both enjoy sarcasm. we will keep it on the low for you." she moved from her seat as she smiled." So three butterbeers it is then." she looked around as it seemed no one was objecting.

She was about to leave when she heard the french team's name."Quafflepunchers? What sort of name is that? What sort of firewhiskey was that person on when they named the team. Quafflepunchers." she asked again as it was a horrible name." I guess i'll be picking another team." she said as she wasnt going to be shouting go quafflepunchers any time soon. She looked over at mari as she shook her head." Dont worry about it. First round is on me. Whats the point of being rich if you cant spend your parents money on your friends?" she asked as she then headed to order three butterbeers.

Punz smiled again, happy to have something to look forward to. "Next match when Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw aren't playing, we'll have to sit together. I'll help you figure it all out."

She was feeling much more cheerful now, especially with mention of Mari's father, a fellow fan. "I'd love to meet him," she added, giggling a bit. "Cannons fans are hard to come by these days - I mean, we've been on a bit of a losing streak these days..." For so long I've lost count....

"Sarcasm. Oh." Well for Punz that was a big word - but she took it to mean they were just joking. Right. She needed to lighten up.

Sigh. And as much as she wanted to protest Asteira paying for the butterbeers, the fact was that Rapunzel didn't have enough galleons to cover for three butterbeers, much less one. "Thanks," she muttered quietly, before joining the conversation again.

"And yeah, Quafflepunchers...." Punz chuckled and shook her head a little. "Silly name. Probably made up by some hyperactive, old man who missed playing Chaser....."

Mari laughed. " This is true. We're both rather dry as far as humor goes." She said. A questioning look crossed her face as Asteira turned back again. " Yes, Quafflepunchers." She said, a smirk twitching at the corners of her mouth. " Oh, well thanks." She put her little coin pouch away with a shrug as she turned to Rapunzel. " I guess she's right." She said with a little laugh.
Mari nodded. " That sounds great. I need to know more so that when my father makes me go to a game, I'm not just sitting there completely lost and wondering what's going on." She said with a wry smile.

" You and my father would get along swimmingly," She said with a good spirited roll of her eyes. " He's got those bright orange posters everywhere." She said with a gesture of her hands. " My father also voiced his disappointments, but he still has great faith. It's admirable, I suppose." She said, finding it odd that she was rather proud of her father for his faith in such a team. She had been trying to avoid feeling anything for him, since she was determined to go back to Beauxbatons. But, lately she hadn't been missing it so much. Odd.

She noted that Rapunzel got quiet after a bit and Mari tried to find something to talk about. " Oh probably. Or they just love alliteration," She offered, crossing her arms. " So. Tell me more about Hogwarts. I've just transferred this year, and so has Asteira, or so I've gathered." She said, feeling quite chatty now.

Rapunzel nodded as Mari spoke, not voicing her thoughts. Really, the girl was lucky that she had a father who could go to Quidditch matches - Punz's Squib dad would never be able to get them tickets and her pureblooded grandparents would certainly never approve of a Cannons match. Ugh.

"Yes, we're known for our faith and trust in the Cannons," she giggled. "Dunno why I love them but maybe it is just the awesome furious orange color." She winked to show that she was kidding, then tried to think up something to tell Asteira and Mari about Hogwarts.

"Well, I've been here five years now," Punz started, leaning back in her chair. "What do you want to know? We didn't even have Hogwarts last term, technically," she added, rolling her eyes dramatcially. "But yeah, it's the best wizarding school in the world!"

Mari laughed a little as Rapunzel winked. " I'm sure that bright orange shade is exactly the reason everyone loves them." She said, remembering the blinding posters her father had in his study.

Mari nodded a little. " You know, I heard about that from other students. They said it was...less than satisfactory." She said, thinking a moment before she continued to make her sentence less insulting. " Well, let's not get too carried away." She said, palms up in a joking pantomime of defense. " Beauxbatons isn't too bad either," She smiled, letting the other girl know she was just being argumentatively friendly with her.

Chalice walked into the the pub and walked up to the bar. "One butterbeer to go, please." Chalice said. She handed over 3 galleons and said thank you when she recieved her drink. She then walked back to Hogwarts.

Edie smiled at Biff.

"Nice to meet you too, Biff. What year are you in?" she said.

" I am third year Miss Edie" Biff told her. " How do you know Muriel and Jennamura?" he asked her.

Via alone entered the shop. It was her first time to come here alone though. LAst term she was with her friends but now she can't find them. She sat at an empty table.

Kairi walked into the Three Broomsticks, her pale hands enclosed in some fingerless gloves and her red hair tied up in a loose pony-tail. It had chilled up a bit and she was wearing a purple and silver scarf hung loosely around her neck, and some thick black ugg boots that kept her feet warm, but masked a lot of important vibrations. She ordered herself a drink, and walked over to an empty table, but because of the ugg boots, she tripped over a wobbly floor board "Oh, snap," and fell flat on her face. She quickly stood up and then said to no one in particular, "I'm ok,"

A boy with black hair enetered the three broomsticks and sat down alone.

Kairi's purple eyes swept the pub and then she slipped off her ugg boots, muttered a spell and they disappeared. Instead a pair of black converses appeared, they were, as always, covered in mud. Kairi grinned and slipped them on, then took her scarf off and tied it in a loose knot around her waist, like an oddly shaped belt. Despite it being a scarf, it looked nice. She plunged her hands deep into her jean's pockets and walked over to an empty table.

Via was a bit sleepy at the moment when she noticed a boy enter and kairi. Via's face lit up but noticed that people had been sitting alone. Is something wrong? She stood up and went to order some drinks. Butterbeer. She'll have to be used to it now. She walked over back to her table, but after a few moments she walked over to join KAiri. "Hiyah KAi! ARe you waiting for someone?"